Chapter 241 The gangster eats the gangster

Yan Qing spoke too suddenly, catching Duan Jingzhu off guard. He responded hastily without waiting for Wu Yong's permission, but he showed his cowardice as soon as he spoke.

“We can cure it.”

"Brother Xiaoyi, you are so thoughtful!"

Zhu Fu interrupted the "meddling" golden retriever and respectfully bowed to the city.

Although the two sides were at a certain distance from each other, their attitudes seemed sincere. Yan Qing saw that Lu Junyi was always at a disadvantage, so he took the initiative to help make up for it.

Yan Qing is very observant and has a keen sense of character. He has just been analyzing the betrayal of the five people.

Duan Jingzhu came to Liangshan to offer his horse, led Chao Gai to Zengtou City and died there, so it is certain that he followed Song Jiang's lead.

Zhu Gui and Du Qian are the elders of Liangshan. Their power has been declining as the leaders have changed. Eventually, they have become ordinary people who just get by. When faced with major events, they basically go with the flow.

Li Yun was born a Dutou and was forced to go to the mountains. He and Zhu Fu were master and apprentice. Although the two went to the mountains because of Zhu Gui's nepotism, they did not necessarily obey Zhu Gui's words.

A small group of five people can be roughly divided into three groups, which may not be useless.

I mentioned An Daoquan just now to make the five people suspicious. I didn't expect Zhu Fu to thank him in public, which made Yan Qing happy.

He was about to 'pursue the victory' when several people on the city suddenly turned around and retreated, leaving only Duan Jingzhu behind to finish the job.

"Sir, did you see clearly just now? How can I say that I am forcing you? As the saying goes, a man who knows the times is a hero. It is the general trend to follow King Kang. We can still be brothers in the future."

"Are you worthy enough to be my brother?"

Lu Junyi blurted out words of contempt.

When Duan Jingzhu was awkwardly organizing his words, Yu Qilin started shouting, "Whether you surrender to Song Jiang or King Kang, it is your freedom, but Boye is the seat of the Yongning Army, how dare you occupy my city? All of you go, I promise not to pursue the matter."

"hehe."

Duan Jingzhu seized the opportunity and responded with a disdainful expression: "Why are you talking nonsense, sir? Since we follow King Kang, Boye is naturally under the rule of King Kang. Have you lived in vain for the past few decades? How can your thoughts be as simple as a child's?"

"Duan Jingzhu! Are you looking for death?"

Lu Junyi was furious when he heard this, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Attack the city, attack the city immediately, and kill these rebels!"

"Brother, we haven't prepared anything yet, and we may not be able to attack in such a hurry."

"If you need anything for the siege, prepare it right away. Don't forget that we are the government army. They have all turned into rebels. Are you afraid that we can't take the city down with just a few rats guarding it?"

"Huh? Oh"

Li Ying had no good solution at this time, and immediately turned around to deploy an attack on Boye. However, they had gone to support Baozhou before, and the army did not even have a ladder, so they could only use bows and arrows to suppress the enemy.

If they want to break the city in a short time, they can only hope that Lu Junyi's dream will come true and the defenders will not be able to hold on and surrender, but the result is very slim.

Li Ying was busy mobilizing troops to attack the city. He sent all the best archers in his army to lead the charge, but the defenders did not respond at all, and no one could be seen on the top of the city.

He gathered his strength and threw a punch, but it felt like hitting cotton.

Lu Junyi was anxious, and when Li Ying turned back to ask for instructions, he hurriedly warned him: "This is what rats are like. They always dodge when encountering things, and curse when they don't fight. Curse their ancestors for eighteen generations."

"Uh, I'll arrange it right away."

As soon as Li Ying left, Yan Qing came up again.

When Lu Junyi saw him, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Xiao Yi, you always have a lot of ideas. Duan Jingzhu is occupying the city and not fighting. We have no weapons to attack by force. Do you have any good ideas to help?"

"In today's situation, they are clearly well prepared, and in fact, the battle will be very disadvantageous."

