Chapter 146: First Strike
As night fell, the high-ranking members of the Demon Sect such as Dongfang Undefeated occupied the front yard of the Shaolin Temple and several meditation rooms, while the other 14,500 members of the sect set up camp on the mountain road near the temple gate.
As for the people of Wuyue, there are Shaolin monks who vacate the rear courtyard so that they can live in peace, and all kinds of food and hot water are also available.
Of course, just in case, all sides have sent a large number of people to guard.
Yue Buqun, as the leader of the Quanzhen Sect, was naturally assigned to a Nuoda meditation room.
The lights were dizzy, Yue Buqun was sitting at the table, wiping the 'Purple Void' sword over and over again, his movements were focused and gentle, as if he was soothing his beloved lover. Mei Niang sat opposite, sulking to herself.
Seeing that the night was dark, Mei Niang came over to take off his robe for him, and was about to take off his shoes and wash his feet. Yue Buqun gently held her bare hand, stopped her movements, and said, "You don't have to sleep tonight...... Wait a minute!"
The look of doubt between Mei Niang's eyebrows flashed, and then she snorted coldly, and turned her face away from him.
Yue Buqun patted her fragrant shoulder and said gently: "Dissipate your anger...... Don't you still have faith in me?...... Dongfang's undefeated martial arts are strong, but I will never lose him, tomorrow's battle, my certainty of defeating him is not great, and the probability of him beating me is not high!"
Where would Mei Niang believe these words of comfort, and still ignore him.
Masters are fighting, life and death are on the line, if today's Fangzheng, Chongxu, and Zuo Lengchan were not saved by others, they would have all died under the undefeated sword in the East. But Yue Buqun is good, and the last pretending poisonous tongue offended Fangzheng, Chongxu, and Zuo Lengchan all over again. Tomorrow, if he is not the undefeated opponent of the East, Fangzheng, Chongxu, and Zuo Lengchan may not come to the rescue!
Looking at her puffing pink cheeks, Yue Buqun kissed her. "Good boy. Sleep first, leave me alone......"
Mei Niang couldn't help asking, "What else are you going to do?"
Yue Buqun smiled. "Of course, I'm going to say good things to the leader of the Zuo Alliance, and ask him to pull me at a critical moment tomorrow!" said his eyes, and a slight sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Out of the meditation room, Yue Buqun turned the corner along the corridor, Cheng Bu was not worried, and Yu Canghai was already waiting here.
As soon as he saw Yue Buqun, Cheng Buqun said, "What the sect leader expected is not bad...... Fang Zheng and Chong Xuan were invited by Zuo Lengchan and have quietly gathered in the courtyard where the Songshan faction lives!"
"Very good......" Yue Buqun's face was cold, and he played this trick with the sect leader. Zuo Lengchan Qian's donkey skills are exhausted! He asked again: "Has Xinying been released?"
Cheng Buxian knew that this was to ask if Qi Cong had been notified of the news, and immediately replied: "Xinying arrived safely, everything is in the sect leader's plan!"
"Well, it's just Zuo Lengchan's cooperation with the three of them...... Let's go and take a look!" The meaning in the voice was long, which made Yu Canghai's heart tremble.
Yue Buqun took the lead and went straight to the courtyard of the Songshan faction, Cheng Buxian and Yu Canghai followed closely.
In front of the house and behind the house, Ding Mian, Lu Bai, Fei Bin, Zhong Zhen and other Songshan Taibao were on guard. In the meditation room, Fangzheng and Chongxu are holding tea cups. Silent.
Zuo Lengzen spoke earnestly, and was trying to persuade them to unite with Wuyue to launch a night attack. Defeat the Demon Sect thieves in one fell swoop, as long as the three of them join forces to besiege the East and be undefeated, they will definitely be killed on the spot, and they will be ashamed......
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Lu Bai reported in the foreign court: "Senior brother in charge, Yue Buqun asks to see ......"
Zuo Lengchan's face was stagnant, his eyes were gloomy, and his face was expressionless.
Fang Zheng is a joy, he knows very well that Zuo Lengchan is the leader of the Wuyue Alliance, and he only really orders the Songshan faction and the Taishan faction, and Yue Buqun is the deputy alliance leader, in addition to his own Quanzhen Sect, Hengshan Moda also advances and retreats with him, and the remaining Hengshan nuns are swaying between Zuo and Yue, and they act when they see the opportunity.
