Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 229 Three quick steps!
However, although the soldiers were determined to follow Gao Ding, Gao Ding was not very confident.

He really couldn't figure out what Zhuge Liang's attitude towards him was!
After all, I am a rebel!

No matter how magnanimous Zhuge Liang was, could he treat people differently like this?
Don't deceive yourself and wait for you to surrender, and then capture him directly. It will be too late to regret then.

Feeling really confused, Gao Ding decided to take the initiative to figure it out.

He immediately sent people to Zhuge Liang's camp to find out the truth.

As it turned out, the person who went to test the business was not very proficient in the business, and was captured halfway and brought directly to see Zhuge Liang.

But this time, Zhuge Liang no longer considered him to be Gao Ding's subordinate!
Instead, he knew that the person coming was Gao Ding, but he mistook him for Yong Kai's man.

He immediately called the man into the tent and asked in a cold voice: "Marshal, since you have agreed to present the heads of Gao Ding and Zhu Bao, why did you miss the date? You are not meticulous, how can you be a spy!"

The soldier's heart sank when he heard this, thinking to himself that Yong Kai had already made an agreement with Zhuge Liang that Yong Kai would offer the heads of his own generals and General Zhu Bao in order to surrender to Zhuge Liang!
"This news must be made known to the general!"

Thinking of this, the soldier gave a vague answer and did not say that he was Gao Ding's subordinate!

Zhuge Liang thought that he had not recognized the person and really thought that the person was a subordinate of Yong Kai. He wrote a secret letter to the soldiers and said: "You take this letter to Yong Kai and tell him to act quickly and not delay the work."

The spy nodded vigorously, thanked him and left. He returned to see Gao Ding, presented him with Zhuge Liang's book, and told him about the many events that had happened.

Gao Ding was shocked when he heard this. He read the letter with shaking hands and became furious: "I treated him with my heart, but he wanted to harm me. This is unacceptable!"

To be honest, Gao Ding’s statement that he treats people sincerely is a bit of an exaggeration.

If he had not had ulterior motives and sent people to Zhuge Liang's camp to gather information, Zhuge Liang would not have used such a scheme to alienate him.

But Gao Ding had no idea at the moment. He only felt that he had several opportunities to surrender but did not do so. Instead, it was Yong Kai who betrayed him first.

He immediately called E Huan to discuss the matter.

Of course, E Huan thought that surrendering to Zhuge Liang was the best option.

Having been to the battlefield yourself, you understand it best.

Even if this group of rabble fought Zhuge Liang a hundred times, they would not be the winner.

Hearing Gao Ding's question, he quickly said, "Military Advisor Zhuge is a kind man, and it would be unlucky to betray him. We are all plotting rebellion and doing evil because of Yong Kai, so why not kill him and surrender to Kong Ming!"

When Gao Ding heard that Yong Kai had betrayed him, he had already wanted to take action!

Hearing that E Huan was thinking the same thing, he immediately asked, "How do we start?"

E Huan thought for a moment and said, "We can prepare a banquet and have someone go and invite Yong Kai. If he has no ulterior motives, he will come openly; if he does not come, he must have ulterior motives. Our lord can attack him from the front, and I will lie in wait on the small road behind the camp, and Kai can be captured."

Gao Ding followed his advice and immediately set up a banquet to invite Yong Kai.

As for Yong Kai, when he heard Gao Ding's invitation, he didn't dare to go!

He took every word of the soldier's words to heart.

Not to mention why Zhuge Liang was so generous to Gao Ding, just the fact that his own soldiers all wanted to follow Gao Ding made him dare not attend the banquet.

I’m afraid there will be a mutiny in the army!

Gao Ding knew that Yong Kai did not dare to come, but he knew in his heart that he must have ulterior motives!

That's right, Gao Ding led his troops to attack Yong Kai's camp.

And just as Yong Kai worried, the soldiers who were released from the front all remembered Gao Ding's kindness!

After all, if it weren’t for Gao Ding, if he had said that he was Yong Kai’s subordinate, he would have been beheaded directly!
So they all wanted to take advantage of Gao Ding's virtue and help in the war.

