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After the king of Tang asked the chamberlain to arrange the heroes and heroes of the various vassal states and factions that came, he selected some elite soldiers and strong generals to Zhonggu and Weishang, and instructed: "This is a long way to go to the summer capital, and it is necessary to return to the summer capital from the south. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Don't worry, the king, we will be careful and will not let Xia Bing find out." The End of the Ancient Road.
"As the spy said is true, we will quickly take the summer capital, and then meet the king Yu Mingtiao." Micro said with confidence.
"Good! If the capture of the Xia capital is successful, the fall of the Xia Dynasty is just around the corner. After Tang Wang Dao, he ordered Gu and Weishang to lead the army to set off, and the soldiers of the Shang State soon went to conquer the Xia Capital Road.
Early the next morning, I heard a report from the spies that Xia Wangjie had led the Xia soldiers to the vicinity of Mingtiao and was approaching Shangdu. The matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. King Tang immediately ordered to summon all the soldiers of the Shang army, the princes of all walks of life, and the heroes and heroes of the martial arts to meet on the training ground of the Shang capital. King Tang specially issued a battle mobilization order to the soldiers: "You are all gathered here today to fulfill the will of heaven. Xia Wangwei committed a heinous crime, God asked me to crusade against him, I dare not go against God's wishes, I can only take you to crusade against him. It's not that I'm going to start a rebellion, I'm doing what God wills. Don't blame me, let you put down other things to fight, because Xia Wangji is so cruel, and the people are saying, 'When will this hateful sun perish, I am willing to die with you!' 'Fight with me well, and those who do meritorious service on the battlefield will be rewarded heavily.' If you don't obey the command, you will definitely be punished heavily. ”
When the soldiers heard this, they were all deeply encouraged, and everyone was eager to fight the Xia army in a decisive battle, and shouted in unison: "Follow the king!" Down with Xia Wangji! Overthrow the Xia Dynasty! Save the people from fire and water! ”
Tang Wang gave an order: "Let's go!" ”。 More than 70 chariots marched to Naruto with the merchant army. The people of the Shang capital all sent the Shang army out of the city, and blessed the victory and success.
The Shang army arrived at Mingtiao and confronted the Xia army on an unprecedented scale. When Xia Wangji saw that King Tang was leading an army to fight, he said: "Shang Tang, if you are cowardly and don't want to go to war, it's still too late, as long as you obey the widows, the Celestial Empire can withdraw its troops and avoid war." ”
"If I'm afraid of you, I won't come, but since I'm here, I'm going to fight you to the end."
"If you say this, aren't you afraid that you will be charged with great rebellion and the following crimes?"
"You have done a lot of evil, the people of the world have long wanted to knock you down, Lone is to fight with you on behalf of the will of heaven, today there is no Lonely, there is Lone without you, you don't want to let Lone obey your orders again!"
"Well, let's fight to the death."
"Okay, Lone asks you, what kind of master did you bring for the first battle?"
"There are masters of the Black Dragon Clan, the White Dragon Clan, Kongtong and so on, what masters do you have, please report your name."
"There are Huashan Yellow Sect, Black Sect, Central Plains Red Gang, Dragon Sect, Songgu Valley, Taiyue Temple, Leshan Sect, Vulcan Sect, Emei Sect, etc......., "The Tang King read out all the gangs and factions in one breath.
Before Tang Wang finished speaking, Xia Wang Ji shouted loudly: "You Shang Tang is really good at making trouble, call these unknown juniors, is it for the elders?" ”
Hei Fuyi, who was present, heard that the Black Dragon Clan was coming, and saw him standing next to Xia Wangji's left. He was startled and said, "Master, why are you here too?" ”
When the Black Dragon Clan saw that Hei Fu was calling him, he said angrily: "Do you still have a master?" The Central Plains is gone, I thought you had died under the hands of the Central Plains Martial Arts, and the teacher didn't ask you why you came, but you came to ask about the teacher. How about it, do you want to compete with your teacher? ”
"Don't dare!"
"Since you don't dare, why don't you hurry up and choose a good team."
"The master of Zhou Fan's alliance has the grace of saving his life, you have the grace of nurturing and teaching his apprentices, forgive the apprentices for being unfilial, and the apprentices can only stand in a team and remain neutral." Hei Fu pointed at Zhou Fan and said.
"Hmph, I think I sent you to the Central Plains at the beginning, first, you were originally from the Central Plains, and second, I thought that you had practiced my Black Dragon's peerless martial arts to the seventh or eighth layer, and you could become the overlord of the Central Plains, but I didn't expect that you not only did not become the overlord, but also obeyed the orders of others, and said that you had the grace to save your life, which really disgraced my Black Dragon Clan."
