It was night, and everything in Xiaoyushan City was completely silent. Although a curfew was imposed in the city due to the outbreak of the war, the tension emanating from the war in the past few days and permeating the air did not seem to affect the residents of the city. There was tranquility.
Immersed in darkness, every corner of Xiaoyushan City is covered.
After every household turned off the lights and went to sleep, there was no other sound on the streets except the footsteps of patrolling Imperial Guards, the sound of wind and the chirping of insects.
In the Ghost Mother Palace, in the inner courtyard and outside the Wanxiang Palace.
Wearing a long dress embroidered with gold silk, a phoenix-patterned coat, and a fox fur cloak, the ghost mother was standing on the west edge of the top floor of the platform, leaning on the railing and looking into the distance.
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The cold wind blew over her cheeks, blowing a few strands of black hair hanging by her ears, and then carried her thoughts forward.
"My lord." After a long time, Chen Ruo, who was following her, thought about it and finally couldn't help but ask: "Are you thinking about General Xiao?".
The ghost mother said nothing, still looking blankly into the distance to the west; there was a hint of longing and worry intertwined between her brows.
Although King Kong sent people to report back several times, it was always a success for Xiao's army; but Xiao Shizhu never stood in front of him unharmed, and the ghost mother's heart was always hanging. Seeing that the one-month period agreed by Xiao Shizhu was approaching, she
The tension and worry in my heart are getting heavier and heavier.
Especially tonight, for some reason her heart was on edge. Although after several days of fierce fighting, the main force of the enemy army had been trapped in a valley to the west of Shuoyue Island by Chun Yun and Xia Xing.
All the military warships were destroyed, making it impossible for the enemy troops to return to the country to aid, but the ghost mother was still a little uneasy for some reason.
Once the enemy country sends another fleet and the main force breaks through the defense line and withdraws into the country, Xiao Shizhu will definitely be in danger.
"My lord, General Xiao is extremely resourceful and cunning. The main force of the Ghost King's Army is trapped on Shuoyue Island by us. There is absolutely nothing the domestic defenders can do against him. You can rest easy." Seeing how windy the place is.
, for fear that the ghost mother would catch cold, Chen Ruo stepped forward and persuaded: "You should go back to the palace to rest."
The ghost mother still made no sound and stood motionless. At this moment, a Forbidden Army rushed up to the platform, knelt down beside her, and shouted: "Report! The enemy has sent a fleet to respond. They are surrounded by our legions.
Among the enemy troops in the valley to the west, one unit also broke through the encirclement and fled towards the Ghost Kingdom."
The Ghost Mother, who had remained silent throughout, felt her heart skip a beat after hearing this. She turned to look at the forbidden army as she approached, and asked urgently: "Which enemy army is it?".
"Heavenly Soul Army." As the imperial army uttered these three words, his heart pounded again, and his legs became a little weak.
You are really afraid of what you are afraid of! The Tianhun Army is the strongest army in the Ghost Kingdom, with a total of 50,000 sergeants. Although in the past few days, under the encirclement led by Chunyun and Xia Xing, many Tianhun Army were wiped out on the spot.
However, it still failed to damage their vitality. Once they return home, Xiao Shizhu and the 5,000 Xiao family troops he took with him will face enemies several times their own.
Impatience, worry, uneasiness, and fear all surged up in the ghost mother's heart at the same time, like a gushing spring water, instantly filling her heart, intertwining and merging together to form a complex emotion; making the ghost mother feel a little breathless.
Get angry.
"What are Xia Xingchunyun and the others doing?" After a moment, she yelled angrily, and at the same time, she quickly walked out of the palace.
"The two adults have been reorganizing and consolidating the defense line, and the remaining enemy troops have been besieged again." The imperial troops who caught up quickly returned.
"Tell Xia Xing and Chun Yun to resolve the battle quickly. Then the main force of the Four City Guards will cancel their rest, and they will lead them and follow the Tianhun Army to attack the Ghost Kingdom to attract the enemy troops, giving Xiao Shizhu a chance to escape.
"Speaking of this, the Ghost Mother suddenly stopped moving forward. After thinking for a moment, she turned around and said to the Forbidden Army and Chen Ruo who were following closely: "Send the Feather People to order King Kong to let his fleet find the place quickly.
