Do you have the strength to force me to join the Liangshan bandits?

Chapter 386 Gao Qiu: Your Majesty, spare my life! [1st update]

"Shh-"

With a flash of the knife, the head fell to the ground!

The bearded sentry landed on the ground and bounced twice, staring in shock at the general wielding his sword.
What are you doing?
Cai Fu swung his broadsword, and blood splattered everywhere:
You are the only one who talks a lot!

Just as the little-eyed sentry was about to scream, a flash of cold light flew over and pierced his mouth with lightning speed!
"Pfft!"

The gleaming blade was protruding halfway from the back of his head!
Wu Song stepped forward, grabbed the monk's knife, and kicked him in the stomach, sending the small-eyed sentry flying backward.

Wu Song drew his dagger and followed Cai Fu, pretending to be a member of the Imperial Guard as they returned to the military camp.

The fifth watch is from three to five in the morning, which is when people are most drowsy and half asleep.

Cai Fu and his men were dressed in the armor of the Imperial Guards and did not alert the sentries, so they sneaked in unnoticed.

After entering Gao Qiu's camp, they immediately split into several groups and acted separately.

Shi Qian and Xie Zhen and Xie Bao were responsible for setting fires, while Cai Fu and Wu Song were responsible for storming the central command tent.

The remaining leaders each led their troops to attack the camps of the ten military governors, creating a show of force and chaos...

……

Erlong Mountain.

Wu Yong stood on the cliff, looking down at the densely packed camps below, his heart filled with worry.

Erlong Mountain has been besieged by the imperial army for a month, and as the strategist, he really can't sleep.

Even though he slept next to Song Jiang, Wu Yong didn't sleep a wink last night; the psychological pressure was too great.

As dawn broke, Wu Yong got up and carefully rolled off Song Jiang from the bed.

Wu Yong tiptoed out of the house and stood on the cliff, facing the howling mountain wind to calm himself down.

Or... should we surrender?
A month ago, Wu Yong certainly wouldn't have wanted to surrender.

Surrender would bring no benefit to Song Jiang or him.

But now, a month later, Wu Yong is almost starving to death.

Death ends everything; why bother with benefits or not?

"Strategist, it's windy up the mountain, be careful not to catch a cold."

A cloak was wrapped around Wu Yong's waist, and Song Jiang's weak voice came from behind him.

Wu Yong turned around and caught Song Jiang, who had lost his balance while trying to stand on tiptoe and fell into his arms.

"Brother, be careful!"

Wu Yong quickly caught Song Jiang, pushing off the ground with both feet to prevent Song Jiang from crashing off the cliff...

"Strategist, don't be impatient."

After regaining his balance, Song Jiang gently comforted Wu Yong:

"There's always a way; you're a 'Zhuge Liang'!"

Wu Yong: "..."

Although he was nicknamed "the next Zhuge Liang" and "the wisest strategist," Wu Yong's strategies were actually quite petty.

Insidious, vicious, and despicable; he loves to make trouble for other people's families.

He was dumbfounded when faced with Gao Qiu's open and aboveboard scheme; all his underhanded tricks were useless.

Of course, Wu Yong still had to pretend to be calm in front of Song Jiang:

"Brother is right, there's always a way!"

Just then, countless lights lit up in the government army camp at the foot of the mountain, like a sky full of stars!

A single spark can start a prairie fire!
Then came the shouts of battle, which even Wu Yong and Song Jiang could faintly hear from the mountain:

"All the heroes of Liangshan Lake are here!"

Song Jiang and Wu Yong exchanged a surprised and delighted glance:
Reinforcements have arrived!

The guy surnamed Cai really came to save us!

"Brother, reinforcements have arrived!"

"Thunderbolt" Qin Ming excitedly ran to the cliff:

"Let's gather our men and charge down the mountain!"

Song Jiang hesitated for a moment: "That's how it should be, but brothers, do you still have the strength to fight?"

Qin Ming knew he was indeed weak, but how could a man admit he couldn't perform?

"Don't worry, brother! I have plenty of strength!"

“Brother, that’s great!”

"Leopard Head" Lin Chong also stumbled up: "Reinforcements have arrived! Let's seize this opportunity to break out!"

"With a coordinated attack from within and without, the government troops are doomed to defeat!"

"it is good!"

Song Jiang made a decisive decision: "You must immediately organize your men and charge out to fight alongside the Liangshan forces!"

……

"kill--"

Gao Qiu was sleeping soundly in his military tent when he suddenly heard shouts of battle raging outside!
Gao Qiu jolted awake and sat up, only to see a burly man carrying a large, ghost-headed dagger barging in!

Who else could it be but Cai Fu?
"Ball!"

Cai Fu approached Gao Qiu with a sinister grin, blood dripping incessantly from the large, ghost-headed cleaver in his hand.

"Remember what I said?"

"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me!"

Gao Qiu was terrified. He had already lost one ear to Cai Fu and didn't want to lose another.

Cai Fu stepped forward, grabbed Gao Qiu's hair, and held the ghost-head dagger to his only ear:
"It's too late to beg me now!"

With a swift stroke of Cai Fu's knife, Gao Qiu's only ear was severed, causing him to scream in agony.
"Ow—"

Gao Qiu sat up abruptly, covered in sweat, panting heavily.

It took me a while to come to my senses; it was just a dream...

Gao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and lay down.

Just as he was drifting off to sleep, he suddenly heard shouts of battle rising up again, but this time Gao Qiu was not afraid.

It was just a dream.

But then again, this dream felt so real; the shouts of battle were getting closer and closer, almost to my doorstep.

Someone strode into the military tent, grabbed Gao Qiu by the hair, and lifted him off the bed!
"Oh my god!"

With his scalp almost ripped off, Gao Qiu looked up, tears streaming down his face, and saw that it was Cai Fu grabbing him again.
"Great job, Ball!"

Cai Fu looked at the half-asleep Gao Qiu with surprise:
"A pure heart remains unperturbed even when the sky falls."

Gao Qiu winced in pain, hardly believing his scalp:

"This...this time it's not a dream?"

"I'll help you wake up!"

With a smirk, Cai Fu stabbed Gao Qiu in the thigh!

Gao Qiu immediately screamed like a pig being slaughtered:
"Wake up! Wake up!"

"Now that you're awake, get dressed quickly!"

Cai Fu released Gao Qiu and patted his big face with a smile:

"Any idea what to do?"

Gao Qiu blinked his small eyes: "Tell them all to stop?"

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Cai Fu smiled and didn't say anything, but just patted his big face rhythmically.

Gao Qiu quickly changed his tune: "They all surrender?"

"Just wait."

Cai Fu then withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "Let's go out and talk after the shouting outside stops."

That's it!

Gao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put on his official robe and hat.
"Your Majesty, I'm all better!"

"You look like you're in a hurry."

Cai Fu chuckled and took out a packet of wound medicine:

"Take off your pants, let me put some medicine on your wound first."

"Otherwise you'll bleed to death in a bit!"

Helpless, Gao Qiu had no choice but to take off his pants again, and a henchman roughly applied wound medicine to him.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

The henchman applied the medicine while glancing at the patient, and then sneered:
No wonder people say "petty officials"!

(End of this chapter)