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Li Ke didn't speak, he glanced at Liang Chong, fixed his eyes on Guo Xiaoke's face and shouted, "The cavalry charge three miles away, and when they reach the gate of the barracks, they can go straight into the barracks without any hindrance and kill the commander." Tens of thousands of people in Bingzhou camp fled like horses and wild dogs, not even daring to meet the incoming enemies. Guo Changshi, is this the situation of military equipment in Taiyuan Prefecture, an important town in the Tang Dynasty? Fortunately, the king led the cavalry. If the Turks Those standing outside the Xieli camp are no longer living people, but dead bodies whose heads have been severed.”

"Great Governor" Guo Xiaoke didn't know how to answer for a moment. Li Ke's eyes were fixed on his face like a thorn, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable. charges.

"Liang Chong, what were you doing as a barracks guard when the enemy attacked?" Li Ke scolded Liang Chong who was in the middle of the battle, "Your clothes are disheveled, there is no horse in your crotch, and you have no knife in your hand. Are you going to die? Or are you ready to surrender?"

"Puff..." Liang Chong knelt down suddenly, "Governor, the general will be found guilty, please punish him!" He was sensible, knowing that Li Ke would definitely not let it go today, so he decisively admitted his dereliction of duty.

"Your Highness, Bingzhou has not had a war for many years, and the soldiers are mentally slack, which is why the cavalry you led captured the camp. I hope that Your Highness can forgive General Liang." Guo Xiaoke said solemnly, "Soldiers are lax in training. Governor-General Shi of the Metropolitan Government cannot excuse his crime, and he dares His Highness to punish him." Guo Xiaoke knelt in front of Li Ke's case after speaking.

Sima Sun Erlang, Wang Chong and other generals of the Governor's Mansion saw that Guo Xiaoke took the responsibility to their side, they hurriedly got up and knelt down and said, "The last general waits for the Zhijun to be lax, and please punish him, Your Highness."

"Good! Good!" Li Ke looked at all the generals in the hall except Li Mengchang who knelt down and laughed, "Don't you have any responsibility for this situation in the Bingzhou military camp? You are all responsible. This king today You are the ones to be punished." Li Ke scolded angrily, "Let's not talk about this matter for now, you all get up, and I will hold you accountable after I deal with those who disobeyed the military order today."

"Thank you, Commander." Everyone got up and sat down in their seats this time.

As soon as the generals in the tent sat down, they heard someone yelling outside the tent, "You are so brave, you dare to tie me up. Do you know who we are? ...Ah, if you dare to hit me, when I see His Highness the King of Han and tell you the truth, I will destroy your nine clans."

Everyone in the tent was shocked, they knew that the person who spoke was Xu Hui who joined the army in the governor's mansion, especially Guo Xiaoke, he did not expect Xu Hui to be tied up by Su Dingfang.When he passed the gate, he also found Su Dingfang and the black-clothed cavalry who appeared in the hall of the governor's mansion at that time, so he was worried about Xu Hui, and he didn't expect his worry to be true.The voice was getting closer and stopped outside the tent, and a corner of the tent was lifted, and Su Dingfang strode in, "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Xu Hui, who was arrested during the delayed military plane, has been taken down. Please send it to the Commander-in-Chief."

"Guo Changshi, tell me that Xu Hui violated that military rule?" Li Ke asked with a smile to Guo Xiaoke who was sitting first in the left row.

"Report to Your Highness, the end will not be known." Guo Xiaoke began to pretend to be confused.

Li Ke ignored Guo Xiaoke, and turned his eyes to the big tent, "Did you all know?"

"Report to the Governor, I don't know." The generals also answered the same as Guo Xiaoke.

"Then what you mean is that Xu Hui should not be punished if he didn't violate the military regulations. Then I want to ask you if he really violated the military regulations, how should I deal with him? You all say you don't know, Do you really don’t know, or is the king pretending to be stupid here? Do you think you can’t cure him if you don’t tell me?” Li Ke’s voice gradually increased, and at the end he began to angrily scold everyone, “Sun Sima, the barracks point! Mao, what punishment should be given to those who arrive late after three drums?"

"Removal and severe punishment." Sun Erlang replied.

"What? Say it again?" Li Ke stared coldly at Sun Erlang's eyes. Sun Erlang suddenly felt creepy. The fear in the bedroom last night hit his heart again. He whispered, "During the war Beat the drums to gather the generals, and those who delay the military plane should be beheaded."

"Guo Changshi" Li Ke stretched these three words very long, "You should know now?"

"The last general knows." Guo Xiaoke said, "The last general..." Before Guo Xiaoke could speak, Li Ke stopped him and continued to ask everyone, "Do you know?"

"The end will know." Everyone replied.

"Su Lie, pull Xu Hui out of the gate and behead him for public display! As a punishment!" Li Ke said seriously.

"No..." As soon as Su Dingfang finished speaking, Guo Xiaoke suddenly fell to his knees and begged for mercy with a "plop", "Commander, please appease your anger, Commander beat drums to gather generals, Xu Canjun is late and cannot come in time, although it may delay the military plane, But this is not a time of war, according to the military law, you can only be dismissed and not beheaded, so please check it out."

"The chief inspector, please investigate clearly." The generals also knelt down and begged for mercy at the same time.