"Response Xiao Shizhu." She spoke so urgently and quickly that she could hardly speak clearly; the Imperial Guard barely heard what she said.
After the forbidden army took the order and left, the anxious ghost mother put her hands on her chest, clasped her fingers together, lowered her head slightly and kept praying in her heart: "He must live, he must live.".
After a long time, she raised her head again, anxious eyes shot out from her eyes, and after scanning Chen Ruo's face, she said: "Quickly send someone to the Xiao Family Army station to deliver an order, asking Quan Xian to lead the sharks into battle and destroy the enemy warships.
"
The setting sun was like blood, reflecting half the sky red.
The Xiao family troops who had gone deep into the enemy's territory now returned to the mountains and forests north of Heimu Village. When they arrived recently, each of them had become a little gray and disgraced, with their clothes and armor in tatters and their faces stained.
Even the flag bearer was holding a brand new military flag in his hands, but it was now tattered and dirty, with several big holes in the flag.
But no matter what kind of dangerous situation they are in, the faces of the officers and soldiers of the Xiao family are full of perseverance and fearlessness. Whenever and wherever, the flag bearers hold on to the flagpole tightly, making this military flag stand firm.
, fluttering in the wind and making a hunting sound. It also made many enemy soldiers feel intimidated when they saw this flag from a distance and did not dare to take a step forward.
Now, the same is true!
Three days ago, the Tianhun Army suddenly returned with reinforcements and surrounded the Xiao family army, catching them off guard. Fortunately, they were also trained well by Yingzhao and Lu Wu, and Xiao Shizhu was very cunning, so they broke out of the encirclement.
Not much loss.
Afterwards, the Xiao Family Army began to retreat towards the enemy's border, but the Tianhun Army and other enemy defenders soon rushed forward together, and launched a fierce pursuit and interception of the Xiao Family Army. Facing several times the number of enemies, the Xiao Family Army also for a time
Fell into a bitter struggle.
But Xiao Shizhu soon discovered that except for the Tianhun Army, other enemy forces were afraid of them and would collapse at the first touch of battle. Moreover, the Tianhun Army was not good at night fighting. Therefore, when he encountered the enemy during the day, he attacked from the defenders, and
At night, they came back and took the initiative to find the Tianhun Army, and turned against the guests.
After a few days, both sides suffered injuries. Although the war was always accompanied by death, and the Xiao family army only lost more than a hundred soldiers, Xiao Shizhu still felt heartbroken when he saw it.
If this continues, the Xiao family's army will eventually finish fighting, so they can no longer go deep into the enemy's territory. Calculating that the day of retreat is coming, Xiao Shizhu led his army to create a beautiful ambush for the Tianhun Army who was chasing behind him.
, heading towards the mountains and forests to the north of Heimu Village.
Firstly, he had made an agreement with King Kong to board a ship and retreat from the waters near Heimu Village; secondly, when he landed, Xiao Shizhu had buried a lot of firearms and ammunition in this mountain forest, which was just in time to greet him.
Heavenly Soul Army.
They retreated to a mountain called Guyan Peak and retreated in an orderly manner toward the top of the mountain.
This mountain stretches along the river for more than ten miles. From the mountainside to the top of the mountain, there are cliffs in the south. The cliffs are steep and densely covered with slender and sharp rocks. At the foot of the mountain is the river north of Heimu Village. This is because the mountain looks like a mountain.
A solitary goose stretches its neck and raises its head, stretches its legs and spreads its wings to fly, so it is named Solitary Goose Mountain; and because it is close to the river, the humidity is heavy, the year-round smoke and clouds are set off, and the peaks are stacked against each other. In addition, it stands near Heimu Village.
This area is in a relatively low-lying basin, and its mountain tops are even more impressive.
The Xiao family army just dug out the firearms that had been hidden and retreated to the top of the mountain for a moment. The Tianhun Army caught up with them and launched an attack formation on the mountainside. At the same time, they guarded the east, west and north roads down the mountain, making the Xiao family army seem to be at the end of their rope.
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All of a sudden, the enemy's flags were fluttering all over the mountains and plains. From the looks of it, the enemy was determined to force Xiao's army to jump off the cliff.
