Under the noisy high platform, the gurgling stream flows slowly.
The ghosts coming and going walked between the high platforms on the jade bridge over the stream.
This place is very close to the location of the food supervisor in the palace, and the round trip is only about a hundred feet away. The banquet is held on this high platform, and the people in the ghost palace of the catering supervisor come and go to serve the dishes. The dishes are not cold, but they are still hot
Teng Teng, send him to the high platform.
Of course, the officials of Jiuyou Kingdom are also very thoughtful. Most of the food utensils used in today's banquet are warm tripods and pots that can keep things warm.
Now there are palace servants helping the servants in the catering department to move all these things to the high platform.
There are also desks set up under the high platform today, placed near the water and surrounding the high platform.
Today, Xiao Shizhu not only hosted a banquet for most of the officials in Yuque City, but also the families of these officials were also invited.
In Xiao Shizhu's words, everyone wants to be lively today.
Today's ingredients are also very luxurious. There are as many seafoods from Xuanyanzhou and river freshness from Yunmengzhou. There are all kinds of mixed vegetable side dishes.
Dragon tendon unicorn belly, red simmered liger and raccoon meat, plump slices of guanguan. Eight-piece seared, pearl balls are all available, and are extremely tender. There are many varieties of vegetable and fruit cakes.
Fried, stir-fried, stewed, all kinds of cooking techniques are available.
The banquet hasn't even started yet, but there are already delicious dishes filling the air around the high platform.
Changqin under the high platform, just smelling the fragrance of vegetables overflowing in the dark wind, makes her index finger move.
The cashier ghost standing aside, Old Qian, also twitched his index finger when he smelled it, with an intoxicated and contented look on his face.
But he quickly shook his head again, quickly shook his head, swallowed the saliva from the corner of his mouth, nodded to Changqin and said helplessly: "Isn't this the only way to go?".
He is still talking about the memorial that admonished Xiao Shizhu not to be extravagant and wasteful.
"But old money, you have to keep track of the accounts this time. Otherwise, think about it, my lord doesn't care about purchasing, how would he know how much money he spent on this meal." Chang also composed himself.
Qin hurriedly followed the words and said: "When the time comes, show the account book to the lord and add it with your memorial. This will be more convincing."
Lao Qian had nothing to say, he just thought it made sense, so he nodded in agreement and followed the instructions.
As soon as Lao Qian left, Changqin also headed towards the high platform.
He had to go and see how the banquet was being prepared.
The tables and chairs under the high platform have been arranged neatly. The utensils for eating have also been placed on the table one by one, also neatly.
Many forbidden troops were also mobilized and placed at various places around the high platform to serve as guards.
On both sides of the stone steps leading up to the platform, a pair of floor-to-ceiling palace lanterns placed every five steps have been lit. The jade railings at the top edge of the platform have been hung with red silk, making it very festive.
Some stone lanterns were also installed with luminous beads and centipede beads one by one. Once the sky darkens, these beads will shine brightly together.
Changqin climbed onto the high platform again, and saw that not only the tall buildings on the platform were decorated with lights and colors, but even the surrounding sculptures of mythical beasts and ancient gods were also draped in red and colorful.
The bright Bianhua flags of Jiuyou Kingdom were also placed on the edges of the top of the high platform, flying in the cold wind and making a hunting sound.
Changqin had eaten the state banquet of Qingqiu Fox Country. In comparison, the meal in Jiuyou Country was even more luxurious and extravagant than the one in Qingqiu Fox Country.
Once this is achieved, Changqin will be satisfied.
At present, only he, Xiao Shizhu, Ghost Mother, and a few high-ranking officials of Jiuyou Kingdom knew that this meal was not set up by Xiao Shizhu for his own enjoyment, nor was it a harbinger of Xiao Shizhu's extravagance.
This was nothing more than an illusion for the Qingqiu Fox King, who felt that Xiao Shizhu had become frivolous and was about to start living a luxurious and excessive life.
Changqin walked around on the high platform, and after looking at all the arrangements, he felt that there was nothing more to advise, so he called a ghost officer under his command and said to the ghost officer: "Look at it for me.
Take some time, remind me at Youshi, and I will leave the palace to pick up the Qingqiu Fox King."
