After the regrouping, the army hurried on their way, and two days later reached the vicinity of Dashikou in Yingzhou, in the southern part of Datong Province, where a small group of cavalry blocked their way.

One of the leaders shouted to the vanguard of the pacification army: "Quickly send a message to Lord Qincha, we are from Datong, and we want to see Lord Qincha." ”

The news quickly spread to Duan Fei, who ordered to rest in place, and then sent someone to lead this group of cavalry to him.

There were a total of fifteen cavalry in this group, they refused to hand over their weapons, and they refused to dismount when they came to Duan Fei, their expressions were quite arrogant, Duan Fei stopped his subordinates from drinking, and sneered at these fifteen people: "If you dare to be so arrogant in front of this official, aren't you afraid that this official will take you down and behead you without asking the reason in a fit of anger?" ”

One of the cavalry shouted: "Lord Qincha, we have long had the intention of death, my lord killed us only for fear of harm, in the surname Liu Mingchen, willow of willow, loyal minister, Liu Zhong is my own eldest brother, Guo Jian is my brother-in-law, it was they who sent me to ask your lordship, your lord's name is Zhaofu envoy, why did you bring 80,000 troops?" Could it be that if you can't pacify it, you have to use force to conquer it? ”

Duan Fei sneered: "In front of your Datong soldiers, what is the difference between these tens of thousands of soldiers brought by this official and the native chickens and dogs? If this official really wants to use force against you, he will bring not these people, but hundreds of thousands of troops recruited from other border guards. ”

A hint of discoloration flashed on Liu Chen's face, and he said, "My lord, in this case, why did you transfer so many soldiers and horses from Taiyuan Sanwei?" My eldest brother and they are very puzzled, Taiyuan Sanwei is only more than 40,000 people, how can it suddenly become 80,000 in the hands of adults, and there are not tens of thousands of people missing in the camp of Taiyuan Sanwei? ”

Duan Fei said: "Your information is quite smooth, but this issue is confidential, this official can't tell you, since your brother and they sent you to test this official, it must be that the opposition is not strong, in this case, why are you still so arrogant, aren't you afraid that this official will be unhappy in his heart, and it will be unfavorable to your brother and them?" Everyone followed your brother and they rioted only in a moment of righteous indignation, and few of them really wanted to rebel, so don't hurt everyone on the spur of the moment. ”

Liu Chen hesitated, he turned over and dismounted, kowtowed to Duan Fei and said: "My lord is wise, none of us want to rebel, but the governor Zhang Wenjin and the general Jia Jian are too cruel and immoral, we are forced to live, so we are killing them, we are looking forward to the news of the court to appease day and night, I heard that the emperor sent to appease Lord Duan, everyone is very happy, they all say that the lord is far-sighted, wise and martial, and kind to his subordinates, and will definitely give us justice, I didn't think that the adult went to Taiyuan Wei to go around in a circle, and turned around and came with tens of thousands of people, Everyone was very surprised, so they sent the villain to probe the adult's tone, the villain was rude to the adult just now, and it was really impulsive and reckless, and please forgive the adult. ”

The dozen or so people he brought also dismounted one after another, and bowed to Duan Fei: "The villain is rude, please forgive me!" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Get up, after saying so many good things, how can this official still cure your crimes?" Liu Chen, you come to this official, and this official tells you the usefulness of these 80,000 people, lest you go back and explain it unclearly, but misunderstand the important affairs of this official. ”

Liu Chen came to Duan Fei, Duan Fei said few words to him, Liu Chen became excited, and shouted, "My lord, is this true? ”

Duan Fei nodded affirmatively and said: "This is absolutely confidential, don't tell anyone except your two brothers, after you go back, ask your brother that they are ready to accept the appeasement, and strictly block the news, and don't let the news that you are ready to accept the appeasement spread to the outside of the customs, otherwise the official will have to ask for you!" ”

Liu Chen said happily: "Don't worry, my lord, we have been looking forward to this day for a long time, my lord, don't worry." ”

Duan Fei smiled slightly and said, "Then you go back to Datong first, and the official will arrive later." ”

After Liu Chen left, the army continued to hurry, and after passing the Dashikou, Yingzhou soon appeared in front of everyone.

