It was too late, with one more Rao cavalry team, Xiao Yao went back to meet Xiao Moke, Xiao Moke asked a little disappointed: "Shilang, didn't you catch up with the Qi army deserters?" ”

"I'm sorry father-in-law, Shiro led the cavalry team to pursue all the time, but he strayed into a wood, delayed zero time in it, and it was almost dark when he came out, so he gave up the pursuit and rushed back to meet his father-in-law, so as not to worry you." Xiao Yao also showed a disappointed expression.

"When your eldest brother was also chasing the Qi soldiers, he was blocked by a big river, and those Qi soldiers jumped into the river and swam over in order to escape for their lives, so he also gave up the pursuit!" Xiao Moke regretted, and then laughed again: "Haha, forget it, although we didn't catch a single prisoner, we captured so many armaments and materials for the Qi army, more than the materials of our entire army!" This is a great achievement! Let's go, we immediately lead the army back to Shouyang and report to the governor of Wudu! ”

The three fathers and sons of the Xiao family, leading the cavalry troops, pulling hundreds of carriages, loaded with a large number of supplies, returned to Shouyang in a mighty way, but the faces of the three of them were different: Xiao Moke, who was inseparable from the father and son soldiers, looked excited and relieved; Xiao Yao is preoccupied and is thinking about how to arrange for Wang Yi to meet Wang Lin; And Xiao Shilian was as unsmiling as always, still looking at Xiao Yao gloomily, not knowing what he was calculating in his heart.

Huang Wenyuan, who was following the three of them, looked even more depressed, and stared at Wang Yi who followed him from time to time, pretending to be a cavalry member, and didn't know that he had killed him hundreds of times: he couldn't imagine that he was wise in his life, so he was planted in his hands! He was caught by him in front of everyone's eyes, and he was hanging from a tree, so how can I hold my head up in front of my brothers in the infantry battalion in the future!

Wang Yi automatically ignored the murderous gaze from Huang Wenyuan, but pondered all the way: Why did this Xiao Yao not kill us when he had a lot of opportunities, and took me to see my father, he was really so enthusiastic? Or is there some conspiracy on his part?

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When I returned to Shouyang City, the city had been roughly cleaned up, and all the corpses on the streets and on the city had been removed, but there were still bloodstains everywhere, and the shocking traces of the war were broken and broken!

Xiao's father and son told Wu Mingche the good news of the seizure of countless baggage, but Wu Mingche just nodded, did not show a very high heart, and his face was a little unhappy, and then let all the generals disperse on their own and go to their respective military affairs, but Xiao Yao was left alone.

"Shiro, today you personally captured Wang Lin, and tied him up in the car to surrender on the street, I heard that several of Zhou Luo's subordinates have interceded with you on behalf of Wang Lin?" Wu Mingche asked.

"Yes, they are all Wang Lin's old department, and seeing the old boss so humiliated, naturally I can't bear it! At that time, most of the defenders in the city had already surrendered, so I agreed to let Wang Lin go. Xiao Yao said honestly.

"Yes, as a soldier, of course they are loyal people! And most of them are from the green forest heroes of Jianghuai, and the people of the rivers and lakes are all righteous, although each is its own master, even if it is forgivable to intercede for the old master, but! Can't go too far! Wu Mingche paused, and then said fiercely.

Xiao Yao was taken aback, and then looked at Wu Mingche with a confused expression, only to see Wu Mingche scolding angrily: "They actually begged me to let Wang Lin go!" Outrageous! Do they still remember that they are our Da Chen's generals, and they are taking the money given by the imperial court! still only remember Wang Lin's kindness to them back then, and forget the emperor's favor to them! ”

"They want to let Wang Lin go? What do you mean? Let him go back and continue to recruit troops against us? Xiao Yao also felt that these requirements were a bit excessive, Wang Lin was the chief general of the Qi army, and he was also an old opponent of Chen Guo.

"They didn't dare to beg me to let Wang Lin go on the spot and return him to his freedom. They just want me to send him to Jinling, and then hand him over to the emperor for disposal, or send someone to monitor him, in short, they just don't want to imprison him like now! If it weren't for our explicit prohibition of anyone visiting Wang Lin, believe it or not, some of them would have dared to drink and talk to Wang Lin and catch up with each other in the prison cell! Wu Mingche was furious.

"Wang Lin is indeed a character, after so many years, he can still make these old subordinates respect him! And when he paraded through the streets today, the people in Shouyang City were kneeling and crying bitterly, with only sadness in their eyes, and they didn't hate Wang Lin for bringing them Ruci military disasters at all! Xiao Yao also sighed.

