Chapter 38 Thirty-eighth secret order of the kit
When I arrived at Sipai, I saw a village beside the road.Ouyang Feng rode his horse into the village, but he saw corpses all over the place, because of the cold weather, the corpses were all intact, the tragic condition did not change when they died, they must have been killed by the Mongolian army passing by.Ouyang Feng yelled loudly, but there was no one in the village, only dozens of cattle and sheep shouted loudly.Ouyang Feng was overjoyed, he escorted Guo Jing into a stone house, and said: "You are captured by me now, and I will not come to kill you. As long as you can beat me, you can go out." He went to lead a sheep Killed and cooked in the kitchen. Guo Jing looked at his smug expression, the more he looked, the more resentful he became.Ouyang Feng threw a cooked leg of lamb to him, and said: "When you are full, we will fight." Guo Jing said angrily: "If you want to fight, you will fight, what is there to be hungry?" palm.Ouyang Feng raised his hand to block it, and punched back.In an instant, the two of them fought between the stone houses and the table was overturned. After more than 30 moves, Guo Jing was not strong enough, Ouyang Feng snatched half a step forward, and wiped his right palm under his side.Guo Jing couldn't dodge, so he had to stop and wait for death, but Ouyang Feng didn't show any strength, he said with a smile: "That's it for today, you practice a few moves from the scriptures, and I will fight you again tomorrow." Guo Jing let out a "bah", sat on an overturned stool, picked up the lamb leg and bit it, thinking: "He is determined to learn the secrets of authentic kung fu, I hope I will perform it, and then I can watch it from the sidelines. I can't be fooled. If he wants to kill me, let him kill me... Well, how should I dismantle what he just did?" I thought about all the boxing techniques I had learned, but none of them could be deciphered, but I remembered There is a skillful "Feixu Jin" in the scriptures uploaded, which seems to make him invisible. He thought to himself: "I practice on my own, but he can't learn it even if he wants to." Immediately, he ate a leg of lamb and sat cross-legged on the ground, thinking about the formulas mentioned in the scriptures, and practicing according to the law.After he finished "Yi Jin Bone Forging Chapter", his foundation was solid, and he was taught by Master Yideng. Shi Chen had already practiced, when he squinted at Ouyang Feng, he saw that he was also sitting and working hard, and immediately shouted: "Look at the trick!" Before he stood up straight, he swung his palm and struck him. Ouyang Feng returned his palms to meet them, at the end of the fight, he stretched out his palms again and wiped Guo Jing's flanks.Suddenly he felt his hand slipped, he leaned aside, his body involuntarily leaned forward slightly, Guo Jing's left palm fell towards his neck.Surprised and delighted, Ouyang Feng rushed forward with more force, avoided this slashing move, turned around and shouted: "Good skill, is this from the scriptures? What's its name?" Guo Jing said: "Shacha Yitui , love the end of Qin'er." Ouyang Feng was startled, and then thought that this was a strange text in the scriptures, and thought: "This idiot has a lot of strength, and he can only use tricks to cheat, and force is useless." Fight with him. The two fought endlessly, when Guo Jing lost, he immediately stopped and practiced new moves.That night Guo Jing was lying calmly, but Ouyang Feng was worried, he was afraid of a sneak attack in the middle of the night, and he was afraid that he would escape in the dark. The two lived in the stone house like this for more than a month, eating almost half of the cattle and sheep in the village.For more than a month, it seemed that Ouyang Feng forced Guo Jing to practice kung fu.Ouyang Feng has profound knowledge of martial arts, seeing the difference between before and after Guo Jing's practice, he also understood many main points in the scriptures, but it is completely difficult to understand them through research and verification with the scriptures he obtained.The more