Lin Haotian was not as decisive as Song Hao, he rubbed his chin, pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "Brother Song is not wrong, there is indeed not much grain and grass in our coalition army, but these hundreds of thousands of people in You Country can't be ignored, so let's do it, our army's daily rations will be reduced by thirty percent, and the thirty percent of the grain saved will be enough for the people." ”

Song Hao's brows were twisted into a pimple, and reducing the ration by thirty percent was equivalent to making the three meals a day for the soldiers in the army become two meals a day.

"Brother Lin, this ......" Song Hao showed dissatisfaction and wanted to speak, but Lin Haotian secretly glanced at him, signaling that he would talk about it later.

Seeing this, Song Hao didn't want to say anything more, so he was patient and silent.

Xu Jie didn't expect Lin Haotian to be willing to make such a big concession and be willing to share the food of the coalition army to the people of You Kingdom, he was surprised and delighted, and asked uncertainly: "Is General Lin serious?"

"There is no joke in the army!" Lin Haotian said word by word.

Xu Jie didn't say anything more, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "General Lin is benevolent, the villain has thanked General Lin on behalf of the people!"

Lin Haotian stood up, helped Xu Jie up, and said, "Mr. Xu Jie doesn't have to be polite. The people of Youguo are also the people of our continent, and it is only natural for us to be ordered by our respective kings to crusade against traitors and try to avoid harm to the people. ”

His words were righteous and strict, which also moved Xu Jie very much. In the past, he had heard that Lin Haotian was treacherous and cunning, but when he came into contact with him, it was not the case at all, compared to Song Haotian and others, Lin Haotian was simply a saint.

Of course, if he could see what Lin Haotian was thinking now. There would never be such a thought.

Lin Haotian said quietly: "Mr. Xu Jie, please go back first, since Ben Shuai said that the innocent people who were arrested will be released before noon, it will definitely be done, and Mr. Xu Jie doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore." ”

Xu Jie nodded and said, "The villain believes in General Lin!"

As he spoke, he bowed to Lin Haotian again. was about to say goodbye and leave, but suddenly remembered that when he and Lin Haotian first met, he said that he had something to ask him for, and he asked: "Just now the general said that he had something to ask the villain, I don't know what the general is referring to?"

Lin Haotian smiled and said casually: "Actually, it's nothing, Huaiyang City is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I don't know how long this battle will drag on." Mr. Xu Jie is very familiar with the environment of Huaiyang, so he wants to ask Mr. Xu Jie. Is there a secret passage outside the city that can enter the city? ”

After hearing this, Xu Jie shook his head again and again, and said, "As far as the villain knows, there is no secret passage from outside the city to the city. The moat of the capital was wide and deep, and if there was a secret passage, it would have to be dug through it, and such a huge project would not be done by order of the imperial court. Otherwise, no one will be able to do it. ”

Lin Haotian didn't have any hope, and listened to Xu Jie's words. didn't feel lost, he smiled indifferently, and responded: "Ben Shuai knows that this time Mr. Xu Jie will come over in person, I really don't want to go!"

"General Lin killed the villain, it is the villain who should be grateful to General Lin!" Xu Jie hurriedly bowed and replied. Immediately, he said goodbye to Lin Haotian and left.

What Xu Jie asked for was just a trivial matter for Lin Haotian, but it was not as simple as he imagined.

Xu Jie's subordinates and the tea guests in the teahouse were indeed captured by the coalition soldiers, but they were not escorted back to the coalition camp at all. Outside the coalition camp, the coalition soldiers killed all these people, and all the bodies were buried on the spot outside the camp.

Shao Lin was very efficient, and it didn't take long for him to find out what was going on, and he came back to report to Lin Haotian.

A captain led more than 100 New Red soldiers to enter the residential area to loot property in the name of investigating the mob, and when they grabbed the teahouse opened by Xu Jie, they clashed with the guys inside. Because the buddy was a warrior, during the conflict, there were more than 20 casualties on the side of the New Red Army, and after subduing and capturing the guys and the tea customers, the New Red Army killed them directly out of revenge.

That's where the whole thing came about.