"That's right." The ghost official responded and was about to leave when Changqin stopped him again and said: "Remember, officials and their families can enter the palace first, but the king will have to wait a quarter of an hour later.
Notice. You can ask him, **, and the owner to come more slowly."
After the ghost official responded, he suddenly felt confused, so he asked Changqin: "Master Zongbo, why is this?".
"The king is in the Tianquan Palace. It only takes a quarter of an hour to get here from the Tianquan Palace, even if the king is walking at a moderate speed. If he comes first, the Qingqiu Fox King who lives outside the palace will
It’s not here yet.” Changqin pulled him aside and whispered: “Then our king will have to wait for the Qingqiu Fox King; our king is not the Pluto of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.”
At this point, the ghost officer also suddenly realized that this was nothing more than a matter of face and dignity. When he realized this, he said a long tone, nodded, remembered Changqin's instructions, and turned around to do his own business.
Already......
In the back hall of Tianquan Hall, Xiao Shizhu slept for more than an hour. He woke up late when the cloudy sun began to set toward the east and the sky glowed with red sunset.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, after washing up, Xiao Shizhu and Ghost Mother had some pastries to pad their bellies, and then went to the back hall to review the memorial.
In the underworld, the Plutos of various countries are all superior in their own countries, but it does not mean that Xiao Shizhu, the Nine Nether King, can stop doing things and stop working when the Qingqiu Fox King comes to visit.
There are piles of memorials waiting for him and the ghost mother to review them.
If you don't do anything on this day, the memorials of Xiao Shizhu and Ghost Mother will be drowned by the memorials sent from all over the world.
In this way, there are various ministries and departments helping Xiao Shizhu and others to work and make decisions. Without these ministries and departments, Xiao Shizhu and Ghost Mother would be so busy that they would not have time to sleep.
Therefore, as long as Xiao Shizhu was not fighting abroad, even if he was out hunting in the city, or on private visits incognito, he had to find time to do things, whether reviewing memorials or making decisions on state affairs.
Sometimes Xiao Shizhu couldn't help but sigh, what do I want to do as the king of Hades? Why do I have to do such a tiring job? But after thinking about it, I became the king in order to survive in the past, and later I wanted to be the king.
If you are responsible for the ghost people across the country, you will work hard without complaint.
Xiao Shizhu, who had reviewed several memorials, put down his long pen, picked up the tea cup, and took a sip of tea. Qing Lan walked in and said to him: "Your Majesty, Lord Chunyun is outside the palace and wants to see you and
**.”.
Xiao Shizhu didn't think much and asked Qing Lan to invite Chun Yun in.
Qing Lan turned around and walked out of the hall, and soon she came in with Chun Yun.
After Chun Yun saluted and sat down, he couldn't wait to say to Xiao Shizhu: "Your Majesty, troops will be sent out in Dongyingzhou today."
There were no outsiders in the hall at this time, so Chun Yun naturally revealed these secrets without any scruples.
"Is it Dushuo Mountain?" Xiao Shizhu, who was holding a teacup, glanced at Chun Yun and asked, "The target is Yitian Mountain?"
"Yes." Chun Yun frowned slightly and nodded.
"Well, what's the problem?" Xiao Shizhu asked casually when he saw that Chun Yun seemed to have something on his mind.
"The latest intelligence is that many enemy forces that have already gathered near Yitian Mountain have received the news that Liubo Island has been lost. These enemy forces have formed an alliance and are preparing to move south in a large scale within five days, regardless of the roads at the end of the rainy season.
There is a muddy disadvantage, so we attack Dushuo Mountain with all our strength. The banner is to avenge Liubo Island's Liuhuo and destroy our army.
Propaganda has become an aggressor who commits all kinds of evil and is bound to destroy our army, calling it justice and striving for peace." Chun Yun took the tea cup handed by Chen Ruo, did not bother to take a sip of tea, and hurriedly said to Xiao Shizhu,
He said urgently: "The total number of combined multi-channel armies has reached more than one million, equipped with thousands of ghost cannons."
When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he stood up suddenly, strode to the map of the underworld hanging on the side, and stared at the area around Dushuo Mountain in Dongyingzhou on the map.
On the map outlined with circles and lines, what he was looking at was the northern part of Dushuo Mountain, which was where Chun Yun said these enemy forces must pass to attack Dushuo Mountain.
