Chen Qiyu, who was behind the emperor, couldn't help being stunned when he heard this. What's going on? What did Zuo Liangyu say just now?
He said it as if he was the one who was able to eliminate the bandits this time! Or the kind who doesn’t remember his reputation and endures humiliation and burden?
Chen Qiyu had to admit that this guy was really treacherous. When he was about to die, he could still say something like this in an attempt to save his life.
If he met an ordinary emperor with his sophistry, he might really be confused by his rhetoric! But now, he is in front of a wise and powerful emperor, how can he be easily deceived?
Although he was thinking this, Chen Qiyu was still a little worried, so he turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen to see what he would say.
In fact, not only him, but also Liu Yue and Liu Guoneng, members of the Royal Guards, were all shocked by Zuo Liangyu's shameless behavior. They didn't expect that he would actually say this in front of the emperor! Most likely, they did not believe Zuo Liangyu. Ever since Zuo Liangyu began to disobey the Governor's military orders, there was no sign of him becoming a traitor within the imperial court who should be approached.
At this moment, Liu Guoneng even forgot his anxiety and looked at the young emperor to see how he would deal with Zuo Liangyu?
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen already knew this when Zuo Liangyu said this to Liu Yue for the first time. At this time, when he heard that Zuo Liangyu dared to come in front of him and fool him, he couldn't help but sneer immediately, then waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, right here, hit twenty army sticks first!"
Upon hearing this, the Jinyi Guardsman next to him immediately took the order and pounced on him like a wolf. Right in front of the imperial guard, he pushed Zuo Liangyu, who was in a daze, to the ground, took off his pants, and started beating him with "crackling" sounds. .
The severe pain on his buttocks brought Zuo Liangyu back to his senses, but he did not dare to cry out about the pain, but he was very uneasy in his heart: What does the emperor mean by this? Do you want to vent your anger first and then believe your own story? Otherwise, just cut it off directly, why is it so troublesome?
After thinking about it for a while, Zuo Liangyu felt that this possibility was very high. Of course, at this time, he himself was more willing to think about this aspect.
Coming to this conclusion, he screamed loudly every time he was spanked, just to let the emperor hear and see that it hurt him so much! In this way, maybe the emperor will be more relieved.
In fact, after about ten spanks, Zuo Liangyu's buttocks were broken. With each subsequent spank, Zuo Liangyu felt excruciating pain. He wanted to pretend to cry out in pain, but it became really painful.
The others were silent and just watched all this quietly. They didn't know what the emperor would do with Zuo Liangyu in the end.
Twenty military sticks were used, and the spanking was completed very quickly, and the buttocks could not even be seen. There was no humanitarian rescue at this time. He was dead when he was dead, and there was no one to stop the bleeding.
Emperor Chongzhen looked down at him and shouted coldly: "You have done many evil things, and I punish you, but are you convinced?"
Zuo Liangyu was stunned after hearing this. The pain in his butt was unbearable. He knew that he had to deal with his butt. However, before the emperor passed this level, he nodded quickly and said: "I am convinced with all my heart, and I will be convinced with all my heart!"
"Then you have admitted that you have done many evil things. I have not wronged you, right?" Emperor Chongzhen heard this and shouted coldly again.
Zuo Liangyu was stunned again after hearing this, thinking to himself, Your Majesty, are you done yet? Your butt is spanked like this, so your anger should be gone, right?
But on the surface, he didn't dare to speak to the emperor like this, so he had no choice but to follow the emperor's wishes, nodded quickly and said: "Your Majesty is wise and did not wrongly accuse the general. It is the general who deserves to die. For your Majesty's sake..."
He originally wanted to say that since he had chopped off the heads of so many bandit leaders, he should be spared this time. However, before these words were spoken, Emperor Chongzhen shouted sharply: "Since you have admitted that you are guilty of many crimes, how can twenty army sticks be enough to get rid of it? Come on, give me another twenty army sticks!"
"Ah..." Zuo Liangyu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this. Has the emperor not calmed down yet?
I thought carefully about what I had done, killing the supervisors, slaughtering two cities in a row, and then leading troops to besiege Nanyang. It seems that these things cannot be done with twenty army sticks! Does your Majesty mean that you have to hit forty military sticks?
Thinking like this, he comforted himself in his heart. After beating forty army sticks, the emperor should have calmed down, right?
