Under the blue sky and white clouds, the breeze blows again, and the willow trees next to the official road dance with the wind, making a loud noise;

On the official road, the soldiers of the Nine Shadows who wore stainless steel armor and went out to fight. Follow the official road that stretches to the south, and continue to stride forward.

The armor of the Nine Shadows Army under the overcast sun glowed with dazzling white light, and from the air, the entire army was like a silver wave surging towards the south.

Xiao Shizhu's face was flat, and he didn't shy away from speaking bluntly, which made his daughter, Wu Xiaoshen, and Fan Jinhong and Xiao Si behind him all couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

They were very stunned, Xiao Shizhu has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, even the powerful people who exist in various parts of the Nine Shadows Country, have a history of thousands of years, have raised a group of disciples, and have deep pockets, as well as those small countries around that are disobedient, they are all ghosts who don't say a word, and they will destroy whoever they want, and there will be times when they are afraid?

After Xiao Fuling was stunned, her eyes rolled and she asked with a wicked smile, "Did you run away at that time, father?"

Xiao Shizhu shook his head from side to side, and replied indifferently: "Of course not." ”。

Yu Bi turned his head and glanced at Wu Xiaoshen in the left rear, remembering that his first expedition was after beating Xiao Gray's father Wu Zhiqi, there was a trace of gloom in his eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.

At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "Time flies so fast, it's been ten years since I came to the underworld in a blink of an eye." ”。

This made several ghosts even more incomprehensible, and they all looked at the already turned their heads, staring at Xiao Shizhu in front of them, expecting the other party to say the reason why they were afraid, but they didn't run away.

"For the sake of your mother, how could I escape?" Xiao Shizhu turned his head again, glanced at his daughter's eyes full of curiosity, smiled indifferently, and said no more......

When the spring is warm, the entire capital city is warm. Only the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace, which is built on the top of the towering Luo Yu Mountain, is still slightly cool.

The refreshing mountain breeze blew through the bells that hung on the corners of the palace, and the requiem bells that looked like flowers on the other side of the river, emitting bursts of thin and crunchy ding-dong dong.

The king of Yama held a wat in one hand and a knee cover in the other, and under the eyes of the forbidden army in the palace, he snorted and panted all the way forward, and walked quickly towards the majestic Beiyin Middle Heavenly Temple.

Emperor Xudu suddenly summoned urgently, and the king of Yama did not dare to slack off, so he left his official duties and hurried over; he ran to the main hall, but he did not even stop to catch his breath, so he pulled his legs up the high steps and went to the platform in front of the main hall.

When the panting king of Yama stood in the main hall, he found that in addition to the Emperor Xudu and the King of Reincarnation, there was only one ghost left.

The ghost was a head taller than the king of Yama, with a flat nose and a concave face, a square crown on his head, and a wat in his arms, standing respectfully to the right of the Emperor Xudu. It is the King of Taishan, who is now in charge of the military power of the Northern Yin Dynasty in the underworld.

King Yama secretly wondered in his heart, this King of Mount Tai is also here, could it be that he is going to use troops against foreign countries again? While thinking about this, King Yama put on a whole robe and bowed to Emperor Xudu.

"Your Majesty. The king of Yama fell to the ground, bowing his head and not daring to get up.

"Get up. After showing a rare smile in surprise, Emperor Xudu waved his hand to the palace slaves left and right behind him, looked around at the three Hades in front of him, and said slowly: "What I want to talk about today is confidential. ”。

Those palace slaves nodded very knowingly, and after leaving the hall quickly, they closed the palace door together.

Above the main hall, which was still bright, suddenly became a lot darker. Only the lights in the palace lamps illuminated the huge hall flickering and bright.

"Over the years, I have recruited more than a million soldiers, you all know, right?" The moment the gate was closed, Emperor Xudu, who was sitting on the straw mat, glanced at the Hades and said lightly: "Now this army is stationed in the area of Baocalf Pass, has been trained for five years, and can go out at any time. ”。

When the three Yama kings heard this, they were all stunned; the recruitment of this matter was done privately by the Wheel King who was present, and the military expenses had always been secretly arranged by the Yama King, and he did not fake his hands; and the training was secretly the responsibility of the King of Taishan. How could they not know about this?