Yan Qing took over the conversation and just replied, then pinched his chin and fell into deep thought.

After thinking for a long time, he raised his head and added: "The two Jin armies besieged Baozhou. The general retreated after the battle, and Ma Jiedu explicitly rejected King Kang. I don't believe Song Jiang is sincere in rescuing him, so Baozhou and Ma Kuo are in danger. Once Baozhou falls into the hands of the Jin people, the next step will be Shun'an Army and Yongning Army. Even if you take Boye back, how can you keep it?"

"If I can't defend it, Duan Jingzhu will be even less able to defend it, or can Song Jiang defend it?"

"General, do you think there is a possibility that since Ma Kuo refused to accept the King of Kang, the King of Kang would use the hands of the Jin people to indirectly help him get rid of the disobedient people, and Song Jiang would be the executor."

"hiss"

Lu Junyi took a deep breath, frowned and sighed: "Your idea is very bold. Song Jiang's tricks are detrimental to his personal morality. If he colludes with the Jin people, he will become a complete traitor to the country. Shandong is a land of etiquette, he should not..."

"If I were Song Jiang, I wouldn't need to collude with the Jin people. I could just pass on false information to my friendly forces and deliberately reveal my flaws to add fuel to the flames."

"Fortunately you are not, but this is too insidious. Did I fall for it?"

"I am 70% sure. Song Jiang invited you to raid the camp at midnight, but he unilaterally gave up the attack on the pretext of losing a scout. It is obvious that he is plotting against you. If he really wanted to save Ma Kuo, he would have gone ahead even if it rained knives from the sky, not to mention losing one or two scouts."

Yan Qing's analysis was very logical and beads of sweat kept oozing out of Lu Junyi's forehead.

Why didn't I think of that?
"Xiao Yi, tell me the crux of the problem. Do you have a good way to help me solve it?"

"This is it"

Yan Qing hesitated for a moment, frowned and said, "I have said before that the best plan for the general is to go to Weisheng and join General Yang. He can even deal with the Jin people, not to mention Song Jiang and King Kang. Boye City has fallen into the hands of the thieves, so we should leave as soon as possible."

"Let me think about it. The main thing is that Mr. Chai hasn't returned yet. If we leave, we have to take him with us."

Lu Junyi had been persuaded to 80%, but he was still concerned about Chai Jin.

Seeing this expression, Yan Qing thought to himself, "It's already this late, why are you still so indecisive?" Then he reminded her in a deep voice, "Waiting is not a solution. It's better to send someone to pick her up, otherwise you will have many nightmares at night."

"Well, I'll arrange it tomorrow."

Lu Junyi readily agreed. That day, Li Ying led the army to attack the city, but in the end he did not gain any benefit and had to return to report in disappointment.

Boye City is just ahead, and the soldiers’ homes are also ahead, but they cannot return home.

In the blink of an eye, it was dusk. The soldiers were exhausted both physically and mentally after walking for half a day and fighting under the city for half a day. They had no energy to continue looking for another place to spend the night, so they set up camp outside the city to rest.

The next morning, Lu Junyi woke up and went to find Li Ying, planning to send someone to look for Chai Jin.

As soon as they met, before Lu Junyi had time to speak, Li Ying came forward with a fist and reported: "Brother, something happened!"

"Something happened again? What could it be?"

"I have been inspecting the camps and all the camps have reported that there are fewer people. I am currently counting the number of people. You must be mentally prepared."

Li Ying's implication was that a large number of soldiers were lost, and he was giving Lu Junyi a heads-up in advance, but this guy had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

"What preparation?"

"Master, I have finished the investigation and found that a total of 1,180 are missing."

Du Xing was halfway through his words when he suddenly saw Lu Junyi in Li Ying's account, and his report came to an abrupt end.

"Lost eighteen thousand what? Soldiers?"

"Um"

"How can a person do that? Could it be..."

Even though Lu Junyi was slow to react, he had suffered many losses and gained experience, so he realized that someone in the city was causing trouble.