he thought about it, the more puzzled he became, and he pushed Guo Jing harder. As a result, Guo Jing's kung fu improved by leaps and bounds in the past month or so.Ouyang Feng couldn't help worrying secretly: "If this goes on like this, I haven't understood the essence of the scriptures, but if I don't fight this fool, I won't be the opponent." Guo Jing was filled with resentment in the first few days, but later on, he aroused the desire to defeat the enemy and win the battle. He decided to fight him to the end, and finally killed him with real kung fu. With a little restraint, the perseverance increases.One day he picked up an iron sword by the dead body in the village, and practiced it hard, using the sword to fight against Ouyang Feng's wooden staff.Ouyang Feng originally used the snake staff to fight Hong Qigong in the boat that day, the snake staff sank into the sea, later he cast another steel staff, wrapped it with a strange snake, was trapped in an icicle and was taken away by Lu Youjiao and destroyed.What he is using now is just an ordinary wooden stick, not to mention strange snakes to cheer him up, but his moves are fantastic and varied, he has knocked Guo Jing's iron sword away time and time again, if there is a snake on the stick, Guo Jing will be even more difficult to resist. Hearing Genghis Khan's army returning to the east, people screaming and horses neighing for several days, the two men were fighting fiercely, so they ignored it.After the night of the army, there was silence in my ears.Guo Jing stood upright with his sword straight, thinking: "Although I can't defeat you tonight, your wooden staff can't shake my sword no matter what." Someone outside the house shouted: "What a traitor, where are you going?" It was clearly the accent of the old naughty boy Zhou Botong. Ouyang Feng and Guo Jing looked at each other in astonishment, they both thought: "Why did he come to the Western Regions all the way from thousands of miles away?" The two were about to talk, when they heard footsteps, they ran towards the stone house one after the other.There are many houses in the village, but only this stone house is lit with lights.Ouyang Feng waved his left hand, a burst of energy flew out, and extinguished the lamp.At this moment, the door opened with a bang, a person rushed in, and the person behind followed him, it was Zhou Botong. Hearing the footsteps of these two people are very light and quick, the martial arts of the person in front seems to be not inferior to Zhou Botong.Ouyang Feng was very surprised: "This person can escape the hands of the old naughty boy. In the world, there are only a handful of people with this ability. If it is Huang Yaoshi or Hong Qigong, the old poison will be very bad." Immediately thinking A way out. All I could hear was the man in front jumping up and sitting on the beam.Zhou Botong laughed and said, "You play hide-and-seek with me, the old naughty boy is the happiest, don't let you slip out again." In the darkness, he closed the door, lifted the big stone by the door and propped it behind the door, and shouted: "Hey, smelly thief, where are you?" As he said, he walked around and fumbled.Guo Jing was about to tell him that the enemy was on the beam, Zhou Botong suddenly jumped up, laughed loudly, and grabbed the man on the beam.It turned out that he had heard the man going up the beam, and deliberately groped in the corner of the house to teach the enemy not to be on guard, and then attacked suddenly. The man on the beam was also very happy, before his fingers could catch him, he had somersaulted and squatted at Beishou.Zhou Botong was talking nonsense, but he was also very afraid of him in his heart, he listened carefully to where that person was, and did not dare to approach him hastily.In the still night, he vaguely heard the sound of three people breathing, thinking that the lights in the room suddenly went out, there were indeed people, but why were they silent, he thought he was frightened, so he called out: "Master, don't panic, I will I'm here to catch a thief, catch it and go out immediately." He thought that ordinary people pant