But they still had their hearts in their hearts, and they couldn't help but secretly wonder why Emperor Xudu suddenly talked about it?

"I'm going to use this army soon. When Emperor Xudu saw them nodding, a little suspicion appeared between his eyebrows, so he smiled and said: "Plus the Xudu army and the Xuandi army are 150,000 each, and they will conquer the Nine Hidden Kingdoms in the south, and strive to destroy them in one battle." ”。

Among the three Hades, except for the Reincarnation King, who already knew the details of this plan, the King of Yama and the King of Taishan were all stunned when they heard this.

A little consternation suddenly appeared on their faces, mixed with a little incredulity.

Xiao Shizhu has always been obedient before, and he has never been short of annual tribute, nor has he deliberately failed to pay, and even paid more on several occasions.

Such obedient princes and kings, King Yama and King Taishan, didn't know why Emperor Xudu wanted to start a war against Xiao Shizhu? And there were many rebellions in the Ten Continents, why did Emperor Xudu want to destroy Xiao Shizhu with blood?

"Are you confused? Not bewildered. Emperor Xudu raised his eyes and glanced at the surprise in their eyes, and suddenly lowered his face, and said in a deep voice: "You don't know, in the past five years, Xiao Shizhu and I have often violated the yang and yin, and previously taught Sui Gong, and then pretended to attack Du Ziren, and took millions of taels of dark coins or minerals to build weapons from me. ”。

"What do you think he is a good ghost? He is the most shrewd prince! He is also the ghost of my command with the most bad water. Emperor Xudu's face was slightly angry, and after evaluating Xiao Shizhu in one sentence, he snorted angrily, and said coldly: "You think he is obedient, but he is sullen and noisy." Then I will give him whatever he wants, so that he mistakenly thinks that I still trust him, and then take advantage of his recent army to attack Du Ziren when he attacked Du Ziren, and hit him by surprise. ”。

Listening to the disgust in Emperor Xudu's tone, although King Yama's face was calm, his heart trembled. The group of soldiers recruited by Emperor Xudu is enough to have millions of people, plus the two main forces of the Northern Yin Dynasty of the Xudu Army and the Xuandi Army, the small Nine Shadows Kingdom is simply not enough.

"Your Majesty. Just when the king of Yama couldn't think of how to help Xiao Shizhu for a while, and was anxious in his heart, King Taishan suddenly took a step forward, bowed to the emperor of Xudu, and said solemnly: "The minister thinks that my country is unable to attack the Nine Shadows Kingdom. At least for now, the imperial court does not have the strength to completely defeat the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Once it cannot be destroyed in a battle, it will only arouse the anger of the people of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, so that they will be united and resist the imperial court. ”。

As soon as these words came out, not only the King of Yama and the King of Reincarnation, but even the Emperor Xudu opened his lips slightly, and was suddenly stunned.

King Taishan, who is extremely proficient in archery, horse riding and ghostly arts, has always been in charge of the military administration of the imperial court. Therefore, he has always had an inexplicable fanaticism about the war, so he is also called the first fierce general of the Northern Yin Dynasty;

And this opinion is actually not to go to war. King Yama and Emperor Xudu were very puzzling.

"As far as the minister knows, Xiao Shizhu has worked hard in the past five years, and the country's strength has been prosperous. In the past five years, he has acted meritocraticly, punished the powerful people in various places who oppressed the ghosts at the bottom, implemented the policy of giving priority to the rule of law and punishment, and won the support of the people; he also endured the pain and cut his love, abolished all the casinos in the country, and implemented the ban on gambling, so that the people had abundant money and faith at the same time. Even the monkey demons and ghosts who were enemies of him back then, the head people, the three-body ghosts, the three ghosts, and the ghost clans such as the Zhurong clan and the Gonggong clan are now obedient to him and are the leaders. King Taishan paused, organized the language, and then said: "Secondly, he also reuses the sentence dragon, large-scale water conservancy agriculture. All the canals and waterways in the former Gonggong country were improved and extended, not only to the former Zhurong country, but also connected to the Howling Wind Plain, which was spread all over the place, and even on the Howling Wind Plain, which had always been short of water, the surrounding cities became abundant in water. And these tens of millions of years of wasteland can grow a lot of food, vegetables and fruits at this time. While greatly increasing domestic agricultural production, many canals were dug to make the canals an inland waterway for his domestic traffic and improve the transportation capacity of the Nine Hidden Kingdom. ”。

