Chapter 24 Strict Military Discipline
Something happened in the city? What could happen? Or was the surrendered army causing trouble or the Han army attacked? The general Xiang Fei in Shouchun city was in charge of the overall situation, but he was not himself. Why did he report to himself first if there was anything wrong? Xiang Yu asked with a lot of doubts: "What's the matter?"
"A personal soldier snatched the daughter of a family after getting drunk last night." The soldier looked at Xiang Yu's face and then said boldly.
"What? Is there such a thing?" Xiang Yu's good mood was disturbed by this greedy guy.
"The woman was so fierce that she died of jumping into the river. When she was fished up, she was already exhausted." The sergeant continued there.
Xiang Yu was furious, and layers of blood quickly gathered in his eyes, and he opened his mouth and shouted: "Let's go, take me to see that bastard."
"General Xiang Fei has taken him and is putting him in the mansion. The family is there too." The sergeant said hurriedly.
"Go to the government office." Xiang Yu had no choice but to say anything, and then went out of the door and ran towards the government office.
Zhang Huo and Xiang Sheng were also closely followed, and their duty was to protect the overlord and never leave.
This is amazing. In broad daylight, oh no, it was a woman who was robbed in the darkness. What Xiang Yu hated the most in his life was these robber-like official troops. He didn't expect that this "robber" was actually from his own personal guards, and he was really embarrassed.
Now that I think about it, no wonder Xiang Fei only caught the person and did not deal with it, just because the person who committed the crime was his own personal soldiers. He followed his guards who had fought for many years. Even if he had no great contribution, he should have worked hard, right? As the saying goes: Beating a dog depends on the owner. If Xiang Fei really killed Xiang Yu's personal guard, it is difficult to guarantee that those who are close to Xiang Yu will talk about him behind his back, and it will cause trouble to burn him.
Xiang Yu and his party came to the government office. It was in a mess. Several guards tied up the victim and took them in a yard. Seeing Xiang Yu coming, Xiang Fei hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Over King, Xiang Fei personally inspected this morning. On the way, he heard that a family cried loudly, so he asked what happened. Unexpectedly, it was this person who forced the robbery of the people and even trampled on the lives of the people."
"Old King, the villain knows that he is wrong. I hope the king will spare the villain's life." When the criminals saw Xiang Yu, they rolled and crawled towards Xiang Yu, begging for mercy.
"Give up your life?" Xiang Yu said coldly, "Why don't you forgive the fate of his daughter?"
"Old King, the villain was drunk for a moment, but unexpectedly he made a big mistake. It was not from his original intention. I hope that the villain would like to follow the king for five years and allow the villain to make meritorious service." The soldier's face was flowing with tears and snot, looking extremely pitiful.
"General, according to military law, how should this person deal with it?" Xiang Yu kicked the ball to Xiang Fei again.
"This, in accordance with military law, this person should be beheaded and displayed to the public to warn others." Xiang Fei hesitated for a moment, and said as the truth.
Xiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What are you waiting for? He pushed it out and killed it."
"Overlord, overlord, the villain has followed overlord for many years, and he will die forever on the battlefield. Overlord will spare his life." The sergeant who was in trouble shouted in a hurry when he heard this.
"Gu knows that you have followed Gu for many years, but you should also know that the military law is like a mountain, how can you abandon it for one person? Yesterday, Gu told you to you and not disturb the people's livelihood. Unexpectedly, you regard Gu's military orders as if nothing is there. If you don't kill you today, how can you manage the army? If someone makes great contributions and can disobey the military law, then the army will be in chaos? How can you make a circle without rules?" Xiang Yu said without hesitation, and at the same time, he waved his hand and ordered someone to come up and execute the order.
"Old King, can you please go online if you have an old relationship?" Xiang Fei persuaded him.
"The general also knows that there is no joke in the army. If the military law is not strict and the military discipline is dispersed, and if the future encounters a strong enemy, how can we impose orders and how can we dispatch and command?" Xiang Yu shook his head repeatedly.
"The overlord is strict in governing the army, and he will be ashamed of himself." Xiang Fei said in contempt.
"You go with peace of mind. You are a small family and you will be able to settle down." Xiang Yu turned over and said to the sergeant who was about to be dragged out to be executed.
"Thank you." The perpetrator also knew that he could not escape death today. The young master was taken care of, so the overlord was particularly kind to him.
The two executioners dragged the perpetrator out, found a deserted place, chopped off the head with a snap, put it on a plate, covered it with a black cloth, and sent it inside for the overlord to verify his true self.
Xiang Yu did not go to peel off the black cloth, but said to Xiang Fei: "General, take the orphan to the family of the deceased and bring the heads with him."
Xiang Fei knew the overlord's intentions and did not speak. He led Xiang Yu into the courtyard where the deceased's family was located.
When Xiang Yu entered the courtyard, his loud crying had dropped a few levels, turning into a low sob. When several commoners saw Xiang Yu coming in, they expected that a high-ranking official who could solve the problem came, so they quickly got up and stared at Xiang Yu.
"This is the King of Western Chu. Are you not going to worship?" Xiang Fei said loudly.
"Is this the overlord?" Someone from the family of the deceased exclaimed. They were a little unbelievable. The burly man in front of him was actually the famous Western Chu king Xiang Yu? The legendary Western Chu king who could lift a thousand-pound heavy tripod?
"The rule of the people was not strict, which led to the murder of soldiers. The people ordered people to behead the perpetrators and showed them to the public." Xiang Yu said with apologies.
The soldier holding the plate walked up to him and another soldier suddenly lifted the black cloth off. He saw a head on the blood-stained plate. The man's face was pale, but his head was already different.
The family of the deceased stopped crying, looked up at the vicious sergeant who had been last night. Now he had closed his eyes and lost his most precious life forever. Damn bastard, what about yesterday's arrogance and domineeringness? He turned into today's soul and died of Shouchun.
"I know that the dead cannot be resurrected, so I will give you a year of military pay for this person who committed the crime." Xiang Yu continued.
"Thank you for your kindness." The families of the deceased all bowed down and shouted in unison.
Xiang Yu raised his voice and said, "Send the order and hang this head in front of the camp, and order the army to know that no matter how noble or great the military achievements are, even the lonely tribe will be killed."
"The overlord's move was done by the wise ruler. Finally, he was overwhelmed by the overlord." Xiang Fei was impressed. He knew that the overlord had two benefits. One was to use the heads of the perpetrator to rectify military discipline, and the other was to treat the family of the deceased well so that the people of the world knew that the overlord was the benevolent lord.
"Let's go back to the hall to discuss matters." Xiang Yu finished handling this matter and invited Xiang Fei to a meeting. After all, dealing with the current situation is a major event that concerns his own life and death, but he is not careless. He strictly enforced military discipline, and also to defeat Liu Ji and compete for the Central Plains. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!