Chapter 34: Ban Ba Si shows off his strength in Xiangyang City; Guo Beixia stands up in front of the ring
Last time, it was mentioned that Kublai Khan was eager to raise troops to go south because Hao Jing and his party were detained by the Zhao and Song Dynasties for no reason. However, the foundation was not stable and he did not dare to act rashly, so he sent Ban Basi to set up a ring outside Xiangyang City to establish his authority. Ban Basi sent a letter to Xiangyang to invite Guo Jing. Guo Xiang complied with the letter and replied, winning praise from everyone.
Let's talk about Ban Basi getting a reply from Guo Jing. He was so angry and depressed for a long time because of the sixteen words written by Guo Xiang. He thought to himself: The Southern Dynasty is indeed a country with great fortunes, outstanding people, hidden dragons and tigers. Just these four sentences are beyond the ordinary mind. Of. But now that things have come to this, and he has boasted so much in front of the new emperor, how can he back down? After thinking for a long time, he called his disciple Jiu Moren and gave him some instructions, telling him to go and arrange it in this way.
It turned out that Ban Basi's five disciples who were hiding the Five Demons were carefully trained by him. They planned to perform extraordinary feats and make a name for themselves as soon as they took action. Who would have expected that when they went to Xiangyang to assassinate Guo Jing, they were killed by the old man? The naughty boy Zhou Botong killed Jiu Moxin, the best in Qinggong. When confronting Guo Jing in prison, he accidentally killed his third apprentice Jiu Moli. Of the five demons in Tibet, only Jiu Moren, Jiu Moyi and Jiu Mozhi are left. These three people were originally people with special skills, hiding on the border and invincible. However, as soon as he came to the Central Plains area, he became helpless and unable to display his martial arts. He never won a battle, but he was always tortured. When Ban Basi went to assassinate Hubei envoy Meng Xian, he took Jiu Moren with him. At that time, Yeluqi beat Jiu Moren into a panic and almost died. The remaining three monsters no longer dare to speak arrogantly and are arrogant, and have only become submissive.
After finishing the arrangement, Ban Basi walked out of Tucheng. It was already sunset, the sky was full of sunset, smoke was everywhere, and pedestrians were on their way back. Ban Basi stepped on the withered grass and faced the west wind. Before he knew it, he had arrived at the foot of Xiangyang City.
At this time, the gates of Xiangyang City were closed and the suspension bridge hung high. Ban Basi strolled to the moat and looked up. He saw that Xiangyang City was strong and deep, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, it looked solemn and solemn. He couldn't help but secretly think to himself. admire. He thought: Xiangyang is the gateway to the north of the Southern Dynasty. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. There have been endless wars and melees. Although it has changed hands several times, it is still full of vitality and has many heroes. It is a treasure land with hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
While Ban Ba was thinking about it, he was discovered by the soldiers guarding the city. A soldier on the city shouted:
"Wuna Lama, the city gate is closed. We can't open the city gate without permission without an order from the summit. You'd better stay at a farmhouse outside the city for the night and come in again tomorrow morning when the city gate is opened!"
When Ban Basi heard this, he smiled slightly and suddenly stood up, like a ghost, and rushed up to the tower lightly. The soldiers guarding the city were horrified, raised their spears, and called to Ban Basi. Banbasi shook his body, spread out his fingers, grabbed the sword in the air, and broke the spear in the hands of the defenders into two pieces before the spear came close.
The soldiers guarding the city were shocked. With a greeting, they bowed their bows, unsheathed their swords, and stood ready. Ban Basi was unafraid and relied on his strong martial arts skills to approach the city defenders with his hands behind his back as if he were strolling in a courtyard. When all the soldiers saw this, they drew their sabers and surrounded Ban Basi in Gaixin; they also ordered people to fly to the commander's house. Ban Basi stood attentively, his Qi gathered in his Dantian, and he laughed, like a bird of prey singing at night and a group of ghosts howling. Suddenly the glazed tiles on the tower fell rustlingly, and the soldiers guarding the city felt their eardrums being shaken, and felt uncomfortable. They hurriedly dropped their weapons, sealed their ears tightly with their hands, and did not dare to move. Seeing that they couldn't bear it, Ban Basi laughed unbridledly. The soldiers guarding the city were unsteady, squatting or sitting, feeling uncomfortable in their hearts, looking miserable, and looking miserable.
When Ban Ba was thinking proudly, a whistling sound came from far away, like a roar beside his body, one after another, continuously coming, and the laughter could not help but be choked. The soldiers guarding the city were like a spring breeze, they steadied themselves slightly, picked up their sabers, and surrounded Ban Basi in Gaixin.
Ban Basi paused with both feet, and flew up to the eaves and brackets on the roof of the city tower. Facing the whistle, he also let out a sharp laugh. At this time, the whistle from the opposite side turned into two sounds, one singing and the other in harmony, and the sound was fierce. And getting closer and closer. Ban Basi felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy and did not dare to be negligent.
Suddenly, the sound of poetry chanting came from nearby:
Zhao Keman and Hu Ying,
Wu Gou is frosty and snowy.
The silver saddle shines on the white horse,
Whispering like a shooting star.
Kill one person in ten steps,
Leave no trace behind when traveling a thousand miles.
…
The voice was soft, like a whisper. When Ban Basi saw powerful enemies approaching, he found himself alone. No longer daring to stay for a long time, he laughed three or four times and flew away.