This two-hundred-mile land is criss-crossed by mountains and crisscrossed by streams. The terrain is complex and there are dangerous places to defend everywhere.
Once the enemy penetrates deep into this area and defends the area, the Netherworld Ghost Cannon will be mounted on the cliff again, commanding a commanding position. If the Nine Nether Army wants to go north along this route, it will definitely pay an extremely heavy price in casualties.
For a time, Xiao Shizhu felt extremely stressed.
Presumably, King Yama in Dongyingzhou, who has already learned this information, is also the same.
In only five days, not even five days, the Jiuyou Kingdom must pull out all the enemy strongholds in these places, turn against the guests, and firmly hold the natural dangers in their own hands, so that the geographical advantage here can be beneficial to the Jiuyou Kingdom in Japan.
Future operations in the continent.
This means that the strategy of attacking the Yitian Mountain area first and then making a breakthrough through the middle must be changed and must be abandoned.
Jiuyou Kingdom needs to first attack any natural danger or strategic location within a radius of more than 200 miles between Yitian Mountain and Dushuo Mountain.
The army under the command of King Yama, who had already prepared to attack Yitian Mountain, had to abandon the already prepared attack plan and subordinates, make new subordinates within one day, and then launch an attack. In order to be one step ahead of the enemy and occupy more than two hundred miles.
Any important places and natural dangers in the area were built to build strong lines of defense in the area north of Dushuo Mountain.
Yes, most of the stress comes from this - time.
The most lacking thing for the Jiuyou Kingdom army now is time.
Xiao Shizhu has no doubts about the mobilization ability of the ghost army in his country. He believes that once the war starts, in less than an hour, King Yama can summon all the armies that can be mobilized and rush to various battlefields in sequence to join the battle.
Go in.
It's just that this combat mission requires a combat plan. This plan cannot be formulated in an hour. It will take one to three days at the earliest.
Moreover, we have to consider most emergencies on the battlefield, how to deal with them, and other important matters. This is not done lightly.
The sky outside the main hall is getting darker and darker, and the afterglow of the sunset in the sky is getting darker and darker.
The centipede beads and luminous beads used for lighting in the apse all emitted a faint soft light, dispersing the darkness in the entire hall.
"In the face of this urgent military situation, what is the response plan in the summer palace where you are in charge of the military?" Xiao Shizhu, who was silent and staring at the map for a long time, suddenly asked Chun Yun behind him.
Xiao Shizhu knew Chunyun, and she was afraid that she already had a countermeasure. She was here to report it, and Xiao Shizhu needed to make a decision.
"The troops are divided into eight groups and attack eight places together." Chun Yun quickly put down the tea cup and came to Xiao Shizhu's side. He raised his hand and clicked eight points on the map: "It's best to launch the attack tonight and attack from all eight groups together."
, make a quick surprise attack to capture these places.”
These eight points are all located to the north of Dushuo Mountain on the map. They are all dangerous places near the river and located on the main transportation routes. Guarding the land and waterway terminals can effectively cut off the enemy's southward or eastward path.
One of them is located right on the seaside, and dozens of miles away to the west is Liubo Island, which lies across the sea.
"In this place, should we ask Ying Lingxing who is stationed on Liubo Island to cooperate and send out the air cavalry stationed on Liubo Island to launch an air raid?" Xiao Shizhu looked at this important place by the sea and asked: "Here.
The enemy is attacking from both sides?"
"Yes, this can reduce the casualties during the attack." Chunyun nodded and said: "But even according to this plan, the entire Dushuo Mountain will have to mobilize an army of 400,000. King Yama will only have about 80,000 left.
The troops and horses are adjustable, and of course this does not include the navy in the sea near Dushuo Mountain."
Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt that although this was feasible, the 400,000-strong army was divided into eight groups, and there were only 50,000 soldiers and horses in one group.
At that time, once the enemy's millions of troops move south together, no matter which point they focus their attack on first, the Eight Routes and Nine Nether Kingdom's armies will be too much for anyone to bear.
Xiao Shizhu suddenly remembered the scene many years ago when he and his few soldiers were chased and intercepted by the ghost king's army, and finally trapped on the top of a mountain.
Although Xiao Shizhu narrowly won that battle, the feeling of being surrounded by a large army and possibly in danger at any time was very uncomfortable. Xiao Shizhu still remembers it fresh to this day.
