The sun sets in the east, leaving behind a flash-like sunset in the underworld today, dyeing half of the sky east of Yuque City red.
Soon, night fell, darkness shrouded the earth, taking away the last trace of light left by the day.
Outside the brightly lit Yuque City, there is a sea falcon ship converted into a load of cargo at the river pier in the east of the city. Amid the constant noise coming from behind the city wall, it used the port, and went upstream along the river, towards the
The northeast is gradually moving away.
After a while, the sea falcon disappeared into the night.
This sea falcon, which was just on the top of the mast, with a small flag on the Nine Nether Kingdom, was the sea falcon that Xiao Shizhu was riding in the east to Sanxing Island and the Ghost King in the west.
Although in terms of ship age, this is already a master ship.
However, considering that there are many rivers in the northern part of Xuanyanzhou, rushing across and over, and sometimes fighting in the inland rivers, Xiao Shizhu also needs to visit the front line in person, so this sea falcon has never been retired.
In recent years, he has also repeatedly asked military weapons to repair and renovate this sea falcon.
While strengthening the armor and hull, some of the advanced weapons of the Jiuyou Kingdom were also placed on the ship.
Although this sea falcon is old, its vitality, speed, and armor are no longer the same. The sky-shaking cannon at the bow and stern of the ship allows it to attack forward and backward. The left and right sides,
There are many poisonous vacants hidden in the cabin, which greatly enhances the ship's aggressiveness.
In addition, according to the improvement plan for the Sea Falcon warship proposed by the Jiuyou Kingdom Military Arts Supervisor, the craftsmen of the Military Arts Supervisor renovated the hull deck of the first half of the ship.
Under the left and right open-closed movable deck, there are two flying thunder vehicles and ten beast railings hidden under the deck. You can raise ten beast souls that can only fly by the wind in the cabin. You can also take off at any time, making it easy to deal with it.
The target conducts air raids, long-range strikes and reconnaissance missions.
This can also make Xiao Shizhu feel like a tiger on the battlefield.
At this moment, in the cabin, Xiao Shizhu asked Qinglan to spread out a map of Dongyingzhou on the table in the middle of his room and looked at it carefully.
Several centipede beads embedded in beams and wood around them emit a soft light, illuminating the entire cabin as bright as daytime.
Following Xiao Shizhu were Qinglan, Wu Xiaohui, and General Lin, the former Regent of Rakshasa, and Xunxiang, whom he brought back from Huangquan.
There is no other ghost in the house where the doors and windows are closed.
Now, although General Lin has lost the title and power of the Regent, he is still a general who commands the army. Xiao Shizhu did not demote her and his treatment did not change much. He did not deliberately set obstacles for her, and still asked her to command the army to train.
As the saying goes, do not doubt people, but don’t use them. Xiao Shizhu has always been like this.
Considering that she is familiar with the terrain of Dongyingzhou, she also added this ghost to the list of personnel for this secret operation and allowed her to travel with her.
Xiao Shizhu was looking at the map carefully. Qinglan was already holding wooden-carved ghost soldiers models and placed them accurately on the map according to the information of each army.
The branches of various forces in the East China Region are clear at a glance.
"Uncle Xiao, can Dushuo Mountain still be defended?"
Suddenly, Wu Xiaohui looked at the direction of Dushuo Mountain on the map with concern.
Because there, Qinglan put on ten black ghost soldiers wood carving models based on the information. This color represents the enemy.
Moreover, Wu Xiaohui knew how important the value of Dushuo Mountain was. To be more precise, it was the strategic fulcrum of Jiuyou Kingdom in the entire western part of Dongyingzhou.
Xiao Shizhu didn't agree. What he kept staring at was the direction of the mountain.
After a while, he returned lightly: "The war in Dushuo Mountain will end soon and there will be no problem."
Although I don’t know where Xiao Shizhu got his confidence, since he said so, Wu Xiaohui temporarily put away his worries. After calming down, he followed Xiao Shizhu’s gaze and looked at Xianghuanhuan Mountain.
"General Lin." Xiao Shizhu glanced at General Lin, wearing a cloak beside him, and his eyes quickly moved back to the map.
Or the direction of the mountain.
"If you send troops north from Mount Wu, can there be a path to win surprisingly?"
When he finished speaking, Xiao Shizhu's straightened index finger of his right hand pointed to the map, the area north of Mount Shilan, a city between the edges of the plains and hills.
When General Lin saw that the place he pointed out with his finger was called Changyuan City.
A river outside the city winds through from southeast to northwest. After the north of the city, there is the Guangmao Plain, which is nearly a thousand miles away, and it is also a benefit that cavalry can travel across the country without any obstacles.
