Jun's father said: "These four people in order to cover the prince and princess from the waterway out of the Hu Manzhai village, actually led the crowd to attack the stone throat road, although they are brave, but too self-conscious, they were all captured, and now they are all sealed acupoints.

Zhong Bailong's eyes were red, and he said, "Young Master Hua, Yang Guanren, these four people are all Zhong's brothers and subordinates, please find a way to save their lives!"

Yang Sichang frowned, and said: "This Luo Wei pulled them out, saying that it was a bet, most of them were hidden tricks, and we can't fall for the other party's tricks!"

When the monarch's father heard this, he said "haha" daxiao, and said: "Today's battle is inevitable, this gentleman is just trying your courage, you think that this gentleman is secretly treacherous, but in fact, with the heart of a villain, to spend the belly of a gentleman!

In Yang Sichang's eyes, the weight of Ouyang Yong and the other four people is far less important than the golden branches and jade leaves of the crown prince and princess, no matter what, the prince and princess cannot be put in danger in order to save these four people.

But for Zhong Bailong, these four are not only his brothers and subordinates, but also iron-clad and righteous men, in order to cover everyone from Hu Manzhai, they are willing to take risks, and now they are captured, how can they not be saved?

Hua Bushi's gaze turned on the bodies of the four people on the ground, and Zuihou stared at the face of the monarch's father, and said, "How do you want to bet?"

When he asked this, he undoubtedly accepted the bet of his father, and wanted to use the crown prince and princess and his own life to fight for the four lives of Ouyang Yong, Gu Xunhua and others.

Father Jun said: "Young Master Hua is really refreshing. Young Master Su Wenhua is proficient in the art of war formation, and this is what Benjun wants to gamble on today. The hinterland of this valley is flat and wide, enough for thousands of men and horses to fight a big battle, and you and I will each command our own soldiers and horses, and set up a position here to fight for victory or defeat. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the cliff on the east side, and said, "Thirty feet above the cliff over there, there is a naturally formed stone platform, on which the view is broad, and it is an excellent place to command the battle. Let's go to the stone platform together, each dispatch troops and horses with flag orders, and the bets made by both of us must also be brought to the stage together, so that no matter who wins or loses, there is no way to deny the repentance, what does Young Master Hua think?"

Looking in the direction pointed by the monarch's father, I saw that there was a bluestone platform between the cliffs. The stone wall on the east side of this horse lung valley is more than 100 zhang high, and the position of this bluestone platform is located in the middle of the mountain cliff.

Looking from afar, you can already see that the bluestone platform is a Jedi, only along the path and stone steps on the side of the rock wall to the platform, there is no way out from the stone platform, if you want to climb up the cliff and cliff hundreds of zhang high, it is impossible to work lightly. If the stone platform is besieged, the people on the platform will have no way to escape.

What the monarch's father wants to gamble on is the victory or defeat of the soldiers and horses, and the heads of both sides go up to the stone platform, so they can avoid the opportunity to escape, which is not a bad way.

Yang Sichang said: "Luo Wei, you have more men and horses than us, how can it be fair to gamble on the battle formation like this? And you have already come to this valley, and we don't know that you are not doing anything on the bluestone platform?"

The corners of the monarch's mouth twitched, and he said: "As a commander, you should be able to withstand the situation and fight, and if you are considered to be in ambush, you are already at a disadvantage, and it is natural that you have more men and horses, so what is unfair? As for your suspicion that this monarch is doing things on the stone platform, you can send someone up to take a look at it first, and if you really find that there is an ambush, it is not too late to say this." ”

There is no fairness in the battle between the two armies, and the fact that there are many soldiers and few soldiers is an objective condition that cannot be forced, and only those who can judge the hour and size up the situation according to the actual situation can be called handsome. Yang Sichang is also a person who is good at commanding troops, and he knows this reason, and he is irrefutable in what his father said.

In fact, with the current situation, everyone is blocked in this valley, and there is really not much choice. And the previous mention of killing the crown prince and then fighting with the other party's people to break the net is not what Yang Sichang wants, and if it were not for the last resort, Hua Bushi would not have done it.

After pondering for a moment, Hua Bushi said, "Okay, let's go over and take a look." ”

Coming to the bottom of the cliff, Hua Bushi instructed Meng Huan to go up to the stone platform to check first, and after the time of half a pillar of incense, Meng Huan came down from the platform and told him that the bluestone platform was indeed as the monarch said, it was naturally formed, and there was no arrangement mechanism found on it.

Meng Huan is proficient in ambushes of various organs, and since he has carefully probed once, there should be no problem.

