Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 404 Poisonous Tongue
When it was found out that the source of the leak was from Chen Deng's residence, Mi Fang gloated a little at first.

But that's just the beginning.

After being reminded by her younger sister Mi Zhen, Mi Fang found out that this matter was quite tricky, and even ordered her spies to verify it again and again to avoid any misunderstanding.

This is because since Tao Qian took control of Xuzhou, the Mi family and the Chen family have always been at odds with each other, and the discord between the two families is actually well known.

It hasn't been long since he, Mi Fang, has been in charge of the Benming Division, so he just happened to catch Chen Deng's handle
Is there any mystery in it?

It's fine if other people think so, the key is that Mi Fang is afraid that Wang Zheng will also be suspicious because of this.

Second, although Chen Deng is not a direct descendant of Chen Yu, the current main branch, but because of his extraordinary talent, he has long been a representative of the new generation of Xiapi Chen family. It's like attacking Xiapi Chen's family!

And this is what the Mi Fang brothers and sisters are most worried about.

Strictness and Chen Deng are not comparable, and the Yan family of Pengcheng and the Chen family of Xiapi are even more incomparable. Wang Zheng can easily divide the former into five horses, and copy the family of the Yi people to gain prestige, but if it is against Chen Deng and the Chen family of Xiapi If you do this tricky trick, the impact will be great!

And this is what Mi Fang said is detrimental to the overall situation.

Why, no matter Tao Qian, Liu Bei or even the current Wang Zheng, the three Xuzhou shepherds are inherently more inclined to the Mi family?One of the big reasons is that the Xiapi Chen family has too much influence. As long as they are in the position of Xuzhou Mu, anyone who has some tricks will subconsciously be on guard, and he doesn't want the children of the Chen family to be in high positions, so as not to There is a danger that Tai Ah will hold back.

Chen Deng?

Hearing this name, Wang Zheng couldn't help but see the image of a handsome and handsome young man. Speaking of appearance, this boy is indeed a rare and outstanding man. Even compared to the most handsome guy Wang Zheng has ever seen so far, Sun Ce, he is at best slightly inferior one chip.

According to common sense, Chen Dengben belongs to the type that is easy to be liked by people based on appearance alone.

But for some reason, from the first time he saw Chen Deng, Wang Zheng felt a little apprehensive in his heart. When he was in Tancheng, it was regarded as a courtesy, but when Xiapi was designated as the new political center of Xuzhou, he didn't even meet him several times. .

What he didn't even know was that Liu Bei also had such an inexplicable feeling at the beginning, so since he became Xuzhou Mu, his relationship with Chen Deng was only superficially a relationship between a monarch and a minister.

Of course, according to the current results of Mi Fang's investigation, after Chen Deng was appointed as the lieutenant of Si Nong, he had just arrived in Xiapi not long ago. Because his father was still in Tancheng, this time, the family members brought by Chen Deng did not Not many, even the minions are re-recruited.

According to Mi Zhu, the housekeeper was one of Jizhou's spies lurking in Xiapi, and he took the opportunity to sneak in. After Chen Deng made a drunken slip of the tongue, he learned that Xiapi had mobilized a large number of troops and planned to raise troops in Beihai. Then it was passed to Linzi.

"Drunken gaffe" Wang Zheng pondered for a while, then asked: "Zi Fang, according to what you said, this matter was Chen Yuanlong's unintentional fault?"

"That's right." Mi Fang nodded again and again: "I have found several other suspects through this spy in his mansion, and found several other suspects. There is a cloth shop in the south of the city, which is the contact station for these thieves, and is responsible for collecting information. , sent to Linzi, and is now under control, and can be arrested at any time as long as the lord gives an order."

"Hmm." Wang Zheng nodded: "Let's wait for a few more days. During this period of time, the general wanted to let Yuan Tan know about the news of the Beihai War, so as to avoid further troubles."

