If you face military law punishment, what would you choose?

In fact, the best choice is...beheading.

The beheading is to cut it with one knife and be clear and neat, but the concept of the twenty-square stick is different. The twenty-square stick must be hit steadily, and the force and the parts of the hit are strictly stipulated. If someone violates the military law and is sentenced to twenty-square sticks, the person will basically be abolished, which is no different from death.

Even if you can't die, recuperating from injuries is an extremely long process. It feels like life is worse than death, and it is better to be cut by a knife.

So when Gu Qing ordered each person to have twenty military sticks, everyone's faces changed.

This order is almost equivalent to killing these generals, even more cruel than killing them.

Seeing Han Jie and his personal guards dragging several generals who were limping on the ground out, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but say, "Brother Gu, show mercy to keep them alive."

Gu Qing nodded and said, "I've kept it, just twenty military sticks, I guarantee that I can't beat them to death."

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly: "These twenty military sticks, especially your personal guards, are sentenced. I really don't know whether they are alive or dead..."

Gu Qing said sympathetically: "If they can't even withstand twenty military sticks, they'd be too weak. I suggest that Ji Shuai change his generals decisively."

All the generals in the commander's tent were speechless.

You are afraid that you don’t know what the concept of Twenty Military Sticks is.

Seeing that the generals in the commander's tent looked different, Gu Qing smiled and said, "Ship Ji, you are the head coach, and I am the deputy coach. I wonder if I can order the generals?"

Gao Xianzhi was stunned and hurriedly said, "Of course, you are the deputy envoy of the military governor of Your Majesty, and you have the right to control the generals of the Anxi Army."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Since I have decided to establish my authority today, then do it thoroughly. Everyone in the tent will go out now to watch those generals perform their executions. No one is allowed to be absent. Violators will be punished with them."

The words he said with a smile made all the generals feel cold in their hearts and their hairs stand on their backs.

Gu Qing still smiled and said, "What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for me to come and ask you to move?"

The generals were so scared that they rushed to leave the commander's tent.

In the handsome tent, Gao Xianzhi sighed and said, "Brother Gu, although it is wrong for those unopposed guys from Anxi Army today, but my brother's move is... too cruel, right?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Jie Shuai, you can see clearly. Today, it was someone else who took the initiative to provoke me, not me who took the initiative to provoke others. Since I took the initiative to provoke others, there is absolutely no reason to let it go easily. This is how I am. Jie Shuai is so grateful."

Gao Xianzhi sighed, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it after all.

Gu Qing watched coldly, he knew Gao Xianzhi’s thoughts.

In fact, when he was wronged in the commander's tent just now, Gao Xianzhi never asked to help him defend himself. He probably had the intention to establish his authority. He wanted to use the accusation of the generals of the Anxi Army to suppress the left guards and horses, so that the Anxi Army would stabilize the left guards and occupy a dominant position from then on.

But he did not expect that Gu Qing's way of handling this matter was so simple and crude. He ordered the execution without any scruples. He spoke and planned to destroy half of his life. Gao Xianzhi finally saw the cruel nature today, and at the same time, he finally understood the reason why Gu Qing was promoted and awarded a title at a young age.

He...is not what his colleagues in Chang'an said when they wrote to him. This son is so cruel that he should be able to sit in his current position.

Gu Qing smiled calmly and punished his generals in front of Gao Xianzhi. Gu Qing was embarrassed. Even if he was enemies with Gao Xianzhi from now on, he wouldn't care. If he couldn't discipline his generals, Gu Qing could help him manage it.

There were noises outside the coach's tent, and Gu Qing smiled and said, "It's time for me to see what those heroes looked like when they were executed. Ji Shuai, I will take his leave."

Seeing Gu Qing walking out by himself, Gao Xianzhi looked complicated, and Bian Lingcheng smiled and said, "Jie Shuai, don't you go out and have a look?"

Gao Xianzhi looked at him with a smile, but his eyes were extremely cold.

"The army generals of the Bian are going to have a look together?"

Bian Lingcheng laughed and said, "No, what's so good about the bloody scene? I'm timid, but I can't see this."

Gao Xianzhi smiled and said, "Then I forgive Gao for not being able to accompany you. If the people below make a mistake, Gao will be responsible after all."

Bian Lingcheng shook his head and sighed, "It's said that this marquis is too young and has such a strong temper. I have seen it today."

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly and said, "Marty Gu has taken the blame, and the young man's character is inevitably unforgivable, which is understandable."

After chatting for a few words with different appearances, Gao Xianzhi sued and walked out of the handsome tent alone.

