33. Crossing the River. Surprised to See the Hengshan Nun
ps: I’ve been having meetings these past few days, so the update is late. I’ll have it next week.
The group of people, with new carriages and horses, marched northward along the main road. Following the marks left by Zhang Baifan along the way, they arrived at a ferry near Yueyang, where they prepared to take a boat to cross the river.
Although this ferry is large, it only has three ferries. Four carriages and more than thirty horses, it takes six round trips for the three ferries to get across.[
Let Cheng Qingshan, Mi Weiyi, and Li Yukun, the three great disciples, take the first ferry, and the four disciples Yi Er Shensi take the second ferry and cross the river first to prepare for the reception. Liu Meng accompanied Mo Da and Li Wanlan and stood by the river.
, looking at the vast water, I was a little worried about what I saw along the way.
The evil masters from all over the world gathered in Shaolin to rescue the trapped Holy Girl of the Demon Cult. At this time, the situation has become more and more intense. Some unnamed gangs and sects from all over the country have gone north, no matter how much weight they have, they try to get involved.
Make some friends and build up your reputation.
Along the way, the Hengshan sect encountered many people who gathered to form a group and acted recklessly. Among them, some of the evildoers were identified, and Liu Meng ordered his disciples to punish them one by one. However, it is conservatively estimated that three to four hundred people will continue to go north.
This is the case before crossing the river, let alone the Central Plains where there are so many Jianghu forces. I don’t know how many Jianghu gangs want to take advantage of the situation and go for a leisurely walk at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain.
r The direct troops of the Moon God Sect have not yet been dispatched, but just one holy girl has caused all the heroes in the world to confront the righteous way. If we really want to fight with the main force of the Demon Sect, wouldn't it be even more difficult?
While he was sighing, Qu Feiyan came from behind, took Li Wanlan's hand and said softly: "Master's wife, there is a person over there with a sly eyebrow. He is always peeking at you. He is not a good person at first glance. Do you want to capture him and ask him?"
ask?"
Liu Meng and others turned around and saw a few fishing boats parked on the west side of the ferry more than ten feet away. A man with a long face squatted on the bow of the boat, holding a fishing rod in his hand. He seemed to be fishing, but he
He glanced over from time to time.
Everyone in his group is wearing weapons and uniforms, and at a glance it is obvious that they are dressed by a powerful force in the world. Ordinary people would have stayed away from this, so how could they dare to take a peek?
Li Wanlan smiled proudly and said: "This miracle doctor has a peerless charm and attracts everyone's attention wherever he goes. I have no choice but to keep a low profile." She smiled, turned to the Six Immortals of Peach Valley who were bickering behind her, and shouted, pointing.
Pointing to the man squatting on the bow of the boat, he ordered: "Go and capture him."
The Six Immortals of Peach Valley had already been disciplined by Li Wanlan and were submissive. They immediately shouted together, four people rushed out, lifted the man's hands and feet, and carried him over lightly.
"Ha! This man's martial arts is too bad, it's too easy to catch him! It's boring." "How about we let him go, and when he learns martial arts, we can catch him again. That would be interesting." Peach Valley Six Immortals Fight
He opened his mouth and threw the man to the ground.
However, Liu Meng's face darkened, and he vaguely thought of something. He walked over and looked at the other party, and asked in a deep voice: "Who sent you to follow here? What's the intention?" The sharp-faced man shook his head violently in denial, shouting that he was wronged, and looking at him with a pair of eyes.
But it's spinning around.
Too lazy to go around in circles with him, Liu Meng waved, and a disciple next to him walked up, grabbed the sharp-faced man's left hand, cracked softly, and twisted the tail finger off. The sharp-faced man shook violently, and it hurt to open his mouth.
Phew, the mute point was tapped again, and he could only struggle in a grunting manner. In a moment, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Without too much hesitation, the disciple broke off his index finger again, then held his thumb, and asked: "Do you want to move?" With their fingers connected to their hearts, the sharp-faced man was so painful that tears and mucus came out of his nose, and he nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would move.
