The reason why Gao Ji dared to challenge Chen Xi was mainly believed that Chen Xi was a civil servant, caring about the voice of the official and following the Confucian Code, and choosing to convince people with reason.

But a martial artist like Wang He is different. He never follows rules when doing things, is impulsive and irritable. As the saying goes, a scholar can't explain it clearly when he meets a soldier.

Gao Ji ignored Wang He and glared at Chen Xi: "Chen Thief, it seems that you are stubborn and treat the court's laws as if nothing is needed. Do you want to fight against our gentry and people of Nanning Prefecture?"

The gentry brought by Gao Ji was silent, and none of them dared to say anything, their eyes were filled with fear and alertness.

Chen Xi frowned slightly, knowing that Gao Ji wanted to fight to the death. It was unwise to fight with an old hooligan who suddenly went crazy. The other party was deliberately framed, but now he was forced to make things difficult for such a person. It was nothing strange for him to fight with others for the sake of his face.

Chen Xi shook his head: "The thief army has been killed at the city. I will not talk much to you... In the country, every man is responsible. Come and distribute weapons to the Gaogong and the gentry, and go to the top of the city to fight against the enemy. If anyone pushes and blocks, he will be asked to kill everyone!"

The gentry suddenly felt sad when they heard this. What is the reason?

We accompanied the Gao Zhifu to reason. It would be fine if you, Shangshu Chen, refused arrogantly, but you also transferred us witnesses to the city wall to fight the enemy. What kind of rules is this?

But at this time, the officers and soldiers in the camp had already lifted their weapons, and even the vine armor soaked in tung oil was ready. Wang He stepped forward and shouted arrogantly with a look of shame:

"Now that the enemy is in front of you, Lord Shen is about to lead his troops to fight against the Jiaozhi rebels. You should put your personal grudges aside for the time being, and the top and the two work together to prevent foreign humiliation! If you don't obey orders, you can only treat it as fearlessness of the war, or a spy sent by Jiaozhi to our Ming Dynasty. According to military law, you should be punished. Who dares to try it?"

mean!

Shameless!

Abuse of power!

Many gentry were full of anger and wanted to go forward to fight for Chen Xi, but they thought it was one thing, but actual actions were another. Even if someone came out to take the lead, no one dared to take a step forward.

The obvious truth is that Chen Xi has soldiers in his hands, and the king's orders are in his hands, and he has the power to kill and seize life and death. If this happens in the rear, Chen Xi needs to explain to the court, but now the bandits of Jiaozhi are at the city, and the commander of the three armies will say whatever they say during the war. For victory, even if the wrong person is killed, the court will not be held accountable. This is the most troublesome place.

The gentry present did not move, and all looked at Gao Ji.

Wang He said angrily: "Time is limited. If you don't wear armor and pick up your weapons, just serve the sword and axe, where will the person come... drag the shrinking guy out!"

"Mr. Shen, you are abusing public power!"

"Mr. Shen, let's have something to say. We are here to reason with you... Hey, hey, can't I wear it?"

While reasoning with Chen Xi, a group of people were forced to put on the shoddy vine armor and pick up weapons. However, with their pampered body, it was difficult to climb the city on weekdays, let alone put on a heavy vine armor and put on the top of the city with weapons. This was simply torment for them.

Most of the gentry are scholars. Even if they are not famous, they still have good land in their homes. They have food and clothes to reach out, and they have never even brought farm tools. They usually carry cages and walk birds, but now they are asked to pick up spears and climb the city, and they are suddenly complaining.

But the officers and soldiers who surrounded them did not give them any chance to reason. Chen Xi had already left the camp gate early, involving emergency military affairs. When the king of Heaven came, he had to stand aside, let alone the mere prefect of Nanning.

Finally, Wang He stared at Gao Ji who had been standing there motionlessly, and shouted: "Master Gao, why, how dare you openly disobey Lord Shen's orders? Now the armor and weapons are in front of you. Could it be that you are blind?"

Gao Ji looked at Wang He and saw the sword and axe driver who was eager to try beside him, he wanted to turn his back, but he didn't have the courage to helplessly possess him and pick up the scented vine armor that emitted an unpleasant smell and started wearing it.

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There were about 10,000 soldiers and horses from Jiaozhi. Under the leadership of the commander Mo Zhuan, they arrived at Nanning Prefecture at three o'clock in the morning.

At this time, most of the fog had dissipated. Chen Xi was carefully observing the situation outside the city. Ma Jiu and others stood behind Shen Xi, waiting for arrangements at any time.

The Jiaozhi soldiers and horses in front were crossing the river with ships. These ships were only brought by Jiaozhi from Taiping Prefecture and Jiangzhou in the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River. There were as many as hundreds of ships, which could transport six or seven hundred people at a time. It took more than a dozen trips to transport all the soldiers and horses across the river.

Wang He hurriedly climbed to the south gate, observed carefully, and cursed: "Those Southern Barbarians, you know that you are in the city, but you dare to come to attack the city. You are so tired of living! Sir, please give me the order to open the city and fight with the bandits!"

Chen Xi looked at the city wall behind and saw Gao Ji and others slowly climbing the city by the officers and soldiers. These people were arrogant before, but now they all acted as turtles, giving in to each other and letting others take the lead.

