Chapter 462 Punishment

A group of people were making noise at Tao Qian's place. Some of them were high-level people in Xuzhou, some were from aristocratic families in Xuzhou, and most of them had quite a background.

Of course, Tao Qian couldn't afford to offend more than a dozen people.

"Don't worry, I'll send someone to find Zhang Yu and ask him to release him," Tao Qian said.

"Not only do we need to release people, but we must also severely punish the murderer and hand over the murderer to us," said a patriarch of an aristocratic family.

"Yes, we want the murderer and Zhang Yu to apologize."

As for Zhang Yu, they only dared to ask for an apology. If it was someone they could bully, it wouldn't count if they didn't kill him.

Tao Qian has a big head, so he immediately sent someone to ask you Zhang Yu to release him, but he didn't ask for anything else.

On Zhang Yu's side, it was another scene at this time.

Those who participated in the fight were all kneeling in the open space of the barracks.

Zhang Yu summoned all the officers in the barracks.

Zhang Yu's face was very dark.

"Huang Xing, you are guilty." Zhang Yu said angrily.

After hearing this, Huang Xing trembled a bit, bowed his head and said: "This subordinate is guilty, I am ashamed of my lord."

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "Then tell me, what's your crime?"

Huang Xing said: "Subordinates shouldn't take the lead in making trouble."

"I think you don't know what the crime is. You have two crimes. I want to punish you. Do you have any complaints?" Zhang Yu cursed angrily.

"Subordinate, this subordinate has absolutely no complaints." Huang Xing said sadly.

"My lord, there is a reason for the incident, please be merciful, my lord."

"Yes, my lord, don't blame General Huang, we also have a share."

"My lord, please punish me lightly."

Many generals interceded with the soldiers kneeling on the ground.

Zhang Yu straightened his face, waved his hand and said, "Shut up, I rule the army strictly, even if it is me, I will be punished if I make a mistake, and no one is allowed to intercede."

After everyone quieted down, Zhang Yu said: "You have two crimes. One is fighting in the restaurant and destroying the things of the common people. Although there is a reason for the incident, you should apologize afterwards and make full compensation."

When Zhang Yu mentioned a crime, everyone was a little confused, thinking what Zhang Yu was going to say.

But when everyone thought about it, it was true.

Zhang Yu has always cared for the common people, and also asked the army to love and help the common people, absolutely not allowing them to bully and take advantage of the common people.

Zhang Yu paused for a moment, and then said: "The second crime is to abuse the captives. During the conflict, even if you killed each other, it would be fine, but you pushed them to the ground and ordered their legs to be broken. And there is no distinction between priorities, those family servants were only instructed by others, and the culprits are those dozen or so family members, even if you killed all those family members, you shouldn’t have lynched all the captives.”

Everyone was taken aback again, did Zhang Yu take these people as prisoners?

Yes, Zhang Yu took them as captives.

And these people have been subdued by Zhang Yu's soldiers. In this case, all the prisoners should be captured instead of breaking their legs, especially the legs of those servants.

Even Huang Xing was stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Yu to punish him because of this.

Zhang Yu already understood what happened, and it was the other party who provoked first.

It was true that Zhang Yu told them not to make trouble, but he didn't say that others couldn't resist when they were bullied.

If Zhang Yu was present, he would have to kill a few people to relieve his anger.

When Zhang Yu was still dealing with these people, someone reported it, and Tao Qian sent someone to find Zhang Yu.

"Do you want me to release people? Yes, all the family members will be released, and the medical expenses and lost wages will also be paid together." Zhang Yu said.

These people were originally captives, Zhang Yu could deal with them, if they didn't hand them over, they wouldn't hand them over, but now that their legs were all broken, the punishment was enough, Zhang Yu didn't pursue these people any more.

Those servants had nothing to do with Zhang Yu no matter how evil they usually did. Now that they had been punished this time and their legs were broken, Zhang Yu would not embarrass them anymore.

All the servants were released, but none of the sons were released.

The visitor quickly replied to Tao Qian, and at this time people from those aristocratic families were also waiting.

"What? It's a fart to put these servants back."

"It's better not to put this waste back than to put it back."

"Zhang Yu really dares to do this, and please ask Master Zhou to seek justice for us."

Tao Qian immediately felt dizzy, these people wanted to go back to the family members, but Zhang Yu just released those servants back.

Tao Qian continued to send people to ask for it.

And Zhang Yu is announcing the result of the disposal.

"Huang Xing made a big mistake, he was punished thirty times with a stick, and he was transferred to Jiangdu City to guard the city." Zhang Yu ordered.

This punishment can be said to be relatively severe. Jiangdu City, on the bank of the Yangtze River, was originally brought here from Xuzhou.

Jiangdu City is on the north bank of the Yangtze River, close to Xuzhou, and its defense is relatively heavy.

But no matter what, this Huang Xing was transferred from the main battle army to the second-line defense army.

For a general with great military exploits, this punishment is indeed heavy.

But no matter what, Huang Xing was not kicked out of the army and remained in the army.

"Thank you, my lord." Huang Xing said gratefully.

Huang Xing was ready to be fired from the army, but Zhang Yu did not fire him.

The generals also breathed a sigh of relief. Huang Xing had a great reputation in the army, and he was also a bold man. He had indeed made a lot of contributions to fighting Zhang Yu.

But Zhang Yu was strict in governing the army, especially when he committed the crime of oppressing the people, Zhang Yu would never forgive lightly. Considering that there was a reason for the incident, Zhang Yu made such a punishment.

Some people may think that the restaurant belongs to a family, rich people, not ordinary people.

But Zhang Yu doesn't think so. The businessmen, aristocratic families, and dignitaries in his own territory enjoy the same treatment as ordinary people.

They are included in the civilian population the military is supposed to protect.

Although this is Xuzhou, the other party is still a commoner in Zhang Yu's eyes.

If you smashed the people's homes, you should make an apology and pay compensation afterwards.

Killing prisoners, unless under special circumstances, Zhang Yu is not allowed, although he did not kill, but broke their legs

Huang Xing was punished, and some other soldiers were also punished with varying degrees of punishment.

Just after Zhang Yu was punished, a soldier ran in and reported, "My lord, Taozhou Mu sent someone to ask for the son of the aristocratic family who was captured by us. How should I reply?"

"Tell Tao Qian, these children of the family insulted my soldiers and even let the slaves commit murder. This time I will go to them one by one to settle accounts. The soldiers under my Zhang Yu are to protect the family and defend the country, not anyone else. Anyone can be insulted." Zhang Yu said angrily.

Zhang Yu was full of murderous intent. He ordered the children of these aristocratic families to be arrested, just to determine who did it, and then retrieve them one by one.

Zhang Yu was not joking, he said that if he wanted to get it back, he would definitely get it back.

The visitor quickly informed Tao Qian.

Tao Qian and the others were still waiting in the main hall. When they heard the news, these aristocratic families were in chaos.