Gao Wei promised to delegate power to the greatest extent, but it was really a helpless move, only Wang Lin could take the lead in the entire Huainan, if he didn't want Huainan to be swallowed up, he should no longer restrict Wang Lin in terms of authority.

At this moment, he should not put Wang Lin in the position of the second minister to examine, but should give him the greatest support and assistance.

Therefore, in Gao Wei's will, the restrictions on Wang Lin's authority were further relaxed, so that he did not have to worry about Huaibei and wholeheartedly faced the enemy army, and then, another edict was sent to Huaibei overnight and sent to Pengcheng.

In the edict, Pi Jinghe was sternly warned, asking him to join the forbidden army of Northern Xuzhou and Yecheng, and go south to support Wang Lin, which is equivalent to pressing all the military and political power in Huaibei and Huainan on Wang Lin.

If you win, you live, and if you lose, you die!

And Wang Lin had already set off from Shouyang before receiving the edict...... Wang Lin did not go west directly to Zhongli to fight with Xiao Maha, but chose to take a detour to the north for the time being, along Huaishui, through Matou City, through Jingshan County, and went straight to Zhongli day and night!

There are many doorways in it. First, although the road from Shouyang to Zhongli was smooth, there were no rivers and cities on the way, so Wang Lin hurriedly sent troops, and the supply side was afraid that he would not be able to keep up. Second, after Jingshan County, the southeast of Jingshan County is Zhongli and Jiashan, and the northeast is Renzhou and Chikan City, Wang Lin has insight into Xiao Maha's strategic intentions here, and naturally will not let him have a chance to succeed, from this route, on the one hand, he can get sufficient supplies, there is no shortage of water, and secondly, he can protect Renzhou and prevent Chen Jun from cutting off the north-south passage!

The army of 30,000 drove to Zhongli without stopping, and Lu Qian stayed in Shouyang to guard against Huang Fayan's headquarters in the south direction, and made every effort to prevent Huang Faqian from raising troops north.

Although the number of people on Lu Qian's side is small, most of them are the elites gathered in Huainan. Wang Lin's side is different, although there are many people, many of them are newly recruited, and many of them were originally Tuntian soldiers, who were captured by Wang Lin for training and used as the main force...... The training time is short, the sense of combat is not strong, and it is still unknown how much combat power can be exerted.

Wang Lin didn't dare to support him, so he sent the striker to ask for the way for him to throw stones first, and the army still fell back and marched, which in itself was safe and blameless. Four days after arriving, Wang Lin was approaching Zhongli, and sure enough, bad news came...... The forward, Tongzhi scattered cavalry Changshou Li Yuanjiao marched to the south of Zhongli, and happened to meet the location of Xiao Mahaqian's army, the two sides fought, and the Qi army was defeated. Not only was Wang Lin's forward troops disabled, but even Li Qianjiao was almost killed on the spot.

Wang Lin ordered his son Wang Yan to answer in person, just killed Chen Jun, Li Xian fell directly off the horse, unconscious, Lang Zhong took more than a dozen arrows on him, and he saw that he couldn't survive tonight.

Wang Lin took the generals to visit that night, only to see that the people had only the air in and not the breath out, and a pair of eyes were wide open, staring directly at the top of the tent...... Li Yuanjiao is indeed the son of the Gao family who is rooted in Miao Hong, and His Majesty even ordered him to be the Zuo Cheng of Shouyang Road in this edict, which should have a promising future, but he didn't expect to fold here. When Wang Lin was the head of the army before, he had a lot of disagreements with these colleagues from Yecheng, but he still felt sad when he really saw him die in front of him.

The generals turned sideways to get out of the way, let the Metropolitan Governor sit in front of the bed, took Li Yuanjiao's hand and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you...... I swear to heaven that after this battle, if I were still alive, I would have honored your merits and erected a monument for you, and I would personally raise them with your sons and daughters. The man has a bright future, and I will personally send her to marry my daughter! At the end, Wang Lin was moved by her true feelings, and her words couldn't help choking.

Colleagues for more than ten years, how can they not have any true feelings?

