The news that Kim Jong-seo was sent to guard the gate of Namseong soon spread in Seoul, causing an uproar in Seoul officialdom, and everyone was surprised by the news.

Because it was Li Yuntian's intention for Jin Zongrui to go to the south gate to guard, although the officials were talking about it in private, and Jin Zongrui was quite uneven, no one dared to express it clearly, it was an out-and-out death.

Li Jue smiled slightly after learning about this, he knew that Li Yuntian was testing Jin Zongrui, Jin Zongrui's heart was too high, so it was not an overnight thing to completely subdue him, this kind of ups and downs in life was the best tempering for a person like Jin Zongrui who had a smooth sailing career.

Although Jin Zongrui went to the south gate, he expressed his resistance to this matter with practical actions, and sat directly under the big tree at the city gate to sleep.

Anyway, someone else has already come, and the Ming soldiers and North Korean military attachés in charge of the defense of Seoul will not care about him, so he naturally wants to be lazy to sleep, does he really want to check the people and goods entering and leaving the city gate like the city gate officials?

The Ming army didn't care about Jin Zongrui because he had no affiliation with the North Korean army, and the generals of the North Korean State were all subordinates of Jin Zongrui, so naturally no one cared about him, which made Jin Zongrui happy to be idle.

In the civilian area north of Seoul, an ordinary family.

A round-faced man wearing the uniform of a military attache of the Korean army knocked on the courtyard door, vigilantly looked around to make sure that the situation was normal, and then flashed into the courtyard.

"How's it going?" In the hall of the courtyard, a man with a national character face who was also wearing a North Korean military uniform saw the round-faced man coming, and hurriedly greeted him, and asked with a concerned expression.

"It's true, Lord Jin is really at the city gate, sleeping under a tree." The round-faced man nodded, and then an angry look appeared on his face, "Lord Kim is the mainstay of my North Korean army, and it is really hateful to be humiliated like this!" ”

"There are 20,000 of our elite soldiers in Seoul, if Lord Jin can lead us, then we can drive the Ming army away!" The man with a national character face frowned slightly when he heard this, and then said to the round-faced man with an expressionless face.

"My lord, are you going to invite Lord Kim to act with you?" Hearing this, the round-faced man suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face, "If Lord Jin can participate, the army in the city will definitely support us!" ”

Although Kim Jong-seo was the deputy commander of the Korean Metropolitan Division, he was the leader of the reorganization of the Korean army, and in addition to Kim Jong-seo's great prestige in the Korean army, the 20,000 Korean soldiers in Seoul would definitely follow Kim Jong-rui's orders, so their hopes of defeating the Ming army in Seoul would be greatly increased.

Speaking of which, the reason why the round-faced man has such confidence in the Korean army is precisely because of the reform of the Korean army promoted by Li Yuntian, so that the 100,000 troops in the Korean army are composed of young and middle-aged people, coupled with superior accommodation and systematic training methods, the combat effectiveness of the Korean army has doubled.

"I'll go to see Lord Jin in two days, now the time for the arrival of the Ming Emperor's reply to the holy decree is getting less and less, we have to do things before we do, otherwise it will be difficult to think about things again once the wood is already in the boat." The man with the national character face nodded when he heard this, and said affectionately and seriously.

"My lord, the Seoul Division of the Wutang is heavily guarded, and in recent days, he has secretly observed it, and found that there are at least hundreds of Ming troops inside, and we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to capture the loyal prince before the reinforcements of the Ming army arrive!"

At this time, the round-faced man groaned for a while, and said to the man with a worried face, the so-called capture the thief first captures the king, the strength of the Ming army in Seoul is as high as 20,000, and they are all elite troops of the Ming army.

Therefore, according to the plan of the man with the face of the national character, they must first restrain Li Yuntian, only in this way can they have a chance of winning, otherwise, once Li Yuntian escapes, the consequences will be unimaginable, although the army of the Korean State has been reorganized, but it is still not the elite opponent of the Ming army stationed in Seoul, and it cannot fight with it for a long time.

Therefore, in the eyes of the national-faced men, their only chance was to quickly attack the Hancheng Office of Jiangwutang and find Li Yuntian before the Ming army rushed to support, and the Ming army would not dare to act rashly after taking Li Yuntian as a hostage.

