The south gate of Guangzhou Mansion at night, but it is brightly lit at the moment, just above the city wall is three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, the torches at the battlement mouth neatly draw a bright dividing line for the city head, but there are two troops facing each other under the city.

Outside the wide open city gate, there are the guards of Jiedu Mansion led by Yang Hongwen and hundreds of heavily armed bandit troops, but on the opposite side are Gouzi and Xiao Lizi, who were born with Ding Li Wharf but have now become captains of the First Regiment of the Southern Navy, as well as the two brothers Wang De and Wang Huan, and the four newly appointed captains are closely followed by their respective descendants.

And among these two opposing forces, that is, in the open space between the two sides, there is also a force with only thirty or forty people, led by Wang Ling, who handed over all military affairs when Ding Li left Giethoorn Town the day before yesterday, and Heizi, who protected Xu Hong to find a new camp.

After all, Ding Li's deeds were too sensational, and they couldn't hide it if they wanted to hide it at all, but the news that Gouzi and Xiao Lizi got was a little slower, but they also quickly verified it after hearing the rumors at noon yesterday, and then left Giethoorn Town with their respective subordinates as a whole.

Although Wang Ling is a deputy general, and he was also entrusted by Ding Li before leaving, Wang Ling, the second-in-command of the Southern Navy, who is still nominally 'airborne', can't suppress Ding Li's old subordinates no matter what. What's more, almost all of the people who were incorporated into the Southern Navy this time followed Ding Li to work as coolies at the dock, although they did not talk to Ding Li or received any care from Ding Li, but in their minds, Ding Li was like a god that no one could compare.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a god in his heart, a few months ago, Ding Li was just a coolie who relied on his strength on the wharf of Guangzhou Port, but now he has become the commander of the Southern Navy officially appointed by the imperial court, and the huge gap between before and after is even unbelievable. But when the facts are in front of us, it will soon be rumored to be a god, and it will become a legend that cannot be surpassed at all, and at the same time, it will also become the object of common worship of the South China Navy.

It is precisely with this premise that even if he has great power in his hands, the orders issued by Wang Ling, who is the vice admiral, are like a dead letter to the officers and men of the entire South China Navy, and they cannot be effectively implemented at all, which eventually leads to the current situation.

The Southern Navy arrived at the South Gate of Guangzhou Mansion in the afternoon, and because Wang Ling sent someone to inform Yang Hongwen in advance, the Southern Navy could not enter the Guangzhou Mansion where the city gate was closed. Recently, Yang Hongwen, who was worried about causing a roar of soldiers, also had to order the city defense army to strengthen the defense of the southern city wall, and at the same time personally led the bandit army under his command and a part of the personal guards of Jiedu Mansion to go out of the city to talk with the southern navy.

It's just that no matter what Yang Hongwen says, even if Wang Ling and Heizi keep helping and persuading on the side, the Southern Navy led by Gouzi and Xiao Lizi always refuses to back down, although it doesn't seem to cause a further crisis, but Yang Hongwen still doesn't dare to be careless, after all, the Southern Navy in front of him is a nearly 1,000 army with all well-equipped equipment, even if it is only a short period of formal training, Yang Hongwen can't give birth to any contempt in his heart.

Even Heizi, as Xiao Li Zi and Dog Zi, most of their masters, at this time, their words are not half effective, and the little prestige that Xu Hong just accumulated in the Southern Navy some time ago was also wiped out by Ding Li's incident this time.

When Jiedu made Li Zhen's convoy appear a few miles outside the city of Guangzhou, a small group of tooth soldiers sent out to the front hurriedly returned to the convoy to report, panicked and a little confused, and did not dare to report to Li Zhen what he saw outside the city of Guangzhou without the slightest reservation.

"Ah Xiang, what do you think about this matter?" After listening to the report, Li Zhen in the car was silent for a moment, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Uncle Xiang, and asked the other party's opinion in a calm tone.

"Li Jiedu, if nothing else, it's either the South China Sea Gang, or the South China Navy!" Uncle Xiang also paused when he heard this, but now Li Zhen already knew Ding Li's life experience, so Uncle Xiang didn't have any scruples when he told the truth, and responded in a low voice with a smile: "Li Jiedu, forgive Ah Xiang for saying more, let them solve their affairs!" If this kind of thing passes Li Jiedu's eyes, I'm afraid that those stinky boys won't be able to sleep peacefully after that! Besides, Li Jiedu is tired enough, just let Ding Li solve it, let's rest here for a while! ”

"Well, as I thought, it should be ** not far from ten! Then let Ziyi go over first, let's do what you said, just rest for the time being! After hearing this, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Li Li's mouth, his previous understanding of Ding Li was completely through Yang Ru's clever tongue, but now there is an opportunity to really understand Ding Li.

"Well, just according to what Li Jiedu said! I'll arrange it! Uncle Xiang smiled and nodded, turned around and opened the curtain of the window, and instructed Said, who was almost an inch away from the carriage: "Said! There are some things going out in Nancheng, you go to the back to find Ali, you go over first, after solving the matter, Li Jiedu and I will enter the city again! ”

"Yes, Uncle Xiang! Uncle Lao Fu Xiang told Li Jiedu, please rest assured! Saiyigadeze turned his horse's head and saluted solemnly to Uncle Xiang, who was almost blinding at the window, and then pulled the reins and urged his mount to run towards the back of the convoy, since he rescued Ding Li, he had not had a chance to meet Ding Li!