General Lin did not think much about it, but thought that Xiao Shizhu might have to raid another raid shortly after the battle began and head straight to Changyuan City.
"Good goal!" After a flash, General Lin smiled slightly.
"Ruyu, the origin of the terrain of Changyuan City." Xiao Shizhu said, turning his head and glanced at the soul in the painting hanging not far away.
"Changyuan City, also known as Changshou City, was originally a place where ancient gods refine elixirs to obtain medicine, and there are many spiritual medicines in the surrounding mountains. It is rumored that the bottom of the city was an alchemy place for ancient gods to refine elixirs. Later, it was destroyed by war and after the Emperor of Fengdu ascended the throne, the Emperor of Fengdu ascended the throne.
The city was rebuilt for three hundred years in Beiyin. Later, it was the now destroyed fief of Jingren Kingdom, and the Fengdu army stationed in Beiyin for 50,000 to 100,000. Now the city is owned by Qingqiu Fox Kingdom. It is located east and south outside the city.
There are hills rising and falling
, There are many steep places, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The plain in the north of the city has hundreds of miles, and there is no danger to defend. Therefore, the city wall in the north of the city is three layers and three roads, built with hard huge stones." The soul in the painting is like jade and heard this, and
Xiao Shizhu's request said everything he knew in his mind simply and clearly, "There is a river outside the city, with sweet water, and it is called Tianshui River. The place outside the city is in a turbulent place, and it is difficult to cross the river without a bridge.
Not low.”.
"But once this place is opened, the plains hundreds of miles north will be in their pockets." General Lin took the speech, looking at Xiao Shizhu with a little admiration: "Is this what the lord is interested in?"
Xiao Shizhu nodded slowly, indicating that he had this intention.
"After passing these hundreds of miles of plains, it is the western border of the Giant Kingdom." General Lin swept the map and marked the mountains and rivers, and began to ponder.
She admired Xiao Shizhu's vision, and her unique vision allowed Xiao Shizhu to see at a glance what was an important strategic location.
By opening up this place, we can also take the opportunity to cut off the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom and the western part of Dongyingzhou. This will achieve the strategic goal of making Qingqiu Fox Kingdom lonely and peaceful in a corner.
With no foreign aid or allies, how long can the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom last in front of the Jiuyou Kingdom, which is like a huge beast?
General Lin could not speculate.
But winning Changyuan City is not only a strategic victory, but also a great sense of frustration and worry to Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.
General Lin, who deeply understood Xiao Shizhu's strategic purpose, no longer thought about anything else, but followed Xiao Shizhu's question, slowly closed his eyes and fell into deep thought. In the vast memory scene in her spiritual sense, she searched for the long-lasting attack.
The path of Yuancheng.
The so-called surprise attack is like being the core of unexpected attacks.
Then this path must be little known. It has absolutely hidden innate conditions that can allow the army walking there to achieve the effect that will not be discovered at all.
But General Lin also knew that between the entire Changyuan City and the Mount Shiniu to the south, there was now a large army of nearly one million in the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, which was in full swing in the dangerous places in the mountains and forests.
Just waiting for the Qingqiu Fox King to return to his country, he immediately launched a fierce attack on the southern Mount Fusan.
In this way, Xiao Shizhu has added a serious challenge to the conditions proposed - that is, how to avoid the eyes of nearly one million troops of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom?
After a moment, General Lin opened his eyes, and a flash of light flashed in his bright eyes.
She really found such a surprise attack path from her memory.
"There is really such a way. When I was young, I traveled to Yingzhou with my teacher and walked through it once." General Lin walked aside, picked up the slender bamboo pole standing beside the table from the side of the table.
"This road was originally a shortcut for local hunters to enter the mountain from Changyuan City." Holding a slender and straight bamboo pole in hand, General Lin pointed it to the map.
Under her melodious and pleasant explanation, the top of the bamboo pole in her hand was already on the map, and in the northwest of the mountain, a small crooked line was drawn.
The front of the line extends all the way to the west of Changyuan City.
"This path is hidden among the mountains, and the widest part is only two feet away. The mountain road is rugged and dangerous. If you are not careful, you may step on the empty foot, fall out of the mountain road, fall down under the cliff, and end up in pieces.
The end of it.”
"Unless cavalry are empty cavalry, it is difficult for them to do this." Finally, General Lin, who said this, stopped the bamboo pole in his hand on the map, and gently lit it outside the west city of Changyuan City.
Everyone present could see that General Lin was telling them that the end of the dangerous road in the mountain was here.
