Chapter 46: Those who win the hearts of the people win the world

In the early morning of the second day, Chen Xuan walked towards White Horse City with a calm face without a single soldier or soldier, dressed in plain clothes.

"Do you think this Wang Yinglin will kill Chen Xuan?" Li Zhong asked curiously.

"It should be, Wang Yinglin is now riding a tiger, Chen Xuan wants to persuade him to be a bit of a fool, but Wang Yinglin has other ideas, and I don't know." Mei Rou said lightly.

"Then let him go, isn't this letting him go to death? I'm going to pull him back. Li Zhong said eagerly.

"Li Zhong, no." Gao Hongyi stopped him, "He won't die, Wang Yinglin won't kill him!" He said confidently.

"Why?"

"Chen Xuan once lent a helping hand to the Wang family when it was in danger, otherwise the Wang family would have ceased to exist." Gao Hongyi said and looked at Li Zhong, "Brother Li won't not remember, ten years ago, tens of thousands of elite soldiers from the Western Xia Kingdom came to invade. ”

Li Zhong patted his head, "Oh, if you don't say it, I really forgot." Now that I think about it, there is indeed such a thing, I remember that at that time, the Tangut people besieged the White Horse City with all their might, and the old general sought stability and intended to gather the army to rescue later, but the Tangut people were brave, and in less than a day, the Tangut people had already climbed the wall of the White Horse City.

The Wang family couldn't support the moment when they were all about to be slaughtered, Chen Xuan didn't listen to the order, and went directly to White Horse City to relieve the siege with his own troops, he skillfully used a strategy to drive away the Xixia people and save Wang Quanzhi's family, and the old general did not blame him for not obeying the order. ”

"Yes! Perhaps the root of Wang Quanzhi's rebellion against his father was also planted at that time. Gao Hongyi said lightly.

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Chen Xuan arrived at White Horse City and was escorted by the guards to Wang Yinglin's mansion.

At that time, Wang Yinglin was discussing with the generals how to resist Gao Hongyi, and when he saw Chen Xuan coming, they all stopped.

"General Wang, don't come unharmed!" Chen Xuan said indifferently.

"What Uncle Chen said, please take a seat."

Chen Xuan sat down unceremoniously, "Ying Lin, let's not care about anything else today, just say our own words, let me ask you why you rebelled against the general, don't you think about the consequences?" He said.

Wang Yinglin laughed and laughed loudly, "Uncle Chen's words, the little nephew doesn't understand." That Gao Hongyi killed my father, do I have to swallow my anger and pretend that nothing happened? It's ridiculous, I want to kill Gao Hongyi to avenge my father, maybe I will die. But if I want to endure and live in the world, it is better to let me die happily. ”

"When is the time for retribution?" Chen Xuan sighed, "The general killed your father, it was because he secretly plotted to kill his father, and it was your father who took the blame for not doing his best." The general's generosity and benevolence did not add to you, and it is already an extrajudicial favor.

Don't you still understand that the general came with such a big move and personally led an army of 30,000 to come, the purpose of which was to become famous in a war and deter the Northern Protector. If it weren't for my mediation, he would have been desperate to wipe out your White Horse City, and there would still be today's dialogue between you and me.

Now the general is still a little patient, willing to give you a chance, as long as you surrender in Kaesong, the general has promised me that he will never kill you. Ying Lin, you don't think about yourself, don't you think about your royal family, don't you think about the people of White Horse City. ”

"Enough! Say no more! Wang Yinglin said angrily: "The hatred of killing my father is not shared, if you come to reminisce about the past, the little nephew will not care about you in the past, but if you continue to talk about cholera, my military heart, don't blame me for not being merciful!" ”

Chen Xuan said helplessly: "What do you want me to say about you, do you have to die at a young age?" Ruined decades of operation of your royal family! ”

"Shut up!" Wang Yinglin said angrily, "Tie me up!" ”

Chen Xuan said angrily: "Wang Yinglin, what do you want to do, have you forgotten how I saved your Wang family in the first place?" Don't you have any affection at all? ”

"Chen Xuan, it's not that I'm not emotional, it's you who forced me to do this!" Wang Yinglin looked at Chen Xuan viciously, and said with a sinister smile: "Don't worry, I won't kill you." ”

Immediately, a sergeant escorted Chen Xuan out, and soon heard his wail, Wang Yinglin happily beckoned all the soldiers to eat, and listened to the screams while eating, and laughed: "What is to blame, this is to blame, ah, haha!" ”

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Pity that Chen Xuan was full of pride when he left, but when he came back, he was embarrassed.