heavily, while those with superb internal skills breathe slowly and long, light and heavy, and with a little attention, it is very easy to distinguish.Unexpectedly, listening carefully, the three people on the east, west, north, and north sides all breathe slowly.Zhou Botong was very surprised, and shouted: "Good thief, so I am here to lay down a helper." Guo Jing was about to say hello, but then he thought: "Ouyang Feng is on the lookout, Brother Zhou is also chasing a formidable enemy, I will not reveal my identity, I will help him when the opportunity arises." Zhou Botong approached the door step by step, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the old naughty boy can't catch people, but he will be caught instead." He has made a plan in his mind, if the situation is not good, he will rush out of the door immediately. At this moment, there was loud shouting and hoofbeats in the distance, like the autumn tide coming at night, thousands of troops came rushing forward. Zhou Botong called out: "You are getting more and more helpers, the old naughty boy will be excused." As he said that, he reached out to move the big stone behind the door, as if he was going to escape, suddenly he raised the big stone with both hands, and went to the place where the person he was chasing was standing. toss.This big stone is really heavy, Ouyang Feng moved it every night to prop it behind the door, if Guo Jing moved the stone to open the door, he would surely wake up in his sleep. Ouyang Feng heard the strong wind, he thought that when the old urchin throws stones, the right side must be unable to defend, I will kill him first, there will be less trouble in front of him, and Huashan will have a formidable opponent in the second sword fight in the future.As soon as the mind moved, the body squatted down, pushed both hands together, and used the "Ha Toad Kung Fu" to hit it directly.He squatted at the west end, and this push went from west to east, extremely fierce.Guo Jing had been fighting with him for dozens of days, and he knew his every move, even though it was in the dark, when he heard the strong wind, he knew that he was attacking Zhou Botong suddenly, so he stepped forward immediately, The trick "Kanglong Yougui" came out in a hurry.The person standing at the north head heard the boulder being thrown, he also stood with his legs bent and turned his palms out, trying to use his palm force to push the boulder back and hurt the enemy. The four of them stood in four directions, although their strength came out sequentially, their strength was almost even.The boulder was pushed from the southeast to the north by four forces, flew to the center of the room and fell, with a loud bang, crushing a table to pieces. The loud noise was deafening, Zhou Botong thought it was funny and couldn't help laughing out loud.But he couldn't even hear his laughter in the end. It turned out that thousands of army horses had rushed into the village.But the neighing of war horses, the clashing of weapons, and the shouts of soldiers could be heard in chaos.Guo Jing heard the sergeant's accent, and knew that it was Huarazimo's army that had been defeated in the village, intending to hold on.But the formation was not yet decided, and the Mongolian army arrived later, only to hear the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground, the sound of flags unfurling, the sound of shouting and killing, and the sound of feathered arrows piercing the air from far and near.Followed by short-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat, there are countless soldiers and horses fighting in all directions. Suddenly someone pushed the door and rushed in.Zhou Botong grabbed it, threw it out, picked up the boulder, and blocked it behind the door. Ouyang Feng missed a single blow, thinking that he would have spotted him anyway, and shouted: "Old naughty boy, do you know who I am?" Zhou Botong vaguely heard voices, but couldn't make out the words, he shielded himself with his left hand and stretched out his right hand Just catch.Ouyang Feng hooked his wrist with his right hand and slapped him with his left hand.Zhou