A drizzle of rain shrouded the vicinity of Dushuo Mountain in Dongyingzhou.

This is the last light rain of this year's rainy season in Dongyingzhou, and it is also the last rain. Like the rainy season that is about to pass, this rain is no longer pouring and no longer powerful. It is thin and stretched, like a line of sight, and even the broad canopy of the large peach tree on the top of the mountain cannot be completely penetrated.

Only when the stagnant water accumulates to a certain amount, some translucent drips will slowly fall from the branches and leaves.

Under the shroud of rain and mist, the lights on Dushuo Mountain are bright, like a fire dragon entrenched on the mountain. Outside the rain and fog, the firelight in the mountains was hazy.

The grass and trees on the mountain swayed in the wind, and the noise in the barracks echoed in the wind.

The officers and men of the various units of the garrison moved in the rainy night, and quickly assembled in the teaching grounds in various places in the mountains, and a large number of ghost qi quickly gathered in these teaching fields.

However, after a cup of tea, most of the military camps in the mountains were empty. The sergeants all went to the teaching grounds in various parts of the mountains according to the order, and stood in line on the teaching grounds, waiting for the generals to give orders.

Every soldier who was ready to go, his face was full of solemnity. A few recruits were still nervous.

Although during the rainy season, the king of Yama did not let these recruits sit idle, in addition to training, he often used bandits, thieves and pirates who had been entrenched in the vicinity all year round to give the recruits actual combat training.

Killing two birds with one stone, not only trained the recruits, but also completely pulled out the tumors of bandits, thieves and pirates that have been in the nearby rebels for thousands of years.

However, dealing with bandits, thieves, and pirates is too simple, and the scale of the battle is small. The recruits can only overcome the fear of battlefield fighting and bloodshed, but they cannot have the courage to face all kinds of wars.

The only thing that sustained these recruits in their quest to get ready to go was a sense of faith.

There are many military regulations in the Nine Ghost Army, and the first article of the duty category is clearly written, any soldier, regardless of his superiors and subordinates and the size of his position, must do his best to defend every inch of territory and every foot of mountains and rivers in the Nine Ghost Country.

For this reason, the Nine Shadows Army will not hesitate to pay the price of their lives.

Coupled with the propaganda of the overseers in the various armies as their duty to obey orders at all times, and under the teaching of the purpose of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to create a new beautiful and just future without slavery in the underworld, most of the soldiers in the Nine Shadows Country are different from the ghost soldiers in the other ghost kingdoms who are just trying to eat. In the hearts of the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, they have already formed a subconscious instinct of pointing and fighting.

They also firmly believe that every fight they fight is to eliminate the slavery and injustice that have existed in the underworld for a long, long time.

And these also constitute a strong belief, which allows the soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to unite and maintain high morale at any time.

It is precisely this firm belief that supports the nervousness of the recruits who are about to set off on Dushuo Mountain, but at least they have no fear of the war that is about to break out.

After the troops on the various teaching grounds were assembled, the military supervisors had already begun their pre-war mobilization to boost morale after the generals had told the soldiers about the mission.

Then, waiting for the order of the generals, the army could march at night and head north to begin the continuation of the war that had been halted by the rainy season.

And the local commander, King Yama, was still sitting in the main hall of the military palace on the top of the mountain, leaning on the back of the chair and closing his eyes to recuperate.

In his mind, he quickly calculated any possible contingencies after the start of the war, and thought of countermeasures.

Although he and his generals had already discussed these things in great detail, King Yama was relatively calm, and he was willing to think and see more about everything. So that there is one more way or countermeasure, so that there will be no single countermeasure on the battlefield.

Although a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, King Yama's face was much calmer now.

Although the big war is imminent, as the commander-in-chief, he is calmer and more stable.

At the same time, he waited patiently, waiting for the moment when the snare drum of the army set off.

I don't know how long it took, the Yama King who was sitting alone in the main hall had his ears moved slightly, and he vaguely heard the sound of the wind, and three heavy and powerful drums sounded, floating from far and near, to the main hall of the military yamen.

When the third drum sounded, King Yama settled down and opened his eyes suddenly.

There was a gleam in his eyes, and he looked straight ahead, looking out of the open door.

Outside the gate, there was only an invisible wind, whistling by. The lantern on the door flickered, bringing a swaying shadow.

In the midst of the wind, King Yama, who didn't think much about it, heard a burst of speeding things around him, the roar caused by the sky, it was the sound of the flying thunder car of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, the air cavalry and the flying army flying towards the night sky.

In the midst of these sounds, there were also the sound of animal hooves and footsteps, which constantly sounded in the wind and rain.

The army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom has already begun to act.

