A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 61: Magistrate Ding is definitely a friendly force
"Die!"

Li Gui rushed forward, roared, and aimed an ax at Qin Ming's head.

Qin Ming picked up the mace, blocked first, then counterattacked, and then got into a jingling fight with Li Gui.

The two had competed during the day, and Qin Ming had a slight upper hand, but now the situation was different.

Li Gui had been resting in the village and was full of energy, while Qin Ming had been lying in the forest for more than an hour, his limbs stiff and his energy somewhat lacking.

During the day, the two were fighting on horseback. Qin Ming had the upper hand because of his good horse. Now the two were fighting on foot, and Li Guicai had the upper hand.

In the last battle, the soldiers of both sides only held down the formation and did not participate in the battle. This time the officers and soldiers were ambushed, screams could be heard one after another from behind the village gate, and the troops behind them were covered by arrows from the rebels. Qin and Ming had no intention of fighting at all, and they retreated even as they fought. , seriously affecting performance.

The most important thing is that in the past half day, Li Gui has digested a lot of luck and improved his strength.

Under this situation, Qin Ming gradually found it difficult to resist Li Gui's stormy offensive. He gradually defended more and attacked less, becoming increasingly weak.

When the battle got fierce, Li Gui's blood was surging and his whole body was as red as a boiled prawn, where he was shouting and fighting fiercely.

However, Qin Ming only felt that his hands and feet were so weak that he could not hold the weapon steady. With an oversight, the mace was knocked away by an axe, followed immediately by a heavy kick. He fell to the ground and could not get up for a long time. He was beaten by everyone in the village. Tie them up with ropes.

Without Qin Ming's restraint, Li Gui suddenly emerged like a fierce tiger, unstoppable, and ran straight into the ranks of the army, setting off a bloody storm.

In an instant, there was a waterfall of blood and stumps flying around, which destroyed the morale of the officers and soldiers.

More than a thousand soldiers were like mindless flies, running around everywhere, and some even ran to the mountain stronghold in a panic.

Seeing this, Li Gui gave an order, and all the strongholds came out, and began to chase and kill the defeated army.

They chased him from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, until they reached the front of the military camp, where they were blocked by random arrows and stopped.

However, these two thousand officers and soldiers have been basically wiped out, and not a single one has escaped back to the camp.

But the county magistrate Na Ding stayed in the military camp that night, just waiting for the good news that Qin Ming had broken the stronghold, but who knew that the shouts of killing in the middle of the night were so shocking that he was so frightened that he could not sleep all night.

At dawn, when Qin Ming did not come back until three poles high, he knew that he was lost and trapped on the mountain. He frightened the magistrate of Ding County and fled back to the county seat in panic.

Returning to the yamen, he hurriedly called Master Song over again and complained:

"This guy surnamed Qin is so boastful that he broke the stronghold in three days, but in the end he was captured by that Li Gui!"

"If he dies on the mountain, everything will be over, but he has caused so much trouble to this county, and he has to suffer such a huge loss!"

"Seeing that this bandit suppression is about to fail again, what should we do?"

Master Song hurriedly comforted him: "Your Majesty, please don't worry too much."

"There is a saying that victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. Even if the Qingzhou Army was defeated for a while, it only lost 2000 troops. There are still more than [-] elites in the army. And on the Yushan Mountain, there are only one or two thousand thieves. There is no reason to lose even if you risk your life."

"Since careful planning is useless, let's follow Qin Tongzhi's plan during his lifetime, attack step by step, trade lives for lives, and exhaust all the thieves in the stronghold. By then, the stronghold will collapse."

When Ding Zhixian heard this, it made sense!

"Yes, what Chang Ping said is true!"

"We have tens of thousands of officers and soldiers. Even if we trade five of them for one, we can wipe out all the rebels!"

"Sure enough, Sun Tzu's Art of War says that when using troops, you should use them in an appropriate manner. That's right!"

At that time, the magistrate of Ding County patiently waited for the results of the Qingzhou Army's attack on the stronghold, but unexpectedly, neither the left waiting nor the right waiting came, so he hurriedly sent someone to ask.

