The strategist straightened his clothes that had become a little messy because of the escape all the way, solemnly bowed to Chen Xinglong, and said with tears in his eyes: "Minister, send off the king!" ”

"Hahaha, how many things have risen and fallen through the ages, they are all laughing and talking. The lonely king is going to go today! After making up his mind, Chen Xinglong laughed loudly, without any intention of the dying person's relatives.

Then he drew his sword and placed it around his neck.

The blade of the sword was cold, the blood was warm, and as the red blood gushed out from the wound, Chen Xinglong's majestic body fell suddenly.

This male lord who once competed for domination of the world and had the hope of winning the supreme position finally came to an end after paying the price of his own life.

The strategist took off Chen Xinglong's bright yellow cloak and carefully covered his corpse to preserve the last vestiges of dignity for him. "The king is ahead and slow, and the minister will come later!"

Chen Xinglong died, and the only remaining soldiers around him followed him, drew their swords and committed suicide, following Chen Xinglong.

Because Chen Xinglong's apricot yellow banner is too conspicuous, everyone knows that there is a real big fish here.

If anyone can kill or capture Chen Xinglong alive, then what awaits him will inevitably be a promotion and a lifetime of endless glory and wealth.

At this time, the official army had almost cleared up the nearby Xingwang army, and they rushed here.

When the officers and soldiers came, Chen Xinglong was already dead, and his own soldiers were still committing suicide or fulfilling each other.

The officers and soldiers surrounded the place, but strangely no one stepped forward to stop it, just watched this scene in silence.

The staff stared coldly at the surrounding officers and soldiers, and he said desolately: "Although our army is defeated today, and the king is also dead, don't think that you have won!" ”

"Our army is defeated, but what is it? Don't forget, there is also Li Zhongdao in Longxi, the brazen words of Shudi, and there are countless rebels of all sizes in the world, and they are all still there! ”

"In this world, as long as there are still people who are hungry and cold, and there are still people who are honest and hardworking, but they still want their families to be ruined and can't survive."

"Then there will be one Chen Xinglong after another in this world, and one after another Xingwang Army will appear."

"Yes, you can kill us, you can kill many more, but you can't kill all the poor people in the world. No matter how many people you kill, there will still be people who will rise up and resist. ”

He pointed to the officers and soldiers one by one and said: "One day, one day, you, you, and you will also end up in the same fate as us!" ”

"If this continues, I believe that this day will not be too far away!"

"Everyone, I'll be waiting for you below, so I don't have to send each other off, I'm going to say goodbye!"

The strategist picked up Chen Xinglong's sword and wanted to kill himself.

When the strategist was about to take the sword, An Ning on the periphery had already picked up a stone and pinched it in the palm of his hand, aiming at the wrist where the strategist was holding the sword.

He asked Lin Fan: "My lord, this person can be regarded as a loyal person, it is a pity to die like this, do you want to stop it?" ”

Lin Fan sighed and said, "No need, ask for benevolence, let him go!" ”

With Anning's understanding of Lin Fan over the years, he knew that with his temperament, he would not be indifferent to this.

So he was already ready to make a move, as long as Lin

Whenever an order is given, he will stop him and save the man.

But he didn't expect Lin Fan to choose not to let him make a move, which surprised him very much, and he hurriedly said: "But..."

Lin Fan understood his mood, so he explained: "What if you save people now? We can't save him! ”

"Not to mention that he has the will to die now, if you save him now, he will still seek death when he turns around."

"People, it's not easy to live; But if you want to die, it's much easier! ”

"Even if you send someone to guard him strictly in order to prevent him from committing suicide, it's useless, you can see it for a while, but you can't see it for a lifetime. Without a sword, he had stones, ropes, tiles, and even starvation to death. As long as people are bent on death, there are many ways! ”

"Also, if you really prevented him from seeking death, and dissuaded him from giving up the idea of suicide, he will still die."

"He is an important figure in the army of thieves, and he is an anti-thief. The court will not let him go, if he is captured alive, there will be only one end, that is, he will be escorted to Jingshi Ming Zhengcanon. If it really comes to that time, he just wants to die so happily, but I'm afraid it's an extravagant hope! ”

"We can't save him, and if we have to intervene, we will probably be implicated by him. In case if someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of this to attack and buckle down the hat of 'colluding with thieves and plotting against evil', you and I will have to lose our official positions and dismiss ourselves, not to mention our own bad luck, and even have to affect our families. ”

An Ning couldn't bear it: "A good loyal person, don't you just care?" ”

Lin Fan sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to take care of it, it's that we don't have the ability to take care of it." ”

"Now that we're not at home, we can do whatever we want, it's all up to our own temperament, and we don't have to care about anything else. Now that you and I have come out to be officials, we can no longer blindly do things according to our own preferences in the future. ”

"We were never alone, behind us, there were families, and so many brothers. Therefore, before doing things, we must have a measurement, what should be done and what cannot be done, and we must be clear in our hearts. ”

"In the case that he can't be saved, it is better to fulfill him than let him be executed by the imperial court. Let him die here, and maybe he will leave a good name in the future! ”

Lin Fan actually didn't say a word: "Maybe this is the price you have to pay if you want to do things!" ”

An Ning threw away the stone in his hand gloomily, he didn't understand what Lin Fan said, and he also knew that Lin Fan was doing the right thing, but he was still inevitably a little sad.

