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Chapter 20 - The Battle of Dingyuan Part 4

Li Dingzhong is from Dingyuan, and has followed Gao Jing for more than ten years.He is good at military law, and he is brave in combat. He is Gao Jing's most capable assistant.

And Li Dingzhong has a skill that no one else has.He trained a group of Dingyuan cavalry, which numbered as many as [-], to resist foreign aggression.

A few months ago, there was a rebellion in the southwest, and the emperor specially sent Li Dingzhong to lead [-] Dingyuan cavalry to suppress the rebellion. After the rebellion was put down, the emperor praised him very much, and directly ordered Li Dingzhong and his Dingyuan cavalry to station in the southwest, and there was no need to return to Dingyuan.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor is deliberately only targeting Gao Jing's capable generals.

But at this time, Li Dingzhong returned to Dingyuan City without the emperor's instructions.

Gao Jing's heart was smoldering.

When Gao Jing came to the camp, he saw a group of armored soldiers in the dark at the door from a long distance away, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace.Seeing all the people coming, the soldiers knelt down and shouted, "See King Dingyuan!" Gao Jing ignored the soldiers outside the door, opened the curtain and entered the inner hall, and at the same time shouted inside, "Li Dingzhong!"

Hearing the sound, Li Dingzhong quickly walked to Gao Jing, looked at him eagerly and said, "Your Highness, are you not injured?"

Gao Jing didn't talk nonsense with him, she directly raised the whip in her hand and whipped it at Li Dingzhong!Whispering and cursing, "You ignorant thing! Who told you to lead troops to Dingyuan privately! Does the emperor know! You don't want to die!"

Li Dingzhong didn't dodge either, he just stood there straight and gave Gao Jing a few lashes.Then he grabbed Gao Jing's hand holding the whip, and said with red eyes, "Your Highness! I really don't care so much! I heard that you were surrounded by Tatars in Dingyuan, so I led [-] Dingyuan cavalry overnight without even thinking about it." Came here."

Gao Jing shook his hand away forcefully, leaving the whip on the ground.Then he glared and pointed at Li Dingzhong, "If the emperor blames you! Your head will have to be moved!"

"Your Highness~" Li Dingzhong walked up to Gao Jing, looking at Gao Jing with firm eyes, "Since I, Li Dingzhong, are here this time, I am not afraid of death! I am not afraid of being punished by the emperor! When the Tatars are repelled, I will personally confess the crime to the emperor !” Then he took off the helmet on his head and put it on the desk.That means that he risked his life.

After listening to Li Dingzhong's words and seeing his actions, Gao Jing was so angry that she picked up the helmet on the desk and threw it on the ground heavily!Cursing in his mouth, "Do you think it's enough for you to die alone!"

Li Dingzhong thumped and knelt down in front of Gao Jing, "Your Highness! Let the humble official wish you a helping hand! After the Tatars are repelled, you will punish the humble official!"

Gao Jing looked at Li Dingzhong, who was kneeling on the ground and was still unconscious, and sighed, "King Dingyuan dispatched troops privately with the intention of rebelling. Even if this king has a hundred heads, it is not enough for the emperor to chop off!"

"I...I..." Only then did Li Dingzhong realize the recklessness of his actions and the serious consequences that would be caused, but he couldn't say a word in a hurry.

Gao Jing looked at Li Dingzhong who was stuttering, and felt uncomfortable.Li Dingzhong has followed him for more than ten years, and has always respected him. This time he risked his beheading to come to Dingyuan, but he was also worried about his safety.Nowadays, scolding is also scolding, and beating is also beating. Since people have already come, it is useless to say more.Besides, with Dingyuan's current situation, he can't retreat the enemy with his own strength and Dingyuan's only troops, so he took a breath and said, "Kneeling on the ground waiting for who pity you? Quickly give this King stand up!"

Li Dingyuan bowed his head and clasped his hands firmly, "His Royal Highness! I will obey His Highness's arrangement for all humble duties!"

Gao Jing spread out the blueprints on the desk, and said to herself, "Why don't you come over here and study how to defeat the enemy with me? Do you want me to invite you in person?"

Li Dingzhong saw that Gao Jing's tone had eased at this time, so he stood up with a smile, and walked in front of Gao Jing, "How dare you be humble, Your Highness, you can do whatever you want."

Gao Jing ignored Li Dingzhong's intentional pandering, just pointed to a certain place on the drawing, drew two circles with his finger, and frowned slightly, "The Tatars surrounded Dingyuan on three sides in the northwest, although they are still stationed at this time, 5 miles, and Dingyuan into a confrontational state, but I am afraid that this balance will soon be broken."

"The humble official is willing to lead the army to wipe out the Tatars in one fell swoop!"

"Don't panic!" Gao Jing turned to look at Li Dingzhong, "Tartar's [-] elite cavalry should not be underestimated. Although you also brought [-] Dingyuan iron cavalry, after all, the soldiers have just traveled to Dingyuan after a long journey. I am afraid that the outcome is still unknown."

Li Dingzhong frowned and thought for a long time, but did not answer.

"What are you doing here? Follow me to the tower to see the situation."

Gao Jing stepped out of the camp as she spoke, Li Dingzhong hurriedly followed behind, and the two of them walked quickly to the top of the tower.

Not far to the northwest of the city tower, looking at the black Tatar cavalry, Li Dingzhong suddenly said, "Or, we can adopt another plan."

"What?" Gao Jing glanced at Li Dingzhong and asked suspiciously.

