Ma Du had been guarding the castle for three days. His eyes were red from being tired, but he refused to take a rest.

Although no one said anything to him, the entire fort was on alert, waiting for the Jin soldiers to come and fight. He believed it was all because of his arrow.

Although the news said that the Jin soldiers abandoned Qilitai and retreated to Kaide Prefecture because twelve people were attacked and killed, it did not mean that the Jin soldiers were frightened. Instead, they were frantically looking for the country woodcutter.

You never know when he'll think of his revenge and come here to take revenge.

It is uncertain whether the more than 300 guards and 700 civilians in this castle can survive.

A cloud of dust rose in the distance; it was the cavalry.

Is it finally here?

Madu tensed up immediately, his teeth chattering. Other people in the castle also became nervous, but they soon discovered that the cavalrymen coming were the garrison of a neighboring fort.

A dozen Zhou soldiers, led by a military leader in his forties, arrived at the foot of the castle.

"Brother Wang, why are you here?" Ding Dashan asked in surprise when he received the news.

Ever since the Jin soldiers occupied Kaide Prefecture and the Anli Army retreated, these scattered soldiers dared not easily leave the fortress.

With the protection of the high walls of the garrison, they can still fight against the Jin soldiers, but they will have no confidence if they meet them outside.

Therefore, apart from the sentries passing messages back and forth between the various garrisons, it has been some time since the garrisons brought people out to meet each other.

"Brother Ding, have you heard the news?" General Wang asked excitedly.

Ding Dashan sighed.

"After all, the war in the north is so tense, it is understandable that the prince of Chengguo is anxious to go back." He whispered, "But on the other hand, the military order is as heavy as a mountain, and the emperor's order cannot be disobeyed. His escape from prison is indeed a great rebellion. After catching him, everyone should persuade him well. What he did is not only unable to help the Duke of Chengguo, but also made things worse."

General Wang looked at him strangely.

"What are you talking about?" he said, "What does it have to do with the son of the Chengguogong?"

Ding Dashan also stared.

"Isn't it the news that the prince of Chengguo is wanted?" he asked.

General Wang pouted.

"Who said that?" He said, holding Ding Dashan's arm, his expression excited, "More than a dozen Jin soldiers in Kaide Prefecture were killed."

This, Ding Dashan said hi.

"Brother Wang, you are too isolated from the news. I knew it a long time ago. People said it was a country boy..." he said.

Before he could finish his words, Wang Juntou interrupted him.

"Again," he said.

again?

Ding Dashan was stunned for a moment, then looked shocked.

"Again?" he repeated.

General Wang nodded, stretched out his hand and gestured a number.

"Eighteen," he said.

Eighteen!

My dear mother and father!

Could it be that country woodcutter who did this again?

Ding Dashan felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat. What kind of hero is this?

…

Eighteen human heads were lined up in front of the gate of Kaide Prefecture. The blood had solidified after a night, and their faces were hideous in the sunlight, revealing the pain they had endured before death.

The Jin soldiers standing on the city wall kept shouting and cursing, but the city gates were always tightly closed and not opened, which made their shouting and cursing seem a little cowardly.

A team went to search for the Jin soldiers who attacked Qilitai at night. Relying on their large numbers, they did not return to the city when it got dark. As a result, all their heads were placed in front of the city gate early the next morning.

The entire army was wiped out.

The Jin army general standing on the city wall was so angry that his face turned red.

It was not easy to fight all the way from the north to here, and many people were killed, but I have never felt as embarrassed as I do at this moment.

This is a provocation, a naked provocation.

It was also shocking.

Can one person do it?

"No, the wounds are different. The scouts said that the traces at the scene also showed that there were more than a dozen people." A deputy general said in nonsense.

A dozen people?

It turns out you are not alone?

If they had known that there were more than a dozen people, they would definitely not have sent out only a dozen people to search.

So was the original person the bait?

These Han people are indeed despicable and shameless.

Kill them all, kill them all!

The Jin general was so angry that he started yelling and cursing again. As he yelled, the city gate opened and a large group of Jin soldiers rushed out, howling and surrounding a dozen Jin soldiers' heads.

