Chapter 143

  "All brothers of the clan drink this wine with me, after drinking, we go together to save the eldest son."

  Xu Shenji raised his wine bowl high and drank it all in one gulp.

  Everyone in the courtyard simultaneously drained their cups and rose up with a murderous intent, then heard a loud crash as the wine bowls were smashed to pieces on the ground.

  Killing intent is soaring!

  A burst of fireworks rose from the courtyard, shooting straight up into the clouds. This daytime firework display would reach Qingniu Mountain. Then Huang San Yuan led his men to kill their way over, and when they approached Luoye City, they set off another burst of fireworks outside the city walls.

  With this firework as a signal, Xu Shenji will lead the team to rob Fang Bo's mountain, and brothers have already been arranged on both sides of the street. Robbery in the city, attacking the city outside, inside and outside cooperation to break open the city gate, after robbing Fang Bo's mountain, use Fang Bo's mountain to exchange for Cheng Dali.

  This plan was made in advance, and if Fang Bo Shan didn't take precautions, there would be a great chance of success.

  Now everyone is waiting for the signal of fireworks outside the city and then rushing out in a swarm.

  When the time comes, the city will be in great chaos. As Xu Shenji said, this war will be a bloody one. At that time, the blood will flow like rivers in Luoye City and corpses will litter the streets, which is not an exaggeration.

  But these people are the demons of the forest, the evil spirits of the mountains. Since they set foot on this path, they had already put their heads in their waistbands. Of course, no one is not afraid of death, but thinking about the slaughter that is about to come, the blood in their bodies suddenly becomes boiling hot.

  Fang Bo-shan's procession was walking on the street, with a sedan chair in the middle, carried by people, swaying gently towards the dock. Fang Bo-shan sat inside the sedan chair, already feeling a bit sleepy, when suddenly a loud noise woke him up.

  "What's going on?"

  "There are people setting off fireworks in the city, would you like me to have someone go take a look?" said the steward outside the sedan.

  "It's broad daylight, what's the point of setting off fireworks." Fang Baoshan thought for a moment and said: "No need, let them speed up their pace, we'll walk faster."

  "Yes."

  On both sides of the street, there were people sneaking a peek at this side, and these were naturally all from Hamao Village. With soft sedan chairs and lake-bottom dredging as two points to draw a straight line, someone came back and forth in a hurry, reporting Fang Bo-shan's position to Xü Shen-ji at any time and anywhere.

  Time is slowly running out, and there isn't much time left before Fang Bo Shan arrives at the dock. However, the signal fireworks outside the city haven't appeared yet. Could something unexpected have happened to the mountain stronghold? If they wait until Fang Bo Shan arrives at the dock, it will be many times more difficult to make a move than on the streets. If they can't make a move today, Cheng Da Lei may not live to see next month.

  Xu Shen's mind was burning with anxiety.

  "General, what shall we do?" At this moment, Liu Bei was also flustered and pinned his hopes on the resourceful Xuzhigao.

  "Wait another minute. If there's still no signal, we'll make a break for it."

  The plan went awry from the very beginning, which is probably the principle that man proposes and God disposes.

  Time ticks away bit by bit, and every moment becomes incredibly long at this instant.

  After dredging the bottom of the courtyard, everyone's eyes were on Xu Shenji, waiting for his orders. Without reinforcements from outside the city, it was naturally extremely dangerous, but with things having come to a head, there was no choice but to act.

  On both sides of the street, there were still people rushing back and forth, reporting Fang Bo-shan's position at any time.

  The sedan chair swayed gently, and Fang Bo-shan inside dozed off again. Apart from thinking that the weather wasn't too good today, he didn't think there was anything else out of the ordinary.

  As time passed, the situation was slowly but steadily moving forward, like a bow being constantly pulled back, waiting for the final moment to shoot out that deadly arrow.

  "Xu Junshi, it's been a quarter of an hour." Liu Bei said.

