As soon as he said this, Wu Zhiqi immediately knew why Xiao Shizhu asked his men to pass the order when the war broke out, telling the garrison on the west side of Shuoyue Island to abandon the beach and let the enemy in.
It turned out that everything was done to trap the main force of the Ghost King's army on Shuoyue Island, so that he could lead his troops to appear unexpectedly in the Ghost Kingdom, and then go deep into the enemy's territory to pave the way. However, the Ghost King was still unable to bring his main army to Shuoyue Island.
Recalled to the country for home defense.
Thinking of this, Wu Zhiqi admired Xiao Shizhu even more. The same was true for his loyalty.
"General, I have been to the Ghost Kingdom before. They do not have as many rock pillar forests as our country, and there are no rock walls on the edge of the island. It seems that it is easy to land." Wu Zhiqi stood up again and saluted Xiao Shizhu.
Weiwei said: "But it has a name, which is Black Dragon Island. Because there are many ravines and valleys on the island, and most of them are basalt, it looks like black dragons entrenching the island. So any action to invade the ghost kingdom is not allowed.
The difficulty lies in landing. The key is that the ravines and valleys on his island will become favorable terrain for the enemy and hinder us."
"Basalt?" If Xiao Shizhu remembered correctly, he thought the book said that this type of rock is a basic volcanic rock. Could it be that the Ghost Kingdom was once an island full of volcanoes?
After thinking about it, he remembered the record in "The Underworld Chronicles" that the Black Dragon Island where the Ghost Kingdom is located is only slightly larger than Shuoyue Island and is shaped like a full moon. There are many ravines on the island, many of which are filled with water.
The earth fire that has lasted for thousands of years. Could it be that the earth fire mentioned here is lava?
Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu asked Wu Zhiqi: "Is it true that in other countries, there are many ravines filled with lava?".
"It is true that it is close to some volcanoes." Wu Zhiqi nodded and said: "Those places only grow sacred fusang trees that are not afraid of the flames and high temperatures. Because of the high temperature, no souls can approach them. They are considered barren in the ghost kingdom.
land.".
"Since you have been to the Ghost Kingdom, tell me." After Xiao Shizhu silently remembered this in his heart, he asked again: "Then where do you think it is better to land?".
After Wu Zhiqi thought about it for a moment, he walked to the map. After studying the map and thinking for a while, he raised his finger and pointed at a place called Longya in the north of the Ghost Kingdom.
"This is the enemy's northern garrison. A steep mountain facing the sea, shaped like the fangs in the mouth of a giant dragon, stands on the seaside in the northern part of the Ghost Kingdom. The mountain has three sides, east, west and north, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. There are thousands of cliffs.
There is a road on the steep slope to the south from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is a road from Gulongya." Wu Zhiqi, with a serious face, said thoughtfully: "The enemy does not know that we have feathered people.
The air force, and the cliff is not difficult for my Monkey Soldiers. The most important thing is that the enemy thinks this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so they only have three thousand sergeants on it. We have more numbers than the enemy."
From an analytical point of view, Wu Zhiqi's strategy is indeed impeccable, but it is only impeccable for the landing of large troops.
"What you said is correct, but there are some flaws." After Xiao Shizhu patiently listened to his analysis, he nodded and said: "First of all, we don't have many troops, and now the enemy country also has insufficient troops, so we will definitely strengthen the military garrison outside Linhai.
and maritime patrols outside the military port, and we should try to avoid these places at the beginning. In addition, there must be other stations not far away from the station, and there are too many dangerous terrains, which will be beneficial to us and the enemy. With this,
To attack a military area, it is better to attack a village or town where all unarmed souls live. It is best to be a fishing village or something, so that the battle can be solved quietly. After landing, we will not be discovered immediately, so that we can quickly penetrate
The enemy's belly."
"A place where civilians gather?" Yu Rong looked at him and asked, a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes, and then it flashed away.
"Yes." Xiao Shizhu nodded.
"Isn't that banditry?" Yu Rong then said urgently.
