Outside Huaibei City.
Henan Governor Yue Qijie and Henan Councillor Yuan Shu (son of the late famous official Yuan Keli) are trying to persuade Gao Jie.
"General Gao, Xu Dingguo is keeping his troops in place. You can just send someone to urge him to fight. There is no need to go there in person! Besides, Xu Dingguo has a personal grudge against you, so he cannot come to the banquet alone!"
"Yes, as the saying goes, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others! General Gao, don't worry about Xu Dingguo for now. He is afraid of the enemy and will be impeached by the civil officials. It is better to quickly go south to suppress the bandits and lift the siege of Fengyang."
Gao Jie raised his head and looked at the two of them with a proud look, then smiled and said, "Xu Dingguo is as timid as a mouse, afraid to fight! As the general of the Ming Dynasty, I am deeply trusted by your majesty, and I have the responsibility to urge your majesty to fight."
"If he dares to use force against me, I will kill him with my own hands."
"As for Fengyang... I am the general appointed by His Majesty. Only an imperial decree can command me. I'm sorry that I cannot obey the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Yuan Shu stamped his feet and beat his chest: "General Gao, you are confused. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been ordered to supervise the country! You must listen to the orders of His Majesty and the Crown Prince. This is the rule."
"Okay, okay!" Gao Jie smiled as he jumped on his horse and said, "This trip to Xuzhou is to urge Xu Dingguo to send troops. My two lords, please go back."
"General Gao..."
"No need to persuade me!" Yuan Shu was about to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Gao Jie, "Don't worry, I am not going to Xuzhou alone this time, I am leading troops with me."
"Then I will join forces with Xu Dingguo and march south to defeat the bandit Li Chuang."
After saying this, he whipped his horse and returned to the military camp outside the city.
Yue Qijie and Yuan Shu looked at each other helplessly, sighed, and returned to Huaibei City.
An hour later.
Gao Jie's 27,000-strong army broke camp and slowly marched towards Xuzhou.
Gao Jie led his troops to Xuzhou ostensibly to attend a banquet and urge Xu Dingguo to send troops.
In fact, they wanted to plunder the Grand Canal to solve the problem of logistics supply.
Although Chongzhen had repeatedly issued orders strictly prohibiting looting, his troops were originally bandits, and Gao Jie himself did not restrain himself, so they robbed as they went along.
In Gao Jie's words: Things that are bought do not taste as good as things that are stolen!
In addition, he wanted to take the opportunity to kill Xu Dingguo.
Before this, Ruan Dacheng sent someone to deliver a letter to him, telling him that Xu Dingguo had impeached him, saying that he was a thief and was not qualified to receive rewards from the court.
That's why he decided to kill.
After two days of marching, the army arrived outside the city of Xuzhou.
Xu Dingguo, who was on the city wall, looked at the dense crowd outside the city and the flags all over the mountains, and his legs began to tremble.
Gao Jie has too many soldiers and horses!
He invited Gao Jie to the banquet in order to take the opportunity to kill him and then turn around and join Li Zicheng.
I didn’t expect Gao Jie to bring all the troops here!
If a fight breaks out, he and Xuzhou City will be in great danger.
But now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to go ahead with it.
Thinking of this, he turned and looked at the deputy general Liu Fangxing beside him: "Have you contacted Liu Zongmin?"
"I have contacted you. Your son Xu Er'an has replied. He said that Liu Zongmin is very happy and promised to promote you, the general!"
Xu Er'an is the son of Xu Dingguo.
Xu Dingguo had two sons, Xu Er'an and Xu Erji.
Among his descendants there is a very famous person, the one who owes more than 20,000 small goals.
"Okay, follow me out of the city and trick Gao Jie into coming back."
"Were we to kill them directly after entering the city?"
"No, first trick him into the city, wait for him to get drunk, and then hack him to death. Then lead the troops out of the city through the east gate and go south to join Liu Zongmin."
After the two men had discussed it, the four gates of Xuzhou were opened.
Xu Dingguo led more than a hundred people out of the city to personally welcome Gao Jie: "Brother Gao, I am sorry for being late in welcoming you. I am sorry."
Gao Jie laughed: "Brother Xu, you are joking. How can I dare to let Brother Xu greet me?"
"Hahaha, Brother Gao is very open-minded."
"Brother Xu is so righteous!"
Two old foxes, saying things against their will to each other.
After the greetings, Xu Dingguo glanced behind Gao Jie and said, "Brother Gao, the spring breeze outside the city is cold. Quickly send the order for the brothers to enter the city."
"I have prepared fine wine, good food, and...beauties in the city!"
beauty?
Gao Jie's eyes lit up after hearing this.
He only loved three things in his life.
One is to steal things, two is to kill people, and three is to take beautiful women.
Wen Tihen's grandson Wen Ruilin commented on Gao Jie: Gao Jie started his career as a troublemaker and is sexually lustful and vicious.
Gao Jie smiled and observed Xu Dingguo's expression changes out of the corner of his eye.
Xu Dingguo also laughed, but his laugh was very humbly.
After the laughter, Gao Jie did not find any clues on Xu Dingguo's face, so he said, "It's not good, right? Xuzhou City is your base. If I lead the troops into the city, it will make Brother Xu worried."
Xu Dingguo was shocked, but he continued to invite her without showing any emotion: "Brother Gao, please don't be polite. You and I are both officials appointed by the court, and our brothers are also soldiers of the court. We are just going into the city to avoid the cold wind, not to fight each other!"
This time it was Gao Jie's turn to be shocked.
While dealing with Xu Dingguo, he was also thinking about the best strategy.
After a moment, Gao Jie stepped forward, patted Xu Dingguo on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for the invitation, Brother Xu! I have 27,000 soldiers under my command. If all of them enter the city, it will definitely disturb the people."
"As the saying goes, happiness is better shared than happiness alone. My two thousand soldiers haven't had meat for a long time. How about asking them to accompany me into the city for some fun?"
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