The princess lay on the edge of her chair, looking at the river with a pair of big eyes, and under her paws she pressed half of the meat and bones that were left over from the gnawing, and the hairy dog had a leisurely expression on her face.

Hua Bushi on the side was quite sad, patted the princess's head, sighed, and said, "Alas, my sister is gone, and now only you will stay by my side to accompany me." ”

When the princess heard this, she glanced at Hua Bushi in amazement, and her eyes showed a little fear, for fear that the owner of the "big demon" would have some bad intentions, after all, Yang Jiangyi would leave that day, and the big white dog was also one of the culprits.

In fact, it was not only the princess who accompanied Hua Bushi, there were four other people in the cabin of this wooden ship: Chu Yiyi sat on the chair next to Hua Bushi, Ximen Tong and Li Hu stood behind him on the left and right, and a scholar in Tsing Yi who was drinking tea in a porcelain cup in front of the table by the window was Yang Sichang.

In Kaifeng City that day, after Hua Bushi diagnosed Mrs. Yang's pulse, he and Yang Sichang went to the cottage in the courtyard to talk.

One is an idler who has been dismissed and has nothing to do at home, and the other is the eldest young master of the Jianghu sect who does everything.

From the art of war and tactics, to the general trend of the world, and to the current situation in Yujing and the rising rebel army, Hua Bushi found that this Yang Xiaoguan was not only proficient in military affairs, but also had a wide range of knowledge in his chest, and he actually knew the current situation very well, and was not at all the kind of stupid scholar who "did not listen to the affairs of the world with both ears and only read the books of sages and sages". What's even more rare is that the two have similar views on many things, and when they talk about it, they have a sense of confidant who "sees the same thing as the hero".

It is only because Yang Sichang was an official in the court, and he considered everything from the position of the Ming court, but he opposed the killing of the displaced people, believing that the people's livelihood is the foundation of national strength, and the imperial court must try to organize and settle these displaced people, open mines and fields, and make them have a way to make a living, so as to solve the fundamental problem of the current lack of national strength.

As for the rebels, Yang Sichang's view was also different from that of most court officials, believing that it should be based on restriction and appeasement, and should not be blindly killed. In fact, most of the rebels were ordinary peasants, and they were forced to rebel only because of their livelihoods.

Yang Sichang believes that there are actually only two ways for the rebels to be exterminated, one is Zhang Xianzhong, and the other is Li Zicheng. Because only the two of them can really threaten the Ming Dynasty, and the other rebels can be appeased.

Although Hua Bushi did not agree with this, but after the battle of Huaiqing, he did not know much about the righteous army, and knew that among the leaders of the righteous army, only Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were indeed stronger than others, they were heroes in troubled times, and they were all determined to rebel, and they had to overthrow the Ming court and become emperors themselves.

From talking about Zhonghua Bushi, we learned that although the father and son of the Yang family were dismissed from office and the Yang father was sent to Yuanjiang, although the internal reason was the party dispute between the DPRK and China, the direct crime was caused by advocating the implementation of a policy of appeasement for the righteous army.

When Hua Bushi asked what party the Yang father and son belonged to in the imperial court, Yang Sichang did not hide it, and bluntly said that they all belonged to the "Five Kings Party", and now the "Donglin Party" wants to grasp the real power in various realms and cut off the wings of the enemy party, and their father and son are the first to bear the brunt of the victims.

The conversation between the two of them unconsciously lasted for more than two hours. Hua Bushi got up and said goodbye, just because he still had to go back to prepare for the crusade against the "Rich Alliance". And after Yang Sichang learned that Hua Bushi was going to travel in two days, he offered to go with him.

According to Yang Sichang, when he was an official, he presided over the military affairs of Henan Province, and he was familiar with most of the military attaches in the prefectures of Henan, and he still had a good relationship with some of them. Most of the local officials in Henan Province belonged to the "Five Kings Party," and although he accompanied Hua Bushi and his entourage, he might not be able to get help from these people, but at least he could persuade these military attaches so that the officers, soldiers, and horses of the various state capitals would not be used by each other.

The "Luohan Gate" had quite a deal with Fan Jingwen, the governor of Henan, but at present, Fan Jingwen himself could not be protected, and he had no time to intervene in this matter, and the "Fugui League" had the support of Zhang Zongheng and Zuo Liangyu, and it was indeed possible to use officers and soldiers. If Yang Sichang can make the officials of the state capitals not be called by the other party, it will be a great thing.

Therefore, Hua Bushi did not shirk it, thanked him, and only said whether Mrs. Yang would lack someone to take care of her. Yang Sichang said that it was okay, his mother could be taken care of by Mrs. Jin in the old house, and it didn't matter if he left for a while.

So two days later, when Hua Bushi and the people of the "Evil Dog Gate" left Kaifeng City together, they also took Yang Sichang with them.

This large-scale crusade against the "Fugui Alliance" was planned and arranged by Fang Changsheng and Master Wuchen, and the men and horses of the already side Liliang were divided into three routes, marching by different routes, and agreed to assemble in Mengjin County, fifty miles below Wangwu Mountain, and then attack Fugui Villa together.

