In the afterglow of the sunset, the wind roared, and a burst of dust rolled up outside the city. A few lizards and small snakes wandering in the wilderness were so scared that they drilled into the bones of the beast souls on the roadside.
Only after the strong wind did they dare to carefully stick their heads out from their bones and look around.
On the city tower, the ghost captain's deputy general Hei Yuan was not clear about the reason. With a slight frowning, the confusion in his eyes became even heavier.
Just one month ago, he followed the ghost captives and led a large army to travel through mountains and rivers to this place. With the advanced firearms and novel tactics in his hand, the army of Jiuyou Kingdom defeated 20,000 enemy troops in the city in just one day.
I have to run away with my head and open the city to surrender.
But after entering the city, the ghost captors did not mention anything about pushing eastward. Instead, they began to build the city without panic, asking the surrendered soldiers to cooperate with the local people to mine and then send them to Yankong County. They had no idea at all
The idea of advancing again.
During this period, the three-shou Kingdom launched several raids, trying to regain Zangfeng City with a fast attack, but they were all defeated by the Jiuyou Army and ended up with heavy casualties.
All the ghosts with discerning eyes know that this is a good time to advance. They can take advantage of the victory and pursue the enemy country, and press forward step by step, but the ghosts still remain unmoved, and they still practice soldiers and repair cities every day, urging them to descend and
The local people mined and lived a leisurely life.
Then the three kings sent several envoys to discuss peace. After the ghosts and captives were all delicious and delicious, they did not agree to the agreement no matter how attractive the peace agreement was. They directly forced to detain the gold, silver and treasures they brought.
, let them get out.
Hei Yuan counted carefully and found that the fifth group of missions had been driven away today. He finally couldn't help but be confused and curious, and spoke out his questions; but he didn't want to get the answer, but the simple and clear word "wait"
.
What to wait for? Time? Support? Or Money and Food?
If we talk about the timing, although the Jiuyou Army missed a lot of opportunities, the three-shou national troops were killed and injured at this time, so we could still advance eastward; if we talk about support and money and food, Hu Hui was in charge of the rear of the army, with a good and orderly dispatch.
The Jiuyou Army neither paid any wages nor had a lot of food. However, the ghosts still did not attack.
Unclearing the truth, Heiyuan's eyes became more and more doubts.
"This is what the lord means." Just as he couldn't think of a person who was Chou Yin and Mao, and was about to ask, the ghost barbarian had already spoken before him and said lightly: "Let me fight steadily, seize a city first, and wait for his orders
Then attack again."
This time, not only did Hei Yuan not relieved, but he was even more confused. He was a veteran of the Chengdong Guard Army and the old foundation of the Xiao family army. He followed Xiao Shizhu to conquer Wu Zhiqi, fought against the bullhead and horse face, and attacked the ghost kingdom. That was a step.
Nothing fell.
In the past, Xiao Shizhu was extremely decisive in military strategy; but why did he give a timid order this time? Let a lot of opportunities quietly flow away?
Not to mention that Hei Yuan thought so, even the ghost captain couldn't understand it; it was understandable to take steady steps, but at this time Zangfeng City had been rebuilt and was stronger than usual.
Not only did the stone slabs be built outside the city wall, it made it much stronger, but many tall towers were also rebuilt on the wall, enough to withstand the large-scale siege of the Three Shou Kingdoms.
Just leave some soldiers to station here to ensure the logistics supply of the army. The well-equipped Jiuyou Army can drive straight into the capital of the Three Kingdoms and capture the Three Kings alive. There are still ghosts who have this confidence.
Thinking of this, a hint of excitement appeared in the ghost's eyes, which made his eyes flash with light; but then, it slowly dimmed.
If Xiao Shizhu does not order, he should not advance rashly.
The ghost captain felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly felt a sense of agitation. He couldn't help but hold the five fingers of his right hand tightly and hold the hilt of the long knife on his waist tightly.
Little did they know that Xiao Shizhu was not changing his nature, but just thought further than them, and it was not unreasonable to let them stay and stick to it first.
Although the Three Shou Kingdoms are small countries, there are thirteen cities, and there are three other small countries around them, which are also eyeing Jiuyou Kingdom. The Jiuyou Army that entered the enemy's territory to fight was only 20,000 ghosts. If you want to rely solely on
Xiao Shizhu was sure that they could do this little force and could do it perfectly; but it would be a dream to defend these thirteen cities with such a little force.
In this way, if you only conquer the three head countries but cannot defend them, then this battle of Jiuyou Kingdom will be in vain; it is even more impossible to achieve the role of deterring the other three small countries.
Moreover, he should have already dispatched troops to the ghost captains, but Wu Hui in the west tried to cause trouble. Xiao Shizhu wanted to defend Wu Hui, so he could not draw any extra troops to support the ghost captains for a while, so he could only wait.
Get ready.
When Xiao Shizhu can draw out his excess troops, let them attack.
A moment later, Xuanshui's rough voice suddenly came from the left side of the city tower: "Mr. Hu, Lord Julong, please come here."
