Du Zhitu paced back and forth in the main hall with an anxious look on his face, waiting for the sect leader or elder of Wu Sect.
After a while, an old man stepped in from the back hall. The old man was dressed in green and had a long white beard. The ravines of the years were deeply painted on the old man's face. Although he was old, he was in good spirits and full of energy.
His upright body does not look like that of an old man.
When Du Zhitu saw this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said eagerly: "Tong Lao!"
This old man is the leader of Wumen, Tong Lao.
Hearing the call, Mr. Tong was a little confused, and the furrow between his brows couldn't help but deepen. He said, "I heard that a disciple from your mansion is visiting. I don't know why?"
"Tong Lao!" Du Zhitu took a step forward and said urgently, "The Tang Gang secretly attacked three cities of our Du Mansion last night!"
"What!" Mr. Tong was shocked. He was about to sit down and stood up straight again. "What did you say? The Tang Gang attacked your Du Mansion?"
Du Zhitu sighed, cupped his hands and said, "That's right! Someone from the mansion just told me that the three cities bordering our Du Mansion and the Tang Clan were suddenly attacked last night. We don't know what the situation is now."
"Why did the Tang Gang suddenly attack your Du Mansion?" The questioner was not Mr. Tong, but Mr. He, the third elder of Wumen who had just entered the main hall.
Du Zhitu turned around when he heard the sound, saluted Mr. He and said, "I don't know this."
After hearing this, Mr. Tong and Mr. He both frowned. Could it be that the Tang Gang was so ambitious that they dared to attack the alliance blatantly? Moreover, Wumen had not been notified in advance according to the ASEAN agreement.
Du Zhitu looked at the two of them, and now he hoped that Wumen would come forward to mediate as soon as possible to avoid causing too much damage to the Du Mansion, and said anxiously: "The Tang Gang has always bullied others, and it is no longer just the territory of the Du Mansion that covets me.
It happened in the past two days. Some time ago, my disciples in the Du family were repeatedly plotted, and ten of them were committed by his Tang gang. This time, they dared to provoke trouble blatantly and ignore our ASEAN agreement. Mr. Tong, this time
It's a matter, but we still need to ask your family to come forward and uphold justice."
Mr. Tong nodded slightly and asked: "Recently, has your government made any accusations against the Tang Gang, or has there been any evidence against the Tang Gang? Otherwise, how dare the Tang Gang openly stir up trouble without knowing about Wumen and Mogu?
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Du Zhitu was about to answer, but unexpectedly, a martial arts disciple hurried in from outside the hall, holding a letter, walked quickly to Du Zhitu, knelt down on one knee, and said: "Master, the Tang Gang has an urgent letter from Fei Ge.
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The three of them were all stunned. The content of the letter sent by Fei Ge must be about the raid last night.
"Mr. He." Mr. Tong looked at Mr. He and ordered.
Mr. He took two steps forward and took the letter.
After a moment, he looked up at Du Zhimu and said: "A letter from the Tang Gang said that Du Fu assassinated Tang Zhiwei, a disciple of the Tang Gang some time ago. The survivor told that the murderer used Du Fu's swordsmanship and the long sword marked by Du Fu.
Jian, the evidence is conclusive, we will attack the three ancient cities of Dufu today until Dufu hands over the murderer."
"This, this." Du Zhitu looked shocked, and immediately bowed and said, "Tong Lao, He Lao, the Tang Gang is trying to inflict crimes, so why bother! Our Du family has always been kind to others and will never do this.
If you plant evil things, you won't provoke the Tang Gang, and you won't dare to provoke the Tang Gang!"
Mr. Tong stared at Du Zhimu with deep eyes, his face was expressionless and his brows were slightly furrowed.
After Du Zhitu finished speaking, he said: "I have also heard about the assassination of Tang Zhiwei, a disciple of the Tang Clan. Over the years, the Tang Clan has repeatedly been at odds with your mansion. In the past year, your disciples have been attacked repeatedly."
Come on, your house is indeed suspicious of Tang Zhiwei's assassination."
