Upon hearing that Li Huan was about to leave Xiangyang, everyone was surprised and whispered among themselves.
Li Huan said with a smile, "Next year, we will hold the second 'Huashan Culinary Tournament.' I must make preparations in advance and go to overseas countries to purchase various ingredients."
Li Fu hurriedly said, "Father, you must take me with you!"
Zhou Botong shouted, "I'm going too! I'm going too!"
Huang Rong hesitated, clearly wanting to accompany Li Huan to foreign lands.
Guo Jing hurriedly asked, "When will Senior Brother return to Xiangyang?"
Li Huan said, "This trip overseas is long, and by the time I finish purchasing the ingredients, it will be next year. I will head straight to Mount Hua! Therefore, I must arrange all matters within three days!"
Guo Jing quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Don't worry, Senior Brother, I will do my utmost to assist Junior Sister in defending Xiangyang!"
As the vice leader of the martial arts alliance, Huang Rong naturally took on the important task of "commanding heroes and resisting foreign enemies" when Li Huan was away.
Li Huan knew that Huang Rong was intelligent and resourceful, and had read "The Military Manual of Yue Fei," so it would not be a problem for her to lead everyone to defend Xiangyang.
However, Guo Jing's special status makes it highly likely that he will make a grave mistake due to his soft heart.
In the original novel "The Return of the Condor Heroes", Guo Jing married Huang Rong. He had no romantic entanglement with Hua Zheng and devoted himself to protecting the Song Dynasty and killing Mongol soldiers.
Now that Guo Jing and Hua Zheng are married and have a child, he can no longer recklessly slaughter enemy soldiers in the face of the Mongol army!
Li Huan believes that Guo Jing is both a fierce general who defends Xiangyang City and a dangerous time bomb.
"Junior Brother Guo, as the Golden Knife Prince Consort of Mongolia, you have a deep affection for Princess Huazheng. Sending you to the front lines to fight the enemy is a bit too much for you!"
After Li Huan finished speaking, he looked directly at Guo Jing with a sharp gaze.
Guo Jing hurriedly said, "I am a Han Chinese, how can I be soft-hearted towards the Mongol Tartars!"
Li Huan's expression was cold and his tone was stern.
"Stop with the grand pronouncements! Kill the Mongol soldiers with actions, not words!"
"Since you came to Xiangyang, have you killed a single Mongol soldier? Do you think I'm blind?"
Instantly, Guo Jing's face turned bright red.
Each time Guo Jing faced the Mongol soldiers' frenzied attacks, he showed mercy, only injuring them, at most crippling them but not killing them.
Li Huan continued, "Just now, I ordered you to use the 'Love Flower Poison' to deal with the Mongol soldiers and to make 100,000 crossbow bolts soaked in the poison, but you hesitated!"
"At middle age, your personality is still so weak and indecisive. How can I trust you to assist Huang Rong?"
Guo Jing immediately looked ashamed.
Li Huan paused for a few seconds, then spoke loudly.
"After I left Xiangyang, Huang Rong took over my position as the leader of the martial arts alliance!"
Everyone stood up, clasped their hands in a fist salute to Huang Rong.
Li Huan looked at Yang Guo and then made the announcement.
"Yang Guo will serve as the vice leader of the martial arts alliance, assisting Huang Rong in fighting the enemy with all his might!"
Everyone was shocked and looked at each other in disbelief.
Guo Jing was extremely embarrassed.
Yang Guo's joy outweighed his surprise.
Li Huan said, "Yang Guo is chivalrous, hates evil, and has superb martial arts skills. When we are resisting foreign enemies, we need young people like Yang Guo to charge into battle and boost the morale of the soldiers in Xiangyang!"
"Amitabha!"
Master Yideng praised, "When the youth are strong, the nation is strong!"
Li Huan smiled.
Master Yideng lived more than 600 years earlier than Liang Qichao in the late Qing Dynasty, and uttered the famous saying, "When the youth are strong, the nation is strong!"
Qiu Chuji stroked his beard and said, "What Alliance Leader Li said is absolutely right! Yang Guo has absolutely no personal relationship with the Mongol Tartars. As Alliance Leader Li's son-in-law, he will certainly support Alliance Leader Huang and fight bravely against the enemy!"
Li Fu's eyes sparkled with many little stars, both shy and excited.
