Extraordinary hurried back to Shaolin, wanting to report the matter to the abbot, but before Extraordinary said, the abbot said: "You don't need to say, in the past two days, there have been disciples from the Sword Sect, the Bliss Sect and the Beggar Gang, and I already know what you want to report." ”

Extraordinary then asked, "What are the arrangements for the abbot?"

After thinking about it sadly, and seeing that Extraordinary was tired, he comforted him with kind words: "Extraordinary, you are fortunate, go down and rest first, and then I will make a decision after discussing with your sad uncle and your bitter uncle." ”

Extraordinary no longer asked, according to the words of the retreat, but in a moment, sorrow and bitterness hurried over,

The abbot said to the two: "I received the news brought back by several teachers and nephews such as Extraordinary, Feiran, and Fei, as well as the content of the recent requests for help from the disciples of various factions, all factions have received the same note, and the other party is extremely thoughtful. ”

The grief is not clear, "Senior brother, please speak clearly." ”

The abbot continued: "The White Lotus Sect received the news on the fourth day of the seventh month, Kongtong received the news on the fifth day of the seventh month, the Bliss Sect received the news on the sixth day of the seventh month, and the Zongjian Sect and our Shaolin sect both received the news on the seventh day of the seventh month. ”

The abbot's words immediately penetrated the inner mystery, and he woke up sadly: "Senior brother, I understand, the other party seems to have calculated the distance, my faction and the Zongjian faction are exactly seven days away from the Valley of Despair, while the Bliss Sect is exactly nine days, and the White Lotus Sect is ten days, so they don't want us to have time to discuss countermeasures together, and at the same time, they also expect that our various factions will beg for each other, so it creates a tense and chaotic situation." ”

The abbot nodded slightly, "It's just that we still can't understand what conspiracy is here?"

He said: "The more chaotic the present, the more we need to be calm, so as not to respond to all changes, fortunately, there are still people left behind in our major factions, if they find that there is any danger, they may be able to organize a response." ”

"What Uncle Shi said is, I think, since all the factions arrived at the Broken Intestine Valley at the same time, they can at least take care of each other, but why does the other side want the major factions to gather in the Broken Intestine Valley and not leave us time to discuss and deal with it?" the abbot said to himself,

This bitterness and sorrow are also incomprehensible, and my heart is quite uneasy.

After Lu Zhizhang of the Zongjian faction learned that all the major factions had received this news, he also saw the strangeness of the time, so he summoned Zhang Ziyong and Li Qingxin to discuss countermeasures.

"I'm afraid the two junior brothers also know about the Broken Intestine Valley, I don't know what the two junior brothers think?" Lu Zhizhang asked,

Zhang Ziyong was the first to reply: "All factions have received the same news, and the other party has deliberately designed the time according to the distance of each faction, I think there must be a major conspiracy behind this." ”

Li Qingxin guessed: "Two senior brothers, I don't think they want to use the missing people of various factions as bait to catch us all." ”

Lu Zhizhang was immediately shocked when he heard Li Qingxin's words, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was impossible, "No, if this is the case, why don't they do anything at the time and place of convergence, each of them is broken, and all factions are united, not necessarily they will be able to annihilate in one fell swoop, even if they can be wiped out, the other party will also suffer countless casualties." ”

"Then what do they want to do?" Lu Zhizhang's analysis is very reasonable, and Li Qingxin also agrees, so I really don't know what the other party's intentions are!

Lu Zhizhang saw that the two junior disciples had no idea, the situation was unclear at the moment, and he had no clear idea, so he only said: "No matter what they want to do, this is like playing chess, since the other party has already laid out chess pieces, we just need to wait and see what happens, and prepare to take the move." ”

After receiving this news, because Yuan Tiandi had explained in advance that no matter what major matters were not allowed to disturb him during his retreat, Youya did not report it, but summoned several senior brothers such as Duan Ya and Quanya to discuss countermeasures.

"The two junior disciples of Quanya and Jieya have rushed to the Broken Intestine Valley, and recently received news from Shui Qing and Quan Qing and others, as well as begging letters from messengers from various factions, I always feel that disaster is coming. Youya said,

Duan Ya sighed and said, "It's a pity that Master and his old man have been in retreat, otherwise, with his old man's ability, he would definitely be able to predict good and bad fortunes." ”

Quan Ya carefully studied the topographic map of the Broken Gut Valley, and also sighed: "Now this situation, I am getting more and more incomprehensible, obviously, the other party does not want to wipe out all the factions, although this Broken Gut Valley is easy to ambush the enemy, but there are many exits of the Broken Gut Valley, as long as all the factions work together to defend an exit, they can't trap everyone in the valley, and it is definitely not the best place to besiege the enemy, so I can't guess what they want?"

This sudden news is like a bomb that blew up the originally calm and watery martial arts into a thousand waves, and all the sects with heads and faces in the martial arts were involved, but they couldn't guess what kind of conspiracy was hidden behind it, but everything was like an arrow from the string, and it couldn't be recovered.

