Regarding the request of Xuanlu Ghost King, the superiors also disagreed. Bixia had just suffered a defeat. Not only did he lose Baijian Town, but he also lost more than a thousand people. His morale was damaged and he needed to adjust and recover.
The ghost king suddenly asked for troops to attack Rolling Stone Valley, which put Bixia in a difficult position.
In the past one hundred and fifty or sixty years, Luoshengjia has disappeared, so how could it suddenly appear in Rolling Stone Valley? Even if the information about the ghost king is correct, the people of Visya have also heard about the grudge between it and this evil armor.
Luo Shengjia is so powerful, how many people must be sent to deal with it?
Even if Luo Shengjia is really captured, can the Ghost King give it to Visha?
When they send troops, aren't they making wedding clothes for the Ghost King? And they do so while they are still weak.
If Baijian Town falls, Jucheng will be in danger. Logically speaking, all the troops should be used to protect themselves, rather than risking going out of the city to seize some evil armor.
Captain Shi understood that his side had just suffered a defeat, so his strategy for going up the mountain would tend to be conservative.
But he still fought hard because "if the evil armor falls into Situ's hands, it will be more difficult for us to win."
The significance of seizing the evil armor is not necessarily to gain more advantages for one's own side, but to prevent the opponent from taking the lead.
Moreover, after Baijian Town was captured, Jucheng became an isolated city and was in urgent need of a new fulcrum. The terrain of Rolling Stone Valley was barely suitable, and it was close to Jucheng. As long as food was delivered in time, it could be temporarily overcome.
He tried hard to make a speech, but the superiors finally relented and allowed him to allocate 800 men and horses to the Xuanlu Ghost King. I don't know whether he was moved by him or whether the Xuanlu Ghost King directly made the request to Vixia.
Visha and the Ghost King have a cooperative relationship. No matter how unwilling they are, they still have their will.
However, as soon as the order for the troops was issued, Xuanlu Ghost King came in and said bluntly: "The action is ahead of schedule, let's go now."
Ah? Now?
Captain Shi's scalp was hardened: "But we don't have the manpower yet..."
"Luo Shengjia will leave Rolling Stone Valley tomorrow morning, and it is useless to send troops tomorrow." Xuanlu Ghost King asked him, "How many men and horses did Bixia allocate to me?"
"Eight hundred."
"Too few. The Situ family's garrison in Jishi Village alone is three hundred, not to mention the other ambushes." The Ghost King said decisively, "I want two thousand people, and I want it now! There are more than just this small army in Jucheng.
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There are more than 3,000 troops in Jucheng, all of them are defenders, 800 of them are assigned to the Ghost King; the remaining 2,000 people are not allowed to leave without receiving orders.
"No, go up to the peak and tell me..." Captain Shi was in a state of confusion.
"What are you afraid of?" The Ghost King looked at him, his eyes flashing red, "You have already committed the crime of dereliction of duty. If you make no further achievements, you will be dismissed from your post after you return. Only by taking down Rolling Stone Valley and Luo Shengjia, can you
That's what counts as meritorious deeds. If you seek wealth and wealth at risk, you will be punished anyway, so it's better to take a big chance."
These words pierced Captain Shi's heart. He couldn't help but take a deep breath. He really had no way out. Do you want to give it a try?
"If we take Rasheng Kaat...?"
"It belongs to the Bixia people and I won't take it." Xuanlu Ghost King said immediately, "I have already made an agreement with your leader."
Captain Shi felt a little relieved, that's good.
"Besides, my army has arrived and we will fight together."
Captain Shi was overjoyed that the Ghost King had brought all the Yin soldiers under his command here? It was rare, the Ghost King's army never came out lightly. Bixia had cooperated with the Howling Forest for so long, and this was the first time he had enjoyed this kind of treatment.
"If you send out a large army, you will be invincible!" He immediately gave the order to gather, and then walked to the edge of the sand table, "Do you have an offensive strategy?"
"Of course." Xuanlu Ghost King walked over and pointed at the sand table. "The target's surname is He. He invited the whole village to a banquet in Jishi Village tonight, and there was a lot of noise. There were 300 Situ guards and more than 170 miners in the village.
, less than twenty villagers, and twenty-six members of their chamber of commerce."
Captain Shi stroked his chin: "It only takes an hour to get there from Jucheng, even if you walk at night. With two thousand men and horses fighting against more than three hundred, we should be sure of victory."
Those more than one hundred miners are not considered soldiers.
The Ghost King said coldly: "You also attacked Jishi Village, didn't you also fail? It seems that the other party organized miners and stopped them outside the village."
Speaking of this embarrassing incident, Captain Shi felt a little embarrassed. However, it was also to get food for the Ghost King.
"The manpower sent at that time was too few, but this time we can defeat them several times and can be wiped out in one fell swoop." The whole village of Jishi Village was having a banquet and was defenseless. He thought optimistically that as long as the Pixia people came and went, they would be like a gust of wind.
A beautiful surprise attack, tonight's battle is not that difficult.
The Ghost King shook his head: "We cannot attack Jishi Village directly."
"Why?"
"The man named He made a big announcement during the banquet, saying that he would return eastward tomorrow morning and take a boat back from Julu Port." The ghost king said lightly, "Why did he invite the whole village to a banquet at this time? He didn't want me to be here
Did the eyes and ears in the village hear the news he wanted to release?"
Mrs. Li from Jishi Village worshiped him, but the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce took away the statue and almost demolished her house.
But he still had ears and eyes left in the village. He was an old farmer in his fifties. He was eating and drinking on the grain drying ground in Jishi Village, and at the same time he heard clearly what the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce said.
"The man surnamed He wants to lure me to attack Jishi Village tonight." The Ghost King clicked on the sand table, "It's not surprising that you didn't capture Jishi Village last time. The terrain there is good, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now we have added three hundred defenders.
It will take a lot of effort to take it by force."
There are Juma piles and low stone walls outside Jishi Village. These are defense fortifications built by local people.
"The most important thing is that the person named He is now a guest of the Situ family. Tonight's banquet was specially invited from outside, and Situ's army will accompany him. Do you think there will be no future for the person named He who dares to lure me over?
Hands?"
"Do you think there are more ambush troops in Jishi Village?" Captain Shi frowned, "But the village is limited, and it would be great if it could accommodate three hundred defenders. Where should more ambush troops be hidden?"
"We can't hide in Jishi Village, so of course we have to hide in other places. The distance is close and we have to be hidden." The ghost king talked eloquently. He was also a general in charge of troops during his lifetime. These strategies and calculations have long been ruined. "If we attack by force,
In Jishi Village, the person named He just needs to hold on for a while and wait for rescue."
Hide the ambush somewhere else? Captain Shi Du was reminded by him, and after looking carefully at the sand table for a few breaths, he finally realized:
“Cotton Village!”
The village they attacked a month ago is only three miles away from Jishi Village on the mountain road. If you run faster, you can reach it in a blink of an eye.
What's even better is that all the villagers in Mian Village have been robbed, and now it has become a deserted village. It is also in a mountain col, and people on the road don't go in.
It is indeed an ideal ambush location.
Situ hid his troops in it. Once the Pixia people attacked Jishi Village, they would come to surround them.
When the time comes, the inside should be coordinated with the outside, tut tut, "The intention is sinister."