Since the arrival of 120,000 reinforcements led by Chu Jing and Su Qi, the tide of the battle at the border pass was quickly reversed.

Chu Jing used his troops properly, and joined forces with the defenders in Datong Town, attacking the Tatars in front and back, annihilating 30,000 enemies, and severely defeating their might. Seeing that the siege strategy had failed, the Tatars carried out many strong attacks, all of which were successfully resisted by Chu Jing, and suffered heavy casualties after several tosses, leaving less than 100,000 horses.

On the side of Xuanfu Town, Dingguo Gong's injuries have improved, and he has recovered and can give orders. The backbone of the border soldiers returned, changed the previous decadent state, and fought with the Tatars with high morale, which dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the other side.

It is worth mentioning that in a plain war, Su Qi, the son of Su Yuan, the Duke of Dingguo, invited himself to be the vanguard in front of the battle, and personally led 10,000 elite cavalry to go deep into the enemy's interior, and after a day and a night of fierce fighting, he finally beheaded 8,000 enemies and captured 10,000 enemies.

For a time, the Tatars were defeated one after another, the offensive was suppressed in all directions, and the combat effectiveness was weakened in the siege battles that failed again and again, and it seemed that it would not last long, and it was only a matter of time before the troops were withdrawn and peace.

When the news reached the capital, the people rejoiced, in addition to praising the courage of the border soldiers, more was to sigh that Dingguo Gong was worthy of being the god of war in the world, as long as he sat in the border pass, the Tatars could only look at the Great Wall and sigh, and an inch of land could not be invaded. It is rumored that the father and son of Dingguo are here, and the Great Xia Dynasty is safe.

"'The father and son of Dingguo are here, and the Great Xia Dynasty is safe'...... Scold. ”

In the imperial study, Emperor Jingfeng chewed this sentence in his mouth for a long time, and then sneered, his eyes were as cold as ice:

"That's right, as soon as Dingguo Gong was injured, all the border soldiers panicked, and they didn't know how to fight. Even his seventeen-year-old son, Su Qi, was able to stabilize the morale of the army at a young age, and he had the demeanor of his father. Tell me, without such a pillar of the country, wouldn't my Great Xia Dynasty be unable to turn? ”

The old eunuch Ning Fuhai lowered his head silently when he heard this, looking at his nose and nose, and did not dare to answer rashly.

Emperor Jingfeng didn't expect him to give any response, and continued to himself: "But it's no wonder that the Su family is full of loyal martyrs, and the children of all generations have fought for our dynasty, and when it comes to Su Yuan's generation, it is still iron-clad, and there is not a single loser who has tarnished the reputation of his ancestors." ”

"It's a pity......" Emperor Jingfeng's eyes narrowed, and his voice sank suddenly, and Ning Fuhai felt a chill down his spine when he heard it, "Their father and son have such a prestige in the army, so that the border soldiers only know the Su family, not the imperial court......"

Saying that, Emperor Jingfeng laughed lightly, but his eyes were as deep as ink, and there was no smile: "If this goes on for a long time, this country will simply let him sit in the Su family." ”

As soon as the words fell, the eunuch and palace maid in the room knelt tremblingly.

A little eunuch Xu was so frightened that when he knelt down, he didn't notice that the corner of his clothes was hooked by the glass lampshade next to him, and he only heard a "snap" sound, and suddenly shattered the glass fragments all over the ground.

Emperor Jingfeng glanced at the colorless little eunuch lightly, and there was no expression on his face, and said to Ning Fuhai: "From today onwards, he doesn't have to wait in the imperial study." ”

The little eunuch's liver trembled, and the cold sweat that broke out all over his body wet his clothes in an instant, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty spares your life!" Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares your life...... Not! ”

As if feeling noisy, Emperor Jingfeng frowned and hooked his hand outside the door, and a guard immediately walked in, covering the little eunuch's mouth and dragging him out. Soon, the sound of struggle outside became weaker and weaker, and finally, it disappeared completely.

Emperor Jingfeng exhaled lightly, picked up the good news of Su Qi's great destruction of the Tatar cavalry from the table, and said thoughtfully: "Since Su Qi is so promising, he can take charge of himself at a young age, so just let Dingguo Gong take a good rest from now on......"

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Since Su Qi left that night, in just one month, Gu Yunji has sent many letters, but I don't know whether it was because Su Qi was entangled in military affairs and couldn't spare time, or because the border post station was affected by the war and the communication was not smooth, he never received a single reply.

If it weren't for the fact that he could see the news of Su Qi's victory from the newspaper in three days, Gu Yunji would almost have wondered if he had an accident on the battlefield.

Now although he learned that everything was fine with him, and he had even made many military exploits, Gu Yunji's heart was still empty, as if a piece was missing - this was the first time he knew that the life of the academy without Su Qi's company was so boring.

The border war is about to stop, as long as the Tatars are completely beaten back, and then the mess is cleaned up, Su Qi can almost come back. Gu Yunji thought so.

Without the laughter in his ears, Gu Yunji felt that even the food in his mouth was a little unpleasant, and just as he was bored and fighting with a piece of difficult ribs, a student with a pile of letters ran towards him and shouted from afar:

"Senior Brother Gu, Senior Brother Cheng! There is your letter! ”

Gu Yunji suddenly got up from his seat and hurriedly took the letter, after so many days, he finally saw the name he was looking forward to in the sender's position.

But looking at it, the joy on his face gradually faded.

Su Qi said in the letter that although the main force of the Tatars had withdrawn to the steppe, there were still some remnants of the army from time to time to invade, and it was impossible to completely relax at the moment.

In addition, because Dingguo Gong's health was not as good as before after recovering from his injury, and he could not stand the bitter cold of northern Xinjiang, the imperial court relieved him of his military post and transferred him back to Beijing to recuperate. At the same time, he raised the Su flag as the deputy chief soldier of Xuanfu Town, which is equivalent to serving as a border on behalf of his father.

Speaking of which, it means the same thing, Su Qi wants to stay at the border and will not be able to come back for a while. When he returns to Beijing at the end of the year to report on his work, maybe Emperor Jingfeng can allow him to stay in the capital for a while longer, so that he can wait until Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan finish the examination before leaving.

didn't get the most desired result, Gu Yunji's mood was a little dull, but in any case, it was a happy thing to finally receive Su Qi's handwritten letter.

Just as Gu Yunji was about to hand the letter to Cheng Yan and share the news with him, he saw that his lips were tightly pursed, and his face was as pale as paper.

Catching a glimpse of Cheng Yan's slightly trembling hand, Gu Yunji was a little worried: "What's wrong Cheng Yan, his face is so bad?" Is there some bad news coming from your family? ”

"No, nothing, it's just a little thing." Cheng Yan smiled reluctantly, sensing Gu Yunji's gaze, he quietly hid the family letter behind him, "Did Su Qi send a letter?" ”

Gu Yunji nodded: "Well, but he said that he can't come back for the time being." ”

After reading the letter from beginning to end, Cheng Yan's expression eased slightly: "Anyway, Su Qi is safe." Since it is possible for him to wait for us to enter the department before leaving, then we must also work hard and prepare for the township examination with all our might, and we must not even be qualified to participate in next year's general examination. ”

A big stone fell in Gu Yunji's heart, and he breathed a long sigh of relief: "Yes, Su Qi won a big victory on the battlefield in Northern Xinjiang, so it will be up to us to follow on the battlefield of the scientific expedition." ”