Turbulent Times Chapter 1209: As expected, if there is an effect, there must be a cause

Wang Shiqing quickly stepped forward and bowed: "My lord, Xia Houduan's parents were taken away by horse thieves. Li Yuan sent troops to destroy the horse thieves and saved Xia Houduan's parents."

Wang Junlin nodded and did not express his opinion on this matter, but continued to ask: "Then how kind is Xia Houduan to these soldiers?"

Wang Shiqing seemed to have expected Wang Junlin to ask this question a long time ago, without any thought or memory, he immediately said: "Reporting to the lord, Xia Houduan loves soldiers like sons, and often takes out all his military pay to give Soldiers with difficult families, and all soldiers who died in battle under his command, he supported their parents, for which Xia Houduan owed a huge debt."

"Sure enough, if there is an effect, there must be a cause!" Wang Junlin was slightly shocked, "So this person must die, but it is a pity that the death of more than a thousand soldiers who repayed their kindness."

"Xiahouduan!" Wang Junlin suddenly shouted, "The end has already been decided. Since you love soldiers like your son, why did you let these thousand soldiers die for nothing? Why don't you put down your sword and surrender, so as to save these thousand soldiers? life?"

Following the voice, Xia Houduan looked over and shouted, "Who are you?"

Wang Shiqing immediately shouted loudly: "Bold, King Qin An is in front of you, Xia Houduan, you dare to be rude."

"Hahaha..." Xia Houduan suddenly laughed wildly, "It turns out that King Qin An is in front of him. I really dare not be rude, but if I have the chance, I will definitely kill King Qin An." /

"Looking for death." Luo Shixin was extremely angry, and the soldiers of the Far East Army were extremely angry, so they wanted to go up and chop Xia Houduan and the thousand people into meat paste, but they were stopped by Wang Junlin.

After Wang Junlin stopped him, he didn't speak, just quietly looked at Xia Houduan to see how he would choose.

To be honest, Wang Junlin was somewhat skeptical about the motives of Xia Houduan's actions.

Since ancient times, there have been many generals who love soldiers like sons, but most of them are actually to make soldiers work hard for him on the battlefield and be loyal to him.

So, to a certain extent, the more generals do in loving soldiers like sons, the bigger the picture will be.

After all, it is absolutely impossible to have truly selfless people in this world, because this is unscientific and does not conform to the laws and instincts of biological existence.

However, since Xia Houduan clearly had the opportunity to escape during this war, but he did not escape, and he wanted to die here, it shows that he has no ambitions, nor is it for glory and wealth.

If Xia Houduan still disregarded the life and death of these soldiers after Wang Junlin made it clear, and wanted to bring these people to die together, then Xia Houduan is for fame, and he is the kind of person who can die for fame A person who can die regardless of other people.

The so-called fame and fortune, why fame cannot be counted in the category of profit, and should be in front of profit, because fame and profit are very different and different to a certain extent.

Name is a kind of spiritual satisfaction. Since ancient times, especially in China, there have been too many

For this kind of name in life and after death, people will give everything, including their lives.

Some of these people are worthy of respect, but some are the most treacherous and selfish people.

For example, those so-called great Confucians and individual upright officials who have lost their daughter's reputation and killed their daughter for their own reputation to prove their integrity.

In short, Wang Junlin wanted to verify whether Xia Houduan was a real person.

Of course, Xia Houduan died alone because he was loyal to Li Yuan.

However, for the sake of his own righteousness, he would rather let more than a thousand soldiers who were loyal to him die who clearly wanted to survive, that would not be great, but extremely selfish.

Xia Houduan didn't hesitate for long, and suddenly turned around and shouted to more than a thousand soldiers around him: "Brothers, I know you want to live, I won't force you..."

As soon as the words fell, Xia Houduan suddenly cut his throat with a long knife in his hand, and the guards beside him had no time to stop him, his throat had already been cut, blood spurted, and he fell into a pool of blood.

Wang Junlin was finally moved, and said with emotion: "I don't think this Xia Houduan is really a person who sacrificed his life for righteousness."

"If you don't surrender, is it because you want your family to become beggars and refugees?" Wang Junlin suddenly shouted.

Because of Xia Houduan's death, the officers and soldiers of the Li family army, who were excited and filled with hatred on their faces, were shocked, and the hatred on their faces disappeared immediately, and some only left the fear of death.