Botong took one move, and exclaimed: "Old Poison, are you here?" His body swayed slightly, he grabbed his head to the left, his body was already turned sideways, at that moment, the man from the north took advantage of the gap and raised his palm towards him. He punches in the back.Zhou Botong attacked Ouyang Feng with his right hand, and blocked the back palm with his left fist, he thought that he had practiced left and right fighting skills on Peach Blossom Island, so far he has never had the chance to fight against two masters, although today's situation is urgent, it is also a good opportunity to try out his moves , the fist was touching the opponent's palm, suddenly Guo Jing rushed from the east, his right hand parried Zhou Botong's fist, and his left hand took over the palm. The three exclaimed at the same time, Zhou Botong called "Brother Guo", that person called "Guo Jing", but Guo Jing called "Qiu Qianren"!
Zhou Botong was competing in front of the Misty Rain Building that day. He was most afraid of poisonous snakes. Seeing that there was no way out, he lay on the roof and covered his body with tiles from the roof so that the arrows of the officers and soldiers could not hit him. Ouyang Feng's green snake didn't swim up to the roof to bite him either.By the time the fog cleared at sunrise, the snake formation had been closed, and everyone had disappeared without a trace. He was bored and wandered around. After several months, a disciple of the Beggar Clan sent a letter, but it was written by Huang Rong.The letter said: He had personally promised that no matter what she asked, she would obey her orders, and now he is asked to kill Qiu Qianren, the leader of the Tiezhang Gang; After that, Concubine Liu Gui would not come to him again, otherwise, Concubine Liu Gui would have to marry him even if she found the ends of the earth.The letter also states the location of Ming Tie Zhang Peak. Zhou Botong thought to himself that the words "no matter what happens, you must obey orders" was indeed what he said to Huang Rong.The old man Qiu Qianren colluded with Jin Guo, he was not a good person in the first place, so he should be killed.As for the fate between me and Concubine Liu Gui, I will cherish it all my life, and I feel that I have owed her a lot. Since she has a grudge against Qiu Qianren, she has contributed to her generation, and if she can not come and talk to me, it will be a blessing. , and immediately found it on Iron Palm Peak. When Qiu Qianren fought with him, it was a tie at the beginning, but when he used left and right fighting techniques, he lost immediately and had to retreat.In a martial arts competition between masters, if one person admits defeat, the outcome has already been decided, and it should have ended, but Zhou Botong pursued him relentlessly.Qiu Qianren asked him what was the reason for several times, but Zhou Botong was dumbfounded, he couldn't tell why, the word "Liu Guifei" was something he would not even say out of his head. The two fought and stopped, fled and chased, and walked farther and farther.Although Zhou Botong's martial art is slightly better than Qiu Qianren's, but it is not easy to hurt his life.Qiu Qianren tried all means to get rid of it, he was helpless and thought: "If I escape to the bitter cold place in the west, will you still pursue me?" Zhou Botong thought: "It depends on where you escape before you turn back. " But once he arrived in the desert outside the Great Wall, the plains were vast and wild, and it was very easy to track him, and Qiu Qianren had nowhere to hide.Fortunately, Zhou Botong is very trustworthy, as long as Qiu Qianren lies down to sleep, sit down to eat, or defecate and urinate, he will never step forward to invade, and he will follow suit.But no matter how Qiu Qianren cheated, the old naughty boy still lingered and entangled him endlessly. Zhou Botong fought with Qiu Qianren all the way, he became more and more interested, he had restrained him a few times, but he was no longer willing to kill him.It was a coincidence that the two of them ran into the stone house by mistake.
