I don't feel that the Mid-Autumn Festival night is long, and the breeze is desolate.

The moonlight is all over the mountains and fields, and the grass and trees are swaying and shining.

The east is white, the trees are playing, and the sky is fluttering red.

Three or five miles away from Shuanglin Temple, Bai Yutian, Xie Mubai, Bao Dalei, Tang Xiansheng and other people in charge woke up one after another, gathered together, and said what they didn't say last night. After several heartfelt speeches, everyone reached an agreement, and Xie Mubai gave orders.

Hu Tong got the order, and sent a message to the right side of the horse nest Jiaonan; Wei Bao got the order and sent a message to Ma Jiang Yulang, a passer-by in the middle; The season should be in season, and rush to Fenzhou Mansion to move troops; Straddle the road and disappear between the mountains and fields, silently.

After breakfast, everyone followed Xie Mubai's footsteps and marched to the northwest, pointing to the Fenshui River.

The spies of the Dragon Slayer Club found out the whereabouts of Xie Mubai and the others along the way, and reported back quickly.

Zhao Mingxiu was happy, and convened his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

I don't want my subordinates to be passionate and enthusiastically participate, but there are serious differences of opinion. With the Fen River as the boundary, one group advocated standing on the west bank to destroy the enemy, and the other group advocated standing on the east bank to destroy the enemy. The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, and the two sides are on the same page, and there is a great taste of mutual restraint.

Zhao Mingxiu, as a Qing official, was caught in the middle for a while, and it was difficult to judge this business.

At this moment, someone bowed forward, kowtowed, and said loudly: "Lord, my subordinates are sincere, and they don't dare to ask if they want to speak." ”

Many people immediately shouted: "You traitor, the lord has been extraordinarily gracious to take your life, and what qualifications do you have to speak." ”

Zhao Mingxiu remembered that "the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan", glanced at the man, and said very unhappily: "Wu Ci, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

Wu Ci asked: "Dare to ask the lord, do you like 'quick success' or 'foresight'?" ”

Many people shouted, "Bold! ”

Zhao Mingxiu shook his hand slightly, waited for everyone to be quiet, and said: "Wu Ci, what is 'quick success'?" What does it mean to be 'foresight'? ”

Wu Ci replied: "Besieging Xie Mubai and others on the east bank of the Fen River is equivalent to 'quick success', and besieging Xie Mubai and others on the west bank of the Fen River is equivalent to 'foresight'. ”

After hearing this, many men who advocated the elimination of Xie Mubai and others on the east bank of the Fen River were very angry, and they wanted to step forward and tear Wu Ci in half, and also use the Fen River as the boundary, and throw half of them on the one side to relieve the anger in their hearts.

Zhao Mingxiu smiled disdainfully and said, "Wu Ci, then you can tell me the reason why you can't rush for quick success." ”

Wu Ci bowed down and said: "Lord, ambush Xie Mubai and others on the east bank of the Fen River, not to mention that Jiang Yulang and Chaojiaonan are not far apart, so they can be reinforced in time." Just to say that only a small half of our people have survived Fenshui, with these people alone, is the lord really sure that Xie Mubai and others will be annihilated? If they can't be annihilated, once the news leaks, how shrewd Jiang Yulang, Chao Jiaonan and others are, with Xie Mubai's experience, how can they repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

Seeing that Zhao Mingxiu seemed to be moved, he continued: "My subordinates have followed the lord to fight in the east and west, and to fight in the south and north for decades, so I can't wait for such a God-given opportunity, and the heroes of the rivers and lakes are stupid enough to deliver them to the door." I hope that the lord will be wise and martial, and he can lead his subordinates to defeat the entire Jianghu martial arts with this battle, so as to realize the long-cherished wish of dominating the rivers and lakes. How can you mess up the big plan because of the small unbearable, leave hidden dangers, and even leave regrets! ”

Dominate the rivers and lakes, and get your long-cherished wish fulfilled, how joyful!

Although many men were opposed and wanted to complain halfway, they unconsciously swallowed back the words that came to their mouths, and the hall was very quiet.

