Chapter 81: A Bloody Battle on a Cold Night
In the backyard of Songshan Mountain, the fire in the Shengguan Pavilion is shining, and the wine is fragrant.
Zuo Lengchan and Yue Buqun sat opposite each other, playing a game pleasantly. In such a cold day, it is also a rare enjoyment to drink a sip of warm rice wine from time to time to relax and breathe.
Today is the thirteenth day of the lunar month, and it has been three days since the end of the Wuyue Alliance, and the Hengshan faction in Nanyue and Hengshan in Beiyue, which are a little farther away, left yesterday, and the Taishan faction in Dongyue has also set off to return to the mountain this morning. Only the Xiyue Huashan faction was left, but Zuo Lengchan earnestly retained and promised to stay for two more days.
Yue Buqun knew in his heart that Zuo Lengchan's move had a deep meaning, but he didn't take the initiative to speak, so Yue Buqun decided not to mention it, but just let the guest do as he pleased, and happily accompanied him to a banquet and chess.
In the peaceful and prosperous season, the literati and gentry boasted of their elegance, and always despised the rudeness of those who practiced martial arts, and could only fight and kill, and did not know the books of sages and sages, and did not understand the four arts of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In fact, it is not the case, the people who practice martial arts that ordinary literati can come into contact with are basically some dart masters, nurses, guards, green-skinned thugs, and even soldiers and thieves, all of whom are at the bottom of the martial arts in the rivers and lakes. But it seems that Shaolin, Wudang, Wuyue Sword School, these famous disciples of the sect are not so, as the next generation of martial arts upper-class organization carefully cultivated, although not necessarily proficient in poetry and articles, but at least received a systematic cultural education, there are many Shaolin monks to participate in the practice of Buddhism, pay attention to the essence of the unity of Zen and martial arts, Wudang, Huashan disciples and Taoist scriptures, the pursuit of the unity of heaven and man, their familiarity with religious scriptures, Taoist scriptures and other classics is often better than the erudite and talented literati, the state of mind is profound, by no means rude two words can be generalized. As for the four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, the disciples of the major factions are also enthusiastic about studying and even obsessed with them, not to mention Liu Zhengfeng, Qu Yang Xiaoao duo and other grandmaster-level qin and flute music and rhythm masters, even if the slightly inferior Mo Da and Meizhuang's Jiangnan Siyou's attainments in qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are rare in the world, not to mention, in Yue Buqun's impression, his master Ning Qingyu, his uncle Feng Qingyang, Shaolin Fangzheng Master, Wudang Chongxu Daoist and others are proficient in one or two of the four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and have profound attainments.
Yue Buqun was influenced by the customs of his master, and practiced in the four arts of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially in the two arts of chess and calligraphy. At this time, when he played against Zuo Lengchan to his full attention, he naturally used what he had learned from Shengping, and the chess path not only had the sharp attack and killing of Huashan Yanchuan, but also the far-sightedness and subtlety of calculation learned from Mr. Zhao, as well as the ruthless and decisive stealing of the teacher when playing against Shen Yourong, and the soldiers were not tired of deceit.
Zuo Lengchan's chess style is the same as his own, with treachery in the majestic attack, and the chess path seems to be rampant, opening and closing, forcing people to fight a decisive battle, but often inadvertently falling behind the hidden back, so that the opponent will be in trouble unconsciously. If it weren't for Yue Buqun's rich experience in chess and strong mental power, I am afraid that he would have been defeated a long time ago.
A game of chess was slow and slow, and it didn't end until noon, but Yue Buqun was slightly better.
After losing a game, Zuo Lengchan didn't care, but said with a smile: "Originally, Brother Yue's swordsmanship was exquisite, but today Yiyi knew that Brother Yue's chess skills are better than swordsmanship, which can be called a must!"
Yue Buqun smiled and said: "Brother Zuo praised it falsely, Yue just has a lot of games with Senior Brother Feng on weekdays, and he just has a little experience." If Brother Zuo hadn't been disturbed by the mundane affairs in the door, his swordsmanship and chess skills would definitely be far superior to Yue's!"
Zuo Lengchan shook his head and smiled, disapproving, and said in a deep voice: "After sitting all morning, Zuo Mou was very quiet, and wanted to move his fists, can Brother Yue have the intention to teach one or two?" Although he deliberately dragged Yue Buqun in Songshan for three or two days, Zuo Lengchan didn't want to waste time drinking and playing all day long, thinking that Yue Buqun was so martial arts, it was really a rare good sparring opponent, why not fight with him more and verify his own martial arts?
