"One misstep becomes a thousand hatreds!" As soon as Li Yuntian spoke, Wang Tong immediately recognized that the guard with a beard at the corner of his mouth was him, understood that Li Yuntian had used a stand-in, and bowed to Li Yuntian after smiling bitterly, "The criminal officer is guilty, please punish the chief soldier."

"Cheng Shanbo, you are a martyrdom meritorious service, how could you make such a mistake?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian couldn't help but shake his head, sighed, and said in a heavy tone.

"The criminal officer has no argument and is willing to be punished." Wang Tongyan had a complicated look on his face when he heard this, and said with a gloomy expression.

After Liu Sheng's defeat, Wang Tong thought that Emperor Xuande would agree to Li Li's recital, and named Chen Wei as the king of Annam, ending the war of Jiaozhi.

The reason why Wang Tong thinks this way is not groundless, he was ordered to lead the army to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion when he participated in the imperial meeting held by Emperor Xuande, knowing the details of the treasury held by the household department, and knowing that Liu Sheng's counterinsurgency has emptied the household fund, and Emperor Xuande is no longer able to send troops to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion in a short period of time, unless the people are given more money.

As a member of the nobles of the capital, Wang Tong naturally knew that Emperor Xuande, like Emperor Hongxi, had adopted the national policy of recuperation and recuperation, and his rash addition would undoubtedly negate Emperor Xuande's previous governance program, which was definitely not what Emperor Xuande was willing to see.

Moreover, Jiaozhi is a wild land different from the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and it is a territory that later joined the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and like Wang Tong, many civil and military officials in the court did not attach importance to it, but regarded it as a chicken rib, and Wang Tong naturally abandoned it at the moment of life and death.

Wang Tong was gambling, he bet that Emperor Xuande would be kind to Li Li's performance, so he evacuated Jiaozhou City early, which resulted in a catastrophe.

In fact, because the passage between Jiaozhou Mansion and Sanjiang Mansion has been cut off by the rebels, Wang Tong only learned that Emperor Xuande had issued an edict to let Li Yuntian lead the Xiaowu army to Jiaozhi to quell the rebellion.

Wang Tong thought that Li Yuntian would still have two or three months to arrive in Jiaozhi, but he never expected that he would come so quickly, and it seemed that he did not march with the counterinsurgency army.

In this way, he can also get rid of this matter as soon as possible, he has long been powerless about the current bad situation in Jiaozhi, otherwise he will not take the risk of withdrawing his troops from Jiaozhou City.

Li Yuntian did not blame Wang Tong for anything, nor did he ask why Wang Tong had evacuated Jiaozhi without authorization, but simply asked Wang Tong about some things, and then asked the jailer to take him back, and asked the jailer to take off Wang Tong's handcuffs and shackles, and escorted him to the capital the next day to be handed over to Emperor Xuande for conviction.

Although Wang Tong made a big mistake, he was a noble of the Ming Dynasty after all, how could he bring torture instruments to Wang Tong before Emperor Xuande was not convicted?

After leaving the prison, Li Yuntian went to the Sanjiang Mansion Office.

The chief officer of the three divisions of Jiaozhi, the general of the counterinsurgency army led by Wang Tongsuo, the prefect of Sanjiang Prefecture, the commander of Sanjiangwei and others were already waiting for him in the reception hall in the backyard of the government, and Ma Qi, the lieutenant of Jiaozhi Town, was also seated at the scene, and sat in the first seat on the left.

"See the Chief Soldier." Seeing the supposed general enter the door, the people in the room got up one after another and bowed to him.

"Excuse me!" Suppose General Nan raised his hand to the people at the scene, strode to the main seat in front of the hall, and said expressionlessly behind the seat, "This official has important matters to discuss, and the idle people and others will retreat, and they must not approach without the summons of this official." ”

With this order from General Nan, the maids in the room and the entourage of the officials left one after another, and the two guards of the Xiaowu Army slammed the door shut, making the atmosphere in the room suddenly become a little depressing.

The officials at the scene thought that the hypothetical General Nan was going to lecture everyone, and they all looked at him nervously, feeling uneasy.

The evacuation of Jiaozhou City this time is a matter of great importance, could it be that Wang Tong can carry it alone? At that time, the officials in Jiaozhou City would be more or less implicated.

To everyone's surprise, after the door was closed, General Dingnan, who was sitting at the top of the room, suddenly got up, bowed to a young guard with a beard at the corner of his mouth standing behind him, and stepped aside, and the young guard sat down in his seat.

"This is the first time that this official and you have met, to be honest, this official thought that we should meet in Jiaozhou City, but I didn't expect it to be here!" Li Yuntian glanced at the people who looked puzzled at the scene, and said in a cold tone.

Hearing Li Yuntian mention Jiaozhou City, except for the prefect of Sanjiang Prefecture and the commander of Sanjiangwei, the rest of the officials couldn't help but tense up, and they all had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

As the saying goes, the new official took office with three fires, as the general of Dingnan personally appointed by Emperor Xuande, Li Yuntian, who held the military and political power of Jiaozhi, must first establish his authority after coming to Jiaozhi, so as to deter the civil and military officials of Jiaozhi.

Now it's a good thing, before Li Yuntian could find an excuse for Liwei, the officials of Jiaozhou City followed Wang Tong to evacuate the Jiaozhi Provincial Capital privately, which was tantamount to beating gongs and drums and sending the handle to Li Yuntian, and Li Yuntian could gently knead them if he wanted.