However, the biggest difficulty now is the lack of manpower of the man with the national character face, and the Hancheng Division of the Wutang covers a very large area, after all, the Wutang is rich and rich, which makes it a lot of Ming troops, most of which are Li Yuntian's guards, these guards are the elite of the elite of the Ming army, and they are all people who have experienced the test of life and death on the battlefield, so if there are not enough troops, it is difficult to attack the Wutang Division.

Therefore, the man with the national character face needs to gather manpower, but his power is limited, so he has to target Jin Zongrui, hoping to use Jin Zongrui's power to achieve the goal of preventing North Korea from being annexed to the Ming Dynasty.

That's right, the man with the face of the national character and the man with the round face were the officials of the Shaozhuang faction who tried to disadvantage Li Yuntian, who, like Jin Zongrui, thought that Li Zhang's announcement of the annexation of the Korean state to the Ming Dynasty was a helpless move after being threatened, so they wanted to prevent this from happening.

For these young officials with strong blood, they are not afraid of life and death, and they want to be loyal to the royal family and leave a name in history, and do not think that their actions are wrong and crazy.

Li Yuntian felt very helpless about these young Zhuang officials, although those people acted stupidly, but he admired their courage to put life and death out of the way.

Those officials of the Shaozhuang faction only thought of driving away the Ming army and keeping the Korean state, but they ignored the terrible consequences that might be brought about by provoking the Ming Dynasty, and the annexation of the Korean state was an important military strategy formulated by Li Yuntian, so as long as Li Yuntian avoided this catastrophe, he would definitely go all out to encircle and suppress them, and no one would be allowed to sabotage the plan to annex the Korean state.

If Li Yuntian is unfortunately killed in the conflict, then the Korean state will definitely suffer a catastrophe, and the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty will definitely fully support the war against the Korean state, otherwise how can the face of the Ming Dynasty exist? How to vent the anger of the martial arts soldiers?

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, it is not a wise move for the man with a national character face and a man with a round face to choose to confront Li Yuntian, it is an out-and-out crazy move.

"Now it's only one try." The man with the national character face knew the worries of the round-faced man, and after a deep groan, he said resolutely, "Daming has a good saying, the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road, although we are at a disadvantage, as long as everyone moves forward bravely, we will definitely be able to create a miracle." ”

The round-faced man couldn't help but nod when he heard this, after all, they were facing His Royal Highness the Loyal King of the Ming Dynasty this time, and things would definitely not be smooth sailing, but just like the man with the national character face said, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, in order to prevent North Korea from being incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, they must fight, even if the whole army is wiped out.

Speaking of which, "the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road" is still a phrase said by the instructor of the Ming army when reorganizing the Korean army, and it was regarded as a classic by the Korean soldiers and liked it quite much.

No one thought that the man with the national character face and the man with the round face would actually use the practice of this sentence on Li Yuntian, you must know that the instructors who trained the new Korean army were all from the subordinate units of the Jiangwutang, and Li Yuntian was the founder of the Jiangwutang.

However, it can be seen that the situation of these young Zhuang faction officials is not good, and their actions against Li Yuntian this time are undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg, so they all have the determination to die, and there is also a bit of tragedy in it.

"Master, are you really going to break into the secretary office of the Lecture Hall?" After the round-faced man left, a young woman in her thirties entered the room with a baby of about one year old in her arms, and asked the man with a frowning national character face worriedly.

"How do you know?" The man with the national character face was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at the young woman with a stunned expression, never expecting that she would know such a hidden thing.

"Husband, you suddenly let our mother and son go back to their parents' house, and also prepared a lot of softness, the concubine naturally felt strange, so I paid attention to your usual behavior, and found that you have behaved very differently in recent years, so I listened to your conversation outside the window just now, and I didn't expect you to deal with Prince Zhong!"

A sad look flashed in the young lady's eyes, and she said to the man with a national character face faintly, "Husband, what kind of person is the loyal prince, even His Royal Highness the Lord has to be very respectful when he sees him, how can you do it?" ”

"Lady, Daming forced His Royal Highness to annex North Korea to Daming this time, and the husband, as the military attache of North Korea, has the responsibility of protecting the family and protecting the country, and he can't bear it, and he can't sit back and watch North Korea be annexed by Daming like this."