Ying Zhou guard general opened the city to welcome, to Duan Fei's surprise, this guard is Liu Zhong himself, under the leadership of Liu Zhong, the army continued to march towards Datong, through Liu Zhong's mouth, Duan Fei found that the situation in Datong was more complicated than he knew, and also learned a lot of inside information about the mutiny.

The intelligence is very simple, in order to strengthen the war preparedness, Zhang Wenjin, the governor of Datong, ordered the town to guard the five forts in the north of the city, and the general Jia Jian urged the governor to be very anxious, arousing the anger of the public. The townsmen Guo Jian, Liu Zhong and others rioted and killed Zhang Wenjin and Jia Jian, which seemed to be a sudden incident, but in fact the problem has existed for a long time, and this time it was just a volcanic eruption.

Zhang Wenjin and Jia Jian treated the soldiers like slaves, and had a deep grudge in the Datong military, and this incident was by no means to defend the five forts in the north of the city, but Zhang Wenjin wanted to transfer the soldiers who were maintaining the five forts to repair his official office, Guo Jian refused on the grounds that the military situation was very urgent and the soldiers could not use it for private use, Zhang Wenjin was furious, and ordered Jia Jian to send someone to arrest Guo Jian, tied him in the gate and whipped dozens of whips with his own hands, Zhang Wenjin did not give up, and threw Guo Jian into the water prison to soak, Liu Zhong and other thousands of admonitions, and was also caught by Zhang Wenjin and whipped a few times, When the crowd was sensational, I don't know who shouted 'It's better to do the opposite', but the angry Datong soldiers immediately rushed up and killed Zhang Wenjin on the spot, Jia Jian was broken and dragged to death by horse for two days.

The Datong soldiers elected Guo Jian and Liu Zhong as their leaders, but Liu Zhong and Guo Jian had differences on whether to accept the appeasement, Guo Jian suffered too much, and suddenly there were more than 100,000 pawns in his hands, and he didn't seem to be very interested in the court's recruitment.

At noon on the second day, the army of Liu Zhong came to Datong City smoothly, and sure enough, as Liu Zhong said, the gate of Datong City was closed, and although the banner of Daming was still fluttering on the city, after Duan Fei sent someone to shout, the pawn at the head of Datong City replied that if he wanted to appease them, Lord Qincha had to enter the city alone.

"My lord, don't go into the city alone!" Everyone including Liu Zhong was persuading Duan Fei, but Duan Fei said: "This official came to Datong City with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it is normal for Guo Jian and the guards to be suspicious, but Liu Zhong, you also said it, Guo Jian is just confused for a while, and tens of thousands of Datong guards don't want to rebel, can they still kill this official in front of everyone?" Since Guo Jian is scared and wants me to go into the city alone, then I will go in alone and talk to him! ”

Duan Fei was stubborn, and everyone couldn't persuade him, and finally Jiang Hui suggested: "My lord, you are a Qincha with the Sword of the Son of Heaven, why do you have to bring a few retinues with you?" No matter how rude Guo Jian is, he can't be in front of tens of thousands of pawns, and he is not allowed to bring a few followers to serve by his side, right? Isn't this a clear sign that he's scared? ”

Duan Fei thought about it, and felt that Jiang Hui was reasonable, he couldn't fully agree to Guo Jian's request, so as not to be unfavorable to the negotiations, he personally ordered eight people, and took these eight people to the south gate of Datong City on horseback, and shouted: "This official is ordered to appease Duan Fei is also, quickly report to Guo Jian, and say that this official is here, quickly tell him to open the city gate and come to greet him in person!" ”

After a long time, the gate finally opened with a creak that could only be passed sideways by one person, and someone shouted inside, "Lord Chincha, please come in." ”

