The Great Morning Party in February has just ended, and Nanjing, an ancient Chinese city built on the Yangtze River and hilly areas, welcomed a special group of visitors.

There are about fifty or sixty people in number, some wearing armor, some brocade robes and jade belts, and some in tattered clothes, but they all have one thing in common, that is, most of them are unkempt and have blood stains on their bodies.

The general flag guarding the city gate was startled, and he thought it was a group of bandits, and he thought it was incredible.

How many brainless rogues would run to Nanjing with such fanfare, what's the matter? Do you still plan to break Nanjing City and rush into the Fengtian Temple to be the emperor?

As soon as the general flag sounded the gong, the recruits of the Beijing camp stationed in the urn city poured out of the city gate like clockwork, and surrounded this group of bandits.

"Click!"

The bayonet was loaded, and hundreds of steel thorns with a sharp murderous aura were directly pressed in front of this group of people: "Dismount!" ”

There was a panic, and the frightened 'bandits' fell off their horses one after another, and several of them fell, but when the young man looked calm, he turned over and dismounted without fear of the steel knife, and said loudly.

"I am the envoy of the Annan Mission, and there are major military events to make the Celestial Empire, and I ask for a pilgrimage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire."

Hearing that this group of people was the Annan Mission, a hundred households of the new army greeted him, looked up and down, and stretched out his hand: "National letters, customs clearance documents." ”

Jian Zheng took out two letters from his waist, one of which was written with the words "Submitted to the Imperial Tour of Emperor Jianwen of the Heavenly Dynasty", and the other was written by Chen An, the king of Annam, and the other was a document issued by the political envoy of Guangxi.

The officer didn't dare to look at it, but another document proved that he had read it again, and after confirming that it was correct, the murderous aura on his face disappeared.

"It turned out to be a messenger, how did you get it like this?"

No matter how bad Annan is, it is also a subject country of millions of Dingkou, and the envoy to the Celestial Empire is like running out of the bandits' den.

Jian Zheng sighed: "The past is unbearable, don't mention it." ”

The current Annan Kingdom, the power of the government is in the hands of the general Jian Ding, Jian is the eldest son of Jian Ding, and is also the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty, the mission has a total of 200 people, most of them are the children of the princes and nobles of Annan, and their purpose is also to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, as soon as he got out of Hanoi, he didn't go far and encountered a partial army of Laos, and this meeting was also possible, since it was a tail-end chase, the 200-person mission was still a dozen people left, and the envoy also died, leaving Jian Zheng to flee into Guangxi with a dozen little brothers.

Fortunately, there are many refugees in Annan on the border of Guangxi, and Chu Hao, the political envoy of Guangxi, was also afraid that this group of envoys would be killed by bandits or something on the way before they arrived in Nanjing, so Jian Zheng selected dozens of strong and healthy refugees to serve as guards, and gave them weapons, so he rushed to Nanjing in a starry and moon-wearing manner.

Knowing that it was a serious mission, Baihu came down steadily, and seeing that Jian Zheng was reluctant to say, he didn't ask any more, and arched his hand: "Then please ask the mission to unload the armor, temporarily settle down in the urn city, and send someone to report to the boss immediately after the next step." ”

Nanjing City, foreign troops and standard weapons are not allowed to enter, even the Ming Prince's personal guards are not allowed to enter the city, the security guards of the prince's palace are responsible for the Imperial Division, Annan's mission can enter, but weapons can not enter.

"There's General Law."

Where did Jian Zheng dare to disagree, bowed in thanks, and then turned around and shouted: "Take off your armor, this is the capital of the Heavenly Empire, and it is the safest place in the world." ”

The word general made the hundred households smile, and when they heard Jian Zheng's sweet mouth, they immediately became enthusiastic and beckoned the delegation to enter the city.

"How can there be a wall inside this wall?"

