In the city of Jinan, the prefect Shi Guangzhuo has been woken up.

Shi Guangzhuo is the sixth year of Yanguang Jinshi, the first grant of Jiangxi Dehua County, after the completion of his father's funeral clothes, he made up for the order of Maoming County, Guangdong, and was promoted to the head of the household department in Nanjing.

At this time, when he heard that the commander of the Shenshu Camp called for the city gate to be opened outside the city, he instantly fell asleep.

"Your Majesty has arrived in Jinan?"

The person who reported the news didn't know, Shi Guangzhuo thought about it, and then rushed to the city wall to look down.

In the dark night before dawn, I saw shadows under the city, no cars and only horses, and it didn't look like His Majesty had come at all.

In this way, Shi Guangzhuo did not dare to open the city gate.

Who knows who is here, and what if the rebels or some other people come to cheat the city gates, and be slaughtered again.

In recent years, the Qing army and the rogues have continued to invade the country, and the prefect of Jinan alone has died twice. Learned from the past, Shi Guangzhuo was naturally a little more careful.

The people in the city were obviously impatient when they saw that they had not opened the city gate for so long. There are also soldiers called the city, and the Tao is Huaiyuan Marquis in person.

After a while, a signal was hoisted in the hanging basket, and it was really Huaiyuanhou signal.

This kind of thing is not a big deal, and there is no prince in this state capital. But Huaiyuanhou's exploits in Liaodong have long been spread, and no one knows.

On the other hand, most of Shandong's troops were along the coast of Denglai, and the civil and military officials there had long regarded themselves as the men and horses of the Marquis of Huaiyuan.

Shi Guangzhuo is also very envious of those people, not to mention anything else, Wu Pei, the prefect of Laizhou, just knotted the second brother of the Marquis of Huaiyuan and became the governor of Shandong; Today's Shandong Zuobu political envoy Qian Chengyun was only taken away from his post and imprisoned last year, also because he took refuge in Huaiyuanhou and returned to the ranks of second-class officials in just one year.

After these two people were promoted, they did not come to Jinan, and they still nested in Jiaodong, supporting their own troops, obviously intending to support the king of Qi to divide one side.

Now that His Majesty has fled from Beijing, the world is changing. Tonight, Huaiyuanhou, the leader of the Qi Wang party, finally came to Jinan in person......

Shi Guangzhuo thought about it and became more and more hesitant. It's not that he didn't think about taking refuge in King Qi, the question is what is the future of King Qi?

- Will he be like Li Heng of Tang Suzong who quelled the Anshi Rebellion? Or is it like Song Gaozong Zhao Gou who was in Nandu? Or even like Zhao Yu, the young emperor of the Song Dynasty who died in the country?

Shi Guangzhuo is not without choice, in fact, the secret cabinet in his study not only contains Tang Zhongyuan's edict, but also Zheng Yuanhua's secret letter.

Anyway, no matter who is in charge of the house in this world, there is always a need for these officials in the local government.

Now, Wang Xiao is here in person, and this is his third choice......

Shi Guangzhuo was undecided, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he sent people to invite Yu Xingguo, the political envoy of Shandong, and Jiang Juren, the general of Jinan, and other civil and military personnel.

The three of them took the letter of the Marquis of Huaiyuan and looked at it again and again for a while, and did not open the city gate, but only discussed the authenticity of the letter and whether it was really the Marquis of Huaiyuan.

This move looks very silly, making people think that these officials are stupid, and it is impossible to distinguish the authenticity of a signal.

But Shi Guangzhuo understands that in the final analysis, Yu Xingguo and Jiang Juren have their own ideas.

Yu Xingguo seems to be more inclined to take refuge in the side of the emperor and grandson of Jiangnan; Jiang Juren was afraid of fighting the Swiss army and had the heart to surrender.

"The city gate is not easy to open, if it is a thief who pretends to send someone to open the city gate by fraud, then the city will be full of life. We should be cautious when we are guarding the side. ”

"What the envoy said is very ......"

Jiang Juren was halfway through his speech, when he suddenly heard a "bang", but it was the officers and soldiers under the city who let go of it.

Then someone shouted: "Marquis Huaiyuan entered Liao to kill the captives, led 30,000 men to contain the main force of Jiannu, solved the crisis in the Central Plains, and now personally led the army back to escort His Majesty back to the south." If you can't wait to open the city gate, have you betrayed me Dachu and want to meet with Hou Ye's soldiers?! ”

On the city tower, Jinan Wenwu heard the word 'big army', his face changed, and he became uneasy.

But I heard a soldier under the city wall shouting: "The old slave and the head of the slave chief are here!" ”

Shi Guangzhuo looked at it, and saw that the soldiers of the city were holding two long rods, one was carrying a skull, and the other was a completely rotten head, although I don't know if it was really the head of the old slave and the slave chief, but it was also terrifying.

