Hua Bushi smiled slightly, and said, "Madame, have you ever thought that the 'Luohan Sect' and the 'Shaolin Sect' are obviously the main parties in this expedition, why did Fang Changsheng hand over the most people from this sect to me to lead, and also arrange for us to travel along the Yellow River waterway?"

Chu Yiyi said: "Could it be that he has calculated that the 'Fugui Alliance' is going to stop us?"

Hua Bushi said: "Although he may not be determined, he also knows that there is such a possibility, because when he was assigned, he deliberately gathered some sects that did not have much strength and were not very reliable, so that our road had the largest number of people and the greatest momentum, and it was easy to judge the line by boating along the waterway." If the other party wants to snipe halfway, it will undoubtedly choose this way to start, and with the attack of our attraction of the 'Fugui League', the real main sects led by the 'Luohan Gate' and the 'Shaolin Sect' will be able to reach Mengjin safely, this is the 'Li Dai Taozhuang' plan as Mr. Si Chang said!"

Chu Yiyi said: "How can this be reasonable! That Fang Changsheng really didn't have any good intentions, and actually treated us as outcasts! Gongzi obviously knew a long time ago, why did he still accept his arrangement in the first place?"

Hua Bushi said: "Actually, the head of Fang decided this plan, but also to defeat the 'Rich Alliance', although it is a little unfavorable to us, we should also take into account the overall situation. What's more, I am sure that the other party may not use too much liliang to stop us, so there is no need to be afraid. ”

Chu Yiyi was silent, but Yang Sichang asked, "How can Young Master Hua conclude that the other party will not concentrate Liliang to deal with us?"

Hua Bushi smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Sichang is in charge of the military in Yujing, and he is proficient in the art of war, but he must not know much about the situation in the rivers and lakes, right?"

Yang Sichang said: "Yes, Sichang has only heard about the things in the rivers and lakes in the past, and has always had little contact with the people in this way. ”

Hua Bushi said: "That's it." At present, the liliang mastered by the 'Fugui Alliance' is divided into four shares, one of which is the master of its own Fugui Villa and the Demon Dao, and must also be the main force of the other party, the second is the liliang of more than 50 Jianghu sects they have wooed, and the third is the people and horses of Chu Changting of the 'Yujing Underworld Alliance', and the fourth is the soldiers and horses of the official army Zhang Zongheng and Zuo Liangyu. ”

He paused for a moment and said: "These four liliang include black and white, both the government and the rivers and lakes, and the strength of the strength cannot be underestimated, but there are many contradictions between them, and it is not easy to join forces against the enemy." ”

Yang Sichang said: "Is Hua Gongzi saying that the White Dao Sect and the underworld people can't cooperate?"

Hua Bushi said: "Mr. Yang is really smart. You must know that the black and white realms on the rivers and lakes have always been incompatible, even if the 'Fugui Alliance' uses drugs to control the leaders of those sects, if they want to join forces with the 'Underworld Alliance' Chu Changting, the disciples of the various sects are not easy to control, and they will definitely be suspicious, with the shrewdness of the other party's principal, they will never do this. ”

Yang Sichang said: "In this way, the 'Fugui Alliance' really can't do its best to deal with us. ”

Hua Bushi said: "Among the four of them, the main force of the Demon Dao should stay in Wangwushan and will not come out easily, and now Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's righteous army have just escaped from the Yu realm, and Zhang Zongheng's brigade of officers and soldiers has chased to the Jinyu border, and it is too late to rush back for a while." There are only more than fifty White Dao Sects and the men of the 'Underworld Alliance' Chu Changting left, and the other party will probably send one of them to intercept us. ”

Chu Yiyi said: "If those more than fifty Baidao gangs come, it won't be terrible, we also have more than forty sects, even if Liliang is weaker, the difference is limited." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Yes, so the 'Rich Alliance' will definitely not send those White Dao Sects, and the biggest possibility is to use the 'Underworld Alliance' Chu Changting to deal with us." Chu Changting's Peach Blossom Cottage is thirty miles on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the section of the Taohuayu River in the area of one hundred and ten miles has always been their territory. ”

He blinked and said, "Our ship is now about to sail close to Taohuayu, if Chu Changting wants to intercept us, it should be the perfect place to choose here!"

As if to confirm the words of the eldest young master, a disciple hurriedly walked into the cabin, and said, "Tell the young master, the mast sentry found a fleet five miles away from the river ahead, under the banner of Peach Blossom Village!"

Chu Yiyiyu's face changed slightly, but Hua Bushi smiled slightly, and said, "The herald immediately dropped anchor and stopped the ship, and went to notify the leaders of the Seven Great Sects and invited them to come to the ship to discuss matters!"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ thirty-five wooden boats, all of which anchored in the middle of the river.

A moment later, the leaders of the Seven Great Sects took small boats one after another to the luxurious painting boat where Hua Bushi was riding.

The leader of the "Seven Great Sects" called by Hua Bushi was, of course, not the masters of the "Seven Great Sects of the Central Plains" of the Shaolin Wudang Tang Sect, but Liu Yuanhe and Yuan Xi of the "Luohan Gate", as well as the leaders of the other six gangs in the same group.