It's not that King Taishan and Xiao Shizhu have much friendship, let alone acquaintance; it's just that he has been in charge of military and political affairs all the year round, and he knows the strength of the princes in various places.

And the king of Yama, who was still anxious, was much more relaxed, and since King Taishan had come forward, he simply stood aside silently and listened quietly.

"So what?" Emperor Xudu's face was full of disapproval, and he sneered, and said, "My army is far superior to him!"

"Your Majesty doesn't know, I heard that Xiao Shizhu is the best at using small to broaden, and he also governs the army strictly and has strict laws. Sergeants are not allowed to oppress, attack and harass the people, and those who violate the order must be beheaded, which is the military regulation of the Nine Ghost Army, so it is even more deeply popular with the people. He also cherishes the talents, and now that his subordinates are gathered, he can win more with less. King Taishan shook his head, as if to say that the Emperor was ignorant, and then said: "And in all parts of the country, the tuntian system has been implemented, and each soldier is given a share of the field, and the government provides cattle, farm tools and seeds, and levies grain according to the portion. It not only makes up for the tax gap of the government soldiers, but also ensures the domestic economy at the same time, and does not let the sergeants become idle soldiers and ruffian soldiers. ”。

"The combat effectiveness of such an army cannot be underestimated, and the military rations are also extremely abundant, and it is by no means possible to win by numbers. King Taishan finished speaking, and sighed softly. I hope that his bitter heart can change the mind of Emperor Xudu.

As everyone knows, Emperor Xudu couldn't listen to his words at all, and he was even more unwilling to believe how powerful the Nine Shadows Kingdom could be. In addition, he received information that Xiao Shizhu had already started the southern expedition, if he intervened sideways at this time, the Nine Shadows Kingdom would inevitably fall into the disadvantage of fighting on two fronts.

And he also has a secret trump card, as long as his Yuan Ying finds the Dog God Bone Staff, he can order millions of three seedlings to conquer the Nine Hidden Kingdoms in the west. At that time, even if Xiao Shizhu has great ability, he will not be able to return to the sky.

"I've made up my mind. Emperor Xudu didn't want King Taishan to be verbose anymore, so after a little thought, he said categorically: "First send black and white impermanence to send an envoy to the Nine Shadows Kingdom under the pretext of inspecting for me, and stabilize Xiao Shizhu's ......."

"Your Majesty must not be impulsive. Before he finished speaking, King Taishan was bold enough to interrupt him.

At this time, the face of the Emperor Xudu, who had always been authoritarian, was a little heavier, and his eyebrows were full of displeasure.

"Your Majesty, Xiao Shizhu has not beaten Du Ziren for five years, and at this time he suddenly went to fight Nanban, which shows that he is completely prepared. King Taishan didn't know what to say, he took a step forward, and was very excited to exhort loudly: "Attacking Xiao Shizhu at this time is harmful and unprofitable; ”。

"You are destroying your own prestige and growing the morale of others. Emperor Xudu, who had a gloomy face, snorted angrily, waved his hand impatiently, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, your King Taishan is so reluctant to see the war, then go back to your Taishan Hall and do what you can." ”。

Between the eyebrows, there is crawling with disgust for King Taishan.

"Your Majesty......" King Taishan was stunned, staring at Emperor Xudu with wide eyes and stunned, with an incredible look in his eyes.

"Get out!" Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Xudu roared, shocking the ghosts present with a ringing in their ears.

King Taishan was stunned again, and after standing for a while, he learned that it was useless to say anything now, so he slowly turned around, sighed faintly, and walked towards the outside of the main hall with his head down.