The big flowers were sleeping soundly again, and the cave grass was still dancing lightly with the night breeze, sometimes shining with a little green and soft light.

"But you're so badly injured now. Xiao Shizhu, who was silent for a moment, lowered his head slightly, and when he avoided the gaze that the ghost mother threw at him, his eyes flashed with a little self-reproach: "I leave Yuque now, and the big and small things in the court will fall on you, the wounded man, again." ”。

The voice is also much quieter, and it is not as loud and confident as before.

He also knew the importance of returning to the New Moon, but if he hadn't reacted slowly this time, the Ghost Mother wouldn't have been hurt. This is more difficult for him to let go of than Xiao Si's sacrifice.

After finishing speaking, he began to secretly reflect on himself, perhaps it was the peaceful and prosperous times in the past five years that made him too comfortable, so comfortable that he even reacted a lot more slowly.

"It's nothing, just take another day off. The ghost mother's white and delicate hands, after caressing her wounds a few times through the quilt, smiled and said to Xiao Shizhu in a disapproving tone: "Besides, there are still capable ministers such as Chunyun Lu Wu and Wu Qiu Shou in the court, and I can't be tired." ”。

"Then I'll wait for another three days, and the national teacher Yingying said that your wounds will heal in three days. Xiao Shizhu thought for a long time after hearing this, and then slowly said: "Ying Ying will come to the follow-up clinic in three days, and if she says that you are okay and only need to recuperate, then I will go to Shuoyue Island in the future." ”。

After thinking about it for a while, the ghost mother felt that it would be okay to only be three days, so she nodded and agreed, but after a pause, she proposed: "Then you bring black and white impermanence when you go, after all, the two brothers used to be the handsome ghost generals of the Northern Yin Dynasty, not only familiar with the art of war, but also familiar with the combat methods of the Xudu Army and the Xuandi Army, which is extremely beneficial to our army." And the national teacher has sensed their physique, and determined that there is no soul talisman implantation in it, so it can be called with confidence. ”。

"Good. Xiao Shizhu didn't say anything more, just nodded lightly. Black and white impermanence is in line with them, he already knows this, and he is not suspicious at the moment.

At this moment, Xiao Fuling, who was meticulous in her face, carefully carried a bowl of hot and fragrant gruel and slowly walked into the building, and after sitting down on the edge of the bed, she didn't care that the palm of her right hand holding the jade bowl was burned red, but after hurriedly holding a spoonful of hot porridge with a spoon between her mouths, she opened her mouth to blow vigorously on the hot porridge on the spoon, so that the rising heat disappeared with the wind.

"We've really grown up. The ghost mother sat up with Xiao Shizhu's support, and with pity on her face, she raised her hand and rubbed Xiao Fuling's brain melon, who was concentrating on blowing porridge for her, and the look of relief in her eyes was a little heavier.

Xiao Fuling smiled without saying a word, and slowly handed the spoonful of meat porridge that had been blown by him to the ghost mother's mouth......

There are two counties in the north of the Southern Barbarian Kingdom, one is bordered by Jiangmo County in the south of the Nine Hidden Kingdom, which is rich in minerals such as cinnabar male yellow, mica empty blue, sulfur yellow salt, saltpeter orpiment, etc., and there is the Eight Stone County of the Vampire Tree Valley. The second is south of Bashi County, which is twice the size of Bashi County.

The reason why it is called Wuzhi County is because there is a Wuzhi Xuanjian in the county. This stream through the mountains and forests is not very long, and the water is not deep, but the water is not full of small aquatic fish, but purple reishi lusters of various sizes with a lacquer-like luster.

This is also the only place in the two worlds of yin and yang, where there is a ninchi in the water. Therefore, the water in the Wuzhi Xuanjian is as sweet as honey syrup, and it can be sweet for a moment when you drink it.

Du Ziren once arranged a total of more than 200,000 heavy troops who were good at mountain warfare in these two counties, and successively built dock forts with mountains, rivers and jungles as natural barriers in the mountains of the two counties, and more than 300 passes and beacon towers, forming three solid defense lines.

