Chapter 208: Stop pretending and take Qingzhou
Behind Qin Ming, there was a flag with the words "Commander-in-Chief Qin" written on it, and he was leading his troops on the march in a show of force.

When Governor Murong saw Qin Ming coming out of the city fully armed, he thought he was indeed a hero and felt relieved.

But I saw: the red tassel on the helmet was flaming, the brocade robe was stained with blood. The lion-barbarian precious belt was tied with gold. The cloud-root boots were smeared with green, and the tortoise-back armor was piled with silver. The horse he sat on was like a xiezhi, and the mace was embedded with copper nails. When he was angry, his eyes were wide open. His temper was like thunder and fire, and the tiger general was Qin Ming.

Just as Qin Ming was looking into the future, he imagined taking Erlong Mountain, subduing the Vajra Master Lu Zhishen, and pacifying Shandong with a great victory, thereby being promoted to a higher position, and having his wife and sons given titles...

At this moment, a civil servant stopped in front of Qin Ming's horse and shouted, "Commander Qin, wait a minute! The prefect wants to reward the soldiers."

"Speed ​​is of the essence in war, and can we delay?"

Qin Ming took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.

If you wanted to reward the soldiers, why didn’t you reward them on the parade ground just now?

Just take more money and food, why bother with all this face!
But as a military general, he dared not scold the civil officials!
The civil servant looked like a smiling Maitreya Buddha and said softly, "Commander Qin, don't waste this little time. The prefect will give a speech to boost morale and inspire the three armies."

Qin Ming opened his mouth, but ultimately did not refute.

There is no way. A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. As a military general of the Song Dynasty, he has no backing and no power!

He immediately ordered the soldiers to take the weapons, dismount and meet the prefect.

After the greetings, Governor Murong took the wine cup and told Qin Ming: "General Qin, sing a song of victory as soon as possible."

He then openly mobilized people in the square in front of the temple, letting the world know that he was the mastermind behind the suppression of the bandits, and only then did he stop.

But it is impossible to prepare steamed buns, wine and meat for thousands of people in a short time.

Qin Ming punched the temple wall heavily, looked up to the sky and roared helplessly and speechlessly.

The army never left after all.

Murong Yanda looked at the noisy temple and felt tired.

He had never managed the logistics of a large army before, and he came to reward the troops on a whim, thinking that only an hour would be enough.

Who knows, let alone an hour, even after half a day, there are still people who have not had any food and wine.

He still understands the principle that what is worrying is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth.

Now that we have been brought here, we can only stay here for one night and leave early tomorrow morning.

He was the governor of a state. He just walked away, leaving a mess to Qin Ming.

"Master, no matter what, these wine and meat are real rewards. The soldiers are well fed and their morale is high!"

Huang Xin advised.

"Ugh!"

Qin Ming sighed: "Now that there is such a big commotion, the three mountains must have heard the news that we are sending troops. When we rush over, those bandits will have already made preparations. It will be another tough battle!"

But what can we do if we fight hard?
Now that things have come to this, there is no room for recovery.

The next morning, a signal cannon was fired.

Qin Ming flew on his horse, deployed his troops, urged the soldiers to march forward with swords and axes, and headed straight for Qingfeng Village.

It turns out that Qingfeng Village is located in the southeast of Qingzhou. It is closer to Qingfeng Mountain from the south, and it is also convenient to reach Taohua Mountain from the east.

More importantly, Qin Ming changed his way of fighting. He planned to use the soldiers of Qingfeng Village as the vanguard, Hua Rong as the vanguard general, and his own troops as the supervisory team to attack Sanshan.

However, spies in Sanshan had already found out the truth and reported back to the mountain.

Qin Ming attacked Sanshan many times, but was repelled every time. However, the leaders were not in a hurry.

The heroes of Qingfeng Mountain were on full alert, only to hear the scout report: "Huazhi Village has led its troops to attack the mountain village!"

