"you……"
Li Lin hesitated for a moment, and finally took back the sword and said, "I'm sorry, sir, Li Lin lost his temper!"
But then he smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhu really never thought of taking Li Lin's life, because a living Li Lin is worth much more than a dead Li Lin."
"You have the ability to lead troops in war. You are destined to leave a name in history in the future. Wouldn't it be a pity to die?" Wen Zhezhu said.
"Qingshi left his name?"
Li Lin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But I lost after all."
"You didn't lose to others, you lost to others' suspicion and distrust!" Wen Zhezhu pointed out the key point.
Although Li Lin has a simple political mind, he is talking about it for this reason. If he doesn't understand it, he will be a fool.
From the beginning, he was caught up in the calculation, or rather, he was already losing from the beginning.
If Xia Guochatang had 100% trust in him and didn't send He Lian to supervise him, Zhangzhou would be completely managed by him. How could there be so many bad things?
If He Lian didn't want to take away the military power from him, but believed in him and was willing to give him time to investigate this matter, this accident would not have happened.
However, there are not so many ifs in the world.
Li Lin sighed, looked at Wen Zhezhu, and said, "Where is General Wang now? Is it time to show up?"
Wen Zhezhu said: "Your guess was correct before. General Wang is among that group of soldiers."
Hearing this, Li Lin suddenly became excited and said, "I knew it, I knew he must be inside!"
"I have studied the record of General Wang, and I have studied every battle he fought. I found a commonality, that is, every battle he fought was to win more with less, and they were all lightning-fast surprise battles."
He said confidently: "He wants to seize Zhangzhou with minimal casualties, so he must execute this plan personally, and no one else can do it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was applause from outside the room and an unabashed admiration.
"The old saying is true, the people who know you best are not your friends, but your opponents!"
I saw Wang Cheng, dressed as a Xia soldier, walking in.
This was the first time Li Lin saw Wang Cheng in person, and the first time he was so close.
young!
Heroic!
Wisdom!
For a moment, many words flashed through his mind, but in the end they all turned into deep resentment.
He looked at Wang Cheng standing in front of him and said without fear: "Tuobayong didn't die in the hands of my people, it was your hands. Am I right?"
"Not bad!" Wang Cheng nodded.
Ever since he followed Tuoba Yong into Zhangzhou City, he had been secretly on guard all the way. Until he saw two groups of soldiers under Li Lin running away, he immediately realized that there must be a trap in the alley ahead, so he killed them without hesitation. Tuoba Yong put the blame on Li Lin.
Killing Tuobayong and putting the blame on Li Lin was originally a plan made in advance.
"In the city just now, I never thought about killing Lord Helian, but my sword completely lost control and stabbed Lord Helian to death. Is it you who did it secretly?" Li Lin asked again.
Wang Cheng said: "Not bad!"
On the tower, he used his mind power to control the sword in Li Lin's hand, and then there was a scene where Li Lin killed He Lian.
Killing He Lian and blaming Li Lin was not part of the planned plan, it was an impromptu thought of his own.
Since Li Lin is forced to surrender, one Tuoba Yong may not be enough to make Li Lin give up. If another He Lian is added, Li Lin will have no way of turning back.
Seeing Wang Cheng admit this face to face, Li Lin was trembling with anger: "I never thought that the majestic General Polu, a rare and peerless general in the world, would actually use conspiracy and tricks! It's really disgraceful to us and other people on the battlefield!"
Being belittled in person, Wang Cheng didn't care and said: "There is a saying in the art of war: the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and then the third is to attack the city. I am using tactics, so why isn't General Li using tactics? But my husband is just one step ahead!"
Li Lin looked embarrassed, because Wang Cheng was right, and Li Lin himself was using tricks.
He had already seen through in advance that there was something wrong with Tuoba Yong's coming here, so he brought Wen Zhezhu here and led Wang Cheng into the trap he had already prepared.
The original plan was perfect, but he overestimated the abilities of his men and underestimated Wang Cheng's strength.
"gentlemen?!"
Suddenly, he turned to look at Wen Zhezhu and said, "Is this the plan made by sir?"
"Not me!"
Wen Zhezhu quickly denied it and said: "I just put forward a general idea. The real one who made the plan was General Wang's Mr. Liu."
"Mr. Liu?"
Li Lin frowned. He thought about it silently in his mind, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember who Mr. Liu was.
He sighed: "I didn't expect that General Wang would have such a person under his command."
"Don't worry! You will meet soon!" Wang Cheng said.
"Meet you soon?"
Li Lin suddenly sneered: "So, General Wang has already regarded Li Lin as his own?"
"What? At this point, besides surrendering, does General Li have any other options?" Wang Cheng said.
Li Lin sneered: "If General Wang didn't show up, I would definitely lose. Now that General Wang shows up, I haven't lost!"
Wang Cheng's expression froze. What did Li Lin mean by this?
