33. Crossing the river. I was surprised to see the Hengshan nun

PS: I haven't been in meetings these days, and the update is late, so it'll be fine next week

A group of people and horses and horses are clustered, along the road to the north, this day along the mark left by Zhang Baifan all the way, to a ferry port on the edge of Yueyang, ready to take a boat to cross the river.

Although this ferry port is large, there are only three ferries. Four carriages, more than thirty horses, and three ferries had to make six round-trips.

Let the three big disciples of Cheng Qingshan, Mi Weiyi, and Li Yukun take the first ferry, and the four disciples of Yi Er Shenhei take the second ferry, and cross the river first to prepare to respond. Liu Meng accompanied Mo Da and Li Yunlan to stand by the river, looking at the vast water, and was a little worried about what they saw along the way.

The world's evil masters gathered in Shaolin to rescue the trapped Demon Sect Holy Aunt. At this time, it has become more and more intense, and some small gangs and factions in various places that cannot be named have gone north, no matter how many catties and taels they have, in a vain attempt to get involved, make a few more friends, and become strong and prestigious.

The people of the Hengshan faction came all the way, and they encountered many nonsense acts of gathering people together. Among them, some of them were identified as evildoers, and Liu Meng ordered his disciples to punish them one by one, but it is conservatively estimated that there will be three or four hundred people who will continue to go north.

This is the case before the river is crossed, not to mention the Central Plains area, where there are many rivers and lakes? I don't know how many gangs in the rivers and lakes will take advantage of the fire to rob and go to the foot of Shaomuro Mountain to walk in style.

The forces of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect have not yet been dispatched, and just one Holy Aunt has made the world's green forest heroes face the righteous path, if they really want to fight with the main force of the Demon Sect, wouldn't it be even more difficult?

In the middle of his emotion, Qu Feiyan walked over from behind, took Li Yunlan's hand and said softly: "Master, there is a thief over there, who always peeks at you, and when I see him, he is not a good person, do you want to arrest him and ask?" ”

Liu Meng and the others looked at it in a blink of an eye and saw more than ten zhang away. On several fishing boats parked on the west side of the ferry, a man with a pointed face squatted in the bow of the boat, holding a fishing rod in his hand, seemingly fishing, but glancing at it from time to time.

His group of people all wore swords and uniform clothing, and at a glance, they knew that they were dressed up by a certain big force in the rivers and lakes. Ordinary people have long avoided it when they see this, where do they dare to peek with their eyes?

Li Yunlan smiled proudly and said, "This divine doctor has a peerless demeanor, and everywhere he goes, everyone is in the limelight. There's no way, and it's impossible to keep a low profile. Laughing, he turned his head and shouted at the six immortals of Peach Valley who were arguing behind him, pointed to the man who was squatting on the bow of the boat, and ordered: "Go and catch him." ”

The six immortals of Peach Valley had already been obedient to Li Yunlan's rectification, and immediately shouted in unison, and four people rushed out, lifted the man's hands and feet, and carried him over lightly.

"Hah! This man's martial arts are too poor. It's so easy to catch! It's boring, it's boring. "Why don't you let him go, and when he learns martial arts, let's go and catch him again, so it's interesting." The six immortals of Peach Valley bouted. Throw the man to the ground.

Liu Meng's face sank, he faintly thought of something, walked over to look at the other party, and asked in a deep voice, "Who sent you to keep an eye here?" What are the intentions? The sharp-faced man shook his head violently in denial. The mouth is wronged, but a pair of eyes are dripping and rolling.

Too lazy to go around in circles with the other party, Liu Meng beckoned. A disciple next to him walked up and grabbed the left hand of the sharp-faced man, and with a soft click, he had broken his tail finger. The sharp-faced man shook suddenly, opened his mouth to cry out in pain, and his dumb hole was lit again, so he could only struggle with a whining, and his forehead was full of cold sweat for a moment.

