The cloudy sun sets in the east, filling the sky with sunset glow, as red as blood.
The evening breeze on Dushuo Mountain also became a bit cool.
In the sound of wind, large tracts of leaves were spinning and flying in the wind.
In various parts of the mountain, groups of patrolling soldiers walked throughout the mountain according to the original route, maintaining vigilance.
Although the war has come to an end, King Yama also issued a secret order, and the Jiuyou Army stationed at Dushuo Mountain took turns to rest in batches.
But this does not mean that the Jiuyou Army will dream of peace in the world.
They were vigilant and did not relax because of this. Basically, they never took off their armor and never abandoned their troops.
He even sleeps with his weapon in his arms.
Under the setting sun, the wisps of smoke rising from Dushuo Mountain bring a sense of comfort.
The grain transported from the sea was processed by the Huotou Army in Dushuo Mountain and turned into portions of hot food.
Then, they were sent to various positions and fortresses in the mountains.
Luo Qing, who returned to the eastern foot of his jurisdiction, was sitting on the ground in a trench at the foot of the mountain with a wooden bowl in his hands, and began to feast with his soldiers.
To be honest, even if it is as powerful as Jiuyou Kingdom and has strong national power, the food on the frontline battlefields is not very delicious. In order to facilitate transportation, it is nothing more than some fried rice and flour cakes, as well as some flour ground from grain crops.
Made from steamed buns.
The best food is dried animal soul meat, but it is dry and hard, so you have to pray that your teeth will not get stuffed with shredded meat when you eat it.
Even so, the Jiuyou army still ate with gusto.
Except for a few squeamish recruits, no one would complain about the food.
This is simply because no matter which war the Jiuyou Kingdom fights, they will fight tooth and nail to ensure that the front line is well fed and will never deduct military rations, and also because everyone is treated equally.
When going on an expedition, soldiers and generals are always the same. Not only that, even if Xiao Shizhu goes with the army, he will not be special.
In this way, the Jiuyou Army has naturally never complained about the food in these battlefields.
Luo Qingsan devoured most of the bowl of food in two mouthfuls, breathed a sigh of relief, and then burped.
The sergeants around heard the noise and started to cheer, saying that this was the loudest burp that he had burped today, and then a burst of laughter came from the trench.
Luo Qing didn't care at all and had no airs. After laughing along with the soldiers, he stood up, stood at the edge of the trench, and looked down the hillside.
The engineers that King Yama quickly summoned were already carrying a large number of mines down the mountain.
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, these engineers were sweating profusely under the red sky. At the foot of the eastern foothills of Dushuo Mountain, they actively constructed a mine formation about ten miles wide and three miles long from east to west.
This fortification buried in the earth allows enemy troops coming from the east to instantly wipe out tens of thousands of soldiers without being aware of the danger.
Nowadays, most of the engineers and soldiers of Jiuyou Kingdom have received secret training from Su Tianju, and they also know some talismans and seals in the magic of gods and ghosts.
When they lay out landmines, they basically don't just set up landmines pulled by trip ropes, but also set up some mines controlled by talisman and seals, which can be detonated using ghost energy as a trigger within a certain range.
Coupled with the continuous development and development of Jiuyou Country's weapons supervisors over the years, Jiuyou Country's landmines are even more diverse and varied.
There are fire dragon mines filled with fierce fire oil, flower mines that bloom on all sides, explode and fly out dozens or hundreds of shrapnel at high speed, etc., all of which have played an important role in actual combat.
In the defensive battle of Xiaoyu Mountain City on Shuoyue Island that started not long ago, Yingzhao once retreated back to the city to defend, but also laid a large number of mines on the road outside the city, causing heavy damage to the Fengdu Army led by Gong Mingyi.
This also made Gong Mingyi furious and gnashing his teeth.
In Dushuo Mountain, the Jiuyou Kingdom took over and set up a weapons supervision branch hidden in the mountain. Xiao Shizhu ordered and Lai Yueqi personally selected the weapons supervision masters to station in it.
The weapons supervisor here has several masters who are good at making landmines.
A steady stream of materials has been transported here by sea. Even if King Yama and Si Youjun are fighting fiercely outside, the weapons supervisors and craftsmen in the heart of the mountain can still go about their work step by step with peace of mind, and continuously supply Dushuo Mountain.
The defenders produced a large number of firearms.
Among them were the engineers Luo Qing was watching today, who were laying a large number of mines at the foot of the mountain.
Luo Qing took a bite of the big cake and continued to stare at the busy engineers at the foot of the mountain while chewing. He was a little bit expecting in his heart, looking forward to the evil ghosts of the Beiyin Dynasty who were disguised as Qingqiu Fox Army and came to help in the battle mentioned in the intelligence. Hurry up.
