Li Cangxing gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "This time, the monks and soldiers of Southern Shaolin and the masters of the various factions of the Fu Demon League are all going all out to resist the Japanese, and Wen has the help letter of Liu De, the prefect of Xinghua, who has stamped the official document and the big seal, and Wu has the order of me, the general of the imperial court, and the heroes of all factions have also killed so many Japanese invaders, how can it become a bad plot?" ”

The black robe sighed: "Li Cangxing, you are still so simple and naïve, maybe your art of war and tactics are already very good, but when it comes to the means of playing tricks and intrigues in the court, you are too far from Yan Shifan." You hear clearly, Lu Ju came here to arrest the Southern Shaolin cadres and others for the crime of not them resisting the Japanese or sending troops, but their illegal assembly and plotting against the law, these thousands of martial arts people gathered in this Southern Shaolin without the permission of the imperial court, which is a problem in itself, understand? ”

Li Cangxing was slightly stunned, and then said angrily: "The meeting of the four factions of the Demon League is something that Xu Jie, Xu Ge Elder personally repaired and asked them to do, has this also become evidence of crime?" ”

The black robe smiled strangely, and a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes: "Oh, there is such a layer, I almost forgot that this was instructed by Elder Xu Ge, but I want to ask for advice, did Elder Xu Ge say that they should bring thousands of disciples to gather in Southern Shaolin like this?" Did Xu Ge Lao have the emperor's consent to this instruction? ”

Li Cangxing was speechless, his forehead began to sweat, and he suddenly realized that from the beginning, maybe Yan Shifan was setting up such a bureau, waiting for the various factions of the Demon League to drill into it, and the terrible smiling face of this damn evil fat man seemed to be shaking in front of his eyes.

Li Cangxing gritted his teeth and said, "But no matter how Lu Fei is, he is also a general of the imperial court. He didn't care about the Japanese attacking the city, but he wanted to attack the various factions of the Demon League that fought the Japanese in blood. From what I know about Lu Fei, he wouldn't do such a thing. ”

The black robe shook his head: "Lu Fei didn't catch up with this battle. He didn't know about the attack on Xinghua Mansion by the Japanese Invaders, and thousands of people from each faction of the Fu Demon League gathered in South Shaolin, and there was indeed a suspicion of rebellion, he could completely take down the heads and elders of each faction and bring them back to the capital for interrogation, if the Fu Demon League dared to resist this time, then whether it was victory or defeat, the rebellion would not be able to run away, and you. will also be charged with buying gangsters and plotting misdeeds, and many people should see your five million taels of silver. ”

Li Cangxing's head was blank, he suddenly realized that Yan Shifan must have his own eyeliner and control his every move, and this time the alliance with the four factions of the Demon League in Southern Shaolin gave him an excellent opportunity to frame him.

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the black robe: "Cangxing." If I were you, I wouldn't do anything, and now you have money and soldiers. He has also established a good relationship with the various factions of the Demon Alliance, and this time the officers and soldiers are pressing forward step by step, not only to deal with you. And forcing the various factions of the Demon League to their deaths is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of. The disciples of the four factions spread among the people to open the Zhuang Academy. There are hundreds of thousands of people. ”

"If you start an incident now, with the financial resources in your hands and the secret power I have accumulated over the years, you can pull out tens of thousands of troops at once, and the army of the imperial court in the southeast can rely on nothing more than these troops in the southeast Pingwei, if you can win over Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, and then eliminate Lu Fei this time, then the Ming Dynasty will not have a strong military force in Jiangnan, you can first break Hangzhou, and then attack Nanjing, sweep Jiangnan, and then take out Taizu's tips to crusade against the traitor and puppet emperor, and the world will definitely gather to respond, and you and I can also have a great cause at your fingertips."

Li Cangxing didn't speak, he quickly thought about the mention of the black robe in his mind.

