Vol 12 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Book 12 Chapter 04 – An Escape Trick
It is evening tiin to sink and the ins to rise When they
On a hill threeand horses neighing can be heard It appears that the eneht that they have left for the faro
Up till now, not only did both parties have not exchanged blows, they haven’t even seen each other’s shadow But this intangible battle been fought by both parties coth and strategy A s’s smaller forces to be entirely wiped out
Relying on the darkness and fog, Jing Jun and his huntersthree rafts into the river Securing the the reeds Once acco’s side and inquired: “What do we do next?”
Regaining his cool and deter Shaolong replied: “It depends on the ene, thethis area to confir Once confirmed, they will contact those men who have moved further down the road That will be the time to retaliate”
Teng Yi nodded: “This is a brilliant move Once the enemy suffers an ambush, they will retreat back to the path and seal our escape route At the same time, they will use a flare to inform those men ahead of us This way, they will surround us from the front and the back That will be the best time ill use the rafts and leave this area quickly”
Ji Yanran praised: “Fantastic! Even if Sun Wu is here, he may not be able to think of such an excellent plan”
Xiang Shaolong can feel his confidence and fighting will i Jun and the Eighteen Guardians divide theeous spots around the campsite, they held their bows ready
They may be sht co ability is not to be taken lightly
Xiang Shaolong, Teng Yi and Ji Yanran hid themselves behind some rocks near the hilltop Their mind at ease, they await the enemies’ appearance
The new moon rises up slowly to take its place in the sky, surrounded by countless stars As the fog begins to disperse, the enemies came into view
They for the river
Opposite the river are another seventeen or eighteenrange of Jing Jun and his three fellow hunters
Xiang Shaolong and his two co place The at
They held their breaths and continue to wait patiently
As planned, one of their men deliberately provoked a warhorse hidden in the forest The horse reacts with a loud neighing sound, breaking the silence of the forest
The ene
A series of tragic shouts can be heard Needless to say, the ene Jun and the hunters With sharp wooden stakes at the bottom of the pit, a number of men were killed or heavily injured
Xiang Shaolong and hisfireballs all around the enemies It was followed by an endless volley of arrows
Under the glow of the fire, the attackers were caught unaware and descended into chaos Cries of help and sound of people falling filled the air It was a pathetic sight
TheYi Arrows left his bow continuously with rest The hted, his arroill fly and embed itself in the enemy’s body as if it can see
Since they were hiding in several spots along the river, arroere shot from different directions and the ene place at all
In a short span of ti whistled urgently to retreat and they withdrew in panic
A flare shot up the sky and exploded into silvery white sparks
Xiang Shaolong charged downhill and trailed the retreating ene those in his reach After he struck down seven or eight men, he returned to the forest Everyone collected their horses, retrieved Wu Jie, boarded their three rafts and floated downstream
Finally, they vented soer
In the wei and Wu Jie kneeled down in front of an incensed Wu Yingyuan
Xiang Shaolong, Teng Yi, Jing Jun, Wu Guo, Pu Bu, Liu Chao and Tao Fang stood on both sides, staring icily at the two Wu family traitors
Wu Tingwei continued to protest: “I a about the family How can we hope to defeat Premier Lu?”
Wu Yingyuan furiously cursed: “To think that I have been successful all ive birth to a nitwit and unfilial son If Lu Buwei , he will kill you next to seal you e to meet you after the ambush?”
Wu Tingas taken aback, proving that there is indeed such an arrangement
He htest person around but will still understand a simple philosophy called dead men tell no tales
Beside hi that the house rules are extremely strict
Wu Yingyuan sighed: “I do what I say Not only have you disobeyedthese two men out to be executed immediately”
Wu Tingwei collapsed and shook with fear, exclai”
Four family warriors came to their sides and restrained them
Xiang Shaolong interceded: “Father-in-law, please listen toBrother? This way, he can accumulate merits to compensate for his mistakes”
Wu Yingyuan slowly sighed: “I understand your concern But this concerns the survival of the whole family If because he is my own son and I am lenient, the authority of our Wu Faone Everyone will not submit and the other fainally, I have three sons but I’ll take it that I only have two sons Co them to the ancestral hall and invite all the family heads to witness I want everyone to know that family traitors will share the same punishment”
Wu Tingwei realised that his father is not trying to frighten hied for mercy
Xiang Shaolong wanted to say so else
Wu Yingyuan coldly decided: “I have e it I have no hesitation in sacrificing a son and gaining everyone’s cooperation”
Everyone was dued out
Wu Yingyuan is right His insistence in executing Wu Tingwei has everyone in shock nobody else within the fa Lu Buwei to the end
Even such an elaborate plot has failed to take Xiang Shaolong’s life, giving hope and confidence to everyone
The power and prestige of the Wu Faer despised by the Qin population like before
With the ar Ao, they are in a er position than before
Since this plan has failed, Lu Buill naturally hatch another plot
But Wu Tingwei’s death has created some problems as well
Hisbecayuan is surprising strong-willed and handled the daily affairs as per nor business and sent the their influence there
This has been approved by King Zhuangxiang and even Lu Buwei cannot interfere
Xiang Shaolong busied hi of his ar showed up with the latest news fro City
Listening to his report are Wu Yingyuan, Xiang Shaolong, Teng Yi, Jing Jun and Wu Yingyuan’s two brothers Wu Yingjie and Wu Yingen
Tao Fang started: “According to Qin custoxiang’s funeral will be held at the Royal Temple Every state has sent a representative to pay their respects Tian Dan is representing Qi; I wonder what he is up to”
Xiang Shaolong was aroused: “For Tian Dan to co I am not surprised that Qi sent so Qin six o But aren’t the five states still at ith Qin? Why did they send representatives as well?”
Tao Fang explained: “Prince Xinling’shis ti The four armies retreated one after another and made truce with Lu Buwei Every state is afraid of Qin attacking the City will be the centre of attention once again”
Xiang Shaolong thought that Lord Longyang will definitely represent Wei but ill the other states send? He hates to see people like Li Yuan and Guo Kai again
Wu Yingyuan questioned: “Anything from Lu Buwei?”
Tao Fang shrugged his shoulders: “I believe he is too busy to pay attention to us With the change of power, the most important task is to consolidate the country’s authority I heard that he enerals with the support of E’sare irrelevant”
Wu Yingen mused: “He will carry out his plot step by step”
Everyone nodded in agreement
Teng Yi faced Xiang Shaolong and enquired: “If we can disrupt the relationshi+p between Lu Buwei and E of one of his limbs What does Third Brother think?”
Everyone was eyeing hihed and replied: “I will proceed accordingly”