Under the blood splash, mixed with the sad morning breeze blew the ghost head that was thrown high and swirled in the air. The mist slowly cleared away with the wind, and the sky and the earth became clear.

This ghost head is from Xiaohu, and the expression on his face with his eyes still wide and his lips slightly open is frozen in the moment full of shock.

And his headless body still stood in the morning breeze and had not yet fallen, and the flagpole in his hand was already standing upright on the ground to support his headless body. The tattered flag, welcoming the blood-red morning sun, is constantly waving under the cool and sad morning breeze, and the hunting sounds.

The battlefield suddenly fell silent, and both sides stopped in unison, and their eyes fell on this headless demon soul corpse one after another; gradually, whether it was the Nine Ghost Army or the Southern Barbarian Army, their eyes were more or less filled with admiration and regret.

And Xuan Shui, who was standing with his back to him, also had slightly red eyes, and slowly lowered his hand to stop the knife.

If he is not stupid and loyal, Xuanshui is ready to recommend him to Xiao Shizhu after the war. But one of the tendons of this demon soul finally ended his life for thousands of years. But because of this, he showed his great courage and won the reverence of the surviving ghosts present.

The ghost head, which had already flipped very high, paused in the air, fell vertically and fell to the ground, rolling out a few laps before stopping.

In the distance, the ghost captives and Hu Hui, the two supreme commanders of the Nine Shadows Army here, got up in unison after witnessing the whole process, and in silence, the two ghosts bowed their heads slightly at the corpse that was still standing after a while, as a sign of respect.

The commander was already ambushed, and the morale of the Southern Barbarian Army was suddenly low, and they had lost all their resistance to it, so they discarded their weapons one after another, and hung their heads in frustration.

The Nine Shadows Army didn't embarrass them, but stepped forward without saying a word, and after collecting their rattan armor and weapons, they took them aside, fetched the demon bell of the ghost captives and smashed the collar around their necks for them, and began to give them food and drink.

After this battle, the Nine Shadow Army was not easy, the second counterattack of the Southern Barbarian Army was too fierce, so that more than 30,000 soldiers died in front of Muli Pass, although this sacrifice was nothing for the million army, but it still made the remaining Nine Shadow Army feel a little sad.

Xuanshui also silently put away his broken knife, turned around and glanced at the corpse of the demon soul still standing on the battlefield again, and threw a sentence to the Nine Ghost Army beside him: "You must be well restrained, and you must be buried thickly!", and walked straight to the ghost captive......

On the bare Luofu Mountain, where the vegetation is not grown, there are only houses with more houses than houses, and the mountains are extremely hot. The heat and waves of fire from the forest of dayless trees at the foot of the mountain are constantly rising day and night, and the hot wind sweeps through every corner of the city, making the city extremely hot.

The ghosts who live in the mountains are still sweating profusely in thin clothes all day long. The male ghosts are directly bare-chested and bare-chested all day long, which is cooler.

Rich people went to buy green beads taken out of the snake's belly and hung them at home. The cold air that emanated from the green beads was endless, making the ghosts in the house cooler.

The poor ghost can only endure the heat and continue to work in the heat wave.

It is strange to say, there is a fire forest around the mountain under this Luofu Mountain, and the fire is permeated all year round to make the mountain extremely hot, but behind the Luofu Hall on the top of this mountain, among the rocks, there is an ice spring with clear water like jade, which is cold all year round, and the spring water is even more cold and frozen. On the spring, there is an octagonal pavilion with a wooden structure.

The octagonal pavilion of the pavilion is three zhang high, the red pillar and the blue tile of the pavilion, have the heavy eaves and the eight hanging owl kisses, the overlying gourd presses the top, the hollow abutment is covered on the ice spring, the cold air rises through the pedestal, surrounds the pavilion for a long time, can make the ghost in the pavilion suddenly feel cool all around, the yin is full and the spirit is full.

Du Ziren would come to this pavilion every day to sit in the pavilion to dissipate the heat on his body.

Today, he sat in the pavilion as always, but his brows were furrowed and his face was full of anxiety. Not long ago, the news of the death of the wood god Huang Zu and Song Dingbo in battle reached Luofu Mountain, and the death of millions of elites and the surrender of the army made Du Ziren feel sad and panicked.

What made him even more worried was that some time ago, he really couldn't withstand the multi-way onslaught of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and he repaired the book to the Beiyin Dynasty, saying that he was willing to abdicate and return to the Beiyin Dynasty, and his attitude and tone were extremely sincere. But after waiting for a long time, I got an answer from Emperor Xudu, but it was only thirteen words: "Restraining the main force of the army of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms can avoid death." ”。 didn't say that he would not be allowed to return to the arms of the Northern Yin Dynasty, so he only said what to do to avoid the death penalty.

As a result, Du Ziren was even more anxious. Ghost Crying Beach and Eight Tree City, as well as the successive defeats and losses in Wuzhi County of Bashi County, have already left him with no troops to adjust in the country, what can he do to contain the overwhelming Nine Shadow Army?

After thinking about it, he couldn't come up with a good strategy to contain the enemy's main force, and the news of the loss of Muli Pass came again. The general Xiaohu was killed in battle, and the hundreds of thousands of troops guarding the pass were killed and wounded two-thirds, and the rest surrendered to the Nine Hidden Kingdom.

This disappearance made Du Ziren suddenly feel the world spinning, and he almost vomited blood and fainted.

In addition, every time the Jiuyou National Army arrived, it opened a warehouse to release grain to relieve the people, and removed the collars around the necks of all slaves, smashing the slave trading markets in various places, and the fact that Xiao Shizhu was the son of God has spread throughout the Nanban.

Almost everywhere in the country, there were public grievances, which shook his rule. Although the people did not riot, they were secretly looking forward to the arrival of the Nine Shadows Army.