Seeing that Li Cangxing did not directly reject him this time, the black robe was secretly happy in his heart, and continued: "If you are worried about the ministers of the court, such as Xu Jie's high-arch Zhang Juzheng, these people are unwilling to stand on your side, then I think you are too worried, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier, there are not too many people in the world who want to be officials, these people are the ministers of the Qing school who support the various factions of the Fu Demon League, this time the matter is because of Xu Jie's letter, it is reasonable, Xu Jie, they should all take the initiative to deal with the aftermath, There should be many people among the Japanese captives this time who can prove that Yan Shifan has colluded with the Japanese invaders, as long as you first raise troops to defeat Lu Fei, sweep the southeast, and form a separat. ”

"Then take out the evidence of Yan Shifan's treason against the enemy, give the emperor a step down, only say that the Qing monarch side, not to say that he took the world, if the faint monarch can't beat on the battlefield, he can only cut Yan Shifan to thank the world, and then the hearts of the people in the world are on our side, and you can take out the tricks, connect the courtiers to the world, and retreat can also protect the southeast half of the country, forming the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Cangxing, you have to think clearly, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again!"

Li Cangxing's heart suddenly lit up, and in a flash of light, he thought of a very good idea, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously: "Black robe, thank you for the information you provided, I think I should have it in my heart." ”

The black robe was overjoyed and asked, "What, have you finally made up your mind to raise troops?" ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "I have my own plans, it's a little too early to start the army now, tomorrow the factions of the Demon League should gather in Southern Shaolin, and officially join the alliance with my Black Dragon Society, when the time comes, we will look at Lu Fei's appearance, if he insists on destroying the factions of the Demon Alliance, then I will take the opportunity to let the factions of the Demon League rebel, and the knife will be killed on the head, these people are not sheep will be captured, and then I will contact you again, and make trouble everywhere, what do you think?" ”

The black robe laughed: "Cangxing, you have finally made up your mind, but I don't think you need to be so troublesome, now that Lu Fei's army is approaching, you might as well start an incident directly, attack his department at night, and kill Lu Fei, this has become a fait accompli, that is, isn't it better?" ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Those famous and decent people of the Demon Suppression League, if they don't die, they can't make up their minds, without their help, without the more than 100,000 decent disciples who spread among the people, and these people are in the background of the court, just relying on us to fight alone, I'm afraid it will not be easy to succeed, black robe, you will listen to me this time, and you are not in a hurry in the next day or two." By the way, when will Lu Fei's troops arrive? ”

The black robe smiled: "It will come about tomorrow, you have to seize the opportunity, I will hide in the crowd to help you." After he finished speaking. The figure moved, and the black figure disappeared strangely into the dense forest.

Li Cang's face sank like water. Watching the black-robed figure disappear, he sighed faintly. At this moment, he finally made up his mind, and this was probably the only way to defuse this imminent threat.

Five miles outside the city of Xinghua Mansion, a camp of more than 20 miles has been erected, here is the camp of the Qi family's army, three or four thousand dejected Japanese robbers are tied into a string by ropes, under the escort of the sergeants or sit together, or carry wood, outside the camp to build a wooden stake fence. Occasionally, a few would-be would-be robbers who wanted to escape, but before they could take two steps, they were shot down by the Qi family sergeant with an arrow, and then stepped forward to lower their heads, and stuck them on the wooden stakes outside the camp.

A tall, yellow figure wearing a hat quietly walked to the door of the Qi family's military camp. The two sergeants guarding the door shouted, "Who is coming! And behind the uninvited guest, several ambushers also emerged from the fields and haystacks, bows wound, muskets pointed at the backs of the visitors. As soon as he made the slightest move, he would be killed on the spot.