A military officer dropped his weapon first, and knelt down in front of Wang Junlin. Then there was a "ding, ding, bang, bang" sound, and more than a thousand soldiers threw down all the weapons in their hands, and knelt down in front of Wang Junlin.

Wang Junlin sighed slightly, and ordered: "Come here, return Xia Houduan's body to his family. No one can harm his family."

Luo Shixin respectfully said yes, and made arrangements on the spot.

"Pei Yuanqing, these more than a thousand soldiers are not bad, so I will leave them to you and serve as your own soldiers!" Wang Junlin suddenly ordered.

Pei Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and said pleasantly, "Thank you, my lord."

On the other side, Wang Shiqing's eyes flashed, but immediately his expression returned to normal, and he didn't know what to think.

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Under the joint efforts of the Far Eastern Army and the Jiangbing, the fire in Taiyuan City was quickly extinguished, order was restored, and Taiyuan City gradually returned to calm.

Surrounded by thousands of cavalry, Wang Junlin rode to Li Yuan's mansion in Taiyuan City.

In front of the gate of the Li Mansion, the heads of the Wang clan Wang Xu and Pei clan Pei Ji led dozens of civil and military officials to kneel down and salute Wang Junlin: "See the prince!"

Wang Junlin nodded and said: "Everyone has worked hard, get up! In the future, the Far Eastern Army will not be able to kneel down and bow down under normal circumstances."

Representative Wang Xu

Everyone said loudly: "Thank you, my lord, I will obey."

Pei Ji was not to be outdone, and hurriedly said: "My lord has worked hard, and I am willing to serve my lord."

After everyone got up, Wang Junlin said again: "I know all the credit you have made. The Wang family broke through the west city gate. Although it was a bit late, tens of thousands of defenders suddenly turned against the water and rebelled because of you." Thanks to the Wang family, you have stabilized the situation after the incident, and your contribution is indispensable. Now Wang Xu is appointed as the prefect of Taiyuan Mansion, and another 50 students will be given to the Wang family to enter the Fanyang Academy."

Wang Xu, Wang Shiqing and the rest of the Wang family were overjoyed immediately, but Wang Xu's mansion was very deep, and his expression was always calm. At this moment, he bowed and said: "Thank you, my lord, my Wang family is willing to give a million taels of silver as a gift." Military capital."

But Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "It's fine with a million taels of silver, and the Wang family can use 500,000 mu of good land for public land."

Wang Xu took a deep breath, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately bowed and said, "I obey."

Wang Junlin suddenly turned around and said to Wang Shiqing: "How many troops have been surrendered now?"

Wang Shiqing hurried forward to report: "My lord, there are more than 34,500 enemy troops who voluntarily surrendered and surrendered to us."

Wang Junlin nodded to Wang Shiqing, and suddenly said to Pei Ji: "The Pei family has contributed a lot to capturing Li Jiancheng."

After a pause, Wang Junlin said to Pei Yuanqing on the other side: "Yuanqing, all the more than 30,000 people who surrendered and surrendered to us are now handed over to you. You are their general. Set up another battalion. You take the number yourself, and you are fully responsible for the appointment of the generals in the battalion, and you can report to the military department afterwards."

Pei Yuanqing was overjoyed when he heard the words, he quickly got off his horse and knelt down on one knee, and said loudly, "Your subordinate obeys your orders."

On the other side, Wang Shiqing and Wang Xu's expressions changed slightly, but they quickly covered it up, and their expressions returned to calm.

On the other hand, Pei Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, bowed and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your trust in my Pei family."

Wang Junlin nodded, and said loudly: "Where is Ning Shaobao, the leader of the Hundred Swords Alliance?"

One of the nearby soldiers ran out immediately, bowed to Wang Junlin and said, "The villain Ning Shaobao sees the prince."

Wang Junlin said: "Appoint you as the deputy commander of the special forces, and you can choose 500 people from your Hundred Swords League to join the special forces. Training mission."

Ning Shaobao was already overjoyed, and wanted to kneel down to thank him, but remembering what Wang Junlin said just now, he just bowed deeply and said: "Thank you for your humble post, and I am willing to serve you with my life."

Wang Xu on the other side and Wang Shiqing behind Wang Junlin secretly hated, but they didn't dare to show the slightest bit on their faces.

The old and the young of the Wang family are all smart people. Although they are extremely unhappy that Ning Shaobao left their Wang family, they also know that this matter cannot be left to them.

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