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On the open space outside the tent, the generals formed a circle, with a huge blanket laying in the center. The three generals lay naked on the blanket, unable to see their expressions clearly.

Han Jie and two other guards held a long stick in their hands, about the size of their arms, with one end of the stick being red and the other end being black. The three of them stood beside the tortured general, waiting for Gu Qing to give the order.

Gu Qing stood with his hands behind his back, half-closing his eyes to the sky. The generals of the Anxi Army next to him were far away from him, looking at him with respect and fear.

After waiting for a while, Gu Qing saw Gao Xianzhi walk out of the handsome tent, and then curled his lips and said sternly: "Han Jie, what are you waiting for? Execute!"

Han Jie and two personal guards were waiting for Gu Qing's words. Hearing this, he immediately raised the military stick in his hand and slapped the three generals hard on the butts.

The military sticks were very fast, and with a sharp roar through the air, they hit the generals hard on the butts.

With just one military stick, the three generals screamed in sarcasm.

The generals watching their scalp numbed out when they saw it, and Gao Xianzhi frowned deeper.

Gu Qing's personal guards would never show mercy when they took action. They hit each stick one by one, and each stick was full of strength. The stick fell on the general's butt. At the beginning, the scream was still full of energy. When the fifth stick was reached, the scream was already a little weak. When the tenth stick, it gradually disappeared.

Gao Xianzhi frowned and said, "Marty, it's almost done. If they continue to fight, they will be ruined."

Gu Qing said expressionlessly: "The military order I issued has no room for bargaining. I agreed that twenty sticks would not be possible."

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly and said, "The Marquis will sell his face again. If you abolish the general in the war, it will not be a good sign. Remember the remaining military sticks first. After you get rid of the Tubo traitors, you will make up for it. How about it?"

Gu Qing sneered and said nothing.

The generals watching next to him were finally shocked by Gu Qing's ruthless measures today. The look of Gu Qing was no longer disrespectful. Seeing that the commander of the first army, Gao Xianzhi, had personally pleaded with mercy, everyone had a more sober understanding of Gu Qing's position in the Anxi Protectorate.

After looking at each other, the generals bowed and said in unison: "Please show mercy to the marquis."

"Please show mercy to the marquis!"

After talking in unison three times, Gu Qing snorted coldly and said, "The person responsible today is that they are disrespectful to Shangguan and dare to frame the head coach in person. Thinking of the generals pleading, remember the remaining ten sticks first, and make up for them in half a month. What I said must be fulfilled. I don't understand the basic rules of magistrates. Such people should have been expelled from the camp and let them go back to Chang'an to retire."

As he said that, Gu Qing turned around and looked around the generals and said slowly: "The 10,000 left guards I brought from Chang'an are actually part of the Anxi Army. When it is time to sacrifice my life, the left guards will not be timid. I am also the deputy envoy of the Anxi Jiedu, the emperor's imperial seal, and have the right to control the Anxi Army..."

"From now on, if anyone dares to disrespect me, there is no need to hit any military sticks. They will behead them directly. If you want to contradict me in the future, you must think clearly about the consequences."

After saying that, Gu Qing turned around and returned to the commander's tent. The generals stood in the open space. Looking at the three dying generals, a chill appeared on the backs of everyone.

Back at the handsome tent, Gao Xianzhi followed in. The handsome tent was empty, and Bian Lingcheng had left at some point.

Gu Qing and Gao Xianzhi sat opposite each other, and Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly and said, "My dear brother is as proud as thunder today, which opens my eyes."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "I just offended Jieshuai's face, so I hope Jieshuai will not blame you."

Gao Xianzhi's face was dimmed quickly for a moment. Obviously, Gu Qing's actions just now made him a little unhappy. However, thinking about his current situation in the emperor's mind, Gao Xianzhi had to compromise with reality and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, the generals of the Anxi Army have always been rebellious. It is said that I am not strict in governing the army, which has caused my brother to be wronged."

Gu Qing knew that Gao Xianzhi felt uncomfortable, but there was no other choice in this matter. If he really swallowed his anger today, if he took over the Anxi army in the future, how could those generals obey him? So it is necessary to establish authority today.

So Gu Qing changed the subject tactfully and blinked and said, "The handsome guy was stabbed last night. Can you tell who was instructing him?"

Gao Xianzhi's eyes flashed: "Is it my brother who thinks it was done by someone else?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "It's obvious."

Gao Xianzhi stroked her beard and said slowly: "There is something I didn't tell anyone that the arrow shot into the handsome tent last night was not aimed at me, but at the oil lamp on the table. It can be said that the target of the arrow was to shoot the oil lamp..."

