When everyone heard this, they all took action, and soon arranged the formation according to Liu Jizu's instructions, waiting for the enemy to arrive.

After a while, the enemy came into view, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves became clearer and clearer. Liu Jizu asked everyone to get on the side of the road and not block the archery behind.

Soon the other party came to a place five hundred steps away from them, and Liu Jizu could already see the situation of the person on the other side. There were almost more than 300 people on the other side, all riding horses and holding weapons, and Liu Jizu raised his fist.

It was an order to prepare bows and arrows, and Fan Lai saw that he gave an order in the back, asking everyone to take out the arrows and prepare for launch.

Soon the distance between the two sides was only four hundred paces, but the other slowly slowed down and stopped when they were three hundred paces away.

There were three people in front of the other party, and Liu Jizu looked at these three people from a distance, and he actually had a feeling of déjà vu, because these three people felt very similar to the people in the academy. Tall, strong, and sharp-eyed, all three of them were around forty years old, and they knew at a glance that they were masters.

At this time, Elder Long came to his side, "I handed it over to Elder Xiang, you are not familiar with these people, let me introduce you to them." ”

Liu Jizu knew that Elder Long was not worried about himself, so he nodded.

"They are all people in the rivers and lakes of Henan Province, and the first three are amazing, they are the deputy masters of the three largest sects in Henan Province, and they are the deputy masters with the highest combat power. The one on the left is called Liu Hutou, from the Five Tiger Gate, good at fist and leg methods, the one in the middle is called Ji Wanquan, from Renyitang, with outstanding swordsmanship, and the one on the right is called Li Sihui, from the Songshan faction, good at stick methods.

Their mountain gates are far from here, in Shangzhou, Luoyang, and Bianzhou, all north of Henan Province. It is estimated that they have gathered in the border area to guard against us before, otherwise it would be impossible to gather so many people so quickly, and it seems that there are still many masters in it. These sects have a close relationship with the academy and are a community of interests, just like those sects in Jiangbei Province serve the Wuwei Valley, these sects also serve the academy and obey the orders of the academy. ”

"What is their overall level of martial arts?"

Elder Long's face was a little solemn, "Most of their martial arts come from the academy, but because they have been away from the academy for too long, it is not uncommon for people to develop their own martial arts. Therefore, I guess that their physical fitness and martial arts level may be a little worse than that of the academy's out-of-academy disciples, but the gap should not be too big. If you really want to fight with them, both sides may have very large casualties, and the outcome is unpredictable. ”

Liu Jizu nodded, and he had a plan in his heart.

He slapped his horse to the middle of the road, walked more than a hundred steps forward, arched his hand, and said in a loud voice, "Are you coming for us?"

The three of them saw each other, talked to each other, and then Ji Wanquan in the middle came out to speak. Ji Wanquan also patted his horse and walked forward more than a hundred steps, and said, "Is it Li Chuanzong, a rebel of the academy, on the other side?"

Liu Jizu was uncomfortable when he heard the word rebel, "It's me, but it's not a rebel, do you want to stop me?"

Ji Wanquan said: "Don't get me wrong, we don't want to be your enemy. But the college has an order, and we have to obey it. I have discussed with the two brothers, as long as you can defeat the three of us, we will let you go and let you leave Henan Province. But if you lose, you have to go back to the academy with us to confess your guilt, and we will let the others go as they should. Otherwise, everyone will have to fight hard, what do you think of this solution?"

Liu Jizu was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that the other party would actually want to solve the problem between them in the form of a competition, and as long as he was alone. Could it be that the academy knew that it had mastered the martial arts of the ancestor, so it didn't want to go through the trouble of catching Elder Long and the master and then going to the master, as long as it caught himself?

Thinking of this, Liu Jizu asked, "Does what you say count? There are so many people behind you, do they all agree?"

Ji Wanquan actually laughed when he heard this, and said: "Of course I agree, who wants to use a knife with someone if there is nothing to do? Besides, you came from Jiangbei Province, and you don't know what happened, right?"

Liu Jizu was stunned, "What happened, does it have anything to do with our business?"

Ji Wanquan snorted, his face turned a little solemn, "Something is wrong, the trouble you caused is not worth mentioning compared to this matter." After we got the news, we were supposed to go back to our respective mountain gates to discuss countermeasures, but who knew that you suddenly went north and disrupted our plans. We had to meet with you before we left, and this is also an explanation to the college. ”

Liu Jizu saw that he didn't say anything useful for a long time, and he was a little impatient, but it was not easy to interrupt him.

Ji Wanquan ignored his feelings, and said a few more nonsense words before continuing: "We have received definite news that many foreigners have taken advantage of the chaos to enter the Great Zhou Realm, and they have begun to attack the Jianghu sect that bought us. Seventeen sects in the Sanguang region to the south have already been occupied by them. Similarly, in the north, Shanxi, Hebei, and Shandong provinces also had eight sects that were either occupied or acquired. ”

Liu Jizu was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, and asked: "Are you talking about the acquisition? Can the sect also be bought? I heard that they annexed the Jianghu sect in the Sanguang region, and now there are also sects in the north? What are those foreigners going to do?"

