Chapter 632: Rectification of the Imperial Guards

Xiao Chi's face flushed, and he knelt on one knee: "I am convinced, no need to compete again."

"In that case, all the sons of the noble families will run two hundred laps around the parade ground."

Xiao Chi's face changed slightly: "Two hundred laps?"

"General Chu, don't go too far. It was only one hundred laps just now, why did it become two hundred in a blink of an eye?" Some sons of the noble families shouted dissatisfiedly, "You are relying on winning the competition to impose penalties arbitrarily? How can this be justified?"

"That's right! The guards of the poor family ran one hundred laps, and we ran two hundred? General Chu's punishment is really unfair!"

"We don't accept it!"

"Don't accept it?" Chu Hongyi galloped on his horse, picked up a silver spear from a row of soldiers standing next to the parade ground, turned over and dismounted, and looked around the field coldly, "If you don't accept it, go pick your own weapons!"

The sons of the noble families didn't hesitate for a moment, turned around to get weapons, those with swords took swords, those with guns took guns, and swarmed towards Chu Hongyi, and in an instant, the swords and shadows came together, covering Chu Hongyi head-on.

Chu Hongyi waved the silver spear in her hand, and with a backhand shot, she swept away several people who were coming towards her. Two long spears attacked from the side at the same time. Chu Hongyi bent her body backwards and flexibly avoided them. She waved the long spear like a dragon out of the sea. Wherever the spear flower passed, someone would fall down in embarrassment.

The surrounding onlookers were all silent. On the huge training ground, a woman in a black robe was seen flying a silver spear across the sky, invincible, almost like a sharp knife cutting tofu. Wherever the long spear went, people and horses fell down, and there was a wailing sound in a moment.

In less than a cup of tea, all the people who took action fell to the ground and couldn't get up. Everyone's face was pale and embarrassed.

Xuanyuan Yao was not surprised at all.

Chu Hongyi came from the military camp and had sharp skills. These nobles' fancy moves could not be compared. Moreover, among the imperial guards, the children of the nobles had the weakest skills. They couldn't even be considered fancy moves. If they dared to provoke, they would only be sandbags.

Rong Yu's brows were gloomy and calm, and he finally walked towards the training ground.

"Who else is dissatisfied?" Chu Hongyi stood with a silver spear, her face always indifferent, "If you can still breathe, get up and run immediately-"

"The Regent is here!"

Just at this moment, Xuanyuan Yao shouted coldly, and everyone on the training ground suddenly changed their faces and turned their heads to look.

Under the lights, the man with a noble and cold face was like a god descending from the sky, walking slowly, with a solemn and solemn pressure between his eyebrows, which made people palpitate and tremble.

The next moment, bang bang bang...

"Greetings to the Regent!" The sound of knees hitting the ground came one after another, with obvious panic.

Everyone knelt on the ground, with their foreheads close to the ground. If there was a pit in front of them, they would definitely want to bury their heads in the pit and never come out again.

The guards of the poor family who were being punished to run also stopped, looked at each other for a while, and knelt on the spot.

Chu Hongyi knelt on one knee: "I pay my respects to the Regent."

"General Chu, stand up." Rong Yu walked onto the parade ground, his cold and oppressive eyes slowly swept around, making people's backs cold, "Are the children of the nobles superior to others? Can they live in the imperial army, get a salary, provoke their superiors, and cause trouble?"

The children of the nobles, led by Xiao Chi, turned pale and fell to the ground in fear, not daring to speak.

"You were not very talkative just now, why are you all mute now?"

Xiao Chi was terrified and looked down at the ground: "I know I am wrong and I am willing to accept the punishment."

"Willing to accept the punishment?" Rong Yu's eyes fell on his face, "I seem to have heard you all shouting that you are not convinced."

Xiao Chi hurriedly apologized: "I know I am wrong, please punish me, Regent!"

The faces of the imperial guards changed drastically, and they all kowtowed: "I know I am wrong, I dare not disobey!"

"I am convinced by General Chu!"

"I deserve to die, please forgive me, Regent!"

Although the guards from the poor families kneeling on the side were also uneasy, they were very happy at this time. It was rare to see these noble children who were usually arrogant and fearful, which was really refreshing.

Rong Yu did not intend to say much, and said indifferently: "Xuanyuan Yao, what should be done if there is provocation and chaos in the army?"

Xuanyuan Yao lowered his eyes and replied: "At the lightest, 30 to 50 military sticks, and at the worst, caning to death."

When the voice fell, the imperial guards all changed color, and the faces of dozens of people who caused trouble turned pale and began to tremble unconsciously.

"How should the lower be dealt with?"

"Depending on the severity of the case, a fine of 30 to 100 military sticks."

"How should the fight and trouble be dealt with?"

"At the lightest, 30 sticks, and at the worst, 50 to 100."

The military camp has always had strict military discipline, which is much stricter than the requirements for laws and orders in any other place. Those who violate military discipline must be severely punished, so Xuanyuan Yao always reported truthfully, without deliberately exaggerating and scaring.

It's just that the discipline in the military camp is usually not applicable to the imperial guards, because the imperial guards do not go to the battlefield, have never really experienced the experience of killing on the battlefield, and have always been lax in military discipline. In addition, the sense of superiority of being born in the gentry makes them never have the so-called military discipline in their cognition.

At this time, they were so frightened by Xuanyuan Yao's reply that they turned pale and wanted to slap themselves a few times.

"How many people participated in the fight tonight?"

Chu Hongyi said: "There are two factions, 40 children from noble families and 56 children from poor families."

Rong Yu looked at her and said: "Group fight?"

"The eight people who took the initiative to stir up trouble were Gu Ming, Fang Kai, Cai Cheng and other sons of the noble families. They bullied Zhang Rui from the poor family. Because Zhang Rui performed well in the army, I promoted him to the captain of the Eighth Battalion of the Imperial Army yesterday. The nobles were dissatisfied, so the incident happened today." Chu Hongyi said, "Eight people from the noble families are the main culprits, and the others are accomplices; Zhang Rui from the poor family took action, and the sons of the poor families in the battalion took the initiative to help, but they all relied on their large numbers to suppress the opponent's momentum and did not use excessive force, so they are considered accomplices."

Rong Yu understood, "What percentage of the imperial army are from the nobles?"

"There are more than 200 nobles."

Rong Yu turned his head, his eyes solemn Chen looked around at the children of the nobles, "All those who participated in the fight tonight will be punished according to General Chu's method. The poor will run 100 laps and the nobles will run 200 laps. In addition, all those who offended and did not obey General Chu's discipline will be punished with 30 strokes of the cane, removed from the military, and demoted to commoners."

After speaking, he said coldly: "Execute now."

"Regent!" Xiao Chi's face changed, and he knelt forward, "I know my mistakes and am willing to be punished by the military stick. I beg the regent to give me another chance-"

"Chance?" Rong Yu glanced at him, "There will be no useless people in the army."

Xiao Chi's expression was pale and he could no longer speak.

"Regent." Chu Hongyi lowered his eyebrows and said, "Xiao Chi did not participate in the fight. He just stood on the team of the nobles, but he did not provoke or offend me."

Xiao Chi raised his head and looked at Chu Hongyi in disbelief, with gratitude and shame in his eyes.

"In this case, Xiao Chi will remain in the military." Rong Yu said in a stern voice, "The rest of the nobles should take this as a warning. If there are any who disobey discipline again, they will be removed from the military and their punishment will be doubled, taking today as a lesson."