Tong Lao's words made Du Zhitu nervous. An anxious look appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said: "Tong Lao has learned a lesson! Although my disciple Du Xuan of the Du Mansion has been repeatedly assassinated, I suspect that it is the work of the Tang Gang, but
I don’t dare to do something evil to the disciples of the Tang Clan. Besides, if I assassinate the disciples of the Tang Clan at this time, wouldn’t it be clear to the world that it is me, Du Fu, who wants to take revenge?”
"Furthermore, even if I, Du Fu, want to assassinate me, I will definitely not use my sword skills, nor will I leave anyone alive, nor will I use or leave a sword with Du Fu's mark. This must be intentional.
They are framing our Dufu government in an attempt to provoke war and break the long-standing stability and peace of ASEAN!"
Mr. He nodded while thinking, then stood up and said to Mr. Tong: "Master, no matter who is the murderer of the assassination of the Tang Gang disciples, the war in the border city of Du Mansion must be calmed down as soon as possible."
Mr. Tong nodded and said: "Well, that's right. Let Mr. Tu go. In addition, inform all the elders from ASEAN to come to my Wumen for a gathering in seven days."
"Yes." Mr. He responded with his hands raised.
After hearing this, Du Zhitu finally felt relieved and said with cupped hands: "Thank you, Mr. Tong! Without further ado, I will go with Mr. Tu immediately."
"Okay." Mr. Tong nodded.
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Let’s talk about the three cities on the border of Du Fu.
Fortunately, the backup arrived in time, and most of the backup was Taoist masters, so the situation was finally stabilized.
Sangu City and Beimeng City were slightly better. The City Lord's Mansion was not captured. When backup arrived, both sides were of equal strength. They cooperated with each other around the City Lord's Mansion, but the Tang Gang was caught off guard.
Fenglin City's city defense was the weakest, and the city lord's palace was captured before backup arrived. Therefore, the battle was extremely difficult. It was not until noon the next day, when Du Mansion's backup continued to arrive at Fenglin City, that the situation was stabilized and Tang Tang was defeated.
Help everyone surround the city lord's mansion.
However, the Tang Gang does not give up easily. Since they dare to take the city directly, they must be prepared.
When the news came from the front that Du Fu's reinforcements had arrived, Tang Haiquan weighed the two sides and believed that the reinforcements were just coming from surrounding cities and were definitely not many in number, so he was not ready to give up.
Therefore, Tang Haiquan sent all the follow-up guards who were originally planning to wait until the three cities were captured before sending them out in advance, preparing to capture them all in one fell swoop.
As a result, the originally stable situation became tense again.
Fortunately, Wanhe City and other city lords brought back many elite soldiers and generals from Ducheng, and they could barely resist for a while. As time went by, the battle continued until late at night.
The Du government continued to bring reinforcements from the rear, and the Tang Gang also dispatched troops and generals, constantly bringing in troops from within the territory, which was bound to capture these three cities, resulting in the fact of actual occupation.
However, the longer the battle continues, it will be detrimental to the Tang Gang. Once Wumen and Mogu intervene in mediation, the Tang Gang can only give up halfway. Now, the Tang Gang does not have the strength to openly compete with Wumen.
Therefore, when Tang Haishan, the leader of the Tang Gang, learned that Tang Haiquan had ordered an attack on three border cities instead of just Sangu City without authorization, and that the war was not going well, he was furious. Then, he ordered to retreat from Sangu City and Beimeng City, and changed
To attack Fenglin City only.
When the gang leader's order came, Tang Haiquan didn't dare to be careless. He decided to go into battle in person and must take down Fenglin City. If nothing was accomplished, he would be the first to bear the brunt of Tang Haishan's wrath.
In this way, Sangu City and Beimeng City were successfully defended. However, the pressure on Fenglin City increased sharply.
When the Du Mansion saw the Tang Gang's intention, they immediately sent troops to Fenglin City to support them. However, Sangu City and Beimeng City had to still send troops to guard in case the Tang Gang used the plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. However, the Du Mansion was still high
After watching Tang Bang, Tang Bang didn't expect this at all.
