"Your Excellency, General Dingnan is already outside the city, and the commander asks you to go and recognize someone." The sergeant who reported the news thought that Li Qingzheng had not heard his report clearly, so he said in a loud voice.

Tao Jirong and Daniel Zhang looked at the sergeant who reported the letter in amazement, their faces were full of shock, from the distance calculation, Li Yuntian should have arrived in Nanzhili by now, and there were still thousands of miles away from Jiaozhi.

At this moment, the two would never have thought that the Xiaowu army led by Li Yuntian was only more than 3,000 people, so in order to hurry, they did not take the land route but took the water route.

"How many people did General Dingnan bring here?" Li Qingzheng heard it clearly this time, so he came back to his senses from his astonishment and asked subconsciously.

"According to small estimates, there should be less than 1,000 people." The sergeant who reported the news thought for a moment and replied in a deep voice.

"Less than a thousand!" Li Qingzheng's brows suddenly frowned slightly, Li Yuntian, as a dignified general of Dingnan, did he only bring such a few people to fight and quell the rebellion?

"Lord Prefect, the lower officials feel that there is fraud in it, how could General Dingnan come to Jiaozhi so quickly, and only brought less than a thousand people." At this time, Tao Jirong stepped forward and said with a vigilant face.

"If those rebels are pretending, their idea this time is wrong, coming to Xuanhua City is simply sending them to death!" Li Qingzheng sneered when he heard this, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard, the entire Xuanhua Mansion knew that he had a holiday with Li Yuntian was only Xuanhuawei commander Zhao Weide, which was also an important reason why Zhao Weide called him to go and recognize people.

At this time, the city wall of the north gate of Xuanhua City was full of soldiers with bows and arrows, swords and guns, one by one stretched out their heads and looked curiously at the wall, talking to each other, whispering to each other.

In front of the parapet of the city gate tower, a stout middle-aged man wearing a military attaché robe of the third rank frowned and stared at a team outside the city.

This detachment was just outside the range of the archers on the city walls, and consisted of two or three hundred cavalry and four or five hundred foot soldiers, the vast majority of whom were dressed in strange black clothes, and the rest of the cavalry and foot soldiers were dressed in the garbs of the guards of the guard.

This stout middle-aged man is Zhao Weide, the commander of Xuanhuawei, who was originally a thousand households of the Beijing army, who participated in Zhang Fu's attack on Jiaozhi that year, and was later appointed as the commander of Xuanhuawei.

Zhao Weide's eyes focused on the cavalry dressed in black, these black-clothed cavalry were not only well-groomed, but also well-equipped, each carrying a crossbow on their backs, not to mention, and a strangely shaped saber hanging from their waists.

If Zhao Weide is not mistaken, this strangely shaped saber is an embroidered spring knife that can only be used by Jinyiwei, he has not seen it for twenty years, I don't know why these cavalrymen in black clothes use Jinyiwei's special saber, are they Jinyiwei?

Due to the remoteness of the location and the lack of information, Zhao Weide did not know that the embroidered spring knife was the saber of Xuande Emperor Enzhun's lecture martial arts, and he did not know that the Xiaowu army was a subordinate unit of the martial arts hall, so he also used the embroidered spring knife.

Although the embroidered spring knife of Jiangwutang is the same as the embroidered spring knife of Jinyiwei, the color and pattern of the handle and scabbard are different, and they can be distinguished at a glance.

Then, Zhao Weide's eyes moved to a young man surrounded by black-clothed cavalry, according to the previous communication of the team under the city, this young man was the emperor's Dingnan general, the new Zhen Wubo of the Ming Dynasty, but how is this possible?

Let's not talk about whether General Dingnan is so young, it takes two or three months to get from the capital to Jiaozhi alone, how could General Dingnan arrive so quickly? And with only such a small number of soldiers and horses, how to deal with the Jiaozhi rebels whose strength has reached 200,000?

Zhao Weide's first impression was that the team outside the city was a rebel fake, and its purpose was to fish in troubled waters, take advantage of the chaos to seize Xuanhua City, and cut off the most important passage between the Ming army in Jiaozhi and the inland.

However, he couldn't explain why the swords of these black-clothed cavalry were embroidered spring knives, you must know that the embroidered spring knives were exclusive to the brocade guards, and if others used them without permission, they would be arrogant and would be killed, so it was impossible for the rebels in Jiaozhi to get this kind of weapon, because the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty did not dare to build them privately, and they had built so many.

Because of this ambivalence, Zhao Weide could not determine the origin of this army under the city, and the only way to do this now was to wait for Li Qingzheng to come and recognize him.

Li Yuntian was in front of the cavalry on the side of the supposed Southern General, frowning as he looked at the more and more victims gathered around him.

The woods and hillsides on both sides of the avenue outside Xuanhua City are densely packed with simple grass huts to shelter from the wind and rain, and those who have come to take refuge live in them.

After hearing the news of General Dingnan's arrival, the victims gathered on both sides of the road, pointing at Li Yuntian and others from a distance to discuss, secretly guessing which person was General Dingnan.

This made the people of the Xiaowu Army immediately put on high alert, quietly put on a defensive formation, and vigilantly observed the surrounding shapes, so as not to have rebels mixed in the crowd to be unfavorable to Li Yuntian.

