Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Soon, everyone arrived in Baoding Town.

Today, the General's Mansion of Baoding Town is adjacent to the Governor-General's Mansion of Zhili. The Governor-General of Zhili, Le Shan, has not been in office for long and is also familiar with the political affairs of Zhili. However, he has also received the order from Emperor Xianfeng that the General's Mansion of Baoding Town is temporarily transferred to Senggelinqin. Although Le Shan is a little unhappy, Senggelinqin is in a high position and has great power, and is also the governor of the military affairs of the capital, so he can't say anything.

The position of the general of Baoding Town had been vacant for some time, and during this period, the deputy general and three lieutenants were in charge. When he met Guo Zhiqiang, the deputy general of Baoding Town, this guy did not take Liu Ye seriously at all. He just talked to him for a few words, handed over the important matters to Liu Ye, turned around and retreated without even a greeting!

Of course, Liu Ye could understand. Originally, the position of Baoding Town was to be given to Guo Zhiqiang, and now he was already a nominal general. He did not expect that in the end, all his efforts were in vain and he was pushed down. Naturally, he felt dissatisfied and resentful.

But Liu Ye had no friendship with him, let alone official business. He Qimou would be here soon, and by then, where would Guo Zhiqiang go? Judging from the affairs of the General's Mansion that he had handed over, he was not a man who could do big things, and there were too many tricks hidden in it!

The next day, Liu Ye ordered all the generals above the rank of Qianzong to gather at the general's residence. He wanted to see how many of the eight camps in Baoding Town were worth looking at.

The order was issued in the morning, and a deadline of one hour was given. However, to Liu Ye's surprise, by noon, the summoned officers had not yet arrived! This was extremely inefficient!

Liu Ye looked at the generals around him. Only one of the three lieutenants had arrived, three of the eight lieutenants had come, and only a little over half of the captains and captains had come! As for the deputy general Guo Zhiqiang, there was no sign of him!

Liu Ye was furious. What kind of war could they win at such a slow pace?

Liu Ye said lightly: "Gao Qi!"

Gao Qi hurriedly came up and asked, "General, what are your instructions?"

Liu Ye gave the order: "Light the mailbox in front of the hall. Starting from the beginning, if it's less than one incense stick, you will be lashed thirty times! If it's less than two incense sticks, you will be lashed sixty times. If it's less than three incense sticks, you will be lashed ninety times. If it's less than four incense sticks, you will be beheaded and displayed to the public!"

The lieutenants and captains present were all a bit panicked. Was this young general serious about this? Before the four incense sticks had even begun, he was beheaded and displayed to the public! This wasn't wartime, just an ordinary assembly!

Originally, everyone thought he was young, so they just wanted to give him a warning, to kill his arrogance and make him more restrained in the future. It would be better for everyone, including you. If you want to cause trouble, then we will teach you a lesson.

Unexpectedly, the general actually issued a military order directly. He wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey!

Liu Ye ignored everyone present and continued, "Order Gao E to bring twenty brothers and be ready to execute him at any time!"

The twenty soldiers brought by Liu Ye all stood outside the lobby with murderous intent, waiting for the order from the general.

After one stick of incense had passed, two more captains arrived, and a few captains and lieutenants also arrived. Liu Ye simply stripped these people of their clothes and tied them all outside. After the second stick of incense had passed, another lieutenant general and two captains arrived again, and the rest of the junior officers were gradually arriving. This was because some people saw that the situation was not right and hurried to send messages to their good friends who had not yet arrived at the scene!

When the third incense stick burned out, Guo Zhiqiang and a lieutenant and a captain still had not arrived!

The captains present all turned green in the face. This, this is the two adults taking over! But what should they do?

Time passed little by little, and it was almost dusk. All the people had been without food or drink for the whole day, secretly complaining in their hearts, "What bad luck! The devils are fighting, and the little ghosts are suffering!"

Just as the fourth incense stick was about to burn out, Guo Zhiqiang's voice rang out from outside the door. "Hahaha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sir. I was a little caught up in some matters and was delayed. Please forgive me, please forgive me!"

Behind Guo Zhiqiang walked into the door, followed by another lieutenant and a captain. As Guo Zhiqiang stepped into the door, the incense stick had burned out, while the other two were still outside the door.

Liu Ye said calmly, "No problem, no problem. Gao Qi, how many incense sticks have we burned?"

Gao Qi bowed and said, "Your Excellency, the fourth stick of incense had just burned out after Lord Guo entered the door. As for the other two lords, they entered the door only after the incense had burned out..."

Liu Ye nodded and said, "I have given orders to assemble all personnel at 9:00 PM. By noon, not even half of them had arrived. So we lit four more incense sticks. If you don't make it past the first stick, you will be lashed thirty times. If you don't make it past the second stick, you will be lashed sixty times. If you don't make it past the third stick, you will be lashed ninety times. If you don't make it past the fourth stick, you will be beheaded. Military law is ruthless. Lord Guo, I'm sorry, but I'm going to take action! Come!"

Gao Qi quickly raised his wrist and replied, "General, I am here!"

"Tie up all those who arrive late immediately and execute them!"

At Liu Ye's command, the brothers outside the hall rushed in and knocked off the hats of Guo Zhiqiang and the other two people!

Guo Zhiqiang's face suddenly changed. He didn't expect that Liu Ye was serious about it!

Guo Zhiqiang shouted: "Wait a minute, I have something to say!"

Liu Ye replied calmly, "He's tied up. We can talk again after the execution! Execution!"

Gao E and others behind were not so polite. They put their shoulders around the three people and pressed them to the ground!

Ye shouted, "According to military orders, if Guo Zhiqiang doesn't wait for three incense sticks, he will be whipped ninety times. If Lieutenant Huang Xinghan and Captain Gao Ming don't wait for four incense sticks, they will be executed immediately! Execute immediately!"

All the generals present were panicked. This Liu Ye was going to kill him. Even if it was just to make an example of him, a captain or a lieutenant general would be enough. Unexpectedly, even the deputy general was swept in!

The brothers didn't care and tied everyone to the pillars outside. The pillars outside were full of late-arriving generals! More than twenty of them!

As for Huang Xinghan and Gao Ming, they were now so frightened that they almost collapsed to the ground, screaming desperately: "General, General, spare my life!"

Guo Zhiqiang roared, "What are you yelling about! Liu Ye, you're just a general, and I'm just a nominal general. You have no right to touch me! I refuse to accept this!"

Liu Ye said coldly, "If you refuse to obey, I will beat you until you obey. If you still refuse, then report me to the Ministry of War or the Emperor. But now, no one can escape punishment! Execution!"

puff puff!

With a flash of the knife, the heads of Huang Xinghan and Gao Ming were chopped off and tied to the pillars. A few timid people were so scared when they saw the grinning heads that they peed their pants. It was a close call. If they had been a little later, their heads would have fallen to the ground too!