Dozens of principals of various sects had gathered on the deck, and on both sides of the ship, there were thirty or forty big men with sabers at their waists and muskets in their hands. On the periphery of the ship array, you can also see many guards with muskets, all of whom are disciples of the Perak Battalion, and have tightly sealed the entire water village ship formation.

After going up to the deck, Liu Yuanhe and Yuan Xi were ushered into the cabin of the top house, but they saw that there were already many people in the cabin, Ji Xiong, Jin Yihu, Shan En, Xu Chundao, and the Yuan family brothers and sisters were all there, they were sitting or standing, and the expressions on their faces were a little dazed, obviously they didn't know the purpose of Hua Bushi calling everyone here at this time.

Liu Yuanhe sat down on the chair and waited for a hot cup of tea, and many small boats approached the flag boat one after another, apparently from the various gangs who had received the summons.

I could only hear someone shouting loudly outside the cabin: "All the heads of the forty-two sects have arrived!"

The wooden door of the inner cabin immediately opened, and the three of them walked out from behind the door, the first one was Hua Bushi, followed by the murderer Li Hu and the white-clothed beauty Chu Yiyi.

Hua Bushi was wearing a royal blue brocade robe, and the scribe's scarf he was wearing was embedded with a walnut-sized jasper, which was still the same as the young master's outfit, but the look on his face was awe-inspiring, which was quite different from the previous days.

Hua Bushi raised his hand and hugged his fist to everyone in the hall, and said, "I've been waiting for a long time!" Hua Bushi has summoned everyone this time, and he has something important to announce to everyone, please come out of the cabin with me. ”

Everyone in the hall didn't know what medicine was sold in the big young master's gourd, but when they heard him say this, they all walked out of the hatch behind him and came to the deck.

Hua Bushi strode to the lookout at the bow of the ship, and after standing still, he said loudly: "The current situation must be very clear to everyone, we have been holding here for three days, and the underworld people on the opposite side have now built a large number of rafts, and they will attack at any time." Last night, I sent a battle post to Chu Changting, asking him to fight alone on the river at noon today, but now, Young Master Ben has changed his mind!"

The people of the forty-two Jianghu sects all supported Liu Yuanhe and Chu Changting to fight and win the victory alone, and they were all thinking that they would only wait for this "Luohan Sect" Elder Liu to lose, and everyone would go home safely, but at this time, they suddenly heard Hua Bushi say that he had changed his mind, and they were all surprised.

Ji Xiong asked, "I wonder what Young Master Hua has in mind?"

Hua Bushi said: "Young Master Ben has already decided, if we don't wait for noon today, we will immediately go all out to counterattack and defeat Chu Changting's underworld people!"

Ji Xiong exclaimed, "What did Young Master Hua say?"

Not only Ji Xiong was surprised, but all the people in the Jianghu Sect on the deck, including Liu Yuanhe and Yuan Xi, all of them were guilty of this when they heard this.

Hua Bushi's face did not change, and he said loudly: "Young Master Ben is saying, we don't have to wait until noon, we will take the initiative to attack and defeat the underworld thieves! Now you will immediately return to the ship to gather your disciples, gather all the manpower, and after half a pillar of incense, you will listen to my order to set off!"

Ji Xiong said: "Young Master Hua is not joking, right? We people can't even swim in the water, where are the opponents of those underworld water armies on the river, wouldn't we be going to die if we take the initiative to attack like this?"

Hua Bushi's face sank suddenly, and he said, "Young Master Ben seems to be joking! I know that everyone is not good at water warfare, so the goal of this battle is not to attack the underworld fleet on the opposite river, but to go ashore and attack the Peach Blossom Village thirty miles away. ”

Peach Blossom Village is Chu Changting's old nest, located on the Taohuayu mountain peak on the north bank, now most of Chu Changting's people are on the river, the cottage must be empty, Hua Bushi wants to avoid the real and empty, and end Chu Changting's old nest in one fell swoop.

"I'm afraid this plan is inappropriate, Young Master Hua!" it was Xu Chundao, the master of the "Fubo View", who spoke.

This Xu Guan Lord looks like a fairy in the Dao bones, and his speech is also unhurried: "As far as the poor Dao knows, the terrain of the Peach Blossom Village is steep, even if there are not many underworld people guarding the village, it is difficult to attack it for a while." What's more, in addition to the naval army under Chu Changting's command, there are still fifty Black Eagle horsemen, who are running very fast, and it will not take much time to return to the cottage from the river bank to help, but I am afraid that before we can capture the Peach Blossom Village, we will be surrounded and attacked by Chu Changting. ”

Hua Bushi's expression was even more grim, and he said: "Chu Changting's underworld people are less than a thousand, and the number of people is not as good as ours, as long as you don't fight on the river, why be afraid?

Since Kaifeng set out, he has treated these Jianghu sects with a pleasant face along the way, but at this time, it is the first time that he has been very loud.

Seeing that the eldest young master turned his face, Xu Chundao sighed and stopped speaking, but Jin Yihu, the leader of the "Baiyue Gang" who was standing on the side, did not believe in evil, and said: "Young Master Hua, what Lord Xu Guan said is very right, I think we really shouldn't take the initiative to attack, let's wait until noon and let Elder Liu and Chu Changting duel!"

Hua Bushi stared at Jin Yihu and said sharply: "I said that this matter has been decided, do you want to disobey the order?"

