Qi Jiguang finally got a chance to defend himself, but was unexpectedly interrupted by the young and energetic Luo Tong. In desperation, he had no choice but to fight with his sword.
However, Qi Jiguang knew that Luo Tong was the nephew of Luo Shixin, a fierce general of the Sui army. If he hurt his life, he would definitely die regardless of whether the previous events could be clarified.
Therefore, in the process of fighting Luo Tong, Qi Jiguang always stayed on guard and tried his best to deal with it without daring to fight back violently.
Luo Tong was only focused on attacking Qi Jiguang at this time and did not realize this, but Qin Huaiyu, who was rushing behind Luo Tong, noticed: "This Qi Jiguang only defends but does not attack when facing Luo Tong, which shows that he is afraid of hurting Luo Tong." . And he clearly wanted to explain something to me when he rode alone just now. Is there really something hidden in this?"
While Qin Huaiyu was thinking secretly, Qi Jiguang had been killed by Luo Tong and was in a hurry, leaving many flaws.
Although Qi Jiguang's martial arts skills were not inferior to Luo Tong's, he was worried about hurting Luo Tong and did not dare to attack with all his strength. Luo Tong, on the other hand, was ruthless in his attacks, and all his moves were fatal moves that could kill people. Two and one strike were enough to determine the superiority of the opponent.
Seeing that Qi Jiguang was at a disadvantage, Qin Huaiyu feared that Luo Tong would accidentally kill the good guy, so he hurriedly slapped his horse and tried to separate the two.
Although Qin Huaiyu had this idea, Qi Jiguang didn't understand. When he saw Qin Huaiyu coming to kill him, he naturally thought that Qin Huaiyu was planning to drink Luo Tongshuang and kill him, so he hurriedly exposed his weakness and fled on horseback.
"The traitors should leave!"
Luo Tong immediately shouted, clapped his horse and chased after him. When Qin Huaiyu saw this, he also chased after him.
"Go back to the city quickly!"
Qi Jiguang galloped back to the city and shouted at the soldiers arrayed behind the city. After hearing the news, the soldiers quickly changed their formations. The front team changed to the rear team, and the rear team changed to the front team. They retreated through the drawbridge and into the city gate in an orderly manner.
When Qin Huaiyu saw this, he was filled with praise: "A mere army of commanderies and horses retreated in a hurry and still maintained their formation. It seems that Qi Jiguang is indeed quite capable!"
"Quickly pull up the drawbridge and close the city gate!"
Qi Jiguang galloped across the suspension bridge and shouted loudly towards the city.
"Delusion!"
Luo Tong, who was following Qi Jiguang, roared when he heard this and kicked the horse's belly with both legs. The white horse immediately jumped into the air and jumped onto the suspension bridge that was about to be pulled up. . Unexpectedly, the suspension bridge was in disrepair for a long time. Luo Tong's leap was so strong that he broke the suspension bridge in one fell swoop and the horse's front hooves fell down. Luo Tong was caught off guard and stumbled and fell off his horse.
"Quickly, arrest this person!"
Several soldiers walking behind rushed forward without waiting for Qi Jiguang's orders, took out the hemp rope, tied up Luo Tong before he could recover from his fall, and led Luo Tong into the city at a fast pace.
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After Qi Jiguang led his army back to the city, he hurriedly summoned the captured Luo Tong and personally untied him.
"Thief, I, Luo Tong, am deeply favored by the Emperor and will never be a treasonous traitor. Kill me quickly!"
Upon seeing this, Luo Tong thought that Qi Jiguang was trying to persuade him to surrender, and immediately shouted loudly.
Qi Jiguang quickly raised his hands and said: "General Luo misunderstood. I don't mean to ask General Luo to do anything disloyal. I just want to explain to General Luo the rights and wrongs of the Donglai mutiny. I apologize to General Luo for any disrespect!"
Luo Tong did not calm down because of this. Instead, he snorted and said, "Don't use these sweet words in front of me. You are gathering people to conspire to kill the county governor. I have nothing to say to you, general!"
Several generals under Qi Jiguang were furious when they saw this: "You are so arrogant as a prisoner. General Qi should be careful when talking to you. Don't be shameless!"
Luo Tong showed disdain and said bitterly: "I don't want the face given to me by a traitor!"
"Fart, who is the traitor?"
"Now the Japanese pirates are invading, come and protect your children. The old general is leading the navy to fight the Japanese pirates in a bloody battle, but you are causing trouble in the rear. What are these if they are not traitors?" Facing this group of strong men who were about to draw their swords, Luo Tong replied loudly without any fear on his face.
Several generals also fought back mercilessly: "If it weren't for you incompetent dog officers, how could we resist? General Qi wiped out eight thousand Japanese pirates and saved the lives of more than 100,000 people in Donglai, but You dog officers actually want General Qi to pay for his life because General Qi refused to surrender to those murderous beasts!"
"What eight thousand Japanese pirates? What happened here? Why did you kill the county guard?"
Luo Tong couldn't help but be startled when he heard this. Those who came out from Donglai County to report the news were all close associates of the county governor. They were more or less involved in what the county governor did. Therefore, they only reported the Donglai mutiny to Qin Qiong and Di Qing. As for Qi Jiguang's annihilation of eight thousand Japanese pirates who landed, they unanimously concealed it.
Luo Tong, who didn't know about this, looked at the righteous face in front of him, couldn't help but be confused, and couldn't help but ask loudly.
"On that day, more than 8,000 Japanese pirates landed on the coast and killed everyone they saw. The county guard was greedy for life and feared death. He only wanted to save his own life and didn't care about the lives of the people outside the city. It was General Qi who led us to ambush in Qingfeng Gorge. All eight thousand Japanese pirates were burned to death."
A more articulate general said methodically: "But who would have thought that after we returned from victory, the county guard said that General Qi's burning of all the Japanese pirates was too cruel and violated the principles of benevolence and righteousness, so he wanted to execute General Qi on the spot. We were not angry for a moment, so we beat the governor to death."
"Huh, in my opinion, this is simply the excuse of the dog officer. He clearly resented General Qi for not obeying his orders, and was jealous of his return after victory, so he thought of taking advantage of General Qi while he was still under his subordinates. Kill General Qi!" Another general said coldly.
Luo Tong couldn't help but change his face when he heard this: "Are you telling the truth? Why don't you frame me?"
"How could we deceive the general about such a big event? If the general doesn't believe it, there are still the remains of eight thousand burned-to-death Japanese pirates in Qingfeng Gorge. The general can go and take a look!" General Qi said slowly: "Today I I originally wanted to talk to General Qin about this matter, but unfortunately he was interrupted by the general!"
Looking at Qi Jiguang's unashamed expression and thinking carefully about Qi Jiguang's words, Luo Tong already believed it in his heart. He immediately handed over his hands and confessed to Qi Jiguang: "General Qi makes atonement. Luo Tong has a hot temper and doesn't know what he's doing." In the twists and turns, I almost killed General Qi and caused our Sui Dynasty to lose you, a loyal minister and good general. If General Qi can trust Luo Tong, let Luo Tong go back. Luo Tong will explain the whole story to the two marshals Qin Qiong and Di Qing, and pay General Qi a favor. clean!"
