Zheng County.

Standing on the towering tower and looking down at the entire vast land, you can have a panoramic view of everything.

The Mongol cavalry in the distance slowly retreated carrying the puppet army that was almost crippled.

Although these barbarian soldiers did not have much to do against the tall city walls of Zheng County, it can be judged from the orderly manner in which they retreated that they were an absolutely elite force that had experienced hundreds of battles.

"What a pity. I thought this would anger them for a while!"

"Attract these barbarians to Zheng County and drag them with them for a while!"

"I didn't expect them to leave like this!"

Li Dingguo, holding a spear, looked at the retreating Mongol army and said with regret.

The reason why he led his army all the way into the city was because the effect of flanking harassment and threatening the Mongol army was no longer very great.

In addition, after more than ten days of almost non-stop attacks by the Mongol people, Zheng County's consumption was actually very high.

Under this circumstance, Li Dingguo led his army into the city to further consolidate Zheng County's defense.

Part of the purpose is to let the Mongols see the indestructibility of Zheng County.

If the Mongols want to continue attacking Zheng County, they will inevitably pay a heavy price.

Advance to attack, retreat to defend!

This is the purpose of Li Dingguo and others entering the city.

No matter whether the Mongols choose to attack the city or retreat, Huang Tinghui and Li Dingguo have room for maneuver.

"The Mongol people are not stupid, they should have sensed the crisis coming!"

"The Khan of the Mongol tribe is a heroic figure. I want to make such a figure hot-headed and press his army on this battlefield!"

"This is too difficult to do!" Huang Tinghui said to Li Dingguo as he looked at the retreating Mongol army.

These days, Huang Tinghui only sleeps three or four hours a day. His eyes are red, and his physical strength has been squeezed to the limit.

If the Mongols continue to attack Zheng County, Huang Tinghui doesn't know how long he can last.

Fortunately, these Mongol troops retreated, leaving the rest to Wang Mingyang.

Wang Mingyang has been preparing a counterattack for so long, and he will definitely not make it easy for these Mongol barbarians.

"Tinghui!"

"You better get some rest. If you hadn't been here in Zheng County during this period, this city would have been captured by the Mongols long ago!"

Having said this, Li Dingguo admired Huang Tinghui to the point of falling to the ground.

If Huang Tinghui didn't take the imperial examination, he would definitely be a top general.

Li Dingguo naturally looked down upon other weak scholars.

But Li Dingguo was completely impressed by Huang Tinghui, a scholar who was proficient in everything, both literary and military.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dingguo saw Huang Tinghui sitting on the Grand Master's chair with his eyes closed and sleeping deeply.

Seeing Huang Tinghui sleeping soundly, Zhang Cheng, who was standing next to him, immediately put a large cloak on Huang Tinghui's body.

"Tinghui has been busy with the protection of Zheng County during this period. He thinks too much every day."

"Now that I finally have some free time, I can have a good night's sleep!"

These days, Zhang Cheng is busy beside Huang Tinghui.

It was also very distressing to see Huang Tinghui working so hard to defend the city.

"Now we are not far away from the imperial examination in the capital. The Mongol people have been repelled by our army. This is a great thing for the imperial court!"

"Brother Tinghui didn't review his lessons properly, but he was delayed by this war!"

Li Dingguo understood the importance of the imperial examination to a scholar. Huang Tinghui's future future may be related to his subsequent ranking in the imperial examination.

As a good friend of Huang Tinghui, Li Dingguo would certainly be a little worried.

"General Li, don't worry. After Tinghui gets into trouble here, he will rush directly to the capital."

"Although he has missed a lot of homework, Tinghui is the Duke Jie Yuang of Jiangzhe Prefecture!"

"For people like them, the test in the imperial examination is not about who has studied longer!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't all those old scholars with limited experience become champions?"

"For scholars like them, after reaching a certain level, the test is all about talent!"

"From General Li's perspective, how talented is Tinghui?" Zhang Cheng, who was guarding Huang Tinghui's side, asked cheerfully.

"Tinghui's talent is naturally superb!"

"From all aspects, I have never seen anyone like Tinghui!"

"In terms of articles, generals and even politics, I think few of the princes in the court can compare with Tinghui!" How could Li Dingguo be an admirer of Huang Tinghui?

With such a high evaluation, Li Dingguo was not vague at all.

"Then General Li doesn't have to worry!"

"Tinghui will definitely get a good result in this imperial examination!"

Zhang Cheng said confidently.

That is to say, Huang Tinghui is sleeping a little soundly at the moment. If he hears Zhang Cheng's inexplicable trust in him and Li Dingguo's praise for him.

Huang Tinghui will definitely find it difficult to laugh or cry.

…

Datong Town.

At the Governor's Mansion.

"Congratulations to the Governor, the Mongols have retreated!"

"The Mongols have retreated!" A messenger rushed in happily, and he said happily to Wang Mingyang, the governor of Datong Town.

At this time, Wang Mingyang had just finished his meal and was sitting in the Zen room, looking at the map with a thoughtful expression.

It wasn't until he heard the voice of the messenger that Wang Mingyang raised his head and said, "Have the Mongols retreated?"

At this time, Wang Mingyang's expression did not change much. It seemed that the Mongol retreat was what he expected.

Seeing that Wang Mingyang didn't react much, the ordering soldier was a little confused, but he gathered his thoughts and said to Wang Mingyang, "Master Wang!"

"An urgent report came from the front line, saying that Zheng County cannot be attacked for a long time, and the morale of the Mongol army is in chaos!"

"Under various circumstances, the Mongol Khan Kubicheng had no choice but to order his troops to retreat!"

"Our army won, and the Mongol army was driven away by us!"

Just when the messenger wanted to congratulate Wang Mingyang, his words were directly interrupted by Wang Mingyang.

"They run fast!" Wang Mingyang murmured softly, and then he looked at the messenger, "Although the Mongolian and Uighur army has been unable to attack Zheng County for a long time, it will not cause a morale collapse!"

"In addition, they just retreated to the grassland. Our army failed to confront their main force and achieve final victory!"

"Where did the great victory come from?"

"It's just to bring them down. It's okay not to have such a record!"

Wang Mingyang was rude and angry at the soldier who announced the good news.

In his opinion, this is not something worth being happy about at all.

As for the messenger, he was also speechless by Wang Mingyang's words.

He could only smile awkwardly at Wang Mingyang.

"Zheng County has been saved. That boy is indeed very capable!"

"It's a pity that you can't help me guard this northern territory!"

"If this guy is here, the northern defense line will probably be impregnable!"

"what a pity!"

"How about waiting for this guy to pass the Jinshi examination and give your Majesty a discount so that he can be sent to the north to assist me?"

"But we have to consider that this person is very talented. If he gets admitted to the Three Tripods, and becomes the number one scholar, the second person, and Tan Hwa Lang!"

"Then nothing will happen to me!"

Wang Mingyang said to himself, if you know the top pick, top pick, second place, etc., they will definitely enter the Hanlin Academy in the future and become the future prime minister!

Even if he had great achievements, he could not get the top pick, second pick, or top pick who had the chance to become a cabinet minister to help him.

Thinking of this, Wang Mingyang laughed again, "I haven't settled my affairs yet!"

"There's an old saying that goes, "Those who don't know what to do, how can they leave something as important as the northern defense line in my hands?"

"These people who are good at causing trouble will probably transfer me away!"

"Only in this way can their people be brought in!"

Wang Mingyang is such a smart man. Of course he knows that he is a thorn in the side of some people in the court.
To be continued...