General Office, backyard, main hall.

Xu Dingguoban was lying on the rocking chair, with a comfortable expression on his face and a lustful look at the three women playing the piano and dancing. These women were all the women with the best singing and dancing skills in the brothel of Guide Mansion.

The backyard is an absolute forbidden area. Except for Xu Dingguo's personal soldiers and five personal soldiers who are in close proximity, the rest of them are not allowed to enter and exit without authorization, otherwise Xu Dingguo will be mercilessly cut off his head.

The news of the victory of the imperial army in the Battle of Wuqiao reached Guide Prefecture. Xu Dingguo was overjoyed. The things he was worried about at all times would not happen in a short period of time. The 20,000 Eight Banners Army were completely wiped out, and the Later Jin Tartars would definitely attack Shandong in large numbers. In this way, Guide Prefecture would be safe. As for the treachery Li Zicheng, who was beaten by the Eight Banners Army, fled in panic and did not dare to stay in Henan for too long.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Dingguo wrote memorials to the emperor and the court, which showed his determination to defend Henan and fight against the Later Jin Tartars and the trespass Li Zicheng. On the other hand, he reached out to ask the court for military pay. His wishful thinking was very good. The court army won a major victory. The emperor must be happy and would approve his memorials. By then, the military pay would be enough for him to spend a while.

Xu Dingguo left a lot of retreat for himself. If Li Zicheng attacked Guide Mansion, he would surrender to Li Zicheng. If the Later Jin Tartars attacked Guide Mansion, he would surrender to the Later Jin Tartars. If the imperial army could win, it would be even better. He, the general, could still live a happy life. Of course, all this was inseparable from the support of money. Therefore, Xu Dingguo's extraordinary greed was not only a clever name to collect heavy taxes in Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, but also instigated the soldiers under his command to plunder the people. A large amount of money flowed into Xu Dingguo's pockets. Many people in Guide and Kaifeng fell into the abyss.

When the chaotic footsteps sounded, Xu Dingguo was too lazy to get up, but he had an angry look on his face.

"Xu Dingguo, it's so leisurely..."

The door of the main hall was pushed open, and when the sound came, Xu Dingguo jumped up suddenly.

"Who is looking for death? Where did the personal soldiers go..."

Zhu Dadian, who walked into the main hall, looked at Xu Dingguo in front of him, with a sneering expression on his face.

"I have seen it. The dignified Henan general officer did not know how to handle military affairs in broad daylight and was actually visiting prostitutes. If I remember it well, General Xu would write a memorial to the emperor and the court, and he spoke sincerely, vowing to defeat the Later Jin Tartars and defeat the rebel Li Zicheng, as long as the court allocates enough military pay."

Xu Dingguo's face turned pale in an instant and he looked at Zhu Dadian.

"You, who are you..."

Xu Dingguo did not know Zhu Dadian.

In fact, Li Dingguo also served as an official in Laizhou, Dengzhou, Shandong, but it was during the Tianqi period. After leaving Shandong, Li Dingguo served as deputy general of Ji Liao, deputy general of Shanxi, and general of Shanxi. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Xu Dingguo was transferred to the position of general of Henan, and Zhu Dadian was a civil servant. He served as an official in Fujian, Shandong and Nanzhili, successively serving as deputy envoy of Fujian Censorship, governor of Shandong, and governor of the grain transport, and had no intersection with Li Dingguo.

He looked at Xu Dingguo coldly, and Zhu Dadian spoke expressionlessly.

"This official, the left assistant censor and the governor of Huguang, Zhu Dadian, was ordered to take office. Today we will visit General Xu."

Xu Dingguo was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and clasped his fists at Zhu Dadian.

"It turns out that he is the governor. The subordinates pay their respects to the governor..."

While clasping his fists, Xu Dingguo's eyes were circling. He was looking for his own personal soldiers and his personal guards. Since Zhu Dadian was the governor of Huguang who came to serve, he would not have much threat to him. What a mere governor is. He has no soldiers in his hands, so he still has to obey his own mercy.

"General General Xu, you are looking for your personal captain. No need, I have found it for you."

Zhu Dadian waved his hand, and Sun Chuan and Liu Ning took the captain of the personal soldiers in.

The captain of the personal soldiers had blood stains on his nose and mouth. When he saw Xu Dingguo, he spoke desperately.

"Master General, Master General, they, they trespassed into the mansion and injured people..."

Xu Dingguo's face turned pale in an instant, he looked at Zhu Dadian and spoke gloomyly.

"Governor, what do you mean? This person is the captain of the subordinate officer. Governor does not ask any questions and attacks in the general's mansion. Isn't it a traitor?"

Zhu Dadian laughed and looked at Xu Dingguo, and there was pity in his eyes.

Xu Dingguo joined the army in the 46th year of Wanli. At that time, he followed the Liaodong Governor Yang Hao. He had 27 years of experience in the military. He also made some small contributions during his military service. He often lived a missed life. He was sentenced to death for delaying the opportunity to fight. Later, he became more arrogant and arrogant. After the Battle of Songshan, the Ming Dynasty had almost no generals and commanders who could take action. Xu Dingguo was appointed as the general of Henan by the court because of his long-term military experience.