Yue Buqun's eyes flashed, and he said happily: "I don't dare to give advice, I am willing to learn from Brother Zuo!" Although he didn't know the deep meaning of Zuo Lengchan leaving him, he thought that his martial arts were not weak, and he was by no means a soft persimmon that could be manipulated by others, so he was not afraid, and there were few masters like Zuo Lengchan in the world, and there was an opportunity to learn and confirm his martial arts, and Yue Buqun would naturally not miss it.
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, then they each performed light exercises, rushed out of the attic railing together, jumped into the air and began to fist and bang...... The sound of collision is endless, and more than three moves have passed when I landed!
The two joined together as soon as they parted, and fought together again. At first glance, Zuo Lengchan's fist seems to follow his swordsmanship style, majestic and domineering, and the movement is uncertain, but after a few moves, Yue Buqun has found the difference between the two, and his fist kung fu not only does not lose to the perfect Songshan swordsmanship, but also implies a trace of whirling softness in the masculine incomparable moves, but it is not an anode yin, but a very clever masculine fist attainment, its accumulation of strength, and the method of continuous moves are quite Kanglong's three flavors of regret!
Yue Buqun's fist kung fu is not inferior to Zuo Lengchan, but relatively speaking, Yue Buqun prefers to concentrate his strength, break the face with sharp claws, finger moves, and light as lightning and light as a wanderer......
As the night deepened, the lights of the houses on Chaoyang Peak in Huashan were extinguished one after another, and it was obvious that all the disciples had fallen asleep one after another.
Mount Hua is steep and unusual, the path up the mountain is steep and there are only one or two, and there are occasional fires flickering at the narrow checkpoints, which are the disciples on duty patrolling with torches.
A group of more than 30 people dressed in black and masked, under the cover of night, quietly touched the mountainside with skillful light skills, hidden between the rocks and woods, the short man in black in the lead had blazing eyes, staring at the first lone road up the mountain, silently calculating the law of the two patrols in front and behind the passage of time.
In fact, with his light skills, he can climb directly from the low part of the cliff without going through the mountain road. But not all of the more than 30 subordinates behind him have this ability, and there is a lot of snow on the cliffs, which is very slippery, once someone stumbles and falls off the cliff, they will inevitably be discovered by the patrol team on the mountain road, and even expose everyone's whereabouts.
A moment later, while the patrol had just passed, the short leader hurriedly led a group of his subordinates to quickly rush to the level, and at the moment when he was approaching the level, the face of the short leader hidden under the face scarf suddenly changed, and he rose up without hesitation, and pounced like an agile cheetah on an ancient pine tree that was obliquely rooted on the cliff wall.
The slight swaying of the branches passed away in the wind, and the short leader plunged headlong into the dense canopy, and only heard two soft sneering sounds, and the short leader leaped back with an unconscious man in his hand. Throwing the person in his hand on the mountain rock, the short leader's eyes were gloomy, this man's clothes were the same as those of the patrol's Huashan swordsman, and he was obviously also a disciple on duty, but he was actually a hidden sentry!
This is still the first level, but two guards of light and dark are arranged, and the guards of the next two checkpoints must be more and more hidden, and the strict security of Huashan makes the short leader's heart sink. I thought that with the help of the Lei family in Sanmenxia, I would be able to successfully attack the Huashan garrison and kill Huashan's young disciples on a large scale, but I didn't expect that Huashan's internal defense was better than that of the outer towns. Such early warning measures such as setting up cards along the road, guarding patrols, and lurking in secret sentinels are not worse than the military camps of the imperial court, I really don't know what Yue Buqun thinks, the vigilance is so strong that it is abnormal, I am afraid that the martial arts sects of the whole rivers and lakes will do this in Huashan and Heimu Cliff!
After a little thought, the short leader was ruthless, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Follow me all the way up......"
In the darkness, the group of people rushed up with light skills, and the short leader took the lead, leaving his subordinates far behind, and soon came to the second level. After a little look at the situation, seeing that the patrol team had not yet come, the short leader quietly sneaked close to the cliff next to the checkpoint, and there were two slight breathing sounds in his ears, and he immediately judged the direction of the dark whistle, and suddenly jumped to a huge mountain rock like lightning, and connected the sword scabbard in his hand downward, and fixed the two dark sentinels that were too late to react!
