The two men fought evenly. Just as Ma Ershui was about to call a halt, Song Huaian suddenly turned and ran. Seeing this, the Third Master was delighted and ran after him, shouting, "Today is the day you die."
Seeing this, Ma Ershui felt that something was wrong.
Sure enough, Song Huaian ran a few steps and suddenly turned around and stabbed, hitting the third in command's left leg. The third in command wailed and was determined to fight to the death, but Song Huaian had already retreated.
"If you dare to hurt me, I will kill you!"
The third in command shouted.
"Bao Zhi, stop!" Ma Ershui shouted in time.
The third in command, Bao Zhi, said, "Brother, he dared to hurt me, he must be a spy for the officers and soldiers."
Ma Ershui said, "If Mr. Song wanted to hurt you, he would have hit your neck instead of your leg."
Bao Zhi thought of what had just happened and shuddered, falling silent.
Ma Ershui said, "I didn't expect Mr. Song to have such good skills."
Song Huaian said, "In my early years, I learned some self-defense techniques for traveling. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all."
Ma Ershui said: "This time it's Bao Zhi's fault. I apologize to you on his behalf. Please forgive him."
Song Huaian quickly said, "Big Boss, you're too polite. It was my impatience that caused me to fight with Third Boss and injure him. It was my fault."
Ma Ershui liked Song Huaian more and more and asked, "Bao Zhi, how is it?"
Bao Zhidao: "Mr. Song is magnanimous. I am wrong."
Ma Ershui had Bao Zhi taken away for bandaging and said, "Since we have already offended Zhao Lin, what should we do next? Mr. Song will give us some advice."
Song Huaian was unceremonious and said, "Zhao Lin is very young, but precisely because of his youth and hot temper, he's not as easy to deal with as those older bureaucrats. Now that we've massacred a village under his jurisdiction, he'll definitely send someone to retaliate, and it will definitely be the vanguard led by Chen Qifeng."
"Why?" Ma Ershui asked.
Song Huaian explained, "Zhao Lin has two generals under his command, one is Yang Nantian, the former commander of the Qingzhou Army, and the other is Chen Qifeng. Yang Nantian was robbed of his command by Zhao Lin and is now stationed outside with only 3,000 soldiers. He is very dissatisfied with Zhao Lin and will definitely not cooperate with him. So if Zhao Lin has a choice, he will never send Yang Nantian."
"Chen Qifeng leads the vanguard army. He demonstrated his ability during the last suppression of the Carp Island rebels, and he listens to Zhao Lin very much. That's why Zhao Lin sent him first. Once he's sure our strength is too much for his vanguard army alone, he'll mobilize the entire Qingzhou army."
"This is our chance."
Listening to Song Huaian's clear and logical analysis, all the leaders nodded.
Ma Ershui continued to ask, "Do you want to capture all of Chen Qifeng's troops in one fell swoop?"
"Yes and no."
Song Huaian said, "We must defeat Chen Qifeng, but we can't kill him all. We have to leave some of them and give them the illusion that we can only barely defeat these 3,000 men. That way, Zhao Lin won't necessarily send all of them, and we can eat them one by one. By the time Zhao Lin reacts, he'll have no more soldiers under his command."
“Good idea!”
Ma Ershui said happily, "Mr. Song is indeed a man of great ambition. I admire him. If Mr. Song doesn't mind, how about being my military advisor?"
Song Huaian quickly said, "How can I be so worthy of being taken in by you masters? I am already very grateful. How can I be qualified to be a military advisor?"
"Hey, if big brother asks you to be the military advisor, then do it. Big brother will not make the wrong choice of person." said the second in command.
Seeing that no one objected, Song Huaian bowed and said, "Thank you, Master, for not abandoning me. Huaian is willing to be loyal to you and assist you in conquering the world."
"Hahahaha, okay!"
Ma Ershui laughed: "From now on, Mr. Song is our military advisor. Everyone who sees him must be polite and respectful. Do you understand?"
"Yes, big brother."
All the leaders responded one after another.
Maybe they don't care much about Song Huaian's strategy, but Song Huaian's ability to defeat Bao Zhi shows his strong martial arts skills.
These gangsters only care about force.
Ma Ershui said, "Add a seat for Mr. Song."
Immediately, two bandits brought up a throne and placed it under Ma Ershui.
Song Huaian sat down without hesitation.
Ma Ershui nodded in satisfaction and said, "Brothers, you have all heard the military advisor's analysis. What do you want to say?"
The Second in Command immediately said, "What else can we say? Just follow the military advisor's advice and set up an ambush until Chen Qifeng takes the bait."
Another leader echoed, "Yes, first destroy this front army, then destroy the entire Qingzhou Army. I want to see what this so-called Qingzhou Army is capable of."
The third head hesitated and said, "Brother, if we do this, won't it go against our original intention of hiding our strength?"
"Why hide your strength? Just do it."
"Yes, we have this ability, why are we still hiding it?"
"The current imperial court is unjust. We should rise up, kill them, and become emperor ourselves."
These leaders said one after another.
Ma Ershui asked Song Huaian, "Military Advisor, what do you think?"
Song Huaian said without hesitation: "Hiding one's strength has its pros and cons. Exposing one's strength also has its pros and cons. It depends on which one the boss chooses."
Ma Ershui became interested: "Tell me about it."
Song Huaian said: "First, hiding our strength will not attract the attention of the government, allowing us to develop slowly. As the saying goes, build high walls, store up food, and take your time to claim the throne. This is exactly what it means. Wait until we have accumulated enough strength before launching an attack, and our chances will be much greater."
"The downside of hiding our strength is that it's hard to attract people to join us. There are many heroes in the martial arts world, but there are also many people who are oppressed by the government. They don't know our reputation and won't choose to join us."
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