Zhao Mingxiu got up and asked, "What about foresight?" And how to solve it? The tone was slightly gentle.

Wu Ci said: "Lord, when they cross the Fen River, we ambush more than 100 of them with 500 men, and there is the Fen River blocking their retreat. Wait until Xie Mubai and others are completely annihilated, and then cross the Fen River with lightning speed, encircle and annihilate Jiang Yulang and others, Chao Jiaonan and others reacted quickly and came to help in time, but it was just a moth to fight the fire and a mantis arm as a car, trying to add casualties. At that time, even if some of them can get away with it, the general trend is gone, and there is no longer the ability to stop the pace of the lord's domination of the rivers and lakes. ”

Domination is just around the corner, and it couldn't be better.

Those sect members who had already advocated encircling and annihilating Xie Mubai and others on the west bank of the Fen River immediately echoed it, and the entire hall was immediately full of people, and the people's hearts were in turmoil.

Zhao Mingxiu died of his son, he was eager for revenge, and he was in a hurry, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong with what Wu Ci said, he couldn't help but be moved. Glancing at everyone, he waited for everyone to be quiet, and asked loudly, "Everyone, what do you think?" ”

The crowd replied in unison, "Only the lord's orders are obeyed." ”

Once upon a time, all hot-blooded men followed Zhao Mingxiu for decades, only seeing bad karma but not good results, what was it for? Isn't it just to respond to Zhao Mingxiu's call to dominate the rivers and lakes, create an unprecedented grand plan and hegemony, and go through the world in vain. Today, it is only one step away, how can it fall short because it cannot unite as one?

Zhao Mingxiu said happily: "Okay." Withdrew to the west bank, surrounded and annihilated Xie Mubai and other people in the southern rivers and lakes, and killed all of them, leaving no one behind. ”

Everyone replied in unison, "No! ”

A man in his fifties with a scar on his left forehead stepped forward and said, "My lord, after crossing the Fen River, the Fenzhou Mansion will be close." What if Xie Mubai invited the officers and soldiers of the Fenzhou Mansion to help? Why can't you fight to the death with the officers and soldiers at this juncture! You have to be on guard. ”

Zhao Mingxiu glanced at the crowd and said, "Cui Wuyan, what do you say about Lao Li's worries?" ”

Cui Wuyan came out of the ranks, bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "Back to the lord, I have sent people to closely monitor the only way from Pingyao to Fenyang, and so far, I have not seen anything unusual. Thinking that Xie Mubai and other southern barbarians consciously asked the northern government to send troops, it may not be possible if they did not have this plan. ”

Wu Ci said: "Lord, you are not afraid of 10,000 in everything, just in case." So far, there has been no abnormality, either Xie Mubai and the others really didn't think of asking Fenyang for help, or Cui Wuyan was ineffective and inappropriately arranged, and maybe there were some omissions. ”

Cui Wuyan bowed his head to Zhao Mingxiu and said: "Lord, Wu Ci has a personal vendetta and malicious slander. Hope for the lord ......"

Zhao Mingxiu said: "Cui Wuyan, what Wu Ci said is not unreasonable. ”

Wu Ci bowed his head and said: "The lord is wise, and the lord is martial." ”

Zhao Mingxiu said: "Wu Ci, in your opinion, how to deal with it at this time?" ”

Wu Ci said: "My lord, with your friendship with the governor of Fenzhou in the past, you only need to send someone to Fenyang to verify it." ”

Zhao Mingxiu said: "Cui Wuyan, what do you say? ”

Cui Wuyan said: "Leave it to the Lord's decision." ”

Zhao Mingxiu said to the "worried" just now: "Lao Li, Lord Zhao has seen you, how about you go?" ”

The surnamed Li came out and replied, "Yes, lord." ”

Zhao Mingxiu waved his hand and said loudly: "That's it, withdraw to the west bank of the Fen River, and gather Xie Mubai and other southern barbarians." ”

The crowd replied in unison, "Your men obey." "Accompanied Zhao Mingxiu out of the council hall.

