The wind and rain were falling straight down, the smoke and clouds were lingering, and the mountains on both sides of the Yiyi Valley were blurred and indistinct in the rain curtain.
After Chunhan's lieutenant was stunned for a moment, he reminded in a low voice: "You are right, but I'm afraid we will have to fight before dawn. By then, we won't have so much time and money to waste."
Saying this, the deputy general led Chunhan to the big tree not far from the stone house.
This towering tree stands proudly on the top of the mountain, with a broad canopy and luxuriant branches. Even though it is drizzling outside, there are only occasional drops of water under the canopy, and there is no curtain of water falling from the sky.
The ground under the trees was still dry, and there was no accumulation of water due to the light rain.
The curved and circling tree roots have completely wrapped around the stone stele that is as tall as a person. The stone stele is still strong, but the inscriptions on it have been damaged by thousands of years of wind and rain, and have become blurry.
Chun Han and the deputy general stood still in front of this old stone tablet. The deputy general looked around and saw that there was no outsider for about ten steps, and continued to whisper to Chun Han: "Just now, the scout reported that a large enemy army has already arrived.
Ready to go, the vanguard is already heading towards the Yiyi Valley. Along the way, we will eliminate dangers and repair the roads so that the army behind can go straight to us without any hindrance."
"The enemy's vanguard forces alone number about 50,000, and they are huge." The stern-faced deputy general paused, and then continued to Chunhan: "The enemy no longer plans to make a surprise attack. They are clearly planning to attack by force.
Ah, there must be a lot of main force."
Chunhan knew that he was about to have a tough battle.
She had already been prepared, and now she was not frightened by the enemy's intelligence. She remained calm, but her heart was already excited.
A long time ago, she got tired of the words that others often said to her in flattery - your mother is Chun Yun, one of the high-ranking military commanders of Jiuyou Kingdom, and you are definitely not bad either.
Precisely because she has a mother who is good at fighting, Chunhan and Ying Lingxing are the same. She has always lived in the shadow of her mother's prestige, and Chunhan has always wanted to prove that she is not just an embroidered pillow for the general.
She also wanted to be like Wu Xiaohui, Bai Qian and other young generals from the Nine Nether Kingdom, getting rid of her parents' fame and creating achievements of her own that could be shown off.
This expedition to Japan is her opportunity.
It's just that King Yama had always been in charge personally before, so Chunhan rarely had the opportunity to show off his talents.
Today, she finally got a chance.
As long as the enemy army is defeated here, Chunhan's name will spread far and wide and become powerful.
In the future, she will no longer have to live in the shadow of her parents' achievements and fame.
As he thought about it, Chunhan's fighting spirit became high.
"No matter how many troops come, don't even think about going any further." Immediately, Chun Han tightly grasped the hilt of the long sword at his waist and said to the deputy general: "Tell the scouts to monitor and report the enemy's movements at any time. Send an order to the entire army to tighten their defenses.
construction, artillery cold gunners entered each area in advance
From the position, the entire army has entered emergency combat readiness so that whenever war breaks out, no matter how big or small, every soldier can enter the battlefield at any time and at any time. Notify the soldiers guarding the prisoners, and place thunder cannons in the dungeon to guard the entrances and exits. Once the prisoners riot, they will be killed on the spot.
Shoot!".
Although Chunhan is not very old, he still considers the problem very carefully. He has considered what might happen after the battle breaks out in his plan and made corresponding countermeasures.
"No." Her lieutenant kept all the orders in mind. After saluting, he warned: "General, the commander-in-chief has an explanation. We are mainly defending this place. Even if we rely on natural danger and the first battle goes well, we must not
It’s such a great achievement that I took the initiative to abandon my position and attack other places.”
"I know." Chunhan, who was a little impatient, said in a deep voice: "Of course I will carry out the commander's orders, but we can't just stick to it. You have to have the air cavalry ready for mobile attacks at any time."
