In the Ghost Mother Palace, on the Tiande Palace.

After the report of the battle came, hundreds of officials gathered in the palace; the civil officials were all worried and anxious, while the military attaches were excited and high-spirited, and they asked for war one after another, threatening to deal a heavy blow to Gonggong and Zhurong. There are even unreliable ones, who actually shout empty words about capturing the enemy's main general alive.

Among the military attachés, Chunyun was the most angry. Gonggong and Zhu Rong joined forces to attack, and directly broke through the southern sea defense line in half a cup of tea, and the five patrol warships were all destroyed, which broke her face as the secretary of the ghost mother country's military department.

And although the ghost mother country is small, since the war with the ghost king hundreds of years ago, no vassal state has ever fought their borders. Today, Gonggong Zhurong suddenly attacked, menacing, and broke through the border defense line at once, which made her angry when she heard the news.

So she took the initiative to ask Ying, willing to lead a hundred warships to the sea to defend against the enemy. Angry, she simply thought that fighting this kind of battle with a huge disparity in strength between the two sides relied on courage, and whoever was tough would win.

After her careful analysis of the words and seemingly reasonable, almost all the military attaches became excited, and they threatened to go to sea with Chunyun and destroy Gonggong and Zhurong.

The ghost mother listened loudly, how could she be so uncalm in such a critical situation. Everyone knew that the enemy had more than 200 warships, and Gonggong and his men were extremely good at water warfare. Although the sergeants of the Ghost Mother Country are also good at naval warfare, the fact that the warships are too small is the saddest thing for them. In front of the co-worker's fortune boat, those sea falcons were only crushed. But Chunyun still irrationally thinks that hard work will win.

When the ghost mother pointed out that their analysis was unreasonable, Chunyun was still in the confusion of impulsiveness, and was still clamoring to give the other party some color to see, and begged for his life, insisting that he would win with a hundred warships.

And has been emphasizing the fight against the water, when it can stimulate morale to win more with less. This made the ghost mother a little disappointed in her heart.

"Our country does not have a large warship, we must not meet the enemy at sea, this kind of loss-making business cannot be done!" Just as the ghost mother was about to open her mouth to refute, Xiao Shizhu's loud and powerful voice came from the door of the main hall: "Whoever wants to mention this kind of stupid tactics of hard work again, should be killed!"

As soon as the words began, the ghost mother seemed to have seen a savior, and she hurriedly raised her eyes to look at the door of the main hall. I saw Xiao Shizhu striding into the hall calmly, standing in the middle of the front of the hundred officials, glancing at Chunyun, who was full of excitement, and said slowly: "It turns out that you are also a textbook two-hundred-five!"

"As far as I know, Gonggong and Zhurong are just a temporary combination, there is no tacit understanding, and we should make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses. Xiao Shizhu winked his right eye at the ghost mother, and after signaling her to be relieved, he looked around at the ministers and said loudly: "Please give the order of the ghost mother, the southern battlefield will take my Xiao family army as the main force, and then mobilize the southern city guards to cooperate with our army, obey the transfer of Lu Wuying's move, and attack the other with his own strengths, and the thieves can be broken." ”。

As soon as these words came out, the ministers booed one after another, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers in the Xiao family's army, plus 5,000 and 6,000 sergeants in Nanchengwei, the number was only 20,000, how could they face the hundreds of thousands of troops of Gonggong and Zhurong?

"General Xiao, don't be reckless. Chunyun, who sneered, snorted lightly and said, "With only 20,000 people, you can take down hundreds of thousands of troops?"

"Lord Chunyun is really a noble person, how forgetful. Xiao Shizhu smiled lightly, swiped back and forth with his right index finger, and said, "Have you forgotten that I used more than 6,000 soldiers to take down Wuzhiqi with one enemy and ten?" Don't look at Xiao Shizhu's flat tone, but his eyes were filled with disdain for Chunyun, and as he spoke, there was a sense of non-concession in the air around the two of them.

"Well, I believe you have such good luck this time. Chunyun sneered and said coldly: "Can you tell us your tactics and let everyone see if it is feasible?"

