Liu Zhaoji looked into Gao Di's eyes and asked loudly, "Why did General Gao launch a surprise attack? Don't forget, we are friendly forces!"
Gao Di opened his eyes wide and retorted: "I...I didn't! You...you are slandering me!"
"Slander?" Liu Zhaoji was so angry that he laughed. He pointed at the seven or eight injured soldiers and said, "They were injured. It wasn't your sneak attack that caused them. Could it be that they injured themselves?"
Gao Di's face flushed, veins popped out on his forehead, and he stammered, "Of course it wasn't my sneak attack! It's normal for a soldier to have some injuries on his body."
"That's right," Gao Di's personal soldiers responded one after another, "Which soldier doesn't have injuries? It's normal to have injuries."
"Stop talking nonsense," Liu Zhaoji drew his sword and glared at him, "Tell me, why did you attack our friendly forces?"
"I didn't." Gaudi continued to deny.
In his opinion, as long as he did not admit it, Liu Zhaoji would not be able to take direct action against him.
But Liu Zhaoji didn't care about that at all. He waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to surround them.
Gaudi's personal soldiers immediately huddled together and tried to resist.
Seeing this, Liu Zhaoji said loudly to everyone: "The Governor of Ping Liao ordered Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan, to come to the city to discuss the battle. But Gao Di had a guilty conscience, refused to enter the city and tried to escape."
"Gao Di has committed the crime of disobeying military orders and retreating in battle. According to military law, he should be executed immediately! However, considering his meritorious service to the court, I will arrest him and hand him over to the Governor for interrogation."
Having said this, Liu Zhaoji paused.
He pointed at the soldiers around Gao Di and said, "Any of you who dismount and surrender will be deemed innocent! Those who resist stubbornly will bear the consequences."
"You will bear the consequences at your own risk! You will bear the consequences at your own risk!" The surrounding Ming army soldiers waved their weapons and shouted in unison.
Gaudi was completely panicked.
He first looked at the soldiers around him and found that they had begun to waver.
"Don't believe him, he is lying to you." Gaudi tried to regain the loyalty of his soldiers.
But the guards are not stupid either.
Under the premise that if you don't surrender you will die, there is nothing to be afraid of in surrendering.
What's more, the other party is not the Jiannu, so there is no pressure to surrender.
Amid the shouts of the Ming army.
The personal soldiers around Gao Di dismounted, threw down their weapons, and walked to the Ming army to surrender.
Gao Di was anxious and angry, but there was nothing he could do.
"Gao Di," Liu Zhaoji asked as he stood up, "are you going to surrender on your own, or should I help you surrender?"
"Why should I surrender if I'm innocent?" Gaudi said these righteous words but did the opposite.
He reached out and threw the weapon to the ground, urged his horse to come to Liu Zhaoji and said, "Come on, take me to see the Governor-General. I want to prove my innocence."
With Gao Di's surrender, the internal situation of the Ping Liao army finally stabilized.
Liu Zhaoji did not bring Gao Di to Fushun immediately, but first disbanded Gao Di's troops and placed them in various camps.
After making sure that there would be no problems in the rear, he took Gao Diyi and left Fushun to head for the rescue.
Liu Wenxiu returned to Liaoyang and waited for military orders.
On the fifth day of April, Liu Zhaoji brought Gao Di to Fushun.
That afternoon.
Huang Degong and Prince Ding Zhu Cijiong gathered everyone.
When Liu Zhaoji brought Gao Di into the room, he found that everyone had already arrived and he was the last one.
He took a quick look and saw that there were many people present.
Huang Degong sat on the chair in the middle, and Prince Ding Zhu Cihong sat next to him.
Li Dingguo, Li Xianzhong and Gao Yigong sat on the left side of Huang Degong.
Zeng Ying of the Southern Army and Zheng Chenggong, deputy commander of the Fujian Navy, sat on Huang Degong’s right.
Liu Zhaoji pushed Gao Di forward and said to Zhu Cijiong and Huang Degong, "Your Highness Prince Ding and Your Excellency the Governor, I have captured Gao Di."
Huang Degong nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, General Liu."
"It's not hard. I just did what I had to do."
Huang Degong nodded again and ordered, "Bring a stool for General Liu."
Only after Liu Zhaoji sat down did Huang Degong turn his gaze to Gao Di.
At this time, Gao Di's hands were tied, his hair was messy, his face was covered with dust, and he had long lost his former charm.
"Gao Di," Huang Degong said with a gloomy face, "Do you admit your guilt?"
"I'm innocent!" Gaudi shouted at the top of his voice. "You and I have always been at odds. You are just seeking revenge for personal gain!"
"Haha!" Huang Degong sneered: "It's not up to you to decide whether I'm guilty or not, and it's not up to me to decide!"
Gao Di also sneered: "Who has the final say?"
"The evidence speaks for itself."
"Evidence?" Gao Di was briefly flustered and then quickly recovered. "If you have evidence, show it to me!"
He and Wu Sangui had an agreement that the letters they exchanged would be burned after reading.
He didn't believe Huang Degong had evidence.
Seeing that Gao Di was still stubborn, Huang Degong shouted outside, "Call for a witness."
As the words fell, heavy footsteps were heard.
Under everyone's gaze, a burly man walked in from outside the door.
After seeing the other person's face clearly, Gao Di almost fainted.
The person who came was Wu Sangui's confidant: Bakeyong.
Witnesses, like exhibits, can serve as evidence.
"I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Ding and His Excellency the Governor!" Bakyong saluted Zhu Cixiong and Huang Degong respectively.
"Is Gao Di guilty?" Huang Degong asked Bakeyong.
Bakyong smiled and glanced at Gao Di, then put away his smile and bowed and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, when Gao Di was in charge of logistics in the rear, he conspired with Wu Sangui to smuggle a lot of food to the Jiannu."
"You...you're talking bullshit!" Gao Di cursed.
Bakyong ignored Gao Di and continued to speak to Huang Degong: "March of the 24th year of my dynasty...June of the 24th year of my dynasty..."
Bakyong began to talk about the time and place when Wu Sangui smuggled supplies to the Jiannu.
With every word he spoke, Gao Di's face darkened.
By the end of his speech, Gaudi's face was darker than charcoal.
Buck Yong bowed deeply and said, "What I just said is what I heard with my own ears and saw with my own eyes. Every word is true! I hope Your Highness and the Governor-General will understand!"
With a bang.
Huang Degong slammed the table heavily: "Gao Di, do you have anything else to say?"
Seeing that Gao Di was still trying to argue, Huang Degong slammed the table again and said, "Shut up! The evidence is irrefutable, stop quibbling! Come, put him in a prison cart and send him to the capital to be punished!"
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