"No." The deputy general responded again.
Chunhan turned around and faced the northeast.
In the dark night, the sky was filled with rain and fog, and in the darkness, among the thick dark clouds on the horizon, there was a faint muffled sound of thunder, which could be heard from time to time.
In the direction Chun Han was looking, groups of well-equipped enemy troops were leaving the coalition camp and marching towards Xiyi in a mighty manner.
The enemy army is only thirty miles away from the valley in the Yiyi area, so it is very close.
Originally, the army could reach the Yiyi Valley in about two hours' walk.
However, the rainy weather and the muddy ground slowed down the advance of the army, and the enemy's pace was slow.
In addition, these enemy troops are fully armed. Not only does each soldier carry a bow and thirty arrows, but there is also a baggage team with beast spirits and powerful mountain ghosts pulling forward heavy giant ballistae and large catapults.
Cars, and quite a few nest cars.
Those heavy-duty giant ballistae are a specialty of the Dongyingzhou region. Because the Dongyingzhou region has lush vegetation, a lot of good trees, and grows rapidly, all ghost countries like to build a large number of such heavy and large weapons.
There is a bed crossbow on the crossbow, which is wired by a winch. It can fire seven or eight long iron crossbow arrows. Although the shooting speed is slow, it can easily drive through bricks and rocks within five to six hundred steps.
Look at those catapults surrounded by armies. They are fifty feet tall, equipped with hinges, and weigh hundreds of kilograms.
As for the nest carts, which are heavier, each weighing more than a thousand kilograms, it takes four beast souls to pull it, and two or three powerful mountain ghosts to push it forward.
It is precisely because of these heavy weapons that the enemy's march is slow.
I am afraid that the enemy troops will not be able to reach Heyi Valley until after dawn.
This also gave the spring cold a chance to take a breather and make adequate preparations before the war.
But without these siege equipment, it would be difficult for the enemy to capture the mountains on both sides of the Yiyi Valley, so they would have to bring them.
The huge enemy army held up torches and marched toward the Yiyi Valley in the rain and fog.
Continuous torches illuminated the night sky for miles, winding along the mountain road like a fire dragon lying on the ground.
In this way, the enemy's whereabouts were exposed to the attention of the Jiuyou Kingdom army.
In just one meal, the intelligence of all the enemy troops attacking the Yiyi Valley and the rough calculation of the number of soldiers were sent to the Yiyi Valley via a message from the fungi...
The cloudy sun rose again in the early morning of the next day, dispelling the darkness left between the sky and the earth by night.
After dawn, Yuque City, bathed in the bright overcast light, was still lively and noisy.
The caravans that had gathered early in the morning checked the goods and identity documents outside the city gates one by one, and then entered the city one after another to do business.
Outside the city, far away from Yuque City, the Yuque Hunting Ground, located among rolling hills and mountains as far as the eye can see, was as lively as the city today.
The hunting grounds are filled with rivers, streams, deep swamps and shallow pools, as well as waterfalls and waterfalls in the surrounding hills and mountains. It is already autumn, and the old pines and trees in the hunting grounds and the weeds all over the ground are beginning to turn yellow, and the red leaves on the autumn trees
Yuque Hunting Ground also has a unique flavor.
All kinds of animal souls living in the mountains, forests and grasslands of hunting grounds are now covered with autumn fat, and they are all fat and strong. They are either running on the flat and wide grasslands, or scurrying back and forth under the yellow leaves of the mountains and forests.
This is a great hunting season.
The neatly organized tiger and horse cavalry of the Jiuyou Kingdom have arrived at the hunting ground and lined up on the grassland beside the lake in the middle of the hunting ground. Both the soldiers and their mounts, Zuowu, are strong and strong, and Zuowu's mane is blowing in the wind.
The military is majestic and the guards of honor are neat.