The visitor raised his head slightly, and a tall, heroic, angular face was reflected in front of the sergeants. At the same time, there is also a general token with the word Lang written on it: "I am Lang Tian, the general of the Heavenly Wolf Force of the Qi Family's Army, and I have something important to ask to see General Qi!" ”

A moment later. In the big tent of the Qi family's army with only two people left, Qi Jiguang took Li Cangxing's hand excitedly. Smiled: "This time, thanks to your plan, we can calm down the chaos in the southeast for many years in one fell swoop, nine years ago when I came to Zhejiang, I made a clear sea wave, the wish to calm the southeast, finally realized, this is completely thanks to your wolf brother's credit." Come, take a look at my new poem. ”

Li Cangxing looked towards Qi Jiguang's desk, only to see a spread out of rice paper, the ink has not dried, and a poem is written wildly, and the pen is like a walking dragon and snake, showing Qi Jiguang's extraordinary bearing. Only loyal and righteous, angry bullfighting. The Lord will kiss me better than my parents. Committing military law is not free. The order is clear, and the reward and punishment letter is written. Go to the water and fire, dare to stay late! Report to the Son of Heaven and save the head of Qian. Kill all the slaves and find a marquis. ”

Li Cangxing laughed: "In my opinion, this is not like a poem, but a military song that can be used for singing." ”

Qi Jiguang laughed: "Not bad, my sergeants don't know too much culture, and they can't even read words, this triumphant song is written for them, everyone is too tired today, and they can't even do this kind of thing by camping, so they can only rely on the Japanese prisoners to do it, and after settling the people of Xinghua Mansion tomorrow, I will teach this poem to the whole army to sing to commemorate our great victory today." ”

Li Cangxing came directly from the dense forest, and he didn't have time to return to his camp, he nodded: "How is the battle situation today?" ”

Qi Jiguang put away his smile and said: "More than 1,000 widows in Xinghua Mansion were all eliminated by the Jinyi Guard killer headed by Feng Wu and two hundred sergeants, either dead or captured, the Japanese heads in the city were all ambushed from Lin Yuanshiro down, and the people in the city were all rescued except for dozens of people who died in the melee, and the prefect Liu De was also safe and sound. ”

Li Cangxing nodded: "It seems that Feng Wu did not disappoint us, what I was most worried about was that the people of Xinghua Mansion suffered too heavy losses, thank God." ”

Qi Jiguang continued: "As for our first-line valley, according to your plan, our army set up an ambush on the top of the valley, and after the Japanese brigade entered the valley, we pushed down the boulders, blocked both sides of the valley, and then killed the enemy troops in the valley with rocks and logs, the results of the battle were not completely counted, but it is estimated that the enemy was killed between 15,000 and 20,000, and the Japanese leader Lin Yuanzaburo was killed by Mr. Chu, the leader of the Dongting gang sent by you, and more than 5,000 people surrendered, and there were thousands of others who fled, I have sent Chen Dacheng and Wu Weizhong to lead the troops to pursue." ”

Li Cangxing said with a smile: "Lin Yuan Saburo Shilang, the two Japanese brothers, are also old thieves in the Wang Zhi Xu Hai era, I have seen it, it is indeed fierce, and it is also the right and left hand of Mao Haifeng, as soon as these two people die, the Japanese will not be a problem." ”

Qi Jiguang's eyes sparkled: "Then how are you there?" Although Mao Haifeng's people are only five or six thousand, they are all the most fierce and warlike soldiers and old thieves under him, and there are also demon sect masters to help, in fact, I have always been very worried about the situation there from you. I was waiting for your news, but I didn't expect you to come in person. ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly. picked up a human head from his feet and shook it in front of Qi Jiguang: "Mao Haifeng's head is here." The general can rest assured. ”

Qi Jiguang laughed: "The wolf really lived up to his expectations and killed the enemy with his own hands, you should take the lead in this battle, I will definitely report this credit to the court and ask for credit for you." ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Mao Haifeng was killed by me personally, and his subordinates were basically wiped out, and the specific results are still being counted, but basically not too much, and his subordinates have not surrendered." There are not many escapes, basically stubbornly resisting to death. However, what I am concerned about now is not this matter, the overall situation of the peace and security matter has been decided, I came here late at night, and the general has to retreat left and right, but there is something important to discuss. ”

Qi Jiguang's face changed slightly: "What's the matter?" ”

Li Cangxing frowned, picked up a piece of paper from the handsome case, and wrote it in his hand: "It's a matter of confidentiality, you and I are better to write by hand." ”

Qi Jiguang also picked up a pen and wrote: "Is it necessary to act like this? I should be safe here. ”

