When Lin Fan and the others got the news of the change in Chenzhou, it was already after the army crossed the Huai River.

He sighed and said: "I really didn't expect that Chen Xinglong was a hero, but his son was so unsuccessful, it seems that King Xing's military strength is exhausted!" ”

Chen Fangshu followed and said: "The current situation is already so unfavorable to Xing Wangjun. At this kind of crisis juncture, the prince of Xingwang still doesn't know how to restrain himself. ”

"He acted so recklessly and recklessly, and dared to kill the generals in the army privately, which is also too arrogant. Now that he has forced Liu Qingyuan, the number one general in the Xingwang army, Chen Xinglong's intestines are blue when he thinks about it. ”

"Hehe, I don't know if he regrets why he gave birth to this unlucky son in the first place? If he had known that there would be such a day, would you have shoved this son back into his mother's belly? ”

Chen Fangshu's final gloating tone caused everyone to smile.

Especially when everyone thinks of what kind of thoughts and expressions Chen Xinglong will have now, everyone is even more happy.

But this kind of thing has passed when everyone laughs and enjoys it, and it is just a pastime on the march, and no one will take it seriously.

After laughing, Chen Fangshu continued to analyze: "After a battle within the Xingwang army, Liu Qingyuan led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to surrender the official army. The rest of the Xingwang army, even if they were unwilling to follow Liu Qingyuan to surrender to the official army, would inevitably be unstable. Without morale, even the most elite army will have to suffer a great loss of combat strength. ”

"Judging from the current situation, although the number of the Xingwang army is still sixty or seventy thousand, in fact, the combat power of these people can be one-twelfth of the original."

In this way, Chen Xinglong not only lost Liu Qingyuan and his army, but also could no longer stabilize the hearts and minds of the people within Xingwang's army. This made Chen Xinglong, who was already dying, feel like another arm, while the governor of Zhou and the official army of the Central Plains Dao were like tigers, adding tens of thousands of troops. Under the elimination of the other, the day of Chen Xinglong's demise is approaching! ”

Chen Fangshu's analysis was very reasonable, and everyone who listened nodded frequently.

At this moment, He Fang, who had followed Lin Fan for a long time, but had rarely spoken in the crowd, suddenly said: "Everyone in the world says that Lao Tzu is a hero, and it seems that this incident happened to this Xingwang Shizi today, this sentence of the ancients is not always accurate. ”

Chen Fangshu also said: "What this Xingwang Shizi did is indeed incomprehensible, and this is too unwise!" ”

An Ning smiled and said, "Actually, this kind of thing will happen. It's not too surprising. ”

Chen Fangshu was a little curious, and asked with a smile: "Oh! What does this mean? ”

An Ning explained: "Chen Xinglong came from a humble background, and started his business by selling smuggled salt in his early years. Salt and iron in this dynasty have always been government-run, and the imperial court strictly forbade private mining and selling, if anyone dares to private salt and iron, once discovered by the government, it is a crime to raid the house and destroy the door. ”

"But as the saying goes, no one does the business of losing money, and someone does the business of killing heads. Although the crime of mining and selling illicit salt is extremely serious, the profits in it far exceed most of the legitimate activities, and there is no need to pay taxes to the imperial court, and the amount of money earned is their own. ”

"From Chen Xinglong's ability to spend money like dirt and make friends with the world's heroes, it can be seen that the profits of private salt are abundant. It can be said that it is the benefit of private salt, let

He has amassed a large family and his connections all over the world. It is precisely because of this that he was able to get into trouble. ”

"When the profit of the private salt industry is so high, no matter how high the risk is, some people dare to take it. This is also the reason why all dynasties have repeatedly ordered that people are not allowed to engage in this industry, but the sale of illicit salt is still repeatedly prohibited. ”

Chen Fangshu held his forehead with his hand and interrupted him: "My little General An, you are talking far away, aren't we talking about that prince of Xingwang?" ”

An Ning glanced at Chen Fangshu: "What do you say are you in a hurry?" Am I going to talk about this soon? ”

Then he continued: "In Chen Xinglong's eyes, what he is doing is a business that has lost his head. Many of his predecessors were taken to the execution ground by the government and stabbed. ”

In this case, he had to worry about the government's arrest all day long. Sometimes I have to hide in Tibet, and I may not be able to go home once a year or two, so it is naturally difficult to take care of the upbringing of my children. ”

"Chen Xinglong was like this before the incident, and even more so after he started the incident. Chen Xinglong and his Xingwang army had occupied Chenzhou for just over a year, and before that, he was busy evading the encirclement and suppression of the official army every day, and wandering around the country. He spends almost all of his time on the battlefield, where will he care about what his son does on weekdays. He didn't have the time, and he didn't have the heart. ”

Chen Fangshu is also an extremely intelligent person, he quickly figured out the cause and effect of the whole thing, and followed An Ning's words: "And Chen Xinglong's ignorance of his son has become his connivance with his son in a sense. ”

"After a person has the power to kill and take away the lives of others, even if he is a child with a pure nature, under the erosion of power and power over time, he may become cruel and murderous."

