While Gao Jie's troops were gathering, Wang Guoxing and his entourage went to Xuzhou City.

He walked and thought.

If this matter is handled well, everyone will be happy. If it is not handled well, it will bring huge trouble.

Especially Gao Jie himself, who commanded a large number of troops and was a capable general of the imperial court.

Once something happened to him, the situation in the entire southern part of the Ming Dynasty would take a sharp turn for the worse.

"Open the city gate!" After arriving near the South Gate, Wang Guoxing shouted at the top of the city wall.

"Who is coming?"

"Wang Guoxing, the deputy governor of the Northern Pacification Division."

After a moment of silence on the wall, the man replied, "It is too late to tell your identity. Please come back tomorrow morning."

Wang Guoxing smiled coldly and said word by word: "There is an order."

There was a brief silence on the city wall again.

After a moment, someone answered, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will report to the general right away."

"Wait?" Wang Guoxing raised the torch in his hand and threatened: "Anyone who delays the order will be killed along with his entire clan! Let me enter the city quickly, otherwise you will bear the consequences."

This time there was an immediate response from the city wall: "Please wait a moment, sir. I will lower the basket down."

"I have an attendant with me, please lower two hanging baskets down."

"good."

As the soldiers on the city wall worked together, Wang Guoxing and his companion reached the top of the city wall.

As soon as he stepped onto the city wall, hundreds of soldiers rushed up and surrounded him.

In the firelight, the soldiers showed expressions of fear and excitement.

After all, not everyone has the opportunity to meet the Jinyiwei.

After confirming the identity, Wang Guoxing turned the tables and asked: "Who among you has the highest official position?"

"Me! I am Lu Peng, a captain under General Xu Dingguo." A small leader stepped forward and said.

Wang Guoxing narrowed his eyes and asked, "Whose soldier are you?"

"General Xu Dingguo..."

"I ask you again, whose soldier are you?" Wang Guoxing asked sternly.

"I...I am a soldier of the Ming Dynasty! Your Majesty's soldier!" Lu Peng suddenly figured out the problem and answered loudly.

"Okay," Wang Guoxing nodded slightly, took out a fifty-liang silver ingot from his bosom and threw it into his hand: "Now you are the garrison commander, share the money with your brothers."

Wow!

Not only was he promoted to a higher rank, but he also received fifty taels of silver.

Lu Peng felt full of strength: "Please give me your orders, sir. I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Wang Guoxing glanced at everyone and saw...light in their eyes!

That light that longs for silver!

Although Chongzhen paid the military salaries of various departments, these generals all withheld their salaries to varying degrees.

Those with a conscience will deduct less, and those without a conscience will deduct at least half.

Xu Dingguo belongs to the latter.

"What does the Lord want us to do?" Lu Peng asked again.

Wang Guoxing sighed and said, "There is only one thing. I will go into the city to meet Xu Dingguo later. If I am not back in half an hour, you will open the city gate and let the people outside in."

"this..."

"This is my order. You can obey it or not. Remember, this is your only chance to rise to prominence."

Without waiting for Lu Peng's response, Wang Guoxing asked his followers to go back and deliver the letter, while he went to the city alone to meet Xu Dingguo.

Xu Dingguo was having a conversation with Gao Jie.

Gao Jie was already drunk and his face was red, and he couldn't speak clearly: "Well... let's do this, today is worse than tomorrow. Tomorrow, early tomorrow morning, we will move our camp south to attack Li Chuang. How... about that?"

Xu Dingguo was not drunk, but he pretended to be drunk to cover up: "No... No, the problem of food and grass has not been solved yet."

"What's the problem with food and fodder?" Gao Jie stood up and patted Xu Dingguo on the shoulder. "We are fighting in the front... If the court doesn't provide us with food and fodder, we will... steal food from the people."

"I won't rob you. If you want to rob, do it yourself!" Xu Dingguo frowned.

"Huh?" Gao Jie was very angry. "Is this about stealing food and grass? This is about fighting. As a military commander of the imperial court, you should charge into battle instead of being afraid... of fighting. If you are so afraid of Li Chuang, you might as well disband your troops and go home to farm."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the back hall suddenly turned cold.

The dancers were good at observing people's words and expressions, and when they saw the atmosphere was getting colder, they immediately tried their best to show off their dancing moves.

Xu Dingguo stood up and stared into Gao Jie's eyes: "Brother Gao, what do you mean by this?"

"Literally." Although Gao Jie was drunk, he still maintained a trace of rationality. He quietly clenched his right fist and prepared to take action.

Xu Dingguo was not idle either.

He put his right hand behind his back, waiting for a gesture, and the generals behind him and the soldiers lying in ambush outside would rush in and cut Gao Jie and his men into pieces with their swords.

At this moment, a soldier hurried in and said a few words into Xu Dingguo's ear.

Xu Dingguo was stunned.

Gao Jie was shocked by Xu Dingguo's performance and immediately sobered up.

He quietly took a half step back and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Someone from the imperial court has arrived." Xu Dingguo did not hide it.

"who?"

"Wang Guoxing, the commander of the Imperial Guard, wants to see you and me."

"What is he doing here?"

"I don't know. The person is already outside."

Before he could finish his words, Wang Guoxing walked in.

He glanced around the back hall and stopped at Gao Jie and Xu Dingguo. "Two generals, do you still have the time to drink?"

Gao Jie and Xu Dingguo looked at each other and bowed at the same time: "Greetings, Mr. Wang."

Wang Guoxing nodded and said to the two men, "Two generals, there is an order."

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