Raindrops were melodious floating over the forest, and Ali Buge wanted to take advantage of Kublai Khan's loss of food and grass to brave the rain to sneak attack, trying to preemptively defeat Kublai Khan in one fell swoop.

This rain is fierce and urgent, which is unpredictable by Zongzheng, Ali Buge has this thought, and it is also a common way for soldiers, after all, it is the time when the martyrdom of Kublai is in a big way, and it is an expedition of laborers, and he is in a hurry, lacking rain gear to shelter from the rain, taking advantage of the night and heavy rain to defeat Kublai Khan.

The nervous transfer of troops in the camp aroused Zongzheng's sensitive nerves, if Ali Buge insisted on braving the rain to fight Kublai Khan, then all his previous efforts were likely to be in vain, and the next big chess was likely to get out of control.

Kublai Khan's nerves couldn't help but tense up, and I have to say that this is a damn rain, and it came at an inopportune time.

But Fa Si Pa was very happy, he knew the heavens well, and this rain was expected by him, and it was also in his own calculations.

Faced with Kublai Khan's nervousness, Fa Si Baan advised: "The Great Khan does not need to be nervous, I think, with Zongzheng's resourcefulness, he will be able to persuade Ali Buge to cancel the offensive plan, but because of this rain, we must start the layout in advance!"

"You mean to plan ahead, but doesn't that make the situation worse?" Kublai Khan was puzzled.

"No, the Great Khan, on the surface, the situation is worse, but it is a turning point! Only by doing this can we cooperate with Zongzheng and then paralyze Ali Buge! Believe me, Great Khan!" Fa Sipa advised,

Things have come to this point, Kublai Khan felt that if Ali Buge really braved the rain to fight, then he would lose no matter what, so it was better to give it a go, so he allowed Fa Si Pa to arrange the plan in advance.

After Ali Buge finished reorganizing his army, he summoned thousands of generals at all levels to discuss military arrangements and prepare to take the oath to conquer Kublai Khan.

After the last time he burned Kublai Khan's grain and grass to force back Kublai Khan's aggressive offensive posture, Ali Buge saw Zongzheng's ability and also saw his loyalty to himself, so such a big event naturally called Zongzheng to come as a staff officer.

What Ali Buge didn't expect was that Zongzheng tried his best to prevent Ali Buge from being greedy for merit and opposing the decisive battle with Kublai Khan while it rained.

In the eyes of the generals of thousands of households, there is no doubt that attacking Kublai Khan is the best time at this moment, and Zong Zheng is strongly opposed, and everyone is inevitably a little unconvinced.

"Zongzheng, don't you know that Ben Khan has a great chance of winning the decisive battle at this time?" Ali Buge asked sharply, with sparks in his eyes, as if he was ready to dissuade him.

Zong Zheng knew that according to Ali Buge's impulsive and impatient nature, if he didn't come up with a practical reason, he really couldn't persuade him.

"I know, Great Khan, actually, you will definitely win, it's just that I just don't want to see the Great Khan victorious, and the Mongols defeated!" Zong Zheng also replied sharply,

'Mongolia is defeated' is like a needle piercing the tip of the hearts of everyone present, Ali Buge is naturally no exception, Zongzheng's words are like a scoop of cold water poured on Ali Buge's fiery heart.

"Zongzheng, what do you mean?" asked Brother Ali Buge, without the previous anger, his voice trembling a lot.

"Dare to ask the Great Khan, dare to ask all the generals here, you brave the rain to fight a decisive battle with Kublai Khan, according to the current strength of both sides, how big will the casualties on both sides be?" Zong Zheng asked, his voice stern and quite indignant.

This question was so direct that everyone present was silent, and even Brother Ali Buge bowed his head and said nothing, because this was his heart disease, and his brother turned his back on it, so it was a waste of national strength, and if he really relied on barbaric killing and powerlessness to win the final victory, it would also lose Mongolia's own strength, and it would be criticized by future generations.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zong Zheng knew that what he had said said was their sore spot, so he struck while the iron was hot, stepped up to sprinkle salt on the wound, and continued to scold harshly,

"I think that after this war, the entire Mongolian army will be reduced by at least more than half, and in the future, what will you use to fight with the Southern Song Dynasty? ”

"Your ancestor Genghis Khan, who opened up the territory and laid a solid foundation for today's powerful Mongolia, can you bear to let your ancestors' hard-earned exploits disappear in an instant because of this great infighting?

"Don't forget, it was they, it was your ancestors who created today's Mongolia with their blood, and look at you, your blood is not shed on the territory of expanding the territory, but it will be shed in the fratricidal civil war, are you still Mongolian soldiers?"

"Do you think that winning today's victory means winning the final victory? Have you ever thought about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died because of this? Are you not afraid of being blamed and criticized by future generations?"

Zong Zheng erupted in four deep questions in a row in the silence, each of which was like a knife slashing their hearts and provoking endless reflection.

It was originally an encouragement before going to the battlefield, but after being questioned several times by Zongzheng, it turned into a criticism meeting, and the atmosphere changed abruptly, however, no one noticed the abrupt change in the atmosphere.