To Germany two years, March 12, Hangzhou City.

In the past half a month, it is no secret that Yan Zhuang, the prime minister of the rebel Dayan puppet court, sent his most proud generals to lead 10,000 troops to attack Wanhualou, one of the four major sects of martial arts. However, since last August, General Guo Ziyi met with Emperor Suzong in Lingwu and plotted the future national front. As a result, Shi Siming's army, the main force of the An Lushan rebel army, launched a crazy attack, and the whole country was constantly fighting, and Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty had no time to take care of this battle because of this huge strategic layout.

Therefore, rumors have long been spread in Hangzhou City, saying that this place will become a purgatory on earth, causing the entire city to flee and hide. Those people in Hangzhou, who have no relatives or friends, have no choice but to hide at home. In this chaotic day, even if you flee outside, you may be swallowed up by the war, and it is better to die in your own hometown than to die in a foreign country.

Wanhualou is located on the shore of the West Lake, the scenery environment is very beautiful, but it is a pity that in such a situation, who still has the heart to enjoy the West Lake water.

10,000 rebels against 2,000 imperial court soldiers and more than 17 million Hualou disciples in the city was really a tough battle with a huge disparity in strength.

Qin Tianci and Gu Liang Naji stood on the outskirts of Hangzhou and looked at it from a distance, Qin Tianci said, "Big brother, there are really a lot of rebels. ”

Gu Liang Naji worried, "Although it is still calm now, it can be seen that the people in the city must be very difficult, and it seems that my Wanhualoumen people have only rushed back more than a thousand people." ”

"It's really a trouble right now, as the saying goes, the thief captures the king first, why don't we attack the barracks at night?" Qin Tianci was shocked when he thought that the people in the city would be devastated by the war.

Gu Liang Naji shook his head and said, "Brother Xian, this plan is the next step. Have you forgotten the lesson you learned about the sun at that time? Maybe another big trap is waiting for you, not to mention that there are so many people and so many military tents, and the camp tents are the same everywhere, and it is impossible to tell where the commander is, even if it is safer to look for it at night, it will not be found at all in a few days, and there are still three days before this battle will start, so how can we have time to find it one by one. Moreover, you see, Brother Xian, they blocked all the transportation arteries around Hangzhou City, and then looked at the arrangement of this military formation, it seems that they want to fight a protracted war, so as to consume the people in the city. ”

"Sure enough, the eldest brother is knowledgeable, and the younger brother will only act recklessly. According to what the eldest brother sees, what should we do now? Qin Tianci asked.

"It's too strange that this momentum wants to annihilate my Wanhualou, but now it's just camped in Hangzhou City." Gu Liang Naji analyzed.

Qin Tianci felt that what Gu Liang Naji said was very right, "What does the eldest brother mean, I'm afraid there is really fraud in this?" So what exactly do they want to do? ”

Gu Liang Naji also shook his head and said, "I don't know what they want to do, Baihu is cunning in nature, if you add Qinglong and Zen Master Wenhui, maybe they will attack my Wanhualou secretly, they should do something bigger." For today's plan, our soldiers will divide into two routes, all the way into Hangzhou City, and see what the situation is in the city. The other way stayed where it was, and by the way, he found out what was going on in the barracks. ”

Qin Tianci said, "Big brother, although you know how to arrange troops better than me, you are more familiar with Hangzhou City and Wanhualou than me. It's better for you to go into the city to join your Wanhualou, if there is really a war in three days, you can still deal with it. My younger brother and I will spy on the enemy, and although we are few in number, if we do go to war in three days' time, my younger brother will definitely cause trouble in their rear and support you. ”

"That's exactly what brother means, once you find out what the hell is behind them, immediately send someone to sneak into the city to see me." As he spoke, he handed over a yellow-green round jade pendant on his body to Qin Tianci, "Come, this is the unique jade pendant of my Wanhualou Gu Liang family, if I enter the city, my Wanhualou people will definitely bring this jade pendant to see me." ”

Gu Liang Naji thought for a moment and said to Sun Lingyi, "Sister Lingyi, it's really dangerous here, you follow Brother Tianci, he is relatively safe to act in the dark." ”

Sun Lingyi made a fuss, "I don't! Brother Najib, I'm going to follow you! ”

"I'm too dangerous here!" Gu Liang Naji said worriedly.

"I don't! I'm going to follow you! ”

Qin Tianci said at this time, "Big brother, I think it's safer for the crazy girl to follow you." You also know that the younger brother is acting in the shadows, and if he really encounters something, he is fighting alone, but she will be more dangerous. ”

Sun Ling hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, it's rare that the stinky boy is right." How dangerous it is for me to follow him, but it is safer to follow you. ”

Gu Liang Naji said that they were not, and Qin Tianci was not unreasonable, maybe it would be better to follow him, at least he could protect her in times of crisis. After thinking about it, he decided to take Sun Ling into the city.