At this time, Zhou and Guo knew who the other three were, but the voices of the three were drowned out by the fighting outside the door, but Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren still couldn't recognize each other.Ouyang Feng still knew that this person was Zhou Botong's enemy, but Qiu Qianren believed that the two people in the room were of course the same.Zhou, Qiu, and Ou's martial arts are outstanding, and after dozens of days of fighting, Guo Jing and Ouyang Feng have practiced hard, and they are already able to keep pace with the three of them.These four masters were sealed in this pitch-black, two zhang square room, they couldn't see anything, they couldn't hear, they couldn't understand their speech, all four of them seemed to suddenly become deaf, dumb and blind. Guo Jing thought to himself: "I'll block Ouyang Feng and let Brother Zhou finish Qiu Qianren first. At that time, the two of us will work together, and it will not be difficult to kill Ouyang Feng." He had made a plan in his mind, and he slashed out with both palms. But it touched a person's palm.Guo Jing dismantled Zhou Botong well on Peach Blossom Island, as soon as he crossed his hands, he knew it was him, and immediately went forward, and was about to pull his arm to signal, but Zhou Botong's childlike innocence suddenly appeared, his left arm shrank suddenly, and his right hand suddenly came out. He punched Guo Jing on the shoulder, this punch didn't use his internal strength, but Guo Jing didn't take any precautions, it hurt him a little bit.Zhou Bo said, "Good brother, are you going to try the big brother's kung fu? Be careful!" Followed by a palm with his left hand.Although Guo Jing didn't hear his voice, but he was prepared, he waved his arm to block him. At this time, Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren had already performed several moves, and they both recognized each other from their martial arts.There was no enmity between the two of them, but thinking that in the future, Huashan will have to fight to the death, if they meet at this time, if they can hurt their opponent, it would be a great deal, so they did not let go.After fighting for a while, he felt the wind blowing back and forth on his face, he was stunned, and immediately realized that Zhou Botong was fighting Guo Jing.The two felt strange, but they thought that Zhou Botong's actions were upside down and unpredictable, how could they not like this golden opportunity?At the moment, they attacked at the same time. Zhou Botong and Guo Jing discussed more than ten stances, felt that his kung fu was much different from what it used to be, he was surprised and delighted, he asked repeatedly: "Brother, where did you learn Kung Fu?"Zhou Botong said angrily, "Okay, why don't you tell me what you're trying to do?" He felt a strong wind blowing in his face, and Ou and Qiu attacked at the same time, and they jumped onto the beam with one foot, and shouted, "Let you fight alone!" Fight them both." Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren noticed that Zhou Botong was resting on the beam from the wind of his robe sleeves, and they thought that they just joined forces to kill this idiot, so they split up and attacked together.Guo Jing was entangled by Zhou Botong before, and he couldn't get away even after changing four or five punches, finally waiting for him to retreat, but two strong enemies attacked again, he couldn't help crying secretly, so he had to cheer up and use left and right fighting skills to divide the block two people.After fighting for a while, both Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren couldn't help but secretly marvel.Everyone knew that with Guo Jing's skill, Ou and Qiu alone could defeat him, but they joined forces, he blocked Ou with his left palm and punched Qiu with his right. Zhou Botong sat on the beam for a while, thinking that if he didn't go down, he was afraid Guo Jing would be injured, so he slipped down from the wall and grabbed Ouyang Feng's back with his hands.He crouched on the ground, and was attacking Guo Jing fiercely with the Ha Toad Kungfu, when he suddenly felt someone behind him, he hurriedly