"What's more, judging from the information we have, that Xingwang Shizi is not a person with good nature. And Chen Xinglong's indulgence of him, who has always been unrestrained, undoubtedly gave him a taste of power. ”

Perhaps, in Chen Xinglong's view, he just neglected to discipline his son. In the eyes of King Xing and outsiders, this neglect becomes indulgence or even acquiescence. ”

As Chen Xinglong's status became higher and higher, his son's status also rose. After Chen Xinglong became the king of Xing, he naturally became the prince of the king. Because no matter what he does, he will not be punished by Chen Xinglong, and the prince of Xingwang will act more and more unscrupulously. ”

"And the generals in the Xingwang army are not only afraid of him, but they are more afraid that they are still disgusted, but they are just suffering from having no way to deal with him."

Even if there are usually words about the unfavorable son of the world reaching Chen Xinglong's ears, out of debt to this eldest son, he often just laughs it off. At most, he called his son over and scolded him for a few words without pain or itching, and it was even more amazing to be able to hit him twice. ”

"With the character of King Xing's son, if he is beaten and scolded, he must hate the informant to death, and he will inevitably take revenge. With his power and ferocity, the fate of those who dare to informer must be miserable. Over time, I'm afraid that no one will dare to say half a bad word about this prince in front of Chen Xinglong. ”

"This son has no one to control, and the more time passes, the more reckless he becomes. has developed to the present, and he even dared to attack Liu Qingyuan's daughter, which led to the change in Chenzhou. ”

After saying so much in one breath, Chen Fangshu finally concluded: "All kinds of hidden dangers in this have long been hidden in the Xingwang Army, and they may be reflected in daily trivial matters. And what happened this time is just a concentrated outbreak of these problems. ”

All in all, Chen Xinglong made his fortune too fast, and his son jumped from the son of a smuggler to the son of King Xing in just a few years. The status has arrived, but the upbringing and vision can't keep up, and it is inevitable that the prince of Naxing will be domineering, and it is natural that he will do something out of the ordinary. ”

An Ning smiled and said, "Yes! ”

Lin Fan said in a timely manner: "Also, not everyone in this world can see the situation clearly. Many things are confused by the authorities and clear to bystanders. ”

"There are many smart people in this world, but there are always some people and some things that cannot be handled by common sense. For example, this Xingwang Shizi, these things he did are naturally stupid in your eyes and me, and they can't be more stupid. But in his own opinion, it would never be so. ”

"Many things that seem incredible to you and me have become taken for granted in the eyes of others. Or perhaps, in the eyes of some, the things you and I are doing today are not stupid! ”

Li Qingshan also interjected: "The villain has ambition and the poor have become rich, these two things have been the most testing of people's hearts since ancient times, and the incident in Chenzhou has verified this truth." ”

Speaking of this, he changed his tone and laughed at He Fang: "So, where is it, what the ancients said, sometimes it still makes sense!" ”

If you don't care about martial arts and only reason, where will you be the opponent of Li Qingshan, who has read a lot of books. I could only surrender with a bitter face and admit defeat: "Yes, yes, Mr. Li is reasonable!" ”

He Fang's helpless expression also made everyone laugh.

After laughing, Lin Fan stopped everyone's discussion: "No matter what the reason for this matter is, the change in Chen Zhou, Chen Xinglong can be regarded as swallowing the bitter fruit of himself." ”

After this change, Chen Xinglong couldn't hold out in Chenzhou for too long. The city of Chenzhou is about to be broken, and if our army wants to participate in the war, I am afraid we have to hurry up! ”

As Lin Fan expected, in the next two days, some of the small bands of thieves they encountered again had no fighting spirit. After encountering the officers and soldiers, they often collapsed at the first touch.

After Lin Fan and the others entered the Central Plains Road, the official army fought several small victories in a row.

Although there were no big battles, the results of several battles added up to the gains were not small.

After coming out of Shenzhou, Lin Fan led his officers and soldiers to win successive battles.

Since the defeat of Du Zishan to the present, the morale of the battalion has become more and more vigorous.

If a person has been in the army for a long time, then when he sees this army, he will find that all the soldiers in this army from top to bottom have begun to permeate an indescribable temperament. If you discern carefully, you will know that it is something called self-confidence.

After the unremitting efforts of Lin Fan and others, this army was pulled out by Lin Fan from the local miscellaneous cards. Today, it finally has the appearance of a winning division.

It's just that just when Lin Fan was planning to lead the army north and completely defeat Chen Xinglong.

A sudden piece of news shocked the world, and it directly disrupted all of Lin Fan's plans and arrangements.