Tang Haiquan's personal participation in the battle made Fenglin City's situation even more critical. The Du government continued to invest troops from Sangu City and Beimeng City into Fenglin City, barely struggling to support it.
The battle continued until dawn the next day, before Du Zhihuo and Du Ziwei finally arrived at Fenglin City with the most elite forces of the Du family.
When Du Zhihuo saw Tang Haiquan, he was furious. Without saying a word, he raised his sword and went straight to kill Tang Haiquan, who was just getting up and was going forward even more indomitably.
Although Tang Haiquan was not afraid of Du Zhihuo, his heart froze when he saw Du Zhihuo. The elders of the Du family arrived, and he was afraid that this battle would not bring him any favors.
However, how could the belligerent Tang Haiquan give up so easily? If he returned to the Tang Gang empty-handed, he would also leave behind a large number of corpses of Tang Gang disciples, which Tang Haiquan absolutely did not want to see.
The battle between Du Zhihuo and Tang Haiquan was an earth-shattering battle, far beyond the battles of other disciples. Naturally, the other ordinary disciples on both sides would not come forward to seek death, but consciously stayed away from each other and found the corresponding ones.
opponent.
Under the protection of a group of guards, Du Ziwei arranged for demon cultivator disciples to heal the injured disciples, and gave elixirs to those who could still fight to increase their strength.
Until noon, Wumen's great elder Tu Lao and Du Zhitu also arrived at Fenglin City, which was full of desolate scenery.
Just at the gate of Fenglin City, Mr. Tu saw the fierce battle between Du Zhihuo and Tang Haiquan with swords blazing from a distance, and the surrounding area was filled with flying sand and rocks.
The two of them fought for three hours.
Tu Lao snorted coldly, flew up, stepped on the city wall, jumped, and at the same time threw the long stick in his hand. The long stick flew towards Tang Haiquan at the speed of lightning, and the harsh sound of breaking through the air suddenly sounded.
boom!
When Tang Haiquan heard the sound, he was startled and his body suddenly retreated. His face was almost close to the long stick. Then, the long stick was deeply embedded in a broken wall.
Tang Haiquan was shocked. He looked back and saw Mr. Tu leaping forward and landing on a roof ridge not far ahead.
"Tang Haiquan!" Tu Lao shouted angrily, "You Tang Gang are so brave, you dare to openly provoke a war!"
Tang Haiquan naturally recognized Tu Lao, the great elder of Wumen. At this time, Tang Haiquan's heart was naturally cold. Wumen intervened, and the matter could only end here.
However, now that things have come to an end, Tang Haiquan had no choice but to cheer up and said with cupped hands: "Mr. Tu, our Tang Gang sent a letter to the leader of the alliance and all the elders of ASEAN about this matter a few days ago. He, the Du Mansion, provoked trouble first and assassinated him.
I, a disciple of the Tang Clan, and I, the Tang Clan, will naturally avenge the disciples who were in trouble!"
"Fart!" Du Zhitu, who followed closely, shouted angrily, "How could I, the Du Mansion, assassinate you, a disciple of the Tang Clan? You are just spitting blood."
"Tang Haiquan!" Seeing Mr. Tu and Du Zhitu arriving, Du Zhihuo finally relaxed and shouted, "Your Tang Gang plotted to murder my disciples of the Du Mansion, and I, the Du Mansion, have not yet settled the accounts with you. You Tang Gang still did it?"
If you dare to slander someone, you will bite back. You really think that I, Du Fu, are easy to bully!"
"Hmph!" Tang Haiquan snorted, "You have to have evidence to speak. How has our Tang Gang ever attempted to murder any of your disciples of the Du Mansion? Humph, your disciples of the Du Mansion are still looked down upon by our Tang Gang! But it was your Du Mansion who assassinated my Tang Gang.
Disciple Tang Zhiwei, the evidence is conclusive and there is no room for sophistry!"