swung his palm back to block.Guo Jing took the opportunity to kick Qiu Qianren, leaped into the corner of the room, gasping for breath, if Zhou Botong came a step late, Ouyang Feng's presumption would not be able to stop him. The four of them split up and joined together in the dark, sometimes Zhou Botong fought with Qiu Qianren, sometimes Guo Jing fought with Qiu Qianren, sometimes Ouyang Feng fought with Qiu Qianren, sometimes Zhou Botong fought with Ouyang Feng, sometimes Guo Jing and Zhou Botong exchanged moves.In this scuffle among the four of them, Zhou Botong was the most elated, he felt that all the battles in his life were more fun than this.At the end of the fight, he suddenly clung to Guo Jing and said, "My two hands count as two enemies, and Ou and Qiu's two stinky thieves are naturally two enemies. You can use one against four, can you try it? You've never played something new, right?" Guo Jing couldn't hear him, and suddenly felt that the three of them were attacking him at the same time, so he had to dodge desperately.Zhou Botong couldn't stop encouraging: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I will help you in case of danger." But in this darkness, anyone's punch or foot would be life-threatening, even if Zhou Botong rescued him afterwards. , where is there still time? After dismantling dozens of moves, Guo Jing was exhausted, but Jue Ou and Qiu's fist moves became heavier and heavier, so they had to retreat while fighting, and they wanted to jump onto the beam to avoid it, but they were always covered by Zhou Botong's palm strength. Unable to get away, under the mixture of shock and anger, he couldn't bear it any longer, and cursed: "Brother Zhou, you silly old man, why are you pestering me all the time?" But suffering from the noise of killing outside the house, no one could hear a word he said.Guo Jing retreated a few more steps, and suddenly tripped on a boulder on the ground, nearly falling.He was bent over but before he straightened up, Qiu Qianren's iron palm had already patted him.Guo Jing didn't have time to change his tactics in his busy schedule, so he picked up the boulder and shielded it in front of his chest.Qiu Qianren hit the rock with his palm, Guo Jing stretched his arms and pushed out to catch his palm.I felt the wind blowing from the left side, Ouyang Feng's palm force came again, Guo Jing stretched his arms through his arms, shouted loudly, threw the boulder above his head, then turned sideways to avoid the palm. Boulders pierced through the roof and flew out, bricks, stones and sand fell like rain, and the sky and stars shimmered from the roof.Zhou Botong said angrily: "You can see it, what else is there for fun?" Guo Jing was extremely exhausted, he stepped on his feet and walked out through the hole in the roof.Ouyang Feng hurriedly chased after him.Zhou Botong shouted: "Don't go, don't go, play with me." The long arm grabbed his left foot.Ouyang Feng was startled, he hastily kicked back with his right foot, breaking his grasp, but he couldn't stay in the air, and fell down again.Qiu Qianren didn't wait for him to hit the ground, and kicked him in the chest.Ouyang Feng's chest shrunk slightly, and he pointed at his ankles.The three invited to attack in a row, and fought fiercely again.It's just that at this time the figure is already faintly discernible, and the sound of killing outside the door has gradually diminished, far less thrilling than the thrilling fight just now.Zhou Botong was very disappointed, his anger was directed at the two of them, his boxing skills changed suddenly, and he attacked the two enemies one after another. Guo Jing escaped from the stone house, he could only see people and horses galloping back and forth, but he could only hear the clanging of metal and iron, and from time to time there was a scream of the soldiers on both sides when they were hit by knives and arrows.He rushed through the crowd, ran out of the village, and lay down to rest in a small forest.After fighting fiercely in the middle of the night, when I lay down, I felt my muscles and bones were sore and torn. Thinking back to the scene in