Chapter 169

Calculate the time away from the double meeting. It's time to go to Mengzhou. So Zhang Zhou appeared in huyanjun's big tent.

There are forty or fifty people standing below, all the backbone of the "mercenaries"! It may be because the owner's visit made these people a little excited. From time to time, someone whispered and whispered.

Zhang Zhou smiled and silently looked at the people below without saying a word.

Huyanjun was the first to feel embarrassed, because he found that Zhang Zhou's smile was very fake! So he planned to yell at the chatter of the people, but Zhang Zhou raised his hand to stop it.

In this way, the scene was so embarrassing that everyone felt wrong, and the big tent was finally silent.

"It's all over?" Zhang Zhou asked softly.

Everyone feels that the atmosphere is wrong. Who dares to talk? And he saw Zhang Zhou standing up and coming to these people.

"Since I recruited you into the big tent, I heard people muttering from time to time below! Huyanjun, is this what you said in your letter, strict discipline?"

Huyanjun was a little frightened and stood up and bowed.

"Report back to the master that my subordinates are lax in discipline! I am willing to be punished!"

Zhang Zhou did not agree.

"You can't run away if you don't strictly control your subordinates! But it's true that some people are rebellious and disobedient!"

Huyanjun default.

In his busy schedule, Zhang Zhou also wanted to "find time" to come to Mengzhou, not only because he attached importance to "mercenaries"! But he learned some hidden dangers in the team from the intelligence!

At the beginning of the formation of this team, according to Zhang Zhou's idea, it was to establish a cold-blooded and ruthless killing division that obeyed his orders! In the future, if it is used to disturb the rear of the "enemy", how can it recruit some good people who are well behaved?

There are gladiators headed by fudas; There are slaves brought back from Xirong who are willing to work on the battlefield in exchange for freedom; There are riders in the Huyan family who have made mistakes and been punished; There are Jianghu maniacs who like hot blood on the battlefield; There are poor warriors recruited on the grassland; There are even felony prisoners in custody in Hezhou prison!

At the beginning, because Kyushu commerce deterred them; There is also the reserve of newcomers; And strangers! On the whole, it is fairly peaceful. In the process of exterminating the sand bandits, it can be said that it has a very good performance.

But after a long time, the problem came out!

Some commanders of huyanjun are true, but they are more than secure and lack means! Especially after exterminating the main force of the sand bandits, there were signs that they could not restrain their subordinates. Even a few days ago, in order to compete for merit, the two groups had a civil strife, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.

Can be rebellious, but not without discipline! Zhang Zhou absolutely does not allow this to happen. He must put it out in time when he finds signs! Besides him, no one can have this strength at present!

"Who was talking down there just now? Stand up!"

No one spoke, no one stood out. Zhang Zhou smiled.

"Who of you whispers? I can see it at a glance when I sit on it! No matter how bad my memory is, after reading for so long, I also write down the appearance of these people. Don't test my patience!"

Finally, six or seven people came out nervously! Zhang Zhou looked at these people and said faintly, "everyone has 50 lashes, and then stand bareback in the square for one day! If you can't hold on, go straight back to Hezhou prison!"

Several people seemed to want to explain a few words, but they looked up and saw Zhang Zhou's indifferent eyes. They were so frightened that they quickly lowered their heads and obediently walked out of the big account to receive punishment!

"You, you, and you two, come out!"

Zhang Zhou directly from the crowd, point out and squeeze the four people standing in one place!

He stared at one of the men whose ears were missing and said, "if I remember correctly, you once worked in the caravan and were dismissed for disobedience. Then you should be recruited here!"

The man didn't expect Zhang Zhou to have an impression of him. He was a little honored. He nodded back and said, "yes, yes, marquis!"

Zhang Zhou did not have an excellent memory, but he got real information before he came here.

"Ha ha, some people say that as long as it is a person, it must be useful to him! But I really don't find that you are useful to me!"