"As an opponent, I do admire Wang Lin's loyalty, in caring for his subordinates, sharing weal and woe with the soldiers, I think I can't compare to him! But as the governor of the Northern Expeditionary Army, I am not only thinking about the immediate issue of capturing Shouyang and recovering Huainan, but also the question of how to govern Huainan in the future! It's not that you don't know the prestige of Wang Lin in the Jianghuai area! If you let him go, it will be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles! Wu Ming's eyes were full of murderous words.

"Endless troubles? Did the governor come to me to kill Wang Lin? Xiao Yao asked in surprise.

"Of course not! After all, he is the chief general of the Qi army and a Jianghuai celebrity, of course he can't be executed at will! Even if you want to kill, it can't be now, after all, there are so many of his old troops in our army, if we don't handle it well, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble! So when they pleaded with me just now, I couldn't help but get angry! However, there is a problem now, and I need your help! Wu Mingche suddenly looked at Xiao Yao and said.

Hearing that he was not going to kill Wang Lin, Xiao Yao also breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Need my help?" What's up? ”

"Haha, Shiro, you are only sixteen years old, when Wang Lin and I fought to the death in the Yangtze River area, you were still wearing open crotch pants! And in the Northern Expedition army, you are the only one who has nothing to do with this Wang Lin, so watch Wang Lin, hehe! Wu Mingche looked at Xiao Yao a little embarrassed and smiled.

"Does the governor mean that he wants to hand Wang Lin over to my infantry battalion?" Xiao Yao held back his joy and asked expressionlessly, but he was as excited as if he had won the jackpot: If you really want to sleep, you will have a pillow, if Wang Lin is handed over to his own custody, it will be more convenient to arrange for Wang Yi to meet Wang Lin!

"That's right! Now there are many people in our army who are Wang Lin's old subordinates, although I believe that they will definitely not dare to do anything excessive, but in order to avoid suspicion, I think it is most appropriate to hand over Wang Lin to you, a person who has nothing to do with Wang Lin! Moreover, Wang Lin was captured by you with your own hands, and you are in custody, and no one dares to have an opinion! Plus your infantry battalion is so powerful, I'm sure no one will dare to go to you to rob the prison! Ha ha! Wu Mingche laughed.

"No problem! The Governor can rest assured that Wang Lin will be handed over to my infantry battalion for custody, and he will definitely not be given a hair less!" And those generals know my Xiao Yao's temper, and they only talk about reasoning and not human feelings! I will never let them get close to Wang Lin! Xiao Yao patted his chest and said.

"Okay, since Shiro is like this, I'm relieved, and you will immediately take Wang Lin to your infantry battalion to be strictly guarded, and you can't let him come into contact with his old troops! I have to deal with the internal affairs of Shouyang City, and by the way, I should also think about how to deal with Wang Lin! Wu Mingche nodded.

Xiao Yao was about to go out, but he was suddenly called back by Wu Mingche, which made Xiao Yao a little worried about whether Wu Mingche wanted to change his mind It's time, Wu Mingche smiled at Xiao Yao: "By the way, when I handed over the task of pursuing Pi Jinghe to you today, although half of the captured armaments and materials were divided into you, but you also know that our army has besieged Shouyang for more than half a month, with heavy casualties and countless losses, and now it is the best opportunity to replenish so many materials that have been captured!" And the supplies of the 30,000 army, even if it is half, are 15,000! As far as the 1,000 people in your infantry battalion are concerned, you can't use so much, so it's better to change it to one-tenth, that's more than 3,000 forgiveness, and it's more than enough for your infantry battalion! ”

"What? Half for tenth! You're too ruthless, old fox! You are calling for nothing when I am my infantry battalion! If it weren't for the help of my infantry battalion, would you have been able to capture Shouyang City? And I used so much gunpowder during the siege, it's not money! A tenth, and you won't want to have the help of an infantry battalion in the future! Xiao Yao said angrily.

"You fox, the siege of the city was carried out by the troops of the barbarian slaves, and your people only let their guns go far away on the wooden tower, don't die, they don't even have support! Also, if we hadn't attracted the main force of the defenders at the East Gate, would you have been able to easily attack the city at the West Gate? One eighth, at most one-eighth of you, this is already the maximum limit for me to give you points at the risk of being poked in the backbone by other generals! Otherwise, you will give them less, and you really want to force these generals back to Wang Lin's side? Wu Mingche also blew his beard and glared.

"You don't want to force them to Wang Lin's side, do you want to force me to Wang Lin's side! annoyed me, believe it or not, I will release Wang Lin to you on the spot! Xiao Yao threatened.

"How dare you, see that I don't peel off your rabbit cub!" Wu Mingche also scolded.

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In the end, in order to take Wang Lin to the infantry battalion as soon as possible, Xiao Yao was unwilling to continue to fight with Wu Mingche here, so he reluctantly agreed to only get one-eighth of the captured batch, but the premise was that his infantry battalion was selected first, and Wu Mingche showed a fox-like victory smirk.