Wanqiu City is already relatively close to the south, and the climate is much warmer than that of Beiyang City, but because there is no shelter, this city has long been covered by the wind and sand on the border and turned into an earthy yellow.

Looking at the color of the earth, even at night, it is very conspicuous, but the defenders in the city have not been assimilated by this earthy yellow, the clean and bright red armor shows the demeanor of the Beichang man, let it fly all over the sky, I stand still.

There is a young general sitting in the main tent, don't look at this young general's age, but he is the commander of the famous Zhennan Army, responsible for guarding Wanqiu City. This young general is naturally Lin Pinggui's only son, Lin Ying.

To say that this General Lin is really ruthless, his only son was thrown to the border for two or three years and did not return home, and he did not have any opinions. During the New Year's holidays, other generals went to the lord of the country to ask for an order, begging for the recall of his children stationed abroad, so that the family could be reunited for a few days, but he was the only one who ignored his own son.

Lin Ying's face does not show the youthfulness of a young general, and he has been blown by the wind and sand on the border to look more mature, although he is not wearing armor, but his body reveals a heroic posture, in the eyes of his soldiers, this Lin Ying already has some Lin Pinggui's demeanor.

The young man was wiping his steel gun with a dim candle at this time, and the steel gun in his hand was shiny by his wiping, but he seemed to feel that it was always insufficient, and he never stopped moving.

On the mahogany table in front of him were two open letters, one from Zhao Guo and the other from Beiyang City.

More than a month ago, when the team of robbers appeared, he was ready to lead his troops to exterminate them, but the same letter from Beiyang City made him endure for more than a month, and the general content of that letter was to find a way to let Zhao Guo send troops first.

Lin Ying agreed with the statement in the letter, the enemy between the two countries, everyone has the responsibility to deal with it, naturally thinking about letting the other party send troops first, so that his side can reduce some losses as much as possible, so he has been standing still for more than a month, in order to tell Zhao Guo that we don't care about this team of robbers, if you can't help it, go to attack first, and we will go to support when the time comes. But the generals of the border army of Zhao State were even more afraid that the group of robbers was like tigers, and they did not dare to attack first.

Until yesterday, he received a letter from Zhou Ping, he knew that the son of the general of Zhao State was arrogant, so he deliberately replied to ridicule Zhou Ping for having no official or position, in order to arouse his impatience, seeing that the plan succeeded, if nothing else, he would gather to launch an attack tomorrow, but at this time, a letter came from Beiyang City, and the content of this letter was to let him stand still.

He couldn't figure out what the two letters from Beiyang City meant.

If the first letter is written, he can understand that he wants to avoid some unnecessary losses, and he has no problem with this. But as soon as this second letter came, he couldn't help but become suspicious, and he even thought that the first letter was only delaying his own dispatch to the army.

In fact, if it weren't for Zhou Ping coming to the border and wanting to make a meritorious deed, it would be impossible for Zhao Guo to agree to let them attack first, because the strength of that team of robbers is very strong, and Zhao Guo is only a small country, if they are allowed to take the lead, then the border army will naturally suffer heavy losses, and Lin Ying can easily think about these things clearly.

Lin Yingneng probably guessed the purpose of this team of robbers, but their purpose had nothing to do with their duties, they were the commander of the Zhennan Army, and a group of robbers appeared on the border, and it was within his duty to lead his troops to exterminate them, and he would not choose to turn a blind eye because this group of robbers was instructed by the big men in the capital.

If other people sent letters, he could ignore them and attack directly, but these two letters were from Lin Pinggui, and he didn't understand why his father would let him stand still.

He didn't think that his father was also involved in this matter, and he knew that his father could not provoke civil strife in Beichang, but how to explain these two letters?

"Report!" came the voice of a soldier outside the account.

"Enter!" Lin Ying said without raising his head.

"Zhao Guo sent a letter from there, saying that he invited Commander Lin to lead you to attack together after dawn tomorrow. ”

Hearing this, Lin Ying's action of wiping the steel gun stopped instantly, and frowned slightly, he was a little hesitant at the moment, but the hesitation was only for a moment, and he immediately gave an order: "Arrange it, launch an attack at dawn tomorrow, and be sure to eliminate this team of robbers!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers ran out of the tent to deliver the instructions, Lin Ying put the two letters on the dim candle flame and burned them, blew lightly, and the ashes drifted away, and when he had done this, he stood up and began to put on his armor in silence.

Lin Ying, who was dressed in armor, was even more heroic, and he began to walk out of the camp tent to check the state of the war horse, which was something he had to do every night.

He was very relieved of his subordinates, so he rarely went to patrol the camp on weekdays, but as for the state of the war horse, he had to check it himself to feel at ease.

"Out of town. ”

It was getting late, Lin Ying walked out of the camp tent with a lamp and heard such a sentence coming not far away, but when he looked back, he could only see a tall figure walking towards the city gate.

