There is no need for the middle-aged man to be Gao Shiming, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, who is very satisfied with opening the gate of the city occupied by the rebels as a lieutenant envoy. Mao Weizhang led a group of pickets to open the door to welcome the envoy, but was stopped by Gao Shiming.

"Who among you is leading?"

Mao Weizhang stood up hard.

"Returning to the Chinese envoy, the lower official is ......"

Before he finished speaking, Gao Shiming waved his hand impatiently, "Left and right, take down this traitor and correct the law on the spot!" ”

Taking down the head of the rebels and killing them is an important means to stabilize the morale of the army, and Gao Shiming is quite decisive in his decision to kill. Mao Weizhang was also very overwhelmed by the sudden arrival of the lieutenant envoy, and he didn't expect that the lieutenant envoy would even listen to his justification, so he would be executed on the spot, and when he raised his head to see the complicated gaze in Li Xin's eyes, he couldn't help but lower his head in shame, and then glared at Zhou Jin who was following behind everyone with hatred.

Zhou Jin's face was flushed when she was glared at Mao Weizhang, and without hesitation, she immediately came forward to speak for Mao Weizhang.

"Gao Gong kept people under the knife, I am afraid that there was a misunderstanding about last night's incident, it is better to hand it over to the lower officials to investigate and deal with it clearly."

Gao Shiming rolled his eyes, he had a very bad impression of Zhou Jin, no one dared to point fingers at him and poke him, even if he was still in vain, he was also fond of him, a local sesame petty official dared to fight with him, and even intensified his questioning of his decision, he really didn't know whether to live or die.

"Do we still have to make it clear to Zhou Tong to kill the rebels?"

Gao Shiming's words were not good, Zhou Jin was swallowed and couldn't speak, what else could he say, could it be that he persuaded him to turn against Li Xin on the grounds that the prefect Xiong Kaiyuan and the lieutenant envoy Gao Shiming were at odds with Li Xin, and gave Li Xin a salary!

Li Xin is not surprised by Mao Weizhang's defection, although an official like him who is a civilian official is tied to the same rope as himself, but in the end, it is a situation where interests are combined, and under the lure and strong pressure, it is difficult to maintain so-called loyalty to a military attache who was born as a horse thief.

Although this thing betrayed him, he still felt that it was not appropriate to kill him with a knife, after all, if the head fell to the ground, the matter would be irreparably bigger, and there was no room for redemption. So Gao Shiming wants to kill Mao Weizhang, and he can't sit idly by.

"Gao Gong, can you borrow a step?"

In the final analysis, this Gao Shiming is a narrow-minded person, and he said to his face that he was afraid that he would not be able to get off the stage, so he had to pull him aside.

"This person really can't be killed lightly, as the pacification of Yiwei, he must always be punished in order to have no trouble."

Gao Shiming smiled when he heard this, and praised him for being reasonable, so he no longer insisted on killing Mao Weizhang.

"Well, then take this person into custody first and hand it over to General Li, and then clarify the canonical punishment after the investigation is clear."

In fact, since he met Gao Shiming, even Li Xin was surprised, how could this person talk so well? I remember when I was in Beijing, but I didn't like to look at myself horizontally and vertically! It's just that Gao Shiming was surprisingly enthusiastic as soon as they met, and he couldn't turn over old accounts anymore.

Suddenly, the warning of the soldiers was loud, and he saw a cavalry and horse team rolling in from the south, Gao Shiming was frightened and anxious to enter the city, and told Li Xin to help the safety of Yang and the Acropolis, and not to let the traitors approach the Acropolis.

Gao Shiming, who was originally triumphant, thought that he had recovered Yang and the Acropolis with just a few words, and he would have the capital to show off when he returned to Beijing in the future, but who knew that the traitor had cavalry outside the city, and he was suddenly frightened, and he couldn't care about the envoy's reserve and shelf.

escorted Mao Weizhang into the city, and Gao Shiming urgently ordered the soldiers guarding the city to close the city gate and put the iron gate. The cavalry stopped instantly, and the left pike-camp did not sleep all night, still standing in formation, and at this time, it was too late to enter the city, so Li Xin simply ordered the pike-battalion to turn around and prepare to meet the enemy.

Gao Shiming had a very bad sense of Zhou Jin, so he didn't bring it with him when he entered the city, and he was also very nervous at the moment, but when he saw the banner displayed in the distance, he calmed down, and recognized at a glance that these cavalry were not thieves at all, but the guards of Xiong Kaiyuan, the prefect of Datong. Zhou Jin sighed secretly, my prefect, you are late, and you are powerless to return to the sky.

Suddenly, the cannon rang out suddenly, startling Zhou Jin and hurriedly stopping Li Xin.

Li ...... General Li must not open fire, it is the prefect's guard. ”

Li Xin also wondered, he didn't give the order to open the cannon, where did the cannon sound come from?

"How did Ben order the cannon to be fired? Lord Zhou went to see it for himself. ”

Zhou Jin also looked at it, and a thin layer of snowflakes that drifted last night still fell on several iron cannons, and he knew that it was not Li Xin who fired the cannon, could it be that the cannon was fired on the city? As soon as this thought came to him, he was immediately shocked into a cold sweat. He and Xiong Kaiyuan fought with the idea of surrendering without a fight, and forced Li Xin to submit with the absolute advantage after taking Yanghe and the Acropolis, but who knew that Li Xin did not follow the path they had drawn, if he really fought, collided with the envoy, and went to the court, who could take this responsibility?