Among this group of people, there are a total of forty-three sects, but most of them are weak fish belly gangs, if you want to invite all of them to discuss the matter, not only are there many people, but there are also no seats in this cabin. Therefore, Hua Bushi chose these sects, which are relatively large among the forty-three gangs, and can roughly represent the opinions of many sects in the same industry.

The first to arrive were Liu Yuanhe and Yuan Xi. The elder of the "Luohan Gate" had always been very arrogant, and after entering the cabin, he only glanced at Hua Bushi, and then sat down on a seat in the middle of the table, as if he were the master of the place. Yuan Xi greeted respectfully, and Hua Bushi also hugged his fists and saluted back.

Among the few people who came later, Ji Xiong, the head of the "Barberry Sect", was a big man about forty years old and seven feet tall, Hu Qingfeng, the owner of the "Brown Clothes Gate", was a thin and short old man, and Jin Yihu, the leader of the "Baiyue Gang", was full of beard and a halberd, in his thirties, and his appearance was also very powerful, with a short-handled axe stuck in his back.

Shan En, the head of the "Yaxingmen", looks very ordinary, except for a pair of palms covered with thick calluses, he really can't see how different from ordinary peddlers and pawns, and Xu Chundao, the master of the "Fubo Temple" in Cangbei, is a monk who wears a purple gold Taoist crown, holds a whisk of dust, has five long wisps of beard, and has a bit of Taoist fairy air.

The youngest of these sect leaders was Yuan Bang, the young lord of Dongping's "Water Moon Fort", who was about twenty-three or four years old, wearing a cyan robe and a long sword hanging from his waist, and his image was very heroic. He was accompanied by his sister Yuan Qian, who was only eighteen or nineteen years old, dressed in a light yellow shirt and skirt, with bright eyes and bright teeth, bright and moving, but on his waist was wearing two sharkskin sheath short swords with a length of one foot and eight minutes long, and two pieces of jade the size of a fingernail were embedded in the hilt.

This "Water Moon Fort" is located on the shore of Dongping Lake on the border of Yulu and Lu, although its strength is not strong, it is the only one who knows how to fight water among the several sects that sit there.

When these people entered the cabin, they all bowed to Hua Bushi, politely and noisy, and Hua Bushi also returned the salute one by one, especially to Yuan Qian, who was very polite, and personally got up to greet her and led her to the table to sit down.

Regarding Hua Bushi's style, Liu Yuanhe, who was sitting on the side, looked very cold in his eyes. He has long heard of the name of "Evil Dog Boy" who is greedy for money and lustful, and it seems that it is indeed worthy of his reputation, which of the heads of various factions in this hall has no stronger status in the rivers and lakes than Yuan Qian, Hua Bushi is very attentive to this little girl, obviously because he has fallen in love with the beauty of others.

After all the people from the seven sects arrived, Hua Bushi coughed lightly and said: "In the past few days, we have been advancing along the waterway of the Yellow River, and we have not encountered any trouble, but now there is an enemy blocking the river in front of us. ”

He then instructed the disciple in charge of the report to recount the situation. When I sent people to invite the heads of these seven sects, the lookout post at the top of the mast had already seen very clearly, and there were about 30 wooden boats on the river in front of me, about 7 or 800 sailors.

"As the saying goes, the soldiers are coming, the water is coming, and the underworld fleet is blocking the way!" Liu Yuanhe couldn't wait to speak after listening to the disciples, "Our ships are not less than them, and there are more people, just rush forward and fight them!"

Hua Bushi frowned when he heard this, but he was noncommittal, and asked, "Do you have any other opinions?"

The "Luohan Gate" has always been the leader of various sects in Yujing, and it is inconvenient for others to oppose Liu Yuanhe's speech. For a moment, everyone at the table was silent.

Hua Bushi saw that no one was silent, and said to Ji Xiong, the head of the "Barberry Sect": "I don't know what the master of Ji Sect means?"

Ji Xiong said: "Well, Ji's opinion is the same as that of Elder Liu. ”

Hua Bushi said: "Yes, since the Master of the Ji Sect also wants to fight, how about this young master send the 'Barberry Faction' to take the lead and attack Chu Changting's fleet?"

Ji Xiong's expression changed greatly, and he waved his hand again and again: "This ...... How can this work? Then Chu Changting is ranked fifteenth on the 'Black Wind Record', and his martial arts are very powerful, where is our 'Barberry Sect' his opponent!"

Hua Bushi's face sank, and he said, "Since the master of the Ji Sect agrees to fight, and says that the enemy's martial arts are high and strong, what does it mean?"

Ji Xiong said: "This ...... Ji Mou meant that we all went to battle together, and if I wanted the 'Barberry faction' to take the lead, naturally I couldn't beat it. ”

Hua Bushi said: "Since you want to fight, someone has to be the first and someone last, if you don't take the lead in the 'Barberry Faction', then who will fight?"

He glanced at Jin Yihu, the leader of the "Baiyue Gang" next to him, and said, "Otherwise, the 'Baiyue Gang' will go?"

Jin Yihu's head shook like a drum, and said: "Our 'Baiyue Gang' is just a small gang, and there are very few disciples under it, and the strength is far inferior to the big gangs here, how can we take on such a heavy responsibility? I think it's better for the Hu Sect Master to take people there!"