Chapter 69 Chapter Twelve

The sky is full of stars, covering the sea and walking slowly, a fleet of four sails. After everyone respected again, Gao Zhandao asked humbly: "But who does Lord Kou think is most qualified to aspire to the throne of the emperor?" Kou Zhong said to Xu Ziling: "Master Xu, why don't you say it?" Xu Ziling shook his head and said, "It's better that Master Kou speaks more vividly, and I really want to hear Master Kou's high-level remarks." Kou Zhong said: "You kid will hurt me the most." Meeting the eager eyes of everyone, he slowly said word by word: "Whoever wins Guanzhong can become the emperor of the new dynasty."

Then he said leisurely and fascinated: "Those who want to win the world but do not understand the three things of weather, geography, and people are like a blind man riding a horse, facing the abyss at night. Chang'an is located in the Guanzhong Plain, south of the Wei River, north of the Qinling Mountains, and fertile fields thousands of miles away. Surrounded by mountains. Since ancient times, it has been an important place for transportation and military affairs. Zhou, Qin, and Han all used it as their capital, and they continued to build and expand. Today's Chang'an has built a new city through Yang Jian. Divert the Wei River eastward to Tongguan to enter the Yellow River. In terms of transportation, Luoyang may still win by three points. But in terms of military situation, it is behind. The reason why Qin Shihuang was able to unify Liuhe and wipe out all the heroes in the past was because of "diwo People are rich, there are dangers to guard' these eight characters."

Niu Fengyi took the stage and sighed: "To remind Master Kou, Fengyi only thought of today's situation, which is similar to the situation in the Warring States Period at that time. History keeps repeating itself. This is actually the best example." Kou Zhong sighed: "The current situation is actually hundreds of times more chaotic than the warring states' struggle for hegemony." Everyone nodded in agreement. Gao Zhandao asked: "Isn't the Li Clan the best chance to become the overlord of the world like Qin Shihuang?" Kou Zhong glanced at Xu Ziling, and said calmly, "Without me, Kou Zhong, the truth would have been like this."

At this time, Gao Zhandao and the others were so impressed by Kou Zhong's insight that he hurriedly asked why. Kou Zhong cheered up and said, "The Li family has three major problems, which are not easy to solve. The first is that the world is an official of the Sui Dynasty, and the people have hated the Sui. Anyone or anything related to the Sui family is difficult to accept. The second is that the Li family is famous. A family member, when this person’s mind changes, this will become his burden. The third is that the heir is Li Jiancheng, not Li Shimin, and I, Kou Zhong, dare to gamble with the head of the head, and there will be troubles in the future.”

Niu Fengyi agreed: "Master Kou really sees it clearly. Although Li Jiancheng is better than his father in martial arts, he is known as the number one master of the Li family, but he is not as popular as Li Shimin, and his reputation is much worse. Now that he is the son of the Tang Dynasty, he is indeed very promising. question." Kou Zhong's eyes shot a chilling light, but his tone was surprisingly calm, and he slowly said word by word: "The Li Clan is just barely gaining a firm footing, and the trouble in his heart is that Li Gui and Xue Ju, who have occupied the Western Qin Dynasty. The army, the so-called "the stability of the Western Qin Dynasty will lead to Guanzhong'an, and the chaos of the Western Qin Dynasty will lead to chaos in Guanzhong", and Qin Liang is located on a high platform west of the Longshan Mountains, and the tigers look at the Guanzhong area. I have no strength to take Luoyang from the east and bring peace to the world.”

Then he slapped the stage with his palm, causing the soup to splash and the dishes to shake. He said solemnly: "Whoever can drive away the Li family and occupy Guanzhong will rule the world." Cha Jie scratched his head and said, "But I heard that on the way to attack Guanzhong, the Li Clan absorbed a large number of local surrendered troops, and recruited a large number of strong men, with a force approaching 300,000, plus the danger of city defense, it is not easy to capture Chang'an, Xue Didn't Ju just suffer a big loss?" Kou Zhong leaned against the back of the chair, stretched his waist and said, "Soldiers are more valuable than elite soldiers, otherwise Korea would have been destroyed by Yang Guang long ago. Don't forget that I still have the 'Duke Yang's Treasure House'!"

