If it weren't for the sudden appearance of a general named Su Rui on the west side and ordering the soldiers to disperse and leave, Wang Lin didn't know how long he would have been surrounded by those many soldiers.

Wang Lin had a lot of feelings when he listened to the matter of Chen Jinjue and the twenty-four people who died in vain in the mouth of the centurion, but now that he was walking alone on the way to Marshal Cao's tent, Wang Lin, who was affected by the overall mood of the soldiers just now, calmed down a little, and after pondering, he found that the development of things seemed to be a little strange.

Why did the Xixia border army, which has always had strict military discipline, connived at the defenders on the east and west sides to fight, and Chen Jinjue was obviously overstepping his authority by cutting first and then playing, but he was not punished, all of this is the end of the deliberate connivance of the border army's high-level leadership, and it is obvious that he wants to use Chen Jinjue's hand to clear the trouble-making thorns of the defenders on the west side.

And now, as soon as Chen Jinjue dies, the opponents he has not yet killed are either no longer the target to attack, or they are beginning to be frightened, and it is difficult to provoke conflicts. It seems that there is no reason for the defenders on both sides of Xixia Prefecture to clash in the future.

As he walked, Wang Lin smiled a little understandingly, and said to himself: " It turned out that even if I didn't kill Chen Jinjue, when Chen Jinjue dealt with all his opponents, the top brass of the border army would also take action, he was bound to not live long, the soldiers on the west side were killed by Chen Jinjue on the east side, after gathering the anger and hatred of all the soldiers on the west side, Chen Jinjue was killed again, and from then on, everyone who loves to stir up trouble, everyone is in danger, and those who are dissatisfied with Chen Jinjue are very happy and have a good strategy, so that the defenders on the east and west sides will be united again, but only a few soldiers who love to cause trouble will be sacrificed. Wonderful. ”

Wang Lin suddenly paused, a little surprised, when he was able to think about things so much, this is too unlike himself. But when it comes to things, the brain naturally makes complex analysis and considerations.

Wang Lin thought about it as he walked, and said to himself: "The wolf taught the cockroach the art of fighting with me, so is it that strange human being? Looking back now, the things that human beings said to the little cockroach in the past hundred years, that is, to me, although I can't recall what they are now, but I feel that there are some subtle things in my mind, is that the person taught me this way of thinking?"

Thinking about it, Wang Lin smiled freely, thinking that what do you want to do, at least I live well now, and when I get to the big tent in a while, I take the passage papers, and go back to my hometown, and no longer get involved in these disputes.

Wang Lin's body seemed to have been tempered after a battle with Chen Jinjue and others, and his entire physical fitness had improved a lot, and he didn't go long before he came to Cao Yuanpeng's big tent, and said hello to the guards guarding the big tent, and the guards watched Wang Lin walk into the big tent with a very strange look, which made Wang Lin furious.

When Wang Lin entered the big tent, he happened to see Xie Anzhi crooked on Cao Yuanpeng's big seat in the middle, with Erlang's legs crossed, his right hand clasped his nose, and from time to time pressed his nose on the precious blanket spread on Cao Yuanpeng's seat.

Although he was clothed, he had an exposed belly, and his belly was wrapped in white cotton-white gauze. Wang Lin looked at Cao Yuanpeng who was standing next to the huge topographic map in the center of the big tent, and looked at Xie An with a straight face at this time, and the corners of his mouth twitched from time to time, which was really the same as the "constipation look" that Miss Ji Xiaofang said.

Wang Lin burst out laughing, Cao Yuanpeng's cultivation was profound, and he had already noticed that Wang Lin, who had entered the big tent, did not speak.

Xie An saw Wang Lin at this time, his eyes lit up, he jumped down from the high seat at once, ran over at Wang Lin, hugged him hard and said: "Brother, it's great that you're okay! You don't know that you've been worried about me to death these days, if it weren't for the fact that there are still a few medical masters in their border army, I would have to mess up the business with their border army." ”

Wang Lin was hugged by Xie An, and he was also stunned, and then felt warm in his heart for no reason, and also hugged Xie An hard, and said, "Don't worry, my injuries have all recovered, how are you?"

"Haha, my wound was originally a minor injury, it has already scabbed, it's okay, it's okay! But you, my mother, where are your wounds? all gone? my God" Xie An spared Wang Lin several times in surprise, and looked at Wang Lin carefully from top to bottom.

"I didn't expect my body to recover so quickly. Wang Lin was a little embarrassed by Xie An's scrutinizing eyes, and hurriedly said.

"It's a good thing, by the way, Brother Wang, we are now friends of fate, that is, they are closer than brothers, I won't hide it from you, I am a member of the Xie family in Kyoto, I came to Xixia Border Army to do a business, you saved my life, you go to the Xie family in the future, your words are my words, just treat the Xie family as your own home!" Xie An said with a heroic smile.

Wang Lin didn't know what kind of big family the Xie family was, but Wang Lin naturally wouldn't blow off the enthusiasm of his friends, and nodded with a smile.

Cao Yuanpeng saw that he was being ignored, his face was already blue and black, and he coughed unnaturally.