In the eyes of everyone, the loss of Jiaozhou City will definitely cause a shock to the government and the opposition in the capital, and someone must be responsible for this matter, Li Yuntian is absolutely unwilling to carry this black cauldron, and he can't carry this black cauldron, so these officials present will undoubtedly be unlucky, and none of them will be able to run away from accountability.

"Although Jiaozhou City is occupied by the rebels, this official believes that as long as you work together with one heart and one mind, then it will eventually be recaptured."

Li Yuntian saw that the faces of the officials present had become ugly, and some of them even had beads of sweat oozing from their foreheads, knowing that they were now under tremendous psychological pressure, so he changed his tone and said loudly:

"Now that the Jiaozhi rebels are strong, our army is at a disadvantage, if we want to win the battle of Jiaozhi, we must have a long-term vision, and we should not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place.

"The matter has come to this point, and the official will not say anything more, I hope that you will perform your duties and win the battle of Jiaozhi with the official, and the first thing to do now is to block the rebels outside Sanjiang City!"

As he spoke, Li Yuntian glanced at the officials at the scene, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said coldly, "The ugly words of this official are in my head, if you let this official know that someone has neglected his duties and deliberately slacked off, then this official will definitely not let him go!" ”

"Obey the teachings of your lords!" Everyone present couldn't help but look at each other in amazement when they heard this, and when they heard the meaning of Li Yuntian's words, they didn't seem to intend to hold them accountable for losing Jiaozhou City, and they suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and then hurriedly bowed their hands to Li Yuntian and replied in unison.

"Sanjiang City is the closest city to the rebels in our army, and the rebels will definitely not sit idly by and watch our army here, sooner or later there will be a big battle."

Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and after a deep sigh, he issued an order, "This official has mobilized a batch of grain from Xuanhua Cang to Taiyuan City, and the people from the political envoy Si Yamen and the people from the Yamen of the Imperial Envoy will immediately escort the people of Jiaozhou outside the city to Taiyuan City early tomorrow morning, and the rest of the people will follow the official to guard the city, so that the rebels cannot cross the Lei Chi step." ”

"Yes!" Everyone present immediately got up, bowed their hands at Li Yuntian, and replied loudly.

"Lord Commander, the traitors are menacing, you are the backbone of Jiaozhi, how can you be in danger? Judging from the miscellaneous family, you still sit in Taiyuan City, and choose another general to guard Sanjiang. ”

Then, without waiting for Li Yuntian to order the end of the meeting, a duck-like voice came from Li Yuntian's right front, and Ma Qi, who had been sitting there, stood up and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

"Right...... Yes, the chief soldier is the mainstay, how can he personally take risks. ”

"Lord Commander, I am willing to defend Sanjiang City."

"Kill chickens with a knife, it's better for the chief soldier to go to Taiyuan City to sit down."

……

As soon as Ma Qi's words fell, everyone at the scene began to talk about it, and they all persuaded Li Yuntian to leave Sanjiang City.

"As soon as Sanjiang City is broken, Taiyuan Mansion is in danger, making the rebels enough to threaten Xuanhua Mansion, and the consequences are unimaginable."

Seeing this, Li Yuntian pressed his hand downward, and the room immediately fell silent, everyone looked at him in unison, he groaned for a while, and said with a resolute expression, "You don't need to persuade again, this official has made up his mind, and is ready to live and die with Sanjiang City, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements." ”

Hearing this, the current people couldn't help but look at each other, no one thought that Li Yuntian would defend Sanjiang City to the death, and in addition to being stunned, they were impressed by this young general soldier, and they all secretly admired his loyalty, and it was not easy for Li Yuntian's identity and status to make such a choice.

To tell the truth, in the face of Jiaozhi's current mess, if it was replaced by other nobles as the chief soldier, it would have been wise to retreat a long time ago, anyway, the responsibility for the loss of Jiaozhou City lies with Wang Tong and others, plus reinforcements, who will stay in such a dangerous place as Sanjiang City, it will be a dead end.

However, in order to create a chance for reinforcements, and also for the sake of the face of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuntian resolutely decided to stay in Sanjiang City, loyal and brave, and can be called a model for the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, none of these officials present knew that Li Yuntian actually had no reinforcements at all, and the so-called 100,000 Xiaowu troops were just Li Yuntian's external propaganda, and the purpose was to stabilize the hearts of the people, but in fact, there were less than 3,000 reinforcements coming by land.

"The chief soldier has worked hard all the way, and the miscellaneous family will prepare a banquet for the adults to catch the wind and wash the dust at night, and I hope the adults can appreciate their faces." After the discussion, the officials on the scene left quickly to prepare their own related matters, Ma Qi and the others were almost gone, got up and came to Li Yuntian, and said with a smile on their faces.

"Officer Ma, this official is busy with affairs, and I really can't leave, and I understand your intentions." Li Yuntian sighed helplessly when he heard this, and politely rejected Ma Qi.

"Yes...... Yes, there are a lot of things to do, and adults can't do without them. Ma Qi knew that Li Yuntian was telling the truth, nodded again and again, and then stepped forward and said with a smile and in a low voice, "Since the adults are busy with official business, then the miscellaneous family will let people send some worthless Jiaozhi mountain goods to the adults at night, I hope that the adults can try them if they have time." ”

Intentionally or unintentionally, Ma Qi accentuated the pronunciation on "worthless", and it was obvious that the "Jiaozhi Mountain Goods" in his mouth was not as simple as it seemed, and he wanted to bribe Li Yuntian secretly.!^!

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