Chapter 69: Li Yuanji gave too much, Su Dingfang couldn’t bear it!
When Gao Yaxian heard Li Yuanji's words, his expression became serious and he shouted, "Of course I am loyal to Lord Dou!"
Li Yuanji's smile became brighter. He stared at Gao Yaxian and asked, "Since you are loyal to Dou Jiande, why did you become a dog horse under Liu Heita's command?"
Gao Yaxian was somewhat speechless after being rebuked. Seeing a hint of teasing in Li Yuanji's eyes, he immediately gritted his teeth and said, "The reason why I followed Liu Heita was to use Liu Heita's hand to avenge Lord Dou!"
Gao Yaxian's life and death now depends entirely on Li Yuanji's decision. He is determined to die and is not afraid to tell the truth to Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Then I'm afraid you won't have a chance in this life."
Gao Yaxian looked at Li Yuanji viciously.
Li Yuanji glanced at Su Dingfang and instructed Gao Yaxian, "Help me convince him so that he will follow me loyally in the future."
Gao Yaxian was obviously stunned and looked at Li Yuanji like a fool, "You're not crazy because of the loss, are you?"
Su Dingfang also looked at Li Yuanji blankly.
Li Yuanji smiled calmly as if he didn't see their gazes. "When I left Chang'an City, someone told me that if I met Dou Jiande's former subordinates and wanted to harm me, I could tell her and she would spank you."
"hehe……"
Gao Yaxian smiled sarcastically. He was sure that Li Yuanji had gone insane.
Su Dingfang also felt that Li Yuanji was a little abnormal.
Dou Jiande is dead, who can still be Dou Jiande's boss?
Li Yuanji looked at Gao Yaxian with a smile, "Her name is Dou Qian, and she is in my house now."
The smile on Gao Yaxian's face disappeared instantly, replaced by a look of disbelief.
A moment later it turned into fear.
"You! You are shameless! You actually threatened me with a child!"
Li Yuanji ignored Gao Yaxian and left the shelter with his hands behind his back.
Gao Yaxian cursed at the top of his lungs.
After Li Yuanji left the shelter, he did not linger but took his men to chase Qu Tutong.
He had no intention of being abused, so there was no reason for him to stay in a sheltered place and listen to Gao Yaxian scolding him.
Using a child as a bargaining chip to force Gao Yaxian to surrender is indeed a bit despicable.
For Ling Jing and other counselors with complicated minds, although they feel shameful about such things, they can barely accept them.
After all, what they are playing are conspiracies and overt schemes.
They are used to doing something wrong on the first day of the month, so they can't care about others doing something wrong on the fifteenth day of the month.
For Gao Yaxian and other military generals with simpler minds, this kind of thing is hard to accept.
However, what he wanted was Su Dingfang, not Gao Yaxian, so as long as Gao Yaxian could convince Su Dingfang to follow him loyally, he didn't care what Gao Yaxian would think of him or how much he hated him.
Gao Yaxian only showed gratitude to Su Dingfang for his recognition, not for saving his life.
Once Gao Yaxian persuaded Su Dingfang to join him, this favor of recognition faded.
He praised Su Dingfang a little more and put Gao Yaxian down a little. As time went by, Gao Yaxian had little place in Su Dingfang's heart.
Gao Yaxian's attitude towards him had no effect on Su Dingfang.
Li Yuanji led his men to chase for three miles and caught up with Qu Tutong and his party.
When they were almost approaching Gao's tomb, Gao Yaxian and Su Dingfang caught up.
Gao Yaxian was like a defeated rooster, with his head down, kneeling in front of him with Su Dingfang.
"Gao Yaxian is willing to come..."
"Su Dingfang is willing to surrender..."
“…”
Even if Gao Yaxian was unwilling to work for Li Tang, she had to submit to Li Yuanji for the sake of Dou Xian.
Dou Qian was Dou Jiande's youngest daughter and also his most beloved daughter.
When Gao Yaxian was under Dou Jiande's command, he often let Dou Qian ride on his neck and pull his beard.
Whether considering the relationship between him and Dou Jiande as master and servant, or the relationship between him and Dou Qian as uncle and nephew, he could not bear to watch Dou Qian suffer in Li Yuanji's mansion.
If Li Yuanji had abused Dou Qian or betrothed her to a bad man, he would not have the face to see Dou Jiande even in his grave.
Li Yuanji ignored Gao Yaxian and walked up to Su Dingfang, helped Su Dingfang up, and said with a smile: "Do you think it is despicable that I use a child to threaten Gao Yaxian and force you to follow me?"
Su Dingfang clasped his hands, stood in front of Li Yuanji, lowered his head and said nothing.
Li Yuanji said with emotion: "I didn't actually threaten Gao Yaxian, because Dou Qian did say that."
Li Yuanji did not lie, nor did he induce Dou Qian. It was Dou Qian who said this on her own initiative.
If Gao Yaxian and Su Dingfang had to blame someone, they could only blame Ling Jing.
Whenever Ling Jing met Dou Qian in private, he would instill in her some advice such as "how to make a living in the palace, how to protect herself, and how to be a useful person so that the Prince of Qi's Mansion would not abandon her easily."
While he was playing with his wife and children, he also became familiar with Dou Qian.
Dou Xian was no longer so reserved in front of him.
So when he was going to the war, I plucked up the courage to tell him this in secret.
