Chapter 104: Two Paths

Bang! Su Fan rode the White Jade Lion, directly hitting a soldier to death on the battlefield, picked up the long halberd in his hand, and waved the long halberd, instantly shaking away more than a dozen people.

On the battlefield, Su Fan was like entering no-man's land, one person and one horse, like a demon god, with terrifying power. In just a few breaths, there was already no one within ten zhang of him.

"Who is he?"

The people of the Feima Ranch, seeing Su Fan's invincible heroic posture, were full of joy, although it was not naturally a good thing.

They did not know who Su Fan was, but as long as it was someone helping them, that was a good thing.

So one by one, they lifted their spirits, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Su Fan was one against a thousand, bringing the fierce general to the extreme. Although he was not wearing armor, it was almost impossible for these soldiers to threaten his body.

Even a first-class martial artist could not withstand his blow, not to mention these scattered soldiers.

In Su Fan's eyes, the soldiers who were beating the Feima Ranch into a continuous retreat were just a group of peasant soldiers, at most with more weapons in their hands.

With Su Fan taking the lead, soon this group of soldiers who had attacked the city gate was beaten until they fled in all directions.

"We won!"

The remaining ranch disciples, seeing this, cheered immediately, and the city gate was finally closed.

Lin Shihong's large army outside the city knew that there were experts in the ranch, and finally, under the leadership of several generals, they left.

When Su Fan met Lu Miaoji again, it was already almost evening.

Although the Feima Ranch had beaten back the enemy army, the loss itself was not small. Just the disciples alone had more than one hundred dead and injured.

In the ranch's main hall, everyone's faces were heavy.

Shang Xiuxun was also full of grief, but looking at Lu Miaoji, there was still an angry look.

And the head steward Shang Zhen had been talking about today's losses.

"Ranch Master, the pension for the disciples, look?"

"Distribute it to them at double the usual rate." Shang Xiuxun naturally knew that this was the most difficult moment for the Feima Ranch. Of course, she did not hope that any mistakes would occur at this time.

"Yes! Ranch Master."

"Deacon Liu, regarding today's matter, I need you to give me an explanation. Why was our city gate suddenly opened?"

After Shang Xiuxun finished dealing with these, she immediately looked at the one-eyed big man with a cold face.

"Ranch Master, today's matter is my problem. Our disciples were eating inside and out. Old Liu is sorry to the Ranch Master. If the Ranch Master wants to beat or kill, Old Liu will absolutely not make a sound."

The one-eyed big man Liu Zongdao was full of depth.

"Hmph! If I kill you, can it save the brothers who died?" Shang Xiuxun snorted coldly. She knew that if there really was a mole, it would absolutely not be Liu Zongdao.

"What is the use of killing you?"

"Ranch Master, it is better to let Deacon Liu make up for his crime with meritorious service and ferret out the mole inside. Otherwise, with this mole inside, our ranch will never be at peace."

Shang Zhen also knew that Liu Zongdao was not a mole, and today, if it hadn't been for him protecting Shang Xiuxun to the death, Shang Xiuxun would probably have been captured long ago.

"Hmm! Listen to Steward Shang. By the way, Steward, do you know who exactly attacked our ranch today?"

"Looking at the banner, it seems to be Lin Shihong of Chu land." Shang Zhen mentioned this, and his face was also very heavy.

Chu Army's Lin Shihong, in the south, had an extremely loud name, even above the Jianghuai Army.

After all, the Jianghuai Army was now being beaten into a continuous retreat by the imperial court's army.

"Lin Shihong, why is he attacking our ranch? When did we offend them?" Shang Xiuxun heard this, frowned, and was full of questions.

"Pfft!"

Su Fan looked at this naive girl and could not help but sneer.

At this moment, the eyes of the entire hall gathered on Su Fan. If they hadn't known that Su Fan had helped them beat back Lin Shihong's large army today, these people's eyes would have been angry.

Even so, Shang Xiuxun was also carrying a bit of displeasure.

"This Young Master Yuwen, do you have any high opinions?"

After the great battle, Su Fan was introduced by Lu Miaoji, and everyone knew his identity.

They also knew that Su Fan was Lu Miaoji's guest.

Regarding Lu Miaoji, not many in the ranch knew, mostly the high-level members of the ranch.

Su Fan glanced at Lu Miaoji and saw the requesting look on the other side's face. Su Fan immediately understood what the other side meant.

Obviously, he wanted to ask him to speak. If he, Lu Miaoji, said it, Shang Xiuxun might not necessarily listen.

Su Fan saw this, nodded, and then said: "High opinion is not counted, just a little bit of speculation."

"Lin Shihong came to attack the Feima Ranch for the sake of the warhorses in the ranch. Now the Great Sui is in a precarious situation, Yang Guang issued an edict to abdicate, and the world has fallen into a state of heroes contending for hegemony."

"The south originally did not have much demand for warhorses, but some time ago, the imperial court's army sent troops to the Jianghuai rebel army. Relying on thousands of cavalry, they beat the Jianghuai Army into a continuous retreat."

"The rebel armies in the south also saw the horror of the cavalry, so..."

Su Fan did not continue, and everyone immediately understood.

After understanding, their faces became even worse.

They would not think that those people would come to trade normally with the Feima Ranch. How could normal trading be as fast and as practical as robbing?

One by one, they fell silent. Some felt uneasy in their hearts. This was just Lin Shihong's Chu Army. Now there were uprisings everywhere in the world. Who knew who else would have designs on them?

Even this Young Master Yuwen in front of them, a person of the Yuwen Clan—was he also having designs on their Feima Ranch?

"Then I wonder, Young Master Yuwen, you came here this time..."

"Heh! Rest assured, I came here to find Mr. Lu and did not have designs on the Feima Ranch. Besides, previously, the trade between us was quite good."

Su Fan interrupted Shang Xiuxun's words. The latter was not dissatisfied, but hearing Su Fan's words, she was a bit curious: "When did we trade?"

"Haha! Two years ago, Wu Jun sent people here to buy a batch of warhorses. Ranch Master, don't tell me you forgot? I am the Governor of Wu Jun."

"What?"

Everyone was shocked upon hearing this.

"Ranch Master, for the sake of your father, I still want to remind you that your ranch is indeed very dangerous now."

"Today, with me and your father, we protected the Feima Ranch. This was just Lin Shihong's probing. His elites did not come over."

"Your father's strength is indeed very strong, and Lin Shihong is not his opponent, but behind Lin Shihong is the Yinkui Sect. If he really makes up his mind and really wants to take down the Feima Ranch, you cannot stop it."

Su Fan did not scare the former. Now it was already different from the original book. The warlords in the south, seeing the power of the cavalry, would naturally try every possible means to obtain warhorses.

Would the Yinkui Sect participate in the contention for hegemony over the world? Of course they would. Otherwise, why would they support Lin Shihong?

And Lu Miaoji's identity, once leaked, I am afraid Zhu Yuyan would be the first to come to the door.

"So, now your Feima Ranch has two paths to take: either disband, or find a backer." ===== CHAPTER 105 =====