However, he learned that the Qingzhou army general said that Li Gui was tyrannical and if he was not restrained by an equal general, he might not be his opponent, so he stayed behind closed doors and waited for the Qingzhou military commander Huang Xin to come to his rescue.Ding Zhixian was immediately furious. Although Qingzhou was not far away, it would take more than a month to come and go. He could wait, but he couldn't wait for Grand Master Cai's birthday!

So Ding Zhixian immediately went to the military camp to urge him. Under the coercion and inducement, the remaining generals dared not refuse, so they had no choice but to obediently agree, and immediately sent troops to the mountain to attack the stronghold.

After achieving his goal, Magistrate Ding returned to the county town with great satisfaction.

A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. Magistrate Ding did not want to stay in the camp in fear like last time.

But who knew that as soon as he arrived at the county seat, he got the news that the army that went up the mountain to attack the stronghold was defeated and suffered heavy losses. They huddled in the camp and did not dare to come out.

This made Magistrate Ding so angry that he cursed and smashed his favorite vase in the study.

After losing his temper, he urged her again.

Anyway, they are all fighting men, so what if they all die?

It's just that this time the few remaining generals are not so easy to compromise. They let him beat and scold him, but they will not send troops to suppress the bandits anyway.

They were all frightened by Li Gui!

In the end, Magistrate Ding became furious and directly threatened them that if they did not obey orders, he would punish them with charges of cowardice and deserting before the battle. Only then did he force them to agree and continue to send troops.

Ding Zhixian returned to the county seat angrily, waiting for the results of this attack.

But he waited until night and didn't get any news.

Ding Zhixian was very surprised, but he didn't dare to go see it in person, for fear that if the military camp had been occupied by Li Gui, if he went there again, wouldn't it be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?
Finally waiting until dawn the next day, he sent someone to the military camp to inquire about the situation. The spies reported back that the military camp was almost empty. Almost all the officers and soldiers, from generals at all levels to ordinary soldiers, had fled.

Ding Zhixian hurriedly asked people to arrest several battalion sergeants and come back for questioning. Only then did they learn that after Ding Zhixian was kidnapped that day, after Ding Zhixian left, the generals discussed it and felt that going up the mountain to attack the stronghold would be a dead end. Even if I want to go, I can't find a solution.

The last person broke the jar and said he might as well just "escape".

After offending the civil servant, the military commander would definitely not be able to continue his career, so he took advantage of the fact that before Ding Zhixian County had time to give them small shoes, and Qingzhou didn't know anything yet, he ran home first, packed up his gold and silver, and took his family with him. If I live in another state capital, I might be able to make a comeback one day.

After all, they are all rankless officers, so it’s the same thing wherever they work!
After thinking about it, the generals found that this made sense.

There is no fear of running out of firewood to keep the green hills. As long as people don't die, there will always be a day when they can turn over.

So a group of people simply swept away the valuable items in the military camp and ran away!
As soon as they left, the junior officers behind them, such as generals, captains, and corps commanders, could not stay still. They were afraid that Magistrate Ding would take it out on them if he could not find the generals.

If Magistrate Ding needs a high-sounding reason to deal with generals and subordinates, then there is no need to find a reason at all to deal with miscellaneous fish like them, just any excuse is enough.

So the grassroots officers also ran away one by one. In the end, the soldiers were left unchecked, so naturally they would not stay here, and they all ran away after shopping for zero yuan.

There were also many who were bold and carefree, and simply went up the mountain to surrender to the Yushan bandits.

In the end, those who are left are those who are slow to react, have weak brains, or are timid.

Now it's Ding Zhixian's turn to be anxious.

If we talk about it, meddling in military affairs indiscriminately, causing soldiers to flee, or even surrendering to thieves, this crime is not light!
He hurriedly called Master Song over again to discuss countermeasures.

But there is nothing Master Song can do about this kind of thing.

Just when the two were at a loss what to do, they suddenly heard news from outside that Qingzhou Commander Qin Ming had returned.

Magistrate Ding and Master Song looked at each other, and their eyes lit up at the same time.

Look, didn’t this scapegoat appear?
(End of this chapter)