Chapter 180 The Savior Has Finally Arrived

At this time, the fiefdom of King Ping, Liu Jia, was located outside the capital.

Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded the entire capital, making it impenetrable, with the outer perimeter as solid as an ironclad fortress.

"How's it going? Has Lao Ba arrived yet?"

Several days have passed since Liu Jia sent his message to Liaodong, but Liu Fu has not yet arrived.

He certainly didn't believe that his own brother would abandon him and leave him to fend for himself in such a perilous situation.

But the situation had reached a critical juncture, a moment of life or death, and Liu Jia was filled with unease. He had no choice but to calm down and think about the problem.

"Your Highness, we have not yet seen the Eighth Prince arrive. It seems he is still on his way."

An official standing nearby comforted Liu Jia and answered, but a sense of helplessness could be heard in his words.

“I don’t believe that Lao Ba would abandon me. He must have arrived here already, but he just hasn’t appeared in front of me yet. I know this guy quite well. He’s definitely hiding in the shadows, watching all of this from the dark.”

That is indeed the case.

Liu Jia knew a bit about his younger brother Liu Fu, especially since Liu Fu was so cunning and full of tricks, which he had witnessed many times.

Just as Liu Jia had said, Liu Fu was still using prairie ground otters to clear the way.

Before this, he had used the treasure-hunting rats to discover that the enemy's supplies and baggage were hidden in several very concealed and safe places.

But for Liu Fu, such a place was like an undefended place, and taking away the grain was as easy as turning his hand.

We'll use the same old methods we used to deal with the Liao Emperor: if we want to keep all these Linren Kingdom troops and our Japanese pirates who have invaded the Central Plains here, we'll wipe them out and teach them a lesson they won't forget.

We must start by cutting off their supply lines.

Liu Fu quickly located the three granary locations.

Then, with the giant ground otter clearing the way, they seized all three grain storage sites.

In total, there were approximately 300,000 shi (a unit of dry measure) of grain and fodder.

Not only did Liu Fu benefit from all the grain supplies, but he also pocketed all the gold and silver treasures plundered by these guys, totaling seven or eight million taels of silver.

After doing all this, Liu Fu arranged for two Vajra Guardians to guard the key passes and passages on each of the four sides of the entire fiefdom.

After that, he rode Qiongqi straight to the palace of his seventh brother, Liu Jia.

Along the way, Liu Fu rode Qiongqi, making a grand display in the air. When its enormous body and shadow streaked across the sky, the many Japanese pirates and soldiers of the Linren Kingdom below were stunned and terrified.

"My God, look! What is that thing?"

"Could it be that the Eighth Prince of the Later Han Dynasty has arrived?"

"There were rumors that the Eighth Prince was a celestial being reincarnated, capable of controlling divine beasts to his own advantage. We always thought it was just a rumor, but seeing this thing today, could the rumors be true?"

"Those are all from the Liao and Later Jin dynasties. Haven't the Liao and Later Jin emperors already broken ties with our Emperor? Their lies are just to scare people. Do you really believe them?"

"Then how do you explain that huge thing above our heads? That phantom must be at least tens of meters tall, right?"

The Japanese pirates began a heated discussion at this moment.

Liu Fu discovered that the reason why the Linren Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom were so stubborn was actually related to their lack of access to information.

Now that the Later Han Dynasty is so powerful, these guys seem unaware of it and still dare to continue attacking and invading, which is actually due to their ignorance.

Japan is located in the middle of the sea, so it is relatively isolated from news and often learns things late.

As for the Scaled People Kingdom, they had already launched a nationwide campaign to deal with the giant beast. The soldiers and generals of the Scaled People Kingdom were excited and enthusiastic, fantasizing about how to deal with and kill the giant beast.

Instead of fearing the giant beast, they were more excited.

The soldiers of the Scaled People Kingdom have never suffered any losses at the hands of a giant beast. They believe that killing a giant beast can bring them fame and fortune, and they regard it as a major opportunity to change their destiny.

Even as Liu Fu passed through the Linren Kingdom's military camp, a large number of Linren soldiers were drawing their bows and shooting arrows in front of the Linren Kingdom's central command tent, hoping to shoot Liu Fu down from the sky.

They've lost their minds.

However, the fact that these guys are so belligerent and irritable now is actually good news for Liu Fu.

Don't be fooled by how smug and enthusiastic these guys are now. When they finally suffer and run out of food, the day of retribution will come, and they'll be crying their eyes out.

They will eventually pay a bloody price.

Finally, as Liu Fu rode Qiongqi straight towards the palace...

Upon seeing the enormous phantom of Qiongqi, King Ping Liu Jia immediately perked up and led all his officers out to greet Liu Fu's arrival.

"Oh, Seventh Brother, you've finally arrived!"

Liu Jia was extremely excited. As soon as he saw his savior arrive, he rushed up and hugged Liu Fu. The two brothers then headed straight for the palace.

Liu Jia had thought things through very carefully; Liu Fu, as the king of his fiefdom, was of equal rank to him.

If we consider the imperial decree bestowed upon Liu Fu by his father, Liu Laowu, then Liu Fu is the most prestigious of all the princes, even surpassing Liu Fu in rank.

Therefore, even when he came to his own fiefdom, he set up two dragon thrones and had Liu Fu sit next to him.

"Seventh Brother, we don't need such formalities between brothers."

Liu Fu clearly saw through Seventh Brother's intentions. Seeing Liu Jia being so cautious towards him now, unlike the carefree and playful manner they used to share as brothers, he suddenly felt somewhat uncomfortable.

It's been so long since we last met, how did we become so estranged?

Liu Fu understood that his seventh brother needed his help, since his fate was now entirely in his own hands. With so many enemy troops surrounding him, Liu Jia's entire fiefdom was about to fall.

Even though they were brothers and had a very good relationship since childhood, Liu Jia still had to treat Liu Fu with utmost courtesy and respect, all in the hope that Liu Fu could help him through his difficulties.

"Seventh Brother, I don't think this dragon throne is very comfortable to sit on. I'd better go down and find a place to sit."

After saying this, Liu Fu got up from the dragon chair next to Liu Jia and sat down below.

Not wanting to overshadow his own brother, Liu Fu sat in the guest seat and, without any restraint or formality, quickly became familiar with his seventh brother, Liu Jia. The previous formality and awkwardness between them finally disappeared.

“That’s more like it, Seventh Brother. You should treat me like a brother, not like your savior. You invited me here not because you need anything from me, but just so we can catch up on our old friendship and I can help you with something.”

Liu Fu's words warmed the heart of Prince Ping, Liu Jia.

Right now, everyone is very curious about Liu Fu.

He came here alone. What was he planning to do to deal with the encirclement of 200,000 troops from the Linren Kingdom and the Japanese pirates?