So, he gritted his teeth and screamed every time he was hit. No matter what, he would wait until he had finished holding the forty army sticks.
His screams made people nearby hear the sound and look over. They couldn't help but whisper, "Who is being beaten with a military stick in front of the emperor?"
Chen Qiyu, Liu Yue and others were a little confused. What on earth is the emperor doing? Do you really want to let him go after calming him down?
After another twenty baton blows, Zuo Liangyu almost fainted. After the fight was not good enough, his heart was full of hope. Now, the emperor should calm down, right?
After waiting for the execution of the Imperial Guards to deliver the decree to Emperor Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu endured the severe pain in his buttocks, forced a smile that was uglier than crying, and said with an apologetic smile: "Your Majesty, the general has finally been convicted. Please ask your majesty to have someone treat the general’s injuries, otherwise, the general… the general will no longer be able to serve your majesty!”
"Haha!" Emperor Chongzhen sneered after hearing this, "Since you have already been convicted of your crime, you should know that the crimes you have committed cannot be offset by forty military sticks?"
As soon as he heard this, Zuo Liangyu's face suddenly turned as white as a ghost. Even if he was a soldier, he would be scared. He immediately said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, if you defeat the last general... it will be over. Your Majesty, we can't do it anymore." Fight, the general..."
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became angry, pointed the direction of Yangcheng with his hand, and shouted sternly: "You know you are afraid of death, but you know how many people are there who are coerced by you and others. They don't want to die, so you are forcing them to die." Under Nanyang City? Now, can you feel the despair they felt before they died..."
"..." Zuo Liangyu was stunned. What did the emperor mean by this? Could it be that after doing so much, you just want to understand the feelings of those trapped people in despair? Is this what you mean?
He was a little unwilling to believe it, but Chen Qiyu could see that the emperor had no intention of letting Zuo Liangyu go. But if he had yelled at Zuo Liangyu to kill him from the beginning, he would probably not have thought too much about the feelings of those who were killed by him out of despair. If he only thinks about being a good man again in eighteen years, he will die. Even if he is cut into pieces with a thousand swords, he will probably not suffer much mental pain.
However, the emperor just held on to his glimmer of hope and made him suffer in pain. When he was done suffering, he made him despair again. Torturing him in this way was to let him know the price of his evil deeds!
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Emperor Chongzhen issuing another decree: "Come on, hang him outside Nanyang City! After you capture his son Zuo Mengeng, take him in front of him and chop him into pieces with a thousand swords to let him know that What a kind of despair it is to have your family broken up and your family to be destroyed!”
That Zuo Mengeng actually wanted to throw his rotting corpse into the city. Based on this, cutting him into pieces with a thousand cuts wouldn’t be too much!
When Zuo Liangyu heard this, he was really desperate! If he had known this, he should have drawn his sword and killed himself. Why did he think that he might be able to deceive the emperor?
After Zuo Liangyu was dragged down, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the heads placed there. At this time, he could not tell which head belonged to Zhang Xianzhong or Li Zicheng. None of this matters now!
Then Emperor Chongzhen issued another decree: "No matter what the reason for their rebellion, these bandit leaders, the pain they brought to the people of Ming Dynasty cannot be ended with their death. Let's drop their heads to Nanyang City" Please, let’s warn future generations!”
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Liu Guoneng, who was a little uneasy next to him, and asked him: "Are you the Liu Guoneng who broke through the sky?"
After Liu Guoneng was recruited, he was just a guard, which was considered a very low position among military attaches. On the contrary, his reputation as Chuang Taotian is quite famous. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen asked this question smoothly.
However, when he asked this, Liu Guoneng was frightened. Could it be that the emperor also wanted to settle old scores with him?
"That's the last general!" Liu Guoneng knelt down and saluted, regardless of his armor. "The last general has changed his mind a long time ago and will serve the country with loyalty and never repeat himself!"
Liu Yue on the side was also a little uneasy, thinking that the emperor wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of it once and for all, so he quickly clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Shoubei was in the left bandit army. He couldn't help himself. He took the initiative to contact the governor. It shows that he is indeed loyal to the country. , never repeated!"
Seeing how nervous they were, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly woke up and knew what they were worried about. He smiled and said, "Let's all be safe. Liu Guoneng has made great achievements in defeating the thieves this time. He is both wise and brave. I am very relieved. I will appoint the general to suppress the thieves!" "
After saying this, Liu Guoneng couldn't help but be stunned, "Suppress thieves?" Did he skip the position of guerrilla general and become a general directly? I am just a thief, but I am actually a general?
