Public Trial
On the night of January 4th, 1936, it was definitely a sleepless night for most of the people in more than 20 villages and towns in the south of Jiyuan.
These 20 villages and towns had a total of more than 50,000 people. The things that they had experienced in the past two days might be a little complicated for them.
However, the next morning, regardless of whether they were asleep or not, they were all awake. They came to an empty space outside a small town in the south of Jiyuan, waiting for something there.
At the edge of the clearing, there were already more than 1000 soldiers waiting. These soldiers were all recruited by Zhang Yu last night. They were soldiers from the second battalion of the second regiment.
But speaking of which, even if the military strength was expanded to two regiments. Zhang Yu's side was still short on manpower. The 1st Regiment was still expanding, and the 2nd Regiment only left one battalion as a mobile force. The remaining two battalions were tasked with raiding the bandits, so their schedules were basically packed.
In these small villages and towns, the soldiers who stayed behind were basically second-year soldiers who were directly exchanged after occupying the local area. Generally speaking, every village had a dozen soldiers, and there would be at least 30 to 50 in a small town.
Their job was basically to maintain law and order, and at the same time, they temporarily took on the role of police officers to govern these places first.
Their work had just begun, but they had already encountered some trouble. There were too many illiterates, which made it difficult to spread the law. Coupled with some local forces, their work could be said to be quite difficult.
However, Zhang Yu had summoned two administrative talents yesterday. After they joined, some things might be easier.
At nine o'clock in the morning, thousands of bandits, dozens of local tyrants and evil gentry, as well as their problematic servants, were brought to the center of the open space.
The 1000 men from the 2nd Regiment and 1st Battalion were responsible for escorting these people. In reality, it didn't feel like anything would happen if there were fewer people because these people wouldn't dare to resist at all.
The reason why so many soldiers were mobilized was to prevent the bandits from rioting, and to support the field.
For most ordinary people, there were some things that were difficult to explain. They would only observe the surface and follow the crowd.
This was the truth. When the commoners outside saw the soldiers holding steel guns with other bayonet on them, they were shocked. They could not help but quieten down. The white bayonet in front of them gave them too much pressure.
But in the end, it was still the mentality of watching the show that prevailed. Also, under such circumstances, Zhang Yu's side shouldn't do anything to them?
After all, they came from the same village. Even if they did not have much affection for each other, they should not have cheated others.
After all the prisoners were escorted to the scene, Zhao Gang, who had arrived early in the morning, looked at the time and asked Zhang, who was beside him,"Commander, should we start now?”
"Let's start according to the original plan! Judge as you should, don't make any mistakes.”Zhang Yu looked at the crowd below and frowned helplessly.
In the current situation, once these people were mobilized, it would be very easy for problems to occur. It was difficult to send charcoal in the snow, but it was easy to kick someone when they were down!
Especially when the crowd was so agitated, there would definitely be people who would add fuel to the fire and add insult to injury. However, this kind of thing required fairness.
Then, what they were going to do today would be greatly reduced, and they might even bury some trouble again.
Zhao Gang took out a loudspeaker and stood on a makeshift platform, shouting loudly," Dear fellow villagers, we are the Chinese People's Army, an army that brings good days to everyone…"
Zhao Gang spoke in simple words for a few minutes and introduced some of the things about the People's Army. It was simple and easy to understand to ensure that everyone here could understand.
Then, he began the main topic of the day, which was to judge these bandits, local tyrants, and evil gentry.
Executing a trial for thousands of people was not a small matter. Therefore, there were a total of 200 soldiers who came to act as judges at the last minute.
However, what was worth worrying about was that although these soldiers were only temporary guests, they had a relatively professional level in this aspect.
The trial of the bandits was basically relatively easy. This was because most of those who should have been killed had basically died in battle. The rest were either criminals who did not deserve death, or typical examples of heinous crimes.
In addition, their crimes were more obvious, so it was difficult for them to deny it. As for the local tyrants and evil gentry, it was more troublesome because some of them had a very good disguise on the surface.
However, these people could not escape in the end. It was basically impossible to hide it completely.
In this situation where everyone could report it, the problems accumulated over the years were enough for them to suffer.
Therefore, these people realized that regardless of whether they had done it or not, they basically threw it all at themselves.
"General, he stole our food!”
"General, Old Master Wu forced himself on my daughter! My poor daughter is only fourteen years old! That old man was already over 70 years old. He was not human!”
"General, my father was herding the Liu family's cow, and the cow died of illness. The Liu family insisted that it was my son who did it and asked us to compensate them. My son was almost forced to death by them!”
"That kid from the Wang family has also done many evil things. I heard that he even went up the mountain to be a bandit and blocked the way. Why didn't you arrest him?”
People of all ages were talking about it. Some were true, some were fake, and some were exaggerated.
However, these crimes still had to be confirmed again in the end. No matter what, there could not be any unjust cases caused by solving the case.
"Please think carefully before you speak. If you slander others recklessly, you will lose the priority of recruitment and conscription!”Zhao Gang looked at the chaotic crowd and shouted from the high platform.
After hearing Zhao Gang's shout, some people who had other thoughts in their hearts temporarily stopped, but some people continued to shout without care.
Most of the people here didn't know what priority was, let alone the priority of conscription.
Many people laughed. In this era where good men did not join the army, most of the warlords could only recruit strong men. What kind of priority was this? Wasn't this a joke?
However, what they didn't know was how much regret they would have in the future because of their small actions today.
However, most of the people slowly let down their vigilance and resistance. However, they were not used to it. It might be the first time they had seen such an army and official.
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