Lin Dong took Xu Hongwei's five thousand cavalry and galloped northward, hoping to arrive before Gao Jie was killed.

Fortunately, the cavalry of the Anton Army now consists of one person and two horses, so there is no need to worry about insufficient horse power.

In this way, after several days of galloping, Lin Dong and others finally arrived at Guide on the twelfth day of the first lunar month. Upon inquiry, they found out that Gao Jie had already gone to Suizhou.

Lin Dongyi asked in panic: "I wonder who the chief military officer of Suizhou is?"

"I heard that Xu Dingguo is in charge." The guard replied.

"No, follow me to Suizhou immediately." Lin Dong was shocked. If he remembered correctly, Gao Jie died in the hands of Xu Dingguo.

Just when Lin Dong was rushing to Suizhou with his cavalry, Gao Jie had already arrived outside Suizhou City. It turned out that Gao Jie had invited Xu Dingguo to come and have a round just a few days ago, but Xu Dingguo ignored it.

Lin Dong didn't know that Xu Dingguo had already defected to the Qing army at this time, and had even secretly given his son to the Qing army as a hostage.

At this time, Gao Jie naturally ignored Gao Jie's offer to recruit him. Gao Jie naturally didn't know that Xu Dingguo had defected to the Qing army. Seeing that Xu Dingguo was unwilling to come and return, he invited Governor Yue Qijie and Inspector Chen Qianfu to go to Suizhou together.

Seeing Gao Jie coming in person, Xu Dingguo was shocked. After some inner struggle, he decided to go out and have a look first.

With an idea in his mind, Xu Dingguo was no longer afraid and stepped forward to welcome him.

Seeing Xu Dingguo coming out from a distance, Gao Jie was very happy and immediately asked Xu Dingguo to join forces with him to prepare to attack the Qing army.

Hearing that Gao Jie was going to attack the Qing army, Xu Dingguo was so frightened that he broke into cold sweat. Wasn't he going to kill his son?

"General Xu, what are you doing?" Gao Jie couldn't help asking when he saw his face was sweating.

"Haha, it's okay. I just heard that my uncle came in person, and I was so excited that I ran out of the city, so I was sweating a little." Xu Dingguo faltered.

Hearing what he said, Gao Jie's suspicion disappeared and he laughed and said: "General Xu is too polite. I wonder where General Xu's troops are stationed?"

Xu Dingguo was in a panic, but he was not an ordinary person. Seeing that this matter could no longer be solved, he immediately said: "My uncle is coming from afar, why don't you follow me into the city first? I have already prepared a banquet to welcome my uncle and his party."

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Gao Jie was stunned and thought to himself: "This Xu Ding countryman is not very good, but he is an expert at flattering others."

Thinking of this, Gao Jie immediately nodded and said: "Since you are so sincere, then go to the city and have a rest. It will be the same when you go to the military camp tomorrow morning."

"That's what the uncle said." Xu Dingguo was overjoyed. As long as he could stabilize Gao Jie, he would wait for him to enter the city and slowly think of a solution.

"Uncle, no." Yue Qijie on the side dissuaded him.

"Why not?" Gao Jie frowned and asked with an unhappy look on his face.

"There are rumors that Xu Dingguo has defected to the Qing army. My uncle is entering the city at this time. What if he is ambushed?" Yue Qijie asked anxiously.

"Haha, you think the elite soldiers brought by me, Gao Jie, are vegetarians. If Xu Dingguo dares to make a mistake, he will die without a place to die."

"Uncle, if you insist on going to the city, you still hope to leave me an elite force. I will stay outside the city. If anything happens, I can respond outside." Seeing that Gao Jie could not be persuaded, Yue Qijie pondered for a moment.

He said immediately.

"There's no need to go to such trouble. Xu Dingguo is a rat. As long as I, Gao Jie, am here, I won't dare to cause trouble."

Yue Qijie was secretly worried, but Gao Jie was arrogant and looked down on Xu Dingguo. He didn't take any precautions and didn't even want to let Xu Dingguo support him outside. This made him very uneasy.

"Uncle, as the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If Xu Dingguo has already defected to the Qing army, it will be too late." Yue Qijie wanted to persuade him again.

Gao Jie interrupted him directly and said: "The war in Kaifeng is urgent now. You lead the army to Kaifeng first. I will round up the elite in Xu Dingguo's hands tomorrow morning and immediately go north to join you. This is a military order. Anyone who dares to disobey the military order will be punished with fifty rods."

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Yue Qijie had no choice but to agree and lead a large group of troops towards Kaifeng.

When they arrived in the city, Xu Dingguo had indeed prepared a banquet. In addition to all the officials in the city, Xu Dingguo also found several women to accompany him.

Gao Jie had no intention of doing anything else and just kept urging Xu Dingguo to send troops. Xu Dingguo agreed wholeheartedly and only said that he would send troops to Kaifeng to meet Gao Jie's army early tomorrow morning.

This made Gao Jie very satisfied, and he slowly let down his guard.

Under Xu Dingguo's instruction, those women even toasted frequently. After one drink, Gao Jie was already dizzy.

Seeing that Gao Jie was drunk, Xu Dingguo immediately sent a messenger out of the city to cross the Yellow River overnight, reported his plan to kill Gao Jie to the Qing generals, and asked them to rush to Suizhou for support tomorrow.

When the Qing generals heard that Gao Jie had come to Suizhou and arrived at Xu Dingguo's mansion, they immediately held a military meeting. After a heated discussion, they finally decided to immediately march to Suizhou to meet Xu Dingguo's army.

How did Gao Jie know that after he was drunk, he was sent to the guest room to sleep in a daze?

Xu Dingguo even sent several women to sleep with him, and made an agreement with them that once they heard the secret signal, they would immediately hug Gao Jie and prevent him from escaping.

Just when Gao Jie fell asleep, a man in black suddenly appeared in an official office in Suizhou City.

This man was dressed in smart clothes and was holding a piece of paper in his hand with a line of small words written on it.

"Master Hou, you finally remembered the villain." The man whispered.

This person's name is Yuan Xiaoshan, a secret agent of the Anton Army. He was sent to Suizhou a few years ago. After several years of development, he has developed a large force in Suizhou, and he himself under Lin Dong's instructions

Xia also became Xu Dingguo's confidant.

However, Lin Dong only had a single line of contact with them. Over the years, except for him, the leader, the others had no idea who their master was, and they had never received an order from him.

The leader said that as long as they complete their mission, they will be considered to have made a great contribution to the Anton Army, will receive a large amount of revenge, and will no longer have to worry about their livelihood.

The man in black quickly sent out a secret signal, and soon dozens of soldiers in armor rushed over.

"Boss, do you have a mission?"

"The Marquis has sent word that we must protect Xu Dingguo tonight." The words of the man in black were very simple.

Everyone remained silent, knowing that it was their turn to take action.

So under the leadership of the men in black, they quickly arrived at the mansion of the former Minister of War.

According to the information he learned, Xu Dingguo entertained Gao Jie here and arranged for him to stay here.

When the guards saw that they were old acquaintances, they had no doubts and let him in.

When he came outside Gao Jie's room, the place was already surrounded by people. It seemed that as long as Xu Dingguo gave the order, Gao Jie would be cut into pieces immediately.
Chapter completed!