Although the "Baiyue Gang" cannot be compared with the "Luohan Gate", it is also a big gang in eastern Henan, Jin Yihu, as the leader of the gang, is also a little domineering, and said in his mouth: "What if you disobey you, I, Jin, have never been afraid of others......"

He hadn't finished saying this, but he saw a flash of blue light, and the sharp blade had already stabbed to the center of his eyebrows, and it was Li Hu who instantly drew his sword and struck!

The sword was silent, but it was extremely fast. Jin Yihu was horrified in his heart, hurriedly shrank back to dodge, and reached back to pull out the steel axe inserted in his waist.

But I saw the sword light of the "Snake Wing Sword" flashing three times in the space, and with a "bang", the steel axe fell to the ground, and the axe blade slashed into the ship's board, standing upright, but Jin Yihu's body had already fallen. A line of blood burst out from his left and right knees and right elbow, and he had been stabbed three times in succession!

With Jin Yihu's martial arts, it was not so easy to be knocked down, but most of the kung fu practiced by the leader of the "Baiyue Gang" was on a steel axe, and Li Hu shot ruthlessly, and even killed the killer before the other party pulled out his weapon, which was no different from a sneak attack, so that Jin Yihu fell on the road between a few moves.

And these three swords were all pierced on the joints, and they were not light, Jin Yihu had lost his combat power in an instant, and he fell on the deck and couldn't stand up.

Li Hu stabbed his opponent and retreated as if nothing had happened, but the dozens of disciples of the Thunderbolt Battalion standing on the side of the ship raised their muskets together, and pointed their guns at the people on the deck.

Hua Bushi said in a deep voice: "Young Master Ben's order has been issued, whoever dares to disobey, Jin Yihu is an example! Now you all go back to the ship to gather the disciples to help you, and follow my orders to land and set off!"

At this time, I heard someone shouting: "Wait!"

Hua Bushi's eyes shot straight over like lightning, but when he heard that the person who spoke was Liu Yuanhe, his expression softened slightly, and he said, "What did Elder Liu say?"

Liu Yuanhe said: "The battle post for the duel with Chu Changting has been placed, and Young Master Hua temporarily changed his mind to raid the underworld cottage, does it have to make me Liu Yuanhe lose his trust?"

Hua Bushi said: "Chu Changting has already built a raft, and it may be attacked at any time, and the next battle is just a delaying tactic by Young Master Ben, so that the other party can concentrate all the men and horses on the river, so that we can raid Taohuazhai." ”

Hearing this, Liu Yuanhe felt bitter in his heart, it turned out that this Young Master Hua forced him to sign a war letter, but he never really expected him to fight Chu Changting alone, this night's hard thinking and worry, and in the morning he also explained to Yuan Xi about the future of his wife and children, but in the end he was played by others!

I only heard Hua Bushi say again: "Among the hundreds of people from more than 40 sects here, in addition to Hu Qingfeng, most of them also have the in-room guests of the 'Fugui Alliance', in order to prevent the news from leaking, Hua Bushi did not tell the truth yesterday, and asked Elder Liu not to be surprised." ”

Liu Yuanhe said loudly: "No! Now that he has made a war contract to fight, Liu must keep his word and fight alone with Chu Changting, and must not use such despicable means!"

Hua Bushi stared at Liu Yuanhe, as if he didn't know him, and after a while he asked, "Is Elder Liu sure that he can defeat Chu Changting?"

Liu Yuanhe's blue tendons on his forehead burst out, and he said, "No." But even if he dies in defeat, Liu Yuanhe is fearless!"

Hua Bushi laughed twice, then quickly lowered his face again, and said, "Since Elder Liu is not sure that he will be able to win, there is no need to say any more! The so-called soldiers are not tired of deceit, as long as they can defeat the opponent, no matter what means they use, they don't have to pay attention to any means. Young Master Ben has made up his mind to raid Peach Blossom Village with all his might, and those who disobey will be killed!"

Liu Yuanhe was about to speak out against it, but Yuan Xi beside him had already grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Uncle Liu, don't say it again! Isn't it just right not to duel with Chu Changting, why does Uncle have to give away his life, and the aunt and junior brother in Kaifeng City are still waiting to ask Uncle Shi to go back!"

Liu Yuanhe's whole body trembled. Of course he didn't want to die, but he was unwilling to be played with by the vicious dog young master, and he couldn't swallow this breath, but when he heard Yuan Xi mention his wife and children in Kaifeng City, his heart suddenly became sour, and his pride was suddenly discharged.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ with Jin Yihu's lesson in front of him, no one in the gangs dared to raise objections, everyone obeyed the order, half a pillar of incense was burned, all the people had assembled and prepared, and Hua Bushi immediately ordered to go ashore by boat.

There were a total of 900 people ashore, and Hua Bushi only left 50 people to guard the boat, almost completely abandoning the water village, if the underworld people attacked, they would definitely not be able to defend it. This move is also a gamble, if you go to raid Peach Blossom Village, you are afraid that there will be no way out.

This time by boat to Mengjin, not everyone had horses with them. Among the 900 people, there were less than 300 horses, most of which were still the mounts of the "Evil Dog Gate" Thunderbolt Camp, and most of the sects only had one or two horses, which were ridden by the head of the sect or the master of the master, and the rest of the disciples were all on foot.

Although the people in the rivers and lakes practiced martial arts, their feet were stronger than ordinary people, but these hundreds of people were half-riding and half-stepping, walking forward in a chaotic manner, but they couldn't move too fast.