Nie Chen nodded and said,
"Yes, military discipline must be upheld. According to our military regulations, what is the crime for insulting a woman?"
"Behead and decide!"
Qi Huan said immediately.
Hearing this, Nie Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. These soldiers had all followed him in and killed countless enemies. They all had meritorious service. If he really wanted to kill them because of these things, Nie Chen couldn't bear it.
"Master Marquis, please spare your life. These are girls from criminal families, not from good families. We don't dare to do anything to common people's girls."
"Yes, Lord Marquis, we all have merit. We followed you into the capital and killed 40,000 enemy troops."
"Master Hou, please spare my life, I will not die if I wait for my sin!"
After listening to their kowtows and begging for mercy, Nie Chen said after thinking for a moment,
"I know that you have meritorious service, but merit is merit, and fault is fault. If you insult women today, will you still insult other women when we attack other cities in the future?
This is the country of Feng, and it is full of people from the wind. Do you want to take action against your compatriots?
If you are a first offender, I will punish you by carrying corpses to the city wall. Go ahead! "
"Thank you, Lord Marquis! Thank you very much, Lord Marquis!"
Hearing this, Qi Huan's eyes widened and he immediately stopped those who wanted to leave and said loudly,
"Master Hou! Carrying corpses is what they are supposed to do. What kind of punishment is this? Is Master Hou's punishment too light?"
Nie Chen frowned and looked at Qi Huan, and shouted coldly,
"Qi Huan! Are you questioning my words?"
"I don't dare! But if military discipline is not correct, our army will turn into a group of bandits and grassroots bandits. At that time, the people will complain. If the country does not have a general, what is the power of our army?
If violations of military discipline are not punished, then no one will obey the general's orders in the future. How can we fight in wars? This is not the way to strengthen an army, but the way to defeat it!
Since the Marquis has given his subordinates the power to supervise the laws of all armies and all officials and generals, then his subordinates must do this well! "
"What on earth are you going to do?!!!"
Nie Chen roared coldly and glared at Qi Huan, his hand already on the handle of the knife.
"My subordinates kindly request the Marquis to kill them to enforce military discipline!"
"Qi Huan! You are looking for death!"
Nie Chen pulled out the knife and pointed it at Qi Huan.
However, Qi Huan did not give in and said loudly,
"Even if the Marquis kills his subordinates, the subordinates must also ask the Marquis to enforce military discipline! Kill them as a warning to others!"
"Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?"
Nie Chen was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick.
"If the Marquis wants to kill, he will kill! But my subordinates don't think they are wrong. As long as the Marquis does not punish them, my subordinates will not give in!"
Qi Huan stretched out his arms to block those people, preventing them from leaving, and also glared at Nie Chen.
At this time, a soldier knelt down and said,
"Master Marquis, General Qi, it's all the villain's fault. Thank you for your forgiveness, Master Marquis. I shouldn't have made things difficult for you. I am willing to commit suicide to apologize!"
After saying this, the soldier picked up the knife and was about to kill himself.
Nie Chen had quick eyes and quick hands, and he knocked away his knife. Then, his face was ashen, and he said to Qi Huan word by word,
“Tie them all up, drag them to the palace square, and beat them with thirty military sticks in front of the people and sergeants.
This is their punishment for attempted rape. If a woman is raped, she will be killed without mercy!
Notify the entire army:
Those who cause trouble and disturb the people will be killed!
Those who steal property will be killed!
Those who molest women of the people will be killed! "
Qi Huan immediately said,
"As you command!"
"Did you all hear it? Hurry up and do what the Marquis wants!"
Qi Huan shouted to the shadow guards and Nie Chen guards behind him.
"yes!"
The guards led the soldiers out, and the soldiers led the people from the palace out.
After everyone had left, Qi Huan knelt down, knocked his head on the ground, and said,
"My subordinates clashed with the Marquis and asked the Marquis to punish him."
"Get up."
Nie Chen said.
"Please punish the prince's subordinates!"
Qi Huan was very stubborn and would not get up unless he was punished.
Those who have merit will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. The Shadow Guards are in charge of these things. Naturally, Qi Huan cannot protect himself.
"This time your reward will be cut in half, okay? Get up quickly."
"Thank you, Lord Marquis."
"Well done."
Qi Huan then stood up, and Nie Chen patted his shoulder and smiled, completely different from the angry roar just now.
Qi Huan was not a fool, so he naturally understood what Nie Chen meant.
Nie Chen also knew that his soldiers and horses were all patchworked together, with different qualities and poor military discipline. They had accumulated dirt for a long time.
He also knows that his army has reached the point where it will cause trouble if it is not managed properly. Today's incident is a harbinger.
But what he relies on to maintain military morale is his image of benevolence and justice and loving soldiers as his own son. If he really kills these people, his personality will collapse.
Therefore, someone has to stand up and say these words, and Qi Huan, the Shadow Guard who supervises the officials and generals' army, is the most suitable person.
Of course, Nie Chen didn't really intend to kill them, he just wanted to achieve the effect of improving military discipline.
After all, he had just done the same thing as these soldiers and bullied a good woman.
If you really want to chop off someone's head, that's not a double standard.
But he is the lord, so having more women in his private life is nothing, but the army cannot do it, and military discipline must not be messed up.
Nie Chen and Qi Huan, the pair of master and slave, played a double act, one played the white face, and the other played the red face.
After the soldiers were pulled out, they were executed in the square outside the palace. There was a constant stream of wailing. Many soldiers saw it. The news about the Marquis's rectification of military discipline was also reported. When these people ransacked their homes, they also restrained themselves. many.
"Qi Huan, I have wronged you this time, and I want you to be hated again."
Nie Chen sighed.
Qi Huan smiled and said,
"The Shadow Guards are not an army. The duty of the Shadow Guards is to make people afraid, not only to make their enemies afraid, but also to make their own people afraid. In this way, when those people do things that violate military discipline in the future, they will have to think carefully and see. Is it their necks that are tough, or the Shadow Guard's swords that are tough.
It's fine if they hate me. What I'm afraid of is that they don't hate me. If they feel friendly when they see me, that would be a dereliction of duty on my part. "
"Okay, it's best if you understand this. By the way, I'll send someone to the prison later to inform you that among those caught, those ministers and family members of nobles and royal families cannot be released.
But those servants, maids, etc. are all low-status people. Once their identities are verified and no prisoners are involved, they will be released and arranged to work for our generals and officials. "
"Yes, Lord Marquis has great views and benevolence."
"Well, there are policies and countermeasures, that's what I ordered, but if you really go to prison and get beaten up, I'm afraid there will be many more cases where people are killed.
Those people may even collect money to do things, or kill innocent people, or collect money to release people. Once this happens, the person who collects the money will be hung in jail and beaten as a warning to others. "
"Yes, the villain understands, but the Marquis has more profound thoughts."
Qi Huan fell to the ground in admiration.