He just thought it was funny at the time and didn't take it seriously.
I didn't expect it would actually come in handy.
When Su Dingfang heard Li Yuanji's words, he was skeptical.
Gao Yaxian sneered.
Su Dingfang felt that since Li Yuanji had accepted him as his disciple, it would be unlikely that he would lie to him about such a matter, because after he followed Li Yuanji back to Chang'an City, he would definitely be able to meet Dou Qian and verify the matter with her in person.
If Li Yuanji lied to him about this matter, it would definitely affect his impression of Li Yuanji.
Unless Li Yuanji didn't want to use him, he would never do anything that would affect his impression of Li Yuanji.
Gao Yaxian felt that Li Yuanji was just fooling around.
No matter whether what Li Yuanji says now is true or false, it will become true when they follow Li Yuanji back to Chang'an City.
Since Dou Qian was at Li Yuanji's house, she had to say whatever Li Yuanji asked her to say, right?
Li Yuanji didn't care whether Su Dingfang believed it or not, and continued: "The reason I told you this is that I don't want you to have any grudge against me."
Su Dingfang bent down, lowered his head, and said without any emotion: "I dare not..."
Li Yuanji stretched out his hand and patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder. Su Dingfang trembled slightly, seeming to be resisting.
Li Yuanji didn't care. He pointed at the soldiers of Zuo Er Tong Jun Fu who were on their way and said with a smile, "They will be the troops you will lead in the future. Why don't you take a look?"
Since Su Dingfang had joined Li Yuanji's army, he naturally cared about how Li Yuanji would use him and what kind of troops Li Yuanji would assign to him.
If Li Yuanji gave him a miscellaneous army composed of refugees and bandits like Liu Heita did, it would mean that Li Yuanji did not value him or did not trust him, and there would be no need for him to fight for Li Yuanji.
Su Dingfang raised his head and looked in the direction Li Yuanji's finger pointed, and saw two thousand armored soldiers.
Su Dingfang looked at Li Yuanji in disbelief, thinking that Li Yuanji had pointed at the wrong person.
Li Yuanji said with a smile: "From now on, you will be their deputy commander. As for the commander, it will depend on your merits."
“Gulp…”
Seeing that Li Yuanji didn't seem to be joking, nor did Su Dingfang think that he was pointing at the wrong person, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.
"Ironclad Soldiers?!"
Su Dingfang asked in disbelief.
Li Yuanji laughed, "Of course they are armored soldiers. Those wearing leather armor are not soldiers from my mansion. I can't appoint you to serve as an officer for them."
There is no way, the Prince Qi’s Mansion is so arrogant, and all the staff are in iron armor.
Those with armor are not necessarily soldiers from the Prince of Qi's Palace, but those without armor are definitely not soldiers from the Prince of Qi's Palace.
Su Dingfang was shocked and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
He had just joined Li Yuanji's army, and it had only been a few hours.
Li Yuanji actually gave him two thousand armored soldiers to command.
Li Yuanji was either stupid or he trusted him very much.
Li Yuanji was obviously not stupid, so Li Yuanji trusted him very much and appreciated him very much.
He was appreciated far more than Dou Jiande, Gao Yaxian and Liu Heita.
When he was under Dou Jiande, he had never led more than a thousand armored soldiers, let alone when he was under Liu Heita.
Gao Yaxian was also shocked by Li Yuanji's move.
He did not expect Li Yuanji to be so generous, and even less expected Li Yuanji to be so arrogant.
Two thousand armored soldiers were given without hesitation to Su Dingfang, who had just defected less than an incense stick away.
If Su Dingfang turned against him, or took two thousand armored soldiers into Liu Heita's encirclement, wouldn't Li Yuanji lose both his wife and his troops?
If he had readily agreed to surrender to Li Yuanji before, would Li Yuanji give him these two thousand armored vehicles?
If he brought two thousand armored soldiers to meet Liu Heita, would Liu Heita dare to be inferior to him? !
If he had a high enough status under Liu Heita, wouldn't his hope of avenging Dou Gong be greater?
For a moment, Gao Yaxian thought a lot.
However, neither Li Yuanji nor Su Dingfang paid attention to him.
After Su Dingfang confirmed that Li Yuanji was really going to hand over the two thousand armored soldiers to him, he was extremely shocked.
However, Su Dingfang quickly recovered, bowed respectfully to Li Yuanji, and said solemnly: "I thank your Highness for your appreciation and trust, but I have just surrendered and it is not appropriate for me to command such a large number of troops. Please take back your order."
Li Yuanji patted Su Dingfang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "With your name as a minister, you can command such a large army."
Su Dingfang was embarrassed.
He pledged his loyalty too quickly and was a bit self-centered. When Li Yuanji pointed it out to him so blatantly, he felt a little embarrassed.
He didn't want to become a vassal right away, but Li Yuanji's appreciation and trust in him were so great that he would feel sorry for Li Yuanji's appreciation and trust if he didn't become a vassal.
Li Yuanji took back his hand and said openly: "A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in. Liu Heita is not a wise leader. If you follow him, you will be throwing a pearl into the dark.
There is nothing to be ashamed of now, we should do it openly and honestly.
You have been in the military for many years, so you should understand that the most taboo thing in the military is to be treacherous, and the most unacceptable thing is to be straightforward. "
Su Dingfang hesitated for a moment and nodded heavily.