It was relatively easy to enter the city this time, and Liang Naji and Sun Ling went to Wanhualou as soon as they entered the city valley.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the side door of Wanhualou, a man in his thirties who had been standing at the door for a year had already been standing, and it turned out to be Third Brother He when he looked closely. Third Brother He received the letter before and waited here early. Seeing Gu Liang Naji, he hurriedly put on the cloak that he and Sun Ling had prepared earlier, and quietly sent it into the mansion.

You must know that although Gu Liang Naji is the son of Gu Liang Fu, the second master of Gu Liang's family, it has always been rumored that Gu Liang Naji is weak and sick, so he rarely shows up in the family, and even less walks around the rivers and lakes. Every time he went out, it was completed with the assistance of Gu Liang Fu's confidant He Shi father and son and his sister Gu Liang Nayin. Therefore, he and Sun Ling were able to enter and exit Wanhualou in this way.

When they arrived at Gu Liang Najib's room, the two of them took off their cloaks. Sun Lingyi wondered why they were sneaking back to their own house like this, and Gu Liang Naji gave a simple explanation. At this time, Third Brother He went to pick up Gu Liang Nayin.

Sun Lingyi asked Gu Liang Najib, "Brother Najib, who is this Third Brother He?" Is it reliable? ”

Gu Liang Naji explained, "Sister Ling, you don't know about this. In the past, Uncle He was rescued by my father because of his mistakes, so he took his son and became a close confidant by my father's side. The father also taught martial arts to both father and son. ”

"What about that Uncle He? I'd love to meet him. ”

"Uncle Ho passed away many years ago. Now Third Brother He is the closest person in our room, if you have any orders, just look for him, you can rest assured. ”

"Oh."

Saying that, Third Brother He had already taken Gu Liang Nayin into his gatehouse.

"Brother! Is that you, brother? Are you back? This is Gu Liang Nayin's voice. She excitedly stretched out her hands and touched them forward, as she walked quickly.

Seeing this, Gu Liang Nayin immediately greeted him, reached out and grabbed his sister's hand to explore the way, "I'm here." We're back. Looking at his sister, who was already blind, Gu Liang Najib felt a pain in his heart. But on the other hand, he is his sworn brother, what can he do? Heaven is really a man.

Gu Liang Nayin heard what his brother said "we", and hurriedly said, "Are you back?" You guys? Is Brother Qin here too? As she spoke, she panicked and stepped back, accidentally hitting the small table.

Gu Liang Nayin hurriedly helped his sister steady, Sun Lingyi followed, and said hesitantly, "Sister Nayin, it's me." Stinky Boy isn't here...... Only me and Big Brother Najib are back. ”

Gu Liang Nayin was really sad and happy when he heard that there was no Qin Tianci, and he was helped by Gu Liang Naji and slowly fell on the chair at the small table.

Gu Liang Naji hurriedly asked, "Third brother, didn't you encounter any danger on the way back?" ”

Third Brother He hurriedly replied, "Back to the young master, we were also taken aback when we heard on the way that the rebels were going to attack our Wanhua Tower. I wanted to report back to you, but on second thought, since we heard rumors on the way, I'm sure you'll get a message too. So we were afraid that there would be changes at home, so we rushed back to Wanhualou directly. There was no danger along the way, until the fifth day of return, the city of Hangzhou was full of rebels, and some of the people in the city fled because of this incident. ”

Gu Liang Naji asked, "Presumably, Third Brother He has already investigated the situation of the rebels in the past few days, right?" ”

Third Brother He replied, "I really can't hide anything from the young master." The subordinates have already sent people to disguise themselves and infiltrate the barracks, and information has been sent yesterday. Discover a strange thing. ”

Gu Liang Naji suddenly came to his senses, "What's the strange thing?" ”

Gu Liang Nayin answered, "Yesterday, the third brother and I thought about it for a long time, and I felt that this matter was very strange. Does my brother know who is the commander of the army of more than 10,000 people? ”

"Who else could it be? It is nothing more than the four generals under Yan Zhuang's old fox, but the green face is naturally impossible, and there are only three left......" Gu Liang Naji pondered.

"Brother, you might as well guess."

