158. Chapter 157 Guyuan orders troops

Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 157 Guyuan orders troops

On April 16, nearly 50,000 people gathered on the wasteland outside Guyuan City.

Zhang Zongxian put on the airs of a governor, walked to the high platform that had been set up, and first looked around at the soldiers and horses outside.

Then he asked a regiment of the governor's personal soldiers to demonstrate wall charging, dismounting and shooting to the generals present, which greatly shocked the generals present.

Let them understand that the governor's loyal troops are not easy to mess with, and they should think carefully about whether they dare to cause trouble.

Then he ordered all the officers at the Baihu level to come forward and gather in front of the high platform. The generals who had just watched the demonstration by the pro-army army did not dare to disobey. After all, the governor had both Shang Fang's sword and a powerful cavalry.

Zhang Zongxian looked at these generals without saying a word. After the generals stood up, Guyuan Town's general soldier went up to the high platform to ask Zhang Zongxian for instructions. Zhang Zongxian asked him to stay aside and not talk.

Then with a wave of his hand, a battalion of the governor's soldiers, armed with muskets with bayonets inserted, surrounded the generals.

Seeing this scene, the General Soldier of Guyuan quickly asked the governor:

"What's the point of making a platform? We are all officials of the imperial court, why should we be treated like this?"

After the commander-in-chief finished speaking, the generals below also felt something was wrong and started to cheer:

"What's the point of making a platform?"

"We are all officials of the imperial court."

Zhang Zongxian signaled to the General Soldier of Guyuan to be calm, and then asked his disciples to go to the assembled soldiers, and shouted loudly to the soldiers brought by the border generals:

Tell those soldiers that after today's order of troops, they will be registered as sergeants in Guyuan Town. They will serve the imperial court, fight on the battlefield, and will be governed by military law. Deserters will be beheaded.

I know that some of you are common people who have been coerced. Those who do not want to be soldiers can come forward now while they have not been entered into the military register. For the people who have been coerced, the governor will also compensate them with one tael of silver.

go home.

At first, the people who were trapped in the slope did not believe that no one dared to come out. Until a few old men felt that they could not live for a few years, so they tried to walk out of the military formation.

After walking out of the military formation, the disciples of the school immediately directed these old men to a row of tables on the left side of the high platform.

Here, after recording their names and places of origin, the disciples of the school gave them a road guide issued by the Governor's Palace and a Taiping note of one tael of silver. Then they let them leave this place and let them go home.

Other people who were held hostage, as well as those who did not want to be soldiers in the first place, came out one after another, and under the guidance of the disciples of the school, they all went home with their guides and silver coins.

After seeing that they would indeed be let go, more and more people walked out of the military formation and lined up at the high platform to lead the way. During this period, the servants and officers who stayed in the military formation wanted to prevent the abducted people from leaving.

They were all dragged out on the spot and beaten to death by the governor's troops.

The generals of Guyuan Town under the high platform could only watch the troops and horses they brought with them shrink significantly. Some of the troops brought by hundreds of households were almost gone. The largest number only left half of the troops when they came.

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Those who stayed behind were either military households, or they were recruited from other places, and they had actually joined the military.

After a whole morning of work, only less than 20,000 people remained from the initial 50,000 troops.

Zhang Zongxian looked coldly at the generals of Guyuan Town in the audience, making them hairy. After the people who were being held hostage were gone, Zhang Zongxian led the general soldiers of Guyuan Town down the high platform and went to the right side of the high platform to set up

in the military tent.

The commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town did not know what the governor was going to do. Under Zhang Zongxian's pressure, he could only follow obediently and did not dare to say anything.

At this time, Zhao's staff walked to the high platform with a list of names, and began to call the names of the soldiers below. After calling a name, he brought the person to the high platform. At this time, the generals in Guyuan Town already felt that something was wrong.

However, he did not dare to cause trouble because he was pointed at by a fire gun. After Zhao's staff finished calling the names, the more than 30 generals who were brought to the high platform had already been removed from their armor.

Then Zhao's staff announced the charges against these generals, accusing them of kidnapping the people and depriving them of their pay. Then the governor's troops tied up all these generals. Only then did these generals understand that the governor wanted to use them to scare the monkeys!

Everyone shouted that they were wronged, and some soldiers wanted to call their own servants to rescue him, but under the suppression of the governor's troops, no one dared to move.

As the military eunuch walked out of the military tent with Shang Fang's sword, the executioner also stood on the high platform with a broadsword.

The commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town was determined to plead for mercy to his men. Before he could say anything, he heard Zhang Zongxian say to the people on the stage:

"Today, I will show you the consequences of fooling the court and bullying the people. Execution!"

The executioners were also unambiguous. After receiving the order, they began to execute the executions in order from right to left. The convicted generals immediately cried for their fathers and mothers. Some people were lying on the ground, some were incontinent, and they were in various ugly behaviors.

, plus the falling heads one after another.

The generals of Guyuan Town who were under the high platform all had chills on their necks and did not dare to raise their heads to look at the stage.

After executing these generals, Zhang Zongxian stepped on the blood step by step and climbed back onto the high platform. Standing on the high platform, he looked coldly at the Guyuan Town generals below, and then said to them:

"The people support you so that you can kill the enemy and serve the country, not to bully the people with swords and guns. From now on, if anyone disobeys military orders and bullies the people, I will kill them. I hope you will do your best."

After saying this, he withdrew the governor's troops who were surrounding the generals below the platform. Although he withdrew his troops, Zhang Zongxian did not let them leave, but continued to stand under the high platform.

Next, the formal numbering of troops began. The disciples of the school were still commanding each military formation and went to the left side of the high platform to register.

The birthplace, name, and age of each soldier were registered, and the medical woman was also arranged to conduct a simple physical examination. The old, weak, sick, and disabled were first screened out, and those who were too young were also selected.

After the registration is completed, these soldiers will be re-issued waist badges, three months of military pay owed previously, and fifty Taiping bills with a face value of one hundred cents.

The soldier was overjoyed when he got the receipt and kept counting the receipts. He finally got his pay, which was in full and without any discounts.

Since Taiping's grain depot opened in Guyuan, with Taiping's affordable grain, those profiteers can no longer deliberately raise grain prices while taking advantage of the pay period.

Soldiers who have received their dues will also receive three cooked corns, since they haven't eaten since they stood in the morning.

The Guyuan town border generals under the high platform were bleeding from their hearts. The money should have gone through their hands before it could go out. It would be nice to have one or two in the hands of the soldiers. How could the governor do this and not let them drink the blood of the soldiers?

How to show filial piety to your superiors.

The commander-in-chief of Guyuan Town also looked at Zhang Zongxian hesitantly, but in the end he did not say anything.

After all the counts were completed, out of the original 60,000 people in Guyuan Town, there were only less than 20,000 left.

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