At the beginning of November, the long-distance Dingyuan fleet finally arrived at the destination of its trip, the Beihai Port of Qinzhou, Guangxi.

Like the state capitals that passed along the way, the Qinzhou Governor and the Qinzhou Wei Commander led the officials of Qinzhou City to greet Li Yuntian's drive on the dock.

Compared with the previous officials of the state capital, the faces of these officials in Qinzhou were a little more in awe of Li Yuntian, who held the power of officials below the four grades of Guangxi and Jiaozhi, and their words and deeds were more respectful.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian was still the first emperor to have the power to kill and kill local officials, and these officials in Guangxi were all silent for fear of hitting Li Yuntian's hands.

According to the customization of the Ming Dynasty, the state under the jurisdiction of the north and south is the state of Zhili, the state of Zhizhou is the five products, the state under the jurisdiction of the local prefect is the scattered state, and the state of the state is from the five products.

Qinzhou is a scattered prefecture in Lianzhou, Guangxi, and the governor of Qinzhou is an official from the fifth grade, who is within the authority of Li Yuntian to cut first and then play, and he is naturally respectful when facing Li Yuntian.

In fact, there are not many officials in Guangxi who are above the fourth grade, taking Lianzhou Mansion as an example, in addition to the prefect being the fourth grade, the second person in Lianzhou Mansion -- the Tongzhi of Lianzhou Mansion is only the fifth grade.

It can be seen from this that Emperor Xuande gave Li Yuntian the power to cut first and then play the officials below the fourth grade, undoubtedly giving him a Shangfang sword hanging on the heads of Jiaozhi and Guangxi officials, which made everyone tremble and dare not perfunctory Li Yuntian's explanation.

Due to the tiring journey along the way and the warm invitation of Qinzhou officials, Li Yuntian stayed in Qinzhou City for one night, and set off for Lianzhou City early the next morning, and rushed to Jiaozhi through Lianzhou City.

Luo Hai did not lead the fleet back to Suzhou, but on Li Yuntian's order, he went to Xin'an Province, which borders Jiaozhi and Guangxi, and stopped at Yuntun Port in Xin'an Province.

The city of Jiaozhi is in Yuntun Port, and there is a "Ning'an Post Station" in the port to receive foreign envoys who come to pay tribute.

Although the shape of Jiaozhi was not good for the Ming army, because Xin'an Fu was close to Guangxi, Xin'an Fu was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army.

As an important port in Jiaozhi, and also the location of the shipping division of Yuntun City in Daming, Li Yuntian specially sent Luo Hai to Yuntun Port to strengthen the defense of Yuntun Port, and must not let the rebels in Jiaozhi capture Yuntun Port, otherwise it will undoubtedly lose the face of Daming and make those foreign tribute envoys laugh.

Since the army led by Luo Hai was only used as a deterrent to the enemy, Li Yuntian solemnly warned Luo Hai that he was not allowed to take the initiative to fight without his order, otherwise military law would be involved.

Li Yuntian's first destination on this trip to Jiaozhi was Xuanhua Mansion, which borders Jiaozhi and Guangxi Taiping Mansion, that is, where Li Qingzheng served as the prefect.

Originally, after landing from Yuntun Port, you can reach Xuanhua Mansion by passing through Langshan Mansion in Cochin, which is the fastest way to reach Xuanhua Mansion.

However, because the Jiaozhi rebels had already appeared on the border of Lang Son Province and several battles broke out, the Ming army in Lang Son Prefecture and County were hiding in the city, so for the sake of safety, Li Yuntian decided to enter Xuanhua Mansion from Taiping Province.

Because he was in a hurry to Xuanhua Mansion, Li Yuntian only had lunch in Qinzhou, and then he led more than 200 sergeants of the Xiaowu Army, rode on the horses prepared by the Qinzhou Zhizhou and Qinzhou Wei commanders, and hurried to Lianzhou City under the guidance of a Qinzhou Wei Baihu, and arrived at Lianzhou City in the morning after galloping all the way.