Later, when the two countries went to war, Du Ziren mobilized 500,000 elites to rush to the aid of this place.

However, the ghost captives were already extremely good at foot warfare, and had long been responsible for attacking and harassing the southern barbarian kingdoms, and had long been familiar with the terrain of the northern part of the southern barbarian kingdoms, so this kind of place full of mountains and forests and slopes was a huge stage suitable for him to display his skills.

In the past month or so, the three seemingly impregnable defense lines built by Du Ziren, as well as the millions of troops in the two counties, or the 200,000 troops led by the ghosts, have been broken one by one.

In addition, over the years, the ghost captives have learned from Xiao Shizhu, and the war is to be fought, but every gram of a city will be divided into money and food to the people, not to mention, but also according to Xiao Shizhu's requirements, all the slaves will be released immediately when the city is broken, and try to avoid the people's fields during the battle, so although the ghost captives army is an invasion, it has won the hearts of the people in Bashi County.

At this moment, the twenty-three cities of Bashi County have all become the land of the Nine Hidden Kingdom, and all the officials and reinforcements under the rapid command of the central government have been in place, taking over the restoration and governance of the county after the civil war.

And the army of ghost captives, who had no trouble for the time being, had already taken the opportunity to penetrate deep into Wuzhi County, and broke through ten cities in a row in three days like a broken bamboo, and went straight to the south of Wuzhi County, near the middle edge of the Southern Barbarian Country, in front of Cangxi City, which was surrounded by five pale streams outside the city.

After setting up the cannon and dividing the city by dividing it by two, the ghost captives did not give up, and after a short rest, they left one-third of the sergeants to defend the city, and they took the remaining soldiers to go south non-stop, chasing and killing the southern barbarian army who were frightened and abandoned the city and fled after seeing the collapse of the defense line one after another.

For a time, in the mountains and woods south of Cangxi City, wherever there was the figure of the Nine Shadows Army, you could hear the sound of guns and cannons, and the sounds of fighting and screams were endless.

But the ghost captives did not dare to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and he only made a pretentious pursuit for dozens of miles, and then stopped after turning around in the vast mountains and forests. After all, he is fighting in a large corps, and he must attach great importance to logistical support and ensure the continuous supply of materials to the troops. Therefore, it is not good for the battle line to be stretched too long all at once.

The westerly cloudy sun sprinkled a blood-red through the bare branches, and the ghosts, bathed in the mottled shadows of the trees, silently looked at the dead and immortal but majestic, tragic, and desolate dead trees scattered all around, and on the ground among the trees, the armor and weapons that were discarded by the Southern Barbarian Army when they fled, and after a moment, their faces showed a little pride.

Judging from the scattered broken stone statues of different heights on the exposed soil surface in the forest, the broken stone pavilions, and the sometimes visible collapsed stone barriers, there should have been a city in this forest a long, long time ago.

But why he was defeated, the ghost captives naturally do not know.

"Black Kite, where is this?" The Nine Shadows Army had already begun to clean up the battlefield, and when the prisoners were being held, the ghost captives looked ahead and asked with a slight frown.

He always felt that there was something wrong with the forest where the dead wood was strong and stable, and the branches danced lightly in the wind, perhaps the forest was full of lifeless dead branches, and the dead environment was so silent that there were no birds and beasts, which made him feel a little bottomless in his heart.

But his face was still calm, and after observing his surroundings for a long time, the sharp gaze in his eyes burst out through the trees that did not grow an inch long, and he looked not far ahead, and the place he could reach was a mountain stream that flowed under the steep slope and was surrounded by scattered dead trees, no more than a foot wide. The stream, which should have been clear and slow, had been turned into red powder by the bodies of the dead Southern Barbarian Army at this time, and it was dyed red.