"After confirming that the news has been sent to Linzi, then secretly arrest them and don't alarm others. By the way, aren't you short of manpower now? You can also try to see if you can turn them into our spies."

"Intelligence personnel are also rare. It would be a pity to kill them with one knife. If they can instigate rebellion, they will be included in the Pursuit Department and directly under your jurisdiction."

"Here." Mi Fang replied, as for if it is impossible, of course there is no need to ask, Xuzhou is not rich in rice and grain.

As for how to deal with Chen Deng
Wang Zheng also hesitated.

Tracing back to the source, Chen Deng must be responsible for the leak of secrets this time. After all, if such important military and political affairs had not come from him, how would the steward know?

And such a military situation, beheading is not an exaggeration!

What Wang Zheng was worried about was not the Chen family in Xiapi, but in the matter of Tancheng, Chen Deng was a meritorious minister, and it seemed inappropriate to kill him like this
In particular, Chang Xi performed well in the First Battle of Fenggao, and Zang Ba fought on the front line in Beihai. If they knew about this, would they be suspicious?

Of course, Wang Zheng still had some faint doubts in his heart.

Drunk gaffe, unintentional disclosure.
This doesn't seem like a low-level mistake that a hero like Chen Deng would make, does it?

Seeing Wang Zheng's expression was uncertain, Mi Fang thought that he had the same concerns as her own, so she said smoothly: "My lord, the situation of our army is very good now, the enemy's country is destroyed, and the territory is stable. Although Chen Deng was negligent, he did not cause any major losses."

"Thinking that he is young after all, this time, let's take a small punishment and a big punishment. He will only be demoted from his official position, fined and his salary will be confiscated, and then he will be reprimanded. How about it as a warning?"

Before the words finished, a person outside the hall snorted coldly and said: "The punishment Mi Jun said is too light, just like the past, like the ministers?"

The two followed the prestige, but saw that it was Mi Heng who had left and returned.

"If Chen Deng leaked the military plane, if he doesn't impose strict punishment, how can he set an example to others? Mi Gong's words are suspected of favoritism!"

Mi Heng glared at Mi Fang directly, and then said to Wang Zheng: "The one who started the figurine has no heirs? Xuzhou now has its own system and regulations, which can be followed. Chen Deng will be executed according to the law!"

Wang Zheng hasn't responded yet, but Mi Fang was completely irritated by the "selfishness" that Mi Heng said,

Confucianism, how dare you deceive me like this!
He suggested that Wang Zheng punished Chen Deng slightly out of public interest and took the overall situation into consideration. If it was for selfishness, judging from the interests of his Mi family, he should have hoped that Wang Zheng would send the Chen family to the Yi family directly.

"How to deal with it is all in the master's mind, why do you need to ask others?"

Mi Fang immediately stood up against the case and glared at You Heng: "If you talk about the system and regulations, it is a military matter to order the commander to play. If you don't get the master's consent, others should not listen to it. Now, Mr. You came in without warning, but what is the reason? "

It would be fine if Wu Sheng and Xu Fang were so rude, but he, Mi Fang, might still hold back his patience, what kind of thing are you?
It's more about seniority than love, my Mi family has been in love with the lord since we were in Qingzhou!

Seeing that Mi Fang was annoyed by Mi Fang and other good gentlemen who always greeted people with a smile, Wang Zheng secretly had a headache, and quickly interjected: "This matter is not urgent for now, so let's discuss it after the Beihai war is over."

After thinking about it, he looked at Mi Fang: "Zi Fang, Chen Deng will be arranged to go out of town in a few days, you can take this opportunity to arrest the butler first, and interrogate him before proceeding."

"Here!"

Mi Fang bowed in response, and immediately turned away without looking at Mi Heng with a gloomy face, and ran out the door.

Wang Zheng looked at You Heng and sighed, what You Heng just said actually made sense, he couldn't say anything, so he just smiled and said, "Zhengping, is there something wrong?"

