There was silence in the Longwei Pavilion.

"Attack?" But after a moment, a trace of doubt flashed in the ghost's eyes, and then a little loss appeared: "Isn't it a direct attack?"

"You're thinking beautifully. After Xiao Shizhu sneered, he said calmly: "Lao Tzu doesn't have so much 'principal' to fight Du Ziren now, so your task is just to attack; ”。

"But there is one thing, you must not harm all the people of the land of the Southern Barbarians. Without waiting for him to respond, Xiao Shizhu, who paused, added: "In addition, Du Ziren arranged the army on the border, as well as the passes, and the fortresses; ”。

"No!" As he bowed, a hint of excitement finally flashed in the ghost's eyes.

Now he is not interested in recovering the country or anything, he has taken off the crown of the ghost king, he just wants to be loyal to the king of the nine shadows with all his heart, and at the same time that he can be promoted and make a fortune, Xiao Shizhu can give him some war.

"Don't steal the fun. The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and after being fully seen by Xiao Shizhu, he pretended to be slightly angry, and said: "I can't give you too many troops now, I can only give you two hundred forbidden troops, one thousand new troops of the Xiao family's army, and one thousand new troops of the Xiao family's army, and the souls of the Gonggong clan and the Zhurong clan are each one thousand, and the total is less than four thousand soldiers and horses." ”

"You are not allowed to move the defenders of the border, they can only help you with your planning and ammunition, but you can choose all the weapons that the Ordnance Inspector has, and take those you can with you. Xiao Shizhu took his hands and paced slowly around the sand table, his eyes never took off the ghost, and then said: "I also allow you to eat some defeats occasionally, but don't lose too ugly." ”。

"Yes. The ghost replied solemnly.

"Ghost General. Ruyu got up in the painting, took over the words, and Su Se admonished: "According to the information obtained by our country, Du Ziren has rebelled and announced his departure from the Xudu regime, you can attack with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about giving face to the Emperor Xudu; ”。

The cool breeze blew into the pavilion one after another, blowing the ghost cape, and the heart was slightly cold. In the depths of his eyes, there was a faint amount of worry.

What worries him is not the ghost wolf cavalry, those guys are nothing more than a group of cavalry riding tall wolf demon spirits, which do come and go like the wind in the mountains. However, the army of the Nine Shadows can be equipped with a large number of firearms, such as Lianzhu guns and thunderbolts, to fight wild wolves, and there is nothing to be afraid of this kind of mountain cavalry.

He's worried about the snake!

The snake is a giant snake with a blue head and a black body, with scales as hard as armor, a body length of 60 zhang, two eyes red and one yellow, the size of a lantern, and can also devour and skin the giant elephant alive.

Trees fall over forests, gravel over mountains, and rivers are broken, and many ghosts are terrified.

Fortunately, this kind of beast soul is rare even in the underworld, but it is a native beast on Du Ziren's territory, and it sounds like jade, Du Ziren also has a tame snake mount, composed of a cavalry. That snake is already very powerful, and there are at least a dozen snakes in a cavalry, how can the ghost captives not have a reason in their hearts?

He quickly thought about countermeasures, racking his brains to think of a solution.

In the Longwei Pavilion, there was silence again, only the cool breeze passing through the hall was still whirring.

"If you want me to lead troops to attack and disturb you. After a long time, the ghost captive's eyes lit up, he looked up at Xiao Shizhu, and smiled indifferently: "But I still have one condition, I want to take away the dragon grass in the ghost doctor's warehouse." ”。

"How much?" Xiao Shizhu asked without thinking about it. The cloudy light shone obliquely into the pavilion, and sprinkled on his lazy face, which was gone.

"Every soldier I command, a ghost and a pound. The ghost captives showed a mysterious smile on his face, and slowly replied, "Without this, the last general will never go on the expedition!" ......

In the center of the Nanban, among the many barren mountains, there is a big mountain with a radius of 100 miles, called Luofu Mountain; the whole body is blue, the mountain is full of mud and stones, there is no grass and trees, and it is full of blue stone gall.

But between the cliffs and cliffs, under the strange peaks and strange rocks, there are springs everywhere.

At the foot of the mountain is surrounded by a large area of dayless trees, which encloses the mountain. The dayless wood that burns day and night forms a wall of fire around this mountain, which is not exposed to the wind and the rain is not extinguished, but it has become a natural barrier.

Instead of green leaves, flames and ashes danced in the wind, and the smoke was thick and desolate.

For this reason, the mountain is also called a volcano.

In the forest, it is common to see huge raccoons weighing thousands of pounds and the size of pigs, shaking their silky white hair, shuttling through the flames unscathed.

Most of the fire cloth sold in various parts of the underworld comes from here.

Over the years, although Nanban is still hot and desolate, Du Ziren has become rich by relying on the gold mines in the deep mountains of Nanban and these fire rags that are not afraid of fire and wash when they encounter fire.

And this Luofu Mountain is also where his administrative center is located.

