Ximen Hitomi took two steps out of the door, but suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "There are two things I want to ask Master to help me." ”

"Say it!" Hua Bushi's heart was slightly relieved, and Ximen Hitomi opened his mouth for help at this time, at least it could mean that he was not completely discouraged and desperate.

Ximen Hitomi said: "The first thing, I want the ** cheats of the 'Bone Shrinking Skill', the sooner the better, and the second thing, my musket has been destroyed, please help me cast another one." ”

On the same day, Ximen Tong was defeated by the "Six Provinces Boxing King" Fang Changsheng, in addition to the opponent's superb skills, the more important reason was that Fang Changsheng's "bone shrinking skill" was the nemesis of all grappling techniques. And the means of controlling the musket that Fang Changsheng showed when he left was even more amazing, and the secret of Ximen Tong's "bone shrinking skill" was to practice the gun control technique like Fang Changsheng.

Hua Bushi originally thought that Ximen Hitomi would not be able to practice the martial arts of "bone shrinking skills".

When this young man was just put into the door, Hua Bushi had found several martial arts for him to practice, but Ximen Hitomi refused to practice, just because he thought those martial arts were not chic and beautiful enough, Zuihou chose the elegant and flexible boxing method of "Yanqing Boxing". And the "bone shrinking skill" is used to make the body bones shrink and deform, which is actually uglier than most martial arts, and Ximen Hitomi is not disgusted, which is really a bit unexpected by Hua Bushi.

Hua Bushi said: "Okay, I will definitely do these two things for you." ”

Ximen Hitomi thanked him and went out.

Neither of these things is easy. "Bone Shrinking Gong" can also be regarded as a superior martial arts, although everyone knows it in the rivers and lakes, but there are very few people who really practice this kind of kung fu, and its best cheats are difficult to find. The musket that Hitomi used before was a special thing, and if Gongora, a Spanish nobleman on Okura Island, went to the Western country to order another one, it would take at least four or five months, or even longer.

However, Hua Bushi has his own way. He groaned slightly, and said to Chu Yiyi: "Mrs. Yiyi, use the carrier pigeon of Guifang to quickly send a message to Fang Changsheng, inform him of the situation of the heroic banquet in Huaiqing City and the control of the 'Fugui Alliance' by the Demon Dao, and propose to buy the 'Bone Shrinking Gong' secret book from him, and let him open the two conditions of silver." In addition, I sent a message to the Wuyang General Altar and asked Ou Shi how the things I asked him to build are now completed, and if they have been built, they will be transported to Yujing as soon as possible. ”

Chu Yiyi agreed, and said: "Previously, we thought that the 'Fugui Alliance' was just an organization established by Zuo Junhua of the 'Wangwu faction' with the help of the underworld and the imperial court, but now it seems that there is a demon path behind the control, and it is not easy to deal with them!"

Hua Bushi said: "Mrs. Yiyi, do you think that our strength is not enough to compete with the Demon Dao?"

Chu Yiyi took a deep breath and said: "Exterminating the Demon Dao and killing the lifeless old demon to avenge the eldest brother Xie is something that the concubine is looking forward to all the time, but the Demon Dao is too powerful, and it is really not something we can fight against now, it is the giant man wearing a fine iron mask in Yujian, the 'Evil Dog Gate' is afraid that no one can defeat it." ”

Hua Bushi said: "If it is really as Ah Tong said, the martial arts of the iron-masked man are not under Fang Changsheng, and the one who killed Qi Yuanhao in the official road of Hubei before is afraid that it is him." It's just that such a supreme master, no one knows about it in the rivers and lakes, which really makes Hua Bushi puzzled, is he really a lifeless old demon who has only recently been trained?"

The way of martial arts can only be mastered after years of practice, and no master can quickly practice it in a short period of time. And a strong person who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts has to go through a lot of battles with other strong people to be able to grow, Hua Bushi knows this well, and he will feel that the birth of that iron-faced giant man is a bit incredible.

Chu Yiyi said: "According to the martial arts methods of the person's body shape and appearance that Ximen Tong said, the concubine can't think of any famous master in the rivers and lakes who matches him." ”

With Chu Yiyi's breadth of knowledge, Hua Bushi certainly has no clue, maybe only by seeing the iron-masked giant make a move in person, with the knowledge of this eldest young master in martial arts, can he see a little clue.

He was silent, and after a while, he sighed lightly and said, "It seems that the matter of our opening of rudder branches in the state capitals of the Yu Realm can only be delayed. ”

Chu Yiyi said: "The concubine body is also the same meaning. For the sake of today, we can only wait and see for a while before making plans. ”

If the "Rich Alliance" is just a small shili composed of several small sects, the "Evil Dog Gate" does not need to worry too much about the development of the Yu Realm, but now that it is known that the person who is manipulating the "Rich Alliance" behind his back is the rival Demon Dao Pure Land Sect, it is not wise to rush to expand and establish a rudder.

The Demon Dao wants to plot against the Yu Realm, and between the head of the White Dao in the Yu Realm, the "Luohan Gate" and the "Shaolin Sect", there is bound to be a dragon and tiger fight, and the "Evil Dog Gate" is now lacking in strength after all, so it is better to temporarily endure and avoid the war, and it is the best policy to watch the fire from the other side.