"Innocent." Xiao Shizhu smiled softly, looked at the intolerance in his eyes, and said calmly: "Put away your naive thoughts, the enemy's civilians are also enemies. Think about it now, those who are fighting with the west of Shuoyue Island
The main force of the Ghost Kingdom is fighting. Those soldiers who are bleeding and dying just to protect your parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters-in-law, do you still think that massacring civilians of the enemy country is cruel? This is what their monarch forces us to do.
They launched the invasion first!”.
Xiao Shizhu can always seize people's hearts and inspire them. This is what makes him different from other souls. As expected, Yu Rong lowered his head slightly and thought about his words for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "I don't think so anymore." In his heart.
The unbearability also turned into anger, anger towards the ghost kingdom.
"Then let's go here." Wu Zhiqi, who had been thinking silently for a long time, raised his finger and pointed at a very inconspicuous place called Heimu on the map in the northeast of the Ghost Kingdom when Yu Rong finished speaking.
Xiao Shizhu followed his hand and saw that this place was surrounded by two rivers that flowed into the sea. There were not many mountains around. It seemed to be a plain. Then he asked Wu Zhiqi: "Is this a village?"
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"I remember it was a fishing village, and the garrison closest to it should be here. I have been to the Ghost Kingdom many times, the most recent one was three years ago, so I definitely remember it right." As he spoke, Wu Zhiqi pointed again.
To the southwest of Heimu, there is a city called Danxi surrounded by mountains.
After Xiao Shizhu visually measured the distance on the map, he silently calculated the proportion in his mind, and then asked: "The distance is twenty miles?"
After finishing speaking, Wu Zhiqi nodded and said with certainty: "Back then, Mo Zhe told me a lot about the defense lines and garrison areas of the Ghost Kingdom. At that time, they had not yet completely taken control of the Ghost Kingdom.
Mo Zhai has an idea, which is to let me lead troops to go on an expedition to weaken the Ghost King's military strength."
"Okay, that's it." After hearing this, Xiao Shizhu felt more confident and nodded in agreement with Wu Zhiqi's proposal. Since he knew the enemy's defense situation, it would be easier for him to act recklessly in the enemy's territory.
Then he glanced at the map again and saw that the nearest town to the south of Heimu was more than thirty miles away, and further to the north. The nearest town to the north was at least fifty miles away. After thinking for a moment, he said: "But
We have to wait for a foggy day." As he said that, he once again set his sights on the two rivers on the north and south sides of Heimu.
Two days later in the morning, sea fog appeared on the sea outside Heimu Village. The gray-white fog slowly rose upward from the sea and spread in all directions. In just a moment, the sea was hidden, and the land was also covered with fog.
In this way, I couldn't even see the road clearly, and everything was dark.
Thin and hazy moisture was caught in the fog, sweeping everything in the world. The fog had just begun, and Xiao Shizhu's warship took advantage of the cover of the fog to quietly approach Heimu Village.
As early as last night, in order to keep this operation secret, he asked the sergeants to extinguish all the lights on the ship and docked on the sea not far away. Fortunately, as he expected, at this time, the Ghost Kingdom's military strength
However, the patrol fleet could only be responsible for the military port area, so Xiao Shizhu's warship did not encounter any trouble at sea for a night. At this time, the fog started to rise, and he saw the opportunity and made a prompt decision to move the fleet towards the beach.
In the past; his strategy of exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses was successful again.
As soon as the warship came to a stop, Wu Zhiqi and his demon monkey soldiers jumped onto the shore. They advanced in the dark in the fog with extremely low visibility. After entering the village, they found every small courtyard house in the village and sneaked in.
He wiped the necks of the sleeping villagers with his dagger.
The demon monkey soldiers were so agile that in less than a cup of tea, the people in the entire village were wiped on their necks. Then they checked again and saw that all the people in the fishing village had indeed been massacred, and then
He walked quietly towards the beach.
Xiao Shizhu and all the remaining sergeants stayed on the beach. While Wu Zhiqi was in action, he was responsible for moving the material weapons on the ship. After quietly moving them down, they each carried their own equipment on their backs.