"Okay, this king will make a good investigation today." Li Ke smiled instead of anger, "just now this king said that the army of the governor of Bingzhou was not strict, and let the cavalry launch a surprise attack three miles away to break through the camp and kill the commander. Guo Changshi What crime do you think this king should punish you for? As Liang Chong is the chief general in the camp, what should this king punish you for? As the generals of the governor’s mansion, you are soldiers who are lazy to such an extent without any vigilance. What should you punish? crime?"

Li Ke stared at Guo Xiaoke, and when he saw Guo Xiaoke was about to speak, he said, "Wang Chong, as Sima of the Governor's Mansion, do you think you are guilty? What crime should this king punish you for?"

"Great governor..." Wang Chong was about to speak, but Li Ke didn't give him a chance to speak, "You are the commander of the governor's mansion, who is not strict with his subordinates, resulting in loose discipline in the Bingzhou military camp, insufficient training of soldiers, and insufficient vigilance , are you worthy to be a military commander? Are you worthy to be a soldier of the Tang Dynasty? Are you worthy to be called the last general? Can you tell me whether this king should dismiss you from the military law?"

"Great Governor, the general will punish the crime, and please punish him." Wang Chong was reprimanded by Li Ke to the point that he no longer had the courage to refute.

"Come here, pull Wang Chong out and charge a hundred army sticks, and wait for the prison in the Governor's Mansion." Li Ke roared, "Guo Xiaoke, ask yourself what this king said to Wang Chong just now, do you deserve it? ? Are you worthy of being a soldier in the lobby?"

"Governor, the general will not allow you to insult my father." As soon as Li Ke finished speaking, he saw a young man in the uniform of a lieutenant speak out. Li Ke knew that he was Guo Xiaoke's second son, Guo Shifeng.He got up step by step and walked to the cover of Guo Shi who was kneeling at the door of the tent, "Guo Shifeng, I ask you, the person leading this cavalry team today is not the king or Turkic Jieli, are the soldiers outside the tent still soldiers?" The enemy entered the camp, and the soldiers fled separately without organizing a counterattack. Tell me whose responsibility it is? The soldiers are responsible, but isn’t the commander responsible?” Li Ke ignored Guo Shifeng and continued to tell everyone Said, "You are in Taiyuan Mansion, you have not encountered war all year round, you can live so comfortably and comfortably, but what about the soldiers in Yunzhou, Suzhou and other border gates? Are they the same as you? Bastard, they are not, they are The real soldiers of Datang, they are worthy of being called soldiers. They have been training hard all year round, sticking to places where the enemy is easy to attack, vigilantly guarding the country and people behind them, they are worthy of being called soldiers." Li Ke did not Speaking, he continued to pause for a moment and said, "What is a soldier? They are the defenders of national sovereignty and dignity, and the defenders of the life and property of the people of the Tang Dynasty. But have you done it? During normal training, you delay the military plane, and the training is insufficient. You shirk your responsibility when looking for reasons. Are you worthy of calling yourself a soldier? Can your actions protect the dignity of the Tang Dynasty? Can you protect the safety of the people?"

Guo Shifeng was silent. He suddenly didn't know what to say. As a member of a military family, he didn't understand his responsibilities at all. He understood that wearing this military uniform should take on a responsibility to the country and the people.

Sun Erlang understood Li Ke's words, and his eye circles were slightly red. For a long time, no one could understand the emotions buried deep in his heart, and Li Ke's words just touched this emotion.Both his parents died in the war. No one knows the purpose of being a soldier better than him. He hated that he could not protect his family at that time, so after joining the army, his purpose became to protect his relatives and the strangers he thought he was familiar with. loved ones in need of protection.

After listening to Li Ke's words, Guo Xiaoke blushed slightly, secretly ashamed.Once he was also a soldier who fought for his ideals, and he also had the ambition of being a champion.But after he became a general after many battles, and after he was granted the title of wife and son, his fighting spirit was wiped out, and he lost his own nature in the intrigue of power.Li Ke's words woke him up today, and he was ashamed of his stupidity.

"The final general is guilty, and please punish him. The final general dare not complain at all." Guo Xiaoke finally said sincerely. He called Li Ke his highness instead of the governor, which showed that he was sincerely punished.

"Your Highness, please punish me." The generals also apologized.

"No one of the generals in the governor's mansion gave thirty sticks as a warning to others, and Liang Chong in the camp gave one hundred sticks as a punishment." Li Ke said, "However, you are both the commanders of the governor's mansion and the battalion. If they are punished at the same time There will be no chief general in the army, and there will be no long history and Sima in the governor's mansion, so your army stick king will record it for the time being and punish him severely later."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" the generals thanked, and then got up.

"Your crimes can be ignored for the time being, but Xu Hui's military law cannot be favoritism. Su Lie beheaded Xu Hui at the gate to show the public as an example." Li Ke didn't want to let Xu Hui go.

"No..." Su Dingfang took the order and walked out of the big tent.

After experiencing Li Ke's reprimand just now, the generals in the commander's tent already understood Li Ke's meaning in their hearts, and none of them thought Xu Hui was begging for mercy.Seeing that everyone was silent, Guo Xiaoke wanted to go forward to speak, but suddenly found someone tugging on his lapel, he turned around and found that it was Sun Erlang, Sun Erlang shook his head to signal him