Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 92
Seeing that his deterrent had worked, Sun Chengli couldn't help smiling, feeling a little proud.

Zhao Dezhao was indeed in a bit of a dilemma. He could order the guards of his county prince's mansion to act, but the guards were servants, and asking the servants to carry out torture would be lynching instead of enforcing military law. An excuse for criticism.

Of course, if he was really forced to do so, he could also carry out the punishment himself, but it would be a little out of place for His Royal Highness to act like this in public.

"Your Highness, the villain dares!" A voice suddenly said.

Zhao Dezhao raised his eyes following the sound, and found that it was Huang Erzhu, the big soldier who had been forgotten by him. He was still kneeling there, clasped his fists and said loudly: "The villain boldly recommends himself to enforce the military law for His Highness!"

All the officers and generals in front of the palace present, including Sun Chengli, showed stunned expressions on their faces, as if they couldn't believe that such a lowly big-headed soldier had the courage to volunteer to fight a commander. cudgel!

Of course, it is most convincing for the soldiers of the Dianqian Division to come forward to enforce the military law. Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but feel relieved, he hooked his hands at Huang Erzhu with a smile, and called him to the front and said, "Huang Erzhu, your hands are not yet festered. Yu, can you hold a military stick and hit people movingly?"

"You can hold a saber, so why talk about a military stick? You can kill people, let alone beating people!" Huang Erzhu maintained a humble posture with his fists bowed, but his words were not humble at all.

"Well, have you ever fought a general?" Zhao Dezhao asked with a smile, interested in this person.

"I have never fought a general." Huang Erzhu raised his head and grinned, "I have fought the Liao army."

Zhao Dezhao was taken aback, then burst out laughing, nodded and said, "Very good."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Dezhao turned to a strong man dressed as a guard of the royal palace and held a horse, and said solemnly: "Bring it!"

The strong guard came forward, held the horse with both hands across and presented it to Zhao Dezhao.

This horse lance is made of fine iron, and its background is extraordinary. It was the weapon Zhao Dezhao's emperor's father, Zhao Kuangyin, used all the year round when he charged into battle as a general in the Later Zhou army.

This time, Zhao Kuangyin temporarily lent his son the emperor's ceremonial guard and the imperial armor, so that he could stand up in front of the soldiers of the imperial army, but Zhao Dezhao's small body could barely wear the armor, and this horse was too heavy to lift. , I had to designate a guard to be responsible for carrying it, but I didn't expect it to come in handy!

Zhao Dezhao didn't pick it up himself, but gave a little signal.

Huang Erzhu took Ma Li from the guard of the strong man with both hands. He didn't seem particularly strenuous, and his movements were very steady. It seemed that the festering injuries on his hands had no effect on him.

This made Zhao Dezhao nod slightly. Only soldiers like this who hold weapons more securely than money have such a taste.

"Sun Chengli! You claim that you are the son of heaven's own general. You have followed my father in bloody battles for many years. No one is qualified to touch you except my father!"

"Since you have followed my father, you should recognize this horse, right?!"

"Now this king will enforce the military law on behalf of my father, and beat you with ten sticks!"

After Zhao Dezhao finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the two palace guards twisted Sun Chengli's arms and pushed him down. Huang Erzhu approached with a horse in his hand.

"Wait a minute!" Zhao Dezhao raised his hand and pointed at the platform: "Drag to the platform for torture!"

Huang Erzhu was stunned, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, according to the military practice, the execution of military law has always been under the general's platform."

"This king said, drag it to the general platform to execute the punishment!"

Zhao Dezhao's tone was cold. He deliberately asked to be tortured on the general platform in order to let all the officers and soldiers in front of the palace see clearly and let them know fear in their hearts. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to just hand out rewards; In addition, he also wanted to take this opportunity to hit the officers of all ranks in front of the palace, so that they would know how to restrain themselves.

Huang Erzhu didn't dare to say any more, two palace guards dragged Sun Chengli, who was yelling at him, to the general platform, and took off his armor in public. Huang Erzhu swung a heavy fine iron horse lance, and beat him firmly with the handle.

There was no sound in the whole school grounds, except for the muffled sound of military sticks hitting flesh.

Although Sun Chengli was born as a strong general in the army, his body was burly and thick, far surpassing ordinary people, but after the ten iron army sticks were hit, he couldn't get up, and he could only lie on the general's platform and groan, under his own Many subordinates lost face as a general.

After observing the reactions of the officers and soldiers in front of the hall, Zhao Dezhao felt that the effect was quite satisfactory, and he waved his hand and said, "Light up the lanterns and torches, and we will continue to award rewards!"

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Five days later, Funing Palace.

"Father, my son has been ordered to give rewards to the imperial army."

"The Dianqian Division, the Guard Division, and the Horse Army Division, the three divisions all command [-] guan each, the deputy commanders each have [-] guan, and the commander has [-] guan... Each sergeant costs half a guan, all of which have been paid according to the plan. The military booklets were distributed to everyone, and nothing was left out."

Zhao Dezhao is holding the military booklet to report to the emperor's father, which is equivalent to making a simple after-the-fact report.

During these five days, after Zhao Dezhao handed out the rewards to the Dianqian Division, he went to the Guard Division and the Horse Army Division successively to present the rewards.

The number of soldiers and horses in these two divisions is actually more than that of the Dianqian Division, but they are not as strong as the soldiers, and they are not as important as the Dianqian Division, and the control is also more lax.

Zhao Dezhao naturally wanted to use his ass to figure it out. The two divisions must have the same problems as the Dianqian Division, and they will only be more serious. This is not a problem of any general's ability to govern the army or morality. But there are problems with the entire military system and atmosphere.

In view of this, Zhao Dezhao did not go to war again when the Department of Guards and the Department of Ma Jun presented the rewards.

The commanders of these two divisions probably also heard of Sun Chengli's tragic experience, and they were all as honest as quails in front of Zhao Dezhao. No one had the courage to stroke his beard again, and Zhao Dezhao naturally restrained himself. Don't investigate and don't ask about any malpractices in the army, just give out rewards as a routine, and the task is completed without any setbacks.

However, in the past few days when Zhao Dezhao spent a lot of money to distribute rewards to the Third Division of the Forbidden Army, Zhao Dezhao personally felt how serious the shortcomings of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty were. Therefore, he really did not feel that the 60 yuan was spent happily. Together, this is the first time that I spent a lot of money and felt so uncomfortable!
Even to report to the emperor's father afterwards, Zhao Dezhao was a little bit unmotivated, so he had to briefly report the general process without mentioning any details, and he didn't even take the initiative to mention the matter of Sun Chengli being blamed.

After Zhao Kuangyin listened to his son's report, he snorted and said, "Your boy has not yet become an emperor, so you have shaken up the majesty of an emperor."

(End of this chapter)