After the battle report came, all the officials gathered in the palace. The civil servants all looked worried and anxious, while the military attachés were excited and full of fighting spirit. They asked for battle one after another and threatened to severely damage Gonggong and Zhurong. Some were even unreliable and even shouted:
He made empty promises about capturing the enemy general alive.
Among the military attaches, Chun Yun was the most angry. Gonggong and Zhu Rong jointly attacked and broke through the southern sea defense line in half a cup of tea. All five patrol warships were destroyed, and she, the Minister of War of the ghost motherland, lost her
face.
And although the Ghost Mother Country is small, since the battle with the Ghost King hundreds of years ago, no vassal state has ever invaded their borders. Today, Gonggong Zhurong suddenly attacked with such ferocity that it suddenly broke through the border defense line, causing
She was furious after hearing the news.
So she took the initiative to volunteer and was willing to lead a hundred warships to the sea to defend against the enemy. She was so angry that she simply believed that fighting such a battle where the strength of the two sides was so disparate was all about courage, and whoever was stronger would win.
After her convincing and seemingly reasonable analysis, almost all the military attachés became excited and threatened to follow Chun Yun to the sea and destroy Gong Gong and Zhu Rong.
The ghost mother was confused by what she heard. How could she be so uncool in such a critical situation? Everyone knew that the enemy warships numbered more than 200, and Gonggong and his men were extremely good at water warfare. Although the sergeants of the ghost mother country were also good at water warfare.
The most miserable thing about them was that the warships were too small in the naval battle. In front of Gonggong's lucky ships, those sea falcons could only be crushed. But Chun Yun still irrationally believed that they would win if they fought head-on.
When the ghost mother pointed out that their analysis was unreasonable, Chun Yun was still unable to break free from the impulsive confusion. He was still clamoring to show off the opponent, begging for orders, and determined to personally command a hundred warships.
If you attack, you will win.
And he has been emphasizing that fighting against the odds can inspire morale and defeat more with less. This makes the ghost mother more or less disappointed in her heart.
"Our country does not yet have large warships, so we must not meet the enemy at sea. This kind of loss-making business cannot be done!" Just when the ghost mother was about to retort, Xiao Shizhu's loud and powerful voice came from the door of the hall: "Who wants to mention it again?
This stupid, head-on tactic should be killed!".
As soon as the words were spoken, the ghost mother seemed to have seen a savior. She raised her eyebrows and hurriedly looked towards the entrance of the hall. She saw Xiao Shizhu striding into the hall calmly and calmly, standing at the front and middle of the line of officials, and glanced at
He glanced at Chunyun, whose face was full of excitement, and said slowly: "So you are also a textbook 250-year-old!".
"As far as I know, Gonggong and Zhu Rong are just a temporary combination without any tacit understanding. We should use our strengths and avoid our weaknesses." Xiao Shizhu blinked his right eye at the ghost mother to reassure her, then looked around at the ministers and said loudly: "
Please order Sister Ghost Mother to use my Xiao family's army as the main force in the southern battlefield, and then mobilize the Nancheng Guards to cooperate with our army. Follow the mobilization of Lu Wuyingzhao, and use our own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses, and then the thieves can defeat them."
As soon as these words came out, the ministers booed one after another. The Xiao family army only had more than 10,000 soldiers, plus the 5,660 sergeants of Nancheng Guard, the number was only 20,000. How could they face the hundreds of thousands of troops from Gonggong and Zhu Rong?
?
"General Xiao, please don't show off." Chun Yun snorted and said, "Can a mere 20,000 people take down an army of hundreds of thousands?"
"Lord Chun Yun, you are such a noble man who forgets things so much." Xiao Shizhu smiled softly, swiped his right index finger back and forth across the middle of the crowd, and said, "Have you forgotten that I used more than 6,000 soldiers to defeat the witches one against ten?
Are you ready?" Despite Xiao Shizhu's calm tone, there was contempt for Chun Yun in his eyes; as he spoke, there was a sense of unwillingness to give in to each other in the air around them.
"Okay, I believe you will have such good luck this time." Chun Yun sneered and said coldly: "Can you tell us your tactics and let everyone see if they are feasible?".