Judging from the map proportions, that place is only one or two miles away from Changyuan City.
It can be said that once this path passes, the army will suddenly appear in the west of Changyuan City by surprise.
And because the west is also a terrain of hilly and mountain winds, attackers can attack Changyuan City from a high place.
Advance can attack, retreat can sneak into the mountains and forests, and continue to deal with the enemies in Changyuan City.
"Lord, I can draw the road map." Then General Lin added to Xiao Shizhu: "Although I have been here for hundreds of years and have not returned to this place, the road map is still in my mind, and I still have a clear memory.
.”.
As he said that, General Lin also pointed his head gently with his finger.
"Go and do it." Xiao Shizhu didn't say much, and directly gave a decisive instruction, saying: "Just hand it over to me before the ship arrives at Dongyingzhou."
General Lin put down the long bamboo pole in his hand and nodded in response.
"Wu Xiaohui." Xiao Shizhu raised his hand and patted Wu Xiaohui beside him on the shoulder, looking at Wu Xiaohui with trust.
At this moment, looking at the gray-haired young general beside him, Xiao Shizhu was filled with emotion.
Once upon a time, he patted the young general's father's shoulder like this, and handed over the most difficult tasks to the other party again and again.
But this time, Xiao Shizhu has to hand over a difficult task to the young general, not his father.
"I will give you a 50,000 army, all of which are on Daoshan Island. Let's take them to fight and defend the country and the ghosts, and bring them back as much as possible."
Xiao Shizhu said these words calmly.
He was not only giving orders to Wu Xiaohui, but also sending such hope to this young general.
"Uncle Xiao, won't I act with you?" Wu Xiaohui did not respond immediately and executed the order as usual.
Instead, I asked this question.
This is not because he is afraid of death, nor because he has been afraid of leading new recruits with no battlefield experience to fight.
The only thing that made Wu Xiaohui worried was that he was not by Xiao Shizhu's side. If Xiao Shizhu had something to do, he would feel guilty and regret it for the rest of his life.
Listening to the vague sound of night wind outside the window, Xiao Shizhu seemed to understand Wu Xiaohui's worries. After a gentle smile, he said what he often said: "I am a cat, and I have nine lives,
There will be no problem."
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Shizhu put away his smile, floated up seriously, and turned to look at the map.
His cold eyes were locked tightly on the map or on the location of Changyuan City.
"Capture Changyuan City, defend Changyuan City to the death, cut off the northern supply line of attacking the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom ghost soldiers in Qingqiu Mountain, and harass the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom ghost soldiers from the north." Soon, Xiao Shizhu said that he had seized this
The real purpose of the city: "Let these nearly one million Qingqiu troops fall into the north and south sides, and they are exhausted from dealing with the difficulties."
According to the information obtained by Xiao Shizhu, Changyuan City is the Qingqiu Army supply transfer station that has already entered the area north of Wuxian Mountain.
Its value is far more than just geographical strategic value.
It is also the key to Xiao Shizhu's dealing with this Qingqiu Army.
"Yes!" Wu Xiaohui, who knew this, no longer hesitated.
He clasped his fists in front of Xiao Shizhu, lowered his head slightly, and gave Xiao Shizhu a simple and clear answer.
When Wu Xiaohui finished speaking, the door of the cabin opposite opened, and a message soldier strode in, stood opposite Xiao Shizhu, and reported loudly: "Lord, there is news about Dongyingzhou."
"Say." Xiao Shizhu's expression calmed down again.
Even the state of mind is very calm.
He knew that the East Initiative where King Yama was stationed, would not have a battle situation that would be absolutely unfavorable to him.
It is very likely that the messenger brought good news.
Although Xiao Shizhu is the son of God, he did not inherit the ability of his parents to predict the future. However, his inference this time was not wrong.
"It is the reward of Yi Valley. General Chunhan will accept the surrender of the Xuanmu army tomorrow morning." The messenger continued to report a good news to Xiao Shizhu in his loud voice.
"Xuanmu can no longer hold on. The war in the past two months has caused heavy damage. In order to see the few soldiers left under his command, Xuanmu decided to surrender to our country."
"General Chunhan brought the 50,000 troops of the Yi Yi to suffer heavy losses, and he took away one of them, so he thought that long-term fighting was not good for our army and was ready to accept the surrender of the enemy. Now Chunhan has reported to Yuque City and Dushuo Mountain, whether it is necessary to do so.
When it comes to surrender, the meaning of the King of Yama in Yuque and Dushuo Mountain is to ask the lord to decide."
After saying that, the messenger looked at Xiao Shizhu like other ghosts present, patiently waiting for his reply.