Li Huan said, "Master Qiu is speaking too soon. Whether Yang Guo can become my son-in-law depends on whether he can achieve great military exploits!"
Yang Guo quickly clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Please rest assured, Uncle Li! I will never let you down!"
Seeing that Master Yideng and Qiu Chuji also supported Yang Guo to serve as the "Vice Leader of the Martial Arts Alliance," everyone clasped their fists and bowed to Yang Guo.
Li Fu was overjoyed to see her lover's status in the martial arts world rise to a new level, and her smile was sweeter than honey.
Gongsun Lü'e gazed at Yang Guo, a look of admiration flashing in her eyes...
Li Huan looked at Guo Jing and continued to announce.
"From this day forward, Huang Rong shall step down as leader of the Beggars' Sect, and Guo Jing shall assume the position!"
Guo Jing was suddenly stunned.
Huang Rong smiled and said, "During the time when Senior Brother Guo served as the deputy leader of the Beggars' Sect, he personally oversaw every matter, big or small, working tirelessly and without complaint. All the elders and disciples greatly admire Senior Brother Guo!"
Lu Youjiao hurriedly clasped his hands in greeting: "Chief Guo's leadership of the Beggars' Sect is the will of the people!"
Li Huan said, "The Beggars' Sect is the largest sect in the world. I hope that Junior Brother Guo will lead the Beggars' Sect to unleash its power and strike a heavy blow against the Mongol enemy!"
"If Junior Brother Guo still hesitates and shows mercy to the Mongol enemy soldiers, then Junior Brother Guo should abandon his martial arts, return to the Mongolian grasslands to live in seclusion, and never set foot in the Central Plains again!"
Li Huan's stern tone shocked Guo Jing.
Guo Jing understood that his senior brother's arrangement for him to become the leader of the Beggars' Sect was a test for him.
Huang Rong reminded him, "Senior Brother Guo, what are you waiting for? Quickly thank Senior Brother!"
Guo Jing realized what was happening and quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute.
"Please rest assured, Senior Brother! I will live and die with the Beggars' Sect and fight the enemy with all my might!"
Li Huan nodded and then appointed Lu Youjiao as the deputy leader of the gang to assist Guo Jing!
Huang Rong said, "Senior Brother Guo, the situation in Xiangyang is urgent. We should wait until the enemy retreats before gathering the Beggars' Sect disciples to hold the succession ceremony for the sect leader!"
Guo Jing nodded.
Li Huan said, "Li Mochou, Gongsun Zhi, Qiu Qianchi! Yang Guo will be responsible for having someone record your killing of 30,000 Mongol soldiers. There is no need to report to Guo Jing again!"
"Yes, sir!" Li Mochou, Gongsun Zhi, and Qiu Qianchi clasped their hands in obedience.
Li Huan then said, "Gongsun Zhi, Qiu Qianchi! You two must refine 100,000 'Love Flower Poison Pills' this year and give them to Huang Rong!"
Gongsun Zhi hurriedly said to Huang Rong, "Alliance Leader Huang, I have ordered my disciples to refine poison day and night, striving to deliver an additional ten thousand pills!"
Qiu Qianchi curled her lips: "How can handing over 10,000 more pills be enough? To deal with the Mongol soldiers, we need to refine at least 200,000 Love Flower Poison Pills!"
Gongsun Zhi retorted, "Don't talk nonsense! The Valley of Heartbreak is short-handed; how can they possibly refine 200,000 pills this year?"
Qiu Qianchi rolled her eyes: "You're so stupid! Can't you take on another batch of disciples?"
Gongsun Zhi said, "Even if we take in more disciples, we still won't have enough rare medicinal herbs..."
The two started arguing, spittle flying everywhere.
Li Huan was too lazy to scold them and waved for everyone to leave the hall.
the next day.
Following Huang Rong's instructions, Lü Wende ordered the blacksmith to produce 100,000 crossbow bolts in advance to prepare for the "Poison Arrow Plan".
There is no war today.
It was late at night.
Li Huan and Huang Rong enjoyed a romantic time in the room, enacting a love story.
After the show ended, Li Huan instructed Huang Rong to organize the "Huashan Sword Competition and Culinary Tournament" in the name of the martial arts alliance leader.
Li Huan explained everything in great detail.
Huang Rong suddenly said, "When we go to foreign lands this time, could you buy Father a golden tricycle?"
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