His sense of superiority due to his good family background and martial arts skills was shattered at this moment. I, the famous Jade Unicorn in the martial arts world, was fooled by a golden retriever?
Lu Junyi didn't know that his opponent was Wu Yong. At this time, he fell into a vortex of self-denial and stood there for a long time without saying a word.

At the same time, Li Ying frowned and clasped his fists, looking as if he had made a serious mistake.

"It's all my fault for not guarding well enough, allowing spies to sneak into the camp, causing the rumors to spread widely."

"It's not your fault. I underestimated the enemy and underestimated Duan Jingzhu."

Lu Junyi waved his hand to interrupt him, his tone was introspective and helpless, and his self-denial made him lose confidence.

Seeing his old master's dejected expression, Yan Qing quickly spoke to comfort him, "Don't blame yourselves. From what I have observed, Duan Jingzhu these past two days has been eloquent and can use tactics to attack people's minds. He is definitely not the real Duan Jingzhu."

"What do you mean? Someone's pretending to be someone else?"

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that there must be someone behind Duan Jingzhu who was planning and helping him, and they were still planning. It's understandable that we were so hasty in responding and being plotted against."

"Master? What master? Song Jiang?"

Lu Junyi was deceived many times and was stimulated by Duan Jingzhu. It was as if a martial arts master had opened up his Ren and Du meridians and could grasp the key points of a problem instantly.

Yan Qing agreed happily after hearing this: "Before, Bai Sheng persuaded Jiang Jing and others. This guy must have been connected with Duan Jingzhu. These people probably had rebellious intentions a long time ago, and they did not leave with Bai Sheng just to seize the Yong'an Army."

"Yeah."

Li Ying applauded repeatedly, clapping his hands and praising him, "Brother Xiaoyi is right, all this is Song Jiang's fault, maybe it was Wu Yong's plot!"

"I will kill this beast Wu Yong sooner or later!

Lu Junyi was furious when he heard Wu Yong's words. Yan Qing took the opportunity to remind him, "Nearly 2,000 people defected last night. It is difficult for us to break into the city with only 3,000 people left. Besides, it is meaningless to stay in Boye. We might even be instigated by the garrison to rebel. General, you should make plans early."

"Make plans early? Lead your troops to surrender to Yang Chang? This seems to be the only option, but Mr. Chai has not returned yet."

"Mr. Chai may have already..."

Before Yan Qing could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lu Junyi's firm denial.

“Xiao Yi, don’t say anything more. I believe in Master Chai, but with these thousands of people following me, I really can’t see a way out.
In this way, Brother Li will take the rest of the brothers and go to Weisheng with Xiao Yi first. I will go to meet Mr. Chai in person and will meet you as soon as I get any news."

"How can this be possible? It's too dangerous."

Although Yan Qing responded like this, he thought in his heart, "I came here for Lu Junyi, why did I take them away?" Unexpectedly, Lu Junyi rarely showed his domineering attitude.

"What's wrong with that? It's settled."

"Uh"

Yan Qing was speechless and looked at Li Ying, as if to ask, what's the big deal? It shouldn't be Lu Junyi who should support Chai Jin, after all, he is the commander of the army.

Li Ying understood the eye contact, but only half of his answer was in line with Yan Qing's wishes.

"Weisheng is indeed a good place. In this world, only General Yang can help us avenge our humiliation. However, it is not appropriate for the general to stay behind alone to provide support. Well, I will stay and keep my brother company!"

"what?"

"The owner of the village."

Yan Qing and Du Xing exclaimed at the same time, but Lu Junyi reacted calmly and asked curiously: "If neither you nor I follow the army, who will control the soldiers' march?"

Li Ying stroked his beard and said with a smile: "You forgot Brother Xiao Yi. He is the commander of the troops in Luzhou. With the help of Du Xing, Cai Fu and Cai Qing, he will surely lead the army to Weisheng safely."

"That's right."

Yan Qing was able to stand on his own. Lu Junyi nodded with mixed feelings, thinking that fate was really a trick of him, as the former servant had shown his brilliance, while the master was not as good as before.