After Meng Huan's speech was finished, the monarch's father stretched out his hand and said, "Young Master Hua, please go to the stone platform! It's past the afternoon, why don't you and I divide the victory and defeat as soon as possible, so as not to wait until it gets dark to do a night battle." ”

Hua Bushi was not in a hurry to climb the stone steps, turned to Yang Sichang and said: "Our troops are insufficient in this gamble, only by sincere unity can we have the possibility of winning, and only then can we keep the prince and princess safe, and please Brother Sichang can trust the younger brother and temporarily hand over the three hundred official cavalry to the command of the younger brother." ”

Among the three people who escorted the prince and princess back to Beijing this time, the Xiong family's big division would obey Hua Bushi's command, but Yu Jue's 300 cavalry and more than 300 disciples of "Bailongxing" were not the men and horses belonging to the "Evil Dog Gate". On the way out of the customs, the direction of the team was decided by Yang Sichang, and the three roads were commanded by each party, and now the monarch wants to fight with Hua Bushi is a formation, and these 800 people must be ordered in a unified manner.

If these three divisions had their own minds and could not do the order and prohibition, this battle would have been defeated without fighting.

Yang Sichang also understood this, nodded immediately, and said to Yu Jue: "General Yu, can you restrain the soldiers under your command and completely obey the orders issued by Young Master Hua?"

Yu Jue said: "These soldiers are all the personal guards of the young general, and Yu Jue personally leads the army, there is no problem!"

Yang Sichang said: "Okay." He turned to Hua Bushi and said: "This battle is very important, and Si Chang can only entrust the responsibility of protecting the prince and princess to Young Master Hua!"

Hua Bushi arched his hand and said: "Thank you Brother Sichang for your trust!"

His gaze then turned to Zhong Bailong. Before the eldest young master could speak, Zhong Bailong had already said: "This battle is to save Zhong Bailong's brother, and our 'Bailong Xing' will definitely fight with all our might! Yaozhen, you lead your disciples to participate in the battle and obey Young Master Hua's orders." ”

Mrs. Chung should claim to be.

Hua Bushi said: "Okay, now we have no way out, everyone can only work together to fight against the tide to win the chance!"

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ bluestone platform is not too much, the top of the platform is only about ten zhang long, in the shape of a semi-arc. Among them is a stone more than three feet high, which is irregular in shape, but the upper end is very flat, like a natural rock table.

Ouyang Yong and the other four were all lifted up and placed on the ground, while the prince and princess also got out of the carriage and walked up the stone steps to the stone platform. The crown prince Zhu Cihong's face turned pale with fright, but Zhu Huichan looked much calmer, holding his younger brother and comforting him, and he didn't seem too scared.

Sima Rulan, Li Hu, Chu Yiyi, and Meng Huan all came to the stone platform with Hua Bushi, Yang Sichang and Zhong Bailong also followed, but the monarch's father only took Shi Qingzhu, Ge Li, and Wenqin Xie Pei two scholars.

Yang Sichang and Zhong Bailong do not know martial arts, although there are many people on the side of Hua Bushi, the strength of the people who go up to the stone platform on both sides is basically similar, which is enough to counterbalance. No matter who wants to turn his face on the stone platform, he can't control the other party for a while, so if he wants to decide the winner, he can only rely on the duel between the soldiers and horses of the two sides in the valley.

On the rock table in the middle were flasks and cups, as well as a jar of fine wine. The cups and pots are all carved with topaz, which is very exquisite, and the wine is also an aged Fenjiu.

The scholar named Wenqin poured two glasses of wine on it and put it on the table, and the monarch's father reached out and took one of them, held it up to Hua Bushi, and said loudly: "You and I don't know martial arts, but we are good at wisdom and strategy, and we both have established a career in the rivers and lakes, so there are some similarities. Today, the two of us are bound to divide a life and death superiority, why don't we drink this cup together before the decisive battle, so as to make a quick move!"

Hua Bushi's eyes were calm, and he stood with his hands behind his back at the rock table, but he didn't say a word, and he didn't reach for the wine glass.

Father Jun's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "Young Master Hua, are you afraid that Benjun will poison the wine?"

Hua Bushi said: "Although Young Master Ben is not good at using poison, he is quite proficient in the method of removing poison, and you put the world's top ten absolute poisons in wine, and you can't help me." ”

The monarch said, "Then why don't you dare to drink this cup with me?"

Hua Bushi said: "I don't drink this wine, just because it's not worth it." ”

The monarch said: "It's not worth it?"

Hua Bushi said: "It's just not worth it." If this young master wants to drink with others, it is either a graceful beauty, or a heroic hero with outstanding skills, or a like-minded acquaintance, but unfortunately you are not the three. ”

Jun's father said: "Ben Jun is naturally not a beauty, and he is also a friend or foe with Young Master Hua, but when it comes to heroes, Ben Jun is still a little confident." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Really?"

Jun's father said: "The so-called heroes refer to those who are intelligent, can do what others dare not do, and cannot do it, while the heroes are those who have supreme power and prestige and can make tens of millions of people bow down." ”

"Benjun has no martial arts, but he has single-handedly created the foundation of 'Heavenly Punishment', how many people in the world can do it? Today, a little trick will be made, let you throw yourself into the net, obediently deceived, if you talk about intelligence, who can match it? The Jurchens, the Mongols, and the Manchu Iron Guard Battalion in this valley are all subordinate to me, and this is only a small part of the shili controlled by Benjun! This monarch is in charge of the life and death of countless people in the world, if I am not a hero, who else in this world can be called a hero?"