the stone house, I was even more terrified. Although Zhou Botong was concerned about Zhou Botong's safety, he thought that with his martial arts, he could escape when he was at a loss. After a while, he fell into a deep sleep. I slept until the morning of the second day, and suddenly felt that my face was cold, and something was squirming.Before he could open his eyes, he immediately jumped up, only to hear a happy hiss, it turned out that the little red horse was licking his face just now.Guo Jing was overjoyed, hugged the red horse, one person and one horse reunited after the robbery, and made out for a while.When he was imprisoned in the stone house by Ouyang Feng, this horse was foraging on the grass by itself, last night the army fought fiercely, it relied on its quick feet and agility to escape the disaster, and now it has found its owner again. Guo Jing led the red horse and walked back to the village, only to see broken bows and broken arrows everywhere, corpses of men and horses strewn all over the place, and occasionally a few wounded soldiers uttered screams.He had fought battles for a long time and was used to seeing casualties, but when he thought of his life experience, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.Quietly go back to the stone house, listen to the outside of the house, there is no sound, then look in through the crack of the door, there is no one in the house.Opening the door and looking inside, Zhou Botong, Ouyang Feng and Qiu Qianren have disappeared. He stood there in a daze for a while, then got on his horse and traveled eastward.The little red horse ran fast, and soon overtook Genghis Khan's army. At this time, the cities of Khwarazm were either surrendered or destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of powerful troops fell apart.King Mahamo of Khwarazmo has always been arrogant and tyrannical. After betraying his relatives, he led a group of defeated soldiers and fled to the west in embarrassment.成吉思汗令大将速不台与哲别统带两个万人队穷追,自己率领大军班师。速不台与哲别直追到今日莫斯科以西、第聂伯河畔基辅城附近,大破俄罗斯和钦察联军数十万人,将投降的基辅大公及十一个俄罗斯王公尽数以车辕压死。这一战史称“迦勒迦河之役”,俄罗斯大片草原自此长期呻吟于蒙古军铁蹄之下。摩诃末日暮途穷,后来病死于里海中的一个荒岛之上。 成吉思汗那日在撒麻尔罕城忽然不见了郭靖,甚是忧急,担心他孤身落单,死于乱军之中,见他归来,不禁大喜。华筝公主自是更加欢喜。 丘处机随大军东归,一路上力劝大汗爱民少杀。成吉思汗虽然和他话不投机,但知他是有道之士,也不便过拂其意,因是战乱之中,百姓凭丘处机一言而全活的不计其数。 花剌子模与蒙古相距数万里,成吉思汗大军东还,历时甚久,回到斡难河畔后大宴祝捷,休养士卒。丘处机与鲁有脚等丐帮帮众分别辞别南归。又过数月,眼见金风肃杀,士饱马腾,成吉思汗又兴南征之念,这一日大集诸将,计议伐金。 郭靖自黄蓉死后,忽忽神伤,长自一个儿骑着小红马,携了双雕,在蒙古草原上信步漫游,痴痴呆呆,每常接连数日不说一句话。华筝公主温言劝慰,他就似没有听见。众人得悉情由,知他心中悲苦,无人敢提婚姻之事。成吉思汗忙于筹划伐金,自也无暇理会。这日在大汗金帐之中计议南征,诸将各献策略,郭靖却始终不发一言。 成吉思汗遣退诸将,独自在山冈上沉思了半天,次日传下将令,遣兵三路伐金。其时他长子朮赤、次子察合台均在西方统辖新征服的诸国,是以伐金的中路军由三子窝阔台统率,左军由四子拖雷统率,右军由郭靖统率。 成吉思汗宣召三军统帅进帐,命亲卫暂避,对窝阔台、拖雷、郭靖三人道:“金国精兵都在潼关,南据连山、北限大河,难以遽破。诸将所献方策虽各有见地,但正面强攻,不免旷日持久。现下我蒙古和大宋联盟,最妙之策,莫如借道宋境,自唐州、邓州进兵,直捣金国都城大梁。” 窝阔台、拖雷、郭靖三人听到此处,同时跳了起来,互相拥抱,大叫:“妙计!”成吉思汗向郭靖微笑道:“你善能用兵,深得我心。我问你,攻下大梁之后怎样?”郭靖沉思良久,摇头道:“不攻大梁。” 窝阔台与拖雷明明听父王说直捣大梁,怎地郭靖却又说不攻,心下疑惑,一齐怔怔的望着他。成吉思汗仍是脸露微笑,问道:“不攻大梁便怎样?”郭靖道:“既不是攻,也不是不攻;是攻而不攻,不攻而攻。”这几句话把窝阔台与拖雷听得更加胡涂了。成吉思汗笑道:“'攻而不攻,不攻而攻。'这八个字说得很好,你跟两位兄长说说明白。” 郭靖道:“我猜测大汗用兵之策,是佯攻金都,歼敌城下。大梁乃金国皇帝所居之地,可是驻兵不多,一见我师迫近,金国自当从潼关急调精兵回师相救。中华的兵法上说:'卷甲而趋,日夜不处,倍道兼行,百里而争利,则擒三将军。劲者先,疲者后,其法十一而至。'百里疾趋,士卒尚且只能赶到十分之一。从潼关到大梁,千里赴援,精兵锐卒,十停中到不了一停,加之人马疲敝,虽至而弗能战。我军以逸待劳,必可大破金兵。金国精锐尽此一役而溃,大梁不攻自下。若是强攻大梁,急切难拔,反易腹背受敌。” 成吉思汗拊掌大笑,叫道:“说得好,说得好!”取出一幅图来,摊在案上,三人看后,无不大为惊异。 原来那是一幅大梁附近的地图,图上画着敌我两军的行军路线,如何拊敌之背,攻敌腹心,如何诱敌自潼关劳师远来,如何乘敌之疲,聚歼城下,竟与郭靖所说的全无二致。窝阔台与拖雷瞧瞧父王,又瞧瞧郭靖,都是又惊又佩。郭靖心下钦服,寻思:“我从《武穆遗书》学得用兵的法子,也不算希奇。大汗不识字不读书,却是天生的英明。” 成吉思汗道:“这番南征,破金可必。这里有三个锦囊,各人收执一个,待攻破大梁之后,你们三人在大金皇帝的金銮殿上聚会,共同开拆,依计行事。”说着从怀里取出锦囊,每人交付一个。郭靖接过一看,见囊口用火漆密封,漆上盖了大汗的印章。成吉思汗又道:“未入大梁,不得擅自拆开。启囊之前,三人相互检验囊口有无破损。”三人一齐拜道:“大汗之命,岂敢有违?” 成吉思汗问郭靖道:“你平日行事极为迟钝,何以用兵却又如此机敏?”郭靖当下将熟读《武穆遗书》之事说了。成吉思汗问起岳飞的故事,郭靖将岳飞如何在朱仙镇大破金兵、金兵如何称他为“岳爷爷”、如何说“撼山易,撼岳家军难”等语一一述说。成吉思汗不语,背着手在帐中走来走去,叹道:“恨不早生百年,与这位英雄交一交手。今日世间,能有谁是我敌手?”言下竟是大有寂寞之意。 郭靖从金帐辞出,想起连日军务倥偬,未与母亲相见,明日誓师南征,以报大宋历朝世仇,今日这一日该当陪伴母亲了,当下走向母亲营帐。却见帐中衣物俱已搬走,只剩下一名老军看守,一问之下,原来他母亲李氏奉了大汗之命,已迁往另一座营帐。 郭靖问明所在,走向彼处,见那座营帐比平时所居的大了数倍,揭帐进内,不由得吃了一惊,只见帐内金碧辉煌,花团锦簇,尽是蒙古军从各处掠夺来的珍贵宝物。华筝公主陪着李萍,正在闲谈郭靖幼年时的趣事。她见郭靖进来,微笑着站起迎接。 郭靖道:“妈,这许多东西哪里来的?”李萍道:“大汗说你西征立了大功,特地赏你的。其实咱们清寒惯了,哪用得着这许多物事?”郭靖点点头,见帐内又多了八名服侍母亲的婢女,都是大军掳来的女奴。 三个人说了一会闲话,华筝告辞出去。她想郭靖明日又有远行,今日跟她必当有许多话说,哪知她在帐外候了半日,郭靖竟不出来。 