The man's face changed suddenly!

"My Lord! I didn't..."

"You want to say that you haven't done anything sorry for me?"

The man opened his mouth and didn't speak. Obviously Zhang Zhou guessed right.

"A few days ago, in the camp, there were two groups of people fighting for merit. Eleven died and more than twenty were injured!"

The man's eyes flickered very vaguely, and he quickly vowed, "Lord, this has nothing to do with me! Those are people of fudas!"

"Of course I know who they are! They are bloody and belligerent. It's normal for them to have some contradictions and fight with each other! But who instigated this matter? Can you tell me?"

"No, not me!"

"I'm very satisfied with your answer! If you dare, I'll be a little embarrassed!"

The man was stunned. He didn't understand Zhang Zhou's meaning, so he heard Zhang Zhou shout, "fudas, get out of here!"

Furdas stepped out of the line. His face was a little ashamed. He didn't dare to look at Zhang Zhou. He bowed respectfully and said, "master, furdas is here!"

"Fordas, you know what? Your performance disappointed me!"

Fredas bit his lips and knelt on one knee.

"Please punish the master!"

"Huo Jike is very optimistic about you, and I think you are good! However, you have become cowardly now! Not that you are not brave enough to kill the enemy, but that you choose to calm down when facing some internal problems! What? The soil and water of Datang makes you unable to find yourself? Or your wife in Hezhou makes you lose your fighting spirit?"

For more than ten gladiators such as fudas who performed well after entering the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Zhou asked them to find the woman they wanted to marry among the heterosexual slaves they obtained from Xirong, which is also a means to restrain them and increase their sense of belonging!

"Master, I'm sorry. It's all fodas's fault!"

"Of course it's your fault, but now I'll give you a chance to correct it!"

After that, he pointed to the deaf man and said, "this man, to be exact, these four people, are the culprits who instigated the internal struggle between your subordinates! Your chance to correct your mistakes is very simple. Have a game with them and deal with them alone! If you win, you can get my forgiveness. If you lose, it doesn't matter if I didn't forgive you!"

The deaf man's face changed greatly when he heard the speech!

"Hou ye, you, you have no evidence!"

"Evidence? Ha ha! Do you think I'm an official of the Yamen? I still need to tell you the evidence? The only evidence to prove your innocence is that you can defeat fudas!"

"But, Lord..."

The conversation stopped halfway because he saw Zhang Zhou staring at himself as if he were looking at a dead man. The man was calm and asked, "if we win, will the Marquis let us go?"

"Do I have to plan to kill you?"

Indeed, Zhang Zhou doesn't need a reason to kill a person among mercenaries, and it's impossible to deliberately set up a trap! Although some people questioned the "lack of evidence", no one dared to speak up.

On the square, one on four!

What furdas showed was a kind of self-confidence, while the man who lacked ears and others were a little nervous.

Zhang Zhou looked at the field and whispered to Hu Yanjun: "remember, discipline is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army. His every move and conspiracy have been clearly reported to Zhang Zhou, so Zhang Zhou did not hesitate to start with him.

In the single fight, ferdas, who was born as a gladiator, was strong and brave and did not lack fighting wisdom. He shot decisively and killed two people, but the man with short ears and the other man also broke out bloody. One of them hugged ferdas and created an opportunity for the man with short ears to kill the enemy

Just as the man without ears hesitated to wield a knife and cut at fudas, a heavy arrow ran through his back.

The onlookers were surprised. When they saw that the archer was Zhang Zhou, they all kept silent and didn't dare to say anything. Fudas got the chance, broke free from the shackles and easily twisted the man's neck.

The second time they gathered under the account, no one dared to whisper.

Zhang Zhou looked at these people expressionless and said loudly, "someone must think it's disgraceful for me to stab people behind their backs? It doesn't matter! I also tell you the truth that the four of them must die! The reason is that they have to pay for the dead and injured brothers! Don't doubt that I'm arbitrarily convicted, because I know what everyone here has done..."

