Warring States Eagle

Sending away the retainers who were either excited or worried because of the lord's ambition, Zheng Liang began to think about another important thing.At the end of the evaluation just now, Onishi Kuniji reported that during the process of clearing the newly occupied territory, there was a case of Ashgaru's private possession of property.To be honest, Zhengliang was very angry about this. He provided all the armor and weapons of the ashigaru warriors in the territory for free. Is someone dissatisfied and has even started thinking about his belongings?Zhengliang immediately issued an order to remove the ashigaru who had hidden property from the ashigaru team, confiscated all weapons, salaries, and rewards, and at the same time demoted to labor service, and participated in the territorial corvee for one year without compensation.

This incident also reminded Zhengliang that it was time to formulate the Luo family's military law.In the past, due to the short period of time for the establishment of the army, it was enough to require everyone to follow orders and prohibitions. There was a lack of a clear punishment system, which often led to many ashigaru taking risks in front of rich wealth. The military law of the red line.So what kind of military law should be enacted?Zhengliang first thought of the 54 prohibitions in ancient China, [-] cutting, the main content of which is:

One: Don't advance when you hear the drums, don't stop when you hear the gold, don't raise the flag, don't hold the flag down, this is called disobedience to the army, and the offender will be killed.

Second: Responding to the name, not arriving on time, failing to meet the deadline, changing the teacher's law, this is called slowing down the army, and the offender will be executed.

The third: Nightly transmission of trickery, slackness and no report, even more slowness in violating, the voice is unknown, this is called slack in the army, and the offender will be beheaded.

Fourth: complaining a lot, angering the chief general, not listening to restraint, making it even more difficult to teach, this is called building an army, and offenders will beheaded.

Fifth: Raise your voice and laugh, flout the prohibition agreement, and rush through the gate of the army. This is called light army, and the offender will be beheaded.

Sixth: The weapons used, the bows and crossbows are absolutely stringless, the arrows have no feathers, the swords and halberds are not good, and the flags are withered.

Seventh: Rumors and deceitful words, fabricating ghosts and gods, pretending to be asleep, talking heresy, and bewitching soldiers. This is called a Yin army.

Eighth: Having a good tongue and sharp teeth, arguing about right and wrong, mobilizing soldiers to make them discord, this is called slandering the army, and the offender will be beheaded.

Ninth: Wherever he goes, abuse the people, if there are women who are forced to prostitute, this is called a traitor, and the offender will be beheaded.

Tenth: Stealing other people's property for self-interest, taking someone's head for one's own merit, this is called stealing the army, and the offender will beheaded.

The eleventh: The army and the people gather together to discuss matters, enter the tent privately, and listen to military aircraft. This is called spying on the army, and the offender will be executed.

Twelve: If you hear the plan, or hear the order, leak it to the outside, so that the enemy can know it.

The thirteenth: When invoking, be tongue-tied, lower your eyebrows and bow your head, with embarrassment on your face, this is called a ruthless army, and the offender will beheaded.

The fourteenth: Going out to march in the army, helping the front and the rear, talking loudly, and not obeying the forbidden instructions, this is called a disorderly army, and the offenders will be killed.

Part [-]: Suspicion of wounds to cause illness to avoid conquest, pinching wounds and feigning death so as to escape.

The sixteenth: In charge of money and food, when giving rewards, the relatives of the privates make the soldiers grievances.

Part seventeen: Observe the bandits without interrogation, scout out the bandits without details, and never speak when they arrive. If there are too many, there will be few words, and if there are few, there will be more words.

Of course, the contents of the above seventeen prohibitions 54 cuts are a bit too strict and too complicated, so Zheng Liang simplified these contents, and after repeated scrutiny, he finally came up with the first military law of the Luo family, which reads as follows:

[-]. Anyone who leaks military aircraft shall be beheaded;

[-]. During the battle, those who run away without authorization shall be cut off.

[-]. Those who harass and abuse the public shall be beheaded;

[-]. Those who take military merit will be beheaded;

[-]. Those who disobey orders will be demoted to hard labor;

[-]. Anyone who plunders property privately will have all his property confiscated and reduced to hard labor.

The above-mentioned four cuts and two demotes, the "four cuts" are to maintain the stability and combat effectiveness of the army, and the "two demotions" are Zhengliang's compromise with reality. Taking obeying orders as an example, it is very difficult to ask everyone to obey orders 100% at once. It's unrealistic, for example, if you tell him to turn left, but he turns right because he can't distinguish between left and right, should he be killed?Obviously it is impossible, otherwise most of the people will be beheaded soon, and they will defeat themselves before fighting the enemy.Similarly, privately plundering property is the bad nature of farmers and soldiers in this era, and it is difficult to change in a short period of time. Well, how much you privately plunder, in addition to confiscating everything, you will be reduced to labor until you have to be a territory You will be restored to freedom only after you create property value that is several times that of privately plundered free of charge.