Without much hesitation, the disciple broke his index finger again, then grabbed his thumb again, and asked, "Do you want to move?" Ten fingers connected to the heart, the sharp-faced man was so pained that tears and snot came out, and he nodded again and again, signaling that he had recruited.

"I ...... The small one is on the order of the gang master, waiting here for the masters of the Hengshan faction, and when the ship reaches the center of the river, the signal will be issued, and the other man will intercept it with a fast boat, and then send a brother with good water ability to scuttle the boat ......"

After hearing a few words, Liu Meng understood the reason, and immediately turned around and ordered the disciples to raise their vigilance and pause crossing the river. After telling Mo Da and the others about the situation, after pondering for a while, Liu Meng came up with a stupid idea.

The river is not as good as the land, and most of the disciples of the Hengshan Sect are landlubbers, and they can only be slaughtered when they fall into the water. And this Baijiao Gang has long been prepared, driving a fast boat back and forth on the river, and he and the others really can't do anything about each other, unless they can lure them to the land and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Detour elsewhere? It's a bit too late. Heighten your precautions and continue to cross the river by ferry? It is clearly no longer feasible. But what if the trees were cut down to make rafts? Make a few more rafts and tie them to the back of the ferry with ropes, so that the Baijiao gang will come to scuttle the boat, and they can't help the raft, if they drive the boat to hit the ...... With himself and Senior Brother Mo here, it's not easy to kill a few water cowards?

So at the sound of an order, all the disciples went to cut down trees, and with the help of the boatman at the ferry, they soon set up more than 20 rafts. Two long wooden rows were tied together with ropes, which were stable and flat on the surface of the river, no different from those on flat ground.

The ferries sent the first batch and quickly turned back. Liu Meng instructed everyone to load the wagon first, while the remaining dozen or so horses were blindfolded and led to the wooden rafts attached to the back of the ferry.

The disciples were in pairs, each holding a long stick and bow and arrow, and Liu Meng, Mo Da and the six immortals of Peach Valley were guarding the edge of the wooden row, just waiting for the White Jiao Gang Clipper to appear, and then they started to jump over and kill people.

As Liu Meng expected, the ship arrived in the center of the river, and although there was no eyeliner to report the news, five clippers still rushed to the upstream.

"Attention! Hold your horse and climb up as soon as you fall into the water! Wei Xiantong accompanied Li Guanlan and Qu Feiyan to stand in the middle of the wooden row, shouting loudly to remind everyone of the precautions. The slightly watery disciples were okay, some landlubbers were all pale, and some even squatted down and vomited.

Liu Meng wanted to open a hard bow, bent the bow like a full moon, aimed slightly, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, which was still more than 60 zhang away, and then shot the big man who was rocking the first clipper with an arrow.

"Good!" The disciples cheered in unison, applauding Elder Liu's miraculous arrow. Liu Meng took a backhand arrow, fired his bow again, and fired three arrows in a very short instant, and the three sailors on the opposite clipper fell in response.

The Baijiao Gang Clipper is an unarmed sailor eagle boat, with two sharp ends, no argument between the head and the tail, advancing and retreating like flying, and extremely maneuverable. Just for convenience, the bamboo wall shield above was removed, which also left the paddlers without cover and completely exposed to the bow and arrows.

If you can shoot a target thirty feet away on the water, you are already an archer. There were not many in the Baijiao gang at all, and Liu Meng began to shoot arrows from sixty zhang away, until the clipper approached thirty zhang, and almost all the twelve sailors in the first ship were shot to death, and the remaining two or three people saw that the situation was not good, jumped into the river, and escaped with their lives.

The boss of the Baijiao Gang is also wise, seeing that the other party is using a chain raft, he knows that it is useless to scuttle the boat. And if you let the boat rush, get a little closer, and the other party can jump over if you have light skills and high strength. Attack with bows and arrows, and there will be sharpshooters in the ranks of the people, and if you continue, your brothers will be slaughtered in vain.

Immediately issued an order, the four clippers turned around unwillingly, and quickly retreated amid the cheers of the disciples in Hengshan.