It's ironic and sad enough.

Lu Junyi issued an order, which was echoed by Li Ying. Yan Qing could not stop him and had to take over the command of the army.

He immediately bypassed Boye and went south to Shenzhou, then passed through Qingyuan Prefecture, Xingzhou, and Cizhou and returned to Luzhou.

This return route was mainly to bypass the Jin people in Zhending and was also the walking route to Lehe. However, Lu Junyi had just been defeated in Baozhou and the army's food and grass had run out. By the time they left Shenzhou, their food was completely gone.

If the soldiers wanted to survive, they had only two options: either borrow food from nearby government offices or borrow food from unarmed civilians.

As for Qingyuan Prefecture where Yan Qing and others were located, the former garrison commander Wang Yuan was transferred to rescue Taiyuan. Later, he and Liu Qian were defeated in Luzhou. He rested in Zezhou for half a month. On his way back, he was summoned to Daming Prefecture by the Marshal's Office and never returned to Qingyuan Prefecture.

Qingyuan Prefecture is adjacent to Zhending Prefecture in the north and has no capable troops stationed there. Before Wuliebu went south, officials in the prefecture all chose to flee south.

There were no garrisons and no officials.

The huge Qingyuan Prefecture was instantly transformed into a beautiful supermarket, where everyone could go to the common people to buy things for free. However, the ones who committed the most evil were not the Jin army, but various volunteer armies under the name of resisting the Jin army.

The end of a dynasty is like the end of the world.

Morality has collapsed and everyone is for themselves.

These rebels were originally civilians who could not survive, but in order to survive, they turned into demons and bullied their fellow citizens.

The remaining troops of Lu Junyi were running out of food when passing through Qingyuan Prefecture. Yan Qing would not lend a hand to the common people, so he planned to borrow food from the government from the beginning and made two preparations for this.

Prince Kang is trying to recruit people to join his team, and Qingyuan Prefecture must be his target.

In order to get food, Yan Qing has decided to say one thing to one person and another thing to another person.

That is, if the government troops surrendered to King Kang, Yan Qing would claim that he had also surrendered to King Kang. If the government troops did not surrender to King Kang, he would denounce King Kang for disobedience and rebellion.

On February 14, Yan Qing led two hundred men as the vanguard and arrived at Pingji, the government seat, to borrow food.

Who could have imagined that there were no government troops in the city, but an army of 800 volunteers who openly occupied the state capital and became local tyrants in Pingji.

Seeing the two hundred men wearing official army armor, the rebel leader attempted to rob the rebels, but was discovered by the alert Yan Qing halfway.

Although these two hundred men could not defeat the Jin people, they had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and were definitely not something a group of bandits could covet.

In less than an incense stick of time, dozens of rebels were killed, while only a few people on Yan Qing's side were injured. He also captured the enemy chief Yan Xia in the melee.

When Yan Qing saw that the enemy chief was a relative of his own and that he respectfully begged for mercy and bowed to his elder brother, he simply recruited these hundreds of people and solved the food crisis as if in a dream.

The rebel army did not have much food in stock, but it was enough for Yan Qing to reach Luzhou safely. Considering that the soldiers were tired and hungry, he ordered them to rest for a day in Pingji.

That evening, Yan Qing arrived at the newly conquered rebel camp and explained the rules between himself and Yang Chang.

Just when they were talking about the critical moment, Yan Xia actually rushed forward, shaking his hands and reported: "Brother, someone is attacking the east gate, and the brothers can't resist. Go and take a look!"

"You come so suddenly? Let's go!"

Yan Qing thought that the enemy's attack was fierce and he had to evacuate quickly. He left the camp and ordered Du Xing to gather his troops and wait for him to scout at the east gate before taking action.

But when he arrived at the east gate, there was no army there. He only saw two men killing hundreds of rebels and forcing them to retreat.

"Brother, the guy in front is so aggressive, go and kill him."

"Are you blind? Are you going to use your head to destroy it? That's the Hebei Jade Unicorn."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)