On the 22nd day of the winter month, Qingzhou, Shandong. There was snow today, and fine snowflakes were falling from the sky, and almost the entire city was dyed white.

Ma Gui, the governor of Qingzhou, walked into the palace on the snow, and there was an unconcealable murderous aura in his eyes, because he had received an order from the imperial court to immediately arrest and behead the local prefect Huang Wenbing and his henchmen!

After Sun Tu led the Shandong army to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion and never looked back, the imperial court had spent several years continuously inserting civil and military officials at all levels into the prefectures and counties of Shandong, and tried every means to squeeze out the subordinates left by Sun Tu from military and political affairs. And Qingzhou, as the real birthplace of Sun Tu, is the most important thing, and this Ma Gui is responsible for seizing the military power of the city and guarding the heavy responsibility of Sun Tu's henchmen led by Huang Wenbing.

In the collision in the past few years, Ma Gui has indeed completed the task assigned to him by the imperial court quite well, at least now nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the city are all under his control, and the decree of Huang Wenbing, the prefect, cannot come out of the yamen at all, and it can be said that there is almost no threat.

But since the imperial court issued a strict order to let Ma Gui kill Huang Wenbing this time, he naturally had no choice but to obey the order, and immediately rushed to the mansion in the snow. Seeing those servants inside and outside the palace looking at him with frightened and awe-inspiring eyes, Ma Gui's heart felt even more happy, and as soon as he stepped into the gate, he had already decisively ordered: "Block all the doors, and no one is allowed to leave, but if anyone dares to break in, they will be killed!" As he spoke, he had already choked and drew his knife in his hand, and went straight to the second hall.

And just when he arrived in front of the arch of the second hall, he saw Huang Wenbing, who seemed to be aware, coming out with an uneasy face. After seeing Ma Gui, Huang Wenbing was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Ma Dujian didn't know what to do when he came to the door today?" ”

Ma Gui's footsteps didn't stop, but he said: "Don't dare to take orders, this official has just received an order from the imperial court to come on an errand." ”

"The Imperial Court? What does the imperial court command? It seemed that he felt the murderous aura on Ma Gui's body, Huang Wenbing said, and the person stepped back again, and his eyes were fixed on the steel knife in his hand: "Ma Dujian, this herald doesn't need to come with a knife, right?" ”

"If it's just a herald, you don't need to hold a knife, but it's different to take people." Ma Gui was stunned as he spoke, and then ordered: "On the orders of the imperial court, arrest the rebellious comrade Huang Wenbing and others, and those who dare to resist will be executed on the spot!" Give it to me! With a swing of the knife, the twenty or thirty personal soldiers who entered the second hall with him had decisively pounced, and they were about to catch Huang Wenbing on the spot.

Huang Wenbing's face changed again, and his body immediately retreated into the hall, shouting: "I am the prefect of Qingzhou Wupin, you want to take me just by saying a word, is there still a royal law?" ”

"Wang Fa? Whoever has the military power in his hands here is the king! Ma Gui laughed fiercely, and even he himself rushed forward with an arrow, obviously wanting to feel the joy of arresting civil officials with military attachés, after all, such opportunities are not many in the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing this, the other subordinates were naturally even more energetic, and they rushed to Huang Wenbing's side with a scolding. Then, they heard a familiar bowstring sound, only to be stunned, a row of black shadows in front of them attacked, before they had the next reaction, dozens of short arrows had been shot into their bodies one after another, when the first dozen or so soldiers immediately fell, and those behind were the same as Ma Gui, a cry of surprise, and hurriedly waved the weapons in their hands to block this chaotic array of arrows.

It was only at this time that Ma Gui discovered that on the roof of the second hall, there were twenty or thirty men in white jackets holding small crossbow machines and firing arrows downward. It turned out that the other party had set up an ambush here early in the morning, just waiting for himself to come to the door. And because he was too careless, the other party insidiously hid in the snow in white clothes, so that until they sent arrows, they didn't know about their existence and were killed by surprise.

"Rush over to me and take down Huang Wenbing first!" Blocking two arrows one after another, Ma Gui saw that Huang Wenbing had withdrawn and retreated to the hall, so anxious that he roared angrily, and at the same time, he wanted to pursue.

However, this array of arrows was too urgent and dense, and there were almost no pauses in waves, and the distance between the two sides was too short, maybe he Ma Gui could still deal with it, but his subordinates could only barely parry, so for a while, he had to rush into the open hall door alone, and a few screams rang out from behind.

But just when Ma Gui thought he had found an opportunity, and he was about to take Huang Wenbing directly with his knife, there was a strong wind on both sides of the hall at the same time, and there was an ambush inside! This made him quickly stop and dodge, and the knife in his hand met the weapon on the left.

When, at the moment when the two weapons intersected, with a whistling, a simple knife had been slashed from the front. There are more than two ambushes here, and this last person is stronger in martial arts, and he is the best at seizing opportunities, taking advantage of Ma Gui's full strength to parry and expose the flaws in the middle door.

