Lin Haotian waved his hand with a smile and said, "Gentlemen, you don't have to be polite, this handsome man has prepared a little wine and vegetarian dishes, and there are inconsiderate hospitality, so please bear with me." ”

"Oh, General Lin is so polite!" Hong Hao was flattered and bowed his hand.

Everyone ate this meal quite happily, and when the wine had passed three rounds and the dishes had passed five flavors, everyone had eaten and drunk almost, so they got up and said goodbye to Lin Haotian one after another.

Lin Haotian stood up, personally sent everyone outside, and suddenly said, "Mr. Hong Hao, please stay." ”

Hong Hao was stunned, not knowing what else he was doing, and the others also stopped one after another, looking at Lin Haotian in confusion.

The latter smiled at everyone and said, "Ben Shuai has a few words to talk to Mr. Hong Hao alone. ”

Hearing him say this, it was not easy for everyone to continue to stay, and Shi Li left one after another, the girl looked puzzled, looked at Lin Haotian deeply, and then at Hong Hao, did not say anything, and thoughtfully followed the other literati and walked away.

Seeing that everyone had gone away, Hong Hao couldn't help but ask, "General Lin left the villain, I don't know what to do?"

Lin Haotian turned sideways and said, "Let's go back to the tent to talk!"

Walking back into the tent, Lin Haotian and Hong Hao sat down again.

After taking two sips of tea, Lin Hao Tianfang asked, "Mr. Hong Hao is very knowledgeable, does he have the intention of seeking fame?"

Hong Hao's heart moved, he pondered for a moment, and said: "The general doesn't know, he is just a grass people, even if he has the heart of fame, he has no road to fame." ”

In Youguo, where military force is heavy and literature is light, it is too difficult for literati to come out. Especially for literati who were born in commoners, even if they are rich and talented, it is difficult for them to mix up in the officialdom.

Lin Haotian said with a smile: "Now that my Jin Country is employing people, I wonder if Mr. Hong Hao has any plans to become an official in Jin Country?"

Hong Hao was surprised and delighted by Lin Haotian's invitation, but how could anyone who did not want to be an official? Often some literati regarded themselves as hermits, but in fact, they had no choice but to escape from the world because they did not have a suitable opportunity.

Hong Hao was stunned for three seconds, fell to his knees with a thud, and said in a trembling voice: "General Lin's kindness." The villain is toothless and unforgettable......"

Don't wait for him to finish. Lin Haotian waved his hand, intending to compliment him later, and said leisurely: "Invite Mr. Hong Hao to the Jin Kingdom as an official, if he is in a prominent position from the beginning." I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction and hostility from others. After all, Mr. Hong Hao has no merit. It's you ...... again" He deliberately didn't finish his words, waiting for Hong Hao to pick it up by himself.

Hong Hao asked: "What do you mean by ......?"

Lin Haotian deliberately sighed and said, "Now." Our country of Jin has more than 20 counties, and there are large tracts of fertile fertile land in the country that have not been cultivated, and seeing the land gradually being wasted, Ben Shuai's heart aches very much! However, the country of You is different, the land is barren, no matter how it is cultivated, it cannot be turned into fertile land, and the people have worked hard for a year, and in the end they can only receive a meager amount of grain, and then remove taxes, there is not much left. With the hard work of the people of You, if they can go to the country of Jin, every family can have food and clothing, and every household can be rich, and at that time, the light and strong men will no longer have to bear military service, miscellaneous labor and hard labor, and they can reunite with their families at all times, and live a carefree and free life, which is many times better than in Youguo!"

He didn't make his words clear, and said a lot of things in a roundabout way, with only one meaning, that is, he hoped that the people of You Country could move to Jin Country to settle down.

When Hong Hao heard this, he gasped, no matter how bad the environment of You Country is and how difficult the life of You people is, but after all, this is his hometown, and for thousands of years, You people have always been like this.

Listening to Lin Haotian's meaning, it is not easy for people to accept that they want to move the You people to the Jin country, leave their homeland, and go to a foreign country.

"This ......," he said, his head hung and he muttered.

Lin Haotian rolled his eyes and said: "Mr. Hong Hao, what You Wang Nie Lin has done has caused the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and it has not given the people of You a way to live! Now that the Four-Nation Alliance has attacked, it will not be long before the entire You Kingdom will fall into chaos, and at that time, I don't know how many innocent people will die in the war. As long as you are willing to go to Jin, you can not only get a large piece of land for free, but also the commander can also guarantee that you will be exempted from forced labor and three years of taxes. ”

Hong Hao's eyes lit up, he was permanently exempted from forced labor, tax-free for three years, and he could get a large piece of fertile land without spending a penny, the world is big, but where can he still find such good things?

