On the early morning of winter, thick fog was filled with peace and the city of Nanning was filled with calm waves.

The soldiers on the city wall were still patrolling normally. Occasionally, there were fast horses outside the city to bring back news, taking a boat from the south bank of the Yongjiang River, crossing the river to the city gate, and then greeted it from the small gate to the city, and reported to Chenxi.

Chen Xi came to the city gate to patrol very early. According to usual habits, he should have returned to the camp to rest after the inspection at Chen hour, and then waited for his sleep before continuing to work.

Just as Shen Xi inspected the city defense to the south gate, Yun Liu rode a horse into the city from outside the city, went up to the top of the city, and appeared in front of Shen Xi.

Chen Xi looked at Yun Liu, who was exhausted and asked, "Has the matter to be told to you been completed?"

Yun Liu bowed: "Yes, sir. Bei Zhi has destroyed several river crossing sites on the upper reaches of the Yong River overnight. At that time, the fire was soaring into the sky, and it was clearly visible ten miles away. After confirming that the scouts of the Southern Barbarians were attracted, under the fire, we sank dozens of dilapidated ships we collected in public..."

"Um!"

Chen Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good job, but you can't rest today. Go back and wait first... at least you don't want to fall asleep in the morning!"

Yunliu didn't understand the purpose of sending her out of the city before, but now through the analysis and summary of the information and the feedback during the specific execution of the mission, she has figured out Chen Xi's intentions, so she naturally won't have any objections, so she bowed and quickly stepped down from the city wall.

Chen Xi looked at the fog on the south side at the top of the city and couldn't help but sigh: "I've been in Nanning City for a few days. This morning happened to be heavy fog, and with my previous hard performance, I don't believe that Jiaozhi soldiers would not take the bait. Once the enemy attacks, it can just test the strength of the three armies!"

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Xuanhua County Office, the yamen officer has already gotten up.

After Chen Xi led the army to take over the city defense, the specific affairs of the government and county governments were mainly concentrated on assisting the army to set up checkpoints in the city.

Now neither the prefect nor the county magistrate has the right to interfere in military and political affairs in Nanning City. All policies are taken by Chen Xi, and even the pricing power of commodities in the city has been taken over by the army.

It is precisely because of the pricing power of rice, grain, salt, tea and other daily necessities that Chen Xi had a feud with the gentry in the city. The gentry believed that Chen Xi had infringed on their rights and interests and became entangled in opposition to Chen Xi. Especially after the incident of Gao Ning, the gentry in the city stood on Gao Ji's side unconditionally and prepared to go together to condemn Chen Xi.

Gao Ji didn't sleep all night, mainly because he was worried because he knew that he was fighting against the most powerful people in the six southwestern provinces.

In this era, fighting with superiors is like hitting stones with eggs. Gao Ji has always been timid and conservative in his actions. He was forced to Liangshan by his daughter-in-law last night. Now he is going to face Chen Xi head-on, and his heart is filled with fear.

Just after the hour of Mao, many gentry gathered at the county hall to wait. Before dawn, Gao Ji came out to meet the gentry.

A gentry came forward to greet him: "Sir, when will you go to the government office?"

Gao Ji said: "I heard that the thief was afraid of his crime and did not spend the night in the government office yesterday. He fled into the military camp for asylum. He thought he was afraid that we would go to condemn him, so he was ashamed!"

The officials and gentry looked at each other. As the commander of the Nan conscript, it was normal for Chen Xi to go to the military camp to rest. Here, Gao Ji was regarded as a "fear of guilt" action. The reason was not reasonable, but they were embarrassed to point out Gao Ji's fallacy, and they all agreed with "reasonable", but they were all cheering in their hearts.

They were not worried about the banner of their own justice, but were afraid that Chen Xi would do anything to do, so they detained them all.

The emperor was far away from the mountain in Nanning, six or seven thousand miles away from the capital. If Chenxi was going to do whatever he wanted to do, he would be charged with bandits, and the court would not be able to investigate it thoroughly. Then, when they went to the military camp to discuss the argument, they would be dying for nothing, and they had to worry about their wealth and life.

In their opinion, since Chen Xi even dared to ruin Gao Ji's daughter-in-law, he naturally had no need to worry about these little people. Now they only hope that the enemy would be in front of him, and Chen Xi would not dare to start a massacre in Nanning Prefecture City.

Gao Ji took out a memorial and said, "This is the memorial written by me by me to sue the thief for the crimes of the thief in the night. Since you are here, you are just in the joint letter. The court will consider the feelings of the local people in Nanning. The thief will never tolerate the thief!"

The gentry present had no choice but to sign their names on the memorial book, which was like a ten thousand words, and everyone had to sign the signature, and even some irrelevant people had to come out to make up the numbers.

After seeing the dense signatures, Gao Ji felt a little relieved and felt that the time to overthrow Chen Xi was ripe. As long as the court held him accountable, Chen Xi would definitely be punished.

But this difficult problem is facing Gao Ji again when he sends the memorial book out of the city.

Now the entire Nanning Prefecture City is controlled by the soldiers under Chen Xi's command. Any official documents leaving the city may be intercepted by Chen Xi's people. When Chen Xi sees the contents of the memorial book, it is difficult not to do anything.

Many people secretly worry that if Chen Xi saw the joint letter on the memorial book, he would directly kill the gentry in Nanning Mansion City according to this list.

After Gao Ji and other gentry, government offices, county officials and even yamen offices put their names on their chests, they patted their chests and said, "Please rest assured that although the thief was the people in Nanning City, if the incident happened, my Gao family would never implicate others. I, Gao, and the thief, were incompatible. No matter whether the complaint was successful or not, I would not let you suffer..."