After hearing this, Lin Haotian secretly frowned, he had promised Xu Jie just now that he would give him a satisfactory explanation before noon, but now it's good, everyone is dead, what else do you want to explain? He took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Song Hao, and asked, "Brother Song, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"

It was the New Red Army that killed innocents indiscriminately, and it was reasonable for Lin Haotian to ask Song Hao what the New Red King meant.

Song Hao smiled disapprovingly, and wrote lightly: "It's just that the soldiers below killed more than a dozen people, it's not a big deal, since they are Xu Jie's subordinates, Xu Jie has helped us again, and it can be regarded as an explanation for accompanying him with some silver." ”

Lin Haotian didn't think that this would satisfy Xu Jie and Youren, he said quietly: "I'm afraid it's difficult to explain it like this." ”

"What does that brother mean ......"

"The indiscriminate killing of innocent people is our fault, and if we can't punish them severely, it will be difficult to convince the people. Lin Haotian said slowly.

Song Hao was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Brother, shouldn't I let those soldiers correct the law on the spot?"

Lin Haotian shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "If this is the case, it is not impossible to calm the anger of the people." ”

When Song Hao heard this, his anger immediately hit his head, and he said indignantly: "Why does our army want to serve the people? Why do we want to calm the anger of the people? If you people are really not afraid of death and dare to cause chaos collectively, we will ...... them."

At this point, he paused and did not continue, but his intentions could be understood from his murderous eyes.

The Red Army generals on the side couldn't help but stir up a cold war, they didn't care about the life or death of the people, but the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people, once the word spreads, not only the prestige of the coalition army was ruined, but they also had to suffer from the spurning and scolding of the people of the world, which damaged their reputation too much.

Lin Haotian sneered in his heart and asked rhetorically: "What should we do with them? Do you kill them all? Brother Song, don't forget that we are here to fight against the traitors on the orders of the monarch, not to slaughter the country. What's more, there are still more than 200,000 You troops within our army, and if our side wantonly slaughters the people of You, these You troops will undoubtedly rebel. At that time, the chaos that will be born is beyond your control, and even the battle of Vayou may be destroyed because of this, haven't these Song brothers considered it?"

That's right, how could I forget that there is still You Jun in my own side! All the generals were shocked, nodded again and again, and responded: "Your Excellency (General Lin) is right. Slaughtering the people will be shamed by the people of the world, not to mention, there is still a hidden danger of more than 200,000 You Army, now you must not be impulsive!"

Lin Haotian and the generals are of the same caliber, not to mention, their concerns are not unreasonable.

Song Hao thought about it carefully, stomped his foot heavily, and said angrily, "Okay." Even if my words just now were a little excessive, those soldiers ......"

"Those who indiscriminately kill innocents should be dealt with by military law, and there is absolutely no room for negotiation in this matter!" Lin Haotian replied categorically.

Song Hao gasped, his eyes rolled, and after the last moment, he looked away helplessly. said: "Forget it, such a trivial matter. I don't bother to care anymore, so I'll let my brother decide!" After speaking, he brushed his sleeves away.

This incident, the coalition forces only thought it was a trivial matter, but they did not expect that it would make the dissatisfaction of the people of You Guo collectively erupt.

This is not the first time that coalition forces have entered civilian areas to kill people and arrest people. Rather, it happens from time to time, and their personal safety is not guaranteed, and they may become ghosts under the sword of the coalition forces at any time, and how can the people not panic and not be angry? This time the arrest of people by the coalition forces has become the fuse. By noon, tens of thousands of people had gathered outside the gate of the coalition army, and people were not empty in their hands, some were holding sticks, some were carrying kitchen knives, and it seemed that they could fight with the coalition forces at any time.

The coalition army is also like a big enemy, the non-commissioned officers who are guarding and patrolling outside the camp all retreat to the camp, the gate is closed, and the wall is full of allied soldiers, one by one the swords are out of the sheath, the arrows are wound, and the spearhead is pointed directly at the people outside the camp.

The atmosphere at the scene was tense and solemn, as if it was poured with gasoline, and a sticky fire could be lit.

Hearing the news from the soldiers, Lin Haotian was also shocked, but after thinking about it, he felt that this was also an opportunity, an opportunity to show himself.

