No one could figure out what was going on in Yongcheng City, General Lin only knew that when he led his army to the city, the city gate was wide open, not like he was defending against foreign enemies, but like he was greeting the enemy.

He raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

The deputy general who came to the city gate one step ahead of him shook his head with a complicated expression: "My subordinates don't know what's going on, when I came here, the city gate was here, and it was never closed." I guess it's not that the defenders didn't notice the arrival of the enemy army, but deliberately opened the city gates, right? ”

General Lin's original idea was to use the prefect's head to let some of the more clever people in Yongcheng make a choice early, but things were beyond their expectations, and the other party not only made a choice, but also gave them a great surprise.

I saw that on the city gate, several heads were hanging high, and they all stared wide-eyed, including not only the heads of the prefect ordered by General Lin, but also the heads of other strangers.

"General, look over there!"

Following the guidance of his subordinates, General Lin saw a figure.

The man was dressed in blood-stained armor, riding a brown horse under his crotch, and slowly walked out of the city gate with a brocade box in his arms. He looked young, with blood and scars on his face, and there was no doubt that he was the reason why these heads were hanging high on the castle tower.

General Lin suddenly became a little interested in this back: "Who is coming?"

"Yongcheng guards the city and Liang Ping."

After walking a certain distance, the other party turned over and dismounted under the hope of countless bows and arrows, and presented the brocade box with both hands: "The heads hanging on the castle tower are all relatives and cronies of the prefect, and in order to seek the approval of the general, the last general took their lives on his own initiative. There is also this brocade box, which contains the official seal and the virus, with them, you can order Yongcheng to be all the soldiers, and the last general will offer this thing with both hands, and also with Yongcheng's hands, and hope that after the general accepts this thing, he can open the net and don't let the war spread to the city. ”

There are really not many people in the world who can think this way.

When General Lin was young, he saw a few good officials who did their best for the people, but their fate was usually not good, and most of those who survived in the officialdom were human spirits, and they were the kind of human spirits who liked to exploit the people, but I didn't expect to see people like Liang Ping in a small place like Yongcheng.

He grabbed the horse's belly and slowly came to Liang Ping: "Do you know what this means?"

Liang Ping lowered his face: "The last general knows."

It's just a reputation for rebellion, otherwise it's a death, anyway, he Liang Ping doesn't have a wife, and his family has long died in the war, so if he loses his life, he doesn't care, as long as he can protect Yongcheng.

"You look up at me."

Liang Ping did as he said, and when he looked up again, he happened to meet General Shanglin's inquiring eyes.

The other party frowned at first, and then suddenly smiled: "I promise you."

Liang Ping's high heart finally let go, he knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to General Lin hard, for himself and for all the people of Yongcheng: "Thank you, General!"

Liang Ping told his subordinates in advance that he would go out of the city with the military talisman to negotiate with the official seal, if General Lin agreed, he would kowtow on the ground in gratitude, if the other party did not agree, he would do his best to hold General Lin down, and then the archers who had been in ambush on the city tower for a long time shot him, as for his own life, Liang Ping did not care at all.

The development of things was beyond his Liang Ping's expectations, he didn't expect General Lin to be such a bold person, he originally thought that it would take more words to negotiate, but after making his position clear in a few words, he was recognized by General Lin, not only that, General Lin also made a three-chapter agreement with his soldiers and soldiers, and never harassed the people in the city......

Such a style made Liang Ping a little confused.

On the way into the city, General Lu suddenly asked, "Why?"

Liang Ping walked beside him, and he didn't react for a while when he heard this question, he looked at General Lin in a daze, and his eyes didn't blink: "What, why?"

General Lin's gaze turned in the direction of the city tower, and his expression was clear about everything: "If I was not mistaken, there should be several archers arranged on the city tower, right?" If you wanted to shoot me, you shouldn't have come so close to me, but you came close. Didn't you ever want to return to Yongcheng alive? ”

A touch of surprise flashed at the corners of Liang Ping's eyes and eyebrows, his thoughts could be seen by General Lin at a glance, and he analyzed them so thoroughly...... It's the first time they've met, so why are they so acquainted?

"Because we're the same kind of people." Once again, General Lin saw through the thoughts in his heart.

The gates of Yongcheng were wide open, and the soldiers defending the city put away their weapons and stood respectfully at their posts, while the people of Yongcheng locked themselves in their homes, and the doors of every house were closed, and no one dared to come out, only dared to observe the movement outside through the cracks in the doors and windows.