Due to the hazy moonlight, the soldiers guarding the south gate of Lianzhou City suddenly saw two or three hundred cavalry coming straight to the city gate under the cover of night.

As soon as the gong sounded at the south gate, the gongs of the other three gates also sounded immediately, which was particularly piercing in the quiet night sky, which made the quiet Lianzhou City suddenly jump and be in a commotion.

Li Yuntian was slightly stunned when he heard the sound of the gong, and thought that something was going on in Lianzhou City, so he rode his horse and walked towards the city gate, wanting to open the city gate and enter the city to investigate.

However, what Li Yuntian never expected was that as soon as he rode his horse close to the city gate, a flurry of arrows was shot down from the city wall.

Because outside the range of the bow and arrows, those arrows fell on the ground in front of Li Yuntian, seeing this situation, Li Yuntian hurriedly pulled the reins of the horse and stopped, his eyes showed a look of astonishment, and then he understood what was going on, it turned out that the soldiers defending the city regarded him and those Xiaowu soldiers as enemies, and his heart suddenly cried and laughed.

In order to avoid irritating the nervous soldiers on the city gate, Li Yuntian ordered the sergeant of the Xiaowu Army behind him to retreat two or three hundred meters, and then sent a captain military attache to call the door with the Qinzhou Wei Baihu who led the way this time, indicating his identity.

On duty on the tower of the city gate was a hundred households of the Lianzhou Wei Command Envoy Yamen, because of a few more drinks at night, he was sleeping in the upstairs residence with a girl recruited from the Qinglou in his arms, and was suddenly awakened by the sound of gongs, and hurriedly got up and dressed, wanting to see what was happening.

While he was hurriedly dressing there, a sergeant came to announce that the general Dingnan appointed by the imperial court had arrived, and he was just outside the city.

The Baihu was taken aback when he heard this, and he had already heard that the imperial court had sent Zhen Wubo, who had made great contributions to quelling the rebellion of the Han King last year, to come to Jiaozhi to conquer those traitors in Jiaozhi, and he had the power to kill and kill officials below the fifth rank.

The grade of the hundred households in the Ming army is the sixth grade, which means that this hundred households are just within the authority of Li Yuntian's first slashing and then playing, and his face turned green with a fright, and he rushed out with his pants in his hand.

By the moonlight in the sky, the hundred households vaguely saw a group of knights in black clothes gathered on the main road three or four hundred meters below the city, and his heart suddenly became vigilant, he had never heard of the military uniform of the Xiaowu Army, and thought that the Xiaowu Army was wearing a night suit.

Although there was a Qinzhou guard Baihu to testify, because he had not seen Li Yuntian, the Baihu guarding the city naturally did not dare to open the city gate rashly, otherwise he would not be able to afford it once something happened, so while perfunctorily talking to the captain and military attache under the city, he asked people to go and inform the prefect of Lianzhou Prefecture and the commander of Lianzhou Wei.

Li Yuntian knew that the hundred households guarding the city had scruples in his heart, so he asked the sergeants of the Xiaowu Army to dismount and rest, waiting for the person who could call the shots.

About half an hour later, there was a sudden commotion on the city gate, the lights were bright, and many people with hands appeared at the head of the city surrounded by two middle-aged people, one middle-aged man was wearing a civilian official robe, and the other was wearing a fish scale armor, it was the prefect of Lianzhou Mansion and the commander of Lianzhou Guard, who came to check after receiving the news.

The Lianzhou prefect and the commander of the Lianzhou Wei had never seen Li Yuntian, and they didn't know whether the hundred Qinzhou households who led the way had been bribed, so they naturally couldn't make up their minds: if the people below were Jiaozhi rebels or wouldn't be couges, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Although the two wanted to check the Dingnan General Seal that Li Yuntian carried, this can be said to be the only way to determine Li Yuntian's identity, but it was obvious that Li Yuntian could not put the Great Seal in a basket and hang it on the city tower for them to inspect, not to mention that this General Great Seal could not leave Li Yuntian's body, if Li Yuntian did that, where would his prestige be?