However, after thinking about it, Xiao Shizhu thought that the conditions of these armies are much better now than Xiao Shizhu's back then.
He looked at the places marked by Chun Yun on the dot map. These places could be horns with several other dots and support each other.
This has formed a huge defensive zone. Once the various armies are in place, they are not fighting alone, but can support each other and cooperate with each other tacitly.
As long as the battlefield is well-informed, these eight armies can coordinate very well. But it is not an army of one army facing millions of enemy troops, but an army of 400,000 Nine Netherworlds, fighting against an enemy army of one million people.
"How many princes are there in the enemy army on the opposite side?" Xiao Shizhu no longer felt the same pressure as before when he thought of this, and immediately asked Chun Yun: "How many generals are there on the opposite side?".
"Intelligence claims that there are seven Hades on the opposite side, and twelve ghost generals who were abandoned by the Beiyin Dynasty in the past. Moreover, these ghost generals are now self-proclaimed kings." Chun Yun thought for a while and replied: "
All in all, there must be fifteen or six kings."
When Xiao Shizhu heard this, all the gloom in his heart suddenly disappeared, he felt relaxed, and the pressure in his heart was relieved a lot.
Fifteen or six kings had never cooperated or worked together before, which meant that this coalition suddenly had fifteen or six heads.
When Xiao Shizhu was in the human world, he once saw a very interesting two-headed turtle. One head turned to the left and the other to the right. It was very common for two-headed turtles to have different opinions and it could be said that they were accustomed to it.
What's more, the enemy coalition that Jiuyou Army is facing now actually has fifteen or six heads. It's not just that each of them is talking about their own affairs. These multiple armies are suddenly united together, and the honeymoon period is like glue. In Xiao Shizhu's opinion,
Not long.
"King Yama also made a note to catch the enemy unprepared after attacking, and surprise their retreat, cutting off their food, grass and supplies. The enemy will be in chaos if they don't attack." Chunyun also looked at the map and said to Xiao Shizhu: "
In addition, the rainy season will not end for a few days. The rainy season has just ended, and the road is still
It is muddy. It is difficult for the enemy to transport supplies. Although they can use air troops to transport supplies like our army, the supplies of a million-strong army still need at least one million air cavalry to transport. The transportation of supplies is extremely difficult. If the battle cannot be won quickly, the enemy's military morale will be affected.
Morale drops very quickly, and it will naturally collapse without any attack."
Xiao Shizhu was overjoyed, not only because King Yama and him were in the same place, but he also discovered that King Yama was really a genius.
In terms of tactics, King Yama can be considered a capable ghost.
Xiao Shizhu feels like he has found a treasure now. He has a new understanding of King Yama. It seems that letting King Yama lead his troops to Dongyingzhou is the best decision Xiao Shizhu has made on the Dongyingzhou issue.
"Hasn't the navy not moved yet?" At this time, the ghost mother, who had been silently reviewing the memorial for a long time, suddenly spoke and said to Xiao Shizhu: "Going north along the coast, we can cut off its food routes and transportation routes from the west."
"Yes, but even if this is the case, the Eighth Route Army on land and the defenders in the Dushuo Mountain area will definitely have to fight a protracted battle." Xiao Shizhu thought about it and took over the words: "And I couldn't predict this.
It’s a protracted war, how long will it last?”
After saying this, Xiao Shizhu changed his face to a solemn expression. Chun Yun also said: "This is the difficulty, so I ask your Majesty to make a decision."
The million-strong army will completely collapse and fall apart. It will not happen overnight, nor will it be cut off once or twice. If the Eighth Route Army cannot hold on all the way and is captured by the enemy, it is very likely that the Jiuyou Kingdom will be here.
All bets are off.
Whether the Eighth Route Army can hold on has become a very thorny issue.
Xiao Shizhu frowned and stared at the map for a long time, unsure whether the Eighth Route Army could persist and fight a protracted war.
He was suddenly worried again, wondering if he should agree to this battle plan?
For a moment, Xiao Shizhu was hesitant and undecided.
He thought for a long time and turned to look at the ghost mother not far away.
The ghost mother looked at him with a hesitant look.
Xiao Shizhu was even more confused. He didn't know whether he should give the order to let the army hold on to the protracted war after conquering the eight places that were defended in danger.