Seeing that the Xiao family army was forced to the top of the mountain and had no other way out, the leader of the Tianhun Army, the bull-headed Abang, walked to the front of the army and stood there, leisurely shaking the tail of his buttocks, and glanced at the ox-tail that was stuck on the top of the mountain and was fluttering in the wind.
Behind the military flag of the Xiao family army, he laughed and said to the horse-faced granny next to him: "This time the Xiao family army is really unable to fly. The south of the mountain has deep valleys and cliffs, and the east, west and north are mostly high mountains and narrow roads.
Moreover, our troops are guarding all entrances and exits, so Xiao Shizhu has no choice but to jump off the cliff; if he doesn't jump, I will lead my troops to force him to jump." His tone was proud, and every word was full of pride and pride.
At the same time, he smiled secretly in his heart: "I saw that Xiao Shizhu was quite shrewd in the past few days, and his tactics were unpredictable. Why did he make such a big mistake today and lead his men to retreat on a dead end? It seems that it is really
We beat him crazy."
Grandma put away the telescope, nodded in agreement with Ah Pong's words, but also pointed to the top of the mountain and reminded him: "Brother Ah Pong, look at the Xiao family's army's defenses, which are built in the shape of a pin. They take care of both the left and right sides and rely on each other to support each other.
And almost every one of them has a musket, so it’s not easy to attack by force.”
In her opinion, Xiao Jiajun's move was not a fool's move; although she could not guess the purpose of Xiao Jiajun's retreat here, after a few days of fighting, grandma found that the Xiao Jiajun's strength was by no means unworthy of its reputation.
Every soldier on the other side has a strong will to fight. When faced with several times the enemy's force, he dares to fight hard. He can even engage in firefights with the enemy while building fortifications. He also dares to stand in the skirmish line between the two armies, with a distance of less than ten feet.
Within a short distance, they would airdrop a canister that would burst into flames when broken. Coupled with the feathered men in the air, ground-to-air coordination, and infantry and artillery coordination, the coordination was impeccable. And their tactical qualities from soldiers to officers were also outstanding.
It is extremely high, and each soldier has a quick awareness of switching between offense and defense. Once the Xiao family army discovers that the enemy's attack has been frustrated, they will immediately seize the opportunity and quickly switch from passive defense to active counterattack.
Therefore, in just three days, the two armies fought more than ten times. It seemed that the Xiao family army was always being chased and running away, and more than a hundred soldiers were killed. In fact, the Tianhun army, which killed and injured thousands of soldiers, was even more embarrassed.
The troops were nearly ten times the enemy's, but the casualties were also ten times that of the enemy. This was the biggest humiliation since the Tianhun Army was formed.
"Don't forget that he also has a feathered army." Grandma reminded again.
"Don't be afraid." Ah Pang shouted disapprovingly and said: "He has a feathered army, but not all sergeants have wings. I have surrounded him now, and the ones who escaped at most are those feathered men, and the rest are all
You can only wait for death."
At the same time, Xiao Shizhu on the top of the mountain was summoning Wu Zhiqi and Yu Rong, as well as hundreds of households in the army, for a brief pre-war meeting.
"To tell you the truth, I brought us here on purpose to give the enemy the illusion that we can't escape. In this way, they will mistakenly think that the south is a cliff and we have nowhere to escape without defense."
With calm eyes and calm eyes, Xiao Shizhu looked around at his subordinates and spoke first: "But can a small cliff of a few hundred feet stop us? It definitely can't be stopped."
"Our Yumen brothers have wings, and the Monster Monkey Soldier brothers are good rock climbers." He looked at Yu Rong and said, then turned his eyes to Wu Zhiqi and said: "What can his Heavenly Soul Army do to us?"
Like? If you let them chase us and bite us, they can't bite our butts. So I deliberately led them here just to tease them."
"General, just tell me what plan you have." At this time, a bearded man from a hundred households stood up and said in a sonorous tone: "We all listen to you." This is the Xiao family army. Even if the war is imminent,
Even if you are in danger, there is no fear or nonsense.
"Actually, my plan is very simple. You see, we don't have much food now, and the same goes for water. The key is that we don't have much ammunition. What should we do? Of course we can only retreat." Xiao Shizhu smiled,
After signaling the hundred households to sit down, he slapped his thigh and said angrily: "But this grandson's Tianhun Army won't let grandpa go. What should I do? One word to beat, two words to beat hard, three words to continue beating, beat down."