He pondered for a long time and said, "My lord, after the villain goes back, he will try his best to persuade the people, but the villain's ability is limited, and as for how many people he can convince, it is unknown. ”

Lin Haotian smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Hong Hao can first persuade the literati among the people, as long as the literati are on your side, you will get twice the result with half the effort." What's more, the people are very coaxing, first scare fiercely, and then throw out the sweetness, why worry about not succeeding? Now there are hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the camp, if Mr. Hong Hao can persuade them all, this will be a great merit, and when you go to the Jin Kingdom in the future, even if the marshal gives you a third, second, or even a high-ranking official, no one will dare to gossip again. ”

Hong Hao was moved by Lin Haotian's words, he rolled his eyes, and asked, "Is it possible that all the people recommended by the villain can be officials in the Jin Kingdom?"

Lin Haotian understood what he meant, and if he wanted to convince other literati, he always had to throw out some benefits. He nodded with a smile and said, "Ben Shuai trusts Mr. Hong Hao, as long as it is the person recommended by Mr. Hong, Ben Shuai will definitely be reused." ”

The villain understood. Hong Hao took a deep breath, no longer hesitated, and arched his hand and said: "Adults, please rest assured, the villain must do his best to do the adult's entrustment." ”

"Yes, when Mr. said this, Ben Shuai was relieved. Lin Haotian turned his head sideways, waved his hand and said, "Reward!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shao Lin took out a tray that had been prepared, walked up to Hong Hao, put down the tray, and said, "Lord Hong, this is the reward that the adults give you." ”

As he spoke, he lifted the red silk from the tray. Hong Hao looked inside, okay, the tray was filled with gold ingots.

This must be as much as a few hundred taels, Hong Hao has never seen so much gold in his life, his body couldn't help but tremble suddenly, raised his head, and stammered and asked, "My lord, is this...... It's ......"

Lin Haotian said softly: "Ben Shuai has never treated people who do things for Ben Shuai badly. These gold are just a small greeting gift, in the future. Wait for Mr. Hong Hao to become the pillar of my Golden Dynasty. You will get a thousand, ten thousand times more gold and silver than this, and you will be rich and prosperous for generations to come!"

"Gollum!"

Hong Hao swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stretched out his hand tremblingly. Slowly lift the tray. Then hold it tightly in your arms......

After Hong Hao left. Only Lin Haotian and Shao Lin were left in the tent, and there were no outsiders, and Shao Lin could also speak openly. He shook his head and said, "My lord is so clever. unexpectedly picked Hong Hao at once. ”

Lin Haotian raised his eyebrows, laughed silently, and drank tea slowly.

"The more pretentious and lofty a student is, the more inferior he is, and the easier it is to be bought. Shao Lin said: "And the ability of life to speak the truth, the ability to create public opinion, and fan the fire is unmatched, so that life can persuade the people, and it will basically be nine times out of ten." ”

"Oh!" Lin Haotian replied noncommittally and continued to drink tea.

"Adults actually hate people like Hong Hao?" asked Shao Lin with a smile.

Lin Haotian nodded and said, "Today he can betray You Guo for fame and money, and tomorrow, he can also betray Jin Guo for these two things." ”

"So, when Hong Hao accepted Brother Wang's conditions, he was already doomed to die?" Shao Lin continued.

"Everyone has his value, and in this world, there is no one who is not useful to you, it depends on whether you can put him in the right position. Hong Hao is the best cannon fodder!"

Lin Haotian got up and walked out, saying expressionlessly: "The Yan and Red armies are about to arrive in Juan, and I hope that before they arrive, we will settle our own affairs first." ”

Lin Haotian's use of Hong Hao's practice really worked wonders, and Hong Hao sold all his strength for his future fame and career.

According to the method taught by Lin Haotian, he first won over those literati among the people, and then spread rumors, lying that the alliance forces of the Yan, Chi, and Xinchi were about to arrive, and when the armies of the three kingdoms arrived, all the people would have to be killed.

If you want to protect yourself, there is only one way, that is, to give up being a special person and become a golden person instead, as long as you become a golden person, then no matter who comes, you will not dare to hurt them anymore.

