"Surrenderer?" Xiao Shizhu raised his hand to push the chess piece, played a chess move, and only after untying the water bag on his waist and throwing it to the ghost captive, his eyes were dripping, and he asked curiously: "How did you catch it?"

As he spoke, his complexion changed slightly, and a trace of solemnity flashed on his face. Immediately, his complexion returned to a flat look.

Now that the war has just begun, it has not yet reached the white-hot stage, the two sides are still evenly matched for the time being, and the Communist Labor Army is fighting locally, and the chances of victory are quite greater than those of the Xiao Jiajun and the Zhurong Army. When the outcome is so unclear, the appearance of a defector always makes Xiao Shizhu feel a little weird.

"This demon has been wandering around the city, and was caught by the patrol when he saw it. I didn't expect him to claim to be a defector, saying that there was a way to help us find the main force of the Communist Labor Army and destroy them. With a faint unbelieving ghost on his face, he said this in one breath before he pulled out the stopper, raised his head and drank a large sip of water.

Xiao Shizhu thought for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "Bring him to me." ”。

The ghost replied and turned to leave.

Several old men who were playing chess and having fun with Xiao Shizhu saw that he had something to do, so they got up one after another with great interest, and said in a loud voice: "The king, if you want to do business, the old people will not bother." ”。 After finishing his speech, he had to bow and take his leave.

"No, it's not a win yet. Xiao Shizhu shouted, looked at the silver-haired old men, looked at the endgame on the chessboard, and smiled: "This is not a big deal, don't delay playing; ”。

The old men were stunned when they heard this, it was the first time they saw a human soul with a major military aircraft in front of them and they did not change color, and then they all looked at each other with a look of embarrassment and incomprehension.

It's just that he couldn't help Xiao Shizhu's retention, and after a while, he finally stayed and continued to play chess with him.

After a long time, the ghost captives returned to the place with a group of soldiers.

The soldiers escorted a monkey-like child, but the monkey's face had the pointed beak of a bird, and the skin was not covered with monkey hair, but shiny silver scales.

Looking at his limbs again, he was like a frog, with a layer of webbing between his fingers, and a large turtle shell on his back, which was covered with a thin layer of moss.

Xiao Shizhu stood in front of him and looked strange, and because he was a little nervous, he didn't know where to put his hands, so he had to rub the demon souls on both sides of his legs with his palms, and after looking up and down a few times, he found that this thing was somewhat similar to the water tiger recorded in the books in the world, so he asked: "Water tiger?"

The demon soul didn't squeak, just bowed its head slightly, and quickly lowered its head, not daring to look directly into Xiao Shizhu's eyes.

"Look up. Xiao Shizhu said again, then turned his head to look at the chessboard in his hand, he stared at the layout of the chess pieces on the chessboard and paused, and after making a move, he asked indifferently: "You said you can find the main force of the Communist Labor Army, bragging, right?" There was a hint of disdain in his tone.

In the past few days, under the leadership of Changqin, the Zhurong army has penetrated deep into the central and western parts of Fengdu County, and has taken the initiative to seek fighters several times, but it has encountered either enemy guerrillas, or local armed forces and city defenders.

Although there was also contact with the main force of the co-workers, it was only a little bit of a fight, and before it could be real, the main force of the co-workers fled to the south.

Looking at their fighting and retreating appearance, it seems that they want to attract Zhu Rong's army to go deeper into the hinterland of the enemy country. Seeing this, Changqin was on guard, and did not pursue again, but chose to follow the original plan, little by little, steadily and steadily, and nibbled away step by step.

Since then, there has been no news of the main force of the co-workers.

And Xiao Shizhu has also been sending feather scouts to order Gao Fei to conduct high-altitude reconnaissance in the enemy's territory, looking for traces of the enemy's main force everywhere. But after three days, not even a single hair of the enemy's main force was found.

If the main force of the enemy army is not removed, he will not dare to advance. As a result, there was a stalemate in the battle.

Therefore, he has been looking for a breakthrough, that is, the main force of the enemy army, but when he wants something, something suddenly comes, which makes him feel a little worried, and he can't help but suspect that this demon spirit is lying.

"I can. Hearing this, the water tiger demon soul hurriedly raised his head and said urgently. At the same time, lift your feet and take a step forward.

His voice was not immature, but a little deep, and it sounded a little similar to that of a bullfrog.

Xiao Shizhu turned his head again and met the other party's gaze, but saw that in the eyes of the water tiger, there was nothing but sincerity inadvertently.

Judging from his demeanor and tone, this demon soul is indeed not lying, but it is contrary to common sense that he suddenly surrendered. This time, Xiao Shizhu was also a little difficult to distinguish the truth of his words.