Hearing this, a gloomy look appeared in the eyes of the man with a national character face, and he stepped forward and said solemnly, "Although we are small, we also want to let Daming know that North Korea will not be wantonly bullied by it!" ”

"Husband, after you act this time, the world will definitely shake, and where can our mother and son go?" The young woman knew that the man with the face of the country had made up her mind, so she sighed and said quietly.

Obviously, once the man with the face of the national character leads the crowd to attack the Hancheng Division, whether it is successful or not, his family will inevitably be executed by the government in the end, because the Ming Dynasty will eventually exterminate all those who resist, and then hold the families of those who resist responsible.

"You don't have to worry, I've already arranged it." Hearing this, the man with a national character face comforted the young woman in a deep voice, "You can hide in the countryside for the time being, and then take a boat to Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, and a distant relative of mine will take in your mother and son!" ”

"When you settle down over there, find someone to marry, raise the children, and don't tell them how I died!" As he spoke, a gloomy look appeared on the face of the man with the national character face, and he said with a smile.

"Husband!" The young woman's tears flowed when she heard this, she knew that the man with the face of the country was doing this with the determination to die this time, so she gave up the idea of persuasion, and it was obvious that no matter how she persuaded the man with the face of the country, he would not turn back.

"You can leave in the next two days, and I can rest assured when you leave." The man with the face of the Chinese character stepped forward to check on the baby that the young woman was holding, and said to the young woman in a deep voice, he knew that once he led the crowd to attack the Hanseong office of Jiangwutang, then he would definitely be wanted by his wife and children in the eight provinces of Korea.

"Dad and mother, what should they do, do you want to take them with you?" The young woman wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked faintly, the parents of the man with the national character face were also in Seoul, but in another residence.

"Lord Zhong is not the kind of person who loves to kill, and he will not implicate his parents." The man with the national character face was stunned for a moment, and said slowly, "Even if they are implicated, they will not take their lives, and the husband is not filial and can only repay the kindness of his parents in the next life!" ”

The young woman's tears couldn't help but flow down her eyes again, she really couldn't understand why the man with the national character face knew that there was a dead end in front of him and still ran into it!

"Pick up the children from my dad tomorrow, and we'll have a reunion dinner as a family." The man, pretending not to see the tears on the young woman's cheeks, reached out and hugged the baby in her arms, teasing the baby as he spoke.

The young woman nodded, then crouched down to cover her mouth and wept bitterly, knowing that tomorrow's reunion dinner would be the last time the family would be together.

The young woman of Jia'an, a man with a national character face, cried sadly, and wanted to open her mouth to comfort her, but the corners of her mouth squirmed a few times and swallowed back the words that came to her mouth, he really didn't know what to say.

Seoul, South Gate.

In a daze, Jin Zongrui, who was napping there, was awakened by a noise, and when he opened his eyes, he saw two groups of people at the city gate confronting and arguing there, one group was the North Korean soldiers at the city gate, and the other group was dressed as a domestic servant, and it seemed that they were the descendants of a large family.

Since the defense of Seoul was guarded by the Ming army, there were still Ming soldiers on duty at the city gate, but they did not intervene in the dispute, but just watched from afar.

According to the rules set by Li Yuntian, the Ming army was only in charge of defense and checked the pedestrians entering and leaving the city gate, and finally the North Korean side was responsible for entering the city to collect taxes, and the Ming army was not allowed to intervene.

"I can't even sleep well in this place!" Jin Zongrui yawned, stretched lazily and then got up and walked over to check, he didn't want to care about this kind of trivial matter, but since he was now the supreme governor of the Korean side of the South Gate, he had to check it out, so as not to be troubled by others at that time.

"This is the goods of the right imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, how many heads do you have and dare to collect taxes!" As soon as Kim Jong-seo approached, he heard a stout man who looked like a domestic servant shouting at a thin and tall Korean military attache in front of him, poking his finger in the chest of the military attache as he spoke, and his arrogance was very arrogant.

"Today, the political envoy issued an order for us to strictly investigate the tax on goods entering the city, and according to the regulations, you should tax two hundred taels of silver!" The tall and thin military attache knew that it was not easy to provoke a stout man waiting for heat, so he explained with a smile.

Normally, they turn a blind eye to this kind of tax evasion, but today the political envoy suddenly issued a strict order to prohibit those goods that have not paid taxes from entering Seoul, otherwise they will wait to go to prison.