Gao Zhandao and others were immediately moved. Thinking of Fu Junchuo, Xu Ziling suddenly felt uncomfortable, got up and said, "Excuse me, I want to go to the cabin for evening class." I went on my own.Kou Zhong remained silent, but the tiger's eyes flashed with sadness. Xu Ziling stood quietly in front of the cabin window, silently looking up at the bright moon over the sea. Kou Zhong quietly pushed the door open, came behind him, and said softly: "Don't you like me to touch the 'Duke Yang's treasure house'?" Xu Ziling shook his head and said: "No! I never meant that. Since Mother told us where the treasure is, she intended for us to take it. I'm just afraid that if you boast, you won't find the treasure in the future, and you won't be able to fulfill your promise. "

Kou Zhongdao: "That's why I want you to help me, two brothers in one life, no matter what you have to help me find the treasure, you can only leave." Xu Ziling turned around and met Kou Zhong's fiery eyes. All kinds of past events flashed through his mind, and he said softly, "What is your plan?" Kou Zhong said happily: "Gao Zhandao's boys have hoarded a large number of weapons, ships and wealth in the past few years. As long as we train them well, they can become our junior soldiers. With them as our team, we will carefully plan a salt transportation performance. It can not only kill Li Mi's prestige, but also make us more famous, recruit troops along the way, and gather heroes from all over the world. The most powerful thing about us is that we don't occupy land, don't become kings, and don't fight for hegemony until we get Guanzhong. Hey! You What do you think?"

Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "Don't talk so far, okay? At most I can only help you find the 'Treasure House of Duke Yang', so I have to leave." Kou Zhong hugged him and said, "That's enough. He's really my good brother. Our group is called the Ssangyong Gang. It infiltrates all the rebels in every possible way, first grasping information, and then constantly buying people's hearts. , who is our opponent." Xu Ziling frowned and said, "Gao Zhandao is used to pirates, will he obey your orders?" Kou Zhong let him go, laughed, and said in a low voice: "They kowtowed to me just now and called me the leader of the gang. Now we will go to their den of thieves, master their strength, and train them in groups. You can hit the road immediately."

Then he patted his chest and said: "Trust me! I, Kou Zhong, will train an elite army that is unrivaled in the world, and beat Li Mi, Dad, Yu Wenhuagu, etc. to the point where they only know how to call their mothers. Oh! But you also have to help me train my soldiers." become." Xu Ziling sighed: "I knew you would hit a snake with a stick. But after you get the treasure, you must not use tricks to make me stay." Kou Zhong stretched out his big hand and said, "It's a deal!" Xu Ziling also reached out to hold him tightly. Seeing the strange light in Kou Zhonghu's eyes, Xu Ziling felt an indescribable feeling in his heart; he faintly felt that in this troubled world, at this moment, a generation of overlords who could turn their hands into clouds and turn their hands into rain had risen.

