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Pingyang City:

Gao Yan reclined on the couch as usual.

"Liu Quan, what's the latest news in the capital?"

"The day before yesterday, the emperor called all the ministers in the cabinet to discuss important matters."

"Is it because of the Tartar attack on Dingyuan?"

"Exactly."

"What does the emperor mean?"

"Don't tell me the old slave, His Highness can guess it. According to the personality of the emperor, I hope that the princes stationed in the fief will die sooner. Why would you send troops to rescue Dingyuan?"

"Ke Dingyuan is an important place in the Northwest Pass after all." Gao Yan sighed heavily, "Brother Huang, don't be arrogant!"

"Isn't it! If the Tatars really invaded from Dingyuan, the emperor's throne would be difficult to protect. How can we consider the power struggle at this time?"

"Then you underestimated him."

"The slave doesn't understand, so please give instructions from His Highness?"

"No matter how much the emperor hates the prince, he will never let Dingyuan fall into the hands of the Tatars."

"Then why doesn't the emperor send troops?"

"Bing, he will definitely send troops, but not now."

"What does your Highness mean by this?"

"When the two sides fight, both sides will lose, and he will reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

After hearing this, Liu Quan felt suddenly enlightened, and kept nodding in admiration.

Gao Yan was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "Go and find the two generals Ge Cheng and Li Zheng for me, and tell me that the king wants to see them immediately."

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A moment later, in Gao Yan's study:

"Ge Cheng, Li Zheng, you two will secretly go to Dingyuan with 5000 cavalry. Set off immediately."

"The emperor wants to use His Highness's hand to send troops to Dingyuan?" Ge Cheng asked eagerly.

Gao Yan waved his hand, "The emperor doesn't intend to send troops to Dingyuan?"

"So, Your Highness wants us to rescue Dingyuan?"

"No." Gao Yan said in a deep voice, "Stationed near Dingyuan, carefully observe the situation of Dingyuan City at all times, and once Dingyuan City is unable to defend the city and is about to fall, immediately send troops to support it. However, if Dingyuan is able to defend itself, you will quietly return to Pingyang City after the Tatars retreat."

Both Ge Cheng and Li Zheng were confused and didn't quite understand, but seeing Gao Yan's unquestionable expression, they immediately knelt and kowtowed, "I obey you." After the salute, they turned around and walked out the door.

"Wait!" Before the two generals Ge Cheng and Li Zheng walked out of the study, Gao Yan's eager voice came.

"Does your Highness have any orders?"

"When I arrived in Dingyuan, I inquired carefully about all the news in the city, and came back to tell my king." Gao Yan closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Go back and prepare, let's set off immediately."

"Follow your orders!"

With that said, the two turned and left the palace.

After the two generals Ge Cheng and Li Zheng left, Liu Quan closed the door of the study, looked at Gao Yan who was half lying on the couch with his eyes closed and meditating, walked gently to his side and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, are you so kind?" Why did you do it? If the emperor finds out, he must think that you are deliberately against him."

Liu Quan waited for a long time, but Gao Yan didn't hear his voice. He turned around and was about to leave quietly when he was asleep or didn't want to answer. When he opened the door, he heard Gao Yan's tired voice, "Tan Zhen is here. Dingyuan."

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Under Dingyuan City, Tan Zhen was lecturing to [-] soldiers:

"Those who are willing to fight with me out of the city today, stand to the left! Those who don't want to stand to the right, I, Tan Zhen, will never force it! But!"

Tan Zhen raised his voice again.

"Every soldier who follows me out of the city today! The battle must be fought to the end! If anyone escapes from the battle, he will be killed without mercy!"

The soldiers stood to the left in unison, shouting in unison:

"Willing to follow the general! Swear to fight back the Tartars!"

"Swear to the death to repel the Tartars!"

"Swear to the death to repel the Tartars!"

Tan Zhen held the whip in his hand and raised it upwards, and the soldiers immediately stopped shouting.

"Gao Fushun!"

"exist!"

"You lead a thousand cavalry to attack the Tatar soldiers on the left outside Dingzhou Gate!"

"Justice!"

"exist!"

"You take a thousand cavalry to attack the Tatar soldiers on the right outside Dingzhou Gate!"

"The others follow me and attack the Tatar soldiers head-on!"

After everything was arranged, Tan Zhen tightened the reins and turned the horse's head, roaring,

"Open the city gate! Let's fight!"

With the sound of charging, Tan Zhen galloped out of Gyeongju Gate with five thousand cavalry, and the city gate behind them was slammed shut the moment they galloped out!

Then I saw Tanzhen's cavalry, and the soldiers waved their swords in three groups and chopped at the Tatar soldiers.

The Tatar soldiers were only attacking the city closely at first, but they never expected that the enemy would take the initiative to attack. They panicked for a while, especially the soldiers attacking the city outside the city wall. Seeing countless cavalry rushing towards him, and it was night, the Tatar soldiers couldn't see how many people were on the other side. They were shocked by the shouting formation, thinking that Dingyuan had come to support them!All of a sudden, they panicked and didn't choose a way, and they scattered their weapons and fled in all directions.

