As the so-called people in the court are easy to do, Wang Lin's network resources are really not covered, not only in Wu Mingche's Northern Expedition army, but also in Chen Guo's court There are many old friends!

So as soon as Zu Yuan went to find them, they immediately actively campaigned for Wang Lin, and listed a lot of reasons to persuade Chen Xu and ask for an order that Wu Mingche could not kill Wang Lin.

For example, because Wang Lin has many old troops in Chen's army, killing Wang Lin will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among these old departments, and now that he is at war with the Qi State, he must not do such a thing that damages the unity of the soldiers and demoralizes!

Some Wang Lin is a celebrity in the Jianghuai area, and now he has just recovered Huainan, if he kills a Jianghuai celebrity like this, it will definitely make the people in the Huainan area think that Chen is a cruel and ruthless country, which will make it more difficult to govern Huainan in the future.

Moreover, now in the Jianghuai area, many bandits and thieves are Wang Lin's old department, if Wang Lin is kept, these people can be easily recruited, and there is no bandit trouble in the Jianghuai area, and people can live and work in peace and contentment, so that Chen Guo's rule over the Jianghuai region will be more stable. Keeping Wang Lin alive and imprisoning him in Jinling can contain these people and prevent them from acting rashly, and can even threaten them to help Chen resist Qi State, so Wang Lin must not be killed now!

For Wang Lin, Chen Guo's old opponent, his first thought was to get rid of it quickly, but now after reading these Rao Shang's plays, he found that killing Wang Lin would bring so much trouble, and Chen Xu also became hesitant, and at present, Chen Guo's main opponent is Qi Guo, whether to kill Wang Lin or not, it will have little impact on the battle situation, plus Wang Lin has also been caught in his hands, he can kill him whenever he wants, why rush for a while!

Therefore, Chen Xu decided not to kill Wang Lin first, but ordered Wu Mingche to send someone to escort Wang Lin to Jinling, and then wait for the fate!

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"Your Royal Highness, the emperor has decided to restore Shouyang to Yuzhou, and appointed Wu Mingche as the governor of Yu, He, and other six states of the military, the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the assassin of Yuzhou! Many people in the Northern Expedition army were rewarded, and Xiao Yao was also promoted to General Weilie, although he was only a six-rank general, but given that Xiao Yao was only sixteen years old and came from a poor background, it was really unimaginable that he could get this honor! Why did His Highness suddenly not let the old minister raise an objection to the emperor? If I and the ministers strongly oppose it again, the emperor will not be promoted to Xiao Yao! Shangshu Shen Dewei asked Chen Shubao suspiciously.

Xiao Yao not only assisted Wu Mingche in breaking through Shouyang, but also captured countless military supplies and baggage in the 30,000 army that pursued Pi Jinghe, which made the generals in the army admire him very much! Coupled with those previous military exploits, if so many merits add up, if he can't be promoted to general, it will not only cause dissatisfaction with his father, but even cause dissent in the army! Therefore, if we oppose it at this time, it will only cause other people to be disgusted! And there is an ally who has been with us, the more we take the initiative to attack, the more the enemy will only strengthen the defense, as long as we show weakness to the enemy, so that the enemy becomes proud and underestimates the enemy, we will have a chance to kill with one blow! Uncle Chen said coldly.

"Xiao Yao has made great achievements, and it is a sure thing that he will be promoted to a general, and his recent momentum is the most prosperous, so we should not make a move on him! However, above the court, there are such ministers pleading for Wang Lin, the main general of the enemy army in Shouyang, which makes me feel a little surprised! Shen Ke said lightly.

"Wang Lin is a Jianghuai celebrity, he has a sense of righteousness, not only has many old departments in the army, but also has many old friends in Jinling, these people are interceding for him, and it is also reasonable Zheng" Shen Dewei said.

"But I received the news that these people have all been in contact with Zu Yuan of the General Firm!" Shen Ke said lightly.

"General Comptoir? Could it be that Xiao Yao asked these people to intercede for Wang Lin? It's impossible, didn't he catch Wang Lin with his own hands on the good news? Now find someone to save Wang Lin? Could it be that he and Wang Lin are also old acquaintances? Chen Shubao asked in surprise.

"It's impossible, when Wang Lin fled to Qi State, Xiao Yao was still playing with mud! However, Xiao Yao is scheming and does not play cards according to common sense, even if he catches Wang Lin with his own hands, he may want to let Wang Lin live! Didn't Shen Shangshu have a lot of Wang Lin's old department in the army just now? If Xiao Yao saved Wang Lin, what would these old ministers think of Xiao Yao? Absolutely will be grateful to him! Shen Ke sneered.