After a stick of incense, the ferry finally landed, and everyone unfolded their bodies to the shore, and after stepping on the ground, they all regained their vigor, shouting that they were going to copy the lair of the Baijiao Gang.

Liu Meng naturally didn't allow it, and encouraged Zhang Baifan, who rushed back to the letter after hearing the news, and told him to send capable people to find out the details of the various gangs along the river, and then start to deal with this Baijiao gang when he returned from Dengfeng.

The situation is grim, and Liu Meng must not be careless.

Adjustments were made immediately, and the crowd was organized into four groups. Zhang Baifan, the second apprentice of Mo Da, still led the four clever disciples as an outpost group, dressed up and walked forward, responsible for the front investigation.

Elder Lu Lianrong's eldest apprentice, Li Yukun, was serious and took four disciples to walk behind the line to prevent anyone from watching. Liu Zhengfeng's second apprentice, Mi Weiyi, was extremely shrewd and took three disciples to walk in front of the team, responsible for miscellaneous matters such as sharpening supplies along the way.

Cheng Qingshan, the first disciple of the Hengshan faction, was the most skilled, and he took the four disciples of Yi Er Shen Hei as a mobile support group, wandering back and forth, and once he found a signal for help, he must immediately rush to support.

The remaining ten disciples were led by steward Wei Xiantong and took care of the convoy in the center. Liu Meng and the head of the sect Mo Da are also ready, and their swords will not leave their hands to meet the enemy at any time.

After this adjustment, the vigilance range of the Hengshan convoy was greatly expanded, avoiding the sneak attack of potential enemies, and even bypassing several waves of large groups of green forest heroes, saving a lot of trouble.

In the evening of this day, when he walked to a big town in the south of Luohe, Mi Weiyi chartered an inn in advance, and the disciples fed the horses and washed the carts, and gathered in front of the inn to chat after dinner. Liu Meng accompanied Li Guanlan to walk and exercise after cooking on the deserted side street.

The houses on both sides are simple, the front and back of the house are lined with poplars, the night sky is high, and the wind blows with gusts of waves.

The two held hands, and when they were indulging in the atmosphere of a quiet autumn night in the town, they suddenly heard a miserable cry in the distance, as if a person was dying. Listen carefully, and there are blade clashes and shouts and reprimands.

Someone is fighting? Liu Meng thought for a while, and said to Li Guanlan: "This place is close to Dengfeng, the good and evil factions have gathered together, and it is extremely difficult to avoid mixing a piece, I don't know which faction is the same as the enemy in front of me, why don't we go and take a look?" ”

Li Guanlan smiled lightly, raised his hand and brushed the wind-blown hair in front of his forehead, and agreed: "If there are righteous people who are surrounded, just sell personal favors and help them." In short, the more friends the better, and the fewer enemies the better. ”

Immediately, Liu Meng let out a clear whistle, waking up the inn and the others, and then grabbed Li Guanlan's slender waist, unfolded his body and ran quickly in the direction from which the sound of fighting came.

After a while, I saw that in front of the barren hill at the intersection of the town, there was a sword light flickering, and the sound of shouting and fighting was very clear.

Is there a woman in this fighting crowd? Liu Meng made a few more vertical leaps, and when he got closer, he saw a group of nuns and women in plain clothes gathering in a group, forming a sword formation, struggling to resist the attack of the masked black-clothed people around him.

Hengshan faction!

This group of people are all women, such a large group of nuns, there should be about thirty people, except for the Hengshan faction, there are no other sects on the rivers and lakes. Even the Emei sect is now dominated by male disciples.

How could the Hengshan Sect be surrounded here? is also from the Wuyue Sword Sect, Liu Meng didn't have time to think about it, so he immediately let go of Li Guanlan in his arms, pulled her and whispered: "Follow me!" Then the Yitian long sword came out of the sheath and shouted: "The teachers of the Hengshan faction are too panicked, and the Wuyue Sword is sent to help!" ”…… (To be continued......)