King Yama's heart was quiet for a long time, and at this moment, a little excitement suddenly appeared in his heart.

But soon another wave of sadness welled up from the bottom of my heart.

In his mind, this battle has been repeatedly deduced countless times, although it is the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom that takes the initiative to attack, and can take a slight advantage, but how tragic the battle will be, even if the king of Yama does not go to the front line in person, he can more or less predict it.

Many of the warriors will be gone after tonight. When they returned to the homeland of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, most of the warriors were afraid that they would become blood-colored powders turned into physique.

But this battle has to be fought again, once you choose to defend to the death and fall into passivity, any point of the thousand-mile defense line and border line of Dongyingzhou will become the fatal weakness of the Nine Shadows Army stationed here.

What's more, the Nine Shadows Kingdom has only settled down in the rear of Dongying Continent in recent months, and has obtained hard-won peace and stability. Xiao Shizhu knew, and King Yama also knew, that in the face of so many constraints, the Nine Shadows Kingdom could only defend the victory they had won so hard before by attacking and keeping the enemy out of the country.

Soon put away the sad king of Yama, and his heart was filled with respect. The soldiers under his command now knew that there might be no return, but they still resolutely went, and this kind of courage always made King Yama respect those soldiers who stepped on the battlefield.

In addition to his admiration, King Yama remembered the words that Xiao Shizhu shouted to the Nine Shadows Army more than a year ago, when he was commanding the battle in Dongyi Continent: "Behind us are our country and thousands of countless unarmed ghost people, and you and I have no way to retreat." ”。

Sometimes King Yama will feel very resentful of Xiao Shizhu's words in his heart. Because Xiao Shizhu can incite the Nine Shadows Army to move forward with a few words, they are not afraid of death, and they are willing to go to the battlefield to die.

But if you think about it carefully, maybe for many years, it is this belief that has supported the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom to move forward, and even in the early days of the founding of the Nine Shadows Country, when the national strength was weak, it was able to fight in all directions and be invincible.

Thinking of this, King Yama secretly sighed in his heart: "Maybe the most powerful weapons in this world are not the most unfathomable divine and ghost arts, nor those firearms and weapons that are constantly developing and becoming more and more powerful, maybe it is faith." ”。

Just as he was secretly sighing, his lieutenant general strode in from outside the door, walked quickly to the front of King Yama and stood still, and without saluting, he hurriedly said: "Great marshal, the Eighth Route Army has all sorted, and General Chunhan's army will take the lead in attacking, and will capture the farthest target from our Dushuo Mountain in the fastest time." ”。

When the two words of Yan Yi came out of the mouth of the lieutenant general, King Yama looked down at the map unfolded on the table in front of him.

On the legs of the table, a bronze lamp dotted with luminous beads emits a soft white light, just in time to illuminate the map.

Under the white light, King Yama soon found the icon of Yiyi on the map, and fixed his eyes on the place to the southwest of the Yitian Mountain.

The map shows the geographical appearance of the valley, a long and narrow valley, extending from northeast to southwest, with a total length of no more than 112 miles.

Although the valley is not big, it is a series of mountains on the left and right, and it is only a dozen miles away from the Yitian Mountain, which is the only way for the Yitian Mountain to the southwest region.

As long as Chunyun firmly defended this place, it would be difficult for the enemy to enter the southwest area between the Dushuo Mountains and the Yitian Mountains, and the road would be long.

The enemy's supply lines and reinforcement routes will also be lengthened as a result.

And Chunhan is also the most likely, the army that was attacked by the enemy from all sides.

However, this Jiangmen Huzi is not a soft persimmon, nor is he a straw bag that can only talk on paper. Although he is young and has experienced more than a dozen battles over the years, he has extremely rich battlefield experience.

He also served as the general of Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother when they inspected various parts of the country, steady and calm. This is the reason why King Yama arranged the spring cold here.

In addition to the precipitous location of the mountains on both sides of the Yanyi, as long as the dispatch and arrangement of troops are appropriate, this place will become the most troublesome battlefield for the enemy in the entire war.

"According to the latest intelligence and information, the main force of the enemy's coalition army, about 450,000 troops, and 150,000 vanguard troops, have all crossed the Yitian Mountain. The neighbor leaned down slightly, stretched out his hand to draw a circle on the map in the southern area of the Yitian Mountain, and said to the king of Yama at the same time: "Our fungus intelligence personnel have found that they have set up tents in this place and forcibly requisitioned the beast souls and a large amount of grain from several nearby villages and towns. I'm afraid that I will have to rest here for a day, and then continue to walk slowly south. In this way, the days could reach the front of Dushuo Mountain, but their sergeants would not get tired. And by then, the rainy season has completely passed. ”。

This kind of countermeasure is indeed feasible.