"And these ministers in the court will also fall to the side of King Xing!" Shen Dewei made another move.

"What! Do you mean that Xiao Yao first captured Wang Lin and made great contributions, and then rescued Wang Lin and won over his old friends? He must not be allowed to succeed! Chen Shubao said angrily.

"Wu Mingche is Wang Lin's mortal enemy, he must want to get rid of Wang Lin as soon as possible, although this time the emperor asked him to take Wang Lin to Jinling before dealing with it, but as long as we instigate Wu Mingche, I believe he will also resist the decree and kill Wang Lin, plus now Wu Mingche is deeply favored by the emperor, and the emperor will never blame him!" Shen Ke analyzed lightly.

"That's right! This time, the emperor will send the confessor Xiao Chunfeng to Shouyang to order Wu Mingtho! And he happens to be one of our people, as long as we tell him to instigate a few words after seeing Wu Mingche, I believe that Wu Mingche will never let go of Wang Lin! Shen Dewei said fiercely.

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Pi Jinghe, who was scared away by Xiao Yao, ran all the way with his 30,000 elites, and it only took two hours to escape back to Xuzhou! What is surprising is that these 30,000 elite elites have not been reduced, and they have returned to Xuzhou in their entirety, but they are just people who have returned, and the armor and weapons in their hands have long been lost, not to mention other armaments, materials, grain and grass.

Looking at the 30,000 unarmed soldiers, Gao Changgong looked angry, but after all, Pi Jinghe is now the official commander of the army, so he can only suppress the anger in his heart and say to Pi Jinghe, who is ashamed: "General Pi, why did you all come back like this?" Did you fight with Chen's army, and they took away their weapons, food, and grass? But there were no casualties in your entire army, could it be that you fled without a fight, and left all the materials and baggage to the Chen army? The Chen army that surrounded Shouyang only had 40,000 horses at most, and they had sieged the city for many days and suffered heavy casualties, but you had 30,000 horses, if you slammed the back of the Chen army at this time, you would definitely be able to defeat them in one fell swoop! ”

"Captain Gao, this can't all be our responsibility! When we arrived in Shouyang, Xiao Yao, who had beaten you to the ground and fled in Xuyi City and captured all 20,000 elite soldiers, returned to Shouyang with his infantry battalion! You can't deal with him, and of course we're no match for him! Of course, Pi Jinghe, who was afraid of being held accountable, also thought about his resignation and replied to Gao Changgong.

Sure enough, Gao Changgong, who was poked in the sore spot, was speechless!

"And we only arrived in Shouyang on August 13, and the army is not ready, how can we launch an attack on Chen's army! And Xiao Yao returned to Shouyang on August 14, and attacked the city with an infantry battalion on August 15! It only took one morning, and by the time we reacted, he had already captured Shouyang! They also attacked us from land and water with a cavalry and a naval army, and their morale was high at that time, and our army was not firmly established, how could we fight against them? So in order to preserve our strength, I ordered the whole army to retreat, and of course there was no time to carry those armaments and baggage! Pi Jinghe continued to quibble.

"If you hadn't stayed in Huaikou for two, I'm afraid that by the time Xiao Yao rushed back to Shouyang, you would have defeated Wu Mingche a long time ago! There will be no fiasco like Shouyang being broken and General Wang Lin being captured by Xiao Yao! Gao Changgong was angry.

"Captain Gao, it's normal for the troops to march and be blocked, and the previous battles between Captain Gao and General Wei Pohu and the Chen army were all defeated, with countless casualties! Now it's good that I can bring back all the members of the army, but it's nothing to lose some armaments! I have already sent someone back to Yecheng to report to the emperor! How to deal with it, the emperor has his own decision! "Pi Jinghe doesn't care about authenticity.

Gao Changgong, who was scolded again, could only sigh: "Alas! It's come to this point, it's useless to argue anymore! Compared to the defeat of my entire army in Xuyi City, it is indeed a great achievement for General Pi to bring the army back! Now that the Chen army has captured Shouyang, the Huainan area has been completely taken away by them, their strategic purpose has been achieved, and the army has been fighting for five months, I believe they will also stop and rest the army, and we are relatively safe in Xuzhou! Now we have to prepare for the next phase of Chen's attack! ”