The distance between the harbor and the underworld is very long, and it takes more than two months to travel each way at the earliest, which is an important reason why I have been able to live here without trouble. From the beginning of its establishment, Hastyport never thought of taking the initiative to provoke the underworld, and deliberately kept a low profile.

Unexpectedly, the Difu sent an envoy first, and this envoy coincidentally turned out to be my old colleague in the Yin Army: Wang Song!

Wang Song obviously figured out the true identities of Liu Han and me before we met, so he kept hinting, threatening and asking for bribes from me, just to satisfy his own selfish desires, but Liu Han and I sternly refused. After both sides ripped off their skins, the atmosphere in the chamber suddenly froze.

The sarcastic ghost stood aside, and when he saw this, he hurriedly came out to play a round and said, "The Hong Kong lord, the deputy Hong Kong master, and the envoy, everyone should be calm and impatient!" Public or private, after all, General Wang is an old friend of our Hong Kong lord, and it is rare to come to our distinguished guest, why don't you go to the post house with me to rest and rest, and then we will talk about the next things slowly? ”

As soon as Wang Song saw that there were steps down, he said: "That's okay, just leave more time for Lord Zhai Hong Kong to think about it, hum!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

The sarcastic ghost sent Wang Song away, and hurriedly ran back, complaining to me: "Why do you want to fall out with him? Even if he has bad intentions, in the final analysis, he is also an envoy sent by the underworld. As long as he complains in front of King Yama after he returns, our Stygian Harbor, which has only been established for less than a year, will probably suffer! ”

But I was unmoved, and said: "The reason why I wanted to leave the Yin Army of the Difu at the beginning was that I couldn't get used to their corrupt style of pretending to be public and selfish, and plucking the feathers of geese. Now that I am the lord of the harbor here, do I still want to continue to grovel and grovel to them? ”

"Oh, my lord!" The sarcastic ghost scratched his head in a hurry, and shouted: "Look at what you said, the way of diplomacy is to judge the situation and work together. ”

Liu Han also immediately joined the debate and refuted: "Don't you say so profoundly, what kind of judgment and situation, vertical and horizontal? Is it true that people are blackmailing us, and we have to give away the money with a smile? ”

The sarcastic ghost still disagreed, and said, "If a great disaster can be relieved for a small amount of money, I think it is worth it!" ”

Liu Han became more and more angry when he heard this, and continued to quarrel with the sarcastic ghost.

I was so upset that I waved my hand to stop them, "All right! Don't even say it! Although there is some truth in ridiculing ghosts, there must be some bottom line in everything. Besides, if Wang Song dares to blatantly reach out to me to ask for a bribe this time, it is difficult to guarantee that he will be extended a second or third time, and maybe he will pull Gan Sheng, Marshal Yeyou and Cui Yu and others in the future! ”

"These people are insatiable. If you are willing to cut off a piece of your flesh and feed it to him, you have to keep feeding it until you have finished cutting off your flesh. At that time, they will never pity you and cover you, on the contrary, in order to avoid exposing their pickles, they will be even more eager to get rid of you! ”

"Sarcastic ghost, after you go down, go directly to Wang Song and tell him that if the underworld just wants to come to recruit An Hades, Hades will naturally be willing to surrender, even if it is necessary to pay some tribute every year. But if Wang Song insists on asking for a bribe, and even threatens to expose my identity, you ignore him and let him go back empty-handed! ”

"But if there is a real war......

"There's no need to talk about it anymore!" I interrupted the mocker and commanded, "Just do as I say!" ”

The sarcastic ghost listened to my command, and although he was still very disapproving and unhappy, he had no choice but to agree.

Wang Shou, who had been standing aside and couldn't speak, couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh at this time, and said: "It turns out that when I was the village head, I was always worried that the fishing village was just a small place, and I was afraid of being invaded by foreign enemies. I thought that now that I had established the Styx Harbor, I finally had some self-protection ability, but this happened again! Alas, in this troubled world in the underworld, if you are weak, you will be bullied, but if you are strong, you will become a bird, and you will really not be at peace! ”

The next day, as I expected, Wang Song couldn't ask for a bribe, so he immediately threw away his cruel words, saying that after he went back, he truthfully told the king of Yama that he would send the Yin army to exterminate the harbor and arrest the wanted criminals in the underworld!

In the face of such threats and intimidation, I remained unmoved and ordered him to leave Hong Kong immediately.

After Wang Song left, I made up my mind to strengthen the strength of the harbor as soon as possible, strengthen the armament, and actively deal with the possible imminent war. In the past, I was alone, and if I couldn't beat it, I could run around, but now I have a bunch of people and a group of ghosts eating with me, and I can't run if I really want to. Besides, I don't want to run anymore at all!