Come to die.
While Luo Qing was watching the construction work of the engineers, a hundred miles east of Dushuo Mountain, in an uninhabited forest, a mighty ghost army stopped advancing and started patrolling.
The soldiers, while on alert all around, were looking for water sources.
The army that had rested on the spot sat on the ground. The ghost soldiers carrying the ghost cannons slowly and carefully lowered the ghost cannons on their shoulders. The cooks began to distribute a kind of coarse flour.
The made pancakes were used to fill the stomachs of the ghost soldiers and others.
Each of these ghost soldiers has blood-red eyes. Although their appearance is almost the same as that of human souls, they have sharp fangs in their mouths.
Moreover, the hard and sharp nails on the fingers can scratch most ghosts to pieces.
They are all tall and strong, and their thick arms have the strength of hundreds of kilograms. They can draw a hundred-stone bow with ease. They can also swing an ax and hammer to split huge rocks with ease.
These ghost soldiers are all wearing the armor of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, and even the military flag in the hands of the flag bearer is the nine-tailed fox flag of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.
But they are definitely not the ghosts of Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, but the evil ghosts of Beiyin Dynasty disguised as Qingqiu Army.
The reason why he dressed up as the Qingqiu Army was to prevent the Jiuyou Kingdom from seizing the opportunity to propagate the Beiyin Dynasty's treachery and lack of credibility to all the continents and six seas.
Over the years, all the ghosts in the underworld have witnessed how powerful Jiuyou Kingdom's propaganda machine has become.
Under its propaganda, the reputation of the Northern Yin Dynasty, which was not very good, continued to decline, and the court's control gradually fell apart.
Therefore, although the Beiyin Dynasty intervened in the war in Dongyingzhou, it did not dare to openly bring its army over. This was the reason why the Beiyin Dynasty signed a peace treaty with the Jiuyou Kingdom because of Yu Cai, and also because it was wary of the Jiuyou Kingdom's propaganda methods.
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The general of this ghost army is also an evil ghost. A little different from other evil ghost soldiers, his skin is an eerie green color, and he doesn't even have to do anything to burrow into the dense green grass.
Other redundant actions can be integrated with it.
His name is Jiang Mandrill, and he was originally a general of the northern garrison of the Beiyin Dynasty. He has experienced hundreds of battles and has always been brave in fighting. In the past, he also made great contributions to the Beiyin Dynasty in suppressing rebellions in various places.
As for the numerous scars criss-crossing his chest and back under the armor, they also prove his ferocity and the terror that frightens his enemies.
Ever since the Northern Yin Dynasty planned to intervene in the Eastern Yingzhou War, Nei Si had recommended this ghost to Emperor Fengdu.
Emperor Fengdu also felt that this ghost was brave and could be used to weaken the Jiuyou Kingdom. Moreover, for the Northern Yin Dynasty, Jiang Mandrill was a chess piece that could be sacrificed at any time. It would not be a pity even if he lost his life in Dongyingzhou. Therefore, Emperor Fengdu personally wrote a handwriting
, urgently dispatched him to secretly rush to Dongyingzhou from the Northland.
At this moment, the army stopped, and the evil ghost named Jiang Mandrill squatted down on the spot and asked his men to get a map. He used his pair of hands that would overflow with ghost blood due to anger, leaving bright red blood stains at the corners of his eyes.
His eyes looked back and forth on the map spread out on the ground in front of him.
After a while, he roughly determined his current location on this exquisite map of the Northern Yin Dynasty.
After looking at the direction of Dushuo Mountain on the map, he measured it with his fingers and calculated the approximate distance.
At this time, the overcast sun had already set in the east, and it was completely dark in this forest where the tree crowns blocked the sky and the ground was overgrown with weeds and shrubs.
But these ghost soldiers did not make fire; they are a kind of ghost with night eyes, one of the few human souls that can see in the dark. It is only dim, which cannot block their sight at all.
They didn't light a fire because they didn't intend to reveal their whereabouts at all. They wanted to make a surprise attack on Shuoshan in one go and catch the Jiuyou Army by surprise.
This tactical strategy was also formulated by Jiang Mandrill, who was still staring at the map in front of him carefully.
For Jiang Mandrill, it was not that he didn't know that the Jiuyou Army was difficult to deal with. It was precisely because he had heard about the Jiuyou Army's devious tactics and bravery in combat that he decided to launch a surprise attack as quickly as possible.
He had the same idea as Si You, but his tactics were much better than Si You's. First of all, he never divided his troops, clenched his fists and concentrated his strength.
