After a pause, Li Xingchen continued: "Even if the Governor and General Wu Yi are face to face, I am afraid they will be gratified to hear that your brothers have so many lessons and experiences. An army that knows how to learn from experience and work hard is the best.
The army that I, Chen, rely on as the mainstay."
The surrounding soldiers held their breath subconsciously. It was obvious that Li Xinchen's words touched their hearts, and even raised their bragging after drinking to a higher level, which naturally made them have a better impression of Li Xinchen.
This person really knows how to talk!
Li Xingchen glanced at Yuan Ying, who was frowning, and said with a smile: "When Yuan Canjun opened his mouth, he said that the soldiers slandered General Wu Yi or slandered the Governor. I don't know who Yuan Canjun heard what he said, and how he got it.
You know, can you point out that person, and can you tell me exactly what that person said, so that you, the soldiers, and I can understand?"
Beads of sweat appeared on Yuan Ying's forehead, and the surrounding soldiers looked at him with wide eyes. There was vague anger beating in each of their eyes. Yuan Ying wanted to throw dirty water on them. They
Of course I don't want to. Even if I say such words to slander my boss unintentionally, I will definitely not admit it at this time.
At this time, Yuan Ying also realized that she had fallen into Li Xingchen's trap. In fact, Li Xingchen's counterattack method was the same as his, which was to mobilize these soldiers. After all, although Yuan Ying's words were reasonable for these soldiers, it also meant that
Since they have to pay a certain price for slandering their boss, of course they are not willing to do so.
Looking around subconsciously, Yuan Ying found that the surroundings were already filled with soldiers "waiting for his explanation", and the few followers following him had long since disappeared.
"Brothers, beat this guy for slandering us!" I don't know who yelled first, and then the soldiers who just wanted to fight with red eyes turned towards Yuan in unison.
Ying rushed over.
Regarding this somewhat dramatic change, Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly. He could only hope that Yuan Canjun was thick-skinned, but considering that he was very thick-skinned, he should be fine. Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie, who were next to him, also looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
, it was obvious that Li Xingchen's retort, or rather his method of inciting military morale, made them secretly admire him.
There is nothing more brilliant than treating a person's body in his own way.
In fact, all these soldiers needed was someone to vent to, for any reason. So Li Xingchen simply changed the reason for their venting from the topic of who is more powerful, Wu Mingche or Xiao Mohe, to Yuan Ying's desire to slander them. In this way, he cleverly
This avoided the formation of suspicion among the army sergeants towards Xiao Maha.
"Let's go, we shouldn't have to worry about it here." Pei Zilie chuckled, "At least we beat Yuan Ying, and the soldiers here have acquiesced in the handover between General Xiao and the Governor. The morale of the military is still Xiao's
The general has reserved a private room on the second floor. Why don't we go in and have a few drinks to rest... The wine in this restaurant is really not that good."
Li Xingchen also nodded. In fact, all he did was reinterpret Yuan Ying's words from the perspective of a soldier. In the final analysis, everything was so easy, mainly because of Xiao Mohe's reputation among the soldiers.
For these soldiers who have fought countless battles for the rest of their lives, they respect the truly strong. Yuan Ying wants to provoke the soldiers to trust Xiao Mohe or Wu Mingche with just a few words, which is a bit naive.
"Could the governor of Yangzhou send such a small fish and shrimp?" Xiao Shilian frowned and looked at the chaos downstairs. Yuan Ying didn't need to think about it. The end would not be much better. Especially if the law does not blame everyone, even Wu Mingche and Xiao
If Maha really wanted to punish, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to do anything to these hundreds of people.
More importantly... Wu Mingche and Xiao Shilian would definitely not stupidly punish the soldiers who came to protect them. Most of the time, this matter would have passed by turning a blind eye.
"General Wu Yi has a good reputation in the army. Naturally, the governor of Yangzhou would not expect to start from here." Pei Zilie said with a wry smile, "If someone is the governor of Yangzhou, he will definitely work more on the generals. After all, these soldiers will still have to work in the end.
Those who obey the orders of their own generals, as long as they can win over the generals, it doesn't matter if the people below are dissatisfied."
"The main thing is what the governor of Yangzhou wants," Li Xingchen said with his hands on the table and frowning, "whether it is a large army loyal to him or General Wu Yi who is loyal to him. He wants a large army...
···Will Your Majesty agree?”
Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian's expressions changed slightly, and they looked at each other subconsciously.
You must know that although Chen Xu always kept Chen Shuling outside, he never gave Chen Shuling complete control over the army. Whether it was Fan Yi or Wu Mingche, although they seemed to be on an equal footing with Chen Shuling, they even had to
They were one level below him, but in fact the army was in their hands. Wu Mingche was responsible for the offensive on the eastern front, and Fan Yi was responsible for the defense on the western front. The division of labor was clear. This was clearly a posture that did not intend to give Chen Shuling a chance to control the army.
Now even if there are problems with the transition of military power from Wu Mingche to Xiao Mohe, Chen Xu will not sit back and watch the army be controlled by his second son, because this will only cause the struggle between Chen Shubao and Chen Shuling to change from the previous secret stumbling block.
It becomes finally clear and white-hot.
Once Chen Xu intervenes, Chen Shuling will only lose all his previous efforts.
Is it inevitable that Li Xingchen, Pei Zilie and others can see through it, but Chen Shuling can't? Now Chen Xu is only over fifty years old, which is not considered old. Of course, he still has the strength to fight wits and courage with his own son. As long as Chen Shuling
If he wasn't stupid, he wouldn't challenge his father's authority at this time. Chen Xu intervened, and Chen Shuling didn't even have the ability to fight back.
"No, the governor of Yangzhou will definitely not force General Wu Yi to give up the power of controlling the army, because that means that he will also give up everything he has worked hard for." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "He will finally give up his power.
The best option is to force General Wu Yi to remain neutral."
"Xin Chen, what do you mean..." Xiao Shilian was startled for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
Pei Zilie played with the wine glass on the table: "Brother Li is right. Everything the Yangzhou governor is doing now, whether it is to instigate soldiers or contact the lieutenant generals, is actually more to let General Wu Yi see what he can do in his hands.
The power he mastered allowed General Wu Yi to retreat in the face of difficulties. As for the governor of Yangzhou, he now has an advantage in terms of age and merit. The previous attitude of the governors not helping each other was actually very beneficial to him. As long as General Wu Yi continued
Maintaining this attitude is enough."
"But..." Xiao Shilian was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the food and wine prepared on the table. He frowned helplessly, "With dad's temperament, he definitely won't..."
Li Xingchen and Pei Zilie looked at each other and nodded at the same time.