Wang Shiqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Your Majesty, Xiahou Duan's parents were kidnapped by horse thieves. Li Yuan sent troops to destroy the horse thieves and rescued Xia Houduan's parents."
Wang Junlin nodded and did not express his opinion on the matter, but continued to ask: "Then what kind of kindness does Xiahou Duan have to these soldiers?"
Wang Shiqing seemed to have expected Wang Junlin to ask this question, and without any thought or recall, he immediately said: "Reporting to the prince, Xiahou Duan loves soldiers as much as his own son, and often gives all his military salary to those in need in his family.
Soldiers, and he supported the parents of all soldiers under his command who died in battle, for which Xiahou Duan owed a huge debt."
"Sure enough, there must be a cause for every effect!" Wang Junlin was slightly shocked, "So this person must die, but it is a pity that these more than a thousand soldiers who knew how to repay their kindness died."
"Xiahouduan!" Wang Junlin suddenly shouted loudly, "The outcome has already been determined. Since you love soldiers as much as your own children, why did you let these more than a thousand soldiers die in vain? Why didn't you put down your sword and surrender to save the lives of these more than a thousand soldiers?
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Xiahou Duan followed the voice and looked over, shouting: "Who are you?"
Wang Shiqing immediately shouted loudly: "How dare you, in front of King Qin An, Xiahou Duan, how dare you be rude."
"Hahaha..." Xiahou Duan suddenly laughed crazily, "It turns out that King Qin An is in front of him. I really don't dare to be rude, but if I have the chance, I will definitely kill King Qin An."
"Looking for death." Luo Shixin was furious, and the officers and soldiers of the Far East Army were furious. They wanted to go up and chop Xiahou Duan and more than a thousand people into pieces, but Wang Junlin stopped them.
After Wang Junlin stopped him, he didn't say anything and just looked at Xiahou Duan quietly to see how he would choose.
To be honest, Wang Junlin was a little suspicious of Xiahou Duan's motives for what he did.
Since ancient times, there have been many generals who loved their soldiers as their sons, but most of them actually did it to make the soldiers fight for them on the battlefield and be loyal to them.
Therefore, to a certain extent, the more a general does in loving his soldiers as his own sons, the greater his goals will be.
After all, there can never be a truly selfless person in this world, because this is unscientific and inconsistent with the laws and instincts of biological existence.
However, since Xiahou Duan clearly had the opportunity to escape during this war, but did not escape and decided to die here, it shows that he has no ambition and is not seeking glory and wealth.
If Xiahou Duan still doesn't care about the life and death of these soldiers after Wang Junlin made it clear, and still wants to take these people to death, then Xia Houduan is just for fame, and he is the kind of person who can die for fame.
People who die regardless of other people.
The so-called fame and fortune, why fame cannot be included in the category of profit, but must be in front of profit, because fame and fortune 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 people who would sacrifice everything, including their lives, for this kind of name before and after death.
Some of these people are worthy of respect, but some are the most evil and selfish people.
For example, those so-called great Confucian scholars and individual upright officials who killed their daughters to prove their integrity because of their own reputation.
In short, Wang Junlin wanted to verify whether Xiahou Duan was a real person.
Of course, Xiahou Duan himself died because he was loyal to Li Yuan. This can be regarded as sacrificing his life for righteousness, which is naturally worthy of admiration and respect.
However, for the sake of his own righteousness, he would rather let more than a thousand soldiers who clearly wanted to live and were loyal to him die. That would not be great, but extremely selfish.
Xiahou Duan didn't hesitate for long, and suddenly turned around and shouted to the more than a thousand soldiers under his command: "Brothers, I know you want to live, I won't force you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Houduan suddenly cut his own throat with the long knife in his hand. Before the soldiers nearby could stop him, his throat had been cut, hot blood spurted out, and he fell into a pool of blood.
Wang Junlin was finally moved and said with emotion: "I don't think this Xiahou Duan is really a person who sacrifices his life for righteousness."