He wasn't nervous, because he was familiar with the sound, so Lin Ying didn't follow immediately, but walked naturally towards the city gate after two more turns around the stable.

"Commander Lin. The city gate guard asked when he saw Lin Ying saluting.

"Well, I'll go out of town to see what they're doing. Lin Ying replied.

"Do you need someone to come along?"

"No, it's just a team of robbers, don't worry. ”

"Yes. ”

After walking out of the city gate for about a few miles, Lin Ying saw a tall figure in front of him stop.

"I've seen General Lin, how did you get into the city?" said Lin Ying on one knee and saluted.

The father and son hadn't seen each other for two or three years, and they hadn't wanted to meet again to be so sneaky, so Lin Ying knew that his father wouldn't come to talk about private matters, since it wasn't to talk about private matters, it would be better to call General Lin the last one.

"Since I am coming, I will not give you a letter alone, and the guards of the city gate today are my people. Lin Pinggui said.

"Why are you here?"

"You don't need to know, you haven't seen me, I'm here today to just say one thing to you, don't send troops. ”

"Your Majesty will forgive you for your fate!" Lin Ying replied unusually firmly.

"What are you talking about? This is a military order!" Lin Pinggui said angrily.

"Please General Lin give me a reason to obey military orders. ”

"You are a soldier! A soldier obeys military orders, and he doesn't need a reason!"

"Then the lower officer wants to know whose military order he is obeying, whether it is the military order of the lord of the country, or the military order of the big man in the capital, or your own military order, General Lin!" Lin Ying said as he looked up at the unusually tall figure in front of him.

"Bastard!"

"Dad, intercepting and killing His Royal Highness King Hui'an is a capital crime full of beheadings, why do you want to do such a risky thing?" Lin Ying said on his knees.

At the beginning, Lin Ying always claimed to be an official, so he knelt on one knee, but now he wants to persuade his father as a son.

"Let me ask you! How can there be two kings in a country? I have come all the way from Beiyang City, and all parts of the country can be said to be ready to move, although there has not yet been a large-scale riot, but it is because he has not yet returned to the capital! Now that the lord of the country is not there, what should he do if he returns to the capital?"

"If there is a riot, then suppress it. ”

"You haven't suppressed the riots, but I have done it myself, and the mob is either the Dongyi you recovered, and it was burned down. They are not enemies that we can kill, they are our own people! They are the people of Beichang! It is the duty of a soldier to kill the enemy for the country and defend the people, but if we wield a sword at our own people, then what are we going to defend in the end? Aren't we defending those people? The people who are desperately defending themselves are finally suppressed by themselves with their own troops, how can you bear it?"

"We military generals have killed countless people in our lives, and we can't talk about mercy, but we are not just soldiers, we are also individuals, and the difference between us and the devil is that we still have a stand, and we know who should be killed and who should not be killed! Kill our people, those who invade our land, should be killed! Those who defend desperately should not be killed, nor can they be killed! That is denying the efforts we have made!"

"The eleven countries in the world, if you talk about the territory, only my Beichang Empire is the most vast, if you talk about combat power, even the powerful Wuqing Empire can't easily break through the defense line of my Zhennan army in Beichang, the first king let you guard Wanqiu, I am relieved. If there is chaos in Beichang, it must be chaos from within!" Lin Pinggui looked at Lin Ying and continued.

"I didn't think as far as General Lin thought, I only knew that the first king asked me to lead the Zhennan army and guard the country, and now there are a group of robbers outside the country, and I have the responsibility to kill them all, even if they are my own people. Lin Ying stood up and looked at Lin Pinggui's eyes.

"The first king really didn't see the wrong person, with you guarding Wanqiu, I can protect Beichang without worry. Lin Pinggui nodded, and then slowly walked up to Lin Ying and said.

"Didn't the lord of the country let you stay in the capital, how will you explain when you go back?" Lin Ying asked.

"The lord asked me to raise another army, and he didn't say that I had to stay in the capital. ”

"What kind of army?"

"The best warriors, the strongest horses, the best weapons, the lord wants me to form a sword cavalry. ”

"Sword cavalry, but the use of sword cavalry on the battlefield is far less than that of lancers. Lin Ying said suspiciously.

"You're right, this cavalry is not responsible for battlefield charges. ”

"Not going to the battlefield?

"The lord didn't say anything, just asked me to start the formation, the lord stayed in Shangwu City for 18 days, and he could see a different sword technique every day, and he had already sent someone to draw these sword techniques, so there were only 18 cavalry in this army. ”

"What's the name of this cavalry?"

"The Guards. Lin Pinggui said.

"Wei Anjun..."Lin Ying read softly, and just as he wanted to turn around and ask something more, he saw a slap towards him.

Lin Pinggui slapped Lin Ying's neck with a heavy palm, helped Lin Ying to slowly put it on the ground, and said after being silent for a while: "Let me do these things." ”

Then he got up and left.