"Oh, what's the matter with you? Let's start with that. Zhou Chang wondered.

"As for whether to say yes or not, I still have to wait until I have heard it first."

Worried that Lin Fan would misunderstand, he said again: "Don't think about it, it's just that I'm stingy and don't want to help you." But in case I can't do what you said for a while, I promised you now, and I'll regret it later. It's better to say it in front, even if I can't agree to what you said, it won't affect the friendship between us, and it won't be a failure. ”

Lin Fan hurriedly waved his hand: "What did my uncle say, I just wanted to ask my uncle for a favor, no matter whether it was successful or not, how could I have a dislike for my uncle!" ”

Zhou Chang smiled: "I know what you're thinking, but it's better to say it clearly than to hide it, that's why you say that." Okay, now that the words are clear, say whatever you want! ”

Lin Fan first considered his words for a moment before he spoke: "Our army needs to carry a lot of grain and grass when it goes north this time, and the manpower is already insufficient. ”

"Therefore, the many thieves captured in this battle, as well as the corpses of Chen Xinglong and others, and so many materials, we don't have the energy to be distracted, otherwise it will definitely be delayed for some time."

"And now that the war is urgent, there is no room for delay. Therefore, I would like to entrust these to my uncle, and ask him to pass them on to the court on our behalf, but I wonder if my uncle will agree? ”

The reason why Lin Fan did this was because it could indeed reduce the burden on the army and speed up the march.

But the most important thing is that if Zhou Chang reports these to the imperial court, it can highlight his dominant position in this battle.

Although this is originally true, Zhou Chang is the governor of the Central Plains Province, and he has always been in the center of this battle, which led to the destruction of today's Xingwang Army and the death of Chen Xinglong. So his credit is there, and no one can erase it.

However, if Chen Xinglong's corpse finally falls into Lin Fan's hands, the ministers in the court who are already looking at Zhou Chang unpleasantly will definitely not let go of this opportunity.

But in officialdom, many times right and wrong are not so important, what matters is interests and positions. It's not the head that determines the ass, it's the ass that determines the head.

Since Zhou Chang threatened their interests and status, they would inevitably take the opportunity to suppress Zhou Chang's contribution in this battle.

will even use Zhou Chang to let Chen Xinglong break through the encirclement as an excuse to impeach him for dereliction of duty. And give most of the credit to Lin Fan to suppress him by elevating Lin Fan.

Zhou Chang had already expected this, so these provocations might not affect the relationship between Lin Fan and Zhou Chang.

However, Lin Fan didn't want to see such a thing happen, and he was even more unwilling to take credit from the elders he respected.

And if Lin Fan left Chen Xinglong's body behind, even if he couldn't completely eliminate these rumors, he could also make the attack on Zhou Chang a little less in the court.

In this way, even if His Majesty cannot calm the anger in his heart. But without the help of the courtiers, the impact on Zhou Chang would always be smaller.

After being an official for so many years, Zhou Chang came from a pile of people, and Lin Fan's idea naturally couldn't be hidden from him.

Regardless of whether this method is useful or not, it is already very happy that a junior who has just met for the first time can have this thought.

Don't be greedy for merit, know how to think about others. The young man of my Dayun Dynasty should have such a heart and responsibility, this is what a man in my Dayun Dynasty should be.

It's a pity that most people in the world today, whether they are young or old, most of them have fallen into the dead end of fame and fortune with all their hearts, and they can never get out again!

This is certainly not bad, but the hearts of such a world are still a little less human in it, and it seems a little too cold.

"Okay, let's stay!"

He did not refuse Lin Fan's kindness, but directly agreed. Because these are indeed burdensome to Lin Fan, it is also a safer way to hand them over to himself.

Of course, he didn't mean to take advantage of Lin Fan, he planned to write the specific situation directly in the newspaper when he wrote to the court, and he would not hide Lin Fan's credit.

Zhou Chang's original intention was just to see Lin Fan, so when this matter was decided, the two of them had nothing else to talk about.

"Okay, it's over, you still have to hurry over there, I won't leave you, you go down and get busy!" Zhou Chang said with a smile.

There are still many things in the camp that he needs to deal with, so Lin Fan doesn't want to stay for a long time: "Yes, the little nephew retires." ”

"Farewell today, I don't know when I will see you again, I hope my uncle will take care more!"

"Okay, I got it. After entering Beijing, say hello to your father on my behalf! Zhou Chang began to deal with the official documents on the bookcase again, and took the time to raise his head and reply to Lin Fan.

After giving a slow salute, Lin Fan slowly withdrew from the camp.

Turning around, he glanced at the sun in the sky, which was already setting in the west.

In the bitter cold of the northern winter, the sun at this hour shone on his cold armor, and there was hardly a trace of heat, nor could it bring the slightest warmth.

