False Eunuch: With Many Children, I'm as Happy as a Fish in Water

"Master Yue, have we met again?"

Yue Buqun listened to the joking meaning in Lin Chen's words, smiled bitterly, bowed his hands and said: "Thank you, General Lin, for the rescue.

Xue Biao stood beside Yue Buqun to keep him company, but his eyes were looking at the general wearing a ghost mask in front of him.

Don't say it.

He had been all over the world, and this was the first time he saw a general dressed like Lin Chen.

"Xue Biao, General Xie Lin comes to the rescue."

Compared to Yue Buqun, Xue Biao's attitude was more humble. As he spoke, he did not forget to ask the boy to carry a heavy box.

"I can't thank you enough for saving my life. Please accept it, General Lin."

Lin Chen didn't expect the other party to be so capable, so he asked pretending to be surprised: "Your surname is Xue, are you a descendant of the Xue family in Jiangnan?"

"What the general said is true." Xue Biao admitted his identity openly.

Or.

Even if Lin Chen didn't ask, he would still find a way to reveal his identity.

These days, sometimes people are even more unreasonable than bandits.

He didn't know the character of the general in front of him. If the other party took a fancy to the caravan's property, he could blame the White Lotus Sect by killing them.

Although the Xue family in Jiangnan was just a merchant's home, it had a close relationship with Jia Guofu.

Lin Chen heard Xue Biao nodding and had a guess about the other party's identity.

in the book.

In addition to the head family of Xue Baochai, the Xue family also has a collateral uncle.

Compared to Xue Baochai, whose elder brother was called Dai Bawang, Xue Biao had a daughter and a son, and the eldest son was quite capable.

"Is there some connection between General Lin and the Xue family?"

Xue Biao saw that Lin Chen felt a little surprised when he heard him mention the name of the Xue family, so he couldn't help but ask.

Lin Chen couldn't help but chuckle in his heart when he heard this.

As expected of a businessman, he will strike up a relationship when he sees the opportunity.

"This general has only heard the limericks written by your Jiangnan Xue family."

Lin Chen suddenly looked at Xue Biao, and said with a certain meaning in his eyes, "But it is said that the harvest is so good with heavy snow, that pearls are buried in the soil, and gold is like iron."

Snow, the same as Xue.

This Xue scorpion was a human spirit, and he immediately heard the meaning behind Lin Chen's words, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Lin, General Lin, where did you hear this poem?"

"General, I forgot." Lin Chen said calmly.

But precisely because of these words, Xue Biao was in a state of confusion.

It's just that the general in front of him didn't seem to want to talk more about this matter, and instead talked about where Xue Biao's caravan came from.

After the conversation, Lin Chen frowned slightly.

"The White Lotus Sect thieves blocked the canals in the Xianping area?"

According to Xue Biao.

The Baili Cao Canal passing through Xianping is patrolled by the White Lotus Navy and no fleet is allowed to pass through.

"Does the Caoyun Yamen not care?!"

"General Lin, although the Water Transport Yamen has mobilized a canal protection fleet, the White Lotus Sect is powerful..."

Xue Biao did not say the next words.

It's just that the Caoyun Yamen didn't dare to take action and could only see the White Lotus Sect being so unscrupulous.

If the Canal Transport Yamen dared to mobilize the canal protection fleet to clean up the White Lotus Sect fleet on the Xianping Yi Cao Canal, how could it force Xue Biao to go overland?

You must know that the cost of traveling by land will increase several times. Even if this batch of goods is delivered to the capital, you will not make much money.

"Caoyun Yamen, ha." Lin Chen's eyes flashed with coldness.

The news he got from Zhao Min.

The White Lotus Sect army built a water fort in a ditch of Cao Canal and hoarded hundreds of thousands of stones of grain.

This time.

Lin Chen understood why the White Lotus Sect wanted to shrink its power and stay in Xianping City.