He did not immediately behead the dozens of new Red soldiers, let the soldiers escort them to Yuanmen, and then he personally led people to Yuanmen.

Through the fence, look outside, well, the people gathered outside can only be described as a sea of people, and they are all murderous. Lin Haotian shook his head and smiled, raised his head to the guards left and right, and said, "Open the gate, Ben Shuai is going to leave the camp!"

"My lord, the people outside are all Youguo Diao, and now it's too dangerous to go out!" Shao Lin on the side whispered.

"If this matter can't be solved, then it's really dangerous!" Lin Haotian replied casually, seeing that the guards around him were still standing up in a daze, and no one moved, he asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?

The guards did not dare to slack off any longer, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers guarding the gate to open the gate immediately.

With a creaking and creaking sound, the gate was slowly opened, and the soldiers of the Jin Army in the camp rushed out and stood in a line outside the gate.

The people outside were startled and instinctively retreated.

They took a step back, and the battle formation of the allied soldiers took a step forward, and while moving forward, it was accompanied by a chorus of shouts.

The people are the people, no matter how belligerent the people are and how fierce the people's customs are, in front of the regular army, the momentum is still a lot shorter.

Xu Jie didn't go home, he was also in the crowd at this time, and when he saw the coalition brigade rushing out of the joint camp, he thought that he was going to kill the people, he was extremely nervous, and shouted to the surroundings: "Don't be impulsive! Retreat! Retreat for the time being!"

He is a veteran of the battlefield, and he can be judged by just looking at the appearance and momentum of the coalition army that rushed out, this is by no means a rabble, and it is likely to be the most brave and warlike Jin army among the coalition forces.

When the 20,000 or 30,000 Jin troops were all lined up outside the camp, the soldiers in front stopped advancing. The heavy shield hands all went to the front, and the tall and heavy copper shield slammed on the ground, making a series of 'bang, bang' sounds, and then, there was a loud sound, and the halberd of all colors poked out from above the shield, and the front of the entire Jin army camp was like a steel hedgehog, and the soldiers behind were lifting the crossbow machine, and then the soldiers behind twisted the bow and arrows, and the arrows pointed obliquely into the air.

This is a typical Jin army battle formation, the heavy shield and halberd in front are responsible for holding down the position and advancing forward, and the crossbow machine and bow and arrow in the back are responsible for attacking and entering, and the overall camp is both offensive and defensive, and can fight and retreat.

The Jin army was not ambiguous at all, and when they came up, they opened up the momentum of fighting a regular war. This made Xu Jie and many of the people of You involuntarily break out in a cold sweat.

Just as their hearts were going up and down, there were shouts one after another from the Jin army camp, and then, the center of the camp separated to the left and right, giving way to a passage, and more than a dozen horsemen slowly walked out from the back of the Jin army camp.

Xu Jie raised his eyes and watched. After seeing the person clearly, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, it turned out that it was Lin Haotian and his party who came out of the Jin Army.

He hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, bowed his hand, and shouted loudly: "The villain sees General Lin!"

His voice caused a buzzing discussion among the people, and people's eyes fell on Lin Haotian, whispering, it turned out that this person was Lin Haotian, the commander of the Jin Army. I didn't expect to be so young.

Lin Haotian is very easy to recognize, the people around him are all generals, only he is wearing a brocade robe, and he walks in the middle of the crowd, and the attitude of the people around him is also respectful and extremely humble.

Urging the horse out of the Jin Army camp, Lin Haotian did not stop and continued to walk towards the crowd of ordinary people. He didn't stop until the crowd was near. turned over and dismounted, helped Xu Jie, who was giving a gift, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Mr. Xu Jie is still there!"

"The villain's brothers are still imprisoned in the coalition camp, and the villain is really unreassured, so he has been waiting outside the camp. Xu Jie Zhengse said.

"Oh!" Lin Haotian replied, and there was no follow-up.

Xu Jie saw this. His heart trembled, he raised his eyes and looked behind Lin Haotian, but he didn't see his three subordinates who were captured by the coalition forces, and couldn't help but ask: "General Lin, I don't know where the three subordinates of the villain are now?"