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"I... I am here to wait for the elders of the Hengshan faction on the orders of the leader of the gang. When the boat reaches the center of the river, a signal will be sent. Someone will intercept it with a speedboat, and then send brothers with good water skills to scuttle the boat...
…”
After listening to a few words, Liu Meng understood the reason, and immediately turned around and ordered all the disciples to be on guard and stop crossing the river. After telling Mo Da and others about the situation, after thinking for a while, Liu Meng came up with a stupid idea.
The river is not as good as the land. Most of the disciples of the Hengshan Sect are landlubbers. If they fall into the water, they can only be slaughtered by others. But the Baijiao Gang has been prepared for it. They drive fast boats back and forth on the river like flying. They and others really can't do anything to them.
, unless they can be lured to land and annihilated in one fell swoop.
Detour elsewhere? There is not enough time. Be prepared and continue to take the ferry across the river? It is obviously not feasible. But what if you cut down the trees to make rafts? Make a few more rafts and tie them to the back of the ferry with ropes. This is the White Flood Dragon.
They came to help build the boat, but they couldn't do anything to the raft. If they drove the boat to ram it... With me and Senior Brother Mo here, wouldn't it be easy to kill a few water bandits?
So with an order, all the disciples went to cut down the trees. With the help of the boatman at the ferry, they quickly built more than 20 rafts. They were tied together with ropes into two long rafts and placed on the river.
It's stable and flat, no different from being on flat ground.[
The ferry delivered the first batch and quickly turned back. Liu Meng directed everyone to load the carriages first, while the remaining dozen horses were blindfolded and led to the wooden rafts attached to the back of the ferry.
The disciples worked in pairs, each holding long sticks, bows and arrows on guard. Liu Meng, Mo Da and the Six Immortals of Taogu stood guard by the wooden raft. They only waited for the White Dragon Clippers to appear, and then they used Qinggong to jump over and kill people.
As expected by Liu Meng, when the ship reached the middle of the river, although there was no informant to report the news, five speedboats still rushed upstream at high speed.
"Attention! Keep your horse steady. If you fall into the water, climb out immediately!" Wei Xiantong stood in the middle of the wooden rafts with Li Wanlan and Qu Feiyan, shouting loudly to remind everyone to pay attention. However, the disciples who had some knowledge of water still
Well, some landlubbers all turned pale, and some even squatted down and vomited.
Liu Meng was about to draw a stiff bow, which was as curved as the full moon. He aimed slightly and shot out an arrow in a whoosh. He was still more than sixty feet away, and he knocked over the big man swaying the oar of the first speedboat.
"Okay!" The disciples cheered in unison, applauding Elder Liu's miraculous arrow. Liu Meng nocked an arrow with his backhand, opened the bow again, and fired three arrows in a very short period of time. Three sailors on the opposite boat responded.
Fall down.
The Baijiao Clippers are unarmed naval eagle ships. They have pointed ends, do not distinguish head or tail, advance and retreat like flying, and are extremely maneuverable. Just for convenience, the bamboo wall shield on top was removed, which also made the paddlers
They had no cover and were completely exposed to bows and arrows.
If you can hit a target thirty feet away on the water, you are already a master archer. There are not many in the Baijiao Gang, and Liu Meng started firing arrows from sixty feet away, until the clipper approached three meters away.
Ten feet away, almost all the twelve sailors on the leading ship were shot to death. The remaining two or three people saw that the situation was not good and jumped into the river to escape their lives.
The boss of the Baijiao Gang is also wise. When he sees the opponent using chain rafts, he knows that the boat is already used. If you let the boat collide, get a little closer, and the opponent with strong light skills can jump to help. Use bows, arrows and fire arrows to attack.
There is a sharp archer among them. If he continues, his brothers will be killed in vain.
An order was immediately issued, and the four speedboats turned around unwillingly and quickly retreated amidst the cheers of the Hengshan disciples.
