At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 56 Bold Ideas

Watching Sun Anzu's back disappear into the distance, Gao Bufan's face instantly became extremely solemn, he turned around and walked quickly to the suspension bridge. Although his kung fu has improved a lot recently, he is not arrogant enough to think that he can beat him. Having won a team of thousands of people, not to mention that the other side also captured a large number of Sui soldiers' weapons, just a round of sharp arrows, and he would be shot as a hedgehog, and Zhang Jin said that he was still a tough guy master.

Therefore, we must immediately take measures to save ourselves, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Fortunately, Sun Anzu came to warn us in advance, otherwise the Gao family with more than 50 members would be in dire straits, and even the whole family would be slaughtered.

This is undoubtedly the biggest crisis that Gao Bufan has encountered since he traveled to the Sui Dynasty. If he is not careful, his whole family will end up dead.

"Master, where is your friend?" The old servant couldn't help asking curiously when he saw Gao Bufan returning alone with a serious face.

"Let's go, raise the suspension bridge immediately. From now on, everyone is not allowed to leave the racecourse without authorization, waiting for the arrangement of the owner!" Gao Bufan gave an order, jumped on the big green horse, and galloped towards the house.

The old servant and the two young servants couldn't help but feel terrified, and hurriedly raised the suspension bridge, and even set up two rows of repelling horses at the head of the bridge, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Gao Shou and Gao Ren happened to be driving the carriage out when they saw Qing Yun passing by them like the wind, they couldn't help but look at each other, what's the matter?Didn't you want to go out to buy beans, did you go back yesterday?

Gao Bufan reined in his horse in front of the house, threw the rein and quickly ran into the house, and said in a deep voice to Gao Kaishan and Housekeeper Xia who were talking in the living room: "Something has happened!"

Gao Kaishan and Steward Xia looked at each other, frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"The bandit Zhang Jin said he would bring people to attack our racecourse!"

Gao Kaishan and Xia Steward's complexion changed drastically, and they hurriedly asked: "Where did the news come from? Is it reliable?"

Gao Bufan repeated how Sun Anzu warned him, Gao Kaishan and Xia Steward couldn't sit still, but after all, the two of them had gone through the storm, and after a little discussion, they made the decision to evacuate the racecourse, because the racecourse It is impossible for the defensive measures and manpower to withstand the bandits with thousands of people, and staying behind is undoubtedly tantamount to death.

Gao Bufan frowned and said: "I have no objection to evacuation, but people can go to the city to escape, but how to arrange the horses in our racecourse?"

Gao Kaishan and Xia Steward were obviously also in trouble. The Gao family had more than 50 people, so it would be no problem to go to the city to escape, but how to arrange the nearly [-] horses in the racecourse became a problem. It was impossible for them all to go to the city. There is not that much space in the city, so let’s stay at the racecourse. In the end, it will definitely be cheaper for Zhang Jincheng’s group, not to mention that [-] of them are still war horses that are going to be handed over to the imperial court. If all of them are lost, the imperial court will definitely hold them accountable Yes, Gao Kaishan, who is the owner of the field, may even be kicked out, and Gao Bufan, the son, and the Chen family will not end well either.

Gao Kaishan pondered for a moment, and said decisively: "Old Xia, you immediately tell the old and weak women and children in your family to pack up and go to the city to escape, while the young and strong will follow the owner of the family to drive the horses to Luoyang for delivery, and put all the remaining horses in the wild. I can get some back."

As the saying goes, it is a good way for Gao Kaishan to do this in an emergency. Housekeeper Xia obviously agreed, and was about to set off to implement it, but Gao Bufan said: "Wait a minute!"

Gao Kaishan and Xia Steward looked at Gao Bufan at the same time, and the former asked in a deep voice, "Is there a better way for Fan'er?"

Gao Bufan shook his head and said: "Father, this method is just a stopgap measure. We can go to the city to hide for a while, but can we hide forever? As long as Zhang Jin said that this gangster is still alive, our racecourse will never open again, and there will be a You have to live in fear."

Gao Kaishan frowned and said: "Otherwise, what else can we do? Now we can only solve the immediate crisis first, and let's talk about the future."

Steward Xia nodded and said: "The head of the family is right. Zhang Jin said that the current situation is so powerful that he can only avoid it for the time being. I believe that the imperial court will soon send troops to encircle and suppress it. Didn't General Changsun say that before he left? It won't be long."

Gao Bufan raised his eyebrows and said: "The emperor is determined to conquer Goryeo now. God knows when the court will be free to suppress the bandits. Asking for help is better than asking for yourself. Instead, I think this is a good opportunity to kill Zhang Jincheng. The only way is to kill this bastard." , our racecourse can continue to operate stably."