Lin Haotian sighed faintly. said: "Mr. Xu Jie, I'm very sorry, your subordinates and those tea guests were killed outside the camp last night!"

"What?" Xu Jie heard this, his eyes widened, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

These subordinates of his were all his subordinates in the army at the beginning, when he was discharged from the army due to injuries, these subordinates also followed him and retired together, and his relationship was like siblings, and now when he heard that they were all killed, Xu Jie's heart was twisted.

The scene was silent, there was no sound, I don't know how long later, someone in the crowd of ordinary people suddenly shouted: "The coalition dog thieves get out of Youguo! Murderers, don't die well-"

This voice suddenly ignited the pent-up anger in people's hearts, and the angry people of You Guo crowded forward at the same time, with angry eyes and hideous expressions, as if they wanted to eat Lin Hao alive.

Xu Jie was also sad and angry when three of his subordinates were killed, but he was not impulsive enough to fight the coalition forces. He stood still and did not move, but opened his arms and shouted to the people who flocked to him: "Don't ......be impulsive, everyone."

However, how could he stop the tens of thousands of people alone? Even those people who were near him would not listen to his command, and people's hearts were filled with anger, and they only wanted to tear Lin Haotian, the culprit in front of him, apart.

At this time, seeing that the people of You Guo were going to make a move on the adults, the soldiers of the Jin Army behind shouted in unison.

"Roar-" With the deafening roar, the battle array moved forward, and the combat boots of tens of thousands of soldiers stepped on the ground at the same time, making the ground tremble, and the shock and deterrence that burst out at that moment made the figures of the people rushing forward involuntarily.

Taking advantage of the gap when everyone was shocked by their own soldiers, Lin Haotian looked around at the people around him and shouted loudly: "This commander can understand everyone's current mood, and the mistake of this incident is indeed on the coalition army, and this commander will give everyone an explanation!" As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Shao Lin on the left and right.

Shao Lin understood, turned the horse's head, and quickly returned to the camp, and in a short time, nearly a hundred soldiers dressed as the New Red Army were pushed out by the Jin Army and brought to the front of the people of Youguo.

Lin Haotian pointed at these new Red soldiers and said: "They are the soldiers of the coalition army who killed the people last night! The coalition army is a righteous army, and they came to Youguo to crusade against rebellion and kill innocent people indiscriminately on the orders of the monarchs of various countries.

He lowered his posture, asking Xu Jie on the surface, but in fact, he asked the people of Youguo.

Xu Jie and the people of You never expected Lin Haotian to deal with this matter in such a way. Since the coalition forces entered You, although it cannot be said that they have done all kinds of evil, they have also been rampant and domineering, and killing the common people is commonplace, and when have they ever been punished? Looking at the situation, Lin Haotian planned to behead all of these nearly 100 soldiers, which had never happened before, and it could be regarded as a precedent for the coalition forces.

Without waiting for Xu Jie to speak, the new Red soldiers didn't do anything, they were all tied with ropes, and they didn't move, but their bodies were writhing violently.

They have done this before, and the soldiers of the other three countries have also done it, and everyone has tacitly understood that there has always been nothing wrong, so why should they be severely punished this time and punished by military law? The new Red soldiers were not convinced, not to mention that it was still a matter of life and death.

Among them, some of the new Red soldiers shouted regardless of it: "We are the new Red soldiers, and General Lin has no right to behead us!"

Another person shouted: "We are killing a mob, what is the crime? General Lin is biased, I will not accept it!"

"We want to see the king! we want to see the king—" The new Red soldiers shouted as if they were crazy, calling for the new Red King one after another.

Lin Haotian's severe punishment of his own soldiers has surprised the people of You Country, and the anger in his heart has calmed down a lot, if these new Red soldiers can take the initiative to give in, the people of You Country may not want them to die. But now seeing that they dare to blush and shout wildly in front of Lin Haotian, they are arrogant, once they are let go, they must not intensify the cruelty of the people?

"Kill-" I don't know who shouted first, which immediately resonated with the people, and the people raised their arms in unison and shouted: "Kill! kill these murderers!" (to be continued......