The black kite who followed behind stroked the messy stubble growing under his chin, turned his eyes to look around for a moment, and then followed the gaze of the ghost, and vaguely saw that the ganoderma lucidum was covered among the pebbles in the stream, and he also frowned. Then he looked at it carefully for a while, and then he said, "Presumably, this is what the skinny old man told us about the miasma forest yesterday when we were in Cangxi City." ”。

After he reminded the ghost captives to remember, yesterday he used the dementor bell in Cangxi City to give a pale, skinny and haggard old man smashed the collar around his neck, the old man thanked them a thousand times, and then kindly told them: "Dozens of miles away from the city to the south-west, there is a dead wood mountain forest called Miasma Forest, there is a Wuzhi Xuanjian under the forest mountain, and the water is full of large and small Ganoderma lucidum. It is nothing to enter this forest during the day, but at night there will be a sudden miasma in the forest, so you should never go to the forest. ”。

It seems that the dead trees, the absence of birds and beasts, and the drowning of the earth are all caused by miasma. Therefore, the ghosts who used to live here have all moved out, or they have died in the miasma before they have time to escape. As a result, a pair of old and dilapidated ruins were left behind.

Thinking of this, the ghost captive's heart was still a lot more settled, and he immediately raised the corners of his mouth, showed a disapproving smile, and then turned to the black kite and asked, "Do the sergeants still have shallot leaves and rue incense?"

Although the miasma is severe, if it is touched, it will cause fever, headache, vomiting and abdominal distention. The severe case will get typhoid fever, and the light case will get malaria, which will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the army. But the ghosts were not afraid.

Before leaving, the ghost doctor Zhang Yuyi in the palace personally escorted several carts of shallots and rue to the Chongshan Pass, handed them all over to the ghost captives and explained to him: "If you encounter miasma when you enter the Nanban battle, you can take a leaf of shallot leaf rue in your mouth, and the miasma will not be stained." ”。

At the end, he also told him that if he was contaminated with miasma, he could use medicines such as realgar and atractylodes to burn his body from time to time, and he could also get rid of the miasma.

After entering the country, Imperial Doctor Zhang's words and methods were responded to one by one. The army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom has shallot leaves and rue in its mouth, and it can even go deep into the miasma to chase and kill the enemy, and then it is still safe and sound.

"Yes, each of our sergeants carries dozens of pieces on them. The black kite replied in the affirmative.

"Let the sergeants take a leaf and put it in their mouths immediately, and then we will go out of the forest and go back to Cangxi City to rest. Although he was not stunned, the sun was already in the west at this time, so he resolutely gave such an order just in case.

The black kite didn't refute, and simply nodded and gave the order.

The icy mountain wind whistled by, and in the miasma forest full of dead trees, the dead wood treetops of various shapes moved like giant beasts spreading their teeth and claws, and also brought a sound like a tiger's roaring valley.

The ghost captives turned over and jumped on their mounts, and the beast stepped forward to walk in front of the captives, sweeping away the captured ghosts, but after seeing that they were all wearing slave collars, they raised their eyebrows upside down, and a trace of anger flashed on their faces, and glared at the captives who bowed their heads and hands, and pointed at them with the demon bell in their hands and scolded them in a deep voice: "I think you are cheap bones, Du Ziren, the old horseman, has brought you the stuff of tying beasts, and you still have to give him his life." ”。

After speaking, he threw the demon bell in his hand to the black kite, and said a little impatiently: "Smash the collar for them." ”。

As soon as the words fell, the fungus man who had been hiding in his armor immediately burst out of his neckline, jumped on his shoulder and muttered in his ear: "General, the lord orders you to quickly march south, and join Lord Hu Hui and General Wu Zhiqi, who are advancing westward, as well as General Changya and General Qinyuan in the east, in front of the enemy Muli Pass." After that, you will be the commander-in-chief, General Qin Yuan will be the deputy general, and Lord Hu Hui will join the army. After breaking through the Muli Pass, the army marched south and smashed the enemy capital. ”。

The ghost captives heard it clearly, and they were immediately excited. Once the army of several roads is united, there are millions of people. When he was still a ghost king, he had never been able to command so many soldiers, so how could he not be excited?

"Cancel the break. After a while, the ghost captives calmed down the excitement in their hearts and said aloud to the herald beside them, "The army will go south immediately after leaving the miasma!"