Several of his guards were all stripped naked, and Chen Xuan, who was tragically injured, was carried back to the camp.

Gao Hongyi looked at Chen Xuan's smashed body and the miserable appearance of the sergeants, he was extremely angry in his heart, he couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately ordered all the sergeants to attack White Horse City with all their might.

However, at this moment, the scout officer came to report that there was a new situation, and Gao Hongyi ordered someone to take Chen Xuan down to take care of him, and then went out of the camp to check.

Seeing that the White Horse City Wall was full of living people, it turned out that Wang Yinglin saw Gao Hongyi's army gathering to prepare for a strong attack, and he was vicious, so he hung many poor people on the city wall as a human wall defense!

Looking at the one with a poor people, among which there were many lovely children, they were crying in fear for help, anyone who saw this kind of appearance would feel pity and be moved, Gao Hongyi was silent for a long time and took out his bow and arrows, bent his bow and pulled arrows.

Mei Rou shouted desperately on the side: "General, no! ”

Gao Hongyi's face changed, and he shot an arrow at the tower of the White Horse City! Shouting: "Retreat!" ”

On the same day, when everyone was returning to the barracks, Li Zhong came with a resentful face: "General, seeing that the whole army can take White Horse City in one fell swoop by struggling to attack, why do you want to withdraw your troops, I don't understand!" ”

"Don't you understand, don't you see the living people hanging on the walls of the white horse?" Gao Hongyi said.

"Then let's stop the army? General, how can there be immortals in war, it is he Wang Yinglin who did evil, let's attack them to save them, why are you so indecisive now! Li Zhong said dissatisfied.

"Shut up! Piff! Gao Hongyi scolded angrily: "Don't you really understand? If we only want to get a small White Horse City, we can kill wantonly at all costs. But what have we become in that way, in the end, we are not wicked people who have become cold-blooded butchers like Wang Yinglin! ”

"General Li, the general did the right thing, it is easy for us to build a White Horse City, but it is not easy to win the hearts of the people. The general's withdrawal was not indecisive, but for long-term consideration. Mei Rou echoed childishly.

"For the long term?" Li Zhong asked suspiciously.

"Exactly, today's general seems to have no way to do anything about Wang Yinglin's evil plot on the surface, but while retreating, he has won the hearts of the people. If the original people of White Horse City still supported Wang Yinglin and were willing to die for him, but now seeing that Wang Yinglin is so tyrannical and doesn't treat the people as human beings for his own survival, will they still support Wang Yinglin and be willing to fight for him? Apparently not!

However, the general retreated without a fight, not only to let the soldiers and people of White Horse City see the general's goodness, so as to hope that the general will save them, but also to let our 30,000 army understand that the general is the right master for the people.

Not surprisingly, now the people of White Horse City are already afraid of Wang Yinglin in their hearts, and our soldiers are the same enemy, and their morale is greatly boosted, as long as we are clever and clever, we may be able to take White Horse City and get rid of Wang Yinglin without a single soldier! Mei Rou said quietly.

"It's not a soldier again, Chen Xuan is still lying there, you didn't see it!" Li Zhong scoffed.

"This time and that time! Wang Yinglin dug his own grave, and the outcome was already clear. ”

Gao Hongyi said calmly: "Lord Mei is right, what we need to do now is how to make White Horse City surrender." ”

"Surrender? How could it be, if Wang Yinglin would surrender, how could he do this. Li Zhong was puzzled.

"It's really impossible to ask Wang Yinglin to surrender, but now he can't help it." Gao Hongyi said confidently.

"What does the general mean?" Li Zhong asked puzzled.

Gao Hongyi didn't answer, but pondered alone.

At this time, a sergeant came in to report that Yuan Hui'er had come to ask for a meeting.

Gao Hongyi wondered, "Why did she come here?" ”