The first route was led by Fang Changsheng himself and the masters of the "Luohan Gate", in addition to the disciples of the "Luohan Gate" itself, there were more than 20 masters of the sect, totaling more than 600 people, who rushed to Mengjin by land through Yuncheng and Xuchang. The second road is headed by Master Wuchen, leading the monks of the "Shaolin School", bringing together more than 20 families in western Henan, about 500 people, and directly starting from Songshan Shaolin Temple to Wangwu.

The third road is headed by the "evil dog gate", including more than 40 small and medium-sized sects in eastern Henan, a total of more than 900 people, starting from Kaifeng City, taking a boat from the Yellow River from east to west, passing through Xingyang, Jiyuan and other places to Mengjin. This is the only one of the three groups of people traveling along the waterway, and it is also the most complicated and the largest number of people in the sect.

For the command of this group of people, Fang Changsheng was very decisive, and let Hua Bushi take full control, and only sent the elder Liu Yuanhe and his second disciple Yuan Xi to accompany him.

This kind of march of troops in three ways can be regarded as a more reasonable arrangement.

Because the ninety-six sects allied by the "Luohan Gate" are located in various parts of the Yu Realm, and the distribution is very scattered, if they each go to Mengjin to assemble, the single sect is lonely and weak, and if the "Rich Alliance" intercepts it on the way, there will be losses, and it will be much safer to gather all the liliang into three shares, each led by their own masters.

Hua Bushi's people set off from Kaifeng City and traveled along the Yellow River for three days. Among the 35 wooden ships in the fleet, only five belong to the "Evil Dog Gate", and the remaining 30 ships are all from more than 40 sects in eastern Henan.

The three-day march was quite smooth, Hua Bushi ordered the fleet to set sail at dawn, and docked to rest after dark, and was on guard along the way, without any accidents. The fleet composed of many masters of the White Dao Sect and the disciples of the gang was so powerful that even if there were thieves and thieves on the Yellow River, they would not dare to come and provoke them.

It was the morning of the fourth day, and the fleet had entered the border of Xingyang County, and had sailed nearly 300 miles of waterway, and half of the journey from Kaifeng to Mengjin had already been completed.

"Fang Changsheng, this old fox is really slippery!" said Chu Yiyi, who was sitting at the table in the cabin, "He threw the big burden of these forty-three sects to Gongzi to carry, and his own family was so easy!"

Hua Bushi smiled and said, "In Yihong Mansion that day, Young Master Ben proposed to Fang Changsheng to ask for half of Kaifeng City's territory, he must be distressed to death, and now he naturally wants to hand over the most difficult thing to us to do." Fortunately, with the help of Mrs. Yiyi, otherwise I really wouldn't have had the confidence to bring this large rabble to Mengjin. ”

Chu Yiyi said: "Although the eyes and ears of 'Thousand Flowers Fang' can monitor them, they can't stop these sects from betraying and defecting to the enemy. ”

Most of these Jianghu sects formed alliances and participated in the crusade against the "Rich Alliance" were forced by the Shili of the "Luohan Sect" and the "Shaolin Sect" in Yujing, so it was naturally difficult to expect them to be loyal.

The eldest young master waved his hand and said, "Mrs. Yiyi, don't worry, even if there are really hidden 'Rich Alliance's intermittent guests in these sects, I believe that they will not be launched until the critical moment, and there will be no chaos at the moment." ”

At this time, he heard Yang Sichang cough lightly and said: "Master Hua, Sichang thinks that although the strategy of Fang Zhangmen's army to divide the troops into three ways is good, the 'Fugui Alliance' will definitely deal with it, even if it can't block all of them, at least it will concentrate on Liliang to intercept one of them." ”

Hua Bushi nodded and said, "Mr. Sichang is reasonable. In my opinion, which way will they intercept?"

Yang Sichang said: "The other two roads are by land, you can change the route at any time, it is not easy to intercept, only we take the waterway, the itinerary is clear, and the number of people is the largest, I think most of them will give up the easy, attack us." ”

Chu Yiyi frowned and said: "Although we have a large number of people, but few of these sects we bring can be trusted, if the 'Fugui Alliance' concentrates on liliang to stop us, but the big thing is not good! ”

Yang Sichang said: "We can send a letter asking for help, but it is difficult to say whether reinforcements will come." ”

Chu Yiyi said: "What does Mr. Yang mean by this? Could it be that Fang Changsheng can still see death and not be saved, if we are wiped out by the 'Fugui Alliance', what good will he have?"

Yang Sichang said: "The art of war is cloudy, 'it is bound to be damaged, and the yin is damaged to benefit the yang', this is the plan of Li Dai Taozhuang, who is in charge of Fang. ”

Chu Yiyi said: "What Mr. Yang said about the art of war, the concubine can't understand it." ”

She turned her face, looked at Hua Bushi with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said, "The prince must know, talk to Yiyi quickly, don't let the concubine be anxious!"

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 arrange for us to travel along the Yellow River waterway?"