After the formation was complete, Zhang Shixun sneered, "From the first day of training, I've repeatedly emphasized the military camp discipline and tirelessly read it to you over and over again. Even so, fearing you wouldn't remember, I had someone write it down and post it in your dormitories, hoping you would abide by it. However, some of you have greatly disappointed me!"
Most of the officers' faces turned pale, worried that the military commander would punish them, but some of them didn't care at all... The law does not punish the masses, and with so many people violating discipline, they don't believe the military commander can do anything to them.
"Last night, during an inspection of the camp, forty-eight people left without permission... Soldiers were stationed at the entrance, and no one dared to let anyone out without my order. I'm curious, how did you get out? Can someone tell me?"
The officers stood with their chests puffed out and their eyes looking straight ahead. After more than two months of training, their standing posture had become standard. From this point alone, it can be seen that the training was very effective.
"No one answers?" Zhang Shixun asked in a raised voice.
"Commander! We all climbed over the wall to leave the camp." A rough voice replied.
Zhang Shixun looked in the direction of the sound and saw the black turtle. He nodded and asked loudly, "Who else? Stop and come here."
Knowing they couldn't escape, the other officers and soldiers who had left the camp without permission came forward one after another.
Zhang Shixun turned to the military judge beside him and asked, "According to military law, what is the punishment for leaving the camp without permission?"
"Reporting to the military commander, anyone who leaves the camp without asking for leave will be beaten with twenty military sticks. If it comes to war, anyone who dares to leave the camp without permission will be beheaded!" The military judge answered loudly.
"In that case, let's deal with it according to military law. Come out in groups of ten to be punished." Zhang Shixun said in a flat tone.
The whole camp was in silence. Is the commander really going to fight?
The ten guys were pulled out of the formation by the soldiers, had their pants pulled down, pressed to the ground, and started beating with military sticks.
The playground was quiet, with only the "pa pa" sound of military sticks hitting flesh.
"During the punishment, anyone who dares to scream or make a sound will be given an additional ten military sticks," Zhang Shixun added.
The person who was beaten lay on the ground with his teeth gritted, and no one dared to make a sound.
After twenty beatings with military sticks, those people's buttocks were covered in blood.
Forty-eight officers and soldiers who violated discipline, without exception, were each given twenty military sticks.
"They're all grinning like idiots!" Zhang Shixun didn't let them off easily. He walked slowly in front of the formation, whip in hand, saying, "You're a real man! You've only been beaten with twenty military sticks, and you can't even stand at attention?"
The officers and soldiers who were beaten endured the pain and tried their best to hold their heads and chests high.
Zhang Shixun nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this. "Well, that's right. As a Song Dynasty soldier, you should be able to stand firm even under pressure. Not to mention a military club, you wouldn't even frown even if you were struck by a sword or an axe."
In the queue, a thin officer could no longer hold on, his eyes went black and he fell to the ground.
Zhang Shixun ignored him and continued, "This punishment is just a small warning. If you violate the barracks discipline a second time, the punishment will be doubled. If you refuse to change after repeated warnings, I, Zhang Shixun, will make you regret it for the rest of your life."
As for how to punish those who refuse to change after repeated warnings, Zhang Shixun did not say. In fact, he did not know how to punish them, because it was not wartime and he did not have the right to kill.
He Ji saw that many of the tortured officers were about to collapse, so he walked over and whispered in their ears, "General, quickly get the doctors to treat these thieves. If one of them dies, we'll be in trouble."
Zhang Shixun readily accepted the suggestion and waved his hand, saying, "Everyone, disband!"
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