"My lord, the military academy in Xiapi has been completed on schedule."

Mi Heng didn't care about offending his colleagues again, and still had a calm expression on his face: "Now that General Xu is leading the army, the officials of the Sima Mansion want to invite the Lord to inspect it."

this thing.
"Yes." Wang Zheng nodded, looked up at the sky, and said with a smile, "It's already noon before you know it, Zhengping, we've had lunch, how about going together?"

He also greeted the guards outside the hall: "Today, you can add a few more dishes and a jug of good wine. I remember that Zheng usually brings good meat, and I ordered the dining room to show some skills, so that our Mr. You can comment on it!"

"Here!"

After the meal, Mi Heng accompanied Wang Zheng in casual clothes, rode lightly, and headed for the big school outside the city, reporting what he saw and heard on the way to Xudu.

Going out of the inner city, walking more than ten miles away, I saw a school covering a very large area rising from the side of the big school field.The campus is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and is adjacent to the military camp.Looking far away, there are green farmlands, with countless ears of wheat fluctuating with the wind, and you can't see the edge.

Xuzhou is a plain area, with a lot of land and few mountains. Wang Zheng reined in his horse and looked far into the distance. There was a flat river in his eyes, the grass and sky were green, and the scenery was very beautiful.

There is also a spring breeze blowing on the face, which makes me feel refreshed.

He asked the officials of the Sima Mansion accompanying him, "Have you bought the farmland around the school building?"

"With a radius of [-] acres, all have been bought. The outermost blockade has also been built. The outer wall of the school building and the school moat are ready to start construction and excavation in the near future."

The farmland around the school building was bought in order to close the school building.The military academy is considered an important place, and outsiders cannot approach it at will.The construction of the outer wall of the school building and the excavation of the school moat also serve to better seal the school building.In addition, there is another purpose: the construction of the outer wall and the excavation of the moat will be appropriately reduced according to the ratio of the regular city wall and the moat.When it comes to attacking and defending the city from the lecture, it can be used for on-site simulation.

The school building is on the west side of the Dajiaochang.Everyone continued to move forward, and when they passed the big school field, there was a shout of killing and shaking the sky.

A lot of farmland outside the Dajiaochang has already been bought, and now all of them are surrounded by walls and listed as military forbidden areas.Wang Zheng would come here to have a look almost every ten days, no matter how busy he was.The armies on the four wings, most of the main force of the Heavenly Army are now fighting fiercely on the front line, and most of the ones staying behind are the local defenders of the five counties and cities under Wang Zheng's command.

At this time, those who practiced in the large school field were several thousand-man teams among them.

Although they are garrison troops and are not as elite as field troops, they are still very imposing.

Wang Zheng became interested, walked around and came to the entrance.The entrance gate is closed tightly, and there are objects such as rejecting horses outside the gate.There are trenches dug outside the wall, and sharp arrows are erected on the top of the wall.There are tall watchtowers at the four corners, and sentries with bows and arrows patrol it.It is heavily guarded.

Before the group approached, the sentinel upstairs shouted immediately. Wang Zheng and the others were wearing plain clothes today, and the sentry couldn't see their identities. Not long after, two teams of soldiers ran out of the door, fully clothed, with their hands in their hands. Hold a long gun and come in a hurry.

Seeing this, Wang Zheng was not angry but happy. It is a good thing that he is still so vigilant in Xiapi City. After some gestures, the soldiers raised their tokens and shouted: "The state shepherd is here! Why don't you open the door quickly?"

Du Bo, who led the team, came up, checked the badge, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to remove the Juma, put down the suspension bridge, trotted to the front of Wang Zheng's horse, gave a military salute, turned around and led the way, and led the group into the Daxiao Field.

The same practice of shouting to kill, the effect is completely different when it is far or near.