Only when Zuo and Yue are of the same opinion can they truly control Wuyue. Therefore, when Zuo Lengchan put aside Yue Buqun and unilaterally persuaded him to join forces to attack the Demon Sect, he let him say anything, and Fang Zheng would never dare to agree.
Otherwise, Yue Buqun will be dissatisfied and stumble in the back, even if the joint action will not be successful, it will inevitably be too variable.
It is a matter of Shaolin's survival, Fang Zheng will never dare to hope for Yue Buqun's character, if Yue Buqun always focuses on the overall situation, he should take the opportunity to fight in the wheel during the day and kill Dongfang Undefeated, instead of dismantling Chongxu and Zuo Lengchan's platform in turn, and suppressing the prestige of Wudang and Songshan faction nakedly!
Therefore, as soon as he heard that Yue Buqun was coming, Fang Zheng couldn't care about Zuo Lengchan's extreme displeasure, and persuaded: "One person is short, everyone is long, and the matter of joining forces is better to let Sect Master Yue come in, and I will wait for the details!"
Zuo Lengchan had no choice but to open the door and order, "Go and invite Sect Master Yue to come in......
Lu Bai took the order and left, and after a while, Yue Buqun arrived, went straight into the meditation room, and closed the door. Cheng Buxian and Yu Canghai took advantage of the situation to guard the door with Lu Bai and others.
In the front yard of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the East is undefeated and has his back to the Buddha, meditates and rests, and Tong Baixiong leads the guards to protect the Dharma.
Qi Cong suddenly came in and whispered to Dongfang Undefeated: "Sect Master...... The spies came to report that the four of them, Fang Zheng, Chong Xu, Zuo Lengchan, and Yue Buqun, met at night and consulted secretly, for fear that they were plotting against each other!"
"Hehe......" Dongfang Undefeated smiled lightly, opened his eyes and asked, "They want to attack at night...... Brother Tong, how do you think we should deal with it?"
Tong Baixiong muttered: "Shaolin warrior monks are limited after all, and there are not many people from Wuyue today, Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun obviously left a hand in the old nest.
In this way, even if Shaolin and Wuyue unite, the number of people will not be much more than ours! The night is dark, and if we strictly guard it, they will not be able to take advantage of it at all!"
Dongfang Undefeated nodded, looked at Qi Cong again and said, "You think so too?"
Qi Cong looked at Tong Baixiong and hesitated for a moment before he said: "My subordinates think that since they don't have an absolute advantage in numbers, we might as well strike first, and before they have gathered their men, let's take them by surprise!"
Tong Baixiong said: "They have arranged a lot of sentry posts, and the vigilance is tight, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have the effect of a sneak attack!"
"Not bad...... Dongfang Undefeated head agreed, and then said: "After all, we have to fight, and this sect leader still likes to take the initiative to attack...... But are we going to focus on Shaolin, or are we going to focus on Wuyue?"
Tong Baixiong and Qi Cong frowned and pondered together, and pondered repeatedly.
For a moment, it was Qi Cong who cleared his mind first. Jin Yan said: "It stands to reason. Shaolin disciples are united. With effective cooperation, it is a hard bone, and I can't wait for idleness to gnaw it...... And Wuyue is divided into five factions, with different hearts and loose cooperation, which is obviously easier to break!
It's just that this is the home of Shaolin, and the battle is fought in the daytime. The Shaolin disciples have suffered many casualties, and they already have a deep enmity with us, and they do not share the sky! Once the fight begins, the Shaolin monks will definitely take the lead and fight hard......
And Wuyue is not, they are ostensibly here to help, but in fact they are here to pick up cheap, and they will definitely not sell their lives for Shaolin, and most of them will focus on self-preservation!
If we focus on Wuyue, they will not see a good opportunity. It won't fight with us. If they retreat, we will be restrained by Shaolin. It's hard to pursue!
At this point, Shaolin is just the opposite, no matter how fierce we attack and how hard we fight, the monks will never abandon the temple and flee...... Wuyue's Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun also wished that Shaolin's strength would be greatly damaged, and the assistance would definitely be procrastinated, and they would not be able to contribute...... It's exactly what we want!
Therefore, my subordinates thought that we should send some people to contain Wuyue, and then attack Shaolin!"
Tong Baixiong nodded again and again when he heard this, and praised: "Brother Qi's words are very true!"
Dongfang Undefeated couldn't help but glance at Qi Cong, "Elder Qi is really resourceful, and he deserves to be the pillar of this sect!"