It's just that by all means, these enemy coalitions have ignored two fatal points. The first is that after the rainy season passes, the roads will be muddy for three to five days, or even longer, and there will be some roads back in the rainy season that need to be rebuilt, which will block the enemy's transportation and supply lines.

Second, the powerful intelligence system of the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will obtain information about such a large-scale military operation in advance.

Moreover, as soon as the enemy enters the southern area of the Yitian Mountains, he wantonly forcibly requisitions grain and grass, which shows that the enemy's logistical supply is not absolutely guaranteed.

At the same time, such a large-scale forced conscription will only make the local people lose their hearts and minds towards the enemy's coalition forces.

The military discipline of the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom is strict, and Xiao Shizhu's military regulations are not to disturb the people, not to harm the people, not to rob the people's finances, etc., which can be in stark contrast to the enemy's tough grain requisition and robbery.

Cooked and ripe and bad, it is clear at a glance. In the end, the people's hearts will stand on the side of the Nine Shadows.

"Good. King Yama's eyes were pleasant, and a little excitement appeared on his face, and he looked at the map and said, "Mobilize thirty immortal chariots from the rear and let them enter a state of combat readiness." The cavalry was also prepared for battle, and once Chunyu captured the valley, the cavalry immediately attacked according to the military order of the lord, bypassed the rear of the enemy army, and carried out large-scale attacks and sabotage on the enemy's logistics supply lines. When necessary, any roads and bridges were also the target of the cavalry. ”。

"The order has been given, whether it is Xiancha or Tieqi, they are ready to go to the battlefield at any time. His lieutenant nodded in response and said, "I'll give you another order in a moment." ”。

"Do you want to ......" After a pause, the lieutenant general asked again: "Immediately give the Yuque City side and also inform the news that we have begun to act?"

King Yama was in no hurry to promise anything, but only pondered.

He is the only ghost in Dushuo Mountain who knows that Yuque City is holding a state banquet today to welcome the Qingqiu Fox King to visit Yuque City.

King Yama calculated the time, now should be the time when the state banquet is in session, and it is the most lively and joyful, so it is better not to disturb Xiao Shizhu's 'Yaxing'.

Thinking of this, King Yama slowly shook his head and said, "We are in command on the front line, and we are in control of the battle situation for the lord, so don't report any major and minor matters." In this way, when the battle situation here has a result, it is not too late to report to the Yuque Palace. ”。

"Yes. The adjutant didn't think much about it or say anything more, but just obeyed the order and answered......

Yuque City was lively, Dushuo Mountain was tense, and away from these two places, Luofu Mountain, in the center of the Netherworld, was quiet after nightfall.

The night light at the entrance of the palace illuminates the square outside the gate. The surrounding jungle is full of shadows.

The heavily armed guards of the palace gate stood around the palace gate and served as a vigilance.

Bands of cavalry marched back and forth in the square and in the surrounding jungle, patrolling and patrolling.

And the gate of the guard's palace has been closed.

After nightfall, the shrine of the six heavenly gods and ghosts on the top of the mountain is closed. Any ghost minister or ghost official who wants to enter the palace has to wait at the door. If Emperor Xudu had already slept, then they would not be able to enter the palace again.

At this moment, the King of Rotation was standing in the square outside the palace gate, waiting for the palace's reply.

He desperately wanted to enter the palace tonight.

Some anxious reincarnation kings can't stand in place at all. Sometimes he circled, sometimes walked back and forth, sometimes stopped, and looked up at the sky full of stars and bright stars.

The anxious look has been attached to the face of the Reincarnation King, lingering.

And these anxious emotions come from the news and intelligence in his hands.

This news and information was sent to Yudu a few hours ago and handed to the Wheel King. As soon as he saw the intelligence news, the reincarnation king couldn't wait to come up the mountain before he even finished dinner.

is so anxious and anxious, just because this intelligence news comes from the region of the Nine Shadows Country, and it is also about the Nine Shadows Country, and it is closely related to the interests of the Northern Yin Dynasty.

Only then did the King of Reincarnation go straight to the top of the mountain and came to the palace gate of the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace.

It's a pity that the Wheel King is still a step late, the palace gate of the gods and ghosts has been closed on time for the past six days, and the Wheel King can only wait anxiously in the small square in front of the palace gate.

When the king of reincarnation was anxious, he looked forward to the emperor behind the palace gate before he fell asleep. Otherwise, he wouldn't want to enter the palace again tonight.

There is no palace slave who dares to wake up this ninety-five lord of the underworld after the Emperor Xudu has fallen asleep.

Just when the anxiety in the heart of the Wheel King increased instead of decreasing, and became heavier and heavier, the closed palace door slowly opened.