As soon as these words came out, Wu Zhiqi immediately knew why Xiao Shizhu had to let his subordinates pass the order when the war broke out, telling the garrison on the west side of Shuoyue Island to abandon the beachhead and let the enemy in.

It turned out that everything was to let the main force of the Ghost King Army be trapped on Shuoyue Island, so that he could lead the troops to appear in the territory of the Ghost Kingdom by surprise, and then go deep into the enemy territory to pave the way. And the Ghost King has not been able to recall his main army back to China for local defense.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhiqi's admiration for Xiao Shizhu was a little more. The same is true of his loyalty.

"General, I have been to the Ghost Kingdom, they don't have as many rock pillar forests in my country, and they don't have rock walls on the edge of the island, so they seem to be very easy to land. Wu Zhiqi got up again, and after bowing to Xiao Shizhu, he said eloquently: "But it has a name, which is Black Dragon Island." Because there are many ravines and valleys on the island, and most of them are basalt, which resembles a black dragon entrenched on the island. Therefore, any invasion of the ghost kingdom is not difficult to land, the key is that the ravines and valleys on his island will become favorable terrain for the enemy army and hinder us. ”。

"Basalt?" If Xiao Shizhu remembered correctly, he felt that the book said that this kind of rock belonged to the mafic volcanic rock, could it be that the ghost kingdom was once an island full of volcanoes?

Thinking about it, he remembered that it was recorded in the "Chronicles of the Netherworld Difu" that the area of the Black Dragon Island, where the ghost kingdom is located, is only a little larger than Shuoyue Island, shaped like a full moon, and there are many ravines on its island, many of which are filled with thousands of years of unquenchable earth fire. Could it be that the earth and fire here are lava?

Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu asked Wu Zhiqi: "Is it that in other countries, there are many ravines filled with lava?" ”。

"Close to some volcanoes, indeed. Wu Zhiqi nodded his head and said: "Those places only grow Fusang Divine Trees that are not afraid of the flames and high temperatures, because of the high temperature, there are no souls to approach, and they are considered barren places in the ghost kingdom." ”。

"Since you've been to the Ghost Kingdom, let's talk about it. Xiao Shizhu silently kept this in mind, and then asked, "Then where do you think it's better to land from?" ”。

After thinking about it for a while, Wu Zhiqi walked to the map, looked at the map and thought for a while, then raised his hand and pointed to a place called Dragon Cliff in the north of the Ghost Kingdom.

"This is the enemy's northern garrison, a steep mountain near the sea, like a giant dragon's mouth in the fangs, standing in the northern part of the ghost kingdom seaside, this east and northwest three sides, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain are thousands of cliffs, only the south is a steep slope on a road from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is a road from ancient Dragon Cliff. Wu Zhiqi, who had a serious face, said thoughtfully: "The enemy doesn't know that we have the Yumin Air Force, and that cliff is not a difficult thing for my demon monkey soldiers. The most important thing is that the enemy country thinks that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so only 3,000 soldiers are placed on it, and we have more than the enemy. ”。

From an analytical point of view, Wu Zhiqi's strategy is indeed impeccable, but it is only impeccable for the landing of a large army.

"You're right, but it's a little flawed. After listening patiently to his analysis, Xiao Shizhu nodded his head and said: "First of all, we don't have many troops, and now the enemy country is also short of troops, we will definitely strengthen the sea patrols outside the military garrison and the military port near the sea, and at the beginning we should try to avoid these places." In addition, there must be other stations not far from the station, and there are too many dangerous terrain, which can be beneficial to us and beneficial to the enemy. It is better to attack a military area than to attack a village or town inhabited by unarmed souls. It's best to have a fishing village or something, so that the battle can be resolved quietly. It will not be detected immediately after landing, so that we can quickly penetrate into the enemy's belly. ”。

"Is there a concentration of civilians?" Yu Rong asked, looking at him, a look of incredulity in his eyes, and then flashed away.

"Yes. Xiao Shizhu nodded.