Housekeeper Xia said dissatisfiedly: "That's the reason, but with our little manpower, it's not enough to put someone's teeth between them. We won't be able to kill him, but we will be killed by him instead."

Gao Bufan said calmly: "We can't do it on our own, so let's do it according to father's plan first, and then I'll think of a way.

Gao Kaishan and Steward Xia looked at each other and asked, "Then what are you going to do, Faner?"

"I'm asking Gao Shihong for help, come back before dark, dad told everyone to pack up and go into the city!" After Gao Bufan finished speaking, he ran out like a whirlwind, and the sound of horses' hoofs was heard outside.

"This..." Housekeeper Xia looked helpless.

Gao Kaishan said in a deep voice: "Fan'er has been very assertive since he was a child, and he has never let adults worry about it. Let him go, maybe he can succeed."

Steward Xia nodded, and immediately summoned the servants in the family to assign tasks. Soon, the Gao family began to pack up the things, and loaded the horses' fodder and beans into the carts. Everything was going on in an orderly manner. It can be seen that Xia Bangxian did have two brushes in management affairs, and arranged the Gao family in an orderly manner.

Let's say that Gao Bufan left the racecourse and rode his horse towards the city of Ji County, and arrived outside the west city gate in about half an hour. However, the three gates of the city of Ji County are closed at this moment, and only the east gate is open. The bandits came to attack, so they were very conservative.

Gao Bufan had no choice but to go to the east gate again, and after reporting his name, the yamen who guarded the gate readily let him in. After the banquet that night, Gao Bufan was considered a celebrity in the county town!
After Gao Bufan entered the city, he went straight to find Gao Shihong, and confessed everything frankly. After hearing this, the latter said solemnly: "Xiaofan, what your father did was right, even Captain Song, who led a thousand regular troops under his command, They were all defeated by him, and now Zhang Jincheng is even more powerful, no one dares to take the lead, unless the imperial court sends a large army, otherwise it is better to avoid the front, and absolutely not to hit the stone with an egg."

It was not surprising for Gao Bufan to hear the words. Although Gao Shihong was the patriarch of the Gao clan in Yu County, he was just a cautious businessman after all. It’s my nephew’s whimsy.”

Gao Shihong rejected Gao Bufan's request for secondment of manpower, he seemed to feel a little bit sorry, and said with a smile: "Although Xiaofan is a bit ill-considered, he is courageous, how about this, it happens that Shibo still has a vacant house in the city, Xiaofan Fan will be used to temporarily accommodate family members, and then return to the racecourse when the outside of the city is safe."

Gao Bufan was not polite when he heard the words, he cupped his hands and said: "Thanks to Uncle Shi, it's not too late, my nephew will go back and tell my father!"

Gao Shihong nodded and said, "Go ahead, be careful!"

Gao Bufan turned and left the living room, Gao Shihong smiled wryly and shook his head and said: "You are still young after all, but you want to take this opportunity to kill the gangster Zhang Jincheng, it's just... a dream!"

The butler next to him smiled and said, "Young people, it's not normal for a newborn calf not to be afraid of tigers, but then again, if Gao Changqing really killed Zhang Jincheng, it would be terrible, not only is this son famous , the reputation of our Bohai Gao family will also be greatly increased, and even the imperial court may give a heavy reward."

Gao Shihong's heart felt hot when he heard the words, but he shook his head immediately and said: "It's not bad if you can save your life, but Zhang Jin said that he is so easy to kill. This gangster has thousands of thieves under his command, and he is also a master of martial arts." Seniors, it's impossible!"

Gao Bufan walked out of Gao Shihong's mansion, feeling a little disappointed. He planned to second Gao Shihong's manpower. With the energy of the Gao clan in Yixian County, it was easy to assemble thousands of guards. The county government came forward to organize the manpower, and three thousand strong people were within easy reach.

With these 3000 people lying in ambush around the racecourse, with mental calculations and inadvertent arrangements, there is a great possibility of defeating Zhang Jincheng, but it is a pity that Gao Shihong lacks courage, and it will be difficult to achieve a big event in the end!
Gao Bufan originally planned to persuade Gao Shihong, and then asked Gao Shihong to come forward to discuss with the county magistrate on behalf of the Gao clan, but now Gao Shihong dare not accept it, so naturally there is no need to go to the county magistrate again, after all, he is only 15 years old Such a young man, his words have no weight, if Gao Shihong doesn't show up, who will believe him?

However, after Gao Bufan thought about it, he was still unwilling to miss such a great opportunity. After leaving the county seat, he continued to drive eastward, heading towards Yangxin County, the seat of Bohai County.

(End of this chapter)