After formulating the first military law of the territory, Masara personally copied several copies, and then asked Xiaoxing to inform Onishi Kuniji and Tsuda Hiromune, who were discussing the recruitment of new Ashgaru, and the two who were studying the army ideological education outline written by Masara last night. A military order is paid to the meeting hall.Soon everyone arrived one after another, and Zheng Liang immediately distributed the newly copied military law to everyone, asking them to implement it in the army immediately after returning.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is inappropriate," Onishi Guozhi remonstrated in a low voice after carefully looking at the military law.

"Huh?" Zheng Liang, who had gradually developed the habit of being assertive, was obviously very dissatisfied when he heard the objections from his retainers.

"Your Highness", seeing the change in Zhengliang's expression, Onishi Guozhi immediately fell to the ground, and then continued to bite the bullet, "According to the habits of other tyrants, once a war is needed, they will temporarily issue a conscription order to mobilize all farmers and soldiers. And these farmers Soldiers need to prepare their own armor, weapons and basic rations. Once they win the battle, these tyrants will allow these peasants and soldiers to plunder on the battlefield or even in nearby towns. If the family implements such military laws, it may cause soldiers dissatisfied."

"Dissatisfied?" Zheng Liang sneered, "They are no longer ordinary peasants and soldiers. They are the standing troops of the family. Besides, who gave them their weapons? Who is their generous salary and land enough to ensure food and clothing for their families? Given? Are they still not satisfied? Hmph, this military law must be strictly enforced, Sahachiro and Kisaburo, you are responsible for supervision.”

"Yes, Your Highness," Sahachiro and Kisaburo agreed loudly.They don't care what other people think, they only know that the Lord Lord's words are God's will, and no one is allowed to violate it.Sensing Masara's determination to implement the military law, Onishi Kuniji and Tsuda Hiromune immediately accepted the order wisely, and then left with the two soldiers as if fleeing for their lives.Just kidding, if I go on, the lord must be angry, and I will wait to bear the terrible anger of the lord.

In fact, Zhengliang is not worried at all about causing dissatisfaction in the army.Even the ashigaru with the lowest salary has an income of 7 shi a year. In addition to the harvest on the field, the family can not only guarantee food and clothing, but also have a surplus.At the same time, Zhengliang has different levels of rewards after each battle victory.What dissatisfaction do the ashigaru people have with the above-mentioned treatment?To be honest, Zhengliang can even be called the Lord of Benevolence.And those who are still dissatisfied, it can be said that they are too greedy. For this, Zheng Liang doesn't mind taking them out at all, so as to make an example.

Just as Masara continued to be distracted, Togo Heiji hurried in.

"Your Highness," Togo Heiji gave a retainer salute to Zheng Liang, his face full of joy.

"Oh, it's Heiji. Is there anything to be happy about?" Masara said.

"Your Highness, the allied forces of the Dono family, the Akasaka family, and the Tateishi family have already decided the victory. Although the Dono family of Yuno Castle resisted fiercely and repelled the enemies of the cage city several times, it was still the second day of the battle of the cage city. The city gate was breached in the early morning," Togo Heiji reported, "Hei Sataro escaped in the scuffle, and found his family members who settled in the territory of his family according to the letter left by His Highness arranged by Ashgaru. Now he is asking to see him outside the door, hoping to become The servants of this family."

"Huh?" Zhengliang was startled when he heard the words, and then immediately reacted, "Very well, please." As early as the first time he arranged for Dongxiang Heiji to buy grain, Zhengliang deliberately used this Dongxiang Heiji's " "General" for his own use, but unfortunately at that time the territory was not even enough to protect himself, it was really impossible to recruit the other party, so he could only give up for the time being, now that the other party is already outside the door, and even asked to be an official, Zheng Liang is of course happy.

After the order was conveyed, a young man with a typical samurai head shape, about 1 meters tall, and several scars that had just stuttered on his face walked in quickly.A few meters away from Zheng Liang, the young man knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Little man Hira Satarou, I pay my respects to Your Highness."

"Hehe, no courtesy." Zheng Liang smiled slightly, and then continued, "Speaking of which, this is the first time we have met. Before this, Heiji has mentioned to me your "General" demeanor several times."

"Your Highness, this is really ashamed to kill the villain." Hirasataro immediately kowtowed and said, with a choked voice, "After the villain's master was taken away, the villain is really ashamed of the master. I was going to cut my belly to apologize, but I really missed my wife and children so much, so I temporarily gave birth. The villain thanks His Highness for protecting the villain's family." After finishing speaking, Hirasatarou kowtowed again to express his gratitude.