As soon as these words came out, many officials remained silent, but from the bottom of their hearts they felt that Xiao Shizhu was trustworthy and that Chun Yun was too aggressive.
As we all know, the previous battle between Xiao Shizhu and Wu Zhiqi was definitely not a matter of luck. Although Wu Zhiqi and his men were pirates, their fighting power was not weak. Xiao Shizhu was really capable.
However, because of Chun Yun's face, and what Chun Yun said was somewhat reasonable, they did not speak out to support Xiao Shizhu, but silently gave him moral support.
"This is a military secret and cannot be disclosed. But I guarantee with my head that this battle will be fought according to my plan. If I lose, I will kill myself!" Xiao Shizhu said with confidence.
But when others heard these words, they suddenly felt that they were ambiguous and unconvincing. But it wasn't that Xiao Shizhu didn't want to say it, but he also had something to hide. According to Lin Cong, there was a traitor beside the ghost mother, and he didn't know that he was there.
Naturally, no one dares to speak easily.
"Are you afraid you don't even have a plan?" Chun Yun snorted again.
Before Xiao Shizhu could refute, Chun Yun's comrades stood up and reported to the ghost mother, saying: "My lord, I think the most urgent task at this time is to mobilize the country's troops to strengthen the defense of the south. At the same time, let Master Chun Yun take the initiative.
The best strategy is to attack and deal a heavy blow to the opponent."
These words made the officials start to favor Chun Yun again, and they nodded frequently. It seemed that they were leaning towards Chun Yun again.
"The top priority should be to strengthen the defense in the west, and leave the south to my Xiao family army." Amidst the noise, Xiao Shizhu roared and sternly cursed: "You who are shouting that you want to fight Gonggong Zhurong are as stupid as those in the museum.
It’s an exhibit; don’t forget that the Ghost King is always watching.
Our country will definitely come to join in the fun this time. And if Gonggong and Zhurong don’t cooperate well, what’s the point of fearing more soldiers? We can rely on the favorable terrain to fight back against them, making it difficult for them to move outside the island. But we must not go to sea to fight back.
, Exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses, do you understand?”.
When he yelled, the ministers who were talking among themselves fell silent again. After a moment, they started laughing and pointing at Xiao Shizhu.
Chun Yun stood in front of Xiao Shizhu and looked at Xiao Shizhu with contempt in his eyes. After looking at him carefully, he sarcastically said: "General Xiao, the enemy is in the south. Where do the enemies come from in the west?
”.
As soon as he finished speaking, a Forbidden Army ran into the palace. Regardless of the ministers, he went straight to the Ghost Mother and knelt down, shouting: "Report! The Ghost King's fleet appeared in the western military port. At this time, the military port has been captured. The enemy troops
They are filing onto the island."
As soon as the news was finished, almost all the ministers, except Xiao Shizhu, were stunned when they heard it. After a moment, the first thing they did after regaining consciousness was to take a breath of cold air.
"Don't panic." After Xiao Shizhu saw a trace of unnoticeable worry and nervousness flashing in the Ghost Mother's eyes, he quickly said to her very calmly: "Before coming here, I had already sent someone to contact the local garrison on the west side of the island.
Let them abandon the defense of the military port and lead the Ghost King's army to the island, relying on the geographical advantage to stop the enemy."
Upon hearing this, all the ministers felt relieved.
"Everyone, Gonggong and Zhurong in the south, we should focus on defense with a small number of troops to prevent the enemy from attacking. Only in this way can we concentrate most of our troops to attack the Ghost King's army." Xiao Shizhu struck while the iron was hot and shouted at the top of his voice.
:"in this way
Once the enemy and we are evenly matched, our army will be able to resolve the battle as soon as possible and return to the south to aid. Moreover, the ghost kings, Gonggong and Zhurong are only temporary alliances; there is no trust or loyalty at all. As long as one of them is defeated, the other two parties will definitely be defeated.
I have no intention of fighting."
Although he roared, no one paid attention to him at all. After a moment of silence, the ministers all had their own opinions, and they all talked about admonishing the ghost mother; they were like a group of chirping sparrows.
"My lord." Suddenly, after thinking twice, the old lady Xia Xing who had never spoken a word slowly walked to Xiao Shizhu and stood next to her. Facing the ghost mother, she bowed slightly and saluted, and said: "I agree with General Xiao's remarks.