Troubles followed, which made Du Ziren panic and a little caught off guard.

Du Ziren, who had been sitting in this octagonal pavilion for a long time, still had a faint depression on his face, still did not get up and leave, but just looked at the strange-shaped rocks around the pavilion and was stunned;

"Your Majesty. Just when Du Ziren couldn't help but sigh softly while thinking, a demon soul dressed in red scales, but like thousands of pieces of rouge, hurriedly came from a distance, and stood in front of him after entering the pavilion.

I saw that this demon soul was similar to the appearance of Gonggong Jumang's father and son, and he was also a human body with a snake tail and hands, but he was different from Gonggong Jumang's father and son, that is, he had no face, and a snake head grew around his neck. There is also a faint fishy smell on his body.

This is a snake ghost, a demon spirit turned into a big python that was killed. Because the scales on the body are red, they are called red scales. was originally a minister under Du Ziren, but since Song Dingbo's death, he has become the head of Du Ziren's civil officials.

"How many times have you said it, don't call your majesty anymore. Du Ziren raised his eyebrows, glared at the ghost, and shouted impatiently: "Have you ever seen a majesty like me?"

"Yes. The red scales didn't dare to talk back, but after answering, he spit out the letter, and after a "hiss" sound came out of his mouth, he lowered his voice and said: "The Emperor of Xudu has sent troops, and the target is still Shuoyue Island." ”。

Du Ziren was stunned at first when he heard this, and when he heard the news of the troops, he thought that he was here to help him, and a little joy appeared in his eyes. But then after hearing that the target of the army was still Shuoyue Island, he was very frustrated, and the joy in his eyes immediately disappeared, and then he opened his mouth and said stupidly: "Oh." After that, there was no more to say.

"Your Majesty. As soon as the red scales shouted urgently, he realized that he had said the wrong thing again, and hurriedly slapped his mouth, and changed his mouth to call Du Ziren's previous official position: "Lord Taishou." ”。

Then he paused, and then said urgently, "This is a great event." ”。

"Where does the joy come from?" Du Ziren asked absent-mindedly. The Jiuyou Army has already occupied the Muli Pass, although it is not in a hurry to go south, but opening the Muli Pass is equivalent to opening the north gate into Luofu County, and the soldiers are in front of the city, Du Ziren really can't see where the joy is?

"Yudu sent troops to attack Shuoyue Island, so Xiao Shizhu must not panic? When the time comes, won't we be saved?" The red scales on his face were a little anxious, and the long tail under his waist swept left and right on the ground, dusting up a few wisps of dust.

Du Ziren was still indifferent, continued to tilt his head, and looked at the rocks surrounding the pavilion in a daze. After a while, he slowly said: "It's not that he has not fought Shuoyue Island, and millions of troops have not been defeated, so what's the point of fighting again? After five years of recuperation, the Nine Shadows Kingdom already has the ability and financial resources to fight on two fronts, or even multiple fronts, plus the surrender of Yunmeng Sanmiao, it is like a tiger with wings. ”。 There was frustration in his tone, and there was still a worried look between his eyebrows.

"It's because I can't beat it that it's a happy event. Redscale hurriedly said, turning the two snake eyes at the same time.

"Lord Taishou think about it carefully, if Shuoyue Island can't be conquered again, and we will eat the ghost captives of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, then Emperor Xudu will definitely pay attention to you again. Without waiting for Du Ziren to speak, Red Scales said bitterly.

"Eat?" Du Ziren was stunned suddenly, then laughed dumbly, looked at the red scales with a mocking look, and after snorting lightly, he squinted at the red scales and asked coldly: "One million elites of the Nine Shadows Army, not to mention fully armed, are also extremely well-equipped; There are also long-range weapons of mass destruction such as the Poison Fire God Cannon, the Heavenly Thunder Cannon, etc., what are we going to use to eat such a tiger and wolf army?", a faint sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Of course it's a trick!" Red Scales was not frightened, nor was he speechless when asked, but raised his eyes to meet Du Ziren's sarcastic gaze, and replied lightly.

Such a reply made Du Ziren stunned again, and he gradually put away his smile, staring at the red snake head in front of him with wide eyes and carefully.

The mountain wind blowing from a distance let out a sharp whistling and beat the rocks outside the pavilion.

After a while, Du Ziren, who felt that it was not a matter for him to be in a hurry anyway, decided that it would be better to treat the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and listen to the opinion of the red scales first.

So he hurriedly put away the irritability in his heart, and patiently asked Red Scale, "What good can you do?"

"Once the war between the Nine Shadows Kingdom and the Emperor Xudu resumes, there will inevitably be an urgent need for stability in the rear, and we are the rear of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. The red scales who answered the question deliberately sold Guanzi: "Is it just a million troops that are going south? No! In addition to the ghost captives who captured Muli Pass, there are still a large number of defenders in the other Nanban counties occupied by the Nine Hidden Kingdoms. In this way, the Nine Shadows Kingdom will inevitably be in short supply, and it will definitely take measures to quickly resolve the war in the Southern Barbarians after a short rest. ”。

Du Ziren listened patiently, nodding his head in response from time to time.

"Then the question is, if I wait for the deception at this time, what will the ghost captives do?" The red scales' eyes flashed with cunning, and a sly smile appeared on his face, looking at Du Ziren with interest.

"He should be very happy, and he can't wait to lead the army to come and enter Luofu Mountain. After thinking for a while, Du Ziren said slowly.

"That's right. The red scales with shining eyes became excited, and his voice was a little higher: "Won't the opportunity come then?"

Du Ziren, who had just woken up from a dream, had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and suddenly had a plan, and smiled at the red scales: "Surrender and ambush?"

In the howling mountain wind, Red Scales nodded heavily.