"After learning about His Royal Highness's impressive record of destroying bandits and even three tyrants in an instant, the villain really felt deeply bowed down." Seeing Zheng Liang's calm expression, Hirasa Taro immediately puffed up in his heart, and said firmly, " For the sake of the family's wife and children, Your Highness asks you to take in the villain. Even in the face of the ridicule of the world, the villain will do his best to contribute to the Luo family with the villain's remnant body." What Hirazutaro said at this moment is the truth. After exhaustingly finding his wife and son at Togo Heiji's home, Hirasa Taro was completely shocked by what Togo Heiji said.A young man who looked only about 17 or 18 years old actually wiped out bandits who had been doing evil for decades, and even wiped out three local tyrants in less than two months. What kind of record is this?Compared with the previous head of the family who refused to listen to his hard advice and was eventually killed, this is really far away.There is hope in a desperate heart.Under Dongxiang Heiji's persuasion, looking at the young son who was just born at home, Hirasa Taro gave up the idea of ​​​​seppuku and decided to leave Shi Luo's family.

At this time, the samurai still paid great attention to the so-called bushido spirit. For Hirasa Taro, whose lord was captured, the best way to get a good name was to apologize for failing to protect his lord.Therefore, for Hirasa Taro, after the death of his own lord, it takes great determination to make the decision to serve another lord immediately. Once it is publicized, basically no other tyrants are willing to take him in.In Zhengliang's view, more meanings can be heard from his words of allegiance. First, he indirectly stated that the previous head of the family was dead, and he was absolutely not suspected of being meticulous; second, he was willing to use his wife and children as his As a hostage, I promise to be loyal to the Luo family.

"Well, Pinzuo, why don't you talk about the situation of the Dono family first?" Zhengliang decided not to rush to agree to the other party's request to become an official.

Hirasa Taro was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood that the other party was testing him, so he immediately bowed to salute, and then explained the situation of the Dono family in detail.A month ago, Dono Jijiro, the lord of Yuno Castle, inadvertently learned that the nearby Akasaka family had just purchased a batch of weapons from outside and was planning to secretly transport them to the Akasaka family's residence, so he immediately planned to send someone to sneak into the Akasaka family's territory, and then wait for the opportunity to seize it halfway. .Although Hirazataro strongly opposed it, Dono Jijiro still went his own way, and finally snatched the supplies surprisingly smoothly.For nearly a month after that, the Akasaka family did not respond, and Dono Motojiro was even more complacent. He also accused Hirazataro of being too timid several times, and at the same time ordered the disbandment of the farmers and soldiers assembled in response to the Akasaka family's revenge.A few days after the disbandment of the peasants and soldiers, the Akasaka family and the Tateishi family quickly dispatched troops from the front and back of Yunoo Castle under the banner of recapturing the looted supplies.As the two families seemed to have been prepared for a long time, the troops marched very fast, and they arrived at Yuno Castle in less than a day. Dono Jijiro had no time to react, and even the territorial farmers and soldiers had no time to call.The two coalition forces launched the cage battle that night. Although the samurai in the city rose up to resist, the city gate was still declared lost in the early morning of the next day. At this time, reinforcements from the main city of the Dono family had just set off from Tianowei City.Hirasa Taro tried to protect Donno Keijiro from the encirclement, but he was surrounded by the enemy several times. He watched helplessly as the head of the patriarch was captured by the enemy. Rumors of the imminent arrival caused riots, and Hirasataro took advantage of the chaos to escape from Yuno Castle.

"When the villain crossed the small river outside Donoo Castle and rushed to His Highness's territory, the two coalition forces were fighting with the reinforcements of the Dono family who rushed over," said Sataro Hirao finally.

"Well, very good. Now the family officially appoints you as the ashigaru general to assist Togo Heiji to quickly stabilize the territory. The salary is 40 shi." Masara nodded.After hearing Sataro Hirao's detailed report, Zhengliang felt happy and worried.The joy is that the tyrants on the west side of our family are fighting in a melee, and they have no time to take care of our family in a short time; the worry is that no matter who wins this melee, Yuno City will be heavily guarded, which will pose a great threat to our family. After all, no one wants to have a powerful neighbor.

"Yes, Your Highness," Hirasa Taro was overjoyed by Masara's appointment, and immediately knelt down and bowed.

After letting Togo Heiji go down quickly to continue to stabilize the territory, Zheng Liang was about to check the account books left by Togo Heiji in detail. At this time, Onishi Kuniji came to visit again in a hurry, and at the same time brought an unexpected guest.

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