Secondly, they never walked through the city in a ostentatious manner. They walked through uninhabited mountains, forests and countryside, which hid the whereabouts of the army very well.
If it weren't for the intelligence agency of the Jiuyou Kingdom, which had penetrated the Northern Yin Dynasty like a sieve, neither King Yama nor Xiao Shizhu would have known about the existence of such a large army.
Jiang Mandrill's sneak attack and quick attack might be successful.
Of course, Jiang Mandiao still doesn't know that Jiuyou Kingdom not only knows his existence, but can also determine his location. Dushuoshan is already preparing to meet his attack.
His carefully planned sneak attack was destined to be half as effective.
"We are going too fast today, we have to stop.".
Soon, Jiang Mandrill, who had already calculated the distance, said to the deputy general beside him: "Send the order, there will be no more marching tonight, everyone will have a good rest here."
After several generals surrounding him stood up and responded, a deputy general carrying an order flag stood up and went to deliver the message according to the general's order.
"General, if you ask me, wouldn't it be better for us to rush over now and fight side by side with Siyou's coalition forces?".
At this time, another deputy general suggested: "By joining forces together, we can more effectively attack the Jiuyou Kingdom garrison in Dushuo Mountain."
As soon as he said this, Jiang Man couldn't help but sneer.
A dark wind blew up in the dark night, and his sneer was so sinister.
"Si You's army is a ragtag bunch and it's hard to accomplish anything."
When the sneer fell, Jiang Man showed disdain and said contemptuously: "When you cooperate with such a ghost army, you can only care about wiping their butts and dealing with the aftermath, and you can't be busy with anything else.".
Although the words are a bit crude, they are still to the point.
The other lieutenants thought about it again, and suddenly realized that it made sense, and nodded in agreement.
"Let them go and fight the Jiuyou Army in Dushuo Mountain. We can just reap the benefits." Jiang Mandrill also sat on the ground, rolled up the map in front of him, and handed it to his cronies.
At this time, a messenger rushed over, stood next to Jiang Mandrill, squatted down, and whispered something in his ear.
Then, without thinking much, Jiang Man said to the messenger who had finished speaking: "Go and bring him here."
However, Jiang Mandrill's face sank in an instant, showing displeasure.
He didn't know what happened that made him suddenly unhappy.
The messenger left in response, and soon returned to Jiang Mandrill with a human soul.
The human soul he brought was wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, and his face was unkempt. He had a sour odor that could be smelled from a distance.
There were still wet drops of water hanging on the scabbard of the long knife hanging from his waist. Even the boots on his feet were stained with a lot of mud.
With this venerable appearance, one can tell at a glance that this person's soul has been traveling a long distance for a long time.
Human Soul came to Jiang Mandrill, took out a round token first, and showed it to Jiang Mandrill.
This token is made of bronze and is entirely green. On the front, a lifelike nine-tailed fox with nine tails is engraved, raising and swinging.
This is the identity authentication of the human soul, proving that he comes from Qingqiu Mountain in the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom and is a special envoy sent by the Qingqiu Fox King.
Since he was a special envoy, this man was not one to be humble. After seeing Jiang Mandian show his token, he asked directly: "General Jiang Mandrill, why did you stop the advance of the army?".
The displeasure on Jiang Mandrill's face increased instead of decreasing.
What made him unhappy was that these groups of people following him, called special envoys, were actually just ghosts sent by the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom to supervise the army.
These ghosts used to like to chirp and criticize all his plans.
If Emperor Fengdu hadn't planned to take the lead, except for the tactics of attacking the Jiuyou Army, Jiang Mandrill would have to listen to the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom for everything else. Then Jiang Mandrill would have killed these special envoys sent by the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom.
But at that moment, Jiang Man's patience reached its limit.
He snorted angrily and said angrily to the human soul envoy: "My soldiers are all tired, aren't they allowed to rest?".
"You can rest, but please hurry up and attack Dushuo Mountain." The envoy didn't frighten him at all and continued to ask.
"Hmph! Go back and tell that little prince of yours that fighting also requires timing. I am not only trying to rest, but I am also waiting for this opportunity. I will never attack without this opportunity! Your little prince, you'd better shut up!"
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Jiang Mandrill gasped a few times in anger, and continued to say angrily to the special envoy: "If you continue to point fingers at me, believe it or not, this general will turn around and attack your Qingqiu Mountain directly!".
As soon as he finished speaking, there was silence all around.
Lai Shi was suddenly startled. He didn't expect Jiang Mandrill to suddenly get angry. Seeing Jiang Mandrill's displeasure turning into anger, he lost his temper for a while and did not dare to be arrogant anymore.