Yuantong, one of the guards who came with Duan Fei, snorted and said, "Guo Jian is too rude to let an adult get in through such a small gap. ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "It's already good if they don't throw a basket down, let the official sit in the basket and let them pull it in, get off the horse and enter the city." ”

Duan Fei dismounted first, Yuantong protected Duan Fei in the middle, and walked into Datong City one after another, and the city gate was immediately pushed and closed by the pawns, Yuantong and the others all raised their hearts to the voice, but Duan Fei smiled slightly, and shouted lightly: "Don't be nervous, relax a little, the more careful Guo Jian is, the more contradictory he is, and the person who is nervous now should be him!" Look at the looks of the soldiers on both sides looking at their own officers, as if they are about to pounce on them and kill them? ”

Yuantong and the others looked at the words, only to find that the soldiers who surrounded them with weapons around them, who seemed to be very threatening, looked at Duan Fei's eyes were full of excitement and admiration, if someone shouted, maybe these soldiers would immediately throw down their weapons and rush to Duan Fei to grab his autograph.

After this discovery, Yuantong and they also put their minds at ease, and Yuantong said to Duan Fei convincingly: "The adults are getting more and more powerful, as soon as I enter the city, my heart will be chaotic, if it weren't for the adults to wake up, maybe we wouldn't have waited for them to do it, and we ourselves would have collapsed." ”

Duan Fei didn't answer, because a leader of the judgment army walked up and saluted Duan Fei: "Lord Duan, General Guo invites you to meet you at the governor's yamen." ”

Duan Fei laughed heartily: "General Guo? When did Datong have a General Guo? Could it be that Guo Jian sealed it for himself? Without the emperor's permission and the appointment of the Ministry of War, how could Guo Jian dare to call himself a general? Is he really planning to rebel? ”

The general's expression tightened, only to hear the noise of the soldiers on both sides, and he hurriedly explained: "Lord Duan misunderstood, Guo Jian did not proclaim himself a general, this is just a respectful title for him. ”

Duan Fei regained the initiative in one fell swoop, and he smiled and said: "I see, since Guo Jian doesn't want to rebel, then the saint is still his master today, and this official came to appease him on behalf of the emperor, why is he treated like this?" Prepare your horses for your officers and your entourage! ”

The general had no choice but to order his subordinates to give up a few horses, but Duan Fei refused to get on the horse, he looked at the pure black horse that the general sat on, and said, "How can you let this official ride these inferior horses?" You sit down on the head of the leopard that the emperor gave to Governor Zhang Wenjin, right? Sure enough, the divine horse, but the royal horse is not something that anyone can ride, General Guo, I have to ask you to cut your love......"

The one riding the head of the leopard was indeed Guo Jian's son Guo Potar, when he heard Duan Fei's words, his face changed for a while, and finally turned over and dismounted, signed the head of the leopard in front of Duan Fei, handed over the reins and said respectfully: "Lord Duan, please get on the horse." ”

In the middle of Yuantong and other admiring eyes, Duan Fei jumped up vigorously, sitting firmly on the back of the head of the leopard on the royal horse, his eyes patrolled around, and suddenly shouted: "Datong mutiny, you killed the governor Zhang Wenjin, the details of the general Jia Jian's history are very clear to the emperor, Zhang Wenjin uses power for personal gain, Jia Jian is tyrannical and ruthless, the emperor understands, the special official came to appease with the sword of the Son of Heaven, it can be seen that the emperor's trust in you, I hope you will not live up to the emperor's expectations, the soldiers of the country, should guard the border to protect the family and the people, Swords and guns are not used against one's own people! ”

Hearing Duan Fei's words, many people quietly lowered the swords, guns, bows and arrows in their hands, Duan Fei felt the hidden murderous aura drop sharply, and he said to Guo Potar with satisfaction: "General Guo, please get on the horse and lead the way, this official doesn't know where the governor's yamen is......"