Li Xin was entrusted with an important task by the emperor as a border general, nominally assisting the prefect Xiong Kaiyuan in the prevention and control of the plague and rehousing the victims fleeing from Datong Mansion, but in fact, the sword of the Son of Heaven was given to Li Xin, and fools can understand that Xiong Kaiyuan's role in it is just a wooden clay sculpture.

Originally, Li Xindu was ready to deal with the difficulties, but who knew that the envoy actually came to reward him, especially the errand that he was given to deal with the victims, which was equivalent to sharing the power of Xiong Kaiyuan's prefect to govern the people.

Xiong Kaiyuan was very worried about this, the emperor made it clear that he was using himself as a mutton shabu, Li Xin was only nominally assisting the people, once he had, he would definitely bear the lion's shoulder. If it is meritorious, Li Xin is the person who specifically plans and executes, and in the emperor's heart, the first merit naturally has nothing to do with him.

But he really can't say it, can he write a book and fight for reason, and get all the errands back? That would have to kill him, a Datong Mansion City had already made him scorched, because the policy of burning the sick corpses had opened a hole for the Fan family trading company, and the public resentment had boiled, and the previous efforts had been wiped out overnight. Now the city of Datong has almost ten rooms and nine empty, the people fled to flee, the sick and died, in desperation, the government ordered the city to be closed, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. The situation of the escape from the surrounding guard centers is even more severe, and the thousands of households have basically fled, and the officials at all levels of the Shanxi Xingdu Prefecture are also dead and fleeing.

The commanders of the guards had to come to the Datong prefect to get an idea, and Xiong Kaiyuan was also at a loss. Of course, despite his own difficulties, he still has other priorities, and this plan to bring down Li Xin is the product of careful planning. Unexpectedly, in the end, it fell short and all the previous achievements were wasted. Not only did he not clean him up, but even he himself would have to be constrained by him in the future.

Li Xin held the seal letter of General Zhaoyong, and for a while he couldn't digest this sudden good thing, and saw that Gao Shiming had already gone straight to the street with his entourage to prepare to leave the city, so he stepped forward to stay.

"Gao Gong came in a hurry, and he went in a hurry, how can he rest in Yanghe for a day and then go."

Gao Shiming got out of the Weisi Yamen and turned over on the horse, and the eunuchs who followed him one by one also got on the horse.

"General Li, it's not that our family is in a hurry to leave, but that the celebrant can't leave our house. Yes, you don't have to send it far away, when the general comes to the stage to pay respects, our family will come to beg for wine and drink again......"

After that, he laughed twice, and the horsewhip crackled and left.

Li Xin smiled bitterly and shook his head, Gao Shiming really confused him, what made this person's attitude towards him turn a hundred and eighty degrees. Li Xin didn't know that a few years later, on the day he ascended the altar to pay respects, Gao Shiming really became a witness.

Gao Shiming was in a hurry to leave, Mao Weizhang didn't mention anything about the alleged chaos, Li Xin knew that this was definitely not because he couldn't take care of it, this person either had other plans, or was showing goodwill with him.

This joint can't figure it out, and it can be discussed later, and the first thing that needs to be solved at present is the contradiction with Xiong Kaiyuan. Looking at Xiong Kaiyuan again, he also walked out in despair, looking unlucky.

"Lord Prefect, it is urgent to deal with the victims, Li Xin needs the roster of all guards in Datong Mansion......"

Li Xin didn't talk to him politely, and directly listed the things he needed one by one, "When it comes to things, is Li Xin going to pick them up, or is the adult sending someone to send them?" ”

Xiong Kaiyuan's chest was full of anger, Li Xin was something, but he was just a horse thief, and now he even had an official relationship with his own family who was studying hard in the cold window, but because of this, he had to swallow his anger back into his stomach, rubbed it and squeezed out a smiling face.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, if General Li has any requests, this officer will fully cooperate and fully cooperate." Xiong Kaiyuan responded vaguely, and then changed his words, "I heard that Yang Hewei made a civil uprising, but I don't know what General Li plans to do?" ”

It's okay not to mention this matter, Li Xin's face suddenly changed, "Mao Zhenfu is like this, he was instigated by others, Li Xin has a question, I don't know if Zhou Tong's judgment came from his own opinion, or who ordered it." Can you solve your doubts? ”

Zhou Jin came to persuade Mao Weizhang to defect, and the instigator behind him was Xiong Kaiyuan, how could Li Xin let him go lightly. Since Gao Shiming secretly expressed his position, but asked about the matter between them, then Xiong Kaiyuan also had to give him an explanation for this matter and give Sanwei an explanation.

"This, this, why did Zhou Tongju come to Yang and Wei, this official really doesn't know the inside story."

Li Xin sneered secretly, Zhou Jin, Zhou Jin, I really don't know if you are shrewd or stupid, people like Xiong Kaiyuan can sell you in the blink of an eye.

"In this case, there is no concern about dealing with it, this time we must thoroughly investigate to the end and wipe out the conspiracy and rebels behind it! When the time comes, the prefect will have to fully support Li Xin! ”

The flesh on Xiong Kaiyuan's face twitched for a while, and he still replied with a broken smile and a smile: "That's a certainty, full support!" ”

At the moment, he can't help but think about anything else, just beg Li Xin not to burn this fire on his head, as for Zhou Jin, what does it matter to him whether he lives or dies? The only thing he is worried about now is how to explain this failure to Liu Xiang!