At the same time, some of the sergeants removed their crossbows from their backs, mounted them and carried them in their hands, shooting at anyone who dared to approach.

The soldiers of the Taiping Guard had set up a cordon on the perimeter to prevent the victims from approaching.

To be honest, Li Yuntian didn't think that he would be blocked at the city gate before, let alone that there were so many victims outside Xuanhua City, which shows that the shape of Xuanhua City is already very serious, otherwise Li Qingzheng would never have ordered the city gate to be closed.

Just when Li Yuntian was secretly thinking about how to solve the refugee matter, there was a sudden commotion on the tower of the city gate, and when he looked up, he couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth, it turned out that Li Qingzheng was coming, standing behind the parapet and talking to Zhao Weide there, Zhao Weide pointed to the supposed general Nan as he spoke.

Seeing this, Li Yuntian clamped his legs around the belly of the horse and walked towards the city gate, with more than a dozen cavalrymen following closely behind.

"Master Li, is that person below General Dingnan?" Zhao Weide pointed to the supposed general south under the city, and asked Li Qingzheng who was squinting beside him with concern.

Due to the distance, and Li Qingzheng's eyesight is not good, after all, the students who have studied hard in the cold window are more or less short-sighted, so he can't see the appearance of the supposed general Nan clearly, and he can't make a judgment for a while.

Just as Li Qingzheng was about to let people shout and let the supposed general Nan go to the city, he suddenly saw more than a dozen black-clothed cavalrymen leaving the team and rushing towards the city gate.

"Lord Li, my lord asked the lower official to ask your lordship, do you remember that my lord said in the past when he said goodbye to the capital that he would come to Jiaozhi to visit his lord within three years." Li Yuntian stopped more than ten meters in front of the city gate, looked at Li Qingzheng on the city gate and shouted loudly.

Li Qingzheng originally didn't care about the dozen or so black-clothed cavalrymen, thinking that they were here to shout, but after hearing the voice from the city, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, this voice was too familiar to him, and he lost face in the Taihe Hall back then.

Then, Li Qingzheng hurriedly looked at the black-clothed cavalry who was shouting under the city, and when he saw the other party's face with a shocked look on his face, he recognized at a glance that the young black-clothed cavalryman with a beard was Li Yuntian.

"Lord Li, is the person below General Dingnan?" Zhao Weide saw that Li Qingzheng was stunned, his eyes were full of shock, thinking that he had seen something, and couldn't help asking.

"Yes...... It's General Dingnan! Li Qingzheng came back to his senses when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Zhao Weide, "Lord Zhao, quickly, open the city gate and welcome General Dingnan into the city." ”

After speaking, Li Qingzheng, who was a little excited, hurriedly went down the city gate tower, Zhao Weide was stunned when he saw this, and then quickly chased after him, he never expected Li Yuntian to really come to Jiaozhi.

The closed south gate of Xuanhua City was soon opened, and Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide welcomed the supposed southern general in.

Since Li Qingzheng already knew about his use of a stand-in from Li Yuntian's previous words, he chatted happily with General Hypothetical Nan on the way, but ignored Li Yuntian.

At Li Yuntian's instructions, the men of the Xiaowu army immediately sent several groups of cavalry after entering the city, vigorously publicized in the city that he had come to Xuanhua City, and exaggerated to tell the residents along the way that 100,000 Xiaowu troops would arrive in Jiaozhi next year, and the rebels in Jiaozhi would be completely pacified at that time.

As those cavalry passed through the streets and alleys of Xuanhua City, the news of Li Yuntian's arrival in Xuanhua City spread throughout the city like a whirlwind, like a gust of wind blowing away the haze that had shrouded Xuanhua City for several days, making the residents all rejoice and shake their spirits.

Xuanhua Prefecture prefect Yamen back hall, meeting room.

"You all go down, no one is allowed to approach without the summons of the official." After the maids finished serving tea, Li Qingzheng waved at them, so the maids bowed down and left, closing the door of the hall.

At this time, there were four people in the hall, General Hypothetical Nan who sat in the first seat, Li Yuntian who stood behind General Hypothetical Nan, and Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide, who sat on the left and right seats in the first place.

"Li Qingzheng, the prefect of Xuanhua Prefecture, will meet General Dingnan." After the door was closed, Li Qingzheng got up from his seat, solemnly bowed his hand to Li Yuntian, who was standing there, and bowed down and said.

Since Li Yuntian unexpectedly appeared outside Xuanhua City, Li Qingzheng's opinion of him has completely changed, and it is obvious that Li Yuntian has worked tirelessly and ventured to Jiaozhi not to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and this alone is enough to make Li Qingzheng admire.

"Zhao Weide, the commander of Xuanhuawei, meets General Dingnan." Zhao Weide, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, his eyes showed a look of doubt, and he didn't understand Li Qingzheng's actions at this time, but then he reacted, realizing that the black-clothed sergeant standing there was the real Dingnan general, and hurriedly followed Li Qingzheng to salute Li Yuntian.

"Two adults don't need to be polite." Seeing this, the supposed general Nan immediately stood up and retreated to the side, Li Yuntian walked over and sat down in his seat, and said to Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide with a smile.

"Master Xie." Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide sat back in their seats when they heard this, looking at Li Yuntian suspiciously, not knowing why Li Yuntian came so early.!^!

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