Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Since the 12 reinforcements led by Chu Jing and Su Qi arrived, the situation at the frontier was quickly reversed.

Chu Jing used his troops properly, and joined forces with the defenders inside and outside the town of Datong, flanking the Tatars back and forth, annihilating 10 enemies, severely defeating their prestige.Seeing the failure of the siege strategy, the Tatars carried out several strong attacks, all of which were successfully resisted by Chu Jing. After several tosses, they suffered heavy casualties, and there were less than [-] horses left.

In Xuanfu Town, Ding Guogong's injury has improved, and he has regained consciousness and is able to give orders.The soldiers at the frontier have returned to their hearts and minds, and have changed their previous sluggish attitude. When fighting the Tatars, they have high fighting spirit and severely hit the opponent's arrogance.

It is worth mentioning that in a confrontation on the plains, Su Qi, the son of Ding Guogong Su Yuan, invited himself to be the vanguard, and personally led [-] elite cavalry into the enemy's interior. After a day and night of fierce fighting, he finally beheaded the enemy. Eight thousand, [-] were captured. The heroism was extraordinary, and our army was greatly invigorated.

For a time, the Tatars were defeated one after another, their offensive was suppressed in all directions, and their combat effectiveness was weakened in repeated failed siege battles.

When the news reached the capital, the people rejoiced. In addition to praising the bravery of the border guards, they lamented that Duke Dingguo was worthy of being the God of War. As long as he sits at the border, the Tatars can only look at the Great Wall and sigh, and cannot invade an inch of land.There is a popular saying about this: "Dingguo Gong and his son are here, and the four realms of the Great Xia Dynasty are safe."

"'Ding Guogong and his son are here, and the four realms of the Great Xia Dynasty will be safe'... Heh."

In the imperial study room, Emperor Jingfeng chewed on these words for a long time, then sneered, his eyes were as cold as ice:

"That's right. Once Ding Guogong was injured, all the frontier soldiers panicked and didn't know how to fight. Even his 17-year-old son Su Qi was able to stabilize the morale of the army at a young age, which is quite remarkable. Father's demeanor. Tell me, without such a pillar of the country, wouldn't my Great Xia Dynasty be unable to turn around?"

The old eunuch Ning Fuhai lowered his head silently when he heard the words, he did not dare to answer rashly.

Emperor Jing Feng didn't expect any response from him, and continued on his own: "But it's no wonder, the Su family is full of loyalty, and all generations of children have fought for our dynasty, and it has been passed down to Su Yuan's generation. The bones are strong, there is not a prodigal waste that tarnishes the honor of the ancestors."

"It's a pity..." Emperor Jing Feng narrowed his eyes, his voice sank suddenly, and Ning Fuhai's back felt chills, "Their father and son are so prestige in the army that the soldiers at the border only know Su family, I don’t know the court..."

As he said that, Emperor Jingfeng smiled softly, but his eyes were as deep as ink, and there was no smile at all: "If things go on like this, this country should just let him sit in the Su family."

As soon as the words fell, the eunuchs and maids in the room knelt down tremblingly.

A young eunuch, Xu Shi, was terribly frightened. When he knelt down, he didn't notice that the corner of his clothes was caught by the glass lampshade next to him. He only heard a "pa-cha", and the glass fragments all over the floor were instantly shattered.

Hearing the sound, Emperor Jing Feng glanced at the pale-faced little eunuch, without any expression on his face, and said to Ning Fuhai, "From today onwards, he doesn't have to serve in the imperial study."

The little eunuch was trembling with fear, and the cold sweat that broke out all over his body immediately wet the skirt of his clothes. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty please forgive me! Please forgive me, Your Majesty... oh!"

As if feeling noisy, Emperor Jing Feng frowned and hooked his hands outside the door, and a guard walked in immediately, clutching the little eunuch's mouth tightly and dragging him out.Soon, the struggling sound from outside became weaker and weaker, and finally disappeared completely.

Emperor Jingfeng exhaled lightly, picked up the victory report of Su Qi's victory over the Tatar cavalry from the desk case, and said thoughtfully: "Since Su Qi is so promising and can be alone at a young age, why don't you just let him go?" Let Duke Ding take a good rest from now on..."

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Since Su Qi left that night, in just one month, Gu Yunji sent many letters, but I don't know if it was because Su Qi was too busy with military affairs, or because the border station was affected by the war and the communication was not smooth. Haven't received it.

If it weren't for the news of Su Qi's victory in the mansion newspaper every few days, Gu Yunji would almost have suspected that something happened to him on the battlefield.

Now, even though he knows that everything is fine with him, and he has even made several military exploits, Gu Yunji's heart is still empty, as if a piece is missing - this is the first time he knows that life in the academy without Su Qi's company is so boring.

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

Without the laughter coming from his ears, Gu Yunji felt that even the food in his mouth was a bit unpleasant. Just as he was struggling with a piece of hard ribs bored, a student with a pile of letters ran towards him. Shouted from afar:
"Junior Brother Gu, Junior Brother Cheng! I have a letter from you!"

Gu Yunji suddenly stood up from his seat, and hastily received the letter. After so many days, he finally saw the name he was looking forward to in the place of the sender.

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 grasslands, some remnant soldiers came to harass them from time to time, and they could not relax completely at the moment.

In addition, because Duke Dingguo's body was not as good as before after he recovered from his injury, and he couldn't bear the bitter cold in northern Xinjiang, the court dismissed him from the military and sent him back to Beijing to recuperate.At the same time, Su Banner was promoted to be the deputy general of Xuanfu Town, which is equivalent to guarding the border on behalf of his father.

It's just the same thing, Su Qi wants to stay at the border and won't be able to come back for a while.When he returns to Beijing to report on his duties at the end of the year, maybe Emperor Jingfeng will allow him to stay in the capital for a longer period of time, so that he can wait until Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan have finished their examinations before leaving.

Gu Yunji felt a little depressed because he didn't get the result he wanted most, but no matter what, he finally received Su Qi's handwritten letter, which was also something to be happy about.

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

Seeing Cheng Yan's slightly trembling hands, Gu Yunji was a little worried: "What's the matter, Cheng Yan, with such a bad face? Is there some bad news from your family?"

"No, it's nothing, it's just a trivial matter." Cheng Yan forced a smile, and when he noticed Gu Yunji's gaze, he quietly hid the letter behind his back, "Did Su Qi send you a letter?"

Gu Yunji nodded: "Well, but he said he won't be coming back for the time being."

After reading the letter from beginning to end, Cheng Yan calmed down a little: "Anyway, it's good that Su Qi is safe. Since he may leave after we are admitted, then we must work hard and prepare for the provincial examination with all our strength. I don’t even have the qualifications to take the exam next year.”

A big stone fell from Gu Yunji's heart, and he let out a long sigh of relief: "Yes, Su Qi won a big victory on the battlefield in the northern border, so it will be up to us on the battlefield of scientific research next."