Looking at the quiet surroundings, Xiao Shizhu felt that this place was too comfortable. This did not make him nervous, but played into his heart and gave him a great opportunity to cause wanton destruction.
After all, this just shows that there are not enough troops in the enemy's territory at this time. If we don't adopt a policy of killing all and grabbing all, we will really be sorry for this carefully planned raid.
After the sergeants were ready, Xiao Shizhu took out a sheepskin map from his arms, handed it to King Kong, whispered a few words in his ear, and asked him to take the fleet and once again take advantage of the cover of the heavy fog.
Leave quietly.
King Kong had just left for a while when Wu Zhiqi came back with his team.
According to Xiao Shizhu's requirement of fighting to support war, every soldier he brought followed the principle of not stealing away and implemented this military order. They not only killed them all, but also snatched supplies; so when they came back,
There were also some chickens, ducks, geese and other living animals hanging around his waist. Xiao Shizhu immediately went up to meet them and asked Wu Zhiqi softly: "Is everything done?".
Wu Zhiqi nodded, and Xiao Shizhu, who was a little happy, asked again: "What about the words I asked you to leave?" Wu Zhiqi nodded again, indicating that everything was done. So Xiao Shizhu hurriedly ordered that he and his
The men quickly go and carry their supplies and weapons on their backs.
By the time Wu Zhiqi's men were ready, the fog had begun to slowly disperse and the visibility had improved a little. Xiao Shizhu no longer hesitated and hurriedly ordered the entire army: "Cross the river, enter the northern mountains and hide first."
Once the order was given, it spread through the army by word of mouth.
Immediately afterwards, the troops lined up calmly and in an orderly manner through the village and headed north.
When passing by the village, Xiao Shizhu saw that on the walls of many houses and courtyards, monster monkey soldiers had written in charcoal: "This is the consequences of invading the Ghost Mother Country." and "If you offend the Ghost Mother Country, your country will be destroyed."
Die." After waiting for the provocative words, he showed a proud smile. It was also seen that he had the urge to leave a message.
So he and the sergeant asked for a piece of charcoal, and wrote a line on a blank wall in the village: "The number one shoveler in the Ghost Mother Country, the rebel general, Xiao Shizhu, the head coach of the Xiao Family Army, led a million-strong army here.
Come and fight if you don't accept it!" After saying the words, he smiled softly; at the same time, he threw the charcoal away and quietly left with the troops.
After they got into the vast forest in the mountains to the north, Yu Rong asked Xiao Shizhu: "General, what's our next step?" After hearing this, Xiao Shizhu looked around and saw that there were few shrubs here and almost all were covered with trees.
The thousand-year-old tree blocks out the sun. The branches of the trees are intertwined, and the branches and leaves are as prosperous as blue clouds, completely covering everything under the tree. It is an excellent hiding place. So the team was first sent to the mountain forest.
After resting on the spot, he took out the map of the Ghost Kingdom in his arms and unfolded it to take a look.
"We can pick up a garrison that is easy to capture and do some damage." Yu Bi waved to Wu Zhiqi, who was arranging security personnel, and then said: "Wuzhiqi, come and see where there is something easy to capture."
stronghold."
Wu Zhiqi came over, looked at the map carefully, thought to himself for a long time, and then slowly said: "Luo Ying Ferry!". As he said that, he pointed on the map, which is not far northwest of Heimu Village.
A place far away.
"There is a river here, flowing from southeast to northwest. Because of the rapid water flow, local people said that this river is sad for flying eagles, so it is called Luoying River." Wu Zhiqi pointed to the place again and said: "In addition, because of the two sides of the river,
The mountains are steep and the terrain is dangerous.
It is the hub of the passage to the northeast of the Ghost Kingdom, so the Ghost King built an iron cable bridge over the river. There is a pass to the south, built against the mountain wall. In the past, five thousand soldiers were stationed here, and they could attack or retreat.
The first fortress in the northeastern part of the enemy's country."