"Master, this Central Plains martial arts is full of talents, and martial arts are even more profound, and in a martial arts competition, he was defeated by the Central Plains Red Gang. The apprentice is indeed inferior in skill and cannot become the overlord of the Central Plains martial arts. ”
"Since you can't become the overlord of the Central Plains, why don't you go back to the Western Regions?"
"The apprentice is afraid that if he does not become the overlord of the Central Plains martial arts, he will be punished by the master, and he will not dare to return to the Western Regions." Hei Fuyi was really scared when he thought of the Black Dragon Clan's abusive punishment.
"Since you don't return to the Western Regions, you can't follow Shang Tang and oppose the Xia Dynasty."
"The apprentice is here at the behest of the alliance leader, and now that the master is present, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and the apprentice has expressed neutrality."
"Hey, you just said that you were defeated by the Central Plains Red Gang and can't become the overlord of the Central Plains martial arts. Are you saying that the martial arts of the teacher are not as strong as those of the Central Plains, so okay, let's call the Central Plains Red Gang to pair up with the teacher. After that, he stood up from the Xia army, walked to the middle of the confrontation between the two armies, and challenged the red faction by name.
Zhou Fan saw that the Black Dragon Clan challenged the Red Faction, Zhou Fan thought about it, this time it's bad, the Red Gang is leading Xiaohong, how can he be able to lose the Black Dragon Clan? He glanced at Xiaohong, but Xiaohong stood up without fear. Seeing this, Zhou Fan hurriedly said: "Xiaohong, you come back, you are not his opponent." ”
"Brother Zhou, don't worry, if I can't beat him, he can't hurt me."
"Are you sure he can't hurt you?"
"Yes." Xiaohong said confidently.
Listening to Xiaohong's words, Zhou Fan was thinking, in the past few years, what tricks has Xiaohong learned from his father, and the Black Dragon Clan really can't hurt him? When he saw his confident look, he agreed, and said, "Since you say what you say, then you should be careful when you go and fight him." If you can't beat him, you will run back, you are still young, the Black Dragon Clan may be a hundred years old, you lose to him, not ugly. ”
"Yes, I see."
As soon as the Black Dragon Clan saw that the person who appeared on behalf of the Shang Army was a child, he said angrily: "Shang Tang, you look down on people too much, come out with a child, fight with the old man, are all the martial arts people in your army dead?" ”
"Black Dragon Monster, you named me to the Central Plains Red Gang to fight, I am the leader of the Red Gang, I don't play, who will play? Don't hurt my merchant army and martial arts, don't look at my young age, you are old, the winner is difficult to decide! ”
"If the old man fights with you, won't he become a big bully, and he will be laughed at by the world's martial arts."
"If you can't beat me, you will be laughed at by the world's martial arts. Come on, don't be wordy! ”
"Since you say that, the old man is welcome." The black dragon put on the shelf to try, faced Xiaohong, and said: "Child, you can pay attention, the fist is not long-eyed!" ”
The black dragon raised a fist and slammed it over, Xiaohong let go, and the black dragon pounced. The black dragon turned around and slapped again, and Xiaohong flashed to the side again. The black dragon then legged, and Xiaohong jumped to dodge. Heilong said: "Kid, you just dodge, don't make a move, fight with me, this fight is better than not fighting, no pleasure." ”
"Okay, I'll make a move, you have to pay attention." Xiaohong used his punch and smashed it at the black dragon with all his strength, this punch was about to fall into the black dragon's chest, the black dragon did not dodge, he wanted to try how much this child's punch had, he hugged his anger into his chest, and waited for him to punch him loosely. Unexpectedly, Xiaohong's punch suddenly changed direction and hit the lower part of the black dragon, just hitting his **, and the black dragon suddenly made a painful "ah want" sound, and said: "You...... You...... What kind of punch is this? It can also change the direction of the hit. ”
"I called your attention, and you didn't listen, and you didn't stop it, you know how good I am!"
The Xia and Shang armies present laughed when they saw the old and the young fighting against the law.
In this competition, it was obvious that the black dragon's martial arts were definitely higher than Xiaohong's, but Xiaohong's wisdom and ingenuity gave him the upper hand. The black dragon was angry, he thought that this kid was flexible and not easy to hit, and only by taking advantage of his inattention and slapping him over could he teach him a lesson. So he pretended to caress the lower part with both hands, but secretly exercised his internal strength, gathered all his strength in his palms, and slapped Xiaohong with lightning speed. And Xiaohong succeeded in one move, and was still indulging in the joy of victory, and didn't care about the black dragon's sneak attack at all. Seeing this, Zhou Fan shouted "not good", flew over, blocked Xiaohong with his body, and took the black dragon's palm hard, and in an instant, the two sides suddenly fell backwards. After Zhou Fan stabilized his body, he said: "You are a generation of grandmasters in vain, and you are not fair, how can you sneak attack the juniors?" ”
"The old man didn't sneak attack, is this still fighting from time to time? There was no truce. The old man competes with the leader of the Red Gang, how can it be your turn to intervene? ”
"If I don't interfere, will the leader of the Red Gang still have a life?"