After Xu Dingguo became the general of Henan, he had no intention of fighting at all. When Li Zicheng led his army into Henan in large numbers, Xu Dingguo fled and curled up to Guide Mansion. Fortunately, Li Zicheng only captured Kaifeng Prefecture and did not continue to attack Guide Mansion. Later, the Dashun army under Li Zicheng turned around and attacked Beizhili. Xu Dingguo, who was in panic all day long, breathed a sigh of relief.

It is unrealistic to say that Xu Dingguo fights and resists the Dashun army under Li Zicheng's command by his own strength. Xu Dingguo flees to Guide Prefecture, which is no big deal. However, Li Dingguo is fishing and killing people in various parts of Henan, burning, killing and looting, and his atrocities are outrageous, which is impossible to justify itself. There are too many young and strong people in Henan who have entered the Dashun army and have a direct relationship with Xu Dingguo.

These things are described very clearly in the cabinet's documents.

What Zhu Dadian saw and heard on his way to his post completely confirmed the crimes of Xu Dingguo's fish and meat, burning, killing, and looting.

Therefore, Zhu Dadian would never let Xu Dingguo go.

"General General Xu, I forced myself to break into the General General Office. Are you planning to write a memorial to the court to impeach me?"

Xu Dingguo was stunned for a moment and nodded vigorously.

"Governor, you are right. The lower official is going to impeach you. Of course, if the captain of the lower official's personal soldiers offends the upper official, the lower official apologizes to the upper official..."

Zhu Dadian snorted heavily.

"Xu Dingguo, your personal captain is just helping the evildoer. However, you, Xu Dingguo, have done too many bad things. Henan has become so declining. The people support the thief Li Zicheng, hate the imperial officer and the imperial army. Do you, the general officer, have any explanations?"

Xu Dingguo's face turned pale again, and he looked at Zhu Dadian.

"Governor, what do you mean? Come here to ask about the crimes of the lower officials? The lower officials are the general officers of Henan who accepted the orders of the court. They are acting in the military affairs of the whole province of Henan. The governor can only manage local people's livelihood matters. Without the emperor's imperial edict, you cannot interfere in the affairs of the army. Governor, you have no right to rule the crimes of the lower officials."

Zhu Dadian shook his head again and took out the imperial edict from his arms.

"Xu Dingguo, this is the emperor's imperial edict. The emperor granted my official arbitrary power to make an arbitrary point. It can not only prevail in the military, political and civil affairs of the whole province of Henan, but also deal with civil and military officials at all levels in Henan. Should I recite an imperial edict to you?"

Xu Dingguo looked at the imperial edict in Zhu Dadian's hand, and a trace of fear appeared in his eyes.

"This, this, the governor, is all the subordinates who are furious. The subordinates know that they are wrong. Please don't be angry. The subordinates will arrange a banquet now. Welcome the governor to take office..."

When Xu Dingguo was about to walk out, Sun Chuan and Liu Ning went forward at the same time. The murderous aura on both sides made Xu Dingguo shrink his neck.

"Xu Dingguo, you are not giving up until the Yellow River. I am here. Can you still be safe and sound? I have been in Henan for more than ten days and heard that it is your sin everywhere. Do you think I will still make you free and easy?"

Xu Dingguo suddenly looked up at Zhu Dadian.

"Governor, are you going to put Xiaguan in a prison? Or are you going to escort Xiaguan to Nanjing."

Zhu Dadian took a step forward and looked at Xu Dingguo.

"No, Xu Dingguo, I want your head."

Xu Dingguo's body trembled violently, pointed at Zhu Dadian, and spoke in horror.

"Governor, you, you can't kill me. If you kill me, the tens of thousands of soldiers under me will rebel. They will kill to Nanzhili and Nanjing. At that time, the emperor and the court will definitely want your head..."

Zhu Dadian spat.

"Xu Dingguo, you are too arrogant to yourself. Are you still thinking about rebelling by the mobs under your command? You don't think about whether the imperial army can completely wipe out the 20,000 Eight Banners Army. What is the mobs under your command? If I hadn't considered that they were also the imperial army and were also the Ming army soldiers, I would have taken action long ago."

"Xu Dingguo, if you do evil deeds, you will die. I hope that after you get underground, you will be reborn and be a good person in the next life."

Speaking of this, Zhu Dadian waved his hand.

"Drag Xu Dingguo outside and behead him on the spot. His personal captain and personal guards were killed together."

"Sun Chuan, Liu Ning, you took the general talisman of Xu Dingguo and went to the military camp, dispatched more than a thousand households of officers to the general's residence, and I waited for them here."

Xu Dingguo's face suddenly turned gray. He opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

Seeing Xu Dingguo being dragged out of the lobby, Zhu Dadian breathed a little relieved. Next, he had to deal with the officers under Xu Dingguo, among which Xu Dingguo's confidant officers must be killed. As for the other officers, they must fight for them as quickly as possible so that they can stabilize the army and stabilize the situation in Guide Mansion.

Of course, after killing Xu Dingguo, things went much smoother. After all, if Xu Dingguo dies, there is no need for others to stand up and fight to the death. Who doesn’t care about their lives?
Chapter completed!