The Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies led an army of 100,000 troops to run for more than a month, and finally came to the border.

The Tatar Khan Kharutai personally commanded his troops in response.

Although they had only 50,000 troops, the Tatars were brave and good at fighting, and after a few encounters, they did not fall into disadvantage.

Ding Can's heart was for the prince and his brother Ding Yan, and he charged forward again and again, so he was injured again.

At this time, in the camp tent, the military husband bandaged his wounds and withdrew.

Ah Li was worried, and persuaded him again: "Master, there are so many soldiers, why do you need to rush ahead?" You don't care about your own safety like this, if the second lady knows, I don't know what kind of crying you will be"

Ding Can raised his hand and knocked on Ah Li's head, and said with a smile: "If you don't tell her, she won't know." ”

Ah Li sighed helplessly.

He also said: "The Tatars are fierce, each with one enemy and ten, it is really difficult to kill them all, our 100,000 horses, only 60,000 or 70,000 spies are left, saying that the Tatars still have nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, I don't know when this battle will be fought?" ”

Ding Can said in a calm tone: "No matter when the fight comes, the prince and the eldest brother will be rescued." ”

Ah Li thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Back then, the prince and the uncle led the troops to the battle, and the whole army was wiped out, could it really be that someone secretly revealed the secret of the march to the Tatars?" ”

Ding Can glanced at him and smiled, "Who would have been suspicious of this in the past, but Halutai's fine work sneaked into Kyoto and met with King Jin and Xiangguo Gong privately, who do you think did the leak back then?" ”

Ah Li's expression changed slightly, and he hesitated: "It won't be the king of Jin, he hasn't been crowned king back then, so he doesn't have such scheming and means" His eyes were glazed, "Could it be Xu Ben, the Duke of Xiangguo?" ”

Ding Can nodded and said: "He is the queen mother's nephew, when the queen mother was alive, he was in charge of the government, he was used to being supported by the masses, if the crown prince ascended the throne, we will follow the Guogong Mansion to come from behind, how can he be willing to overpower him?" ”

Ah Li couldn't help but say hatefully: "He is so bold that even the prince dares to murder!" ”

Ding Can smiled lightly: "Wealth and power can confuse people's eyes and confuse people's minds." ”

Ah Li looked at Ding Can, and said with a firm look in his eyes: "When I take back the prince and uncle, I will return to Kyoto, and it will not be too late to settle accounts with Xu Ben." ”

"Well, naturally I want to settle a clear account with him," Ding Can smiled and his eyes were heavy, "It's just that whether or not you can get the prince and eldest brother back now is a difficulty, and secondly, even if you defeat Halutai, on the way back to Beijing, I'm afraid it won't be too peaceful." ”

Ah Li was stunned, "---, does Xu Ben dare to secretly stop it?" ”

Ding Can smiled: "Why doesn't Xu Ben dare? What's more, there is also the King of Jin who is in the same boat with him. Do you think, how could the King of Jin be willing to let the prince return to Beijing smoothly? He has also been used to calling for wind and rain in the past few years, and let him bow down in the future, how can he be willing. ”

Ah Li suddenly felt confused.

Ding Can was silent and muttered: "If this battle continues like this, it will only consume each other's troops, and it is not a way in the end, it is better to think of a strategy." ”

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That night, the spies reported back to the tent of the Tatar Khan Halu Taichung military camp.

When the smoke rose again, Ding Can no longer charged forward, but led 200 cavalry, lightly armed, far bypassing the place where the two armies were fighting, rushing to the rear of the Tatar army, and lurking a few miles away from the tent of the Halu Taichung military camp.

In the middle of the night, Harutai returned to the camp, and the Tatar army and horses were reorganized and rested after the battle, and when they were unguarded, they led 200 cavalry into the camp tent of the Chinese army.

If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger.

This move was dangerous, and if he was not careful, the 200 cavalry would sink into the sea and die in the hinterland of the Tatar army.