"If you haven't surrendered yet, could it be that you want the whole family to become beggars and homeless people?" Wang Junlin suddenly shouted loudly.
Because of Xiahou Duan's death, the officers and soldiers of the Li family army who were all excited and filled with hatred were shocked. The hatred on their faces suddenly disappeared, and some were left with only the fear of death.
A military attache first dropped his weapon and knelt down in front of Wang Junlin. Then there was a "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, dang, d,k, t-k", and all the weapons in the hands of more than a thousand soldiers dropped their weapons and knelt in front of Wang Junlin.
Wang Junlin sighed slightly and ordered: "Someone, please return Xiahou Duan'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 give them to you and serve as your own soldiers!" Wang Junlin suddenly ordered.
Pei Yuanqing was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
On the other side, Wang Shiqing's eyes flashed, but his expression immediately returned to normal, and he didn't know what to think about.
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With the joint efforts of the Far East Army and the surrendered troops, 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 residence in Taiyuan City.
In front of the Li Mansion, Wang Xu, the head of the Wang family, and Pei Ji, the head of the Pei family, led dozens of civil and military officials to kneel down and salute Wang Junlin: "See you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Junlin nodded and said: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone, please get up! From now on, our Far East Army will not be able to kneel down and bow down under normal circumstances."
Wang Xu said loudly on behalf of everyone: "Thank you, Your Majesty. We will obey your order."
Pei Ji was not willing to lag behind and said quickly: "Your Majesty, thank you for your hard work. We are willing to serve you."
After everyone stood up, Wang Junlin said again: "I know all your merits. The Wang family broke through the west city gate. Although it was a little late, tens of thousands of people in the defenders suddenly rebelled and the uprising was all your Wang family's fault.
Thanks to you for stabilizing the situation afterwards, you are indispensable. Now Wang Xu is appointed as the prefect of Taiyuan Prefecture, and fifty more Wangs will be given admission to Fanyang College."
Wang Xu, Wang Shiqing and other members of the Wang family were immediately overjoyed, but Wang Xu's palace was very deep and his expression was always calm. At this time, he bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I, the Wang family, are willing to spend one million taels of silver as military supplies.
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But Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "Forget it for one million taels of silver, the Wang family can use 500,000 acres of fertile land as public land."
Wang Xu took a deep breath and without any hesitation, he immediately bowed and said: "I obey my orders."
Wang Junlin suddenly turned around and said to Wang Shiqing: "How many troops are surrendering now?"
Wang Shiqing hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, we have more than 34,500 enemy troops who have voluntarily surrendered and surrendered."
Wang Junlin nodded to Wang Shiqing and suddenly said to Pei Ji: "The Pei family has made great contributions 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 have surrendered to us are now handed over to you. You are their chief general. Set up another battalion with your own battalion name."
Take it, you are solely responsible for the appointment of generals in the camp, and you can just report it to the military headquarters afterwards."
Pei Yuanqing was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. He quickly dismounted his horse, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "I obey my 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.
Pei Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for trusting me, Mr. Pei."
Wang Junlin nodded and said loudly: "Where is Ning Shaobao, leader of the Hundred Swords Alliance?"
One of the nearby surrendering troops immediately ran out, bowed to Wang Junlin and said, "Ning Shaobao, the little man, comes to see the prince."
Wang Junlin said: "When you are appointed as the deputy commander of the special force, you can select 500 people from your Hundred Swords League to join the special force. Afterwards, you will follow the instructions of Zhang Tiangang, the commander of the special force, and complete the training tasks in accordance with the training regulations of the special force.
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Ning Shaobao was already ecstatic 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 position, Your Majesty, and I am willing to die for Your Majesty."
Wang Xu on the other side and Wang Shiqing behind Wang Junlin secretly hated each other, but did not dare to show it on their faces.
The young and old of the Wang family are all smart people. Although they are extremely unhappy about Ning Shaobao leaving the Wang family, they also know that they have no fault in this matter.