Breaking away from the crowd, Cui Wuyan said: "Old Wu, why did you say that just now?" ”

Wu Ci said: "Old Cui, just because you exposed my brother, you want to gain Zhao Mingxiu's trust, and you underestimate Zhao Mingxiu too much." Even if I don't say so, someone will say so, and Zhao Mingxiu will send someone to Fenyang to inquire and implement this matter. ”

Cui Wuyan said: "But in this way, if the person surnamed Li finds out the clues, won't our lives be worried?" ”

Wu Ci said: "You can rest assured, so at such a critical level, Lord Zhao will not dare to follow his own personal interests." ”

Cui Wuyan said: "Then what now?" ”

Wu Ci said: "Just follow Zhao Mingxiu and withdraw to the west bank of Fenshui, you don't need to have any ideas." ”

Cui Wuyan said: "But Bai Shaoxia, they don't know that the situation has changed?" ”

Wu Ci said: "I sent Lao Huang to inform him last night, Zhao Mingxiu, in order to annihilate all the heroes of the rivers and lakes in one fell swoop, will definitely listen to the advice and choose to do it on the west bank of the Fen River." When the time comes, you just need to stay away from Zhao Mingxiu, and the rest will act according to Zhao Mingxiu's wishes, and it will not affect the overall situation. ”

Cui Wuyan said: "Then if Zhao Mingxiu asks about the fact that Xie Mubai has asked Jiang Yulang and Chao Jiaonan for help, will he answer truthfully?" ”

Wu Ci said: "Wu Detang's hands and eyes are all over the sky, if you can't even find such a trivial matter, do you think you can survive to the west bank of Fenshui?" Proactive reporting is. ”

The two returned to the Wudetang Intelligence Department, gathered all the members of the Wudetang, and quickly marched west.

......

It is said that Shi Lingyi bypassed the eyeline of the spies of the Dragon Slaying Society, crossed the horse and traveled westward, and turned around to Fenyang. Just about to enter the city, he was discovered by Liu Qing, who was guarding the city gate, and blocked the way. Shi Lingyi didn't know Liu Qing, thinking that he was a spy of the Dragon Slaying Society, so he came to strike first.

Liu Qing was not vigilant, and his martial arts were extraordinary, so he was almost succeeded by a sneak attack.

Shi Lingyi saw that Liu Qing's eyes were clear, his martial arts were above him, and he didn't care about his sneak attack, and faintly felt that Liu Qing was not a disciple of the Dragon Slayer Society, so he asked: "I don't know who the little brother is, why is he blocking my way?" ”

Liu Qing saw that the season should be Fenyang accent, and his martial arts were average, just imagine that Zhao Mingxiu would never send this person to Fenyang to do business, it is very likely that Bai Yutian saw that this person was a native of Fenyang, and he was familiar with the road and sent to ask for reinforcements. He hugged his fists and said: "Junior brother Liu Qing, standing in the way here, swear that you can't get along with the disciples of the Dragon Slayer Society." If there is any misunderstanding just now, please forgive me. ”

Shi Lingyi had heard from Bai Yutian that Xie Mubai had an apprentice named Zhuo Yifei, the Venerable Master of Wisdom had an apprentice named Liu Qing, and the Taiyue faction had a descendant named He Junwei, all of whom were among the best of the younger generation. Seeing that this person is young, in his early twenties, and his martial arts are good at himself, he said that he was Liu Qing, and he was not willing to believe it. He cupped his fists and saluted back: "In the next season, I am friends with the white jade sky young man of the Pure Yang Gate." ”

Liu Qing asked with a smile: "Brother Shi, I don't know who else is around Bai Yutian?" ”

Shi Lingyi replied: "Farewell this morning, I will be sent to Bai Shaoxia, Xie Daxia, Bao Daxia, Tang Daxia, Jiang Zong, Huang Zhangmen, Le Zong, Eagle King Tieshi, and ......."

Liu Qing smiled: "Okay." If Brother Shi goes into the city to move reinforcements, he doesn't have to. ”

Shi Lingyi was taken aback and asked, "How do you know?" ”