Chapter 784: Late Night Calculations

"Xue Yin, you and General Zhang are too close, and you are really too influenced by General Zhang," remembering that Zhang Jiutian had said in front of Xue Yin that he was distracted, Lin Xuanzhong felt the need to defend himself.

"Isn't what General Zhang said the truth?" Xue Yin's idea was obviously not as simple as Lin Xuanzhong thought, when Lin Xuanzhong intentionally stated that he was innocent, Xue Yin instead determined his doubts from the opposite direction.

On the other hand, Lin Xuanzhong has never been the kind of person who is good at lying, and at this moment, meeting Xue Yin's gaze, Lin Xuanzhong immediately considered Xue Yin's problem, and the final result was that Zhang Jiutian was not lying, and there was nothing to defend himself, so he hesitated for a long time and couldn't speak.

At the same time, just looking at Lin Xuanzhong's face, Xue Yin guessed that Zhang Jiutian's words were true, but based on a truth-seeking mentality, Xue Yin also wanted to hear Lin Xuanzhong's personal answer.

"That's not really," Lin Xuanzhong finally said the answer after feeling too hesitant. And this answer was obviously the answer that disappointed Xue Yin, but Xue Yin didn't show her disappointment on her face.

"It turns out that it is the general who is the one who is strong," with a slight smile, Xue Yin picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip, swallowing the wine with an uncomfortable face. The wine was strong, but it was in line with Xue Yin's mood at the moment.

"Isn't the general worried about the discord among his subordinates, how can he still be in the mood to eat?" I thought that Lin Xuanzhong was borrowing wine to kill his sorrows, but Lin Xuanzhong ate without hurry, and there was some taste meaning, and it was very strange what kind of mood Lin Xuanzhong was in at the moment.

"If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength to deal with military affairs?" Saying that, Lin Xuanzhong picked up another piece of meat to eat, and on the other side, he didn't forget to greet Xue Yin and said, "The guy's craftsmanship is good, you can also taste it." Saying that, Lin Xuanzhong simply helped Xue Yin clip a piece of meat.

"Thank you for the general's kindness, but Xue Yin is disrespectful," Looking at Lin Xuanzhong's handsome and extraordinary face, Xue Yin was very happy that Lin Xuanzhong could personally serve him vegetables, but she was very unhappy that Lin Xuanzhong was thinking about someone else at the moment. Even though she knew that Lin Xuanzhong was the kind of person Zhang Jiutian said, Xue Yin still had some liking for Lin Xuanzhong.

"Xue Yin, you are not only good-looking, but also the way you eat," Seeing Xue Yin eating things and covering his face with his hands, Lin Xuanzhong praised while sighing that Xue Yin's way of eating was very different from hers.

"If the general is drunk, I'll help you go to rest," I don't know why Lin Xuanzhong praised himself for his good looks, and while he was a little shy about this, Xue Yin also found a hint of discoloration from Lin Xuanzhong's straightforward gaze, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"I'm not drunk," shaking his head, Lin Xuanzhong poured himself another glass of wine, drank it in one gulp, didn't pay attention to Xue Yin's thoughts at the moment, just thought that it would be better if he was really drunk, but unfortunately no matter how bitter and strong this wine was, Lin Xuanzhong still maintained a point of sanity, and as long as there was this point of sanity, Lin Xuanzhong could not be considered drunk, and the different color in Lin Xuanzhong's eyes could only be said to be a hope for drunkenness, not any thoughts about Xue Yin.

"Then how does the general plan to deal with the matter of Yangguo's surrender?" I don't know if Lin Xuanzhong is really not drunk or fake, after avoiding Lin Xuanzhong's gaze, Xue Yin hurriedly changed the topic.

"Let's wait until I'm done drinking before I think about it," Regardless of whether the words he said in front of the generals worked or not, Lin Xuanzhong knew very well that the real problem was with the soldiers below, so what we need to do tomorrow is to appease the soldiers and stabilize the morale of the army, and how to appease the morale of the army is the real problem that needs to be considered.

"Isn't the general afraid that he will sleep until tomorrow morning after getting drunk?"

"Wu Xiu doesn't get drunk. Shaking his head, Lin Xuanzhong drank another glass of wine. After a few glasses of wine, the taste of the liquor finally became bland and tasteless, like tea.

"General, it's better to let Lord Zhang come over to accompany you, Xue Yin is really too strong to drink. ”

"No," a pot of wine was almost finished, and Lin Xuanzhong felt that he had almost drunk it, so he turned to Xue and said, "It's not early, you go back and rest." ”

"Then it's good that Xue Yin will go back to rest first, the general should not work too hard, so as not to affect the health of the body, it is better to drink less wine," Xue Yin agreed very directly, but Xue Yin actually wanted Lin Xuanzhong to be alone and quiet, not that he didn't want to accompany Lin Xuanzhong more, so when he went outside, Xue Yin looked at Lin Xuanzhong with peace of mind.

When Xue Yin left the tent, the tent was even more empty, and the night was deep, and there was no sound outside the tent, and sometimes it sounded as ethereal as the roar of the beast from a long distance.