When people heard Gao Ji's words, some people breathed a sigh of relief, but more people became more and more worried.

Whoever Chen Xi pursued was not to look at what Gao Ji said, but to look at how Chen Xi was feeling.

If Chen Xi was going to start a massacre, would it work if you say "What's the point of being for me?"

Gao Ji said again: "It is already approved. I will ask someone to send it to the capital, and the thief will be punished by law. Today, you will go to the military camp with me to condemn the thief and let him know the consequences of offending me, Nanning gentry and people!"

Under Gao Ji's leadership, the group left the county government office and headed towards the military camp of Nanning Prefecture City.

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As soon as Chen Xi came down to the city wall, Su Jingyang came angrily and reported: "Sir, Gao's surname is brought a group of people to come and said he was coming to ask Lord Shen for his judgment. It was related to the abuse of the Gao family's women!"

Chen Xi wiped his hands with a wet cloth and said, "I am worried that they won't come. I will meet these uninvited guests here!"

Su Jingyang said: "Sir, Gao's surname is by any means. What reason do you tell him? Just take the person down and ask for punishment!"

Chen Xidao: "General Su, the war is coming, it is better to convince others with reason at this time. If the official avoids seeing him or takes him directly, others will criticize him and say that he is guilty of being a thief. But since the person is here, he will leave and join the soldiers of the three armies to fight to kill the enemy!"

Su Jingyang widened his eyes and asked, "What do you mean by saying this? Go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? Could it be... I want to send these people to the army?"

Chen Xi patted Su Jingyang on the shoulder: "General Su thought things were too simple... I judge that today's Jiaozhi soldiers and horses will take advantage of the heavy fog to attack the city. You can prepare and take two thousand soldiers out of the city, cross the river from the narrow area between the lower reaches and the beach, and then hide their tracks and sneak to the Wuxiangling area on the south bank of the Yongjiang River."

"When the Jiaozhi soldiers come to attack the city, after their main force crosses the river, you will defeat the rebels around the enemy, and then destroy the ships on the south bank, and your errand will be completed..."

Su Jingyang was so excited that he was a little unhappy when he heard this, and said, "Sir, I won't be... sitting outside and watching someone else fight, right?"

Chen Xidao: "Do you think I will let the thief army break through the Nanning Prefecture City and use the same trick again? This place is not Baoqing Prefecture. Who knows how many spies the Nanman has placed in the city? No matter what, I will not take this risk, and I can only defend the enemy under the city wall. The thief army has been unable to attack for a long time, so they can only find opportunities to withdraw back to the south bank. At that time, the credit will not be yours? Do you want to stay at the top of the city and wait for the rebels to attack the city?"

Su Jing Yang Mei smiled and said anxiously: "Sir, it's better to lead troops out of the city!"

"Um!"

Chen Xi nodded, "This time, we will make up for the unfairness of the Baoqing Mansion to you in the previous battle. After this battle, the soldiers and horses will follow and chase the Jiaozhi soldiers to the south. As for the destruction in Nanning City, I don't want to pursue it for the time being. It is justified to drive the Nanman out of the country first!"

Su Jingyang clasped his fists: "The last general takes the order!"

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When Chen Xi brought Wang He, Feng Zhaoyuan, Ma Jiu and others to the camp gate, a large number of gentry had already gathered outside the camp.

The one who takes the lead is naturally Gaoji.

This time, Gao Ji had a bit of an attempt to rush to the camp. He knew that he was on the weak side and came with a desire to die. If Chen Xi took him down in public or even killed him on the spot, in full view of everyone, Chen Xi would pay a heavy price unless he killed everyone in the city.

Chen Xi walked forward and asked in surprise: "Master Gao, can you already know that the rebels are about to attack the city, so you will bring people to help guard the city gate?"

Gao Ji was stunned by the question, and then he reacted and glared: "Thief, Gao came to seek justice from you today. You ruined my husband's daughter-in-law yesterday, how do you settle the account?"

Because it was a false accusation or a subordinate framed his superiors, he lacked confidence, so he didn't have much power to shout.

Chen Xi asked strangely: "When did I touch your daughter-in-law? She roared in the court in the tent of our central army last night, and was beaten by the old lady with a few bad faces. Why... Could it be that she still wants to frame me if she still wants to accuse me?"

The gentry present was all excited. They thought Chen Xi would jump over the wall with a hurry, but when Chen Xi spoke so naturally, they couldn't help looking at each other because they felt that what Chen Xi said was more reasonable.

The gentry looked at Gao Ji in unison, and his eyes seemed to be asking, "Didn't it say that your daughter-in-law was occupied by Chen Xi in the government office yesterday? Why did you meet in the camp last night? Who said it is true?"

Gao Ji was angry and embarrassed: "Bastard, do you dare to act like a thief? Do you dare to confront someone?"

Wang He stood up and pointed at Gao Ji: "If you have the surname Gao, don't be shameless. We Lord Shen care about your daughter-in-law? Even if you send your granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law, Lord Shen doesn't care about taking a look at it... He doesn't look at your daughter-in-law's appearance. Will Lord Shen fall in love with her if he is blind?"

This was very ugly, but the gentry present heard some signs.

Isn't it?

What is Lord Shen? The top scholar who passed the third year of the throne, the second-rank official who was the Left Censor and the Minister of War, the most important thing is that he is less than twenty years old this year and is very handsome and dignified.

No matter how good your Gao family’s daughter-in-law is, she is just an ordinary woman. She is already over twenty years old. Will Lord Shen be blind and miss a mediocre woman?
Chapter completed!