Wang Lin looked at Cao Yuanpeng, who was constipated, held back a smile, walked to his side, folded his fists and bent down to salute: "Marshal Cao, Wang Lin is polite." ”

Cao Yuanpeng snorted and didn't respond, Wang Lin didn't feel anything, Xie An was unhappy, and shouted: "Cao Yuanpeng, what kind of big-tailed wolf are you pretending, we were killed so badly by your border army, if you don't apologize, forget it, seeing that my Xie An's brother is still there to show his official authority, what do you think, can you do business." ”

Cao Yuanpeng was obviously a little angry, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, and now he had to ask the Xie family, so he had to endure it secretly, and said to Wang Lin stiffly: "Although you were wronged very badly, you also killed Chen Jinjue, a senior general of our border army, and the two of them offset each other, I won't pursue it this time, what do you have to say." ”

Having said that, Cao Yuanpeng's eyes clearly asked Wang Lin to give him a step down, and the generalissimo of the dignified border army still wanted to save face.

Wang Lin understood and said with a smile: "Marshal Xie! Wang Lin just wants to ask the marshal for a passage document, so that I can return to my hometown through the west side of Broken Mountain." ”

Cao Yuanpeng thought for a while and said: "Then you don't have to, all the border people on the west side of Broken Mountain have been moved by me to different cities in the inland on the east side of Broken Mountain in Xiyue." ”

Wang Lin's eyes lit up, retreating inland meant that even if there was a war in the future, the people of the town would not be wantonly tortured and killed like five years ago, but thinking of this, Wang Lin thought of the imperial court's ignorance of Xiushui Town five years ago, and his eyes became lonely and disappointed in the blink of an eye.

"Tell me the name of your hometown, I will immediately ask people to check, after finding the specific whereabouts, you can go directly to them, except for the broken mountain on the west side, the rest of the directions are only quitting in and not out, so you don't need to pass papers. ”

Wang Lin nodded, bowed to Cao Yuanpeng and left, Xie An ran out after Wang Lin, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang Lin smiled a little bitterly: "It's okay, I just thought of the war five years ago..."

Xie An looked at Wang Lin and sighed and said, "You told me what happened to your hometown, but war is sometimes about the smallest sacrifice in exchange for the greatest success, but unfortunately my brother and your hometown belong to the smallest sacrifice." ”

Wang Lin looked at Xie An: "Your brother?"

Xie An nodded and said, "It's Xie Shi engraved on the stone statue of the grasshopper." ”

Wang Lin was silent, both teenagers had similar experiences, and both had relatives who had died in the brutal war five years earlier.

Cao Yuanpeng was in the big tent, and he also sighed softly, how could he not understand the reason for Wang Lin's lonely eyes just now, because it was not the first time he had seen that kind of eyes, it was the general attitude of the border people when they saw the border army: lonely and cold.

The people of the interior of Xixia Prefecture and Zhongzhou all felt that the Xixia Border Army was the strongest and greatest barrier for the new country to defend against foreign enemies.

But in the eyes of the well-dressed border people, the army on this side once ruthlessly abandoned them. In fact, in order to keep the city of Broken Water, the border army did give up hundreds of small villages on the border line.

Cao Yuanpeng faced the border line and sang softly: "The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles." The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines. ”

The next morning,

Cao Yuanpeng's herald waited in Wang Lin's big tent early, telling Wang Lin that the people of his hometown had moved to Xincheng: Yi'an City, settle down, and the Xixia border army was willing to send Wang Lin a war horse to help him return home as soon as possible.

Wang Lin thanked the herald and led the horse to Cao Yuanpeng's big tent, as expected, Xie An was still paralyzed on Cao Yuanpeng's big seat, and Marshal Cao was not in the tent, probably because he wanted to be out of sight.

"Brother Xie, I'm going to leave Broken Mountain and go to Ngee Ann City in a while. ”

"So soon, my business here can't go yet, Brother Wang, please promise me that I will have the opportunity to come to my Kyoto Xie family as a guest in the future. Xie An walked up to Wang Lin and said with some reluctance.

Wang Lin smiled and nodded, and pulled Xie An out of the big tent, and said to a horse outside the tent: "Brother Xie, Marshal Cao provided me with a war horse, I remember that you said this, you want to continue to travel north to Xixia Prefecture, I thought about it and sent this horse to you, I hope you can truly be a traveler without borders."

Xie An hugged this brother who was a friend of life and death again, and his heart was warm, but he still shook his head and said: "Now let's take care of it, I'll ask Cao Yuanpeng for another horse, you are closer to home, or ride a horse to Yi'an City quickly." ”

Wang Lin was not hypocritical, thought about it and nodded, and then said euphemistically: "Although Brother Xie is reasonable, let's not be so ruthless to pit the Xixia border army, after all, they are all fighters who are not afraid of sacrifice to protect their families and defend the country." ”

Xie An laughed and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I just want to be angry with Cao Yuanpeng's turtle grandson, my Xie family has ancestral training, although the Xie family is a businessman, but it is difficult to make a fortune." ”

Wang Lin smiled and said: "With Brother Xie's words, I will thank Brother Xie for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Xixia Border Army." Then he flew on the horse, hugged his fist at Xie An and said: "Brother Xie, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, we will have a period later!"

Xie An clenched his fists with some reluctance and saluted: "Mr. is still so sour, there will be a period later!"

Wang Linhan laughed twice, waved his hand at Xie An, rode a pure black war horse, and galloped away.