The sound is very loud from a distance, at most it feels quite imposing, but it is really deafening when it is so loud and noisy nearby.

Wang Zheng and Miheng are fine, many civil servants in the Sima Mansion have neither been on the battlefield nor entered the school grounds before. Now that they enter the gate, they turn around the inner wall and feel it head-on. Get them off the horse.

Nearly 3000 people, or divided into queues, practiced formations.Or gallop on horseback, practice riding and shooting.On the left, hundreds of soldiers were fighting in a scuffle with wooden knives and guns.On the right, the cavalry gallops over obstacles.Looking up, thousands of soldiers formed a phalanx, taught by dozens of instructors, step by step, practicing martial arts and killing skills.

The campus is divided into several different areas.In addition to these, there are weight-bearing, running, climbing, and many more.In the north corner, there was a group of soldiers performing drills, which attracted the attention of Sima Mansion officials.

I saw about three to four hundred people, lined up in a neat queue, standing at attention, standing there motionless.Four or five officers who looked like Dubs walked through the queue, kicking one foot and banging the other from time to time.I don't know how long they have been standing, although they are separated by a long distance, I can see that many people are sweating profusely.

The sun at noon in March is still relatively hot.

"Zhou Mu, what are those people doing?" Someone speculated: "Could it be that they made some mistake? Are they standing as punishment?"

Before Wang Zheng answered, Mi Heng on the side answered instead: "They are also practicing. This is called standing in the military posture. Keep the posture of standing at attention."

Another person asked, "What is standing at attention?"

This question stopped Mi Heng, and he also heard it from Xu Fang. If it is understood literally, standing at attention just means standing upright, but this explanation seems a bit inexplicable, so he couldn't help but look at Wang Zheng.

"Standing at attention," Wang Zheng said with a smile, "means to maintain the same posture on the spot for a period of time."

"Under normal circumstances, soldiers are required to stand for one to two hours, which is mostly used in the drill of new soldiers. If soldiers make mistakes, sometimes they will be punished by standing in a military posture." At this point, Wang Zheng looked sideways at Du Bo beside him. : "I remember that the longest record in our army is held by Huang Zhong, right?"

"It's true what the general said."

Uncle Nadu hurriedly said: "General Huang, on the first day he joined the new army, he had a quarrel with someone and fought each other."

"Then he was fined to stand at attention. At that time, he wanted to make him subdue. The general didn't say how long, who knows."

Speaking of this, Uncle Du showed admiration on his face: "General Huang has occupied eight full hours, and he still doesn't change his face. It's really amazing!"

Hearing this, Wang Zheng laughed out loud, but someone among the civil servants in the Sima Mansion asked in surprise, "Isn't it just standing still? What's so great about it?"

"Eight hours is too much? It's not a big deal for ordinary young people to stand for a day, right?"

Hearing this, Uncle Du gave the civil servant a look, and was about to choke, thinking that Wang Zheng was by his side before he gave up, but said in a toneless way: "General Huang is not a young man anymore."

"As for how powerful it is, hey, this Shangguan might as well try it when he gets home."

ordinary man
The civil servant was startled for a moment, and then became furious. He also had scruples about Wang Zheng, so he just gave Na Dubo a look, and then he stopped talking with a resentful expression on his face.

It's just that I was unwilling to go home, so I really tried it.

He didn't know how to stand at attention, so he imitated the soldiers he saw standing during the day, and remained motionless. After drinking a cup of tea, his legs felt weak, painful and astringent. He gritted his teeth for half an hour, and almost fainted. Land, startled the family.

It wasn't until the next day when he went to the government office that the civil servant walked with a limp, that he realized how terrible it is to stand in a military posture for two hours during the daily training of the new army.

And how powerful is Huang Zhong who can stand for eight hours without changing his face.

　The longest record for a Chinese soldier standing in a military posture is 36 hours. Of course, the hero was finally lifted off the platform
　　
　
(End of this chapter)