This time, Ma Gui was completely too late to deal with it, so he could only scream strangely, and quickly withdrew and retreated. However, he obviously forgot that the second hall of the Yamen he entered had a half-foot-high threshold, and when he hurriedly retreated, his heel hit the threshold, causing his body to stiffen suddenly, and he fell backwards.

In the face of the three-person attack, he lost his body balance again, even though Ma Gui had a good martial arts, he couldn't stop it. At that moment, there was a scream, the lower abdomen had been cut open with a knife, and the right rib was also stabbed with a knife, making him fall down immediately.

"You ......" Ma Gui spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his eyes were staring at Shi Shiran in front of him, and there was no longer Huang Wenbing, who was not the slightest bit anxious. He has already understood that all the other party's performance just now is to lure himself into ambush. However, how could Huang Wenbing expect his actions, and where did these people come from? In order to deal with him, he had blocked the four gates of Qingzhou as early as three days ago, and did not let any suspicious person in.

Feeling the doubts from Ma Gui, Huang Wenbing only smiled coldly: "Do you think what you see must be the truth?" Qingzhou City, which General Sun has painstakingly managed for many years, how can the imperial court send a few officials over to completely seize power? This official has endured and retreated many times in the past few years, just to let you relax and paralyze. Now, now that General Sun has raised troops on the side of the Qing monarch, how can my Shandong soldiers be willing to stay here again? ”

After hearing this, Ma Gui finally knew how ridiculous his self-confidence had been in the past few years. With a miserable laugh, he spat out blood again, but he couldn't say a word, and after a convulsion of his body, he finally lost his breath.

And the subordinates who came with him outside had already been killed by random arrows at this moment, and none of them survived. You must know that in order to kill all these people, this time Huang Wenbing took out the crossbow that he had been hiding, and coupled with the joint sneak attack of Chao Gai and others, it was naturally foolproof.

Chao Gai, who wiped the blood marks from Pu Dao's knife, looked quite calm, and turned his head to look at Huang Wenbing: "Governor Huang, what should we do next?" In the past few years, he has been working as a rich man in Qingzhou, and he no longer has the gangsterism of the original leader of Liangshan, but there are still a few traces of essence in his eyes, which people dare not despise.

Huang Wenbing smiled and said: "The Heavenly King doesn't need to worry, since Ma Gui has already given the head, then no one in this Qingzhou City can pose a threat to us." There are General Qi and Chai Tongju, who have just returned from the barracks, presumably it won't take long to pull everyone to our side! ”

Yes, Qi Desheng had been sent back to Shandong by Sun Tu a few months ago, and what he was waiting for was today. As a former general of the Qingzhou Army, Qi Desheng is not low in terms of ability and prestige, even if it is not as good as Dong Pingyue Fei and other generals who rose later, but his influence in the Shandong army is still there. Coupled with the help of Chai Jin, who has always been generous and exquisite, it is naturally not difficult for them to get their hands on the military camp without Ma Gui presiding over the overall situation.

This is exactly the case, at the same time in the Qingzhou military camp, Qi Desheng was making a generous statement: "Brothers, do you remember how happy and proud we were when General Sun was here?" At that time, we were big heroes in the eyes of the people, and we could be called good by the villagers wherever we went, who was not proud to join my Qingzhou Army? But now, what have become of us since the arrival of Ma Gui? Do you still want to be like you did ten years ago, like you were a pile of mud that was trampled on the soles of your feet and you couldn't even lift your head?

"Now, our chance to turn around has finally arrived! This time, General Sun not only defeated the Liao people in the north and recaptured the sixteen states of Youyun, but also led the army south, wanting to seek justice for our soldiers and other soldiers, a hundred years of humiliating justice! Do you know what kind of banner General Sun used to raise troops this time? For the country to eliminate thieves and clear the monarch's side, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty should be self-reliant! Isn't this what our Qingzhou Army has always been proud of? So soldiers, it's time to puff up your chest, let the world know once again the strength of our Qingzhou Army, and go to join General Sun! ”

Chai Jin immediately followed up: "As for the money and food that you are worried about, I, Chai Jin, will take out all my family property to support you!" I know you've all suffered all these years, but now, it's all over! ”

After these words, all the soldiers immediately boiled, and the soldiers who were fed up with the grievances of Ma Gui and others finally roared angrily: "We are willing to follow General Sun, regain everything we should have again, kill Tokyo, and kill all those corrupt officials!" ”

When this flame is ignited again, everything will be completely different. Not to mention that Ma Gui has been killed, even if he escapes alive, it is impossible for the Qingzhou officials and soldiers at this time to obey his command. After all, this is the place where Sun Tu rises, how can it be completely controlled by a few officials sent by the imperial court?

But before the army, Huang Wenbing and the others still had something to do, that is, to arrest all the officials sent by the imperial court in the city, and then behead them in public. Hundreds of heads fell to the ground overnight.

Qingzhou, Shandong, today, there is blood!