The Ssangyong Gang was quietly established outside the perception of Jiang Hu. Kou Zhong showed his extraordinary skills and subdued more than 200 domineering pirates, and everyone looked up to him. In just one night, he combined Li Jing's "Ten Styles of Bloody Battle", Tu Shufang's "Cutting Vessel", and the martial arts he had comprehended to form a set of "Shenlong's Eight Strikes", which he passed on to Gao Zhandao, Niu Fengyi and Zha Jie, and they will teach other helpers. He even drew up a simple and strict organization and structure of the Shuanglong Gang, probably adopting the double-gang leader system. Of course Xu Ziling will not be in charge, in fact all the power is in his hands.Below the gang leader, there will be a military adviser, four guards, and then the inner three hall masters, who are in charge of internal affairs, finance, and training respectively. Gao Zhandao, Niu Fengyi, and Zha Jie are in charge. The outer three halls are responsible for combat, intelligence, and food. Each hall has a chief and deputy hall master, each with its own department. Except for the three main hall masters of the inner three halls, the others are still waiting for virtuous people because there are no candidates. In the water village in Changshu, Kou Zhong was busy day and night. He personally drafted the proposed gang regulations. Xu Ziling was forced by him to train his subordinates. Xu Ziling is approachable and popular, and everyone sees that his opponent is more powerful than any weapon, and everyone admires him extremely. Therefore, his morale is high, and he is not underestimated at all because of his youth. Heart. After two months like this, one day when Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong were studying the changes in the battle formation, Gao Zhandao came to report, and a large number of people in the nearby rivers and lakes heard the news and admired him and wanted to join Juyi. Kou Zhong pondered for a long while, then said: "I will politely refuse all of them. Now our internal affairs are not stable, and many things have not been on the right track. If it expands suddenly, it will only end badly." Gao Zhandao took the lead and went. Kou Zhong laughed and said, "Xiaoling! We can set off after we win a battle." Xu Ziling nodded and said: "The rumors are over, this group of people must be spies sent by Shen Faxing. Seeing that we are not in the trap, we will send people to attack in the next two days, let us go to find out the enemy's situation, and report to the leader when we come back." Kou Zhong laughed and said, "Don't play tricks on me, kid. What kind of gang leader? Aren't you too? Gang boss or emperor just let others have a title, there is no such thing among us brothers." Xu Ziling laughed and left. After Xu Ziling came back that night, several top leaders of the Shuanglong Gang gathered in the lobby for a secret meeting. Xu Ziling said: "As expected, Shen Faxing dispatched an army of about 2,000 people to lie down in a dense forest in the southeast of our village, only two days away from us." Gao Zhandao didn't know what happened until now, but seeing that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were confident, he became excited and was gearing up for a while, with a high fighting spirit. Kou Zhongdao: "We want to fight a good battle in Zhao today. We don't want to wipe out the enemy. We only hope to inflict heavy damage head-on and kill his commander. Then we break it up into parts and carry out the grand plan we planned earlier." Niu Fengyi said: "The plan will come out?" Kou Zhongdao: "If my guess is right, the Haisha Gang will take this opportunity to take revenge on their former enemies, so if the enemy doesn't come, it's fine, otherwise it will be a land and water attack, hoping to kill us all in one fell swoop." Turning to Xu Ziling, he said, "Han Gaitian will leave it to you." Xu Ziling smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll dive into the flagship of the Shanghai Sand Gang alone and be an assassin at sea." Cha Jie admired: "As soon as the guild leader arrived here, he ordered us to strengthen our defenses. At that time, we thought it was unnecessary. Now we know that the guild leader has the foresight." Kou Zhong smiled and said nothing, thinking that if I don't have some skills, how can I control such thieves like you. Three days later, the night was dark and the wind was high, and everyone knew that it was time for the enemy to attack. When the night fell, the seven warships of the Ssangyong Gang left quietly, while Kou Zhong led a hundred people and lay down in more than a dozen bunkers in the mountains outside the water village, waiting for the enemy to come. At the time of the first shift, more than 50 large and small warships appeared on the sea opposite the water village, put down the speedboats, and launched a strong attack from the sea. At the same time, hundreds of torches were lit all over the land, and thousands of enemies rushed towards the village. This group of enemies attacking by land is dominated by cavalry, with infantry as deputy, and the momentum is huge. Unexpectedly, before arriving at the gate of the village, the horse either fell into the horse trap full of spikes, or the spikes planted on the ground broke the horse's foot and fell to the ground with blood, and it was in a mess for a while. At this time, nearly 500 speedboats full of people had just sailed to the wooden fence outside the water village, and suddenly dozens of rockets were fired from nowhere, and the entire nearby sea and more than ten wooden houses opposite the wooden village Start a fire quickly, and in a short while, the incoming enemy will be trapped in the sea of ​​flames. At this point, the Haisha Gang and Shen Faxing's coalition forces knew that they had hit the mark, and hurriedly sounded the retreat alarm. Kou Zhong led people to shoot cold arrows in secret, and at the same time sent people to set fire everywhere. Just as he cut off the enemy's rear, Xu