Although the development of the "Evil Dog Gate" in Yujing can be slowed down, it is imperative that the 36th Battalion of Righteous Army join forces to attack Huaiqing City.

More than 40,000 rebels from the Jin realm have now gathered in Biluo Village. After Hua Bushi handed over the Huaiqing City officials and soldiers brought back by Ximen Tong to Li Zicheng, the leaders of the rebel army held a meeting overnight to discuss and decided to set off together the next day and march to Huaiqing City.

The reason why it is so hurried, in addition to the reason that there is not much grain and grass left in Biluo Village, which cannot support the consumption of tens of thousands of troops for a long time, there is also a news that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides who are now in the Jin realm, has led 70,000 officers and troops to move to the border of Jin and Henan.

In fact, even if Hong Chengchou does not come, there are now two official troops in the Yu realm that are not easy to deal with, one is the 40,000 horses under the command of Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Ming Xuan, and the liliang specially sent by the imperial court to exterminate the righteous army, and the other is the soldiers and horses of Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan, in the local state capitals.

Zhang Zongheng's men and horses are currently suppressing bandits in southern Henan, and they can't catch up with northern Henan for a while, but Fan Jingwen has gathered about 30,000 officers and soldiers to be stationed in the area of Kaifeng Mansion.

Estimating the transmission of the news and the time it took for the brigade to march from Kaifeng Mansion, the reinforcements of the official army could reach the besieged Huaiqing City within ten days at most. In other words, from the beginning of the siege, the rebel army must capture Huaiqing City within ten days, otherwise as soon as the reinforcements sent by Fan Jingwen arrive, the rebel army will face the dilemma of being attacked by officers and soldiers inside and outside, and it is wishful thinking to attack the city again.

Early the next morning, tens of thousands of rebels from all walks of life in Biluo Cottage marched eastward, Li Zicheng's 3,000 infantry were also among them, and Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Hao Shaoqi and other generals also followed the expedition. Originally, there were 36 battalions of rebels, but the overcrowded Biluo Cottage was empty in one day, and only 200 soldiers were left in the cottage to guard it, as well as the displaced people who originally lived here.

Hua Bushi and the group of "Evil Dog Gate" did not accompany Li Zicheng, but they set off a day late and followed the rebel brigade to Huaiqing Mansion. This is the result of Li Zicheng's repeated invitations, and Hua Bushi has decided not to develop Shili in Yujing for the time being, and there is nothing very important for a while, so he agreed to help this righteous brother.

When Hua Bushi set off, the person who was most reluctant to let him go was Xiao Ningning.

These days, Xiao Ningning has been with Hua Bushi every day, and she is simply a little tail of this eldest young master. Hua Bushi wants to go to Huaiqing, and she also wants to go together, but this trip is to attack the city and fight, and it is inconvenient to take a little girl like her, Hua Bushi and Yang Jiangyi coaxed and persuaded her, and it took a lot of effort to make her agree to stay in Biluo Village with her parents, and wait for Brother Shi and Sister Shi to come back and play with her.

Five days after setting off from Kunshan, the brigade of the rebel army drove to the outside of Huaiqing City and immediately surrounded the city, and the horse team of Hua Bushi and the "Evil Dog Gate" also arrived in Qingyang Town a day later, but happened to meet Ding Zutai's family preparing to go out to avoid trouble.

This method of occupying the magpie's nest was conceived by Hua Bushi at a moment's whim.

Now the siege battle of Huaiqing City is imminent, the "Evil Dog Gate" is a Baidao sect, in order to avoid the suspicion of rebellion, it is impossible to camp outside Huaiqing City with the rebels and horses. Settling in Qingyang Town, which is only twenty-six miles away from Huaiqing, can not only hide people's eyes and ears, but also understand the war in Huaiqing City at any time. And the "overnight" in Dingfu will not attract attention, and it will save the trouble of camping in the wild.

Ding Zutai instructed the servants to lead the group to the door, then climbed into the carriage outside the door, and hurriedly ordered the coachman to drive out of the town. There had been a false alarm before, and this Ding member was really a little hairy in his heart, for fear that another group of rebels would really block them in the town.

And the people of the "Evil Dog Gate" swaggered into the Ding Mansion, the mansion of the rich man of Qingyang Town, and there were indeed many houses and courtyards, and more than 200 people lived in it. Ximen Hitomi and Li Hu began to arrange for the disciples who had set up the Thunderbolt camp to patrol and defend the surrounding area of the house, using it as a temporary stronghold.

After roughly settling down, Hua Bushi called Yang Jiangyi, Chu Yiyi and Meng Huan, and the group of four rode on horses and galloped in the direction of Huaiqing City.

Today's outside Huaiqing City is very different from when Ximen Tong came a few days ago. A few miles away from the city wall, nearly 50,000 volunteers and horses are connected to each other, and the flags are fluttering, and the momentum is very great, and the entire Huaiqing City is surrounded by water.

Hua Bushi was not in a hurry to get close to the camp of the righteous army, but took the three of them, and the horses went around a large circle outside the company camp, and then galloped towards a camp with the big red "Chuang" banner.

Yang Jiangyi didn't know much about the marching camp of the brigade, and along the way, she only saw the companies and camps of the righteous army overlapping and overlapping, with many banners, which seemed quite impressive, but seeing Hua Bushi's face getting heavier and heavier, she couldn't help but ask: "Do you think these camps of the righteous army are inappropriate?"