Under the cold wind, Lin Fan only felt the cold that penetrated deep into the bone marrow.

"Whew..."Lin Fan exhaled a breath of heat, and couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts.

According to what his uncle just said, he wanted to wait until the war in the Central Plains Province was completely quelled before he planned to consider returning to Beijing to take up his post.

For this matter, Lin Fan did not have much hope.

Let's not talk about whether His Majesty will give him this opportunity, just to pacify the Central Plains Dao, how can it be so easy.

At present, the Central Plains Dao thief army seems to be no longer a climate, but as long as the taxes of the imperial court are still increasing, and the continuous natural disasters do not end, there is almost no possibility of calming down the chaos in the Central Plains Dao.

The common people are not pigs and sheep to be slaughtered, they are all living people, just like those officials.

They also have to eat and drink, and you can't expect the common people to be obedient people in the eyes of the court and the government when their whole family is about to starve to death.

In order to survive, there will inevitably be people who take risks, either from thieves or simply from themselves.

Since the court and the government do not give them a way to live, they will use the flat poles and hoes in their hands to fight their way out.

When people are about to starve to death, they don't think about anything but to fill their stomachs. In order to fill their stomachs, they also do everything.

Starvation is death, being killed by the official army is also death, anyway, the left and right are just death, where do they care if it is a rebellion or not!

If the rebellion can be fed and not hungry, then why not? What if it is death, can it be compared to starvation?

At that time, the biggest possibility was that this place was decided today, and there was the opposite tomorrow. There were even officials and soldiers who were in chaos everywhere and were exhausted

, but the thief army is more and more situation.

The remnants of the Xingwang Army left behind now can be resurrected as long as they have a little respite.

Because the people of the entire Central Plains Province are their reserve soldiers, they can replenish their troops on the spot wherever they go, and many poor people will even take the initiative to join them.

Unlike those Qingliu Wenchen who can only talk loudly in the center of the high-level temple, Zhou Chang, who has come step by step from the battlefield, deeply understands how dangerous this situation is.

It is precisely because of this that he would rather offend the son of today than go to King Qin, but stay and continue to clean up.

It's just that in Lin Fan's opinion, all this may not really play a role.

The situation in the Central Plains Province has been eroded to this point, and the people are all thieves.

Even though the official army of the Central Plains Dao is very elite, even if Zhou Chang is a famous general. They can defeat today's Chen Xinglong, or they can defeat many thieves in the next and win one victory after another.

But so what? Can they kill all the people of the Central Plains?

And don't forget, there is more than one Central Plains in the world; In addition to Zhongyuan Road, there are several roads in the north alone, such as Longxi Road, Shandong Road, and Hedong Road.

The territory of Dayun is vast, and there are hundreds of millions of people in the territory, which is such a huge number.

Sometimes, Lin Fan felt that Chen Xinglong's strategist said it very thoroughly, and the people in the whole world could not be killed.

Now the entire north within the Great Cloud Territory has long been full of smoke. Even if they were left to kill, how many could they kill, and for how long?

The swords in the hands of officers and soldiers are sharp, but they are urgent, and the farm tools in the hands of the common people are not impossible to kill.

How many dynasties have flourished throughout the ages, no matter how strong you are, in the end they will be dragged down a little bit by such a simple flat shoulder and hoe!

Moreover, the officers and soldiers can raise their butcher knives against people they don't know, but if one day they stand in front of them are their fathers, old folks, or even parents, wives and children, and they can really do it? I'm afraid it will be a defection on the spot.

Today's situation is no longer something that can be changed by a certain person or a certain army, and Zhou Chang is no exception!

Such a simple truth, Lin Fan didn't believe that the battle-hardened Zhou Chang would not understand.

Maybe the reason why Zhou Chang is unwilling to give up is more because he is doing his best to obey the fate of God!

Everyone has their own things to do, and this is what Zhou Chang decided to do, Lin Fan can't persuade and doesn't want to persuade!

In fact, Lin Fan is now in a situation similar to his uncle, and the only thing the two of them can do is to do what they do!

Lin Fan, who had been stunned for a long time, retracted his thoughts under the urging of the people next to him, these people were all officials sent by Zhou Chang to go back with him to receive Chen Xinglong's body and the tens of thousands of soldiers who were captured.

In addition to these people, Zhou Chang also mobilized a thousand soldiers and horses to act with them, so as to keep these thieves in custody on the return journey, and prevent those who surrendered their troops from taking advantage of the lack of garrison to wait for the opportunity to cause chaos.

Lin Fan turned over and got on his horse, as if it was too late today, he didn't want to delay any longer.

If you leave for the camp now, you can still try to get everything done before nightfall, so as not to affect tomorrow's march.

For some reason, Lin Fan suddenly didn't want to stay here for a moment!