When the clouds first arrived in Chengdu, the weather in Chengdu never became clear.
It doesn’t rain, but the sky is always gray. If you stretch out your hand, you can even touch the moisture in the air. The moisture is obviously already heavy, but it stubbornly stays in the air, unwilling to turn into rain and fall to the ground. .
The city wall in Chengdu is made of rammed earth, which is very different from the rammed earth city wall in Chang'an before. The rammed earth city wall in Chang'an is earthy yellow. The rammed earth city wall here will show an ugly pig color in the daytime. In the Tang Dynasty, only death row inmates wore pig clothes before execution.
Yunchu was sitting under a shed. Less than a hundred meters away from him was a high platform. On the high platform were fifty-six sinners waiting to be slaughtered.
These fifty-six people are all people the emperor has confirmed to kill, and no one can save them.
The eight thousand armored soldiers in Sichuan were defeated at the hands of the barbarians from the southwest. This made the officials in Sichuan feel ashamed for a long time. Although Sima Zhang Qiu Xiaofang of Rongzhou died in the battle, his wife and children could not escape death.
Sima He Rudao of Meizhou failed to rescue him, so He Rudao and his three sons were beheaded.
Danzhou Sima Liu Hanyuan retreated before the battle, and Liu Hanyuan and his second son were killed.
In addition to the fact that the three armies turned against the captains, school captains, etc., Chengdu Governor Yang Wenhua prepared a total of fifty-six people for Yun Chu to sacrifice the flag.
Yunchu glanced at Chengdu Governor Yang Wenhua who was standing aside and said: "I have never heard of a general who died in battle and then beheaded his family members."
Yang Wenhua said: Defeat an army and humiliate the country, kill it to make an example.
Yun Chu said again: These people escaped with their lives through hard work. Why, do you still want to give Sheng Luopi greater military exploits?
Yang Wenhua said: If you retreat, you cannot defend the land and bring peace to the people; if you advance, you cannot kill the enemy and serve the country. Kill them!
Yunchu didn't speak to him anymore, slowly stood up and came to the high platform, looked at Zhangchou Xiaofang's 18-year-old eldest son and said: Do you think you, Aye, have tried your best?
Zhang Qiu Xiaofang's eldest son Zhang Qiu Xianliang said: "I heard that my father's body was eaten by the barbarians. The barbarians did not eat people in the past. If they didn't hate my father so much, they would definitely not do such an evil thing."
Yun Chu nodded, then came to Meizhou Sima He Rudao and said: Do you think Zhang Qiu Xiaofang gave his best?
He Rudao said sadly: The guilty general was dragged to Luchuan by seven thousand people led by Ma Lai'aqu, the master of Yinfeng Cave. Luchuan was only two miles away from Shuangjiangchuan. The guilty general fought to the death for two days. Zhangqiu Xiaofang also fought fiercely on the other side. ,
Yun Chu said nothing when he came to a brigade commander and said: "You are supervising the battle for the former army. The soldiers of the first brigade were killed. Why are you alone?"
He was about to be beheaded. The brigade commander said lifelessly: God won't accept it.
Yun Chu asked the executioner to tear off his pig clothes, took a look at the two horrific scars on his chest that had not yet completely healed, then looked at his smooth back, nodded and said: He was quite brave in battle.
After that, he pointed to the other captains, school captains, regimental commanders, brigade commanders, and executioners. They immediately stepped forward and tore off their clothes. Anyone with unhealed wounds on their bodies would be dragged aside. However, Anyone who has no scratches on his body will remain on the stage.
Yunchu finally came to the state Sima Liu Hanyuan and said: You are the one who deserves to be killed. Give me a reason not to kill you.
Liu Hanyuan first glanced at Yun Chu in confusion, and then lowered his head dejectedly. However, his eyes inadvertently glanced at Yun Chu's extremely uncomfortable left foot. He was stunned for a moment, and then followed Yun Chu's toes. Looking over from his position, he was shocked to find that Yun Chu's toes were pointing at Yang Wenhua, the governor of Chengdu.
It is said that people's wisdom before death is extraordinary. He shouted loudly without thinking: Commander, the guilty minister was wronged——
Yun Chu said with satisfaction: "You were wronged there, who has wronged you again?"
Liu Hanyuan said loudly: General Qi, the guilty minister was originally a recommendation official, and his duties were originally for the emperor's herdsmen. Yang Wenhua knew clearly that the guilty minister was not familiar with military matters, but because his predecessor, Sima Yang Wenyu, could not bear to fight hard in the mountains, this Yang Wenhua Withdrawing his younger brother Yang Wenyu, he forced the guilty minister to be promoted to Sima. He appointed him one day and ordered him to go to Tongjiuchuan to take office the next day.
Commander, the guilty minister has been wronged. Less than three days after arriving at Tongji River, the barbarian cave master Manlong of Wangjiang Cave led the sixteen cave masters to kill him.
The guilty minister ordered the battle, but he had no choice but to see barbarians all over the mountains and plains, one by one.
Everyone was afraid, and the guilty minister had no choice but to order a retreat. Who would have thought that the barbarians were chasing after them in a hurry, and some barbarians intercepted and killed them on the way. As a result, the army was in chaos, and the guilty minister had no choice but to flee in order to save a road. Life, waiting for the commander to come and expose Yang Wenhua's illegal activities.
Yun Chu glanced at Yang Wenhua, whose face was ashen and said to Liu Hanyuan: What else is he doing illegally?