"Isn't that banditry?" and then Yu Rong said urgently.

"Naive. Xiao Shizhu smiled lightly, looked at the unbearable in his eyes, and said lightly: "Put away your naïve thoughts, the enemy's civilians are also enemies." Think about it now, those warriors who are fighting against the main army of the Ghost Kingdom on the west side of Shuoyue Island, those soldiers who are shedding blood and dying just to protect your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, brothers and sisters-in-law, do you still think that it is cruel to slaughter the civilians of the enemy country? This is what their monarch forced us to do, and it was they who launched the invasion first!".

Xiao Shizhu can always grasp people's hearts and encourage them, which is what distinguishes him from other souls. Sure enough, Yu Rong lowered his head slightly and reflected on his words for a long time, then nodded slightly: "I don't think so." ”。 The unbearable in my heart also turned into anger, anger against the ghost kingdom.

"So be it. Wu Zhiqi, who had been silent and thinking for a long time, raised his hand and pointed to the northeast of the ghost kingdom on the map, a very inconspicuous place called Heimu.

Xiao Shizhu looked along his fingers, but saw that this place was surrounded by two rivers that entered the sea, and there were not too many mountains around, and it seemed to be a plain, so he asked Wu Zhiqi: "Is this a village?"

"I remember it was a fishing village, and the nearest garrison to it should be here. I've been to the Ghost Kingdom many times, the most recent one was three years ago, so I can't be mistaken. As he spoke, Wu Zhiqi pointed to the southwest of Heimu, a city called Danxi surrounded by mountains.

After Xiao Shizhu visually measured the distance on the map, he silently calculated the scale in his heart, and asked, "Is the distance twenty miles?"

After finishing speaking, he saw Wu Zhiqi nodding his head and said with certainty: "Back then, the ink master told me a lot of defense lines and garrisons of the ghost kingdom. At that time, they had not completely taken control of the Ghost Kingdom, and Mo Zhai had an idea to let me lead troops to the battle to weaken the Ghost King's military strength. ”。

"Okay, that's it. After hearing this, Xiao Shizhu nodded and agreed to Wu Zhiqi's proposal. Since he knows the situation of the enemy's defenses, it is easier for him to act recklessly in the enemy's territory.

Then he glanced at the map again, and saw that the nearest town to the south of Heimu was more than thirty miles away from it, and even farther to the north, and the nearest town to the north was at least fifty miles away. ”。 As he spoke, he once again set his eyes on the two rivers on the north and south sides of the black peony......

Two days later, in the morning, sea fog rose over the sea outside the village of Heimu. A gray-white mist rose up from the sea and spread in all directions, and in a matter of moments the sea was hidden, and so was the land, that even the road could not be seen clearly, and it was dark all around.

A thin hazy moisture was caught in the mist, sweeping everything in the heavens and the earth. As soon as the fog rose, Xiao Shizhu's warship quietly approached Heimu Village under the cover of the fog.

As early as last night, for the sake of the secrecy of this operation, he asked the sergeants to extinguish all the lights on the ship and docked on the sea not far from here. Fortunately, as he expected, at this time, the Ghost Kingdom was short of troops, and the patrol fleet could only be responsible for the area around the military port, so Xiao Shizhu's warship stopped at sea overnight and did not encounter any trouble. As the fog cleared, he saw an opportunity and immediately moved the fleet towards the beach, and his tactics of exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses succeeded again.

As soon as the warship stopped, Wu Zhiqi jumped lightly to the shore with the demon monkey soldiers, and advanced in the dark in the fog with extremely low visibility, and after entering the village, he found every small courtyard house in the village, quietly touched it, and wiped the necks of the villagers who were still sleeping with the short knife in his hand.

The demon monkey soldiers were agile, and in less than a cup of tea, the people of the entire village were wiped their necks by them. Then they checked again, and when they saw that the people of the fishing village had indeed been slaughtered without missing a beating, they quietly headed for the beachhead.