Suddenly, he thought of something, pointed at the curling smoke of the cigarette, and said with a smile: "You want to say that I have been poisoned by the cartilage powder, right?"
"How do you know the smoke is poisonous?" Li Lin was surprised.
Wang Cheng smiled and said: "I'm not talented, but I'm quite proficient in medical science and pharmacology."
As he spoke, a pill the size of a longan appeared in his palm, and he threw it to Wen Zhezhu, who was sitting behind him, and said, "This is the Baicao Pill, which can detoxify the poison in your body."
"Baicao Dan?"
Li Lin was shocked again. How come he had never heard of this detoxifying pill that was said to be able to cure hundreds of poisons in the world.
When he looked at Wang Cheng again, his eyes became extremely complicated and he said, "I didn't expect General Wang to be really proficient in medicine."
"I lost!"
He lowered his head. At this point, he had no other choice but to surrender and admit defeat.
Tuoba Yong and He Lian all died in his hands. This matter will soon spread. There is absolutely no way that Xia Guo wants him again. The only result is-kill!
Wang Cheng stepped forward, patted his shoulder and said, "Mr. Wen is right, you didn't lose to me, you lost to suspicion and distrust."
"Li Lin is not someone who cannot afford to lose. Even the six sons of King Xia almost died at the hands of the general. What does Li Lin mean?" Li Lin pretended to be free and easy.
Wang Cheng said: "You don't have to have any grudges in your heart. You are from the Zhou Dynasty. Zhangzhou was also a territory of the Zhou Dynasty more than ten years ago. Now it is just a return to the Zhou Dynasty."
These words finally made Li Lin feel better, because everything Wang Cheng said was true.
In fact, after living in the Xia Kingdom for so many years, although he has become a general in the army, his life is not satisfactory at all. After all, to the Xia people, he is an outsider after all.
So he was cautious in everything, and no matter how unbearable He Lian was to him, he could only endure it.
At this time, he fantasized about returning to Zhou Dynasty, but that place hurt him too deeply, and his wife and children were all in Xia Kingdom, and he couldn't bear to leave his current position, so he gritted his teeth and struggled to hold on.
Now that I can return to the Great Zhou Dynasty, the complex emotions that have been suppressed in my heart for a long time are finally released.
He couldn't hold it back, his eyes were red, and tears were rolling in his eyes.
Wang Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Welcome home!"
It was okay not to say this. After hearing this, Li Lin couldn't help it anymore, and tears burst out.
After a long time, he wiped away his tears and said: "The general doesn't know something. Although Li Lin also has a wife and children here, Li Lin's wife, parents and brothers are still in Dazhou. Thirteen years have passed, although Li Lin We secretly arranged for people to inquire about their whereabouts, but so far there is no news.”
This was the first time Wang Cheng heard this. Wen Zhezhu had told him some things about Li Lin before, but did not mention Li Lin's family situation, so he mistakenly thought that Li Lin had no family in Dazhou.
He suddenly thought of something crucial and said solemnly: "General Li, please don't worry. The general has returned to the Zhou Dynasty. I will report this to the king and count the general's achievements in detail. I believe that the king will reward the general heavily." , General Li will also have a lot of time and energy to find out the whereabouts of his family in the future."
Li Lin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What he actually wanted was this promise.
As a surrendered general, if you can't keep your glory, wealth and even your life, then why surrender?
"I have something to report to the general."
Li Lin suddenly said: "General, please be careful of Nanli. I can quickly guess that the general has arrived in Xia Kingdom because of the news from Nanli."
Wang Cheng knew about the traitor in Nanli County and had been investigating, but until now he still hadn't found out who the traitor was.
Now when he heard Li Lin mention this matter, he immediately asked: "Do you know who provided the information?"
Li Lindao: "The news was sent by the knights patrolling outside the city. It was almost late at night. The person who sent the message tied the letter to an arrow, shot the arrow and left. He couldn't be seen clearly."
"Ha! It's quite hidden!"
Wang Cheng sneered. Suddenly, he remembered someone and looked at Li Linda: "Has General Li ever heard of Li Jun?"
When Li Lin heard this, his expression gradually became strange.
He knew that Wang Cheng pretended to be a member of the Gaoshan Kingdom and raided Liuzhou in order to take revenge on Li Jun. Could it be that there really was a person like Li Jun in the Xia Kingdom?
"There are not even a thousand but eight hundred people with this name in Xia State. There are no less than three people in Zhangzhou. Those three should not be the people the general is looking for."
Li Jun thought for a while and then said: "Li Lin knows that there are several well-known Li Juns in Xia State. I wonder if they are the people the general is looking for?"
"Who are they?" Wang Cheng asked.
Li Jun immediately revealed the identities of those people one by one.
Wang Cheng kept these people in mind, and one day, he must find this person.
Li Jun, a mere outsider, was so clear about the military defenses he had deployed in Nanli. Almost every move he made could not escape his eyes.
This person was like a thorn in his back. Unless the thorn was taken out, he would be unable to do anything.