The black dragon felt a little faint pain in his chest at this time, and thought, I almost used all my strength to send out this palm, wanting to send this child back to the West Heaven in one fell swoop, in order to save all the face, but I didn't expect to give birth to a branch halfway through. However, this week, Fan Fan was able to take his hand in eagerness, and it was indeed good to see that he was doing nothing now, but he was deeply injured because of too much force. This palm is like striking steel with a stone, the steel is not damaged, and the stone is broken. From this point of view, it is indeed true that Tuer Heifu said that he is the leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts Alliance. He already has internal injuries, and if he faces this Central Plains Alliance Leader again, he doesn't know what the consequences will be. So he stepped forward and said to King Xia: "King Xia, the old man competed with the leader of the Red Gang, it was the old man who could win or lose with one palm, but when they encountered their so-called Central Plains Alliance leader, the old man really didn't want to compete anymore, so please choose another master for King Xia." With that, he retreated, returned to the Xia army, and still stood on the left side of Xia Wangji.
Seeing that the Black Dragon Clan was like this, Xia Wangji said to King Tang: "Shang Tang, the pre-war competition is a one-on-one competition, why don't you pay attention to the rules, two against one?" ”
"The competition should be an upright competition, and it should not be attacked by others, you violated the rules first, why should we tell you what rules?" Tang Wang said.
When Tang Wang said this, Xia Wangjian couldn't answer, Xia Wangji thought for a while and said: "Since you say so, our competition is not counted, let's have another one, what do you think?" ”
As soon as Tang Wang heard Xia Wangwei say this, it was just in line with Tang Wang's desire to use martial arts competitions to achieve the purpose of delaying the war, so he said: "Okay, one more game will be one, then who will you send out to compete?" ”
Xia Wangwei looked at the Kongtong Sect White Dragon Clan who was standing on his right. The White Dragon Clan saw the Black Dragon Clan's competition just now, and it ended hastily, and they didn't know the outcome or defeat, so they didn't have a word. If he appeared in person this time, like the Black Dragon Clan, it would damage his reputation, and he thought that this competition could be handed over to Tutuo first, and then he would talk about it. So he threw a look at Tu Tuo and said, "Tu Tuo, how are you here?" ”
"Okay." Tu Tuo lazily walked to the central clearing where the two armies were facing each other.
Tu Tuo appeared, and for a while, all the martial arts factions in the merchant army were talking about it.
"Since the last time I followed the alliance leader in Shangdu to do things for the Shang country, I left in a hurry, and I knew that he had different ambitions."
"I didn't expect the Kongtong faction to act as a tiger and oppose the king of Shang."
"I have long seen that this Tu Tuo is not a good thing, and it is okay if you don't obey the alliance leader, but you can't get together with Xia Wangji."
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Zhou Fan looked at Tu Tuo and said, "Mr. Tu, if you don't say goodbye, it's been more than a month, don't come unharmed, right?" ”
"Thanks to your Hongfu, it's okay to be old, this competition won't be your own appearance, right?"
"Don't worry, someone will compete with you."
"SenseTime! Will you send that young boy into battle again? Are you scared? "King Xia saw that Tu Tuo had appeared for a while, and when he didn't see King Tang send someone to appear, he shouted to King Tang.
Tang Wang glanced at Zhou Fan, and Zhou Fan immediately whispered a few words to Huang Bing of the Huashan Huang Sect in front of him, Huang Bing nodded, and went on the field to face Tuo.
"Huang Bing of the Huashan Huang faction, leading the high tricks of the Kongtong faction, and looking forward to the seniors to give in more!"
"Less nonsense, let's make a move!"
"Do you want me to use the Five Elements Yin Yang Fist to compete with you, or use the Yellow Fist Technique to compete with you?"
"The choice is yours."
"Okay, I'll use my Huashan Huang faction's own kung fu to compete with you."
"Come on."
The two sides set up a frame and tried to fight for a few rounds, without winning or losing.
At this moment, the spy Xiaofeng hurriedly ran down to King Tang's side, and said to King Tang in a low voice: "King, I saw the Sanmiao Army in the south. ”
"Three Miao Army? What are they here for? Are you mistaken, are you micro-on them? ”
"King, the little one is not mistaken, it is true."