Fortunately, the 200 cavalry were all well-trained, came and went like the wind, and after killing Harutai, they quickly retreated.

Harutai was killed, and the Tatar army was leaderless and defeated, so he had to surrender and hand over the crown prince and Ding Yan.

The Governor of the Five Armies reorganized the army for several days, and the army set off and returned to Kyoto.

Ding Can brought a thousand elite soldiers and guarded the prince's side at all times.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the customs, he was secretly attacked.

The killer and his party of more than a dozen people, dressed in black and masked, did not care about the left and right, and drove straight to the car in which the prince was riding.

It didn't succeed, and it made a comeback.

This was repeated several times, and only the last one of the ten remained.

On this day, the army had marched to the territory of Datong Province.

That night, Ding Can talked to the prince until late at night and withdrew.

The night was deep, the moonlight was dim, and in the inky darkness, there were a pair of eyes, gloomy and dark, shining with a cold light, like an eagle.

Ding Can was already aware of it.

I fought with this person several times along the way, knowing that his martial arts were not under him.

Quietly, he jumped upward, tapped the fence under the porch with his toes, and flew onto the roof.

Pulling out the goose wing knife on his waist, a cold light flashed under the misty moonlight.

Goose wing knife, although the name of the knife, in fact, is not more than two feet long, no more than an inch wide, the blade is cast in stainless steel, although it seems to be light and thin, but it is pinned iron like mud.

The killer held a sword to deal with it, and for a while, the sword light and sword shadows came and went.

Ding Can was slightly better than the killer after all.

When Ah Li heard the sound and rushed to arrive, the killer had already fled.

Back in the room, the goose wing knife was stained with blood, Ah Li took water to wash it, and then wiped it dry with a silk cloth.

"Master, is he dead?"

Ding Can smiled lightly: "I hurt the vital point, I think I won't be able to go back to see King Jin again." ”

Ah Li also smiled, "How can you be so sure that he is the person of King Jin?" ”

Ding Can put the tea cup on the table, took the goose wing knife from Ah Li's hand, and put it away.

"Not only am I sure that he is the person of the King of Jin, but after these several exchanges, I found out that he was the person who wanted to assassinate Tong Baili outside Cangzhou City after the salt tax case that year."

The smile on Ah Li's face couldn't help but freeze, and his face turned white.

"At that time, it was the King of Jin who attacked Tong Baili and Guan Ming?!"

Ding Can nodded and smiled, "At that time, I was suspicious, although the jailer who poisoned Guan Ming confessed that he was instructed by King Wei, but I couldn't believe that King Wei would have such courage to dare to assassinate the court officials. Although the King of Wei is domineering, he is not stupid, doesn't he know that after the salt tax case is solved, at most he will be punished by the saint, but the assassination of the court official is an act against the sky that angers Long Yan, which is tantamount to challenging the authority of the saint, how can the saint tolerate him? ”

Ah Li was stunned for a while, and then said: "In this way, the King of Jin deliberately took the opportunity to blame the King of Wei, so that the Holy Lord thought that the King of Wei wanted to kill people and destroy his mouth?" ”

Ding Can's eyes were clear, he smiled faintly, and said, "What a wise person the saint is, can't he see the secret?" Therefore, in the salt tax case, only a small punishment was imposed on the king of Wei, which was an understatement. But the saint still has some doubts in his heart, so he urged me to ask me a few times about the assassination case."

Ah Li is still puzzled, "Since the saint is suspicious of King Jin, why do you want to give him the right to supervise the country now?" ”

The candles in the room were dim, and Ding Can's smile was a little stunned.

"Authority may be conferred or taken at any time. The saint has a heart, and he doesn't like the ministers to play with power, and he does tricks to make secret moves with the talent of the king of Jin, and he can be the king of a country, but it's a pity that he is smart but is clever and mistaken. ”

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