Tan Zhen seized the opportunity and beat the dog in the water!

The Tatars lost, and the whole team retreated.

Tan Zhen won a small-scale victory in his first battle.At this time, Gao Jing on the city tower also ordered someone to bring a big drum, and personally beat the drums to cheer for Tan Zhen, and his morale was greatly boosted for a while!

But Tan Zhen knew very well that although he had achieved a small-scale victory this time, it was not because the Tatars were too weak to be vulnerable. It was just that he seized the opportunity accurately and caught the enemy by surprise.Once the Tatar soldiers reacted, they would not be as easy to deal with as before.

To completely defeat the Tatars, luck alone is not enough. After all, the Tatars have [-] elite combat cavalry!

After the victory in the first battle, Tan Zhen immediately rectified the cavalry on the spot, preparing to plan the next round of attack.

Tatar coach Ulaha took Tan Zhen's sap in vain, and was very annoyed in his heart.At the same time, I was also very puzzled: since the siege of Dingyuan in the past few days, there has been no sign of the surrounding counties coming to support Dingyuan, and at this moment, who is this cavalry that suddenly emerges?

But not long after, Ulaha made an accurate judgment that this team of cavalry must be the only force in Dingyuan City!As far as Dingyuan City's current military strength is concerned, according to his estimation, there are no more than a few thousand people at most, but he himself has [-] cavalry. As long as he is fully prepared for the battle, he will be able to wipe out this cavalry group in one fell swoop.Then Dingyuan City was within reach. "

So Ulaha immediately summoned the soldiers to rectify their morale, and formed a formation five miles away from Gyeongju Gate, ready to fight to the death with this team of cavalry at any time!

On the other hand, Tanzhen sent Gao Fushun to lead [-] cavalry to take the initiative to attack the Tatars.

Gao Fushun has always been known for his bravery. He swung his sword and led the cavalry behind him to charge towards the Tatars.Seeing this, the soldiers also attacked the Tatars one after another.

At this time, Tan Zhen also personally led the remaining cavalry of less than [-] to charge towards the right wing of the Tatars. The right wing of the Tatars was attacked and immediately fell into a panic. Tartar soldiers.

The two sides suddenly fell into a melee, and both sides suffered numerous casualties.

Afterwards, the battlefield fell into a moment of silence, and the Tatars gathered all the cavalry, arranged their formations and waited for an opportunity.

Tan Zhen also gathered all the cavalry, planning to launch the final sprint!

Tan Zhen looked at the dark Tatar soldiers in front of him, and behind him was the closed Gyeongju Gate. The enemy's shouts of killing came from far and near, and he thought: This battle is the final decisive battle!

Tan Zhen led the cavalry to attack the Tatar right wing again, but the Tatars seemed to have made sufficient preparations this time, no matter how Tan Zhen attacked, they still remained motionless.Tan Zhen knew that this was not the solution, so he personally led hundreds of cavalry into the interior of the Tatars in another direction, distracting the Tatars, in order to break up the formation of the Tatars, and achieved a lot of success. As a result, Tan Zhen's sudden attack made the Tatar soldiers panic for a while, and the generals took the opportunity to kill hundreds of Tatar soldiers.

Both sides fought for a long time. Suddenly, Tan Zhen saw the Tatar soldiers quickly approaching the middle, and the formation was changing. Tan Zhen knew something was wrong. It was extremely dangerous to lead a small number of soldiers into the enemy's interior. At this time, the enemy changed the formation. If I don't take precautions, I will definitely be hurt, so I want to retreat first and then make plans.

But the Tatar soldiers who kept rushing forward could no longer help Tan Zhen.

Looking at the countless Tatar soldiers around him, Tan Zhen couldn't leave quickly, so he swung his sword and slashed continuously, hoping to find an exit.But Tan Zhen and the soldiers beside him were surrounded by the Tatars, no matter how hard he hacked and killed, the Tatars could not show a gap.In just a moment, Tatar soldiers swarmed up and surrounded Tanzhen's legion.

At this time, the Tatar soldiers had formed a siege to Tanzhen. Tanzhen relied on the few hundred cavalry around him, rushed left and right to block, and finally lost to the Tatar siege wave after wave!

Tanzhen was already exhausted at this time, and the horses under him had also changed to three. Driven only by his will, he would constantly swing the sword in his hand and kill the Tatar soldiers, but no matter how he slashed, the Tatar soldiers Soldiers seem to be endless, always rushing forward wave after wave.

He watched his cavalry fall one by one around him, and his left shoulder and back were injured.No matter how hard Tan Zhen tried, he still couldn't get out of the Tatar encirclement.

This battle seems to be lost.

Is it really going to die here?

At that moment, Tan Zhen raised his head and closed his eyes.

"Gao Yan! If it were you! What would you do?"

After a while, Tan Zhen opened his eyes, staring at the Tatar soldiers around him like a tiger, and then with a cry, he rode his horse up.

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"In the past, it was life and separation, and now it is death and separation."

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