Xiao Shizhu took all the remaining sergeants to stay at the beachhead, and while Wu Zhiqi was moving, he was responsible for quietly moving the material weapons on the ship, and then each put their equipment on their backs.

Looking at the quiet surroundings, Xiao Shizhu felt that this place was too comfortable. This didn't make him nervous, but it hit him right in the hand and gave him a great opportunity to wreak havoc.

After all, this just shows that there are not enough troops in the enemy's territory at this time, and if you don't carry out the policy of killing and robbing everything, you are really sorry for the surprise attack that you carefully planned.

After the sergeants were ready, Xiao Shizhu took out a sheepskin map from his arms, handed it to King Kong, whispered a few words in his ear, and asked him to take the fleet and leave quietly under the cover of the fog again.

King Kong had only left for a while, and Wu Zhiqi came back with the team.

According to Xiao Shizhu's requirement to feed the war with war, every soldier he brought with him carried out this military order in line with the principle of thieves not going empty, not only to kill them all, but also to rob the supplies; so when they returned, there were still some chickens, ducks, geese and other living animals hanging around their waists. Xiao Shizhu immediately greeted him and asked Wu Zhiqi softly, "Is it all done?"

Wu Zhiqi nodded, and Xiao Shizhu, who was a little happy, asked again: "What about the words that let you stay?" Wu Zhiqi nodded again, signaling that everything was done. So Xiao Shizhu hurriedly ordered him and his men to quickly carry their supplies and weapons.

By the time Wu Zhiqi's men were ready, the fog had begun to slowly disperse, and the visibility had increased a little. Xiao Shizhu no longer hesitated, and hurriedly ordered the whole army: "Cross the river, enter the northern mountains and hide first." ”。 As soon as the order was given, word of mouth spread among the army.

Immediately afterwards, the troops calmly lined up and marched through the village in an orderly manner towards the north.

When passing by the village, Xiao Shizhu saw that many houses and courtyard walls were written with charcoal by the demon monkey soldiers: "This is the end of the invasion of the ghost mother country." And: "If you offend the ghost mother country, your country will be ruined." After the provocative words, he smiled smugly. I also saw that he had the urge to leave a message.

So he asked the sergeant for a piece of charcoal, and on a blank wall in the village, he wrote a line with great effort: "The first shovel officer of the ghost mother country, the rebellious general, Xiao Shizhu, the commander of the Xiao family's army, led a million troops to visit here, and refused to accept the battle!" After the words, he smiled lightly, and at the same time threw the charcoal casually, and quietly left with the troops.

After they got into the vast forest in the mountains to the north, Yu Rong asked Xiao Shizhu, "General, what are we going to do next?" When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he looked around and saw that there were few shrubs here, almost all of them were thousand-year-old trees that covered the sky and the sun. The branches of the trees are intertwined, and the branches and foliage are like blue clouds, covering everything under the trees, which is a great place to hide. So he first ordered the team to rest in place in the mountains and forests, and then took out the map of the ghost kingdom in his arms and unfolded it.

"We can pick up an easy garrison to take and wreak havoc. After waving to Wu Zhiqi, who was arranging the guards, he said, "Wu Zhiqi, come and see where there is a stronghold that is easy to take." ”。

Wu Zhiqi walked over, looked at the map carefully, and thought to himself for a long time before he slowly spoke: "Falling Eagle Crossing!" As he spoke, he pointed to a place on the map, not far northwest of Heimu Village.

"There is a river in this place, which flows from southeast to northwest, because the water is turbulent, the local people call this river Flying Eagle sad, so it is called Luoying River. Wu Zhiqi pointed to the place again and said: "In addition, because the mountains on both sides of the river are steep and the terrain is dangerous, and it is also the hub of the passage in the northeast of the ghost kingdom, so the ghost king built an iron chain bridge on this river, and there is a pass in the south, which is built according to the mountain wall. In the past, 5,000 soldiers were arranged to garrison here, which could be attacked and retreated, and it was the first fortress in the northeast of the enemy country. ”。