As soon as these words came out, although many officials were silent, they also felt that Xiao Shizhu was credible and Chunyun was too aggressive.

As we all know, the previous battle between Xiao Shizhu and Wu Zhiqi was definitely not luck. Although Wu Zhiqi and his subordinates are pirates, their combat effectiveness is not weak, and Xiao Shizhu really has some skills.

It's just that because of Chunyun's face, and what Chunyun said also makes some sense, they didn't open their mouths to support Xiao Shizhu, but only silently gave him spiritual support.

"It's a military secret, you can't say it. But I vouch for it with my head, this battle will be fought according to my plan, and I will kill myself if I can't beat it!" Xiao Shizhu said confidently.

But these words stopped in the ears of others and suddenly felt ambiguous and unconvincing. But Xiao Shizhu didn't want to say it, but he also had something unspeakable; according to Lin Cong, there was a traitor next to the ghost mother, and he didn't know who was present, so he naturally didn't dare to speak easily.

"You're afraid you don't even have a plan, right?" Chunyun snorted coldly again.

Without waiting for Xiao Shizhu to refute, Chunyun's comrades stood up and told the ghost mother, saying, "My lord, I think the top priority at this time is to raise the whole country's troops to strengthen the defense of the south. At the same time, it is best to let Lord Chunyun lead the troops to take the initiative to attack, and give the opponent a heavy blow. ”。

These words provoked the officials to start to favor Chunyun, and they nodded frequently, and it seemed that they were falling to Chunyun again.

"The top priority should be to strengthen the defense in the west, and hand it over to my Xiao family's army in the south. In the midst of the noise, Xiao Shizhu roared angrily and scolded sharply: "You who shout that you want to fight together and work together can be stupid into exhibits in the museum; don't forget that the ghost king has been eyeing our country, and he will definitely come to join in the fun this time." Moreover, if Gonggong and Zhurong do not cooperate tacitly, what is there to fear if there are many soldiers? We can rely on the favorable terrain to fight back at them, so that they will have a hard time outside the island. But you must not go to sea to fight back, do you understand that you can use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses?"

When he yelled, the ministers who were talking about it fell silent again. After a while, he pointed at Xiao Shizhu and laughed.

Chunyun stood in front of Xiao Shizhu, looked at Xiao Shizhu with disdain in his eyes, and after carefully looking at the other party's body, he sneered coldly: "General Xiao, the enemy is in the south. Where is the enemy from the west?".

As soon as the words fell, a forbidden army ran into the hall, regardless of the ministers, ran straight to the bottom of the ghost mother and knelt down, and shouted: "Report! The ghost king's fleet has appeared in the western military port, and the military port has been captured at this time, and the enemy army is landing on the island. ”。

As soon as the news was finished, except for Xiao Shizhu, almost all the ministers were stunned when they heard it, and the first thing they did after a while was to gasp.

"Don't panic. After Xiao Shizhu saw a trace of imperceptible worry and nervousness flashing in the ghost mother's eyes, he hurriedly said to her very calmly: "Long before I came, I had already sent someone to the west of the island to contact the local garrison, so that they could abandon the defense of the military port and lead the ghost king's army to the island, relying on the geographical advantage to block the enemy. ”。

When the ministers heard this, they were also relieved.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Gonggong and Zhurong in the south, we should mainly defend with a small number of troops, with the intention of resisting the enemy and not attacking. In this way, we can concentrate most of our forces to attack the Ghost King Army. Xiao Shizhu struck while the iron was hot, and shouted loudly at the top of his voice: "In this way, the enemy and us are evenly matched, and our army can solve the battle as soon as possible and return to the south." And the ghost king, Gonggong and Zhurong, are temporary unions, and there is no trust or righteousness at all. As long as one of them loses the battle, the other two sides will definitely have no intention of fighting. ”。

Although he roared, no one paid any attention to him, and after a moment of silence, the ministers held their own opinions, and talked about the ghost mother, like a flock of chirping sparrows.