The ghost was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he flew away. In the past, Hu Hui just arranged the logistics in the rear and never came to the front line. But today he came and brought Ju Long, a water conservancy expert, which made him feel very surprised.
I'm also very curious, what are these two ghosts doing?
Just as he was guessing, he saw Hu Hui and Xuanshui walking towards him, and the one following him was Julong, who was dragging the long snake tail under his waist.
"General." The three ghosts stood in front of him and saluted together. When the ghost captors returned the salute, Xuanshui smiled and said, "Mr. Hu has brought good news."
"Oh?" The ghost barbarian said lightly, his tone was calm, and there was obviously no surprise or surprise. Now in his opinion, unless Xiao Shizhu allowed him to attack, it would not be good news.
"The lord asked me to convey to the general, please be calm. He has mobilized 800 elite soldiers from Sanxing Island and Shuoyue Island. In addition, he has transferred 2,000 new soldiers from Heilong County and Chengtou County." Hu Hui smiled.
Take a step forward: "In addition to the 500 new recruits in Shizhu City that can be adjusted, and Changqin's 15,000 Zhurong Army; after these reinforcements returned to Shizhu City, they rushed here overnight for the general to dispatch."
"So many troops?" The ghost captain's eyes suddenly lit up, and his calm face suddenly showed excitement, and he said excitedly: "Are they here? I can continue to move eastward?"
"Of course." Hu Hui pointed his head and said in a positive tone: "At this time, the support army has been mobilized. After arriving, you can show your skills. But you must also avoid it. You should not be happy with the merits, but you must advance step by step.
It's the lord's original words."
"No." The ghost captor hurriedly bowed and responded. The look of joy swept away the previous haze on his face.
"In addition, I want to second the five thousand strong men in Zangfeng City." At this time, Ju Long also took a step forward and stood beside Hu Hui: "Help me build a canal and lead the Zhan on the border of Yankong County to the east of Zangfeng City.
The water of Yunhu Lake enters here and surrounds the city.”
"One of the time, it can be used as a moat, and secondly, it can be used to irrigate wasteland so that it can cultivate drought-resistant crops such as corn." After suddenly stretched out his tongue and licked the corner of his slightly cracked mouth, Ju Long said again: "For General, you are the one who is the one who is a little bit dry.
In the future, guard this place and make some preparations."
"No problem." The ghost barbarian agreed without thinking: "There are 30,000 people in this city, let alone 5,000, and 10,000 can be transferred to you." He laughed happily.
"By the way." Finally, I seemed to remember something, and hugged Xuanshui and Hu Hui's shoulders carelessly, and said proudly: "I'll take you to see what I saved for my lord this month."
As he said that, he waved to Julong and took them quickly down the city gate.
A few ghosts made walls of rammed earth in the streets and alleys of the city, and used various colorful paints to paint various beast patterns on the walls to shuttle forward and headed towards the middle of the city.
When I arrived at the middle, I saw a spring water with a length of nearly a hundred feet from north to south, about thirty feet from east to west, and deep in the east and shallow in the west, with a contour similar to the shape of a human ear.
Ju Long looked around curiously, but saw that although the spring water was surrounded by a deserted area, the water was clear and the water was clear and the soft eye grass and algae could be seen in the flowing waves, which were covered with green green in the spring, filled with intoxicating green.
The meaning is swaying gently with the flow of water.
The residents of the city gathered in groups of three or three and used the buckets in their hands to fetch water from the spring. Moreover, the residents were curious about Julong Hu Hui, who was born with their eyes. They kept looking around, but they were not afraid or afraid.
It seems that after the ghost captors entered Zangfeng City, Anmin still did a good job.
"This spring water is like a personal soul ear, so the local ghost calls it the ear spring." The ghost captor turned a blind eye to the people's eyes, but just took them around the spring and headed to the west: "It's also the city.
The only source of water. I have inquired about the three countries and thirteen cities, all built around this endless water source."
"Well, building a city around the water has solved the problems of water shortage in wasteland and difficulty in obtaining water." Ju Long praised him with a slight head.
"There is spring water, which means that the ground is just dry and water is underground." Ju Long asked casually without thinking about it, "Why don't you dig a well? Isn't it more beneficial to the people to drill a few more wells?
?”.
"When the ancient gods created this place, the places except springs were deserted. In a place without springs, even if the well penetrated tens of thousands of feet deep into the ground, there was no drop of water." The ghost captain turned his head and took a look.
Julong, who also looked at him, smiled softly: "It is said that this plain was the place used by the ancient gods to punish greedy ghosts. The treasures are all over the ground but they are lack of water. It is enough to keep the greedy ghosts guarding the vast amount of wealth only
Only ghosts who can die of thirst can sincerely correct their mistakes meet clear springs in the desolation."
As soon as they finished speaking, they had already reached the west of the spring water, but they saw a soil-built foundation there. Following the wooden staircase, they could see a round two-story building located in the middle of the foundation. Although it was also an animal skin.
The top was made of stones. The ground was surrounded by huge ivory with teeth pointed to the sky.
Hu Hui followed the ghost captive to the base and stood in front of the closed door in front of the small building. After looking around, he was shocked. (To be continued)