Not only Wang Lin, but even everyone else shouted, "Lao Li, the governor of the capital is a person who keeps promises, and he is the first class in the world, and he must be able to do what he promised." Rest assured, the brothers will take care of your family! "Hold on! ”……

The generals under Wang Lin's command, although they are intrigued with the court officials on weekdays, but at this moment, after all, they are grasshoppers on a rope, and robes mixed with rice in a pot. Wang Lin suddenly felt that the hand in his palm tightened, and he saw Li Yuanjiao tilting his head, staring at Wang Lin with blank eyes, and his lips pursed:

"Thank you...... The future is dangerous, the governor must take care of ......"

Li Qiao's face was full of relief, the look in his eyes became more and more dim, and the sound of breathing became more and more slight, until finally, his head hung down weakly and fell back on the pillow, and he fell asleep for a long time.

This character, who was captured by Chen Jun in the original trajectory and later ran back to the Northern Dynasty, died on the battlefield here, which is really providential.

Feeling that the temperature between his palms was getting colder and colder, Wang Lin stretched out his other hand, silently wiped the blood stains on Li Yuanjiao's face, and closed his eyes for him...... He didn't want to say anything more, all the words were redundant at the moment.

Wang Lin gave a death order for him to go to the trial, but Li Yuanjiao really returned the favor, from a certain point of view, Wang Lin was the real murderer who killed him.

But what can Wang Lin do? If you change your perspective and lose Wang Lin's life, you can bring peace to thousands of soldiers under your command, and Wang Lin is also willing.

Wang Lin, like Li Luan, is just an ordinary person, and he will also remember his children, but Li Li's children are in Yecheng, but Wang Lin's children are in the army, and they want to live and die with him and Huainan!

There is no way back for him!

When the atmosphere in the tent was sad, Wang Lin's ninth son, Wang Yan, made a report: "Father...... Governor, I patrolled the camp tonight and caught deserters, numbering in the hundreds. The Metropolitan Governor, do you want a military law? ”

The generals changed color one after another, just to take a face with Chen Jun, and there were deserters who appeared, how could this battle be fought?

Wang Lin also looked stunned, then lowered his eyelids, waved his hand and said:

"The law does not hold the public accountable...... At the moment, I am not 100% sure that I will be able to get out of the way, let alone these recruits who have been recruited for less than two months. I will not only forgive their sins, but also give them money for the journey home, and those who are willing to stay will tell them that if I are victorious, the wealth of the cities of Huainan will be taken and demanded, and there is only one point, and those who dare to disobey the military order and flee from the battle will die. ”

The generals of the "Metropolitan Governor ......" were about to refute Wang Lin when they boarded, but they were pressed down by Wang Lin:

"That's right, back then, I only had a few hundred people under me who dared to fight Hou Jing together, and thousands of soldiers dared to oppose Chen Baxian, and now I have 30,000 soldiers, is it possible that I am still afraid of the other side?

"It's better to go some people, those who don't want to work hard won't work hard no matter how they restrain them, and those who are willing to follow me Wang Lin can't leave...... After two months of getting along, even the stones are also hot, I treat my subordinates with sincerity, and my subordinates bear to carry me? ”

These soldiers are some small country people, they are cunning, greedy, lazy, stingy, but deep down, they have never lost their good nature as human beings, they can turn against each other for a little petty profit, or they can go to the soup for some ridiculous reasons, this is human nature!

Wang Lin has this self-confidence, and it is by no means the majority who betrayed him!

Wang Lin glanced around, and slowly exhaled:

"In the same way, Your Majesty treats me with sincerity, I will not disappoint Your Majesty, even if I want to be broken, I will not hesitate!"

It's always been like this...... From a low-level military attache who could only rely on his sister's grace to invite fame, to the "King of Huainan" who later shook the north and south of the river, Wang Lin only changed his identity, even if he finally wore the python robe and jade belt of the county king, in essence, Wang Lin was still a hot-blooded young man.

He was born mediocre but unwilling to be mediocre, he didn't have too high goals in life, he always hit where he was...... He doesn't have a great image, but he is loyal to the king, and he is righteous to his subordinates and colleagues, this is Wang Lin!