A large flag of the Bianhua Flower of Jiuyou Kingdom was also erected on this open land. The flag fluttered in the wind and made a hunting sound.
Under the protection of the Huben Army, a large outdoor camp was built in the open space with white cloth curtains woven with cloud silkworm silk and square accounting rooms. There was a large pergola in the center of the camp, and brightly colored carpets were spread under the pergola.
Whether it is the Jiuyou Kingdom or the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, most of the accompanying officials are resting temporarily in these sheds. The ghost officials under them are busy unloading the baggage from the cars.
Tonight, the ghosts who come to hunt will camp here near the water.
In the large pergola in the middle, the ghost mother is sitting in it, holding a tea cup and sipping tea carefully.
They left the palace early this morning and went hunting here to entertain the Qingqiu Fox King and his distinguished guests from a foreign country.
However, Hu Shidou and several accompanying Qingqiu Fox Kingdom guards and ghost officials were left in Yuque City, responsible for negotiating the peace agreement and cooperation between the two countries with Xiao Shizhu's agent, Tianguan Lu Wu
and other projects.
At this moment, following the ghost mother was another fox ghost. His whole body was covered in fiery red hair, as bright as flames. Only the hair on his cheeks was white and red, like peach blossom petals, and there were three long fluffy hairs on the back of his legs.
Wei, wearing a brocade robe with patterns of Luan birds and auspicious clouds embroidered with blue thread.
This female fox ghost is the most favored female ghost of Qingqiu Fox King - Yun Mu. He originally planned to bring the biological mother of Prince Hu Qingping, but before leaving, Qingqiu Fox King made a temporary decision to bring the biological mother of Prince Hu Qingping with him.
The princess stayed to assist the prince to prevent him from being too young and impulsive.
So, what I brought with me was this little-known female favorite.
Now being together with Gui Mu, a long-established and well-known female politician from the Nine Nether Country, Yun Mu was a little at a loss. She didn't even dare to take a sip from the teacup she was holding, and she didn't even dare to look around. She just hung her head slightly.
, looking at the various exquisite and vivid patterns embroidered on the carpet under his feet.
The ghost mother's body exuded a powerful aura that seemed to be invisible, which made Yun Mu dare not express her anger, let alone chat with the ghost mother, so she could only remain silent, which made her even more uncomfortable.
"Princess Fox." The ghost mother drank a few more sips of tea, put down the tea cup, turned around and looked at Yun Mu beside her. Seeing that she was restless, she smiled and asked with concern: "Did you not have a good rest last night? Or is it our country's hospitality?
Isn’t it thoughtful? It made Princess Fox sleepless last night?”
Before the ghost mother asked, Yun Mu was already restless. When he suddenly heard her asking, his hands shook, and he was so frightened that he almost dropped the teacup in his hand.
Yun Mu, who had regained consciousness, quickly put down the teacup, bent down, lowered his head, and replied in a mosquito voice: "It's not like I'm going back to my mother. I just got up a little early this morning."
The voices were trembling.
When the ghost mother took a look, she didn't believe that the other party was the real Fox Princess, at least not one with a title. She was just a low-level female favorite in the Qingqiu Fox King's Palace.
Such ghosts are rare outside the Nine Nether Kingdom. When they are not favored by Pluto, they are just palace maids doing menial and backbreaking work.
Their status is low and no one takes them seriously. Even the Plutos of the ghost kingdoms do not regard them as human beings. They are just tools for the other ghost kingdoms Plutos and princes and nobles to vent their physiological needs at will.
The ghost mother sighed secretly in her heart, feeling sorry for Yun Mu.
I also feel sorry for the anxious and timid woman in front of me.
"I must have had breakfast in the car, so I didn't eat it." Thinking of this, the ghost mother saw through the identity of the other party without revealing it. She just called Chen Ruo and warned: "Isn't there something else on the shrine?"