It's just a threat, but it can't scare the people of You Country, and then the literati led by Hong Hao threw out the bait, saying that if they just move to the Jin Country, they will immediately have a large area of land to receive, and they don't have to serve forced labor, and they don't have to pay taxes, and the government has all kinds of rewards, which will help them, the people of You Country, settle down and buy homes, etc., in their mouths, the Jin Country has become a paradise.

As long as you move to Jinguo, there are so many benefits, it is impossible to say that people are not impressed at all. After the rumors gradually began to play a role, Hong Hao and the others resorted to the last resort to spread the theory of the death of the country.

They vigorously criticized Nie Lin, the king of You, saying that Nie Lin's claim to be the emperor was a great rebellion, and he had been punished by heaven, and now the armies of the four countries are attacking Youguo, and Youguo will perish, and the people of Youguo will eventually be either killed or reduced to slavery, and they will sit and wait for death to suffer as scheduled, so it is better to switch to Jinguo.

Under the vigorous agitation of these traitorous literati, the common people of Youguo, who were mostly old and weak, women and children, began to waver, and as soon as someone started, it would spread like a plague, and when most of them accepted to move to Jinguo, the remaining small number of people who stood firm were also affected by the surrounding environment and gradually changed their minds.

Within three days, hundreds of thousands of people from You accepted the request to move to Jin.

After learning about this, Lin Haotian was not particularly happy, because this had been expected by him. He ordered all the captured soldiers to be put into the camp where the people were imprisoned and reunited with their families, and he also asked people to find out who had families who served as defenders in the city of Juan, and asked them to write letters to persuade their families to abandon the You army and go out of the city to the Kingdom of Jin with them to live a stable and comfortable life.

Soon, the Jin army collected the letters written by the people, and the number was so large that it was enough to fill six large baskets, and it was estimated that there must be at least more than 10,000 letters.

That night, Lin Haotian sent a demon warrior to quietly send these six baskets of letters to the vicinity of Juan City, and planted a flag in front of him to make obvious marks.

The next day. Juan's defenders soon found that there were six large baskets of things not far in front of the city gate, and they didn't know what they contained, but from a distance, they were full of them.

Because there was no Jin army nearby, the soldiers were not worried about fraud, so they sent two people, tied ropes around their waists, down from the city wall, to check what was going on outside the city.

After the two soldiers found that the basket was full of letters, they shouted to the city again and again. Followed by. More than a dozen soldiers tied ropes and went out of the city to carry the six baskets of letters back to the city.

People poured out the letters and gathered them together. Lot was like a hill.

Many of You Bing, who heard the news, found their names in many letters. Hurriedly take it out. When I took it apart, people's eyes were all red.

Letters are all home, and the content inside is the calling of relatives to themselves. There is no weapon more powerful than this.

Why did you join the army, saying that they were fighting for the country, and the fundamental reason was that they were fighting for their homeland, and now that their relatives are going to Jinguo, what are they still fighting for?

These more than 10,000 family letters completely destroyed the military spirit of Juan's defenders, and even those soldiers of the You Army who did not receive the letter were so distraught that they wanted to leave the city all at once and reunite with their families.

That night, civil unrest broke out in the city of Juan.

Ten thousand soldiers led by two corps commanders suddenly defected, took advantage of the night to enter the city lord's mansion, and slashed Guan Tai to death while still asleep, and then people cut off his head, carried his head to Dongcheng, forced the defenders of Dongcheng to open the city gate, and let the Jin army enter the city.

In the battle of Juan, the Jin army captured the city of Juan in one fell swoop without a single knife or shot, which also just confirms the saying, the siege of the city is the bottom, and the attack is the heart.

Lin Haotian first wooed the literati, and then encircled the people of You State, so that it was equivalent to forcing the defenders whose relatives were arrested to defect, and at the same time completely severing relations with You State.

The head of the county died, the commander of the regiment and most of his comrades took refuge in the Jin State, and the remaining soldiers also gave up resistance.

The reason why You Jun was able to surrender so simply was also directly related to Nie Lin's unpopularity as emperor. In people's subconscious, the reason why You Guo attracted the joint crusade of the armies of the four countries was completely caused by Nie Lin, and it was Nie Lin's great rebellion that caused the wrath of the heavens, no wonder others.

People will have this kind of thinking, which is also the evil fruit that Nie Lin himself planted before.

Lin Haotian moved quickly, captured Juan that night, and began to organize troops the next day, sending the people of You who had been captured earlier to the Jin State together with the people in Juan City.