In the eyes of outsiders, the White Lotus Sect's move was a sign of weakness and was intended to attract the imperial army to come and besiege them.

You must know that the losses of the attacking side will definitely be greater than those of the defending side.

There is a saying in the art of war: if you are ten, you can surround it; if you are five, you can attack it.

At present, Lin Chen's total number of soldiers and horses is only a little over 40,000.

On the other hand, the White Lotus Sect has as many as 200,000 combatable soldiers gathered in Xianping City!

Look at it this way.

As long as they are not fools, the imperial court can only use siege to consume the food and grass in the city.

After all, many fortified cities in history were finally defeated because of a shortage of food in the city.

However.

The White Lotus Sect had stored enough food for them in Caoqushui Village for several months.

What puzzled Lin Chen was why the other party did this.

As the saying goes, everything happens for a reason.

Lin Chen, who had no idea what the White Lotus Sect was going to do, could only take one step at a time.

This Xue scorpion is very generous.

Lin Chen didn't expect that the box sent by the other party contained gold and silver jewelry worth tens of thousands of taels.

This is no small sum of money.

Suddenly.

Yang Qilang's energetic voice sounded outside the tent.

"Sir, the White Lotus Sect's thief general has been brought here!"

"Come in." Lin Chen gently closed the box containing the money and ordered Yang Zhi beside him. "Spend seven thousand taels to reward the horses and soldiers, and the rest will go to the nearby area to buy pigs and sheep."

Yang Zhi was startled when he heard this. He didn't expect that his general had no intention of staying at all.

For ordinary soldiers, meeting a general who drank the blood of his soldiers was a stroke of luck. How could a general ever pay for the soldiers' food?

"Um?"

When Lin Chen saw that Yang Zhi was motionless, he couldn't help but frown and look at him.

"Yes Yes!"

When Yang Zhi met Lin Chen's deep eyes, his whole body couldn't help but trembled, and he nodded quickly to express that there was no problem.

Yang Qilang watched Yang Zhi dragging a heavy box away, while he pulled Captain Niu into the military tent.

"Kneel down!"

The latter was also very sincere and knelt down directly in front of Lin Chen.

"Name." Lin Chen glanced lightly at the person in front of him.

"Niu, Niu two."

Niu Er originally thought that the imperial general in front of him would yell at him to kill him.

Unexpectedly, the general in front of him had an indifferent attitude, which made him feel a little relieved.

At least for now, it seems that the other party has no plans to behead him.

"Where did you learn that military formation technique?" Lin Chen said calmly.

"Yes, it's our protector's place..."

Protector?

According to Niu Er's explanation.

In Xianping City, the White Lotus Cult Protector selected hundreds of people to learn the military formation mentality.

Niu Er was appointed as a school captain just because he learned this military formation.

"Sir! I was just kidnapped by the thieves of the White Lotus Sect. I have no intention of becoming a thief!" Niu Er began to scream and cry miserably.

"How much of the military formation technique do you remember? Recite it one by one." Lin Chen was indifferent to this.

"this......"

Niu Er was stunned.

"Um?!"

Yang Qilang looked at Niu Er with evil intentions.

"No, sir, I don't dare to memorize that military formation mentality."

Niu Er quickly explained the reason.

"Why?"

"The holy aunt said that we all swore to Wusheng Mother that if we reveal this military formation method, we will die violently."

"If you don't carry it, I will kill you right now."

Yang Qilang whipped out his knife to scare the bully.

"Carry it, I carry it!"

Niu Er, who was about to cry but had no tears, had no choice but to open his mouth and start chanting.

"Huangshi Gongyun: Soldiers are also responsible for state affairs..."

Lin Chen listened to Niu Er's trembling recitation of the outline of the military formation method.

"Huang Shigong?"

Is he the immortal figure who threw his shoes to make things difficult for Zhang Liang three times, and then taught Zhang Liang the three strategies of Huangshi Gong?

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