Military Punishment, No Mercy!
Li Ke had concentrated his internal energy into his voice and shouted loudly. His voice was like thunder, resounding throughout the entire military camp, causing everyone's eardrums to hurt.
Everyone in the military camp, no matter what they were doing, whether they were sleeping, training, gambling, or chatting, suddenly heard this sound.
Then…everyone was stunned!
"What?"
"Governor of Yizhou?"
"You want us to gather in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn?”
"What happened?"
"I don't know? We haven't gathered for a few years. Why are we suddenly gathering?”
"Who cares? You're disturbing my sleep!”
" That's right, let's continue betting on Dali…"
"General Zhao, this matter…"
The person who was called General Zhao by the soldiers took a sip and immediately slammed the table."Don't bother about Deng Lin's men. Gather our men and gather as soon as possible! If I am not wrong…I am afraid that the Yi Army is going to change!”
The entire Yi Army had become a scene of two extremes.
Some soldiers rushed to the drill ground.
Some of the soldiers did not even care. They slept and gambled!
Just like that, time passed by.
Soon, the time for an incense stick to burn passed.
At this moment, at the Yi Military Academy.
Li Ke stood on the platform with the Tang Mo Sword at his waist. He looked expressionlessly at the panicked, curious, and confused soldiers on the drill ground.
As for Xue Rengui and the 300 prefecture soldiers, they stood on both sides of the platform. They held their sabers in one hand and silently looked at the soldiers in front of them with the other.
The soldiers who had gathered in an emergency were also looking curiously at Li Ke on the platform. They were whispering to each other below, without any military discipline.
Li Ke did not say a word about this. He only glanced at the incense burner and saw that the incense had already been extinguished.
Li Ke inhaled a deep breath of air and immediately took a step forward. As he took that step forward, a feeling as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him suddenly descended on the entire drill ground!
All the soldiers were whispering to each other just a moment ago, but at this moment, they felt their hearts tremble and their bodies turn cold. An indescribable pressure instantly descended on them, making them subconsciously close their mouths and raise their heads.
They subconsciously looked at Li Ke and saw him standing on the platform. The blood red setting sun shone on his body, as if he was draped in a dark red robe. A sense of majesty as if he was facing the world suddenly appeared from Li Ke's body, causing all the soldiers to quickly lower their heads, and sweat could not stop flowing from their faces.
Emperor Pressure reappeared!
Li Ke's pair of eyes that were filled with dignity swept across everyone and immediately opened his mouth to say,"Report the number of people gathered!"
At this moment, Zhao Yingnan, who was at the forefront of these soldiers, suddenly walked out. He took a deep breath and immediately cupped his hands towards Li Ke. He said in a clear voice,"This lowly general Zhao Yingnan reports to Your Highness that a total of 15,622 soldiers have gathered!”
Li Ke's gaze landed on Zhao Yingnan. Zhao Yingnan felt as if his shoulders were being pressed down by a mountain, and he could not stop himself from falling. His heart trembled, and he did not dare to have any other thoughts. He quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Ke.
"This Prince heard that the reinforcement army doesn't maintain a standard of twenty thousand people all year round. Why are there only fifteen thousand people gathered?”Li Ke asked lightly.
" This..." Zhao Yingnan's face turned pale. She gritted her teeth and said,""I dare not say!"
"You don't dare to say? Why not?"
Li Ke suddenly raised his voice and said coldly,"Look at the soldiers you brought. How many of them are untidy? How many of them are still wearing clothes? How many of them have even forgotten to bring their weapons?”
"The shame of being a soldier has already been vividly reflected on you. What else do you not dare to say? Is there anything else you feel more ashamed of that you don't dare to say?”
Li Ke glared at Zhao Yingnan and shouted,"You, answer this king!"
When Zhao Yingnan heard this, she felt her heart tremble and her face instantly turned red.
Zhao Yingnan didn't think much of it when no one said this before, but after hearing Li Ke's words, he realized…how much they had embarrassed the soldiers!
He subconsciously turned around and saw that some of his personal guards had even forgotten to bring their hats and weapons. Some even forgot to wear their shoes and were still barefoot.
This made him feel humiliated.
Zhao Yingnan was not like Deng Lin, who relied on bribery and ruthlessness to get to this position. Instead, she relied on her own military merits to accumulate.
Therefore, he had more awareness and thoughts of a soldier than many people. However, after a few years of leisure and abhorrence of hard work, he had lost all his military qualities. At this time, Li Ke's words were like knives digging open his heart and then digging out what he had forgotten.
Zhao Yingnan clenched her fists and suddenly raised her head."Your Highness, other than the 193 people who followed General Deng Lin out to plunder, the rest are either sleeping or gambling!”
"Seize by force? Sleep? Gambling?"
When Li Ke heard Zhao Yingnan's words, although he already had some guesses in his heart, when these things were confirmed by Zhao Yingnan, he still felt the anger in his heart burn.
That kind of anger and fury really made him want to use the knife at his waist to cut all those beasts.
"Zhao Yingnan, tell this king, did what they did violate military discipline?”Li Ke stared at Zhao Yingnan and asked.
Zhao Yingnan did not dare to hesitate and quickly said,"Yes, this has already violated the military rules of the Great Tang!”
"Then what is the punishment for violating military discipline?”Li Ke asked again.
Zhao Yingnan's heart skipped a beat, and her entire body trembled uncontrollably. She gritted her teeth and said,""Violator…military…military punishment!”
"Good!"
Li Ke instantly pulled out the Tang Mo Sword at his waist and slashed at the table in front of him.
Bang!
In just an instant, the table was directly split into two by Li Ke. Li Ke immediately stood his Mo Sword under his feet and said coldly,"The army has its own laws. Those who violate the military law will be punished by the military law.”
"Zhao Yingnan, this king will give you an hour to deal with all the criminals severely. If you can't finish it within an hour, or if this king finds out that you have shown any mercy, then…this table will be your end! This saber is the weapon that will send you on your way!”
As he spoke, he threw the Tang Mo Saber forward.
Zhao Yingnan subconsciously caught the cold and sharp Mo Saber, her face pale.
He took a deep breath and finally said to Li Ke,"I…accept your orders!"
After saying that, he no longer hesitated, nor did he dare to hesitate at all. He directly led his troops and left.
After Zhao Yingnan and the others left, Li Ke said,""Xue Rengui!"
Xue Rengui quickly walked over and bowed.""I'm here!"
"Deng Lin and the other 193 people have gone out to plunder. You are the loyal general, so you should know what to do, right?" Li Ke said expressionlessly.”
When Xue Rengui heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes and he said directly,"I know!"
"Good! I order you to lead 300 prefecture soldiers to bring them back. Whether they live or die…doesn't matter…"
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