Liu Hanyuan said loudly: He was corrupt and perverted the law, deducted military rations, deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates to seize the merits of the officers and soldiers, occupied official land for his own use, robbed civilian women for his subordinates, launched troops to plunder the merchants of the southwest, and destroyed their corpses and traces. Among them, Shengluo Pibu Three caravans were plundered by Yang Wenhua, and the owner of one of the caravans was Sheng Luopi's eldest son. It can be said that the root of the Southwest Rebellion lies in his body, Yang Wenhua.
When Yun Chu heard this, he looked at Yang Wenhua and said: Is everything he said true?
Yang Wenhua held his head high and said: That's nonsense.
Liu Hanyuan said loudly: "This matter is not unknown in Chengdu. The commander will know it once he investigates."
Yang Wenhua hurriedly came to the stage, kicked Liu Hanyuan over, and said to Yun Chu: Commander, at noon, please order the prisoner to be executed on the spot.
Yun Chu looked up at the gray sky, shook his head and said: It doesn't matter whether you can kill people at noon, as long as there are no unjust deaths under my sword, it doesn't matter even if you miss the noon hour, their souls don't dare to come to me. of trouble.
Yang Wenhua said in a low voice: The commander-in-chief is requested to execute the execution immediately, and the subordinates will report the situation.
Yun Chu said with a smile: "How much money do you plan to spend to stop this handsome man's mouth?"
Yang Wenhua stretched out two fingers.
Yun Chu said: Two million strings?
Yang Wenhua's face was earthy.
Yun Chu smiled and said: If you can get two million guan, I will personally write a letter to His Majesty. No matter how serious the crime you committed, how about it be written off?
Yang Wenhua said with a pale face: Two hundred thousand yuan, please show mercy to the commander.
Yunchu sighed and said: "The Yang family in Shuzhong has been a prince for many generations. During the Western Jin Dynasty, your brother Yang Bohou in Shuzhong was the richest in the world. For hundreds of years, you can't even afford a mere two million yuan. You are really stingy." .
Yang Wenhua looked at Yun Chu with a look of resentment on his face and said: The commander-in-chief has power in the southwest, and the general is not without roots.
Yunchu smiled nonchalantly and said: In the 21st year of Zhenguan, when Yuchi Gong destroyed Shu, there were eight surnames: Yao, Guo, Shi, Zhang, Ji, Li and Zhao. How did your Yang family escape?
When Yang Wenhua heard what Yunchu said, he didn't know what terrible thing he thought of. His body fell softly to the ground, and he kowtowed repeatedly: "Please have mercy on your majesty, please have mercy on your majesty."
Yun Chu said to Zhang Donghai who was following him: "Behead Yang Wenhua and Yang Wenyu brothers together with those who ran away from the battle. The remaining sinners will be punished with an eighty stick as a warning."
Zhang Donghai promised and ordered the soldiers to go and do the work. Yun Chu slowly got off the platform and returned to his seat. He said to Chengdu Yin Guo Ziping, who was as thick as sieve chaff, "Does Ling Yi think that my commander's work is too rough?" Already?
Guo Ziping shook his head repeatedly and said: Very good, very good. The commander-in-chief is decisive in killing, and the subordinate officials are far behind.
Yun Chu's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a low voice: Chengdu Liushui brand is still not functioning properly. Is this because you people are causing trouble behind the scenes?
In the 21st year of Zhenguan, although your Guo family in Shuzhong was cleaned up once, in my opinion, the cleanup done by the Duke of E was not clean enough. You are so arrogant, do you want to be cleaned up again?
After saying this, Yun Chu's cold eyes glanced over a group of Shuzhong officials. In an instant, seven or eight people fell limply to the ground and fainted.
Yun Chu currently has 50,000 troops stationed at Qixingqiao in the west of Chengdu. No one dares to think of any other way out in front of Yun Chu, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty.
Guo Ziping said in a trembling voice: "I will order my people to fully support the Chengdu Liushui brand to regain its former prosperity."
Yun Chu said bluntly to Guo Ziping: I have never liked killing my own people. The main reason why I killed Yang Wenhua was that he was too greedy. As long as you serve as officials well and support me to pacify the southwest, then not only will you have no fault, but you will have merit. .
Guo Ziping whispered: "Is Your Majesty really going to carry out the twenty-one-year anniversary of Zhenguan?"
Yun Chu said: Your Majesty reduces the
The taxation of Jiannan Road for three years means hiding wealth from the people. Unexpectedly, after I entered Shuzhong, I found that the people have not become rich, but you are all eating up.
Without killing some people, we really can't curb the greed of you Shu rats.
I even want to suggest that Your Majesty send officials from the east and west stations to monitor the officials in Shuzhong every five years.
Guo Ziping sighed and said: That's good, so as not to cause heads in Shuzhong again.
While he was talking, Zhang Donghai and the people from Chengdu Baiqisi had already tied up the newly captured prisoners with Yang Wenhua. Together with some prisoners who escaped before the battle, they also had fifty-six prisoners.
Yun Chu took a look at the incense on the table and it had burned to the end. It should be three quarters past noon. He looked up at the gray sky and ordered in a deep voice: Beat the drum!
Following Yun Chu's order, the heavy war drums were beaten by two strong men, boom, boom, boom... The drums sounded heavier and heavier each time, and each one sounded faster than the last.
The sound of the drums merged into the air, and the water in the shaking air also gathered together. At first, there was only a few drops of rain, but after the sound of the three-way drum, heavy rain poured down.
The executioner stood in the rain, wiped the rain from his eyes, and heard the herald's chop! He used all his strength to chop down the machete in his hand.