"Being weak first and then becoming strong is the way of a military strategist. Being strong first and then becoming weak is contrary to common sense."
After all, Xia Xing is one of the four female officials, and has much more prestige than Xiao Shizhu in the court. Although her voice is not loud, as soon as she opened her mouth, all the officials fell silent again, and continued to chatter after a moment of silence.
"Continue." The ghost mother looked at her.
"Yes." Xia Xing bowed again and said slowly: "Although the old minister could not guess how General Xiao relied on the favorable terrain to defend Gonggong and Zhurong's attack with only the Xiao Jiajun and Nancheng Guards, his ideas were
It is correct; it is also the only feasible way at the moment.”
Afterwards, many idle ministers began to agree with Xia Xing's words. Among them were actually the military attachés who had followed Chun Yun and clamored to go on an expedition.
"Let's do it like this." Naturally, the ghost mother also knew that Xiao Shizhu's method was feasible, so she no longer hesitated and made a decision immediately: "Xiao Shizhu stays, and the other ministers retreat, each performing his own duties to protect the family and the country." To avoid these useless things.
If the minister continues to stay in the main hall, he will only make bad ideas.
"No!" The ministers saw that the Ghost Mother had already made up their mind and did not refute. Most of them were just messing around and had no opinions at all. Although Chun Yun was unwilling to do so, he did not dare to disobey the Ghost Mother and had to give in.
After the ghost mother saluted, she and the ministers retreated.
Before leaving, he did not forget to glare at Xiao Shizhu.
"Chun Yun has been a military commander for too long and has aroused the impulsive and warlike habits of military commanders. Don't be like her." After all the ministers were gone and only she and Xiao Shizhu were left, the ghost mother slowly walked down the high platform and stood in front of him.
In front of him, he asked: "Do you have any way to win more with less?".
"Actually, it's not difficult. Gonggong's warships are very scary, but they are too big to enter the Rock Pillar Forest. Moreover, both sides have a feud, and they both want the other side to kill more soldiers, so once one side is attacked, the other side will definitely
Most of them just sit back and watch, everyone is doing their own thing
In order to fight, the advantage of their joint operations will not be brought into play." After speaking, Xiao Shizhu told the ghost mother exactly what he had ordered to the Xiao family army. After explaining everything, he added: "I didn't tell you before,
I’m afraid that the traitor Lin Cong said is in the main hall.”
"I know. So I'm waiting, waiting for Xia Xing to speak for you, to give you the confidence and support, and to let those useless ministers favor you and decide to adopt your method. Then I will make a decision, and then leave you to deal with me.
I will explain it alone." The ghost mother pursed her lips and smiled at him. The nervousness that had appeared due to the outbreak of the war had long since disappeared. The only thing left on her face was the look of love for Xiao Shizhu.
"Would Grandma Xia help me?" Xiao Shizhu also asked with a smile.
"No, unless your plan is full of loopholes." The ghost mother waved her hand and blurted out without thinking: "I know her, she is more patient than Chun Yun, more far-sighted than Qiu Shuang; she is mature and prudent, and she is loyal to the DPRK.
Never do anything without selfish motives."
"However, I can only leave half of the Xiao family's army to fight in the south." Xiao Shizhu nodded slightly and said to the ghost mother: "I have another plan. If it is implemented together with the previous plan, we can defeat the ghosts.
Kingdom. In less than half a year, we can take over the Ghost Kingdom."
"What?" the ghost mother asked quickly.
"Soldiers, there is a trick; as long as we fight on two fronts, the main battlefield is on Shuoyue Island, and the secondary battlefield is on the Ghost Kingdom. I will take half of the Xiao family army and take advantage of the Ghost King to suppress the main army on Shuoyue Island.
When being restrained by you, sneak into the enemy's territory. The Ghost King would never have imagined that we would dare to send troops to counterattack him.
The guest is our guest." At this point, he smiled evilly at the Ghost Mother and then said softly: "Then we will be in the Ghost Kingdom. If we start burning, killing and looting, we will definitely cause the Ghost Kingdom to be severely damaged. This team can be in the enemy's territory.
If you keep fighting here, you can send a large army to bring them back in a month."