On the hillside, you can see three crooked and oblique houses everywhere, and the two gables stretch out to form a small courtyard with large eaves and eaves. The house is unified into two floors, and the middle of the eaves is connected by two large wooden pillars and a frame. The middle floor is habitable.

In the streets and alleys between the houses, you can see the souls of men and women with black cloth wrapped around their heads everywhere, all of them are as thin as firewood, and they are the residents of Nanban. He is also Du Ziren's slave.

Each human soul wears an iron collar around his neck. Ever since they reached adulthood, the round hoop has never been removed from their necks. Therefore, they also lived a hard life as slaves every day. They eat less than cats, sleep later than dogs, work more than oxen, and wake up earlier than chickens.

Tired and tired, poorly fed and poorly dressed, all the wages are not mentioned, and there is no freedom.

What's even more infuriating is that even if the slaves are getting married, no matter how ugly and beautiful the bride is, whether she is good or bad, without exception, she must sleep with Du Ziren before she can get married.

For thousands of years, the local souls have been full of complaints, but the Nanban is Du Ziren's ghost, and he has a large number of soldiers in his hands, so the people dare not speak out.

On the top of the mountain, the blue palace made of stone gallbladders is the official residence of Du Ziren, the uncrowned king of the Southern Barbarians.

Magnificent and beautiful, in the middle of the beautiful mansion, the front porch and the back building, for the single eaves rest on the top of the mountain, wear the bucket-type seven purlin frame structure of the Luofu Palace, the front eaves have dense carved bucket arches. There are four floors in total, all of which are ruyi arches.

On the four sides, the bucket arch between each two columns is auspicious cloud shape again, layer by layer, dense turns, and the Ruyi arch under the eaves of the front, form a huge bucket arch network.

All the arches are carved into elephant heads or snake heads, although very strange but applied with five colors, so that the eyes are confused, as if there are hundreds of snakes and colorful elephants, all in unison to churn forward, ready to come out.

On the main hall, Du Ziren, who is eight feet long and has a thick beard under the swallow's chin, sits in the middle of the depths of the main hall, and on the armrest of the back of the chair, carving out the red sandalwood throne where a hundred snakes swim.

He was staring at the naked-skinned soul standing beneath him, his armor was tattered, his body was covered in dust, and his face was tired and depressed.

That human soul is not his ghost, it is the second fire king who fled in distress - Wu Hui.

Wu Hui suffered a mutiny and lost his son, after which he fought back, but he was outnumbered and retreated, and after being driven out of Bifang County, he led the remnants of his troops and fled all the way to the south of Burning Sky County.

I thought that if I retreated to the corner of Burning Sky County, I could base myself on it and make a long-term plan to counterattack and restore the country. I never thought that the people in the county were also completely crushed and fractured because of Wu Hui's discipline, and the slaughter of young ghosts in order to cater to the Emperor Xudu, they were disgusted with Wu Hui, and one after another uprisings followed.

Not long after, Changya led the army south again, and after a few battles, Wu Hui was asked to "move" again.

I couldn't stay in Burning Sky County anymore, and all parts of the former Zhurong Country had also planted Xiao Shizhu's flower flag, and Wu Hui had no choice but to flee south.

is already the long cliff that is wholeheartedly loyal to the King of the Nine Shadows, but he does not give up and continues to chase after him. He didn't give up until he was driven out of Burning Sky County.

Wu Hui fled farther and farther, and there were few soldiers left around him, and finally fled to Du Ziren's territory under the escort of only ten guards, and after several twists and turns, he finally came to Luofu Mountain.

I thought that I would get Du Ziren's blessing first, have a place to live, and then think about it in the long run, but I didn't expect that when I arrived at the Loufu Palace, Du Ziren had an indifferent attitude and was so arrogant that he didn't want it.

After Wu Hui finished saluting and clarifying his intentions, he saw that Du Ziren was just looking at him and never spoke, and a trace of shock and confusion passed through his heart at the moment, and he suddenly felt a little overwhelmed;

"So, you were ousted from power by Xiao Shizhu?" After a while, Wu Hui was still secretly thinking, and Du Ziren had asked coldly.

Wu Hui was ashamed for a while, but how could a person not bow his head under the eaves, he nodded reluctantly at the moment, and whispered "um".

"Then what qualifications do you have to be a counselor for me?" Du Ziren asked coldly, his face full of impatience.

"I have fought a lot with Xiao Shizhu, and I know everything about this ghost, if I ......" Before Wu finished speaking, Du Ziren was already snorting angrily and waved his hand impatiently.

Immediately afterwards, two Nanban soldiers stepped forward, grabbed Wu Hui's arms without saying a word, and kicked him hard in the crook of his knee, causing him to fall to the ground in an instant of pain.

"A fallen prince. Du Ziren sneered and said, "What qualifications do you have to be ashamed of." ”。

[Ghost Doctor Genus - Equivalent to the ancient Tai Hospital in the world, the modern Ministry of Health. 】

[Stone gall - also known as Bi Shi, "Shennong's Materia Medica" records that this thing can be turned into iron into copper into gold and silver. 】