As the stone hit the ground, the strategist slashed his own throat with his sword.

As soon as the strategist died, except for the occasional few stubborn Xingwang troops on the battlefield who launched some sporadic resistance, this war never set off any waves, and the curtain soon came to an end.

After asking the captured generals among the thieves to verify Chen Xinglong's identity and confirm his death, Lin Fan began to ask the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

It didn't take long for the approximate results to be counted and sent to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan took a cursory look at it, and after this battle, the officers and soldiers destroyed more than 10,000 enemies and captured more than 10,000 thieves.

Except for a few who were lucky enough to escape, the Xingwang army was wiped out.

Due to time reasons, this time the report is only a very rough figure, far from being accurate. As for the specific situation, it is still necessary to wait

It will be determined only after the detailed battle report comes out.

In short, this army, which had been dominant, fought in the entire northern part of Dayun for several years, and even once suppressed the imperial court officials and troops could not raise their heads, and occupied most of the Central Plains Province, finally ushered in the end today, and disappeared.

And the achievements of the official army in this battle are not only these, Xingwangjun brought out a large number of gold, silver, jewelry, grain and grass from Chenzhou, these things are the accumulation of Xingwangjun over the years, and they are worth a lot.

Just a rough calculation, these things add up to a value of no less than a million.

This amount of money is not a small amount for any one person.

You must know that the annual income of the imperial court now only adds up to millions of taels of silver, and this has almost looted the people of the world, otherwise there would not be so many people who came out to rebel.

So although Chen Xinglong and they were fleeing for their lives this time, they didn't forget to bring these things.

This is the capital of Xingwangjun to recruit troops when he wants to make a comeback, and Chen Xinglong is reluctant to lose it no matter what.

And now that Chen Xinglong is dead, and the Xingwang Army no longer exists, these things are all cheaper than Lin Fan as the spoils of this battle.

Of course, it is impossible for all these things to fall into his hands, and most of them must be handed over to the imperial court.

But according to the laws of the imperial court, these are all captured by Lin Fan, and Lin Fan and the soldiers of the whole army can still be divided to some extent.

Lin Fan is not a greedy person, but since he left his hometown in Jiangzhou, he has never been short of money. And as he now has more and more people under him, his expenses are increasing day by day.

There are many places where he needs to spend money, for example, the officers and soldiers in the army ostensibly get the food and salary of the imperial court, but the imperial court owes the soldiers money and food, and it is common for them to be late and underpaid.

Whenever this happens, Lin Fan will make a difficulty.

But he was not willing to treat the brothers badly, and he couldn't always use the Lin family's money to make up for it, otherwise it would cause dissatisfaction among the clansmen, so he could only take out his share of the money and distribute it to everyone.

But Lin Fan's salary is so much every month, even if he takes it all out, it is just a drop in the bucket, it can only be said that it is better than nothing!

However, the good soldiers also knew Lin Fan's difficulties, and compared to the previous officials, Lin Fan was undoubtedly much better than them.

Therefore, the soldiers were still convinced of Lin Fan and did not blame him for this.

Although Shi Qiuming agreed to Lin Fan's many conditions before this expedition, he had a lot more money, and the arrears of the brothers' food and salary were also repaid.

However, for Lin Fan, if the army can keep some of the materials this time, it will definitely be a good thing.

In addition to counting the materials, Lin Fan asked people to collect the bodies of Chen Xinglong, Sun Qinghe and others, which were to be handed over to the imperial court for disposal, and Lin Fan did not dare to dispose of them without authorization.

So he had to find a tent first and place the corpses in it temporarily.

Fortunately, it is now winter, and the weather is getting colder, so there is no need to worry about the corpse decomposing in a short time, which saves Lin Fan a lot of trouble. Otherwise, the embalming of the corpse alone would be enough to give him a headache.

And just as Lin Fan was thinking about how to deal with these prisoners, a sentry came to report that he had found a team of officers and cavalry, under the banner of the governor of Central Plains Province, Yamen, coming this way.