Chapter 12: Showing Off One's Talents

The messenger came to report to Li Hu, and his tone seemed not very good.

"Three days later, at night, you must trick the gate of Chenzhou open." The messenger added again, "The leader said that this time your family will be reunited and there will be no restrictions from now on."

Although Li Hu was a little dissatisfied, he agreed after hearing the messenger's words.

"It's a deal."

The messenger left.

Li Hu felt relieved.

His family was held hostage in the mountains, and he was smuggling for the Li family in the outside world, and could only visit them at a fixed time every month.

That was his brother's only child and the only incense of the family.

There is still a month to be freed.

"Then take out the money that belongs to me and buy him a manor, and I will retire from the business."

The remaining property was given to Xu Xuan. Li Hu himself could not take so much, and neither could his eldest brother's son, otherwise it would be a disaster for his life.

The next day.

The servant informed Xu Xuan.

Xu Xuan came to the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall was dark and gloomy, with sandalwood curling and the statues glaring.

An old man stood in front of the statue.

Li Hu lit three incense sticks and worshiped the god sincerely.

"May the Nuo Lord bless me, and everything will go well for my disciple."

After worshiping, Li Hu turned his head to look at Xu Xuan.

"What happened?" Xu Xuan asked.

Apart from smuggling private salt, Li Hu basically enjoyed his retirement and basking in the sun.

"There will be a big operation in three days. You will take the guards back to the Xu family, and the head of the family will tell you the situation."

"What about you?"

"Me? I have other tasks."

Li Hu didn't want Xu Xuan to participate in such a dangerous thing.

Although Chenzhou's military equipment was in disrepair, there were also basic garrisons.

"Okay."

"Okay, you go back and rest first, and I will notify your brother and sister."

Xu Xuan didn't say much, turned around and went back, his intuition told him that it might not be good.

Now the situation has changed.

Perhaps people in wealthy families still think that the years are as peaceful as before. If they go out and take a look, they will know how serious it is.

A large number of people fled from famine, and many refugees from other places revolted.

The King of Chuang in the northwest also made a name for himself.

Although the specific details of this world are different, Xu Xuan knows that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in the future, and then the Jin soldiers will enter the pass.

Looking at the future, there will be decades of war.

"Now I can only protect myself. If there is a chance, I will definitely prevent the tragedy from happening."

Xu Xuan thought.

Changing dynasties is okay, but destroying the world is not.

Of course, his current fireballs can't stop thousands of troops, and it's difficult to assassinate.

At present, it is still necessary to keep a low profile and cultivate forces in secret.

Three days later.

Xu Xuan, Xu Yong, and Xu Ling'er got on the carriage to go back.

This is not the Xu family in the city, but Xujiazhuang in the countryside, Xu Guangting's hometown.

It is not suitable to stay in the city, so the Xu family found an excuse to go back to worship their ancestors.

Otherwise, if the war breaks out, the Xu family will be sacrificed.

There are only two drivers following the three people, and the rest have been transferred by Li Hu.

Xu Xuan closed his eyes and calculated the territory he owned.

"Eight hemostatic talismans, ten detoxification talismans, five hunting talismans, two stomachache talismans, and the most important eighteen fire-calling talismans."

The power of the fire-calling talisman is still considerable. The explosion power can blow down a tree, which is equivalent to a grenade.

In other words, Xu Xuan has a total of eighteen grenades on him.

If it weren't for the tight time and low success rate, there would be more.

"Have you notified Wu Xiong and Ghost Quail?" Xu Xuan asked.

"I have notified them. Ghost Quail will lead 300 people from Wupo Village to the Xu family to wait for orders. Wu Xiong will not change. He will surrender the city as soon as we come."

This is Xu Xuan's plan.

First expose part of his own power, wait for stability, and then slowly infiltrate the mountain barbarians, so that he can take down Chenzhou with a population of 100,000 without bloodshed.

As for the candidate to control Chenzhou...

Xu Xuan opened his eyes and glanced at Xu Yong beside him.

Xu Yong was looked at inexplicably.

…

The sun was setting in the west.