Ziling had just climbed onto Han Gaitian's five-masted flagship. Looking out from the side of the boat, I saw Han Gaitian sitting high on the grandstand on the top of the cabin, anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and kept giving orders, while all the subordinates beside him were terrified and silent, while the other subordinates were running back and forth on the boat, throwing out orders. The ship retreated back. The strength of Kou Zhong's move is that it teaches the enemy that there is no target to attack at all. Xu Ziling took out the prepared stones, jumped onto the deck suddenly, and then leaped to the grandstand. With a string of bullets in his hand, the lanterns hanging on the mast of the ship burst and went out. When he landed on the grandstand, the whole deck was sunk. in the dark. Han Gaitian didn't even have time to take out the weapon, Xu Ziling had already punched him in the chest. On the left, "Fat Assassin" Yougui and "Crossing General" Ling Zhigao volleyed in amazement. "Peng!" Han Gaitian was not the leader of the gang, he crossed his palms and blocked Xu Ziling's punch. The scorching energy suddenly turned into tens of thousands of strands of soft silk, which completely violated Han Gaitian's wishes and invaded his meridians. Han Gaitian was so sad that he almost vomited blood, so he hurriedly retreated and tried his best to defuse it, so that his subordinates could entangle this terrifying lone assassin. Unexpectedly, Xu Ziling only swayed, then rolled up, reached the top of Han Gaitian's head, and kicked him in the face with both feet lightning, all the weapons that Yougui and Ling Zhigao were facing towards him fell through. Although the others rushed over, because Xu Ziling's movement was as fast as a ghost, and the boat was dark and difficult to see, they panicked for a while and didn't know how to intervene to meet the enemy, and they were powerless. "Chi Chi Chi!" The mermaid You Qiuyan moved aside, raised her hand and sent out three silver hairpins to Xu Ziling who was in the air. "Bang bang!" Han Gaitian took a breath of true energy, suppressed the churning blood, and barely blocked Xu Ziling's six feet that were spinning like a wind wheel with his palm. Han Gaitian let out a miserable snort, staggered and fell down, the corners of his mouth eventually bleed, and he learned the frightening innate qi of the formula of longevity. Miraculously, Xu Ziling moved forward again, dodging You Qiuyan's hidden weapon by a small margin, and landed behind Han Gaitian. Han Gaitian was out of his wits, knowing that this was a matter of life and death, he could only rely on himself to save his life, so he turned around and slapped Xu Ziling. Xu Ziling spun sharply, attacking with five palms and four legs in an instant, and also hit with shoulders and elbows, making people feel that any part of his body can become a terrible weapon. The sound of vigor clashing is endless. The two suddenly separated. Xu Ziling somersaulted, jumped out of the viewing platform, and then tapped on the railing of the boat with one foot, and then plunged into the vast sea, disappearing. Everyone rushed to Han Gaitian, only to see him hold his chest up, thanks to You Qiuyan's support, he didn't fall to the ground. Han Gaitian's face was as golden as paper, and he said in a trembling voice, "Immediately retreat, I am seriously injured internally, this is due to the other party's mercy, let's let this matter go." Everyone was stunned and speechless. Who would have thought that Xu Ziling would be so much better after only two months? It was Shen Faxing and the Haisha Gang's coalition forces who returned in a big defeat, losing more than a thousand people, but they couldn't even touch the shadow of the enemy. At dawn, seven warships, carrying the Ssangyong Gang headed by Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, quietly departed from a hidden pier next to the charred water village and headed for the sea. Everyone in the Ssangyong Gang was elated, and they even regarded Kou and Xu as gods. Kou Zhong knew that he had established his prestige, and when it was dark, he summoned the three of Gao Zhandao to him, and ordered: "We will break up here, and you sneak to the designated place, recruit troops, and carry out the grand plan we have planned. I will Xu Ziling and Xu Ziling only bring four people to transport salt to Guanzhong, remember not to take risks and rush forward, let alone reveal your relationship with us." The three of them took orders and went back to their own boats. Kou Zhong walked to the stern and stood beside Xu Ziling who was enjoying the scenery of the sea with his hands up and down, and sighed: "Our great cause has finally begun. When we left Yangzhou that day, did we ever think about this day?" Xu Ziling said indifferently: "If sister Su is fine, we should see her soon." Kou Zhong was a little embarrassed and said: "I also miss Sister Su very much. We broke up in the middle of winter, and now it is the end of spring. Before I know it, it has been almost five months." Their sails turned around, gradually away from the convoy, and headed northwest. Only four sailors and the private salt were left on board. These four people are called Duan Yucheng, Bao Zhifu, Ma Gui and Shi Jie respectively, they are between twenty and twenty-four, they were selected by Kou Zhong himself, they received special training, they are all very talented. Xu Ziling took a deep look at Kou Zhong, and said, "Zhao's trip to transport salt will make us make many enemies. Have you considered the consequences?" Kou Zhong smiled and said: "But it will also make us make many friends. Brother! Life is like this, there are friends and there will be enemies. This can be regarded as an important journey for our cultivation. When we arrive in Guanzhong, we will become invincible masters in the world!" The bright moon rises from the sea level, illuminating the entire mysterious and beautiful world where the sea and the sky are connected.