Chen Xi's eyes fell back on Wang He's face and shook his head, "General Wang, don't be anxious. The Jiaozhi rebels aim to use the thick fog to suddenly appear outside the city to achieve the effect of being ahead of others and make the city lose its footsteps. It is best to open the city gates on their own initiative and fight with him at the Yongjiang Ferry. Just defeat our army and take advantage of the situation to seize the city."

"Actually, if you look carefully, you will find that the enemy does not carry siege equipment. It is impossible to attack the city. The reason why the southern barbarian generals did this was to take advantage of our army's mentality of "striking halfway through" to find opportunities, and in addition, they created a great momentum, forcing our army to abandon the city and flee in fear, and even open the city to surrender."

"In the end, the enemy commander responded to the information he fed back from the scouts, thinking that our Ming Dynasty had no boats and crossed the river. Even if their goal of seizing the city could not be achieved, he could take the opportunity to rob the north bank of the Yongjiang River and then evacuate it!"

Wang He was a little nervous, looked at the Yongjiang River, which was two miles away in front of the city wall, and asked, "Sir, do we have boats? Don't attack these bandits. We don't even have ferries. How can we chase after the victory?"

Chen Xi smiled and comforted: "General Su led two thousand men and horses and had crossed the river and waited for the war to begin on the south bank of Yongjiang River!"

Wang He was stunned for a moment, and wanted to speak but stopped.

The southern barbarians outside the city were densely packed with horses, and they could not see the head at first sight. According to Wang He estimates, it is very likely that there will be tens of thousands. Su Jingyang led two thousand soldiers and horses across the river to intercept the enemy. The strength comparison is too great. You should know that the Jiaozhi soldiers and horses are not local alien rebels. They are well-trained and have better weapons. If you only send two thousand troops to fight, wouldn’t it be too arrogant?

Chen Xi looked at Wang He with a gloomy expression and asked, "General Wang believes that we should go out of the city to fight at this time and start the war when the bandits have not yet completed crossing the river?"

Wang He nodded: "My lord is right, why didn't we start a war earlier? After the thief army crossed the river, it would form a battle against the water. At that time, I'm afraid... the battle between trapped beasts will inspire the will to die, and this battle will not be difficult to deal with!"

Chen Xi smiled and said, "I have only one Han Xin in Chinese history. So many people who want to imitate Han Hou's warfare will end up in a dismal end. What kind of virtue can the Southern Barbarians do? They dare to learn from Han Hou's battle against the enemy? This move is purely a way to seek death! After crossing the river, the retreat of Jiaozhi soldiers was cut off. If they were defeated, countless Southern Barbarian soldiers would drowned in the Yongjiang River. General Wang, do you believe it?"

Wang He looked embarrassed: "What lord said is indeed possible, but the premise is that the thief army was defeated. This... is really difficult... Sir, the defenders in the city are only seven or eight thousand, but two thousand have been sent out of the city by you! The enemy troops on the north bank of the Yongjiang River are twice as good as me, so how can we win?"

Chen Xi smiled and continued to observe the enemy's movements.

At this time, the army and troops of the city had crossed the river on a large scale, and their vanguard had set up fortifications on the north bank near the south gate of Nanning Prefecture, in order to advance and retreat and defend.

The enemy's defense line is about one and a half miles away from the city wall. Although the cannon can barely hit there, it has no accurate idea. According to the principle, it is unrealistic to use the Yongjiang River to make a fuss.

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Gao Ji was very upset.

Before he came, he was worried that Chen Xi would be unreasonable in his use of the power at hand, so he could only hope that the court would hold Chen Xi accountable, but he also knew that the court would have to wait for at least a few months to hold him accountable, which was really beyond the reach. He was probably tortured by Chen Xi until his death during this period.

When Gaoji took the gentry to the military camp to "review the truth", he knew that the Jiaozhi soldiers had already reached the city, and he felt even more desperate.

Because of the great enemy, the status of the commander will be infinitely elevated. Those who originally wanted to help him "uphold justice" were forced to put the safety of Nanning Prefecture first. In this way, he did not even have a chance to reason, so he was forced to go up to the top of the city and personally participated in the war.

"Gao Zhifu, you have to think of a solution. I have old men and young men. Isn't it a target for the Nanman to go to the city? If Lord Shen takes the opportunity to retaliate and push us down one by one, either falling to death or tragically under the Nanman's sword. Where can I go to judge..."

Still halfway, the gentry who followed Gao Ji to judge began to fight in internal conflicts. They all held weapons and didn't want to go to the top of the city. The sound of yelling and killing came from a distance outside the city, which made people even more frightened.

Gao Ji was not so afraid of participating in the war. As the prefect of Nanning, he had the tradition of civil servants leading military generals during the war. Before Nanning City, the military forces were all allocated by the government office. Until Chenxi arrived, Gao Ji was the highest military and political chief, and he was already very familiar with the city walls at the south gate of the city.

The only difference is that in the past, the Jiaozhi soldiers just wandered around the south bank of the Yongjiang River, and ran away after snatching things, and never crossed the river.

Gao Ji said angrily: "I want to settle accounts with the thief, but now the Southern Barbarians are in the present, shouldn't the national justice be the first? You all follow my official to the top of the city to let the Nanman and Shen thief know that there are no cowards in our Nanning Mansion!"

Although Gao Ji's slogan was clamoring, the gentry would not accept his trick.

A group of people climbed to the city less than half, and heard a loud "boom" sound coming from the front. The gentry who were already scared fell directly on the steps and refused to get up.
Chapter completed!