You know, above the general is the deputy general, and the deputy general is also commonly known as the deputy commander-in-chief.
Liu Yue was very happy to hear this, but he immediately found that Liu Guoneng seemed to be crazy with joy, so he quietly pulled off the hem of Liu Guoneng's shirt.
Liu Guoneng subconsciously turned his head to look at him, a little confused.
Liu Yue was speechless, so he had to say clearly: "Why don't you thank me quickly?"
At this time, Liu Guoneng came to his senses and quickly thanked Emperor Chongzhen.
Chen Qiyu on the side looked at this and couldn't help but feel happy for Liu Guoneng.
He also admired Liu Guoneng. After all, it was Liu Guoneng who took the initiative to find him. With Liu Guoneng as an internal response, he relieved a lot of pressure.
At this time, he knew better than Liu Guoneng. Don't look at Liu Guoneng's appointment as a thief-suppressing general. In fact, he, as a general, was even more valuable than an ordinary deputy general. Because he was given by the emperor himself, and he was a general in the heart of the emperor.
Emperor Chongzhen accepted Liu Guoneng's thanks with a smile, then turned to look at Liu Yue and said: "From now on, you will be the Jinyi Guard Qianhu. Do your best and don't let me down!"
The commander of the Jin Yiwei was at the side, but since the emperor had sealed him personally, there was nothing wrong with him.
But Liu Yue knew that the impression he had made in front of the emperor was not comparable to that of other Qianhu. What's more, the emperor was also generous this time. He also skipped the rank of Deputy Qianhu.
Therefore, he quickly thanked him.
At this time, the sunset had already set, and the sky was about to get dark.
However, arrests of bandits continued on the battlefield, and the Ming army soldiers still had no rest. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not need to worry about these things. Since Chen Qiyu, a high-ranking official in the border area who knew the military, it was natural for him to arrange these things.
In the temporarily set up tent of the Chinese army, Emperor Chongzhen was also lying down to rest, at least in the eyes of others.
Occasionally, you can hear the faint shouts of the soldiers in low voices from outside the tent: "Quiet, your Majesty has been tired for a day and is resting. Don't disturb your Majesty!"
Indeed, when Emperor Chongzhen followed the cavalry, it was a blessing that he had a young body to lay the foundation. Otherwise, people who are used to being pampered and pampered would really be able to persevere. His performance also won the respect of the Ming soldiers!
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was actually checking the eavesdropping system again. Fortunately, this system was in his mind. Even though he said he could read it, it was actually as if it was engraved in his mind. No matter how much content he had, he could only understand it in an instant.
Otherwise, if there are too many eavesdropping seeds, it would be like reading line by line like reading a book. Then basically you would not have to do anything. You would be in a daze all day, and you may not be able to see anything useful.
By eavesdropping on the seeds, he knew that Turg, the Jianlu Tatar, was really lucky. After all the hardships, he finally bumped into someone from the Urad tribe on the grassland on his way to the Urad tribe, and he had been sent to his headquarters. By the way, Emperor Chongzhen was also informed of the situation there.
The rebel general Chai Shihua was also there, and he and the leader of the Urad tribe were shocked when they heard what happened in Turg. They did not expect that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty went on a personal expedition and defeated all the Tumote troops.
"Anyone who offends the Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away!" After thinking about this sentence, the leader of the Urad tribe became anxious. He was sure that the Ming emperor might continue to use troops against his Urad tribe. The Tumut tribe was completely wiped out, so what's the use of relying on the Urad tribe alone?
For this reason, Turg told the leader of the Urad tribe that he must persist and never be intimidated by the Ming army. He wanted to return to Liaodong immediately and report what happened here to the Qing Emperor.
Chai Shihua was also afraid. He quickly came up with an idea and said that relying on the Urad tribe alone was not enough. It was better to borrow troops from tribes further west to resist the Ming army together.
In the end, just like in the original history, Chai Shihua came forward to borrow troops from the Qinghai-Tibet tribe further west. The Urad tribe, on the other hand, was like a frightened bird, ready to escape at any time, and sent a large number of scout horses to explore along the Great Wall.
As for Turg, he and the few remaining tribesmen borrowed horses from the Urad tribe and traveled back to Liaodong on a starry night.