As soon as Ban Basi left, Zhu Ziliu shook his folding fan and flew up to the tower. Guo Jing, Huang Rong and his wife also arrived in an instant. It turned out that when Guo Jing saw Ban Basi breaking into the city tower alone and showing off his power, he tried to deafen the eardrums of the defenders with laughter and undermine the morale of the troops. He hurriedly responded with roars, leading Ban Basi to fight against him. Huang Rong was worried that Guo Jing was weak on his own, so she followed him with her whistle. The couple whistled in harmony with each other while rushing towards the tower. Zhu Ziliu was drinking in a nearby restaurant at this time. He heard the sound and rushed over. The three of them drove Ban Basi away. Before the three of them reached the tower, they saw Ban Basi escaping and the defenders intact. They smiled at each other and disappeared into the dusk, leaving only the defenders standing there, as if they had just woken up from a dream.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the martial arts competition. Huang Rong had already planned well. Yeluqi and his wife would lead Yeluyan, Wanyanping and seven or fewer disciples of the Beggar Gang to defend the city to avoid falling into the Mongols' plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. He and Guo Jing led eight nine-bag elders including Zhu Ziliu, Wu Santong, the big and small Wu brothers, and Wang Yang of the Beggar Clan to Wanshanbao Tucheng to participate in the competition. Chen Chen, the deputy leader of the Beggar Clan, led his disciples to respond. Once the situation changed, he led his troops to attack Tucheng. Huang Rong didn't want to arrange for Guo Xiang to accompany the team, but when she thought that this clever and ghostly girl might be of great use if she had her with her, she asked Guo Xiang to follow the team.
Guo Jing and his party of fifteen people rode fast horses and galloped out of the city. In order to increase the momentum of the competition, Huang Rong specially asked Yeluyan and Wanyanping to direct the maids of the Guo family to make a four-foot-long banner with red silk. Embroidered with these large characters written by Guo Xiang in regular script, "The people of Zhao and Song Dynasties are a gathering of heroes. Loyal to the people, invincible." These large characters were held up by the Beggar Clan disciples and they ran to the front.
The group came to Wanshanbao Tucheng and dismounted from their horses. Mongolian soldiers had already led their horses and pedaled them to guide them into the city. Stopping at the gate of Tucheng, Guo Jing had already seen that the gate of Wanshanbao Tucheng was tightly closed, and the iron gate was covered with steel nails. The Mongolian made a gesture of invitation, and then looked at it with a proud look on his face. Guo Jing. Guo Jing was at a loss and looked at Huang Rong, asking her to make up her mind. Huang Rong waved her hand and made a "hitting" gesture. Guo Jing understood, stepped on the seven stars, gathered Qi in his Dantian, and used one of the "Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms" with each hand. With the roar of tigers and dragons, the steel door opened in response. The steel door on the left was swept aside by the force of the palm, and a large piece of Tucheng was cut off by the momentum of the steel door; the steel door on the right was shot out with electricity. , rolled forward and landed in front of the ring. I saw Ban Basi leading the Mongolian warriors sitting on the left side. Suddenly they saw Guo Jing unleashing his divine power and breaking through the steel door. Ban Basi's apprentice Jiu Moren was waiting beside him with a teacup in his hand. The hot tea in the tea cup escaped and almost spilled on Ban Basi.
Guo Jing and others walked into the Tucheng and saw that in the open space about three feet away from the city gate, the Mongolian soldiers had already dug a deep pit, which was filled with steel nails and iron caltrops.
The three-foot-long pit could not stop these martial arts masters with extraordinary skills. Following Huang Rong's order, everyone jumped up one after another and jumped over the pit. It was only a pain for Beggar Gang Jiu who practiced foreign martial arts. Wu Jingfeng, the bag elder, stood on the other side with two Beggar Clan disciples holding banners, staring at the deep pit, in a dilemma.
Guo Jing and others saw that Wu Jingfeng and other Beggar Clan disciples who did not know how to do light kung fu could not come over, and felt very anxious. They wanted to let him return, but they felt it was inappropriate and did not know what to do.
When Guo Xiang saw it, she jumped back and whispered a few words to Wu Jingfeng. When Wu Jingfeng heard this, he kept nodding. Guo Xiang took the banner from the hands of the two Beggar Clan disciples, jumped over, and whispered to his father for a while.
After Guo Xiang finished explaining, he shook out the banner. The banner was like a straight red line, approaching the other side like a flying dragon. Guo Xiang used the "tangle" formula in the dog-fighting stick method to entangle Wu Jingfeng, and then shook it. , using the "Yin" technique of the dog beating stick method, the burly Wu Jingfeng was suddenly pulled into the air. Guo Xiang took advantage of the situation and used the "Zhuan" formula. Wu Jingfeng spread his wings like a roc and flew toward the ring. Just as he was about to land, Guo Jing waved his palm and the strong wind prevented Wu Jingfeng from falling. Wu Jingfeng jumped up and landed lightly on the edge of the ring. Guo Xiang used the same method to extradite two other Beggar Clan disciples across the pit. When everyone saw this, they cheered in unison. They didn't know whether they were praising Guo Xiang's incredible dog-beating stick technique or praising Guo Jing's perfect palm style.
Huang Rong was even more pleased that this little girl was so skillful in using the dog-beating stick technique that she had secretly learned. Even if Hong Qigong was still alive, he would not dare to use the dog-beating stick technique on the children of the Beggar Clan.
As Wu Jingfeng and three other Beggar Clan disciples flew to the edge of the ring, Guo Jing and Huang Rong led everyone to jump onto the ring, taking the lead with their momentum, making Ban Basi and others feel guilty involuntarily.
It's exactly this: the enemy is defeated before fighting, and the father and daughter join forces to show off their power. If you want to know the result of Guo Jing and others coming to Wanshanbao Tucheng, please read the breakdown in the next chapter.