李萍道:“靖儿,公主定是在外边等你,你也出去和她说一会话儿。”郭靖答应了一声,却坐着不动。李萍叹道:“咱们在北国一住二十年,虽然多承大汗眷顾,我却是想家得紧。但愿你此去灭了金国,母子俩早日回归故乡。咱俩就在牛家村你爹爹的旧居住下,你也不是贪图荣华富贵之人,这北边再也休来了。只是公主之事,却不知该当如何,这中间实有许多难处。” 郭靖道:“孩儿当日早跟公主言明,蓉儿既死,孩儿是终生不娶的了。”李萍叹道:“公主或能见谅,但我推念大汗之意,却是甚为耽心。”郭靖道:“大汗怎样?”李萍道:“这几日大汗忽然对咱娘儿优遇无比,金银珠宝,赏赐无数。虽说是酬你西征之功,但我在漠北二十年,大汗性情,颇有所知,看来此中另有别情。”郭靖道:“妈,你瞧是甚么事?”李萍道:“我是女流之辈,有甚高见?只是细细想来,大汗是要逼咱们做甚么事。”郭靖道:“嗯,他定是要我和公主成亲。”李萍道:“成亲是件美事,大汗多半不知你心中不愿,也不须相逼。我看啊,你统率大军南征,大汗是怕你忽起异心叛他。”郭靖摇头道:“我无意富贵,大汗深知。我叛他作甚?” 李萍道:“我想到一法,或可探知大汗之意。你说我怀念故乡,欲与你一同南归,你去禀告大汗,瞧他有何话说。”郭靖喜道:“妈,你怎么不早说?咱们共归故乡,那是何等美事,大汗定然允准。”他掀帐出来,不见华筝,想是她等得不耐烦,已怏怏离去。 郭靖去了半晌,垂头丧气的回来。李萍道:“大汗不准,是不是?”郭靖道:“这个我可不懂啦,大汗定要留你在这儿干甚么?”李萍默然。郭靖道:“大汗说,待破金之后,让我再奉母回乡,那时衣锦荣归,岂非光彩得多?我说母亲思乡情切,但盼早日南归。大汗忽有怒色,只是摇头不准。” 李萍沉吟道:“大汗今日还跟你说了些甚么?”郭靖将大汗在帐中指点方略、传交锦囊等情说了。李萍道:“唉,若是你二师父和蓉儿在世,定能猜测得出。只恨我是个蠢笨的乡下女子,只越想越是不安,却又不知为了何事。” 郭靖将锦囊拿在手里玩弄,道:“大汗授这锦囊给我之时,脸上神色颇为异样,只怕与此有关也未可知。”李萍接过锦囊,细细检视,随即遣开侍婢,说道:“拆开来瞧瞧。”郭靖惊道:“不!破了火漆上金印,那可犯了死罪。”李萍笑道:“临安府织锦之术,天下驰名。你妈妈是临安人,自幼学得此法。又何须弄损火漆,只消挑破锦囊,回头织补归原,决无丝毫破绽。”郭靖大喜。李萍取过细针,轻轻挑开锦缎上的丝络,从缝中取出一张纸来,母子俩摊开一看,面面相觑,不由得都是身上凉了半截。 原来纸上写的是成吉思汗一道密令,命窝阔台、拖雷、郭靖三军破金之后,立即移师南向,以迅雷不及掩耳手段攻破临安,灭了宋朝,自此天下一统于蒙古。密令中又说,郭靖若能建此大功,必当裂土封王,不吝重赏,但若怀有异心,窝阔台与拖雷已奉有令旨,立即将其斩首,其母亦必凌迟处死。 郭靖呆了半晌,方道:“妈,若不是你破囊见此密令,我母子性命不保。想我是大宋之人,岂能卖国求荣?”李萍道:“为今之计,该当如何?”郭靖道:“妈,你老人家只好辛苦些,咱俩连夜逃回南边去。”李萍道:“正是,你快去收拾,可别泄露了形迹。” 郭靖点头,回到自己帐中,取了随身衣物,除小红马外,又挑选八匹骏马。若是大汗点兵追赶,便可和母亲轮换乘坐,以节马力,易于脱逃。 他于大汗所赐金珠一介不取,连同那柄虎头金刀都留在帐中,除下元帅服色,换上了寻常皮裘。他自幼生长大漠,今日一去,永不再回,心中不禁难过,对着居住日久的旧帐篷怔怔的出了会神,眼见天色已黑,又回母亲帐来。 掀开帐门,心中突的一跳,只见地下横着两个包裹,母亲却已不在。郭靖叫了两声:“妈!”不闻应声,心中微感不妙,待要出帐去找。突然帐门开处,光火耀眼,大将赤老温站在帐门外叫道:“大汗宣召金刀驸马!”他身后军士无数,均是手执长矛。郭靖见此情势,心中大急,若凭武功强冲,料那赤老温拦阻不住,但寻思:“母亲既已被大汗擒去,我岂能一人逃生?”当下跟着赤老温走向金帐。只见帐外排列着大汗的两千名箭筒卫士,手执长矛大戟,队伍远远伸展出去。赤老温道:“大汗有令将你绑缚。这可要得罪了,驸马爷莫怪。”郭靖点点头,反手就缚,走进帐中。 帐内燃着数十枝牛油巨烛,照耀有如白昼。成吉思汗虎起了脸,猛力在案上一拍,叫道:“我待你不薄,自小将你养大,又将爱女许你为妻。小贼,你胆敢叛我?” 郭靖见那只拆开了的锦囊放在大汗案上,知道今日已是有死无生,昂然道:“我是大宋臣民,岂能听你号令,攻打自己邦国?”成吉思汗听他出言顶撞,更是恼怒,喝道:“推出去斩了。”郭靖双手被粗索牢牢绑着,八名刀斧手举刀守在身旁,无法反抗,大叫:“你与大宋联盟攻金,中途背弃盟约,言而无信,算甚么英雄?”成吉思汗大怒,飞脚踢翻金案,喝道:“待我破了金国,与赵宋之盟约已然完成。那时南下攻宋,岂是背约?快快斩了!”诸将虽多与郭靖交好,但见大汗狂怒,都不敢求情。郭靖更不打话,大踏步出帐。 忽见拖雷骑马从草原上急奔而来,大叫:“刀下留人!”他上身赤裸,下身套着一条皮裤,想是睡梦中得到讯息,赶来求情。他直闯进帐,叫道:“父王,郭靖安答立有大功,曾救你救我性命,虽犯死罪,不可处斩。”成吉思汗想起郭靖之功,叫道:“带回来。”刀斧手将郭靖押回。 成吉思汗沉吟半晌,道:“你心念赵宋,有何好处?你曾跟我说过岳飞之事,他如此尽忠报国,到头来仍被处死。你为我平了赵宋,我今日当着众人之前,答应封你为宋王,让你统御南朝江山。”郭靖道:“我非敢背叛大汗。但若要我卖国求荣,虽受千刀万箭,亦不能奉命。”成吉思汗道:“带他母亲来。”两名亲兵押著李萍从帐后出来。 郭靖见了母亲,叫道:“妈!”走上两步,刀斧手举刀拦住。郭靖心想:“此事只我母子二人得知,不知如何泄漏。” 成吉思汗道:“若能依我之言,你母子俱享尊荣,否则先将你母亲一刀两段,这可是你害的。你害死母亲,先做不孝之人。”郭靖听了他这几句话,只吓得心胆俱裂,垂头沉思,不知如何是好。 拖雷劝道:“安答,你自小生长蒙古,就与蒙古人一般无异。赵宋贪官勾结金人,害死你的父亲,逼得你母亲无家可归。若非父王收留,你焉有今日?你我兄弟情深义重,我不能累你做个不孝之人,盼你回心转意,遵奉大汗令旨。” 郭靖望着母亲,就欲出口答应,但想起母亲平日的教诲,又想起西域各国为蒙古征服后百姓家破人亡的惨状,实是左右为难。 成吉思汗一双老虎般的眼睛凝望着他,等他说话。金帐中数百人默无声息,目光全都集于郭靖身上。郭靖道:“我……”走上一步,却又说不下去了。 李萍忽道:“大汗,只怕这孩子一时想不明白,待我劝劝他如何?”成吉思汗大喜,连说:“好,你快劝他。”李萍走上前去,拉着郭靖臂膀,走到金帐的角落,两人一齐坐下。 李萍将儿子搂在怀里,轻轻说道:“二十年前,我在临安府牛家村,身上有了你这孩子。一天大雪,丘处机丘道长与你爹结识,赠了两把匕首,一把给你爹,一把给你杨叔父。”一面说,一面从郭靖怀中取出那柄匕首,指着柄上“郭靖”两字,说道:“丘道长给你取名郭靖,给杨叔父的孩子取名杨康,你可知是什么意思?”郭靖道:“丘道长是叫我们不可忘了靖康之耻。”李萍道:“是啊。杨家那孩子认贼作父,落得个身败名裂,那也不用多说了,只可惜杨叔父一世豪杰,身后子孙却玷污了他的英名。”叹了口气,又道:“想我当年忍辱蒙垢,在北国苦寒之地将你养大,所为何来?难道为的是要养大一个卖国奸贼,好叫你父在黄泉之下痛心疾首么?”郭靖叫了声:“妈!”眼泪从面颊上流了下来。 李萍说的是汉语,成吉思汗与拖雷、诸将都不知她语中之意,但见郭靖流泪,只道李萍贪生怕死,已将儿子说动,均各暗喜。 李萍又道:“人生百年,转眼即过,生死又有甚么大不了?只要一生行事无愧于心,也就不枉了在这人世走一遭。若是别人负了我们,也不必念他过恶。你记着我的话罢!”她凝目向郭靖望了良久,脸上神色极是温柔,说道:“孩子,你好好照顾自己罢!”说着举起匕首割断他手上绳索,随即转过剑尖,刺入自己胸膛。 郭靖双手脱缚,急来抢夺,但那匕首锋锐异常,早已直没至柄。成吉思汗吃了一惊,叫道:“快拿!”那八名刀斧手不敢伤害驸马,抛下手中兵刃,纵身扑上。 郭靖伤痛已极,抱起母亲,一个扫堂腿,两名刀斧手飞跌出去。他左肘后挺,撞正在一名刀斧手胸口,格的一响,肋骨断折。诸将大呼,猱身齐上。郭靖急扑后帐,左手扯住帐幕用力拉扯,将半座金帐拉倒,罩在诸将头上。混乱之中,他抱起母亲直奔而出。 但听得号角急吹,将士纷纷上马追来。郭靖哭叫数声:“妈!”不听母亲答应,探她鼻息,早已断气。他抱着母亲尸身在黑暗中向前急闯,但听四下里人喊马嘶,火把如繁星般亮了起来。他慌不择路的奔了一阵,眼见东南西北都是蒙古的将士,他纵然神勇,但孤身一人,如何能敌十多万蒙古的精兵?若是骑在小红马背上,凭着宝马脚力或能远遁,现下抱了母亲的尸身步行,那是万难脱险了。 他一言不发,迈步疾奔,心想只要能奔到悬崖之下,施展轻功爬上崖去,蒙古兵将虽多,却无人能爬得上来,当可暂且避得一避,再寻脱身之计。正奔之间,忽听前面喊声大振,一彪军马冲到,火光中看得明白,当先一员大将红脸白须,正是开国四杰之一的赤老温。郭靖侧身避开赤老温砍来的一刀,不转身奔逃,反而直冲入阵。蒙古兵齐声大呼。 郭靖左手前伸,拉住一名什长右腿,同时右足一点,人已纵起。他翻身骑上马背,放稳母亲尸身,随手将那什长摔在马下,抢过他手中长矛。上马、放母、摔敌、抢矛,四件事一气呵成,此时如虎添翼,双腿一挟,摇动长矛,从阵后直冲了出去。赤老温大声发令,挥军自后追来。 敌阵虽已冲出,但纵马所向,却与悬崖所在恰恰相反,越奔相距越远。该当纵马南逃,还是先上悬崖?心下计议未定,大将博尔忽又已领军杀到。此时成吉思汗暴跳如雷,传下将令,务须将郭靖活捉。大队人马一层一层的围上,更有数千军马远远向南奔驰,先行布好阵势,防他逃逸。 郭靖冲出博尔忽所领的千人队,衣上马上,全是斑斑血迹。若不是大汗下令必须活捉,蒙古兵将不敢放箭,厮杀时又均容让三分,否则郭靖纵然神勇,又怎能突出重围?他手上只觉母亲身子已然冰凉,强行忍泪,纵马南行。后面追兵渐远,但天色也已明亮。身处蒙古腹地,离中土万里,匹马单枪,如何能摆脱追兵,逃归故乡? 行不多时,前面尘土飞扬,一彪军马冲来,郭靖