Another day and night passed in a mountain pass on Qifeng Mountain, in Yuan Guang County.
"Greetings, General Leader!"
Hundreds of Hongxing Gang members dropped to one knee in unison, offering a grand salute and their highest respect to the towering figure in the distance.
The lowest-ranking members, who formed the vast majority, revered him as they would a god!
This was no exaggeration. After all, these men had just experienced the despair of helplessly awaiting their own executions.
They had been labeled as rebels by the Governor of Jiangnan, who had personally led troops to arrest them and throw them onto death row. All they could do then was wait a few days for a hearty final meal before being sent to the execution block.
It wasn't that they hadn't considered the possibility of their General Leader arriving in time to rescue them from the execution grounds.
But even a moment's thought made anyone realize how utterly absurd that idea was.