Yong Kai's army was in chaos without fighting, and naturally could not withstand the charge of Gao Ding's troops.

Yong Kai mounted his horse and headed for the mountain road. After walking less than two miles, he heard the sound of drums and a group of soldiers came out. It was E Huan!

He held the Fang Tian Ji in his hand and rode his horse forward.

Yong Kai was caught off guard and was stabbed off his horse by his halberd, and then his head was chopped off!
This guy is really brave enough to be unmatched by ten thousand men!
Seeing their commander killed in battle, all the soldiers under Yong Kai surrendered to Gao Ding.

When Gao Ding saw that the great task had been accomplished, he immediately led two armies to surrender to Zhuge Liang and presented Yong Kai's head to his tent.

He thought to himself that according to Zhuge Liang's benevolence and righteousness, he had killed Yong Kai, so everything would be fine.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang had a sullen face, sitting high on the tent, and directly ordered his men to turn Gao Ding around and behead him!
Gao Ding hurriedly shouted: "I am grateful to the military advisor for his kindness. I am now surrendering Yong Kai's head. Why did you behead him?"

Zhuge Liang snorted coldly and said, "You are here to pretend to surrender. How dare you hide it from me?"

Gao Ding cried out in injustice: "How did the military advisor know that I was pretending to surrender?"

Zhuge Liang took out a letter from the box, threw it in front of Gao Ding and said, "Zhu Bao has sent someone to secretly submit a letter of surrender, saying that you and Yong Kai have a life-and-death friendship. How could you kill this man so suddenly? That's why I know you are lying."

Gao Ding never thought that when the matter was almost over, Zhu Bao would show up!

He immediately bowed and said, "I heard that the military advisor has always been able to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. How could he not know that this was Zhu Bao's plan to sow discord?"

"Military Advisor! You can't trust me!"

Gao Ding's words were very sincere, but Zhuge Liang did not seem moved at all, so he said, "I can't rely on one side's words!"

He was silent for a long while, as if he had made a decision, and then he said, "You will show your sincerity only if you can capture Zhu Bao."

When Gao Ding heard this, he thought that there was a turning point in the situation, so how could he not follow it?
He immediately bowed and said, "Military Advisor, please do not doubt me. I will capture Zhu Bao and bring him to you. What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "If so, my doubts will be put to rest."

Upon hearing this, Gao Ding immediately led his troops away and killed Zhu Bao again!

Gao Ding immediately led his general E Huan and his own troops to attack Zhu Bao's camp.

When they were about ten miles away from the camp, a group of soldiers arrived from behind the mountain. It was Zhu Bao.

When Zhu Bao saw Gao Ding leading his troops to attack, he saw that they were very aggressive and hurriedly wanted to talk to Gao Ding.

Gao Ding cursed directly: "Why did you write a letter to Zhuge Military Advisor to plot against me?"

Zhu Bao was stunned. He had no idea what it meant and naturally could not answer.

Just as he was thinking about how to respond to him, suddenly E Huan turned around from behind his horse and stabbed Zhu Bao to death with a halberd!
Sneak attack!

The sneak attack was so sudden that Zhu Bao had no time to react.

Seeing that he had succeeded, Gao Ding said sternly: "Anyone who disobeys will be killed!"

So all the troops surrendered together.

Gao Ding led the two armies to meet Zhuge Liang and presented Zhu Bao's head in front of his tent.

Zhuge Liang laughed when he saw this and said: "So I asked you to kill these two thieves to show your loyalty."

"If not, your crime of rebellion cannot be forgiven!"

Gao Ding was impressed by what he heard. Although he knew that he had probably been deceived by Zhuge Liang, he did not complain at all.

Zhuge Liang then appointed Gao Ding to continue to be the governor of the area and E Huan as his rear general.

In this way...the three armies have been defeated!
And he did it in a flash, without even moving his own troops, and directly let the rebels fight among themselves and put down the rebellion, which made Xing Daorong admire him very much.

(End of this chapter)