Slowly putting down the wine glass, Lin Xuanzhong crossed his knees in front of the military case, while running the true yuan to force out the alcohol power in his body, generally thinking about things in the army. It has been two days since he entered the territory of Yangguo, and tomorrow he will pass through the third city, and the matter of the surrender of 8,000 Yangguo soldiers cannot be delayed any longer.

When his consciousness slowly returned to consciousness, Lin Xuanzhong's attention focused on the matter of the eight thousand descendants. Recalling the scene of passing through Fossil City and Chifeng City in the past two days, the reaction of the people of the Yang Kingdom in the two cities and the state of the eight thousand soldiers were the places that Lin Xuanzhong was concerned about. The Eight Thousand Soldiers had indeed betrayed their country, at least in the eyes of themselves and the citygoers, but Lin Xuanzhong felt that it was not what they thought.

If Yang Guo really wants to ally with the Night Country and become an existence like Lai Guo, then the eight thousand soldiers are not considered treason, because after the alliance, the Night Country is no longer their enemy, and their enemy will directly become the Qingyuan Great Power, but unfortunately the people of Yang Country can't easily let go of those hatreds.

Thinking about it, the hatred of the civilians of Yangguo for the night army has a lot to do with him, but Lin Xuanzhong doesn't feel that he has done anything wrong, but he just feels that the death of 300,000 Yangguo soldiers has indeed made a deep hatred between the two countries. That kind of hatred can't be wiped out in a short period of time, but if it grows stronger, it won't be a good thing for both sides in the end, and it will only make more people die, and they will die under the conspiracy of the Qingyuan Great Power.

Recalling the words used to persuade Ruan Yi and others before, Lin Xuanzhong felt that it was too worthless to die like that, and in the end, no one could die well. Rather than this, it is better to let everyone point the finger at the incomparably powerful Qingyuan Great Power, even if they have to die on the way to overthrow the Qingyuan Great Power, it is better than killing each other and sacrificing in vain.

Maybe although he is the commander of the Night Army, he is still a bystander, so he can see it so clearly, Lin Xuanzhong knows that the eight thousand soldiers don't want to betray the country that raised them, but they don't know who the real enemy is.

In addition to not wanting to be infamous as "betraying the country", there is another more urgent factor that shakes the will of the 8,000 soldiers. After entering Yangguo, the 8,000 Yangjun were more worried about whether they would be used as gunmen from above, and the spearhead was still aimed at the people of Yangguo. If, in the name of treason, they still want to serve the enemy country and kill their own people, those people are really unacceptable.

On the other hand, judging from the performance of people in those places, many people are simply not afraid of life and death, so when facing the enemy in their hearts, they can show their bravest side regardless of the danger. The same is true of the common people, let alone the 8,000 soldiers.

According to Lin Xuanzhong's speculation, the original intention of the 8,000 soldiers to join the night army was to repay the night army for not killing them, second, because the night army let many of their brothers and colleagues go back, and third, because their lives no longer belonged to Yangguo. If it weren't for them to deal with their own country, but to follow the night army to conquer the valley country, then even if they were to be used as gunmen, they would still be there one by one.

At first, those people definitely wanted to serve the Night Army, but after entering the Yang Kingdom, what they saw and heard reminded them of their hatred for the Night Army, and even began to doubt the Night Army's intention to let them go on the expedition. After thinking that their weapons were likely to be aimed at their own people, they naturally hesitated, and under the influence of each other, more and more people only hesitated whether to stay in the army or flee unthankfully.

Both choices made them feel extremely embarrassed, but one by one they could not decide their respective fates, and now they were not promised not to use force against Yangguo, how could they not doubt that their choice was right or wrong. According to the current situation, the more cities they passed, the more suspicious those Yang soldiers became, and the longer the time passed, it would only cause them to flee the camp or turn against each other when they were fighting on the Yang side.

If it was affected by those 8,000 soldiers, whether there were dead or wounded, the morale of the new army would have been greatly reduced. When thinking of this level, Lin Xuanzhong not only felt more and more that Ruan Yi's strategy for dividing troops was clever, but also thought of a solution to the problem. If the 8,000 pawns really can't be kept, then the only way to do it is to follow Yang Shifeng's previous suggestions, either kill or release, in short, we must solve the problem as soon as possible.

In fact, Lin Xuanzhong didn't want to kill those people, and he also wanted to let those people go, but Lin Xuanzhong needed a way to make those people no longer be enemies of the Night Army. Considering the statements of the general surnamed Qi and others, Lin Xuanzhong was worried that directly letting go of the 8,000 people would arouse the doubts of Fang Quyin and other night army generals, so it was difficult to think of that method, but after thinking about it, he thought about it and thought that in the first place, he might be able to use the same method to retain some people.

When he had the idea of keeping those people, it was already late at night, and the flames of the oil lamp were beating strongly and weakly when the lamp oil was about to burn out, and Lin Xuanzhong's consideration had also reached the most critical moment. In the silent environment, Lin Xuanzhong's thoughts were spinning rapidly, and he kept thinking about how to leave those Yang troops until he finally got a satisfactory result.