"Master Zheng, why are you so anxious to summon us all here? Has that Prefect been bothering you?"
A bald bandit asked Zheng Wushuang.
"That's right, Boss Zheng. Speak if you have something to say."
A scar-faced man chimed in.
"Someone has threatened to cause trouble for my Zheng family in three days."
"Even the gates of my Zheng family are blocked, so I've invited you all to discuss a countermeasure."
Zheng Wushuang said, sitting on a chair and looking at these bandit leaders.
"Who dares to be so bold! To bully Master Zheng!"
"Exactly!"
"We'll go back and gather our men immediately! In this Hejian Commandery, who else can we fear!"
"Indeed, we'll go back and call for reinforcements!"
Zheng Wushuang did not explicitly state that the soldiers were blocking the Zheng family.
Otherwise, these bandits might not have dared to act.
Seeing everyone expressing their willingness to help,
He extended his hand and gestured downwards.
"Since you are all willing to lend a hand, then I, Zheng, will not treat you unfairly."
Zheng Wushuang stood up and bowed to the bandit leaders.
"Master Zheng is too kind. We will go back and gather our men immediately! We guarantee to bring all the skilled fighters from our stronghold!"
The bald man patted his chest and promised Zheng Wushuang.
The others made similar assurances.
Then, they left the Zheng family village in succession.
Lu Bo did not make a move.
He just watched these people.
After Sima Yi reported the situation here to Fang Er, he also brought back Fang Er's instructions.
"Ignore it, don't inquire."
Because it was obvious that the Zheng family was gathering their allies.
Therefore, they would let them do as they pleased.
The original plan was to act in three days, which was to give the Zheng family a sliver of a chance.
Let him find all the help he could.
Fang Er wanted to catch them all in one net!
Three thousand Heavenly Fire Army soldiers were guarding outside the city.
No matter how many men they had, they wouldn't be able to escape.
The next day, at dawn.
Many people began to flock in from outside the city.
"Prefect, many bandits have infiltrated the city today. Even Scarface from Black Wind Stronghold and that bald fellow from Tiger King Stronghold have arrived!"
"It seems that General Fang's ambition is not small!"
Feng Xing'an stroked his beard and sighed after hearing the report from his subordinate.
Fang Er was very happy.
He sat on the second floor of an inn, leaning against the window, watching the "not-so-good" looking fellows walk by on the street.
He was happily eating a bowl of old soup with donkey meat.
It was a pity that there was only donkey meat, and no flatbread.
It was a slight imperfection.
Fang Er patiently waited for three days.
Meanwhile, Zheng Wushuang continued to conceal the truth of the matter from these bandits.
The two houses adjacent to the Zheng residence were also Zheng family properties.
Thus, after these bandits entered the city, they were directly accommodated.
At the same time, Zheng Wushuang sternly warned them not to move around freely, lest Fang Er outside the gate detect them prematurely.
However, his true intention was to prevent these bandits from knowing the identities of Fang Er and his men!
On the morning of the third day.
Fang Er walked out of the inn.
Behind him were Guan Long and Zhang De.
Each of them carried a chest behind him.
They arrived in front of the Zheng residence.
Fang Er took the chests from them and placed them on the ground, opening them one by one.
A cylindrical tube.
A tripod.
Fang Er assembled them and propped them diagonally on the main road.
Mortars!
This was what Fang Er and Zhao Gang had spent eight days creating.
Of course, there was more than one.
However, for destroying the Zheng family, one was enough!
In another chest were the unfuzed shells!
Oval-shaped shells.
With six tail fins.
Fang Er took out a shell and attached a detonator.
He had to admit that with primers, everything was much more convenient.
Fang Er roughly calculated in his mind.
This thing had not been test-fired since it was made.
Therefore, Fang Er was not too sure about its actual power.
So, he directly adjusted the barrel to an angle of seventy degrees relative to the ground.
This way, even if it failed, the shell would not hit a civilian's house.
Because the Zheng residence was very deep!
The four courtyards had a depth of over a hundred meters!
Guan Long and the others watched Fang Er curiously.
They saw Fang Er slide the shell into the barrel.
Then he quickly turned around and covered his ears.
Before Guan Long could react, he heard a "thump."
Then he saw the shell fly out of the barrel.
It flew diagonally upwards into the sky, becoming a black dot.
Then came a piercing whistling sound.
The black dot slowly enlarged and reappeared in everyone's sight.
Zheng Wushuang in the Zheng mansion heard the sound in the sky and couldn't help but look up.
He saw a black dot in the sky, which grew larger and larger, and then directly fell into the side wing.
Following that was a huge explosion.
A pillar of fire rose from the side wing.
The bandit leaders in the courtyard were stunned!
What was going on?
Outside the Zheng residence, some civilians were also watching.
It was said that in three days, heavenly punishment would descend upon the Zheng family. Whether it was true or not, people could still come to join the fun, right?
Witnessing the black dot flying from in front of the Zheng residence and landing in the courtyard,
The explosion and the rising flames and smoke made them believe!
This!
This was heavenly punishment!