For a moment, everyone looked at each other.

"Iron-faced man" Pei Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "This Qin Ming actually used such a vicious plan to drive Hua Rong brothers to attack us. We can't fight, and we can't retreat. What a Qin Ming..."

"Jinbaozi" Yang Lin said in shock: "Brother Pei, what should we do? Qin Ming uses his personal army as the supervisory team, and Brother Hua Rong has no choice but to fight to the death!"

"Hehe!" Pei Xuan laughed loudly, but he didn't care at all. Yang Lin asked, "But did your brother give you any instructions?"

"Indeed, we have made arrangements. Brother has already anticipated this situation. If such a thing happens, we will welcome Brother Hua Rong to the mountain and take advantage of Qin Ming."

"You're not pretending anymore?"

"Stop pretending and take Qingzhou for my brother."

"Hiss! Great! My body has rusted away lying on the mountain."

That night, Hua Rong quietly left the military camp and went up Qingfeng Mountain.

"Brother Hua Rong."

"Brother Pei Xuan, Brother Yang Lin!"

Hua Rong had his own plan, so he said, "Qin Ming is coming to attack, don't panic, brothers. Since ancient times, when an army is in danger, it is necessary to fight to the death. Let the minions have enough wine and food, and just follow my instructions. First we must fight with force, then we must use our wits to defeat us. How about this?"

Pei Xuan clapped his hands and said, "Good plan! It fits my plan perfectly. This is exactly what we should do. However, we need to lure Qin Ming's family up the mountain first. Brother Hua Rong should hold them back for a day."

"Okay, then we agree to capture Qin Ming and Huang Xin the day after tomorrow."

"Very good!"

Qin Ming led his troops to the foot of Qingfeng Mountain and set up a camp ten miles away from the mountain.

The next day, at five o'clock in the morning, the soldiers prepared food. After eating, they drove the soldiers of Qingfeng Village straight to Qingfeng Mountain, picked an open place, deployed the men and horses, and started beating drums.

If he wanted to delay for a day, Pei Xuan would naturally hold up the banner of not fighting and not go down the mountain.

"Humph!"

Qin Ming snorted coldly. The bandits had the advantage of terrain, and if they wanted to capture the stronghold, they would have to fight to the death.

His tiger eyes immediately turned to Hua Rong.

According to his original intention, he wanted to attack Taohua Mountain.

Because the terrain of that mountain is relatively better.

But Hua Rong was determined to attack Qingfeng Mountain because his Qingfeng Village was located at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain. If he attacked in full force, his home would surely be robbed by the Qingfeng Mountain bandits.

If you lose the village, you will be punished.

Using this reason to deal with Qin Ming left Qin Ming speechless and he could only choose to attack Qingfeng Mountain.

"Hua Zhizhai, since the bandits won't come down the mountain, we will go up the mountain. You will be the vanguard, and I will support you."

"I obey my orders!"

Hua Rong gathered his men and marched towards the mountain road, where they fought a fierce battle in front of the village gate.

Because he had practiced it several times, he was very skilled at this fake knockdown.

After a few hours, the fire was raging and people were lying on the ground, but there was no death.

Seeing the sun setting over the hills, Qin Ming rode his horse to look and said angrily, "Hua Zhizhai, if you don't do your best, I will have to execute you by military law."

Hua Rong pointed to the dangerous mountain with a bitter face and said, "Commander, it's not that I won't use my strength, but this place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we attack by force, I'm afraid..."

"I don't care how you attack. If you can't conquer this mountain gate tomorrow, you will be held responsible."

"Commander, I have issued a military order to capture this gate tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Qin Ming suspected Hua Rong, but had no evidence.

Tomorrow it will depend on whether he can capture this village gate.

Qin Ming narrowed his eyes and looked at Qingfeng Mountain which was setting in the west, with a murderous aura in the air.

(End of this chapter)