"Didn't the Tatars fight the soldiers of Dingyuan just last night? With the shrewdness of the Tatars, they must already know Dingyuan's strength very well. At this time, we might as well send a small group of troops to take the initiative to fight. It will be unfavorable to flee back in the middle of the battle." In Dingyuan City, the Tatars will definitely pursue him closely, and at this time, Beizhi will lead the Dingyuan cavalry to kill him by surprise!" Li Dingzhong said as he clenched the sword on his waist.

After Gao Jing finished listening, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "As you say!"

After making some arrangements, Gao Jing sent a general to lead the soldiers in the city out of the city to take the initiative to meet the Tatars, telling them that they don't need to fight, and they will return if they are defeated. The purpose of this battle is to lure the Tatars to lead the main force to pursue them.

As expected, tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry chased the more than 1000 people to the city of Dingyuan. When Yang Yang was proud, a group of cavalrymen who were different from Dingyuan's guards and fought last night suddenly appeared in the city. The team, the front army panicked for a while, and half of the Tatar front troops were wiped out!Suddenly someone seemed to react and shouted: "No! They are Dingyuan iron cavalry! Run!" The people around were even more frightened and panicked when they heard this.The Tatars suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle, suffered countless injuries, and returned home without a feather.Dingyuan was rescued.

The news of Tatar's defeat soon spread to the capital.

In Wenyuan Pavilion, Gao Xian is holding Dingyuan City's siege report!The anger in the eyes was red and frightening, and the teeth were gritted.Then he yelled hysterically at Jin Yiwei next to him, "Go and arrest Li Dingzhong immediately! Immediately!"

"According to the order!"

Several Jin Yiwei wearing masks took orders and left in a hurry.

After Dingyuan broke the siege, Dingyuan City was full of joy.All the people put up lanterns and festoons to sing praises to King Dingyuan.Even the people who fled back then packed their luggage and returned to Dingyuan.Gao Jing ordered to reward the whole army, and ordered his subordinates to bring out hundreds of altars of good old wine from the palace for the soldiers to drink for fun.

The soldiers outside the palace drank and swayed here and there, laughing and laughing.

In the palace, Gao Jing frowned and looked at Li Dingzhong who was silent with his head down.Then he flicked his sleeves and walked to the desk, raised his pen and wrote on the memorial:

My younger brother Gao Jing:

I wish the emperor long live and good health!

The younger brother risked his life to plead guilty!Li Dingzhong, the general of my younger brother, left his post without permission and led troops to Dingyuan to fight against the Tatars. This younger brother is guilty of negligence in this matter!May my emperor be merciful and magnanimous, and forgive Li Dingzhong's life, and I am willing to bear the responsibility for this matter.

I can't thank Shengen even if my younger brother dies.

Li Dingzhong squinted at Gao Jing who was buried in front of the desk, feeling puzzled in his heart, so he walked carefully to Gao Jing's side, raised his eyes to look at the memorial written by Gao Jing, suddenly became angry, and raised his hand to remove the paper on the desk. The memorial fell to the ground at once.

Gao Jing was taken aback by Li Dingzhong's sudden action, and immediately shouted: "What are you doing!"

"I, Li Dingzhong, do everything by myself! I don't need anyone to take sides!"

Gao Jing slapped the table angrily and stood up, "I am partial to you? I wish I could kill you idiot with a sword! I won't worry about you for nothing!"

"I will write a letter to the emperor myself! Don't worry about it!"

Gao Jing's angry voice trembled, and she slapped Li Dingzhong's face in desperation, "What are you doing?" "Can you handle this alone?"

"Your Highness! Leave me alone!" Li Dingzhong suddenly yelled at Gao Jing with red eyes.

"You are my king and I like to control you!" Gao Jing turned around and didn't say anything more to Li Dingzhong. He went directly to the memorial on the ground and was about to pick it up. Li Dingzhong quickly stopped in front of Gao Jing, opened his eyes wide He looked at Gao Jing.

"It's against you! Get out of the way for me!"

"I won't let it! Kill me if you have the ability!"

Li Dingzhong watched the furious Gao Jing pull out his sword, and then calmly closed his eyes.After a while, I heard a "clang" and opened my eyes to see that the sword was thrown heavily to the ground.

"Your Highness!" Li Dingzhong seemed to be suppressing the unbearable sadness, and called out in a hoarse voice.

Gao Jing pushed Li Dingzhong away!Picking up the memorial, he yelled outside the door, "Come on! After sealing it, send it to the capital in eight hundred miles!"

Li Dingzhong intuitively felt that his chest was overwhelmed, and his eyes followed Gao Jing closely. Subconsciously, he reached out and hooked Gao Jing's arm from behind, "Your Highness, I, Li Dingzhong..."

Gao Jing felt the trembling of the people behind her, and was silent for a long time.Then he turned around, patted Li Dingzhong's hand lightly, and said, "Dingzhong, you have followed me for more than ten years, how can I bear to watch you have an accident like this."

"Your Highness, I..."

Li Dingzhong wanted to say something red-eyed, but was interrupted by Gao Jing, "Okay, go down and rest first. You still have injuries on your body."

"It's just a small injury, it's okay."

"Go down. This king wants to be alone for a while." Gao Jing said and walked towards the house.

Li Dingzhong stared at Gao Jing's back for a while, then opened the door and walked out.At this time, a servant from the mansion suddenly came to report: "Your Highness, the general in the tent has been brought to the palace. I don't know where to arrange him? We are waiting for your instructions."

"Carry him to the king's bedroom first. Take care of him carefully." Gao Jing's voice came from inside the room.

Li Dingzhong was stunned, and then walked out of the palace.

The author has something to say: Secondary 1 teenagers are taking their math mid-term exam. They changed the proof questions on the test paper so that their eyes hurt. Some students even marked the angle from ∠8 to ∠[-]. My aunt's eyes are almost blind!

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