The county guard was timid and afraid, but after hearing Qi Jiguang's arrogant words, he frowned, and reprimanded sharply: "Arrogant, grandstanding." The Japanese army is menacing, what is the use of just a thousand soldiers? ”

Qi Jiguang skimmed a trace of displeasure in his eyes when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down, and said respectfully: "My lord, the Japanese army is just a barbarian, with incomplete armor, and drifting on the sea for the moon, but it is just a tired army, so there is no need to be afraid at all!" ”

Although the county guard was incompetent, he was the son-in-law of the family, so the family specially recruited a few scholars as his staff.

However, as the saying goes, "people gather by like, and things are divided by groups", these recruited staff members have no talent for governing the country, but they have a very good ability to observe words and colors.

One of the staff members knew what the county guard meant when he saw the county guard's face, and immediately stepped out and said: "My lord, I think that the purpose of this group of Japanese troops is nothing more than because their main force is defeated by our Great Sui Naval Division in the naval battle, so they sent a partial division to land, intending to unite with the Tang army to attack Qingzhou and force the general to divide his troops to rescue. It's just that what this group of Japanese soldiers didn't expect was that now the soldiers and horses of the puppet Tang prince Li Jiancheng and Goguryeo Yuan Gai Suwen have been defeated by the two generals Qin Qiong and Di Qing.

Therefore, he thought that now our army only needs to guard the city and hold on without fighting. As long as the Japanese army found out the information that the Tang army had been defeated, they would inevitably retreat without a fight. ”

After listening to the words of the staff, the county guard felt that this suggestion was very much in line with his heart. Just as he was about to nod his head and praise, Qi Jiguang on the side had already widened his eyes and said loudly: "Adult, don't!" ”

When the county guard saw Qi Jiguang come out to obstruct it, he immediately straightened his face and said unhappily: "Why not?" ”

Qi Jiguang said in a deep voice: "My lord, the Japanese army was defeated at sea by the sailors commanded by the great general, and the losses were heavy, and the resentment was concentrated. After the Japanese army landed, they slaughtered our people everywhere to vent their anger. The adults will not come out of the city, and they can naturally hold the peace of the city with the benefit of the city wall, but the hundreds of thousands of people in the towns and villages outside the city will inevitably be slaughtered by the Japanese invaders. ”

The county guard frowned slightly, and secretly glanced at the staff member who had just offered his advice.

The staff member understood, and immediately said: "How can you take care of so much now?" If you go out of the city and fail to fight the Japanese army, then even the people in the city will suffer! The Lord could send a message to the people to move to the city to avoid trouble. ”

Qi Jiguang immediately shook his head and said: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in villages and towns outside the city, and the Japanese army is menacing, and it can be killed within three or five days, how can so many people be evacuated in a hurry?" ”

"Qi Jiguang!"

The county guard was obstructed by Qi Jiguang in every way, and he was angry, and shouted: "This official is the magistrate of a county, you are just a subordinate of this official, how dare you question this official's decision-making?" Don't take him down quickly! ”

"Who dare?"

As soon as the county guard's voice fell, several generals around Qi Jiguang immediately drew their swords out of their sheaths and guarded Qi Jiguang's side together.

Qi Jiguang has a good way of governing the army, and he has won the trust of the soldiers on weekdays. What's more, most of these county soldiers in Donglai County are locals, and it is inevitable that there are a few relatives and friends of their own among the people living outside the city.

Now in order to keep the city, the county guard has to sit on the fact that the people outside the city were slaughtered by the Japanese invaders, and they also want to take down Qi Jiguang, who is dedicated to the people. How could these generals still be able to bear it, one by one they stared at the county guard viciously, and they all had the meaning of rushing up and splitting his body into pieces.

That county shou He had seen such a scene, and his face was immediately frightened, and he trembled and stretched out his finger to point at everyone and said, "You... You are bold, I am your superior, do you want to rebel? ”

"Whew!"

A general looked at the county guard who was already trembling with fright, and scolded with disdain: "A guy like you who is greedy for life and afraid of death is also worthy of being a parent official and our boss." ”

"Don't be rude!"

Qi Jiguang hurriedly drank the general, and then bowed his hand to the county guard and said: "My lord, we are all locals of Donglai County, and the people living outside the city are our hometown fathers, relatives and friends. We soldiers will not hide in the city and watch them be slaughtered by the Japanese invaders. Today's rudeness, Qi Jiguang is offended, and when Qi breaks the widow, he will ask the county guard for guilt! ”

After speaking, Qi Jiguang turned his head, looked at the generals and said, "Brothers, for the sake of Donglai's fathers and fellow villagers, would you like to go with me to meet the Japanese invaders?" ”

Several generals and colonels bowed their hands together and said, "I'm waiting to go!" ”

"Good!" Qi Jiguang nodded and said loudly: "Then please go back immediately to rectify the soldiers and horses under your command, and go out of the city with me to meet the Japanese invaders!" ”

"Yes!"

After speaking, this group of people ignored the county guard sitting at the top, and went straight out of the government office to the barracks.

Seeing this, the county guard's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to attack. It wasn't until this group of generals left that he dared to scold: "It's so presumptuous, it's too presumptuous!" Qi Jiguang, I will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces! ”

A group of staff members hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Adults are angry, adults are angry!" You can't be as knowledgeable as a martial artist like Qi Jiguang who doesn't know the times! ”

That county guard was originally a rat who bullied the weak and was afraid of the hard, and he didn't even dare to breathe in front of that group of fierce generals, but now he was powerful in front of his own group of staff.

"Anger? How do you want me to calm my anger? Those warriors didn't take me seriously at all, they almost killed me just now! There is also that Qi Jiguang, who doesn't know how to fight the Japanese army, how can he be the opponent of the Japanese army with this little soldier and horse in the city? How should I, the Taishou, explain to the court if I lost the city? ”

The strategist who was the first to give advice to the county guard rolled his eyes and said, "My lord, this matter is easy to handle. If the city is unfortunately lost, it is also because Qi Jiguang does not listen to the dispatch of the adult, and the adult only needs to put all the blame on Qi Jiguang. Under the responsibility of the imperial court, Qi Jiguang's whole family will be implicated, so that it is good to give the adults a bad breath. ”

Hearing this, the county guard glanced at this staff member approvingly, but immediately frowned: "But what if Qi Jiguang is lucky enough to win the thief?" ”

The staff shook his head and smiled: "My lord is too worried, there are only 2,000 county soldiers in the city, and the number of Japanese troops is nearly 10,000. ”

"But what if he wins? I think that Qi Jiguang does have a set of training soldiers and horses on weekdays. ”

The staff member frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he had an idea again: "My lord, if you really let that Qi Jiguang repel the thieves." The adult asked Qi Jiguang for the matter of Fang Cai, didn't Qi Jiguang also say that he wanted to make amends to the adult? The lord took the opportunity to send him to prison on charges of disobeying the superiors, and then reported to the imperial court and the army, claiming that the Japanese invaders had been repulsed, as for who commanded this battle? Isn't that up to you, my lord? ”

The county guard comprehended, and immediately stroked his palm and laughed: "Wonderful, really wonderful!" Hmph, Qi Jiguang, this time, no matter whether you win or lose, this official will definitely make your life worse than death! ”