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

Chapter 387 They're practically starving to death, yet they're still talking about loyalty? [2 Updates]

"Get up! All of you, get up!"

Qin Ming roared and cursed in a rage, but his henchmen lay sprawled on the ground, motionless.

The food supply was completely cut off three days ago. All the warhorses had been killed, and the henchmen could only eat tree leaves and gnaw on tree bark...

They were all half-dead and listless. How could they possibly get up and fight when Qin Ming told them to?
"waste!"

Qin Ming was so angry that he picked up the whip and lashed out.

Although his henchmen had run out of food, he still had porridge to drink every day.

So Qin Ming swung the whip with great force, making the henchmen roll around with their heads in their hands!
One of the henchmen couldn't help but shout, "When you're eating porridge, why don't you think of us little ones?"
"Now that you're about to go and fight, you've remembered us?"

Another lackey chimed in: "We're starving to death, and you want us to fight the government troops to the death!"

"Have you ever cared whether we live or die?"

One of the henchmen cursed, "We're following you because we want to make a living!"
"We're starving to death, why would I bother hanging out with you?"

Another henchman stirred things up: "We'll die whether we follow you or risk our lives outside!"
"Why don't we just surrender!"

Qin Ming flew into a rage, threw away his whip, picked up his spiked club, and smashed the henchman who had said he was surrendering, leaving him with a bloody head!
Scooping fiercely at his underlings, Qin Ming shouted sternly:

"Anyone who dares to incite the morale of the army will be setting a bad example!"
"I recognize you, but the spiked club doesn't!"

That henchman, his head bleeding profusely but not yet dead, lay on the ground pointing at Qin Ming and cursing:

"You coward, if you're so capable, go kill some government troops!"

"What kind of skill is it to hit me? If I weren't weak..."

If Qin Ming were to smash his head open with a single blow, it might truly intimidate these lackeys.

But not only did he not break it, he also didn't kill it. After the beating, he was still able to point at Qin Ming and curse him...

The underlings noticed the problem:
Qin Ming is finished!
Don't let Qin Ming's loud and energetic demeanor fool you; he's physically weak and can't even kill a small fry!

The henchmen looked at each other, then suddenly one of them lunged forward and grabbed Qin Ming's leg!

"Go away!"

Qin Ming angrily kicked him, trying to throw him off, but the man held on tightly and he couldn't be thrown off.

Immediately, another group of henchmen rushed up and grabbed Qin Ming's other leg!

Once there's one, there's two; once there's two, there's three...

When Qin Ming revealed his weakness, the henchmen lost their awe of him!
A group of henchmen rushed forward and piled Qin Ming on top of them like a human pyramid!

If Qin Ming were at his peak, not even a hundred henchmen could get close to him.

But after drinking only one bowl of thin porridge a day for so many days, Qin Ming was extremely weak...

Dozens of henchmen pinned Qin Ming down, rendering him unable to move. Someone shouted:

"Tie him up, and we'll surrender!"
"If we hand this scoundrel over, the court will surely spare our lives!"

The henchmen all agreed. They were originally outlaws, and had been starving for so many days. In addition, Qin Ming often beat and scolded them. How could they still be willing to risk their lives for Qin Ming?

This group of hundreds of henchmen tied up Qin Ming, gagged him with socks, and escorted him down the mountain.

As a result, they encountered Lin Chong on the way, who was only leading a few hundred henchmen down the mountain.

Just like Qin Ming, Lin Chong's underlings were also unwilling to move.

However, Lin Chong was soft-hearted, and he didn't force the underlings who didn't want to go with him; he only took those who were willing to go.

The two sides happened to meet on a narrow path. Qin Ming saw Lin Chong and immediately struggled desperately, jumping and leaping!
Lin Chong was greatly surprised upon seeing this and shouted sternly:

"What are you doing? Release Chief Qin at once!"

Seeing that the atmosphere had reached this point, Qin Ming's underlings decided to go all in:
"Capture Lin Chong! Present him, along with Qin Ming, to the imperial court for a reward!"

"You're crazy!"

Lin Chong also tried to explain things to them:
"Our reinforcements have arrived! Fight our way out, and we can survive!"

"Don't lie to us!"

"Liangshan only has a little over 10,000 men. Even if they all came, what could they do? The government army has 130,000 troops!"

"Why waste words with him! Their leaders all have porridge to eat, while we brothers eat tree bark every day! They're not on our side, so we might as well capture them and surrender!"

"Don't be afraid! They're scared too. We've already captured Qin Ming, what chance do they have against Lin Chong?"

"Staying on the mountain means starving to death, and fighting our way out means getting hacked to pieces. We might as well surrender and use them to exchange for a way to survive!"

The henchmen were all starving, and they were ready to charge at the slightest provocation!
loyalty?

They're practically starving to death, and they're still talking about loyalty?

"Beasts! How dare you..."

Enraged, Lin Chong brandished his eighteen-foot spear and charged at Qin Ming!

Since Qin Ming had already been tied up by the henchmen, Lin Chong showed no mercy!

Although he was also weakened, his henchmen were even weaker, so Lin Chong killed several of them in one go, but gradually the eighteen-foot spear became heavier and heavier.

Lin Chong knew that it wasn't that the spear had become heavier, but rather that his strength was being used up too quickly...

At the same time, Lei Heng, having received the order, picked up his broadsword and led a group of henchmen to find Li Kui.