Thinking of Wang Xiao's exploits again, his heart trembled for no reason.

"How...... What to do? ”

A group of civil and military officers looked at each other, and when they were a little dazed, they suddenly heard a loud squeak.

"Who's opening the gates?!"

Jiang Juren shouted, his face was already blue.

~~

The Jicheon Gate to the east slowly opened.

Wang Xiao rode in, with a coldness in his eyes.

Whether the civil and military forces in Jinan City are cautious or have their own thoughts, he naturally knows. Today is that he came first, if Wang Zhen and they were pursued by King Wu Yan here, Jinan City still did not open the city gate, and the consequences were ...... He was furious at the thought of it.

The horse's hooves stepped into the city gate, and I saw a man in armor bowing down beside the city gate, and shouted: "The last general, Xu Dian, the guerrilla general of Jinan, meet the Hou Ye." ”

Wang Xiao turned his head to look at Xu Dian a few times.

……

Xu Dian was twenty-seven years old at the time, born in a military family, and in the eleventh year of Yanguang, he built a slave and entered the fortress, and Chu Ting sent the Jinan garrison north to aid Dezhou, and Xu Dian was among them. After the defeat of the Chu army in Dezhou, Xu Dian returned to Jinan with the defeated army and saw a scene full of devastation.

His father Xu Yang died in the city tower with the governor Song Xuezhu, and all the seventeen members of his family also died.

Xu Dian cried for two days in the burned remnants, attacked his father's military position, and rose from deputy Qianhu to guerrilla general in seven years.

He had never forgotten the blood feud.

In Jinan City, there are many people like him.

When Wang Xiao asked people to provoke the so-called 'heads of old slaves and slave chiefs', he knew that someone would open the city gate for him.

Although the head is fake, his brilliant military exploits in Liaodong are all real......

"General Xu, please get up." The king laughed, "Why are the gates of the city only being opened now?" ”

Xu Dian got up and responded: "The last general didn't get the order to open the city, he heard that it was the Hou Ye who came, so he took it upon himself to open the city." ”

"What if it's a fake Huaiyuanhou?"

"No, the last will test the signal."

"Since the signal has been tested, why didn't you give the order to open the city gate?"

Although he asked repeatedly, Xu Dian also understood what Wang Xiao meant. After thinking about it, he replied: "I think the princes have their own considerations. ”

"Good!"

Wang smiled and praised, but he didn't know what he was praising it.

Xu Dian's waist straightened.

He understood that the Huaiyuan Marquis in front of him didn't play with those false and unjust things.

"How many men do you have?" Wang Xiao asked with a smile.

"The last general commanded 3,600 people, and the actual amount was 2,000." Xu Dian raised his hand and pointed to the soldiers on the city tower, and said: "A thousand people here all admire the great merits and virtues of the Marquis of Huaiyuan who drove the north to build captives and killed the slave chiefs, and they are all willing to saddle the horse for the Hou Ye, and never change their will." ”

Wang Xiao glanced at the city wall.

- 3,600 troops, 1,000 who can use it...... Fortunately, there are still 1,000 people. I'm afraid that it will be more erosive in other places.

He nodded and said, "You are with Ben Hou." ”

Xu Dian was overjoyed and replied loudly: "Yes!" ”

~~

On the city tower, a group of civil and military personnel in Jinan hurriedly rushed down to greet Wang Xiao.

Things have developed so far, and it is obviously not possible to use the excuse of not knowing the truth of the signal, and there is no bottom in the hearts of the people.

"The old man of the lower officials is dizzy, he can't see clearly in the night, and he doesn't dare to be specialized, so please ask the right political envoy to ask, it's too late to open the city gate, please forgive the Hou Ye." Shi Guangzhuo saluted first.

Wang Xiao swept his eyes on his face, and said lightly: "When the soldiers are in danger and fierce, it is good to be cautious." ”

His face made people unable to see joy and anger, and the hearts of the civil and military forces in Jinan became more and more panicked.

"Hou Ye is traveling under the stars and nights, it must be very hard, so Xia Guan will prepare a house for Hou Ye to rest......"

"No need, where is the Jinan general?"

Jiang Juren stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "The last general, Jiang Juren, has seen Master Hou." ”

"Come here."

Jiang Juren was stunned for a moment, hesitated slightly, and stepped forward.

Wang Xiao patted him on the shoulder with his hand, leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Did the thief write to you?" ”

Jiang Juren was shocked, and subconsciously wanted to press his hand on the knife.

Immediately afterwards, several generals beside Wang Xiao looked over here, with a sense of deterrence in their eyes.

Wang Xiao saw Jiang Juren's reaction, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, smiled, and patted his hand on Jiang Juren's shoulder again.

"Nervous, you're not the only one who received it, go, bring me the letter......"