It is rumored that when the enemy enters the city, they will loot the finances of the local people, killing all the men and men, and the women will take them back and release the slaves, often breaking a city and destroying a city. But this army had no intention of burning and looting, they followed behind the general, step by step through the streets, the ranks were so neat, the military appearance was solemn, people could not associate them with the enemy.

Curious eyes followed them until the figures of the two disappeared from sight.

"What does the general mean when he says we're the same kind of people?"

General Lin suddenly turned his head, and a smile appeared on his always serious face: "Of course, it means literally. When I was younger, I was very similar to you, but more stubborn than you, and I took half a life to defend a city, but I was not as lucky as you. That city was not able to be defended later. ”

As if completely immersed in the past, General Lin's brows furrowed slightly: "Does this city have any special significance to you?" Is it worth your life? ”

Although it was not the first time he had met General Lin, it was still a bit difficult for Liang Ping to open his heart and talk to strangers like this. But after a moment of hesitation, he confessed.

"I was originally from Broken Leaf City, my father and mother died in a war many years ago, when the last general was still young, I didn't know the severity, and I guarded them for two whole days, until the army that cleaned up the battlefield came and saved my life. Later, I was taken to Yongcheng, and grew up by eating a hundred family meals, if it weren't for the neighbors who saw me pitiful and often helped me, how could an orphan survive until now? Receiving this great favor, I have been trying to find a way to repay it, I used to defend the city from the army, and today I ...... It can be regarded as a different way to protect this castle. ”

Between the words, the eight-foot-tall man's eyebrows and the corners of his eyes revealed a touch of tenderness.

General Lin saw those emotions in his eyes and silently calculated in his heart.

The Yongcheng official mansion is located in the west of the city, and all the things in the city are concentrated there on weekdays, handled by the prefect's cronies, but now the prefect and his cronies have gone to see the king of Hades, and these things are naturally delayed.

"How many people are available in the city?"

Liang Ping frowned, he didn't expect General Lin to ask this, after taking over a city, isn't the first thing to do is to completely clean it and replace it with his own manpower to prevent turmoil, this general actually did the opposite, he is not afraid that those people have different intentions?

General Lin is old, and after living for so many years, how can he not even understand the thoughts of juniors? With just one glance, he knew what Liang Ping was thinking.

Fingertips tapped on the table, and General Lin smiled and said, "You are loyal to Meng Liguo, not the prefect, why can't you use it?" You are a smart person, you must know the human nature here, who is available and who is not, you can decide who you want, just invite them. ”

Liang Ping left with a stomach full of doubts.

General Lin's words are not wrong in nature, but after thinking about it carefully, I feel that there are many mistakes and omissions, General Lin is just a general of Meng Liguo, how can he represent the entire Meng Liguo? Officials are loyal to Meng Liguo, where is the same as loyalty to him? Isn't he a rebel?

Confused and confused, but Liang Ping was not ambiguous in handling things, and soon, he invited people available in Yongcheng, most of those people were officials who had been suppressed by the prefect and his comrades, and when they learned that General Lin had killed the prefect, they were all very active, and it didn't take long for them to come to the official mansion.

General Lin personally met with them and explained the real reason why he turned his head to attack Yongcheng.

Everyone was surprised to learn that he was playing the banner of the first emperor and His Royal Highness the emperor, especially after General Lin revealed the identity of the Yan and what he had done, they felt more and more incredulous.

"The prince of a country, how can it be that a person from the rivers and lakes can pretend to be if he wants to be in the south? General, do you have any evidence? ”

"Yes."

General Lin had long thought that they would ask to see the evidence, so he was ready, he took out the first emperor's handwritten letter and token, and put it on the table for others to observe.

A well-mannered middle-aged man squeezed out of the crowd: "I have seen His Majesty's handwritten letter, let me see if the handwriting can be corrected!"

Although Yongcheng is small, it is also a border city, and the imperial court is still more concerned about the northwest border city, and His Majesty has made a decree, so there are people in Yongcheng who recognize the handwriting of the first emperor.

I saw the middle-aged man rushing to the table in three steps and two steps, staring at the content of the letter with burning eyes, and he couldn't wait to take out every stroke of the white paper and black letters.

"Is it His Majesty's handwriting?"

The man slapped the table: "This handwriting is from Your Majesty!"

The person in charge of inspecting the token next to him nodded, and also said: "This token is also true, the fancy pattern on it is for the royal family, and it is impossible for ordinary people to have it, and the degree of exquisite and complicated patterns on it can never be imitated!"