However, to his surprise, a group of henchmen were tying Li Kui up hand and foot!
The room reeked of alcohol, and a wine jar lay on the floor...

"Snoring—snoring—"

Li Kui was completely drunk, lying on the bed snoring loudly, while his henchmen tied him up.

"What are you doing!"

Lei Heng was taken aback and rushed forward to cut down one of the henchmen, but he tripped and fell to the ground!
If Lei Heng were to fall to the ground under normal circumstances, he would at least be able to do a lazy roll.

But now he's weak.

Lei Heng fell hard, and the other henchmen seized the opportunity to pounce on him, grabbing him and pinning him down.

The government army camp.

"Let's retreat and let them fight like dogs!"

Seeing that the government troops had already set off, Han Shizhong led his men to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead amidst the chaos.

They lay on the ground, their faces smeared with blood, motionless, which was tantamount to withdrawing from the battlefield.

At the same time, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Yang Zhi and the others did the same thing, each finding a corner to lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead.

The real Imperial Guards fought fiercely, completely indiscriminately killing friend and foe...

Hearing the shouts of battle outside, Gao Qiu glanced at Cai Fu with trepidation, feeling that this man was too eerie.

Cai Fu sat imposingly in Gao Qiu's chair, sipping Gao Qiu's tribute tea.
"Was this a gift from the Emperor?"

Gao Qiu smiled ingratiatingly, "Yes, Your Majesty is too kind..."

"generally."

Cai Fu's assessment was very direct: it's already September, the hottest time of the year.
"Iced cola is better."

Gao Qiu was bewildered: "What ice cream?"

Cai Fu laughed heartily, just then Qiu Qiongying entered carrying a halberd:
"So you are here!"

Cai Fu was taken aback: "Why are you here?"

"I'm sick!"

At this point, Qiu Qiongying's face turned bright red with anger:

"Wasn't it all your idea?!"

Cai Fu was completely baffled: "What's wrong with my idea?"

Qiu Qiongying rolled her eyes at him, annoyed: "I lay on the ground pretending to be dead, but some government soldiers didn't even spare the corpse!"

"hiss--"

Cai Fu couldn't help but gasp:
"You didn't let them run into you, did you?"

Now you know how to feel sorry for someone?
Qiu Qiongying pouted smugly:

"If they reach out their hand, I'll give them a metal pellet!"
"You think you can touch me so easily!"

Gao Qiu couldn't help but ask, "What iron egg?"

"Want to know?"

Qiu Qiongying said with a grin, "Open your mouth and show your front teeth!"

Gao Qiu opened his mouth, revealing his front teeth, not understanding what was happening. Qiu Qiongying raised her hand, and a point of cold light flew over!
"when!"

Gao Qiu suddenly jerked his head back as if he had been shot, his head buzzing!
When he came to his senses, he felt a lot of things in his mouth and spat them out.

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”

Several glittering objects bounced around on the ground. Gao Qiu looked closely and saw:
One of them is a metal pellet, and the other two are... front teeth?
Whose front tooth?

Gao Qiu touched his mouth and immediately burst into tears:

My front teeth!

How the hell am I supposed to face the Emperor now?!
He didn't know how much time had passed, but Cai Fu estimated it to be about half an hour, when finally the shouts of battle ceased outside.

Qiu Qiongying lifted the curtain and looked outside. Smoke filled the air, and corpses littered the ground. The battle was over…

Liu Yun and Zhang Wei, disguised as imperial guards, stood guard at the entrance of the military tent, blocking countless rebel troops!

Upon hearing a sound, Liu Yun and Zhang Wei turned around and smiled simultaneously, their eyes meeting Qiu Qiongying's.

Ah this...

Liu Yun and Zhang Wei quickly averted their gaze. After arriving at Liangshan Marsh, they learned:

This is also my sister-in-law!
Qiu Qiongying ignored them and continued to observe the situation outside.

The surviving government troops were like walking corpses, almost all of them were wounded. The effect of this riot was really too tragic!

Qiu Qiongying turned around and gestured to Cai Fu, who nodded.

"Let's get started."

The lowly soldiers in the military tent untied the gongs from their waists, stepped out of the tent, and began to strike them with great effort:
"Boom-boom--"

His sudden gong sound startled the soldiers, who were like walking corpses, and they all turned to look over!
If there's no commotion elsewhere, these government troops will definitely tear this little minion to shreds like real zombies!

But there was a clanging sound of gongs coming from all directions!

At the same time, Lu Zhishen, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, jumped up and roared:
"Lu Zhishen, the 'Flowery Monk,' is here! Who dares to fight me to the death!"

Wu Song used the "Black Dragon Twisting Pillar" move to flip himself up and kill the bewildered government soldier in front of him with a single blow.

"The 'Heaven-Shaking Lion' Wu Song is here!"

"'Green-Faced Beast' Yang Zhi is here!"

"Liu Tang, the 'Red-Haired Devil,' is here!"

"All the heroes of Liangshan Lake are here!"

All the heroes of Liangshan attacked together, unleashing bursts of roars that rose and fell like raging waves!
The government troops, who were like walking corpses, were terrified. They had originally thought there were no heroes from Liangshan, only a riot in the camp.

So after the riot ended, although they were battered and exhausted, they were actually relaxed.

Then they were told there were heroes from Liangshan Marsh, and the morale of the government troops plummeted to rock bottom...

【Don’t worry, there’s more to come】

(End of this chapter)