Li Xin immediately decided to interrogate Mao Weizhang, Zhou Jin was also charged, Xiong Kaiyuan was also in a hurry to return to Datong City, but Li Xin forced him to stay, and he lost his sharpness, so he had to stay. Just as he was about to stop and inquire, a soldier came to report.

"Report to your lord, the high eunuch is back again!"

Back again? Isn't this product in a hurry to return to Beijing, and come back to do something?

In the Ming Dynasty, the most offended person was the eunuch, Li Xin did not dare to slack off, so he had to take everyone out of the city to greet him. Before he reached the gate of the city, he saw Gao Shiming galloping on his horse, and the eunuchs who followed him also had the virtue of roaring and roaring, and they completely lost the calm and leisure when they first came.

"General Li, something is wrong, the thieves have hit Datong Mansion...... Let's find a way to ask the court for help......"

Gao Shiming's horse was very fast, and he had already rushed to Li Xin and the others before the words fell.

"Rogue?"

Everyone listened to it sincerely, they were stunned, Shanxi was a few years ago by thieves, but there was nothing to do with their northernmost Datong Mansion, not to mention that the thieves were basically south of the Yellow River, how could they come over the Taiyuan Mansion with high city and deep pools!

"Gao Gong said slowly, what happened to be so urgent?"

Compared with the arrogant Li Xin, Xiong Kaiyuan was more afraid of thieves, and when he heard Gao Shi call him a thief, he wanted to confirm the matter in a hurry.

Gao Shiming rolled his eyelids, "What our family has seen with our own eyes, the overwhelming thieves are coming from the direction of Hunyuan Prefecture, can there be any mistakes?" As he spoke, he turned his head again, "You say, did you see it with your own eyes?" ”

The retinue echoed it, and they did encounter the thief.

"It's also our family's fate that shouldn't be extinguished, General Li quickly found a way to inform the imperial court and let the imperial court send reinforcements to quell the chaos. Also, hurry up and impose martial law on the four gates, and the thieves will get it when they speak. ”

Gao Shiming and his entourage all came on horseback, and the speed was naturally greater than that of the homeless people who relied on two legs to run, Li Xin did not dare to slack off, and recruited all the guards brought by the spear left battalion outside the city and Xiong Kaiyuan into the city, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the situation.

When Heisenberg heard that there was a battle to be fought, Heisenberg's eyes lit up, and his artillery was always the most powerful men, but the problem now was that after several major battles, especially along the river with the Tumut troops, the benefits of both gunpowder and lead bullet were consumed, especially gunpowder.

Li Xin also spread his hands on this, there was no way, some of these gunpowder were sent by the Huang family trading company, and some of them were the stocks of Zhenyu Wei and Yang Hewei, but most of them were confiscated by the checkpoint.

Killing chickens and taking eggs is just like this, from the month of Layue to the first month of two or three months, the space for Jin merchants to be squeezed has become less and less, they have cut off the trade route from Yang Hewei and Zhenyu Wei out of the side wall, if you really want to trade with the Tartars outside the Saiwai, you can only go around a big circle from Ulzhou and other places, to Wanquanwei and then from Zhangjiakou out of the side wall.

However, after Li Xin made this checkpoint, he gained a lot, and all the health centers in various places followed the example and set up checkpoints, as long as the merchants went out of the customs, they would be exploited layer by layer, and finally in the first month, all the merchants cut off the trade routes of the border wall, and this kind of merchants who had no money to return to them had to go bankrupt on the run.

In this context, the border towns of Datong, especially the border guards such as Zhenyuwei and Yanghewei, who cannot produce their own products, will face the embarrassing situation of shortage of materials, and now the gunpowder is running out. As for the imperial court and the Xingdu Division, they can't be counted on.

When Gao Shiming heard that there was no gunpowder, he felt that it was not a big deal, but repeatedly urged Li Xin to mobilize the whole people and let everyone defend the city. He proposed that as long as he could not hold on, the thieves would not be able to attack for a long time, and they would inevitably lose patience and turn to Fucheng Datong.

Xiong Kaiyuan listened to Gao Shiming's analysis, and immediately exploded, Datong Mansion is his place of governance, and the local officials have the responsibility to guard the land, if the Datong Mansion City is lost, he can only apologize with death. But let him go back with hundreds of guards around him, he couldn't muster the courage to come, and if he encountered a thief on the way, it would be over.

Li Xin was a little puzzled, it stands to reason that if a thief sneaks into Datong Mansion, his primary target should be Fucheng, why did he be the first to come to Yang Hewei, who doesn't?

"When Gao Gong returns, can you see the soldiers at the Bai Deng checkpoint?"

Gao Shiming shook his head, he hadn't waited for the Bai Deng thieves to come straight to Yang Hewei, and he hadn't seen half of the Ming soldiers at all. Li Xin's heart sank, thinking that none of the soldiers who came to the Baideng checkpoint had escaped, or that they had been wiped out, and he didn't know where to flee.

Yang Hewei counted the available soldiers, plus the guards of the left battalion of spears and Xiong Kaiyuan, as well as the pickets in the city, there were always about 2,000 people, and it was more than enough to defend the city, just waiting for the thieves to attack the city.

Fighting this kind of thing, Xiong Kaiyuan wanted to hide if he could, but who knew that Gao Shiming pulled him out.

"Don't hide from the Governor Xiong, there is such a big mess in your territory, and as the Governor of Datong, you should also contribute. There is a mention in our family, Lord Xiong might as well go to the Xuanda Governor's Mansion to ask for some reinforcements. ”