Wang Shouhe and the sarcastic ghost were worried about the possible upcoming crusade of the Yin army, but Liu Han and I had been in the underworld, and we knew that the Yin army was very detailed, so we naturally had more confidence in our hearts. In fact, after careful analysis, although it shows that the strength of the Yin Army on the face is very strong, the Stygian Harbor is not completely without the certainty of resisting and protecting itself. There are three reasons for this:

First, the harbor is remote, and it will take at least two months to send a large army from the underworld. Long journeys, soldiers are bound to be tired, labor expeditions, is a taboo for soldiers, since ancient times have been more defeats than victories. The harbor is fighting on the mainland, waiting for work, and the right time, place and people occupy all three.

Second, in such a long-distance operation, there will inevitably be many difficulties in the logistics supply and ordnance transportation of the Yin army, and it is destined to be unable to fight a protracted war. Therefore, as long as the Stygian Harbor can hold on to the first wave of the Yin Army's attack, the further it goes, the greater the advantage.

Third, if the prefecture really decides to send a large army to attack the harbor, the military expenditure required is definitely a huge amount. Before fighting this battle, King Yama always has to think carefully about the cost, in case even if he wins the battle, he can't get back the benefits, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Therefore, if I were the king of Yama and the two generalissimos of day and night tours, it would be more likely that the decision to take would be not to send a large number of troops to crusade, but only to send a part of the elite Yin army to pursue a quick victory, or to use intimidation and other means to force the harbor to submit after the army came to the city.

If that were the case, in terms of troops, it would not be that the Hades Harbor, which had been prepared in advance, was completely incapable of fighting a battle. Moreover, from Wang Song's return to the underworld, to the complete preparation of the Yin army, and then to the arrival of the army in the Stygian Harbor, there will be at least about four or five months, which is enough for me to make full preparations in advance according to the existing troops and financial resources.

At this point, I resumed my real name openly and honestly, and began to recruit a large number of explorers and ghost cultivators to join the land and water armies of the Stygian Harbor, expanding the number of troops, and increasing the strength of the Stygian Harbor to 1,000.

However, soldiers are more expensive than they are much, and I have long understood this truth after many years in the army. The reason why those water thieves, ghost bandits, and some defenders of Xiaoyin City were defeated in one blow in the face of the attack of the Yin army was none other than the following reasons: or because the soldiers lacked training and did not know how to fight; or because of low morale and war weariness; Or maybe it's because the relationship between the top and bottom is disjointed, like a plate of loose sand.

However, the army of Stygian Harbor is not a rabble like water thieves and ghost bandits, nor is it by no means a motley army of mercenary nature like other small Yin cities. In view of the above problems, I have prescribed the right medicine from the beginning of the founding of the army, and we must avoid them once and for all.

The land and water armies of Hades Harbor were built on the backbone of my former sailors. Thanks to Liu Han's and me's previous strict requirements and personal training, the military quality of these backbones is quite good, and their combat experience is also rich enough. Therefore, as long as we pay close attention to urging the officers under our command to strengthen their training, the soldiers' combat ability will not be too bad.

And since the officers of the Harbor are all the backbone of the army that I have personally selected for their uprightness and strict management of the army, this brand-new unit will definitely not have the stubborn disease of rampant corruption and complex nepotism similar to that of the Yin Army. If the relationship between the upper and lower levels is unimpeded, the order can be carried out, and the command of this army can be like a finger.

Finally, among the water and land armies of the Stygian Harbor, the number of ghost cultivators accounted for ninety out of nine, and a considerable number of them joined after the ghost slaves were released from slavery. The biggest difference between the Harbor and other Yin Cities is that I don't keep slaves here, and people and ghosts are all equal. Therefore, these ghost cultivators must not want the Underworld to fall, otherwise they are likely to be used as slaves and enslaved again, which also makes the fundamental interests of the entire army and soldiers firmly bound to the Underworld.

Only by thinking in one place and working in one place, and letting the ghost cultivators support my rule from the bottom of their hearts, can they fundamentally mobilize their enthusiasm and fight with all their strength to defend the harbor from foreign invasion!

In addition to the rearmament of the war, the fortifications of the harbor had to be further strengthened. At the entrance to the trail leading to the town of the estuary and in the port area, I again invested in the reinforcement and construction of some fortifications and increased the number of troops stationed there. At the same time, the city also began to hoard grain and grass, build fortification equipment, and prepare for a protracted war.

However, all of this was done in private, and only a few of my henchmen knew the details of the possibility that the underworld might send troops to attack them. Ordinary city residents were not affected in any way, and they still lived and did business normally.

It is also very important to maintain the normal order of the Stygian Harbor before the official war, otherwise the people's hearts will be in chaos, and the entire Stygian Harbor will be plagued by fear and rumors, and I am afraid that before the Yin army comes to attack, the Stygian Harbor will be self-defeating!

In addition, I did not fall behind in the improvement of personal combat power. I pulled Liu Han to carry out high-intensity cultivation every day, practicing both yin gong and martial arts. At the same time, I also asked Master to cook us a high-end yin meal, and I made up for it every day. In this way, half a year later, my cultivation was as I wished, and I was able to ascend to the fifth level.