The Demon Cult claims to have raised 300,000 troops, but according to intelligence, their actual strength is about 100,000. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAmong the 100,000, there are also 5,000 disciples of the Kunlun Sect.

Because the information came ten days ago, it is not known where they have hit so far. However, it is certain that the local Tusi in Qinghai will definitely not help the imperial court intercept the Demon Sect, and the Demon Sect will not attack the local Tusi, to put it bluntly, the Demon Sect is not in Qinghai, but in the Central Plains.

The main rudder of the Demon Sect, Guangming Dingding, is on the Kunlun Mountain, 60 miles northeast of Yushu, Qinghai, and from there, there are two roads. One is to attack Sichuan, but to attack Sichuan, you have to cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and cross the Yellow River, and the weather is still cold at this time, and no one with a little military knowledge will do this. The other way is to attack Gansu, although there is a Qilian Mountains, but its direction does not lie between the two, and there are countless roads leading to Gansu.

Therefore, Qin Shuhuai, Sun Chengzong and the others all expected that the Demon Sect would definitely attack Gansu.

It has been ten days since the information came out and was presented to Qin Shuhuai's desk, and maybe now the Demon Sect has arrived in Gansu.

Qinghai's Xining and other guard posts only had 20,000 troops, and they would definitely not dare to fight with them, and they must have retreated to Gansu at this time. The four armies of Guanning, Xuanfu, Datong, and Changping, which were sent by the imperial court to reinforce Gansu, totaling 40,000 people, only set off for three days, and it took at least five days to arrive in Gansu to set up defenses.

As a result, Wang Gulun, who replaced Mei Huanzhi as the governor of Gansu, was under great pressure. The first is that his troops are too small, only 1230,000, and the second is that the trilateral governors have not yet been decided, and it is difficult for the trilateral side to give him strong support.

Now the only one who can support him is Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou has foresight, and will not sit back and watch the fall of Gansu in order to preserve his strength, he now has 150,000 or 60,000 troops in his hands (including some soldiers brought over from near Taiyuan), and Gao Yingxiang's troops suffered heavy losses last time, and they are currently mainly defending, which also gives Hong Chengchou the confidence to send troops to help Wang Gulun.

Qin Shuhuai can only hope that Gansu can stand up for a while, otherwise the Demon Sect will fully enter the three sides, then they will be happy everywhere.

At this time, there are still five days to go before the founding ceremony of the Martial Arts Alliance.

The next day, that is, the eleventh day after the Demon Sect raised its army, Chongzhen sent an edict to Qin Shuhuai to go to the capital immediately to discuss countermeasures. Qin Shuhuai didn't want to go, because what he should have said had already been said before, and he couldn't discuss anything now. However, in view of Chongzhen's impatience, he decided that he still had to go to the capital to cheer him up.

When I arrived at the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, I saw that not only Sun Chengzong was there, but also Shen Yongmao (who replaced Wang Qia, who was imprisoned), Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, and Luo Yangxing, the commander of Jinyiwei.

After discussing with these people for a long time, they couldn't come up with any good ideas. Originally, the Demon Sect had just started its army, and they didn't know where the other party was going to fight, and what countermeasures could they have? Everyone sat together, and the only role was probably to cheer up Chongzhen and show his determination.

stayed until the evening, and Chongzhen finally let everyone go back. Presumably, through everyone's impassioned determination, he felt more comfortable.

The Jianghe Gang entered the sprint stage of preparing for the celebration of the Martial Arts Alliance, and Qin Shuhuai asked all the details one by one, down to which sect sat where, how the celebration process went, and even what to say on stage.

Even the smallest details cannot be missed.

In the past two days, the major sects that participated in the founding ceremony of the Martial Arts Alliance have also come one after another. The Jianghe Gang chartered all the inns and hotels in Qingwu Town to entertain them.

By the night before the celebration, almost all the people from all sects had arrived.

Shaolin abbot Zhiyuan really did not break his promise, and personally brought more than 30 Shaolin disciples to the meeting. To Qin Shuhuai's surprise, in addition to Zhikong coming along, even Zhiren, who was thinking about it behind closed doors, also came.

Qin Shuhuai understood after a little thought, Zhiyuan wanted Zhiren to stay and help himself! Shaolin had already promised to send disciples to help exterminate the Demon Sect, so who among these disciples had the best leadership? Naturally, Zhiren was the best person! Because Zhiren was the most familiar with him, and his martial arts were also high, he was definitely the best candidate.

When Zhiren saw Qin Shuhuai again, he was naturally happy and smiled.

At the same time, the Emei faction, the Huashan faction, the Wudang faction, and the Kongtong faction also arrived. Among the six major factions, only the Kunlun faction has not yet arrived. In addition, the people of the Beggar Gang, the Giant Whale Gang, and the Cao Gang all felt that they were all there, and they were all the gang leaders who came in person, which gave Qin Shuhuai enough face.

Qin Shuhuai personally introduced the people of these five major factions and three major gangs into the various wings of the Jianghe Gang's helmsman, and settled down one by one.

At dinner, he also deliberately brought the bigwigs of these sects to a private room in the Hall of Heroes to entertain them.

Now that the Demon Sect has rebelled for half a month, these leaders naturally have rumors, and the topics discussed during the banquet are not only the Martial Arts Alliance, but also the Demon Sect rebellion.

This is naturally a good time to ventilate with the major factions in advance, and Qin Shuhuai will not let it go. As long as the five major factions and the three gang bosses present here all support the plan to send troops to exterminate the Demon Sect, then this matter can almost be said to be a certainty.

After a round of wine, Qin Shuhuai said, "Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Demon Sect has rebelled, it is foreseeable that Huang Taiji, who is outside the Guan, will definitely lead the Mongolian tribes to the south again, and the Central Plains is rampant, I am afraid that the world will not be peaceful for a while." You are all Taishan Beidou of martial arts, I don't know what you think?"

A few words made the wine table suddenly quiet, and many people sighed.

The world is not peaceful, and the life of martial arts will naturally not be easy.

Everyone bowed slightly, but none of them spoke first.

Qin Shuhuai said again, "Now that our martial arts alliance has been established, we must not be able to do nothing in this time of chaos in the world. Otherwise, this alliance is not a virtual existence, what is the use of it? Ladies and gentlemen, after the establishment of the Martial Arts Alliance, with your qualifications and prestige, you will inevitably be a member of the alliance committee, or the alliance elders. As you already know, the power of the Alliance does not lie with any one person, but with the Council of Elders. It can be said that every decision made by everyone from now on is related to the future of martial arts. And this Demon Sect rebellion is the first level to test us, Qin Mou implores that you must speak freely and give advice, so it is the blessing of martial arts!"

When many people heard this, they all looked at Qin Shuhuai.

At this time, Qin Shuhuai reaffirmed that the Alliance Elders Council was in charge of the supreme power, which reassured many sects that were originally skeptical. Especially the luck of the Giant Whale Gang and the gang leader of the Cao Gang, Cheng Wendong, nodded again and again when he heard that he could also get a seat in the Elders.

The atmosphere is much more harmonious.