But he soon found that it was not the cannon from the city, but from the west of the acropolis, a crowd of men and horses had swarmed in, and at the head of the line was clearly the iron cannon of several soldiers advancing together. Although there was only one cannon, it still bombarded Xiong Kaiyuan's cavalry at a very fast speed, and the lead projectiles roared and smashed one by one, but they didn't hit, but hit the open space in the wilderness, and Zhou Jin's already uneasy heart rose and fell. Suddenly, a projectile smashed straight into the crowd, and immediately smashed a rider and a horse to the ground, and then bounced up at a very fast speed, bounced forward, and swept more than a dozen people in a row, and the swept people were all broken off their limbs and bones, until after three ups and downs, they lost the strength to move forward.

It was this shell that had caused an unstoppable panic in Xiong Kaiyuan's guards in public, although these guards were from the Beijing camp, and the Beijing camp was also equipped with firearms, but the Qing army had very few firearms, so there was even less chance of being directly hit by firearms. Therefore, this group of guards was in chaos in the face of the destructive power of a single shell that caused more than a dozen casualties. The anxious Xiong Kaiyuan shouted and screamed, but it had no effect, how could the cavalry fight in chaos?

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, who else could use artillery so unrestrainedly, but Heisenberg!

Zhou Jin wanted to step forward to stop Xiong Kaiyuan's advance, but in the face of the bombardment of one cannon after another, he hesitated. So with extremely complicated feelings, he watched as the soldiers and horses of the two sides were about to collide in one place.

But in the end, what he feared did not happen, and Heisenberg, after recognizing that the other party was also the flag of the Ming army, stopped at the right time and turned to a defensive state. In fact, it was not Heisenberg who was the first to identify the banner of Xiong Kaiyuan's prefect, but Shi Datuo, who walked with him.

After Xiong Kaiyuan figured out that the two sides had misunderstood, he was furious and immediately asked Li Xin to hand over the person who fired the cannon to pay for his cavalry.

The gate of Yanghe Acropolis was closed, Xiong Kaiyuan thought that the Acropolis was still under his control, and Li Xin was now under the enemy again, and he was still rampant! Therefore, he was even more rampant than Li Xin, and directly asked people to arrest all the artillerymen, and since he did not hand over the murderer, then he was arrested and lost.

Li Xin's spear battalion was not vegetarian, and immediately formed a counterattack, seeing that the two sides were about to break out, the gate of Yang and the Acropolis suddenly creaked open, and then the iron gate was raised, and a horse rushed out of the city, and a little eunuch shouted at them at the top of his voice:

"Gao Gong said, let you all stop fighting and go to the city!"

Li Xin was very cooperative, and he could feel that Gao Shiming was not an enemy of himself here. Xiong Kaiyuan was confused, which Gao Gong dared to shout at his head again, how could it be reasonable. He reflected that it was really fast enough, and he immediately found out that the needless person who passed the message was a eunuch, since this person was called Gao Gong, then it was very likely that it was Gao Shiming, the envoy sent by the imperial court.

Xiong Kaiyuan gasped, saying that the envoy actually entered the city, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember it in a hurry.

"What the father-in-law said is high-level, but the celebrant is high-spirited?"

"Exactly!"

The little eunuch's impression of Xiong Kaiyuan is similar to that of Zhou Jin, and he feels that he is also an eye-opener, and even Gao Gong can't recognize them, but he wants to make them look good. After saying the two words, he didn't even glance at Xiong Kaiyuan, so he went straight to Li Xin, and immediately put on a smiling face and invited him into the city. This Li Xin is not simple, even the cabinet scholars can't defeat him, and now Long Live even added an official to the knighthood to show his favor, so he will be accompanied by a smiling face.

The little eunuch's hot and cold distinction made Xiong Kaiyuan feel humiliated, and scolded him in his stomach for looking down on people, and he was lucky for half the weather, but it was inconvenient to deal with him face-to-face, and said in his heart, when he saw Gao, he would definitely give you a good look.

Liu Yuliang once deliberately confessed that Gao Shiming was their ally, and this person came to give Li Xin a fatal blow at the critical moment. But this person's subordinates made such a scene, and the disgust in his heart was as disgusting as eating a fly.

It's useless to say more, Xiong Kaiyuan beckoned, "Follow this official into the city!" ”

Who knew that the little eunuch shouted again: "Hey, hey, what about you, Gao Gong said, you are not allowed to bring troops into the city!" ”

The little eunuch tossed Xiong Kaiyuan enough, and then let the two of them enter the city with their entourage. Gao Shiming didn't talk nonsense, read the holy decree in public, and personally handed over the emperor's sword to Li Xin. Then he let out a long breath, "Our family's mission is over, and we should go back to Beijing to resume our lives!" After speaking, he pointed at Xiong Kaiyuan again, "Lord Xiong, you have to come up with real evidence to sue in the future, don't blame our family for not reminding you, Banzai has already chosen another person to investigate this matter, you have a psychological preparation!" ”

After speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left, as if he didn't want to stay for a moment!

The emperor's reward for Li Xin's official reward shocked Xiong Kaiyuan's heart for a while.

Gao Shiming walked a few steps and suddenly turned back, "What else does Lord Xiong want to say?" ”

Xiong Kaiyuan couldn't understand why Gao Shiming sided with Li Xin, and why the emperor didn't deal with the charge of impeaching Li Xin, but instead gave him an official and a knight. He didn't know what happened in Jingshi to turn the situation around, but when he looked at Gao Shiming, his eyes were clearly full of sympathy and disgust, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom.