Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Seeing Yang Dou standing there motionless, looking confused and at a loss, Chu Xiaomu shouted, "General, Yang Dou has not joined the army, so he can disobey the military regulations, right?"

Zhou Bo had seen Yang Dou in the general's tent, so he naturally recognized him. He asked the camp officer, "Look carefully at the roster. Is this man enlisted?"

The camp officer replied, "In the military registration book that Deputy Lieutenant General Feng handed over to me recently, there is no one named 'Yang Dou'."

Zhou Bo's face was stern and he asked, "This little brother is not a soldier, he is just an ordinary citizen. Who kidnapped him?"

A sergeant walked out of the team, his face flushed, and said, "Yes... it's me." The leading sergeant in the team also stood up and said, "Central Army, this is the young general's team."

Zhou Bo said coldly: "If you don't investigate thoroughly, you will be punished the same as the criminals!"

Without saying a word, the two soldiers took off their armor and robes and threw them on the ground, then lay on the ground side by side with Chu Xiaomu and others, waiting to be punished with sticks.

A sergeant pulled Yang Dou aside, and Yang Dou kept shouting, "Xiao Mu... Xiao Mu, what's wrong?"

Chu Xiaomu said, "Adou, go wait aside, I'll talk to you later." He was even more impressed by the clear punishments and responsibilities of the Bicheng army.

The camp officer shouted, "Executioners, listen to my orders!"

More than a dozen soldiers shouted in unison: "In!"

The camp officer then shouted, "Marching stick!"

The dozen or so soldiers, holding military sticks, each walked to the side of a criminal, raised the stick and started beating him, raising the long sticks up and down in perfect unison.

Chu Xiaomu and the others did not dare to shout out when they heard the camp officer say that during the punishment, "you are not allowed to hide, beg for mercy, or shout loudly." Yingdan clenched her teeth tightly and said nothing.

Chu Xiaomu was beaten dozens of times by the warriors of Jinyang City on the way from Xihai City to Jinyang City. At that time, his clothes were completely taken off, and it was a snowy winter, but he managed to hold on; now the thirty military sticks through the clothes seemed too easy. Zhang Hou had just been beaten with twenty military sticks, and now he was beaten with thirty more military sticks. Blood was oozing from his buttocks. He kept screaming in pain, but he didn't dare to scream too loudly. The sound of the military sticks was mixed with his screams of "ouch" and "ah" between his teeth, which sounded very funny.

The thirty military sticks were soon finished, and the sergeant who was carrying out the punishment suddenly pulled down the pants of the dozen or so people being punished. Yingdan shouted, "You...you...what else are you going to do?"

Yu Aqi's butt was also burning, and he forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, they are going to apply medicine to us."

Sure enough, the soldier who was carrying out the punishment took out a kind of powder from his arms and gently sprinkled it on the buttocks of the people who were beaten. Unfortunately, the powder had no pain-relieving effect. After penetrating into the skin, the pain became even worse. Ling Weidou, Wu Sheng, Zhou Weiyi and several others could not help but scream.

Zhou Bo said, "Line up at the South Gate in an hour and set off for the Nanding Army camp. There must be no mistakes!"

The soldiers of the Nanding Army shouted in unison: "Yes, sir!" Chu Xiaomu and others, who were still lying on the ground, also shouted.

After Zhou Bo led the soldiers away, everyone dared to get up from the ground. Zhang Hou was the most seriously injured, lying on the ground unable to move, Chu Xiaomu and Yu Aqi had to pull him up. Zhang Hou said bitterly: "If I had known that they were so unreasonable, I would not have joined the Bicheng Army, which harms people so much!"

Yingdan threatened him, "If you keep talking nonsense, you'll be beaten with thirty more military sticks. There's also a rule in the military regulations that 'you're not allowed to complain'!" Zhang Hou was so scared that he dared not say a word.

The military tents were dismantled, and the thirteen people had nowhere to go, so they had to stand in the martial arts field and chat. Yu Aqi and Hai Wuqing knew that they were about to part with everyone, and they were very sad. Yang Dou walked to Chu Xiaomu and said, "Xiaomu, you have arrived in Nan... Nan..." Chu Xiaomu said, "Nanding Army." Yang Dou continued, "Oh, Nanding Army. When you arrive in Nanding Army, I can't stay by your side to take care of you. You must live well... You can't be like Xiao Meng... Xiao Meng... like that..." At the end, he burst into tears.

Chu Xiaomu couldn't help but shed tears and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of myself. We...we still have to avenge my grandfather, the clan leader, Uncle Lao Huai, Xiao Meng... " His voice choked and he couldn't say any more.

Yang Dou cried for a while and said, "Someone told me yesterday to go to the general today. I'll go first." Without waiting for Chu Xiaomu to speak, he walked straight out of the school martial arts field.

Chu Xiaomu looked at Yang Dou's somewhat fat back and felt mixed emotions for a moment.

Seeing Chu Xiaomu was a little sad, Yu Aqi said, "Adou is actually able to receive personal instruction from the general. He is luckier than the rest of us. We should be happy for him."

Chu Xiaomu thought about it and agreed, so he stopped thinking about it.

At about 3 p.m., Chu Xiaomu, Yingdan, Lin Zhen and ten other people came to the south gate of Bicheng. Seeing that dozens of soldiers were already standing in a neat line and waiting, they all stood behind those soldiers and dared not move. Several soldiers brought horses over and gave one horse to each of the ten people, Chu Xiaomu. After being beaten with military sticks, they were sprinkled with powder on their buttocks. Although the pain was unbearable at the beginning, the pain has been greatly reduced now. Obviously, the powder is very effective. Only Zhang Hou, who was severely injured by the stick, still twisted when walking, and was always worried that he could not ride a horse.

Soon, Zhou Bo arrived with several people, and behind them was an exquisite carriage covered with silk cloth. Zhou Bo rode his horse to the front of the army and asked the camp officer, "Are all the people here?"

The camp commander replied, "Reporting to the central army, two camp commanders, four squad leaders, and the remaining sixty-three soldiers have all arrived!"

Zhou Bo asked Chu Xiaomu: "Are you familiar with the military system of Bicheng?"

Chu Xiaomu replied, "Our military system is divided from the generals down into the central army, battalion officers, and captains. The five central armies in the southeast, northwest, and center each lead eight battalions, the battalion officers lead 20 to 30 teams, and the captains usually lead 10 to 30 soldiers."

Zhou Bu nodded and said, "Your group consists of exactly ten people, and you have not yet been formally recruited. I will temporarily appoint you as the team leader and make further arrangements after you arrive at the Nanding camp."

Chu Xiaomu shouted, "Yes, sir!" He was not the oldest among the ten people, only a few months to one or two years older than Yingdan, Su Mishun, Ling Weidou, and Zhou Weiyi. However, he was resourceful and daring, and the other nine people admired him very much. He was the leader of the people who escaped from Jiaoshan. Naturally, no one objected to him being the team leader.

Zhou Bo rode his horse to the front of the soldiers and ordered, "Raise the flags and march!" Four soldiers each held up a swallowtail flag and marched out first. On the flag was a big "Zhou" character, fluttering in the wind.

A group of more than seventy people left the south gate of Bicheng and rode south along the official road.