After pondering for a moment, he still hesitated a little, but nodded slightly and asked the demon spirit, "What's your name?"

"He Yonglin. The water tiger spat out three words softly.

"Where is the main force of the Gonggong now?" Xiao Shizhu nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "Who is the boss?"

"They are now in the southeast of the city, a hundred miles away in the city of Yingzhu. The Water Tiger Demon Soul took a deep breath and said without thinking: "The boss is none other than the prince of the Gonggong Country. ”。

"Julong?" Xiao Shizhu muttered, his brows furrowed slightly, and then slowly unfolded. Although he has never met the prince of the Gonggong country, he has heard of it a little. It is said that this is a boy who has loved to study water conservancy engineering and agriculture since he was a child, and has never heard of the glorious deeds of this man's soul leading troops into battle.

I've heard of some of his deeds of leveling the water and soil.

Gonggong is not a stupid ghost, otherwise it would be impossible to notify such a large country, but how could he use such a ghost who has not fought a national war to lead the army this time?

This made Xiao Shizhu ponder for a longer time, and the suspicion in his heart became heavier and heavier.

"Why do you want to oppose the water?" he was puzzled, glanced at the water tiger named He Yonglin, and simply asked: "I remember that the demon soul of your water tiger clan has been loyal to the Gonggong clan for generations, to put it mildly, you are one of his most loyal slaves, why do you want to rebel?"

"There is no righteousness in working together, and there is no virtue in sentences. When the water tiger heard this, he frowned and sighed, showed a hint of disappointment on his face, and slowly replied: "At the beginning, the Gonggong clearly promised us that as long as the Water Tiger clan fought with the army, the dead would be buried and the wounded would be raised. Not only did he never achieve these two things, but he intensified his exploitation of us; the taxes became heavier and heavier every year, and our Water Tiger clan had been living on fishing for generations, but he demanded that each of our families pay a tax of five taels of silver a year. This year is even more excessive, he said that there is going to be a war, and each family must pay ten taels. ”。

"Ten taels?" Shui Hu shook his head slightly, paused, smiled bitterly, and said slowly: "That's all our income for a year, how can we live?"

"At this time, the main force of the Communist Labor Army was stationed in Yingzhu City, which is where we have lived for generations. When the army came, the sergeant blatantly carried out looting and bullying against my compatriots, and the dragon not only did not restrain his subordinates, but also said unashamedly, this is what we should do, the army is here to protect us, bullying us is not a big deal, we don't go to our house to say hello, just take something for yourself, it is even more deserved, it is not a robbery at all. Speaking of this, a spark of anger burst out of his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I can't bear it anymore, several old men in our clan discussed it and decided to turn against his mother." We heard that you are a great king, so we wanted to meet with you, so the elders sent me. ”。 And these words were also said impeccably, every word was smooth, and there was no fear from beginning to end.

It's just that the more he speaks, the more angry he becomes, and even his voice trembles slightly. In the end, the whole ghost trembled slightly.

When Xiao Shizhu and the ghost captives heard this, although their faces still did not change, the few old men who played chess with Xiao Shizhu couldn't listen to it anymore.

Listening to the water tiger's story, they remembered the past when they were abandoned, and when the other party finished speaking, they were already excited, and they cursed one after another: "This father and son are virtuous, there is no limit to doing things, it is too much! ”。

But Xiao Shizhu, who was silent, thought in his heart that he was indeed thinking about two other things, one was whether the words of this demon soul were credible, and the other was that according to the information sent by Changqin, the main force of the Gonggong had fled to the south, and now it was suddenly in the southeast not far from it, how did the other party do it?

He slowly stood up, and after slowly circling around the water tiger, he stood still opposite the other party, and asked word by word: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the main army of the Gonggong, and what are the equipment?"

"There are about 100,000 infantry, stationed on the side of the Zhuying Stream south of Yingzhu City, 100,000 sailors, and about 200 warships, stationed on Qianxing Lake outside Yingzhu City. This time, he didn't answer the same question again, but after thinking about it for a while, he slowly spoke: "In addition, Julong also took seventy or eighty thousand elephant troops and thirty thousand personal soldiers composed of the Gonggong clan to be stationed in the city. ”。

[The water tiger is also called a kappa. Far from being original to Little Japan, it originated in the upper reaches of the Yellow River Valley in China, and according to the Compendium of Materia Medica, the water tiger is a monster that lives in the rivers of Hubei, and looks like a child of three or four years old, but its body is covered with hard scales that even a bow and arrow cannot shoot through. 】

[Elephant Army - this is not a specialty of Ah San, "Lü's Spring and Autumn" contains: Merchants wear elephants, in order to abuse Dongyi. Therefore, this kind of ancient army like land tanks also existed in ancient China. 】