Moreover, the Lianzhou prefect and the commander of Lianzhou Wei have not seen the seal of General Dingnan, and even if they get the seal, they can only infer the authenticity of the seal based on experience.

Li Yuntian saw that the prefect of Lianzhou and the commander of Lianzhou Wei were discussing on the tower of the city gate, and did not open the door for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless in his heart, he didn't expect the two of them to be scared like this by the rebels of Jiaozhi, you must know that now the rebels of Jiaozhi are asking for peace with the imperial court, how can they come to attack Lianzhou City?

As for the Japanese invaders, it is even more impossible, Lianzhou City can be regarded as an inland city, if they come, they will also plunder the coastal Qinzhou, and if they go inland, they will definitely be surrounded and suppressed by the local garrison, and the gains outweigh the losses.

However, this is also not to blame the Lianzhou prefect and the commander of the Lianzhou Guard, after all, even Wang Tong and Liu Sheng, who had made great achievements in the Jingjing, were defeated by the rebels, and Liu Sheng also ended up with a death, so the two of them naturally had to be cautious.

Li Yuntian didn't want to spend any more time outside the city, although this was the southern coast, but after all, it was also the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, and it didn't feel good to blow cold wind in the open space.

Seeing that the prefect of Lianzhou and the commander of Lianzhou Wei had no intention of opening the city gate, Li Yuntian simply turned on his horse and led the sergeants of the Xiaowu Army to a nearby town to find a place to settle the personnel.

Li Yuntian lived in an inn in the town, and due to the turmoil in the nearby Jiaozhi, the business in the inn was deserted and there were no customers.

The innkeeper was sleeping in a daze on the bed, and was shouted out of the bed by the sergeant of the Xiaowu Army, and when he saw the strange black uniforms on their bodies, he thought he had encountered a robber, so he was so frightened that he knelt down, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Taking advantage of the raging war on the Jiaozhi side, the public order situation in several prefecture capitals near Jiaozhi in Guangxi continued to deteriorate, and incidents of burning, killing, and looting occurred from time to time.

After the sergeant of the Xiaowu Army explained to the innkeeper, the innkeeper realized that these people who had come to quell the rebellion were the Xiaowu army who had come to quell the rebellion, and they were also led by General Dingnan himself, and he couldn't help but be surprised and happy in his heart.

Including Jiaozhi, the prefectures and counties of the thirteen provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty have posted notices that General Li Yuntian will lead the Xiaowu army to quell the rebellion of Jiaozhi, so the innkeeper knew that Li Yuntian was coming, but he never expected Li Yuntian to come so quickly.

After coming back to his senses, the innkeeper hurriedly got up and greeted the guys in the store to settle the Xiaowu Army sergeant who lived in the inn, and personally led Li Yuntian to the best room in the inn, and looked at Li Yuntian with interest, it was difficult to connect the heroic and polite young man in front of him with the bloody battle in Black Bull Town.

The arrival of the sergeant of the Xiaowu Army immediately livened up the silent town, after all, no matter how careful the sergeant of the Xiaowu Army was, the more than two hundred horses accompanying him would make a noisy noise.

The townspeople who woke up from their sleep did not know what was happening, so they leaned on the crack of the door and looked out, and were all terrified to see the Xiaowu soldiers in black military uniforms, and subconsciously thought that these people in black "night clothes" were not good people.

Just when the residents of the town were panicking, the two watchmen in the town led the gong and loudly spread the news of Li Yuntian's coming to the town along the streets and alleys, which made the town immediately boil.

The residents gathered in groups on the street, discussing this matter with great interest, like the innkeeper, no one thought that Li Yuntian would come so quickly.!^!