After a stick of incense, the ferry finally docked. Everyone stretched out their bodies and jumped to the shore. After their feet hit the ground, they all regained their spirits and started raiding the Baijiao Gang's lair.
Liu Meng naturally refused, and encouraged Zhang Baifan, who rushed to report the news, and told him to send capable personnel to find out the details of various gangs along the river, and then start dealing with the Baijiao Gang after returning from Dengfeng.
The situation was serious and Liu Meng could not help but be careless.
Adjustments were made immediately and everyone was organized into four groups. Zhang Baifan, Mo Da's second disciple, still led four clever disciples as the outpost group, put on makeup and went forward, responsible for the front-end exploration.
Elder Lu Lianrong's eldest disciple, Li Yukun, was mature and prudent and led four disciples to walk behind the team to prevent anyone from following him. Liu Zhengfeng's second apprentice, Mi Weiyi, who was extremely smart, led three disciples to walk in front of the team and was responsible for providing supplies along the way.
Taking care of chores.
Cheng Qingshan, the leader of the Hengshan faction and the most skilled, led four disciples of Yi'er Shensi as a mobile support team, traveling back and forth. Once there was a signal calling for help, they must rush to support immediately.
The remaining ten disciples were led by the steward Wei Xiantong, who took care of the convoy and provided support. Liu Meng and the leader Mo Da were also prepared, with their swords never leaving their hands, ready to face the enemy at any time.
After these adjustments, the surveillance range of the Hengshan faction's convoy was greatly expanded, avoiding sneak attacks by potential enemies, and even bypassing several large groups of green forest heroes, saving a lot of trouble.
This evening, when I walked to a big town south of Luohe, Mi Weiyi booked an inn in advance. The disciples fed the horses and washed the cars. After dinner, they gathered in front of the inn to chat. Liu Meng accompanied Li Wanlan in the empty room.
Take a walk on the small street after cooking for exercise.
The houses on both sides are simple, with poplar trees standing in front of and behind the houses. The night sky is clear, and the wind blows with it.
The two of them were holding hands, indulging in the quiet autumn night atmosphere of the town, when they suddenly heard a scream in the distance, like a dying cry. Listening carefully, there were also sounds of weapons clashing and shouting.
It kept ringing.
Is there someone fighting? Liu Meng thought for a moment and said to Li Wanlan: "This place is close to Dengfeng. All the good and evil factions are gathering together. It is extremely difficult to avoid them. I don't know which faction of comrades in front are encountering the enemy. How about we
Go and take a look?"[
With a slight smile on her face, Li Wanlan raised her hand to brush her hair that was blown by the wind in front of her forehead, and agreed: "If there are righteous people who are surrounded, it's just a good idea to help them with a favor. In short, the more friends the better,
The fewer enemies there are, the better.”
Immediately, Liu Meng let out a clear whistle to wake up the others at the inn, then held Li Wanlan's slender waist, stretched out his body and ran quickly towards the direction where the sound of fighting came from.
After a while, in front of the barren hill at the intersection of the town, there was a sword light flashing continuously, and the sound of shouting and fighting was very clear.
Is there a woman in this fighting crowd? Liu Meng made a few more leaps and rushed closer. He saw a group of nuns and women in plain clothes gathering together to form a sword formation, struggling to resist the surrounding masked men in black.
attack.
Hengshan Sect!
This group of people are all women. There should be about thirty nuns in such a large group. Apart from the Hengshan sect, there are other sects in the world. Even the Emei sect has mostly male disciples now.
Why was the Hengshan Sect surrounded by people here? They were both from the Five Mountains Sword Sect. Liu Meng didn't have time to think too much. He immediately let go of Li Wanlan in his arms, pulled her and whispered: "Follow me!" Then the Yitian sword was unsheathed, and the big
He yelled: "Masters of the Hengshan Sect, don't panic, the Wuyue Sword Sect is here to help!"