"My lord. Suddenly, after thinking twice, the old lady Xia Xing, who had not spoken from beginning to end, slowly walked to Xiao Shizhu's side and stood still, bowed slightly to the ghost mother, and said, "The old minister agrees with General Xiao's remarks. First weak and then strong, is the way of a soldier. It is counterintuitive to be strong first and then weak. ”。

After all, Xia Xing is one of the four female officials, and she has much more prestige than Xiao Shizhu in the court. Although her voice was not loud, before she spoke, Baiguan fell silent again, and continued to tweet after not being silent for a moment.

"Go on. The ghost mother watched her arrive.

"Yes. After Xia Xing saluted again, he said slowly: "Although the old minister can't guess how General Xiao will rely on the favorable terrain and only rely on the Xiao family army and Nanchengwei to defend against the attack of Gonggong and Zhurong, his thinking is correct, and it is also the only feasible method at the moment. ”。

Subsequently, many ministers began to agree with Xia Xing's words. Among them, there was actually a military attache who followed Chunyun and shouted to go on the expedition.

"That's it. The ghost mother naturally knew that Xiao Shizhu's method was feasible, so she no longer hesitated and immediately said: "Xiao Shizhu stays, and the other ministers retreat, each with its own responsibility to protect the family and defend the country." ”。 lest these useless ministers continue to stay in the main hall and only come up with bad ideas.

"No!" all the ministers saw that the ghost mother had made a decision, and they didn't refute it, most of them were just messing around, and they didn't have any opinions at all. Although Chunyun was unwilling, he didn't dare to disobey the ghost mother, so he had to bow to the ghost mother and retreat with the ministers.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to glare at Xiao Shizhu.

"Chunyun has been a military general for too long, and she has provoked the impulsive and belligerent habits of military generals, don't be like her. After the ministers were gone, only herself and Xiao Shizhu were left, the ghost mother slowly walked down the high platform, stood in front of him, and asked, "What can you do to win more with less." ”。

"Actually, it's not difficult, the warship of the co-workers is very terrifying, but it is also too big to enter the rock pillar forest. And both sides have feuds, and both wish that the other side would have more soldiers, so once one of them is attacked, the other side must be mostly sitting on the sidelines, and they are all fighting on their own, and their advantages in joint operations cannot be brought into play. After finishing speaking, Xiao Shizhu told the ghost mother about his order to the Xiao family's army. After saying everything, he said: "I didn't say it before, because I was afraid that the traitor Lin Cong said would be in the main hall." ”。

"I know. So I'm waiting, waiting for Xia Xing to help you speak, so that you have the confidence and support, and let those ministers who are biased towards you decide to adopt your method, and then I will make a decision, and then leave you to explain to me alone. The ghost mother pursed her lips and smiled at him, and the nervousness that had arisen before because of the outbreak of war had long since vanished. What remained on her face was only the color of admiration for Xiao Shizhu.

"Then Grandma Xia wants to help me?" Xiao Shizhu also asked with a smile.

"No, unless your plan is full of holes. The ghost mother waved her hand and blurted out without thinking, saying: "I know her, she is more patient than Chunyun, more far-sighted than Qiushuang, and she is old and serious, and she has never been selfish in the affairs of the court." ”。

"However, I can only leave half of the Xiao family's army to fight in the south. Xiao Shizhu bowed slightly, and said to the ghost mother: "I still have a plan, if it is implemented together with the previous plan, we can drag down the ghost kingdom." In less than half a year, we will be able to take down the Ghost Kingdom. ”。

"What?" the ghost mother hurriedly asked.

"Soldiers, treacherous, as long as we fight on two fronts. The main battlefield is on Shuoyue Island, and the secondary battlefield is in the Ghost Kingdom. I will take half of the Xiao family's army and sneak into the enemy territory while the Ghost King presses the main army on Shuoyue Island and is pinned down by you. The ghost king would never have imagined that we would dare to send troops to give him an anti-guest. Speaking of this, he smiled evilly at the ghost mother, and then said softly: "Then we will be in the territory of the ghost kingdom, and we will start burning, killing and looting, which will definitely cause the ghost kingdom to be hit hard." This is not right, you can fight in the enemy's territory, and you can send a large army to pick them up in a month. ”。