Ji Wanquan was dissatisfied with him interrupting himself and said, "Don't worry, you kid, listen to me first." At the moment when we were talking, those foreigners were still encroaching on the surrounding Jianghu sects, and if they were allowed to develop, they would directly threaten the sphere of influence of the three sects. These foreigners all brought a lot of money to various sects to challenge, threatening that if they won, they would use that money to buy that sect. If they lose, the money goes to that sect, and they leave automatically. If they should not fight, they will directly start to fight, and then replace them. ”

"What is the purpose of this group of foreigners doing this? If they just want to retaliate or annex, they can just do it, why buy it with money?"

"We also have your questions, although there is not much news now, but there is a general outline. These two groups of people in the north and south are amazingly powerful, those sects are not opponents at all, and at the beginning, there were sects that resisted desperately and did not agree to the competition, but they were quickly wiped out. Since then, all the sects have sold them through martial arts.

After this group of foreigners bought this sect, they would drive away the original owner's family, and those who did not want to obey would also be driven away. Then they supported the people of the original sect who took the initiative to take refuge in them to manage the sect, and these foreigners did not directly manage it. They are simply asking these custodians to follow orders and reap the benefits of it, and that's all we have so far.

The three sects should have gotten the news earlier, but they didn't pay much attention to it because they didn't directly interfere with their interests before. Now that the situation is getting worse and worse, and seeing that there is an uncontrollable trend, the three sects have paid attention to it, and the pursuit of you has been suspended. Later, our sect also got the news, so they ordered us to go back, guard our mountain gate, and discuss countermeasures together. I don't know if you're lucky or unlucky, we'll be wrong to get your news one day later. But now the situation is special, we have more important things to do, and we are not willing to pay too much loss, so we proposed to fight with you, how do you think about it?"

After listening to Ji Wanquan's words, Liu Jizu suddenly remembered the 'fire theft plan' that Master had told him before, and that incident was also made by a group of foreigners more than a hundred years ago, is there any connection between the two? But now is not the time to think about these questions, he asked: "How can you compare, should the three of you go together, or do you come one by one?"

Ji Wanquan laughed at Liu Jizu's arrogance, "What an arrogant boy, he dares to say such a big thing before he grows up." We know you're amazing, but what identity do we have, what age do we have, how can we be three-on-one, of course, we are fighting alone. But first explain the rules clearly in front of fellow Jianghu people, don't say that we bully you. First of all, the tiger head brother will compete with you, if you lose, you will go back with us, and if you win, you can rest for a stick of incense. Then compare with Senior Brother Li, he uses a stick, it's still the same, if you lose, go back with us, and if you win, you can rest for a stick of incense. In the end, I use a sword. Since it's a martial arts competition, let's stop at the point, we won't kill you, and please be merciful to our subordinates, what do you think?"

Liu Jizu snorted in his nostrils, and said in his heart that he didn't take advantage of it! You have three chances, and as long as you lose once, you will have to go back to the academy with you! Besides, the master competition consumes a lot of physical strength, and the time of a stick of incense can't be recovered at all, they are going to be bitches and set up an archway!

But the advantage of this method is that he doesn't have to fight on a large scale, and he can avoid casualties on his side, he only thought about it for a while, then jumped off his horse, and arched his hand: "Okay, then the juniors will not do their best to learn from a few seniors, please give advice to the seniors!"

Ji Wanquan heard that he began to call his seniors, and he was also polite, jumped off the horse and arched his hand: "Li Gongzi's martial arts skills are outstanding, I have been waiting for a long time to hear the big name, and I have long thought that I would be able to." Today's opportunity is rare, please don't hesitate to give advice!"

After speaking, he waved to the back, and the two people behind him came to his side, Elder Long and Hou Huaigu also came to Liu Jizu's side when they saw it, and several of them got off the horse and saluted each other. Elder Long and Hou Huaigu are both long-established figures in the rivers and lakes, each of them is famous, and when Ji Wanquan and the three of them saw Elder Long, they could only hold the disciple salute, calling themselves senior nephews, and calling Hou Huaigu senior brothers.

After the two sides finished the polite exchange, the venue was vacated, and the first game was played by Liu Hutou against Liu Jizu. Liu Hutou's figure is about the same as Wu Lun's, slightly shorter but stronger, with well-developed limbs, big hands, thick fists, and calluses on them.

Liu Jizu knows that this is the characteristic of long-term practice of boxing and feet, he also had such calluses before, but after leaving home, the time to practice boxing has decreased significantly, and the calluses on the back of his hands have slowly faded, but the calluses have grown in the palms of his hands because of holding knives, guns and bows and arrows for a long time, which are all traces left by diligent practice every day.

Although these cocoons are not beautiful, the opponent is a kind of protection, making it less susceptible to injury. Liu Jizu took off the saber, hung it on the hook of the saddle, and then took out the fist gloves from the leather pocket of the saddle and put them on.

Liu Hutou also put on his own gloves. Liu Jizu observed it and found that his boxing gloves were much better than his own, which could be seen from the materials and workmanship.

The two came to the field, did not speak, just clasped their fists and saluted, and then opened the fight and fought.

Liu Jizu has not used his fists and feet for a while, because he found that the efficiency of punches and feet is low, and it is not very practical on the battlefield. But walking the rivers and lakes, fist and foot kung fu is still very necessary, plus boxing gloves, it is equivalent to having a weapon in the hand, making fist and foot kung fu more practical.