In the Xu family ancestral hall, a group of people held torches and the lights were bright.

As the patriarch, Xu Guangting had hosted a banquet for the past few days and summoned many young and strong men of the Xu family as well as the guards and refugees accumulated over the years.

There were a total of 800 people, with weapons, crossbows, long swords, and 20 horses.

These were all recruited at a high price, and most of the Xu family's property was spent on this.

In the ancestral hall.

As the representative of the mountain barbarians, the Li family also participated. In addition to Xu Guangting, there were several young men including Xu Feng.

"I am the commander of a thousand households, Feng'er, you are in charge of two hundred households, and your cousins ​​Xu Yuan, Xu Chong, Xu Jie... each are in charge of a hundred households." Xu Guangting seemed to have become a different person, his eyes were sharp, "The world is about to be in chaos, this is the opportunity for the Xu family to rise, take over Chenzhou, you can establish your own territory, or you can be recruited and become an official. No mistakes can be made!"

"Yes, sir!"

The young men were excited, and they admired Xu Guangting in their hearts.

Over the years, the clan leader donated a school to the village and hired people to teach them martial arts. I didn't expect it was for today.

"The eldest son is here!!"

Someone shouted outside.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yong and Xu Xuan came in.

The two of them, led by the old man, burned incense to their ancestors, and then came to greet Xu Guangting.

"Father, mother..."

Li suddenly asked: "Where are the eldest and the third? How does the head of the family plan to arrange them?"

"The positions have been assigned. Let them follow Feng'er as personal soldiers. None of the men in the Xu family can hide in the back." Xu Guangting said with a flickering look.

"Why not separate a team of more than a dozen people as scouts and let them explore the way for the army in front?" Li suddenly said.

This is a complete vicious plan. If they were in the army and were by Xu Feng's side, even if the brothers were not in harmony, Xu Feng would not dare to deliberately let his elder and younger brothers die at this time.

Otherwise, his reputation would be too bad.

But scouts are different. They can easily die.

Xu Guangting frowned. This woman became more and more domineering because of her mother's family.

But it was not easy to say anything at this time. Xu Guangting was about to agree.

At this time, Xu Xuan spoke first and said, "Don't worry, father. I have my own soldiers."

Boom boom boom...

There was a noisy sound outside, and the most eye-catching was the sound of horse hooves.

"Oh no, a large army is coming!"

"Wupo Village! It's the Ghost Quail of Wupo Village!"

There was a panicked voice outside.

Everyone in the ancestral hall was startled.

His younger brother Xu Yong smiled and said, "Don't panic, elders..."

At this time, someone else came in.

"Ghost Quail wants to see you!"

Hearing this news, everyone was relieved. Since it was a request for a meeting, there would definitely be no fight.

"Yes!" Xu Guangting said.

Xu Feng's eyes lit up and he said, "Why not bring Ghost Quail into the group..."

At this time, a person came out of the gate.

This man was nine feet tall, as tall as the rumors said. The scar on his face and the hooked nose made him look even more ferocious.

As soon as he came in, a bloody aura rushed over him.

Most people present were frightened.

Li had not noticed her husband Xu Guangting, who thought he was a coward, and was not frightened at this moment.

"It turns out to be the leader of Ghost Partridge Village. I have heard of you for a long time!"

Ghost Partridge bowed in return, then half-knelt towards Xu Xuan and Xu Yong, and said respectfully: "All three hundred warriors of Wupo Village are waiting for the orders of the eldest and third sons!"

Wow!

Everyone was noisy.

Xu Guangting, Li, Xu Feng and others had never thought that their eldest son, who was not valued, would hook up with this group of bandits.

At this time, Xu Feng's expression was a little ugly.

Xu Guangting adjusted his state and said with a smile:

"The village chief is actually my son's friend. In this case, I will get straight to the point. The Shanman Li family is preparing to take over Chenzhou. In response, we will deal with the Meishan Wei family. What do you think?"

Ghost Quail did not answer, but stood up and walked to Xu Xuan's side to express his attitude.

After more than 20 years in this world, he showed his edge for the first time today.