The Jin soldiers' generals also ran out fully armed, and were about to order everyone to give chase and kill the rebels. Suddenly, several Jin soldiers who were about to kill their comrades shouted.

They were speaking nonsense, and the tone of their voices was even stranger, as if they were frightened by something.

Ding Dashan, who was hiding in the secret passage, couldn't help but stick his head out and vaguely saw a Jin soldier holding an axe and shouting.

The Jin soldiers all used long-handled axes, which were common farm tools in the countryside.

What's special about this axe?

It seems that the Jin soldiers are very scared?

Ding Dashan saw the general shout something, and a group of people gathered their heads and retreated like a tide, and the city gate was closed instantly.

Why didn't they send troops to hunt down the murderer? Did they scare him away? What happened?

Ding Dashan was in a daze, and the sentry next to him tugged at his sleeve.

"The woodcutter," he whispered. "They say the woodcutter is coming."

The scouts all understood some of the Hu language to some extent, which was also the requirement of Duke Chengguo back then.

It was indeed the woodcutters who killed the Jin soldiers, but after the killing of these thirty people, were the Jin soldiers so scared that they didn't even dare to search?

Is that so? Ding Dashan was even more puzzled.

“Fuck!”

After hearing this, a military leader in the room slammed the table.

He was so strong that the table, which was somewhat shaky, broke apart with a loud bang.

The tea bowls on the table fell to the ground and cursing immediately broke out in the room.

These were the military leaders from the nearby garrisons who were summoned.

Ding Dashan was even more concerned about his property.

"What the hell are you doing, you big fool Shi?" he shouted angrily.

"The woodcutter!" Shi Juntou ignored him and jumped up, pointing to the north. "That's the woodcutter from Shubi Lake. Damn it! No wonder Jin Gou was so scared that he closed the door and dared not come out. He killed more than 30 people. The woodcutter killed enough Jin people to pile up a mountain of firewood."

The woodcutter of Sobek Lake!

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then there was an uproar.

Although it is far away from the north, due to military affairs, the story of the woodcutters is legendary and passionate, so it naturally spread.

I just didn't expect the woodcutter to leave the North and come here.

"Could it be that this was arranged by Duke Cheng?" a military leader suddenly said.

Everyone also knew that the emperor ordered Duke Chengguo to come to the aid of Kaide Prefecture, but Duke Chengguo flatly refused.

In fact, they could understand why Duke Chengguo did not come back. After all, they had to stop 10,000 to 20,000 Jin soldiers in the north. Compared with that, the 2,000 here were really not worth mentioning.

This is how it is on the battlefield. There are always trade-offs to be made and the overall situation must be considered. And many times, considering the overall situation means sacrificing the smaller picture.

They accepted it, believing that this was inevitable for soldiers, and that they had to be ready to die at any time on the battlefield.

But unexpectedly, Duke Cheng did not come, but sent a woodcutter instead.

"But don't woodcutters belong to the army? The court even ordered their arrest, saying they were disturbing the people and disrupting military affairs." Another military leader said after a moment of hesitation.

This is also true. At that time, the Jinyiwei asked Duke Cheng to strictly investigate the woodcutter, otherwise he would be impeached for raising private soldiers, which was a crime of treason.

"The woodcutters were only here to kill the Jin people. Now that the Jin people have come here, they are only here to kill the Jin dogs." Military Captain Wang thought for a moment and said.

Ding Dashan shook his head.

"There are more golden dogs in the north," he said.

It is more convenient to kill the Golden Dog in the north.

A group of people were sitting in the room, thinking hard around the scattered wooden table and tea bowls, when suddenly a soldier ran in with a panicked look on his face.

"Sir, something bad has happened," he shouted.

The military leaders in the room immediately straightened up.

Because of the heavy casualties, were the Jin people angry and decided to take action against these garrison officers and soldiers?

The soldier looked a little strange and pointed outside.

"A group of people who call themselves woodcutters have arrived," he said.

Woodcutter.

The military leaders in the room froze again.

It turns out that people behind the scenes...

The woodcutter.

The person who had always been in casual conversation suddenly appeared outside the gate of their garrison, and they were about to see him alive!

This feels weird and unreal.

I also feel inexplicably timid.

A group of rough men, like young girls in their twenties, clenched their hands and looked hesitant.

See or not?