Of course, there are also many people in Juan City who are reluctant to leave, at this time, the fangs of the Jin army are exposed, and Lin Haotian directly ordered, whether it is with a knife, with a human frame, even if it is a hard catch, all the people of Juan must be arrested back to the Jin country.

The previous hundreds of thousands of people plus the people in Juan City, the total number is close to one million, the migration of these many people, the Jin army cannot do everything, and it is inevitable that some people will regret and flee on the way to the Jin country, but that will not change the overall situation.

When the Yan-Chi coalition arrived belatedly and arrived in Juan, it was almost an empty city, and only the Jin army and the jade army were left in it.

It stands to reason that the Yan-Chi coalition army should have arrived a long time ago, but the two armies had selfish intentions and wanted to hand over Juan's hard bone to the Jin army to gnaw, but they were slow on the road, and the march was slow, delayed for several days.

After understanding the current situation clearly, Ren Tianxing and Xuanyuan asked Lin Haotian why he wanted to plunder the people of You Country to Jin State, and the answer Lin Haotian gave was that he wanted to fight to the death with the upcoming Central Army of You State in Juan, leaving the people in the city, consuming food and grass, and being distracted and guarding, the gains outweighed the losses, so they were directly escorted back to Jin State, and it was a hundred.

Of course, Ren Tianxing and Xuanyuan Fang couldn't accept his statement, even a fool could see that Lin Haotian was plundering the population of You Country.

Hearing the questioning between the two, Lin Haotian simply opened the skylight and said straightforwardly: "What did our agreement say at the beginning? I said that when the Jin army sent troops to Youguo, all the spoils obtained belonged to Jin Guo himself. ”

Xuanyuan Fang still wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, Lin Haotian seemed to have said so at the beginning.

He looked at Ren Tianxing and asked him what he meant with his eyes.

Ren Tianxing laughed and said, "Brother Lin doesn't have to be angry, we just ask casually, don't take it personally." ”

Ren Tianxing knows which is more important, and to deal with the Central Army of Youguo, which has a large number of troops, the Jin Army must not be missing, and it is not a wise move to fall out with the Jin Army now. Besides, he doesn't pay much attention to Youren, in his eyes, Youren is no different from uncivilized barbarians, even if they are all killed, it is not a pity, it just let Lin Haotian plunder the Jin Kingdom and take advantage of it, which makes him feel uncomfortable, but this is not enough for him and Lin Haotian to fall out to the point of turning their faces.

When he said this, it was tantamount to acquiescing to Lin Haotian's approach, and Xuanyuan Fang couldn't hold on to it anymore, so he immediately made a haha and stopped asking about this matter.

Canglin County, which has lost nearly a million people, seems to be a lot depressed, but Lin Haotian still refuses to give up, and the attitude of Tianxing and Xuanyuan Fang is tacit, he is even more intensified, unscrupulous, commanding the Jin army, running around the county, capturing the people of You Country, gathering and transporting them back to their own country.

The two armies of Yan and Chi did not want to be exhausted in Canglin County, so Ren Tianxing and Xuanyuan proposed to Lin Haotian that they should continue to advance westward, and according to the original plan, the Jin army would attack Guping County, and the Yan-Chi coalition army would attack Xinfeng County.

Lin Haotian didn't say anything about the suggestion of the two of them, but Xuanyuan Fang frowned and said: "Our troops are divided into two roads and two counties, what if we encounter You Guo's central army halfway?"

Ren Tianxing said: "When one side encounters the enemy, the other side immediately reinforces it." ”

What if the reinforcements are not timely?" "The Jin army and the Yan-Chi coalition army are both 200,000 troops each, and the Central Army of You State from Chidu is also 400,000, 400,000 against 400,000, how to go head-to-head with the You army when the strength is not superior?"

"If the other side really doesn't have time to reinforce, you can also let the new Red Army in the rear come to help!" Ren Tianxing said confidently.

According to his estimates, there is a good chance that the Central Army of You Guo who rushed over to reinforce will take Guping County, where the road is relatively smooth, and it is the Jin Army that attacks Guping, that is to say, the probability of the Jin Army encountering the Central Army of You Guo is far greater than that of the Yan-Chi Coalition Army, which is also the reason why he is in a hurry to advance westward.

The roads in Guping County are flat, Xinfeng County has many rugged mountain roads, and the march of 400,000 troops will definitely choose to take the flat road.

But Lin Haotian didn't care, he said indifferently: "Okay, just do it according to Brother Ren's wishes!" (to be continued......)