Tang Wang didn't know for a while what the purpose of the arrival of the Sanmiao Army was, was it to reap the benefits of the fish? Or do you want to add to the Xia army to engage in the merchant army? After hearing this, King Tang didn't know what to do about it, and his face was sad. At this moment, Zhou Fan was also next to King Tang, listened to the words of the spy Xiaofeng, and saw that King Tang was very anxious, so he said: "King, don't worry, I have some friendship with King Sanmiao Chijia, I'll just ask." ”
"Do you know the Three Miao King Chijia?"
"Yes, I think back then, he still recognized me as his brother, but I wonder if he still recognizes me as a brother now?"
"Okay, go and go back quickly, this martial arts competition can't do without you."
"King, don't worry, this Tutuo can't win against my senior brother Huang Bing."
"That's good."
Zhou Fan rode away with the spy Xiaofeng. After a while, they reached the south and saw Sanmiao's army in the distance.
Zhou Fan and the spy Xiaofeng came to the Miao army camp, and when Miao Bing saw Zhou Fan and Xiaofeng, he immediately stopped him and shouted, "Who are you?" What is the matter with coming to my Miao camp? ”
"I'm a good friend of King Miao, and I want to see King Miao."
"King Miao is not in the camp, please go back quickly."
"King Miao is not here, where has he gone?"
"Those of us who are creeps know there."
"Are the two generals still there?"
Miao Bing saw that Zhou Fan skillfully said the names of the two generals, Zhuang Zhuang and Mian Yi, and knew what the relationship between this person and San Miao was. He said: "General Zhuang is in the barracks, and he still stays in Sanmiao and does not come." ”
"Then I would like you to inform you, and I will say that my old friend Zhou Fan came to visit."
"That's ......"
"Who's talking there?" Before the Miao soldiers could go to report, they saw a Miao army officer come out of another camp tent.
Miao Bing ran over and said, "General, that person said that he was your old friend and wanted to see you." ”
"Oh." Zhuang followed.
"Zhou Fan, the commander of the merchant army, pays a visit to General Shen!" Zhou Fan arched his hand.
"Yo, is this Brother Zhou Fan?"
"Yes."
"How did you become the commander of the Shang Kingdom?"
"That's a long story, is the big brother here?"
"The king has returned, and I will take you to meet him."
"That's great."
Zhuang took Zhou Fan to the camp of King Miao Chijia, and as soon as Zhuang entered the camp tent, he said, "King, you see who is coming." ”
Chi Jia looked up and saw that it was Zhou Fan, so he shouted: "Ah, it's Zhou Fan's brother!" And happily went up to a hug, and then let go, and saw Zhou Fan wearing the armor of the general of the Shang State, and said: "That night you said goodbye, and then I heard that you were kidnapped by Handong to Tushan, and Lone sent troops to attack Tushan, but Tushan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are many organs, there is no way to break through, and there are heavy casualties in several attacks, so you have to give up, and then later, news came from Tushan, saying that you have fled from Tushan." Lone asked about your whereabouts again, but he didn't hear from you at all, where did you go? It's so lonely to find! I didn't expect to meet again here. This...... In this way, dressed as a merchant army officer, have you already surrendered to the merchant army? ”
"It's a long story in the past few years, the eldest brother is right, that night I was robbed by Handong and walked to Tushan, and later I was rescued by the stamina, and after several twists and turns, I went to the Shang State, and I have served as the commander of the Shang State. Hearing that the eldest brother also led the army to Mingtiao, King Tang sent me to say hello to King Miao on behalf of King Tang! ”
"When you were in Sanmiao, you wanted to appoint your official position, under one person, above ten thousand, but you repeatedly resigned and refused to take office, do you think my Sanmiao is in a remote place, or do you think I'm not virtuous enough to be a big brother? Now you are under the command of King Tang, and you are willing to be a small commander. ”
"Big brother, don't get me wrong, it was just that the younger brother was bent on finding my first love, and he had no intention of being an official, and now his first love has disappeared again, over the years, I have searched in many ways, and there is no news, I am almost disheartened, and I have been exiled to the Shang country, Tang Wang is benevolent, keep me down, I am grateful, do things for him, and please don't blame the eldest brother."
"There is no grudge between Lone and King Tang, but I see that all the princes of the Central Plains have sent troops to Mingtiao, and my Sanmiao is also willing to be lonely, and I led the army to come, and it was also lively."
"Dare to ask the king, once the Xia army and the Shang army fight a decisive battle, I don't know which side your Miao army will choose?"
"I'm a Sanmiao, just watching the excitement, not taking a stand."
"Neutral."
"Yes, neutral."
Before Zhou Fan could say more, Chi Jia took Zhou Fan's hand and said: "Don't talk about this, although you are an official in the Shang Kingdom, you are still my good brother, come here, make a few good dishes, and our brothers have a few drinks to talk about their parting." ”