Suddenly, the dim light of two torches turned on the spiraling mountain road not far away, and the short leader was startled, and he jumped a few steps lightly under his feet, and after closing the distance, he raised his hand and hit four dark cyan jujube core-shaped steel nails.
Hearing only two slight muffled snorts, the two torches that moved slowly flipped and fell weakly, but they were grabbed by the short leader who arrived in time and stuck them in the gap of the cliff beside them.
At this time, more than thirty black-clothed talents who were left behind caught up one after another, and the short leader frowned, very dissatisfied with his subordinates. But he also knew that most of them were the older side branch disciples of some sects, and their martial arts qualifications were not good, and their martial arts were really not good, so they had to give up.
The group hurried up and continued to rush upward, but just halfway through, more than 20 zhang away from the third level, a sharp sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded at the first level below.
I saw a first-class red light flame rushing into the air, and countless red and yellow light spots and thin flames exploded in a huge muffled sound!
The short leader has no bad experience in the rivers and lakes, and immediately recognized that it was a specially made high-quality fireworks and arrows, which were mostly used to send messages and warnings. As soon as this thing came out, it showed that the patrol team at the first checkpoint had discovered the anomaly of the secret sentry and knew that someone had broken into Huashan. The short leader couldn't help but be in a hurry, and he sharpened his skills and accelerated to the third level......
Laugh at...... Laugh at......
Two more fireworks were launched into the air, but the second and third levels also found traces of the enemy, and warnings were issued one after another.
Affected by this, the rooms in the courtyards on Chaoyang Peak were lit up one after another, and even faintly visible figures rushed out.
At this time, the short leader had already reached the third checkpoint, but he saw that there were already twenty or thirty torches on the stone platforms on both sides of the mountain road, shining with the cold light of the swords, and there were many guards.
The short leader gritted his teeth, drew his sword and leaped, rising two or three times taller, and the tip of the sword turned into dozens or hundreds of cold stars in his hand, and slammed over the heads of the guards in front of him.
These guards are just small gang thugs and wandering swordsmen in the rivers and lakes who have been surrendered by Yue Buqun's senior brothers, and their martial arts are really average, and even many of them have not practiced internal strength, and can only make a dozen simple swordsmanship and swordsmanship. At this time, in the face of the short leader's imposing sword light, although the five or six people in the front row knew that they were invincible, there were still many companions behind them, and they couldn't retreat, so they could only grit their teeth and wave their swords to meet them.
Dingdingding...... Ahh
A series of small sounds were followed by two screams, but the short leader's swordsmanship was really skillful, swift and ruthless, not only easily blocking the five or six blades that attacked him, but also stabbing two of them to death in an instant.
The guards behind were throwing more than a dozen pine oil torches around, and the firelight was reflecting, and the movement near the mountain road was nowhere to be hidden, but when they heard that they were killing two people in front of them, they couldn't help but be shocked by the high level of the enemy's martial arts. Cowardly all his life, he naturally couldn't move in unison, but when he saw someone rushing forward and swinging a knife to attack the short leader, someone throwing torches at the short leader from a distance, and someone retreating to dodge.
Although they failed to hurt the short leader, or even stopped the opponent's attack, they killed four or five people in a row again, but they managed to stop him in front of the level.
A moment later, more than thirty black-clothed men arrived one after another, and together with the leader, they quickly killed twenty or thirty Huashan swordsmen. But the courtyard on the mountain is also brightly lit, and the figures are pupils, and it is obvious that everyone in Huashan has woken up. In particular, a compound closest to the third checkpoint quickly gathered people, and after several shouts, nearly 100 people rushed in three waves one after another, rushing to the checkpoint to guard urgently.
Although the short leader is anxious to attack the mountain, the mountain path is narrow, and he may be able to perform excellent light skills to leap over, but his subordinates may not be able to keep up, so he has to step up to kill the level in front of him.
Dozens of breaths later, the black-clothed men solved the guard, and just rushed through the checkpoint, they saw that the Huashan swordsman who was the first to reinforce had approached, so they continued to wave their swords to attack, and the melee broke out!
On the uncertain mountain road, the sound of sword strikes, shouts, and screams is endless, the smell of blood is getting stronger and stronger, and the cold wind of hunting is also blowing......