Therefore, the thin and tall military attache strengthened the inventory today, and did not let those goods that had not paid taxes into the city, and some cargo owners were more "reasonable" to pay the taxes, but some cargo owners were arrogant and unreasonable, such as this stout man, who did not want to pay taxes by relying on the power of his master.

"Hmph, Lao Tzu doesn't pay a penny, see what you can do with Lao Tzu, if you delay the matter of the right Yu Shi, you just wait for bad luck!" The stout man couldn't listen to the thin and tall military attaché at all, his hands filled his chest, and he glared at the thin and tall military attache viciously, "There will be no regret medicine at that time!" ”

When the thin and tall military attache heard this, he immediately stood there with an embarrassed face, not wanting to offend the right Yu Shi, but also worried about being punished by the political envoy, and was in a dilemma for a while, and was stuck there with the other party.

"What's going on?" Jin Zongrui already knew what was going on from the brief conversation between the two sides, so he stepped forward and asked the tall and thin military attache deliberately and quietly.

"My lord, they don't pay taxes." The thin and tall military attache breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Jin Zongrui coming, and hurriedly bowed back and said.

The stout man stood on the truck and looked condescendingly at Kim Zongrui, who was wearing a training uniform of the North Korean army, without any official rank mark, which was very wear-resistant and dirt-resistant, and was specially introduced by the Ming army instructors when the new army of the DPRK was reorganized for daily training.

Of course, Jin Zongrui couldn't wear his official robe when he came to the city gate to guard this time, so he wouldn't be ashamed, but he couldn't wear civilian clothes, so he thought of this training uniform, which could just come in handy.

Therefore, when the stout man saw Jin Zongrui in a somewhat white training uniform, he thought that this old guy was the head of the North Korean soldiers guarding the door, and he was an eight-rank petty official, so he didn't take him seriously.

"It's only right to go into the city to pay taxes, why don't you pay them?" Hearing this, Jin Zongrui looked at the stout man and asked with a frown.

"Hmph, you want to collect taxes from my family? You don't pee on what your virtues are! The stout man sneered when he heard this, leaned over and pointed at Jin Zongrui and threatened, "If you know each other, get out of the way, otherwise my family will let you die and you won't know how to die!" ”

Jin Zongrui didn't expect the stout man to be so arrogant, his brows furrowed, and then he stepped forward and grabbed the stout man's belt and pulled it down.

"Oops!" The stout man didn't expect Jin Zongrui to come with such a hand, without the slightest defense, he fell out of the car all of a sudden, fell face down and gnawed on a dog, and nosebleeds flowed down the corners of his mouth.

"Call Lao Tzu!" Seeing this, the subordinates on the side hurriedly picked up the stout man who fell to the ground and groaned, the stout man reached out and touched the nosebleed on his face, and suddenly became furious, pointing at Jin Zongrui and shouting, "Beat, kill this old dog for Lao Tzu!" ”

Hearing that the stout man called himself an "old dog", Jin Zongrui stepped forward and kicked on the stout man's lower abdomen, and the stout man flew backwards with a muffled snort, and fainted after spurting a mouthful of blood from his mouth.

Seeing this situation, the pedestrians who came in and out around were suddenly stunned, and looked at the scene in front of them in a daze, no one thought that a small city gate official would dare to beat the subordinates of the right Yushi in public. I don't know how to die if you want to die! ”

Jin Zongrui didn't expect the stout man to be so arrogant, his brows furrowed, and then he stepped forward and grabbed the stout man's belt and pulled it down.

"Oops!" The stout man didn't expect Jin Zongrui to come with such a hand, without the slightest defense, he fell out of the car all of a sudden, fell face down and gnawed on a dog, and nosebleeds flowed down the corners of his mouth.

"Call Lao Tzu!" Seeing this, the subordinates on the side hurriedly picked up the stout man who fell to the ground and groaned, the stout man reached out and touched the nosebleed on his face, and suddenly became furious, pointing at Jin Zongrui and shouting, "Beat, kill this old dog for Lao Tzu!" ”

Hearing that the stout man called himself an "old dog", Jin Zongrui stepped forward and kicked on the stout man's lower abdomen, and the stout man flew backwards with a muffled snort, and fainted after spurting a mouthful of blood from his mouth.

Seeing this situation, the pedestrians who came in and out around were suddenly stunned, and looked at the scene in front of them in a daze, no one thought that a small city gate official would dare to beat the subordinates of the right Yushi in public.