The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 222: It’s useless
When Qi Chongli saw this, he was stunned.

Oh my, these two people actually acknowledged that killer as their brother? Brother? What's going on?
Well, no matter what the situation is, at least there will be no fighting.

Qi Chongli breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't a military commander, just a civil servant, and fighting wasn't his forte. Gaomi County's walls were low, and the militia inside wasn't very effective. He was actually a little worried about Li Kui's direct attack, as he wouldn't know how to defend himself.

Wu Jialiang just leaned on the city wall with his hands and jumped out directly. He jumped down from the three-meter-high earth wall, bent his legs, rolled on the ground, and jumped up instantly, unharmed.

Then Guan Sheng also jumped down. He was more powerful than Wu Jialiang. After jumping down, he just bent his knees slightly to dissipate the force of falling and stood steadily.

The two men laughed and ran towards Li Kui: "Hei Si, it's been ages."

Li Kui also left his men behind and ran up alone, saying joyfully, "Brothers, I miss you so much."

Here are omitted some of the 100 million words of affectionate words that the three people exchanged when they reunited after a long separation.

After finishing the nonsense, Li Kui finally got to the point: "Why are my two brothers in Gaomi County?"

Wu Jialiang: "We came from Laizhou."

Li Kui exclaimed, "Laizhou, ah, it was you who defeated the Jin thieves?"

Wu Jialiang: "Hey, it's indeed us."

He then recounted the whole series of events, including how he went to Jimo to take office, colluded with the Jimo rebels, and later surrendered to the prince.

Li Kui couldn't help but marvel at what he heard.

Wu Jialiang said, "Brother Guan Sheng and I have come to Mizhou to look for you. Please come with us to Laizhou. Together we can defeat the Jin bandits."

As soon as these words came out...

The expression on Li Kui's face changed slightly.

Just now, they were still showing the appearance of "deep brotherly love", but now a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face: "Brother Jialiang, if we join the prince, doesn't that mean we have to be under his jurisdiction? And we have to be under the jurisdiction of a woman like that, Madam Gong Er?"

Wu Jialiang: “…”

Li Kui: "We used to follow Brother Song Jiang, fighting all over the country. How happy we were! After being recruited, we were subjected to the humiliation of officials everywhere. Now I rule Mizhou alone, happier than being the emperor. But why do I want to join the princes and the palace heroes? After joining them, won't I have to endure the same humiliation again?"

Wu Jialiang sighed deeply. "That's not right. How can we live our lives as if we were always on our own? There are many people in this world who are smarter, more far-sighted, and more capable than us. It's good to listen to others when it's time to do so."

Li Kui: "No, no, I don't want to listen to any of those stupid officials. I regret that I listened to Brother Song Jiang and accepted the amnesty... Look, Brother Song Jiang is gone now. Of the dozens of brothers, only a few of us are left. The others are all gone. If they hadn't accepted the amnesty, how could they have died? We 36 brothers are still eating big chunks of meat and drinking big bowls of wine. How happy we are."

Wu Jialiang: "If Brother Song Jiang hadn't accepted the amnesty, we would all have been killed by Zhang Shuye. Do you think Brother Song Jiang liked the amnesty? The real reason was that we had been forced into a desperate situation by Zhang Shuye."

Li Kui: "I don't believe it! If you hadn't held me back, I would have killed Zhang Shuye with one blow of my axe and led everyone out of the encirclement."

Wu Jialiang: "Even if you could find a way out, you would have no future if you continued to wander around. One day you would end up dead on the streets. Brother Song Jiang was just trying to find a way out for his brothers."

Li Kui: "You're talking nonsense."

Having said that, the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Wu Jialiang discovered that Li Kui was no longer the same Li Kui who used to nod his head no matter what Song Jiang said.

As Song Jiang's military advisor, Wu Jialiang has always been respected by Li Kui. Li Kui always executes his strategies without saying a word. But now, this black guy actually says "all nonsense" and no longer regards what Wu Jialiang says as the golden rule.

Has he become smarter and has his own opinions? Or has he become dumber and no longer willing to listen to others' advice?

Guan Sheng saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly said, "Hey, what are you talking about? Stop it, it's been a long time since we last met. We should drink, not talk about business. Let's go to Hei Si's house and have a drink."

Li Kui: "Yes, yes, today is the day for drinking."

He waved his hand and said, "Retreat! Return to Mizhou City."

Wu Jialiang turned around, winked at Qi Chongli on the top of the city wall, and then followed Li Kui away.

Master Ye, Bruce Lee, and his fellow comrades, including Luo Tuimao, who were possessed by Yue Wenxuan, were still in the city. Yue Wenxuan approached Qi Chongli and whispered, "Let's go to Mizhou to deal with Li Kui. Lord Qi, please guard Gaomi County and don't let the enemy army take advantage of the situation. If there are any difficulties, send someone to Jiaoshui for help immediately."

Qi Chongli whispered, "I understand. I will go to Jimo in a few days to pay my respects to the prince!"

After saying this, he lowered his voice and continued, "Inspector Wu and General Guan seem to be old acquaintances of Li Kui, but in my opinion, it will be extremely difficult to persuade that killer with just old friendship. It will be extremely dangerous for you to deal with them, so you must proceed with caution."

Yue Wenxuan bowed and said nothing more. After the servants of Qi family opened the city gate, he took Li Xiaolong, Luo Tuimao and others to catch up. Together with Wu Jialiang and Guan Sheng, they followed Li Kui to the city of Mizhou.

After passing Gaomi County, continue heading southwest...

The scenes I saw along the way can only be described as horrific.

Gaomi still has the local wise man Qi who can guarantee agricultural production, but other places do not have such good things. Large numbers of farmers have fled, large areas of land have been abandoned, and even if a town is occasionally seen, people's livelihood is in decline.

Bandits were rampant in the countryside. When Li Kui's army was marching, some bandits would actually appear on the hillsides beside the road and watch. However, seeing the two thousand-strong army passing by, the bandits did not dare to come out and block the road.

Li Kui didn't care about this miserable appearance and didn't take it into consideration at all.

Wu Jialiang couldn't help but ask, "Hei Si, didn't you organize the people to farm?"

Li Kui: "Why are you doing this?"

Wu Jialiang: "Then where do you get your food and supplies?"

Li Kui grinned: "It's just like us back then, just rob people everywhere and that's it."

Wu Jialiang: “…”

Guan Sheng: “…”

Yue Wenxuan had been listening without interrupting, but at this moment he couldn't help but think: Even if such a person is persuaded to join the rebel army, it will be useless, right?

The soldiers under his command are more useful than him!
It seems that this trip to Mizhou is mainly aimed at Li Kui's troops.

(End of this chapter)