In the mission, a young man was dazzled, pointing to the city and muttering: "Brother Jian, what is that, it looks so scary." ”

Jane was embarrassed on the front and slapped it over: "Something that doesn't make a difference, be quiet." This place is called the urn city, which is the area between the outer city wall and the inner city wall, and the one you just pointed to is called a cannon, which is used for war. ”

Xiao Young scratched his head: "Why do you want to build two city walls, and the cannon is big and thick, and it looks heavy, who can pick it up and fight." ”

The corners of Jian Zheng's mouth twitched violently.

"Ahem."

Baihu coughed lightly at this time: "That one wasn't taken by someone, it's a long-range firearm, do you know the firearm?" It is a large magnified firecracker, which can hit 800 paces away, and is so powerful that a single shell can kill more than a dozen people. ”

The young man's eyes straightened.

He felt that Baihu was joking with him, how could there be a weapon in the world that could hit eight hundred steps away, and the power was still so great, so who could beat the Celestial Empire in a war.

"Then you haven't said what this urn city does."

"Garrison."

Baihu pointed to dozens of small camp tents on both sides: "These are all scouts, they have to patrol outside the city at night, and the training in the barracks during the day is too noisy, so they will rest in this urn city, and those of us who defend the city will sometimes rest here when they are on duty." ”

"The Celestial Empire is so powerful, and this is the capital of the Celestial Empire, who dares to come here to be presumptuous? It's too hard for you to be so vigilant. ”

Baihu laughed, straightened his chest, and his face was full of pride: "It's because we can endure hardships that our Heavenly Empire is powerful." ”

The young man sighed and muttered, "It's so hard to be a soldier in the Celestial Empire, what's the point of being a soldier." ”

It turned out that the soldiers of the Celestial Empire who rushed out of this urn city just now were scouts on night patrol.

Jian Zheng suddenly remembered the sound of a Ming soldier striking the gong at the gate of the city just now, from the sound of the gong to the assembly of the guard, it seems that there is only a short trance, in such a short time, this group of soldiers who stayed up all night to fall asleep can quickly complete the assembly and vigilance, and prepare for battle, such an army, if Annan also has it, where do you still need to come to the Ming Dynasty for help?

Just when Jian Zheng was still thinking nonsense, a person behind him suddenly walked up to him and clenched his fists: "My lord, the Heavenly Empire has arrived, and the next task will be completed, so I will leave." ”

Jian Zheng came back to his senses and looked at the person who called him: "Guangning, you are also the current deputy envoy, enter Nanjing with me, I can't say that I will have the opportunity to see His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, this opportunity is that my father has never had such an honor in his life." ”

Jian Zheng chose guards in the Guangxi refugee camp at the beginning, and the person named Huo Guangning in front of him volunteered, not only good martial arts, but also rare and knowledgeable, Yunwen Yunwu, Jian Zheng appointed Huo Guangning as the deputy envoy of the mission, anyway, they are all temporary editors, and he Jian Zheng's so-called business is also appointed by himself.

never thought that when he arrived in Nanjing, Huo Guangning was going to leave, and Jian Zheng was very puzzled.

Anyway, he is also the deputy envoy of Annan, and he will stay in the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the future, how can he be a parasite for a lifetime and wait for death, and go to the palace to kowtow to the emperor Lao Tzu during the New Year's holidays, and he can also mix up some rewards, Huo Guangning, you are just a refugee, you have such a good opportunity, is it not good to enjoy wealth and nobility?

Huo Guangning didn't care, just smiled indifferently.

"I'm not here, I hope the adults will do it."

Seeing that Huo Guangning insisted on this, Jian Zheng had no choice but to pat Huo Guangning on the shoulder encouragingly: "In this case, I won't keep you for my brother, take care of yourself." ”

Huo Guangning bowed to the hundred households again: "The people of the subject country escorted the envoy to Beijing, and the task has been completed, so I will leave." ”

For such a man who is not greedy for wealth, Baihu is also very admirable, and nodded: "Take care." ”

Huo Guangning turned around, strode out of the urn city, took his saber from outside the city gate, turned over on his horse, raised his neck again, and looked at the towering and majestic capital of the Ming Dynasty.

(The whole group, the group number is in the introduction of this book, everyone is welcome to join the group to complain.) ）