The jade-plate osmanthus cake that Shaoyun Mengzhou paid tribute to? Go and get some for Princess Fox to enjoy. And the wine from the west as a tribute, also bring a few pots to quench the princess’s thirst.”
The ghost mother's kindness not only made Yunmu's anxiety and tension subside a lot, but she also suddenly felt a warm current welling up in her heart like a fountain.
For a moment, he remembered the bad experiences he had in Qingqiu Fox Country, and Yun Mu felt mixed emotions in his heart.
Chen Ruocai took the order and left. Xiao Shizhu was already riding Yaizhu, yawning, and came to the shed where the ghost mother was, and said to the ghost mother: "I'm going hunting, you play with Princess Fox.".
The Qingqiu Fox King and several other ghosts from the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom also rode their respective mounts, followed closely behind Xiao Shizhu, and stopped in front of the pergola.
Qingqiu Fox King glanced at Yun Mu, who had already thanked the ghost mother and stood up, and gave him a look without saying a word.
It was at this time that Wu Xiaohui led a large group of cavalry to stand in front of Xiao Shizhu. After lining up on the left and right sides of the pergola, Wu Xiaohui drove the beast forward and handed Xiao Shizhu the feathers of a golden bow and a golden arrowhead.
Arrow, and said loudly: "Please, my lord, launch the golden arrow to announce the start of the hunt."
Xiao Shizhu took the golden arrow, and the surrounding tiger troops all drew their swords and raised them above their heads, watching his every move. The honor guard blew the horn, a melodious and heavy trumpet sounded, and the drummers beat the drums rhythmically.
The thunderous sound of drums echoed in the sky above the camp, and it was so majestic that it shook the heaven and the earth.
But he nocked an arrow and drew the bow. When the bow was like a full moon, he loosened his hand and shot the golden arrow into the sky in front of him. The tiger soldiers raised their swords and cheered loudly.
Amidst the cheers, the golden arrow turned into a golden light, pierced the air with a whooshing sound, and flew towards the distance, disappearing into the distant woods in the blink of an eye.
"The world is at peace and the grain is plentiful!" Xiao Shizhu shouted loudly, threw the golden bow to Wu Xiaohui, took the lead in driving the beast forward, and flew out.
Other tiger warriors also followed up with their beasts, and flew towards the direction of the golden arrow, causing bursts of dust to rise.
Today's hunting is for entertainment, but whoever finds the golden arrow shot by Xiao Shizhu first will be rewarded heavily. The hard-working athletes, as well as some of the accompanying officials, are all enjoying it and rush to the forest to find the gold.
The arrow is gone.
Yun Mu raised his eyes and looked around. Outside the camp, which was covered with pergolas, he could see dry grass, eagles flying, and beasts' hooves galloping.
Those ghost generals and soldiers with brand-new armor, majestic soldiers, and the officials of the Jiuyou Kingdom with luxurious clothes and splendid weapons all held reins in one hand and whips in the other, and the beasts swarmed forward, cheering and rushing into the red leaves.
Among the branches of the forest.
There are many ghosts participating in the search for the golden arrow, and the momentum is as huge as a small war.
All of a sudden, all the beasts in the forest panicked and fled in all directions, rushing out of the forest. The birds also flapped their wings and flew away.
There were already some ghost officials from Jiuyou Kingdom outside the forest, waiting at the edge of the forest.
As soon as he saw the beasts running wildly, he immediately nocked his arrows and drew his bow, and led the beasts forward to hunt the beasts.
The Qingqiu Fox King, accompanied by Changqin, led his ghost officer guards out of the camp, strolled forward, and unhurriedly joined the hunting team and left.
Yun Mu couldn't take his eyes off it. It was the first time in her life that she had seen such a huge and magnificent hunt. Everything was so novel that she couldn't help but focus on it, staring at it non-stop.
The ghost mother didn't care about this and continued to drink tea, very leisurely.
She had seen so many scenes like this in the past that she was used to it.