Qi Cong hurriedly said humbly: "Thanks to the sect leader's exceptional promotion, Qi Cong has nothing to repay, he just wants to share more worries for the sect leader!" The words are sincere, there is neither arrogance nor self-confidence.
Dongfang Undefeated nodded and said: "In this way, you go and arrange it properly, and start the assault in a quarter of an hour, directly attacking the Shaolin Scripture Pavilion and the abbot's room!"
"Yes......" Qi Cong and Tong Baixiong understood the meaning of being undefeated in the East, and the most important secrets such as the Yijin Sutra must be in the abbot's room if they are not in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. Of course, there will be heavy troops in these two places!
In Zuo Lengchan's room, Yue Buqun and the other four were still coordinating the assault methods of Shaolin and Wuyue. Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun don't want Wuyue to be cannon fodder, and Fang Zheng doesn't dare to fully trust the two, in case the two of them deliberately drag out halfway, or suddenly "fear the enemy", Shaolin has to fight with the Demon Sect again, and it is inevitable that there will be heavy losses, it is better not to jointly attack at night!
At this time, a Shaolin warrior monk and Songshan Tang Ying'e outside the door asked to see each other.
Tang Ying'e reported: "The Demon Sect's manpower changes frequently, and it seems that it is going to attack ...... at night"
The Shaolin monk said: "Abbot...... Uncle Fang Sheng is already deploying manpower to step up defense, and he also asks the abbot to go back quickly to preside over the overall situation!"
Yue Buqun and the others glanced at each other, and their expressions were solemn on the surface, just like that, but what they were thinking in their hearts was unknown to outsiders.
Fang Zheng took the lead and said: "Zuo Alliance Master, Yue Sect Master, the incident happened suddenly, the situation is urgent, Lao Wei will go back first......" said the eleventh salute, and hurried away with Chongxu.
Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan looked at each other expressionlessly, and Yue Buqun also said, "Brother Zuo, let's wait a minute, let's take the opportunity...... Yue Mou also went back to arrange manpower, and the other three factions will have to inform you!"
"This is a matter within Zuo's responsibility, and there is no need for Brother Yue to say more!" Zuo Lengchan said coldly.
Having said that, as soon as Yue Buqun returned to the courtyard of the Quanzhen Sect, he immediately sent someone to send a message to Mo Da and Dingxian, directly asking Mo Da to lead the Hengshan Sect closer to the Quanzhen Sect. As for the given idle words, it is a gentle saying that the Demon Sect is menacing, and everyone must unite to assemble so as not to be defeated by the Demon Sect.
In this way, even if Dingxian will not take the Hengshan faction next to the people of the Quanzhen Sect, it will also not be next to the Songshan faction, and will only be sandwiched between the two factions again, and neither will be offended.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is that the Hengshan faction not only obeys Zuo Lengchan's order, but also obeys Yue Buqun's order, and the two alliance leaders of Wuyue sit on an equal footing and fight against each other. In the eyes of people with intentions such as Founder and Chongxu, it is an extremely strong political signal.
Yue Buqun's move was purely to block Zuo Lengchan and disgust him.
"Kill......"
In the commotion of the sky, more than 1,000 Demon Sect members launched in unison, and flocked into the temple one after another, and then the soldiers were divided into two roads, one way five or six hundred people surrounded Wuyue, and the other road concentrated the vast majority of the masters and elites of the Demon Sect, and nearly 1,000 people went straight to the Shaolin Hidden Scripture Pavilion and the abbot's room.
The Shaolin monks naturally fought bravely and fought every step to prevent the demon thieves from approaching the temple.
The night was thick, and even if the torches were everywhere, it was difficult to see the real thing, so the Demon Sect members casually lit the ancient trees in the temple to illuminate the surroundings.
After a short time, many side halls and halls were on fire, and they spread rapidly, gradually bursting into the sky.
The home was burned, and the Shaolin monks were certainly furious, and they shot even more ruthlessly during the fight, desperate for themselves. The members of the Demon Sect also couldn't help but eat the bitter fruit, and they couldn't dodge in the melee, and many people were burned to death and injured.
The five mountains converged in one place, Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun let the people of the Demon Sect surround and attack on the grounds that the night battle was dangerous and everything was cautious, and they had been passively defending. It was clear that a single charge could break the attacking enemy, but they did not give the order to counterattack. (To be continued......)
PS: There's something to do today, it's a little late......