Ding Li and Fan Ying, who were pressed behind the convoy, were still wondering why the convoy suddenly stopped, although the two of them could also see the faint light of the southern city of Guangzhou in the distance, but the two of them just thought that it was an ordinary bonfire on night duty, and they didn't think too much about it at all, until the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the official road where the convoy stopped, especially when the figure of Sai Yigad appeared in front of them, Ding Li and Fan Ying suddenly felt that something was wrong, but neither of them felt any danger, and after looking at each other, The two men instigated their mounts to meet them.

"Brother Li! Are you okay?! The mount under the crotch was pulled urgently, and without waiting for the mount to be stable, the surprised Saidgard raised his legs and jumped to the ground, ran towards Ding Li quickly, snatched a torch from the soldier on the side, looked around at Ding Li, who also got off the mount, and kept reaching out and pulling Ding Li to adjust the angle, as if he had to find some injuries from Ding Li's body before he would stop.

"It's okay, it's okay! Well, it's fine! Don't look at it, it's fine! Under Saidgard's fiddling observation, Ding Li suddenly felt that he was more like a goods that was taken care of, and smiled and stretched out his hand to stop Saidgard, but the other party refused to stop at all, and continued to hold the torch to keep taking care of this and that, and did not pay attention to Ding Li's words, until he repeatedly checked from head to foot from small to top several times, Saidigad stopped his movements with a surprised face, and after slowly getting up, the young face under the firelight became more and more surprised, and the eyes of the two flames were full of shock: "Force, Brother Li. They, they didn't, didn't torture you privately?! ”

"What kind of punishment, what do you want!" Ding Li raised his hand and pushed Saidgard, patted the other party's shoulder with a smile, looked at the concern on Saidgard's surprised face, and suddenly felt a warm current in his body, and then Ding Li turned his eyes to look at the front of the team, patted Saidgard's shoulder with a puzzled face and asked: "Saidi, why don't you leave, you are going to enter the city not far ahead, let's go back quickly!" ”

As he spoke, Ding Li remembered Liu Sheng, who had been thinking about him all the way, and suddenly twisted his eyebrows, showing a rare anxious look on his face: "There is also Sheng'er!" With Sheng'er's temperament, he must be in a hurry! It's been more than a day, and we still hurry into the city! ”

"Okay, okay." Saiyigaard originally wanted to tell Ding Li that Liu Sheng had fallen ill after leaving Fuxu Town yesterday, but after seeing Ding Li's slightly excited reaction, he immediately dispelled this idea, nodded curtly, arched his hand towards Fan Ying on the side, turned around and jumped on the mount, then Saiyigad suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, and then said to Ding Li: "Brother Li, there seems to be something outside the city, Uncle Xiang said let's go over and solve it first!" ”

"Huh? Well! Ding Li was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then immediately understood what the purpose of Uncle Xiang's arrangement was, and immediately nodded at Sai Yigad in understanding, and then turned to Fan Ying and proposed: "Brother Fan! It seems that there are some private matters that need to be taken first, so let's leave it aside for the time being, and see you later! ”

"Okay, Brother Li, you and Brother Saiyi go first! Li Jiedu is here, with me and my brothers, Brother Li can rest assured! Although Fan Ying didn't understand what the reason was, she also heard Saidgaard say that it was Uncle Xiang's arrangement, but Uncle Xiang was in the carriage with Li Jiedu, Fan Ying naturally understood that this was also instructed by Li Jiedu, and immediately returned the salute to Ding Li, and responded with a solemn face: "Brother Li, be careful!" See you later! ”

"Farewell! Leave! ”

Ding Li and Saidgaard gratefully hugged Fan Ying with their fists, and the two turned their horses' heads to urge their mounts to leave. With Saidgard's reminder, even when passing by the carriage that Li Zhen and Uncle Xiang were riding, Ding Li and the two did not stop at all, but rushed directly through the convoy in the direction of Guangzhou City.

However, when the sound of horses' hooves approached the carriage, Li Zhen in the carriage suddenly hung his heart, and even his heartbeat became clearer and clearer with the sound of horses' hooves coming from the window, and the beating became more and more frequent, until the sound of horses' hooves suddenly passed through the window and gradually moved away, Li Zhen's heart hanging in his throat was slowly lowered, and while taking a deep breath, Li Zhen's arm was involuntarily raised, and Uncle Xiang on the side saw this, and hurriedly reached out to open the curtain for Li Zhen, and released Li Zhen's pair of bright and even bright eyes out of the car window.

Under the illumination of the torches in the hands of the guards of the Jiedu Mansion on the official road, Li Zhen saw the back of Ding Li who was riding a horse and whipping on the side of the official road, but it soon became blurred, as if it was because the light of the torches was not bright enough, and it seemed that the night was indeed too dark tonight, or the bright moonlight of the bright moon in the sky was obscured by layers of mist.

Soon, Ding Li completely crossed the convoy and plunged into the night, and in a blink of an eye, it blended into the silent night, only the rhythm of the horse's hooves remained, faint, but it seemed to be extremely clear.