  Xu Shenji nodded, they really couldn't delay any further, or they would miss the best opportunity to take action.

  "He took a deep breath: 'Let's get started!'"

  The bow was drawn back to its slowest point, the fingers that grasped the string had slightly relaxed, and the arrow on the string seemed to be trembling with eagerness.

  On the street, the troops were still marching forward when suddenly a horse rushed out from the side and someone on it shouted loudly.

  "Halt!"

  Inside the wine shop, a large group of people with swords, led by Xu Shenji, prepared to rush out of the gate.

  Knock knock knock!

  A knock at the door suddenly rang out, and a person outside shouted: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly!"

  It was Huang San Yuan's voice. Xushen Ji was startled and wondered how he came, could it be that something had happened to the mountain stronghold during this brief moment when everyone was away?

  The gate opened and Huang Sanwuyuan rushed in, panting. Before Xu Shenji could ask, he heard Huang Sanwuyuan say breathlessly: "The Eldest Master, the Eldest Master is saved!"

  The bow that was pulled to its fullest extent suddenly stopped, and the arrow that was eager to fly ultimately did not shoot out.

  ……

  The horse that suddenly rushed into the team made the soldiers around the soft sedan a little flustered. The reason why they didn't take action at the first time was because the rider was wearing official clothes.

  Fang Baoshan, who was napping in the sedan chair, was woken up and said irritably: "What's going on again? Can't you let me enjoy my hobby in peace?"

  "I am Qi De from Youzhou, I have an urgent matter to discuss with the Lord of Fangshan Mountain!"

  Fang Bo Shan suddenly became wide awake and immediately walked out of the sedan chair, waving his hand to disperse the surrounding soldiers.

  "It turned out that General Qi had arrived in person. I don't know what brought General Qi here in such a hurry, it didn't even give me time to prepare."

  The King of Youzhou governs Youzhou, but now the imperial power is declining, and some cities are not very respectful to the King of Youzhou, such as when Han Hu was in charge of Heishi City. And some cities are directly vassals of Youzhou City, such as Luoye City.

  As for official positions, Fang Bo-shan is higher than Qi De-chang, but Qi De-chang is the one who stands in front of Yang Long-san, so their relationship cannot be measured by official positions.

  Zi De strode over hastily and said: "Fang Cheng's master, you almost ruined the master's big plan, do you know that?!"

  Inside the wine house, Huang San Yuan finally caught his breath, and everyone's eyes were staring at him.

  "Are you saying that the title of King of Youzhou has been conferred?" Xu Shenji asked.

  Huang San nodded: "Seal you as the Left General of the Imperial Guard, reward you with a hundred taels of white silver, a set of armor, a brocade robe, and a sword."

  The military rank system of the empire was very chaotic, roughly divided into: Shi Chang, Bai Fu Zhang (team leader), Xiao Wei, Jiang Jun, and Yuan Shuai.

  It's especially chaotic at the rank of general, with different situations in different places. Ya Jiang, Bian Jiang, Can Jiang, You Ji Jiang... can be called a general for leading 100,000 people or even just 100 people.

  As for General Cheng Da Lei... his official position is not low, but he has no real power, equivalent to a nominal title.

  "There are rewards for each of us, including the hundred-man commander and the camp lieutenant. These titles in Youzhou have not been granted yet, they will be decided by the head of the household himself." Huang San yuan took another sip of water: "The order was personally delivered by Qi Deqiang, as soon as I received the news, I rushed over immediately. Now Qi Deqiang has gone to Fang Bo's mountain."

  "With this Left General's position, the master of the house will be saved, and we won't have to take action either?" Xu Shenji.

  "This is natural. The King of Youzhou will not abandon his long-term plan because of a temporary mistake." Liu Bei said, suddenly looking at Xu Shu: "It seems that the military advisor has some regrets?"

  "It's not even worth regretting." Xū Shénjī put away the knife he was still holding: "It's just that I had too much to drink earlier and got a bit tipsy."