The generals of the Ding Navy mostly relied on fighting and fighting time and time again to become high-ranking officials. Even if their status was high, their fighting style remained unchanged. From Guo Ning onwards, everyone was eager to fight.
ruthless.
Among these ruthless characters, Li Ting and Li Erlang are the one who is particularly convincing. It can also be said that he is the one who is particularly speechless.
Even when Li Ting became the governor, he always boasted about how he was active in Zhongdu and Tianjin as a ruffian in his daily chats, and as time went by, his bragging became more and more powerful.
Once he said that powerful gangsters were not even afraid of getting into a frying pan, but the soldiers didn't believe it anyway. As a result, Li Ting lost his temper and actually put out a steaming frying pan, saying that he wanted to jump in and take a bath, and showed it to the soldiers.
When the subordinates saw this, they were frightened to death and tried to persuade them to stop.
Of course Li Ting himself knew that ruffians only bullied the weak and feared the strong. In terms of courage, ten or eight ruffians bundled together would not be worth a single officer in the navy. But he had been accustomed to this routine for half his life, no matter what
I always brag about myself, and then I push myself harder, reminding myself not to be cowardly or embarrassed.
So to outsiders, Li Ting always looks like a cowboy with horns on his head, but in fact he is afraid.
When he was caught in the fire, he could hear the roar of flames around him, and his scalp was numb. As the fire continued to spread, the team was divided and scattered. Many people were burned to death screaming and choked by the smoke.
He was so nervous that his hands and feet became weak.
But seeing the subordinates around him running around in panic, Li Ting never wanted to show weakness. He forced himself to cheer up, put on a frighteningly excited look, and led his subordinates to fight back and forth in the fire, trying to find a way out.
road.
Several times, people were on the verge of despair and asked Li Ting which direction we should go. Li Tinghao said with great enthusiasm, just rush forward! When you reach the end, you will naturally leave the fire scene!
In fact, the smoke from the fire obscured his vision, and the surroundings were filled with heavy fog in the middle of the night. After the haphazardly stacked wood caught fire, it was like a wall of fire blocking the road. Li Ting felt that his brain was already dizzy, how could he still distinguish the direction?
He just made a bold statement casually. God knows, whether he can escape from the fire in the end depends on luck, and he must have great luck!
He was not sure about this at all, so he was regretting it while he was jumping around in the fire.
What I regretted at first was that my family showed no hesitation every day, but this time I finally hit the wall. Then I regretted that several of my wives and concubines were pregnant. It was a pity that I didn't treat them with care and give them more instructions before going out to the army.
Sentence. If things go wrong, will one of them take my Li Erlang's child and remarry?
When a person is struggling in a fire, he can truly feel that his life is like an ant, and his personal wisdom, decisiveness or skill are worthless under the power of the flames.
Li Ting screamed and ran all the way. He used his hands to dig into the fire so many times that the flesh on his hands crackled. While rescuing his companions, his helmet was hit by a collapsed beam and was completely dented.
The back of my head is still bleeding now.
Even so, there were still fewer and fewer soldiers following him. Even his most trusted guard commander Hu Zhonggui was caught in the sea of fire. At this moment, it is roughly estimated that there are only a few hundred people who can barely follow him.
Fortunately, these hundreds of people have rushed out of the fire scene and should be safe now.
Fortunately, there were more than a hundred spectators, which was enough for Li Ting to perform to his fullest. On such an occasion, he would brag and show his bravery no matter what.
Sure enough, when he pointed to the city gate in front and said that God had taken care of him and selected him to perform meritorious deeds, all the soldiers around him showed a look of awe. This look fell into Li Ting's eyes like warm wine.
It made Li Ting feel dizzy and relaxed.
He suddenly remembered that when he was in Liaodong the year before last, he captured Xianping City in one fell swoop with a small number of troops, and this was how he became famous.
The city gate in Xianping City at that time was much shabbier than the city gate in Kaifeng now. Should we move forward quickly and repeat the feat of seizing the gate?
Without further delay, Li Ting jumped up and ran forward.
The soldiers followed closely behind.
An officer who was running closely behind Li Ting suddenly said: "It's strange, when we were running at the fire scene just now, we didn't remember to cross the river?"
"Crossing the river? What river?"
"Commander Jie, this gate is the south gate of the inner city of Kaifeng. It is called Zhuque Gate. There should be Huimin River separating Suzaku Gate and Nanxun Gate. Maybe we were dizzy from the collision just now and didn't pay attention?"
This is really possible. The group only remembered that there were fireworks everywhere, and when people are extremely frightened, they are likely to judge that something is wrong.
Li Ting felt that his family passed by the river during the fire, but he did not pay attention and did not consider jumping into the river to escape... This sounds a bit stupid. If people mention it in the future, it will damage the reputation of Li Erlang in Zhongdu.
So while running towards the city gate, he changed the topic and asked the officer: "After the Suzaku Gate, it should be not far from the imperial palace of Feng Chaoting, right? Seizing this place is equivalent to grabbing the throat of Kaifeng Imperial Court.
Already? Take this place and give an explanation to Guo Liulang, right?"
When the officer was about to answer, a man in brocade robes suddenly appeared from the end of the doorway, and he cursed: "Which captain are you subordinates to? Why are you in such a mess? This is a serious crime of misconduct before driving!"
Li Ting suffered such a fire and his mood was extremely bad. How could he tolerate people shouting in front of him?
Before the man in brocade robes could finish his words, he kicked him straight into his heart, knocking him to the ground. After kicking him, still not relieved, Li Ting went up and opened his bow from left to right, and slapped him five or six times in the mouth.
"A big sin against your mother! Who are you? You dare to talk to Grandpa Li like that!"
The man in the brocade robe was beaten until his face was covered in blood, seven or eight of his teeth were broken out, his mouth was swollen, and he whined as if he wanted to talk back.
Li Ting became more and more angry. When he was about to put more strength on his hands, another person came running from the end of the city gate: "What are you making? Hurry up and close the door. Your Majesty has to watch the city gate close before you can rest assured! Irrelevant people, please stop making trouble."
, and wait outside!”
Um?
Li Ting suddenly raised his head, looked at the second person running over, and then looked behind him.
The scale of the Suzaku Gate is not small, and the doorway is deep and long, so people outside the doorway cannot see the dark interior. On the contrary, Li Ting stood in the doorway and could clearly see a group of luxuriously dressed people inside the city gate. Among those people
, some people were pointing at the city gate, and some were holding red umbrellas, purple umbrellas, pheasant fans, and yellow canopies, and they were lined up in a long line... like a guard of honor?
Li Ting couldn't believe his eyes, so he stood up and rubbed his eyes again.
"Am I really so lucky?"
The second nobleman who came to scold him ran nearby, and when he was about to command everyone, Li Ting punched him in the face and knocked him down.
The man struggled to get up, and Li Ting stepped on his chest: "Are those behind you the emperor's ceremonial guards? The one wearing a plain yellow robe and a black rhinoceros belt, is your emperor?"
His stern shouts echoed back and forth in the doorway, attracting the attention of many people inside the city gate. They all turned to the city gate and put on a defensive posture.
Li Ting was too lazy to ask any more questions. He exerted force on his feet, and Katcha broke the nobleman's neck with a single click, and then burst into laughter.
"I really have such good luck! Boys and men, follow me!"