"You can compete, you can compete, you can have no sense of justice, you can be greedy! But you are absolutely not allowed to violate my discipline, let alone" kill each other " , if anyone violates my bottom line, there is only one result, that is death! For this kind of person, I don't care about other people's opinions at all, but will try every means to get rid of him! Because this kind of person is not worth my conscience! Reason! Honesty... "

"You must remember whose team this is! If you feel uncomfortable, you can go away! If you choose to stay, you must always remember that you are a member of this team. I will not live up to every drop of blood you shed! Similarly, you should not live up to my trust..."

"I officially announce ten iron rules for mercenaries today. I will check each of you in three days! If you fail, feed the horses!"

Zhang Zhou regulated the discipline of the team with the shortest and coldest method! Sweet jujube came after the stick, and the reward was very heavy for those who performed well! Among them, five gladiators got the opportunity to go back to Hezhou for a "blind date"! But two people didn't attend the "prize", He Qi and Huzi, because they were looking for someone in the desert!

After successfully encircling and killing the main force of sand bandits last time, after interrogation of the prisoners, it was determined that there were only two or three sand bandits in the whole desert. Among them, the most difficult one was a guy named Tang hen.

If you want to send troops to encircle and suppress the sand bandits, you must determine the location of the other party, otherwise you will only be tired to death if you send out on a large scale and look for them aimlessly.

He Qi and Huzi were upset about the recent situation of the team. They simply acted as a detective horse and entered the desert according to the clues to find the traces of Tang hen.

"Brother Qi! It is said that there are often rangers of Beiyan here!"

"What's the matter? Afraid?"

"You're afraid! I just kindly remind you that who can compare with me in terms of riding?"

Huzi confidently patted the neck of the black horse under his crotch.

"At that time, you will be willing to run alone and leave me alone?"

He Qi has a very strong face! When he was with him, he didn't get cheap in words!

"But you, all right!"

"It can be confirmed from the prisoner's information that Tang hen is only aimed at Beiyan people. If I don't come here, where can I find it? If the atmosphere in the camp doesn't annoy me, I don't bother to come out to find him. With such people, it's a big deal that the well water doesn't invade the river!"

Seeing that Huzi ignored him, He Qi said, "you don't understand. It's like casting pearls before swine!"

Because it is the edge of the desert, the ups and downs of Yunbing mountain can be seen from a distance.

Suddenly the son suddenly said, "brother Qi, look over there!"

Although he Qi loves to quarrel with Huzi, he still admires Huzi's ability. He gets Huzi's hint and is busy observing.

Before long, their expressions became dignified, because they not only saw the dust rolling up in a large area in the direction of Yunbing mountain, but even heard the roar of horse hoofs on the ground.

Judging from experience, there are at least 3000 cavalry. There is only one possibility that there are so many cavalry in this area: Beiyan cavalry!

"Go! Hurry back and report!"

……

"Brother Qi, are they going to attack Datang?"

"Probably not! The desert can't use troops on a large scale, otherwise they would have done it!"

"Then why do so many of them go into the desert?"

"I don't know. I'll go back and report the situation first!"

……

"Qige, look, they changed their direction!"

Two people stopped their horses and looked back. From the change of dust, we can judge that the other party has indeed changed its direction!

"Is there something wrong with your brain? What are you doing in the desert?"

"Brother Qi, did you say it would be to deal with Tang hen?"

He Qi touched his chin and pretended to be old and prudent!

"Some truth! Since we can suppress the sand bandits, they may also deal with Tang hen! What about him! If Beiyan really succeeds in eliminating Tang hen, it will save us trouble!"

"Let's go and have a look?"

"What are you looking at? You don't see how much supplies we have left! It will take three days to go back here. I don't want to be trapped in the desert and dried by the wind!"

He Qi resolutely denied Huzi's proposal.