Li Cangxing shook his head: "Maybe you will meet a guy who is very good at the art of listening." For example, Lu Bing can hear the conversation in the underground secret room a mile away, so it's better to be careful. ”

Qi Jiguang nodded: "Okay, but about the treasure hidden by the Japanese after the war?" ”

Li Cangxing put the paper that was already full of words in the brazier and burned it, and replaced it with a piece of paper. continued to write: "No, Lu Fei has already led a large army to the vicinity, can General Qi hear about it?" ”

Qi Jiguang's face changed: "How is it possible!" Could it be that he also received the news that he wanted to come to Pingwei? Why didn't Governor Hu tell us? ”

Li Cangxing sighed: "I have already inquired before I came. The news is correct, he brought more than 20,000 troops from Nanzhili. It was not an order from Governor Hu, but a secret order from Yan Shifan that the guards of Nanzhili were led by Lu Fei. Fujian, which entered through Yingtan, Jiangxi, was not to fight against the Japanese, but to arrest the people of the Demon League, as well as me. ”

Qi Jiguang's two eyebrows were tightly locked together: "I understand, this is Yan Shifan's poisonous plan, it must mean that you have gathered so many martial arts people without the permission of the emperor and are plotting against you, right?" ”

Li Cangxing nodded, and wrote: "What General Qi said is not bad at all, the thief is scheming, and he has not taken any action against our actions this time, which is not normal in itself, fortunately, someone reported to me today, I only know that this thief has such a poisonous plan, I want to give the five million taels of silver to the four factions of the Demon Alliance, and I will also give him as evidence that I colluded with the people in the rivers and lakes to cause chaos." ”

Qi Jiguang nodded: "Fortunately, I found it early now, Heavenly Wolf, what you have to do now is not to come to me, but to quickly find the heads of the four factions of the Demon Alliance, and let them leave overnight, the thief has no evidence, and it is not easy to frame you." ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "No, although I can escape for a while, but Nan Shaolin can't run, anyway, this time the four factions of the Demon League sent thousands of disciples to gather here, there must be an explanation, Xu Ge Lao's letter did not let them dispatch so many people, he will definitely not take this responsibility, so I have to consider a foolproof strategy." ”

Qi Jiguang smiled: "Looking at you like this, you should have already come up with a countermeasure, is there anything you want me to help with?" ”

Li Cangxing smiled slightly: "I hope that the general can take people to Southern Shaolin with General Lu Fei tomorrow, and the two of you will come to witness a grand event of martial arts." ”

Early in the morning of the next day, in a large area of Ming military camp 30 miles northwest of South Shaolin, the soldiers were lazily dismantling the tents and barracks, people were shouting horses, and the chaos was terrible, and many officers were holding whips and smoking, scolding, and slogans.

Lu Fei rode on a tall horse, his brows furrowed, and a lieutenant general beside him sighed: "General, can you fight Southern Shaolin with such an army?" ”

Lu Fei's face sank, and he turned his head suddenly, so frightened that the deputy general quickly shut his mouth and didn't dare to speak more: "Hugh is talking nonsense, why are we fighting Southern Shaolin?" They are not bandits. ”

The deputy general was a general sent by Yan Shifan, and when he heard Lu Fei's words, he sneered: "General Lu, you should know very well what the little pavilion elder means, you won't just change your mind like this." ”

Lu Fei shook his head: "Lu is a military general of the imperial court, and what he has to abide by is also the military order of the imperial court. General Su, what do you say? ”

Vice General Su gritted his teeth and was about to speak, but suddenly heard a sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and two scouts flew to him, ran to Lu Fei, rolled the saddle and dismounted: "Report to the general, there is a biao of men and horses in front, it seems that there are six or seven thousand people, and they are blocking the front of our army." In the middle of the army, there is a banner of Qi Zi! ”

Lu Fei muttered, "Qi Jiguang? Shouldn't he be in Zhejiang at this time, how could he be here? ”

Deputy General Su was ecstatic: "Okay, the water in the southeast is really deep, the officials and bandits are colluding with each other, no wonder these thieves are so fearless!" (To be continued......)