Gu Qing pondered: "So, the other party does not want to take your life. The meaning of the oil shooting lamp is probably that it implies warnings, or... creating such a thing that causes a storm in the Anxi Army?"

Gao Xianzhi smiled bitterly and said, "I think so too, so I asked my brother to show mercy today. If those generals are really killed, the Anxi army's hostility towards his brother may not be eliminated from now on, and the conflict between you and me will become more and more acute. When we are in the same Protectorate, the generals will be in harmony and the two armies will be hostile to the Anxi Protectorate..."

Gu Qing whispered: "Jie Shuai thinks...who is the person who instructs the assassination?"

Gao Xianzhi was silent for a while and sighed: "I originally thought it should be Bian Lingcheng. After all, he is the one who benefits from you and me. But just now, I thought about it and felt that it was not him..."

Gu Qing said in confusion: "I'm a little confused, if it weren't for Bian Lingcheng, who else in the Anxi Army is so bold and vicious?"

Of course, he would not be a fool if he could become a military governor in a town.

Gao Xianzhi has been very awake since the assassination. He could see at first glance that the assassin had no intention of taking his life, and at first glance that the conspiracy behind the arrow shooting oil lamp.

From any perspective, Bian Lingcheng is the biggest suspect, but if this assassination was instructed by Bian Lingcheng, it would have been a bit rough.

It was clearly done by insiders, and Gu Qing and Gao Xianzhi both cleared the suspicion. Then the only mastermind left was Bian Lingcheng. Although this guy was so bad that he had sued many evil acts behind his back over the years, Gao Xianzhi still felt that this assassination should not be him.

No matter how stupid a person is, he cannot do something so easily exposed.

"Jie Shuai, do you still need to continue investigating this matter?"

Gao Xianzhi shook his head: "I won't investigate for the time being. The war is important. I will investigate it carefully after I will return to Kucha City."

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Kucha City.

The weather was very bad today. A storm broke out in the desert early in the morning. The sky was filled with yellow sand, covering the sky and covering the sun, covering the city of Kucha in a vast yellow area.

At noon, several riders came outside the city. After entering the city, they dismounted. The leader's legs were a little lame. He led the horse to the market with his turn. Several people wandered around the market, turning a blind eye to the dazzling array of goods at the market, but instead paid special attention to the clothes of passing merchants.

Finally, I saw several businessmen wearing leather robes and felt hats on the east side of the market. Several people exchanged their eyes and walked forward to pretend to pass by inadvertently. When they heard these businessmen speaking Tubo, several knights were immediately concerned and went forward to say hello politely.

The communication was not too smooth. First, the language was not clear, and second, several merchants seemed to be talking about business and had no time to pay attention to idle people. After a few knights were dismayed, they left the market with a smile.

The knights waited outside the market until in the afternoon, when several Tubo merchants came out of the market, the knights and others followed the Tubo merchants from a distance without any trace, watching the merchants walk into an inn and settle down.

The leading cripple knight looked up at the inn's signboard and murmured: "Fuzhi Inn? Isn't this the one that the marquis often come to? He also invited the Anxi Army generals at this inn..."

Another knight came forward and smiled and said, "I heard that the female shopkeeper in the inn is very beautiful and seems to be quite interested in the marquis. I have seen the female shopkeeper pestering the marquis and chatting with him several times..."

The lame man laughed and said, "What kind of person is our Marquis? How could he be fascinated by mere beauty? I believe the Marquis must have sent her without hesitation. How could the rough woman in the wild and cold land deserve the noble status of the Marquis."

Another knight smiled and said, "Brother Wang Gui is right. The Marquis not only sent the female shopkeeper away, but also made the female shopkeeper so angry that he was so angry that he was smoking. But... uh, looking at the Marquis' appearance, he didn't seem to know that he had angered the female shopkeeper. He just simply had no interest in the female shopkeeper."

The cripple knight was Wang Gui. Although he was the eyeliner placed by Gu Qing in the palace, he had always been very responsible for following Gu Qing. After coming to Anxi, Gu Qing helped his personal guards stand out because of the camp prostitute incident. Wang Gui was even more convinced by Gu Qing since then.

Wang Gui sneered: "Who said that the Marquis angered the female shopkeeper unintentionally? It was clearly intentional. How could ordinary vulgar fans attract the Marquis' attention? The Marquis deliberately embarrassed the woman just to make her tactful and get away..."

Another knight smacked his lips and said, "Brother Wang Gui has probably never seen that female shopkeeper. I think she is very beautiful. She is really not a vulgar fan..."

Several people stood not far outside the inn gate and were talking with relish. Suddenly, they heard a cold female voice behind them, like a hidden arrow shooting on the backs of several people.
Chapter completed!