Gu Liang Naji thought carefully, "Zen Master Wenhui has inconvenient eyes, so the coach must not be him." The White Tiger and his father had fought in Qingyou Valley before, and he also knew his father's identity, this time he was going to attack my Wanhualou with great fanfare, plus the previous defeat of Qinglong in Xunyang City, presumably the boss this time is the White Tiger. ”

"Exactly. However, yesterday, the third brother sent someone to bring back the news, although the rebel commander is a white tiger. However, after the enemy set up the defense department, the commander disappeared. ”

Third Brother He said, "Yes, young master, this is very strange. It was this group of traitors who provoked the war, and they also attacked my Wanhualou with great fanfare. In three days they will attack us with all their might, but now that the manager is gone, has something happened to them? ”

Gu Liang Naji was very puzzled, gone? Will the White Tiger be absent at this critical moment? The morale of the enemy army must decline, although my Wanhualou is only one-third of the enemy's strength in this battle, the possibility of victory will be much higher if it continues in this way. But is it really that easy? White Tiger has always been insidious and cunning, what is his purpose in doing this? It always feels like there's some big conspiracy in there. Oh no, Qin Tianci's actions will come to naught in the next few days, is it a trap laid for the sake of the virtuous brother? On the contrary, the white tiger is in the dark, and we are in the light. Could it be that the purpose of the White Tiger was not in Wanhualou at the beginning?

Gu Liang Naji hurriedly asked, "Have you found any information about the other commanders?" ”

He Sange said, "Yes, the deputy marshal seems to be called Qinglong." ”

"Qinglong? Is it the Cloud Flying Dragon of the former Lingyun Pavilion? Gu Liang Naji asked again.

"It should be. Although the brother who investigated had never seen this person, according to his description, it should be the uncle of the Tianci brother. ”

"That's a problem...... Although Yun Feilong is not as good as the White Tiger, he is also a figure who can influence the two armies. It seems that the purpose of the white tiger is my virtuous brother, and I didn't expect this move to be so ruthless. Now the white tiger is in the dark, and we have become passive. Gu Liang Naji said fiercely.

At this time, a person came to report, "Little young master, Third Brother He, the landlord came to report, just now the rebels had moved, and they blocked all the entrances and exits in the city." It may be that something has been done, and we should all be vigilant and careful. With that, the man withdrew.

"Then young master, what should we do now?" Third Brother He asked anxiously after listening to the report.

Gu Liang Najib reacted at this time, "It's a good urn to catch turtles." It seems that the identity of the little golden dragon has been detected by the white tiger, so he deliberately relaxed his vigilance and waited for me to enter the city. I won't do it until I'm in the city until I'm going to do it all, and I'm going to have to catch it all. ”

Gu Liang Nayin said anxiously, "Then how is Brother Qin?" ”

Gu Liang Naji comforted, "Sister, don't worry, Tianci and I have become brothers, Brother Xian is now outside the city, he is very good......... Just ........."

"Just what?"

"I suspect that Brother Xian may be their first target, and if Brother Xian continues to investigate in the enemy camp, he will probably fall for them. But what I can't figure out is why their target is Qin Tianci, is there something in him that they need? Or will the virtuous brother become their biggest threat? That's not right...... There's no need to be the enemy of the entire Wanhualou for the sake of one person? Ay...... It's really confusing. Gu Liang Naji muttered a lot, still not understanding why the white tiger would do this.

Gu Liang Nayin comforted, "Brother, don't worry, Brother Qin, he has his own natural appearance, and he is strong in martial arts, even if the White Tiger does something with him, he will never be able to get good results." Let's still think about how our Wanhualou should resist if the rebels are led by someone else as the commander to lead the army to attack. ”

Third Brother He agreed, "What Miss said is extremely true. ”

Gu Liang Nayin continued, "In fact, Wanhualou is now under the command of the uncle, and the uncle will lead the people to resist in the head-to-head battle, relying on the defense around the West Lake, the enemy army will not be able to break through for a while. We might as well think about how to surprise the opponent's army formation and relieve the pressure on our faction's frontal battlefield. ”

Gu Liang Naji sighed at this time, "Our West Lake's original name is Qiantang Lake, although the lake is wide, but the lake is sometimes flooded by heavy rain, and sometimes dried up due to long-term drought. It's mid-March now, and the amount of water happens to be normal, and it's not advisable to use water to attack it...... If we fight in June or July, in the summer, we will be sure of victory. Hey, that's a nuisance. ”

Gu Liang Nayin said, "Brother don't worry, these days, the senior monks and uncles of Lingyin Temple are also discussing, and they will also go all out to fight against foreign enemies when the time comes." ”

"The masters of Lingyin Temple are also willing to fight? That's great. Gu Liang Naji was pleasantly surprised, "With them, it is better than more than 100 people, no, it is better than more than 1,000 people." ”

"But no, because the actions of the rebels will lead to the lives of the people in Hangzhou, these monks have to protect everyone to come out to fight." Gu Liang Nayin said.