Xing Tian was suddenly shocked, and a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, and he somewhat understood the meaning of Li Mu's words. It turned out that Li Mu was just a pawn to contain him, and the real army was the main army led by Ji Xuanyuan.

In the past few years, Ji Xuanyuan, who is loyal to the Emperor of Xudu, has been doing his best to fight on two fronts. It fully implemented the order given by Emperor Xudu that it was necessary to deal with the Lingshan Kingdom to the north of the Bear Kingdom, and also to confront the Mashou Kingdom.

Although the Taishou Wang Zhenren of the Beiyin Dynasty sent troops to help, there was still a gradual decline in national strength and fatigue in the bear country. In addition, Xingtian is also sparing no effort to support Ma Shouguo, which makes the country of Youxiong fall into a more passive situation.

After thinking about it, the former Yellow Emperor, and now the bear king Ji Xuanyuan in the underworld decided to settle the south first, and after destroying the Ma Shou Kingdom and the Headless Ghost Kingdom of Xingtian, he would go north to attack the Lingshan Kingdom.

What's more, Ma Shou Country and Headless Ghost Country are both vassal states near the sea, and once they are taken, they can make the Bear Country have a lot more trade ports, which will be even more beneficial to the future Tu Ba.

So Ji Xuanyuan privately sent Li Mu and used a trick to attack the east and west, obviously to invade the Mashou Kingdom, but in fact, it was to contain the elite division of Xingtian and the Headless Ghost Country. At the same time, he led the main force of the Bear Country to attack the Tushan Pass on the border directly north of the Headless Ghost Country. For the sake of insurance, Ji Xuanyuan also sent Dazai Dahong of the Bear Country to infiltrate Changyang City, the capital of the Headless Ghost Country, to incite the ambitious left-behind general Qixing to rebel and cut off the back road of Xingtian.

In terms of bravery, ten Ji Xuanyuan may not be able to be brave. But in terms of resourcefulness, in the world, he got the strategy of the three palaces and five meanings and yin and yang taught by Xuannu, the technique of Taiyi Dunjia and Liuren step fighting, as well as the machine of yin charm and the text of Lingbao five runes and five victories, Ji Xuanyuan is better than Xingtian.

Therefore, Xingtian really suffered a big loss this time.

Now he still only knows that Ji Xuanyuan personally led the army to commit the crime, and after being stunned in the night wind for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said resentfully to the two soldiers who sent the message: "This king will personally lead the army to clean him up; you go back to the capital immediately, let the general mobilize the elite divisions in the country, and after going north to fight with this king, attack Ji Xuanyuan together." ”。

When the two soldiers responded, the general of Ma Shouguo, who had already come over and understood the matter, immediately spoke: "I will immediately repair the king of my country, and ask him to mobilize a large army into your country and assist the headless king to fight back against Ji Xuanyuan." ”。

"Not necessarily. After thinking about it for a while, Xingtian, who was upside down with his eyebrows up, hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Over there, it will be handed over to this king to deal with, and your country's army will not move, lest Ji Xuanyuan come to take advantage of the situation again." ”。

Yu Bi summoned the herald and asked him to quickly gather the troops and return to China with Xingtian to fight against the bear army.

An hour later, all the soldiers of the Headless Ghost Army had already assembled, and after the lineup, they trotted towards the country with the punishment of saying goodbye to the general of Ma Shouguo.

After seeing Xingtian and them go away, General Ma Shouguo ordered his subordinates to seize the time to clean up the battlefield.

Another half an hour passed, and the battlefield was basically cleaned. At this time, the sky was gradually dawning, and there were still a few remnant stars on the edge of the sky that was flushing white. A layer of white fog silently rose between heaven and earth, hazy, and gradually turned into a thin veil, covering the entire border little by little, so that the surrounding scenery could only be seen vaguely.

"Assemble, let's go back to the city. As soon as the general of Ma Shouguo spat out this to his subordinates, he heard the sound of rushing from far and near in the mist.

The gravel on the ground was trembling.

General Ma Shouguo was slightly stunned, and then his heart tightened, and he hurriedly turned his head to look towards the north where the voice came, but only saw a white mist.

"It's not good, there's a counterattack from the bear country. After thinking about it for a while, General Ma Shou immediately thought of this layer, and immediately roared angrily: "Prepare for battle!"

As soon as the words began, there were bursts of screams from the mist not far away, and the rich smell of blood also drifted away in the white mist.

Ji Xuanyuan expected that Xingtian would inevitably return to China in a hurry after learning that Tushan Pass was lost, and find him to settle accounts after the autumn. But as soon as Xingtian and the ghost soldiers of the headless ghost leave, Ma Shouguo will inevitably be weak. Therefore, Ji Xuanyuan confessed that the army that came to pick up Li Mu before was just pretending to retreat, first going to the country to eat, drink and rest, and then wait for Xingtian to return to China, and then Li Mu led them to counterattack back.

And the military of Ma Shou Kingdom had just fought a big battle, and then they were busy cleaning up the battlefield, and at this moment they were not only mentally exhausted, but also hungry, and their combat effectiveness had weakened.

Ji Xuanyuan's serial plan is clever and perfect, and he can play Xingtian and Ma Shouguo.

The sound of the beast's claws galloping closer and closer, the earth trembled, and countless hideous-looking cavalry of the Bear Country took advantage of the mist that they did not expect as a cover, quietly returned to the border between the Ma Shou Country and the Headless Ghost Country, and then rushed out of the mist, waving the ring knife in his hand and killing the Ma Shou Country sergeant who was stunned in the mist.

The claws of the beast flew as the beast's head moved, and the screams and cries of killing rose again, tearing through the silence of the early morning. The soldiers of Mashou Country, who were scattered because of cleaning the battlefield, were killed countless times by the extremely fast cavalry of the Bear Country in the blink of an eye. And Li Mu, who rushed to the front, did not hesitate to bend his bow and arrow after seeing the general Ma Shouguo who was faintly frightened, aiming at the other party's eyebrows......

Nine Secluded Country Jade Que City.

The cloudy day had just risen, and Xiao Shizhu took the ghost mother and Lai Yueqi, as well as a few guards and female officials, to stand behind the Lei Huan Gate in the south of the city, and looked forward to the south through the doorway.

Xiao Shizhu silently looked up at the clouds gathering on the edge of the sky, they seemed to be soaked in blood in the rising cloudy light, showing bright red.

"It's almost time, right?" Then Xiao Shizhu turned around and asked the ghost mother beside him.

"It's almost there, and the fungus people report that they are only thirty miles away. The ghost mother looked straight to the south with her eyes and replied lightly.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a big mountain in the distance to the south, and a large group of ghosts with no end in sight came out, slowly walking towards the side of Yuque City. There are many flags in the procession, all of which are white on a white background and embroidered with a blooming flower in the middle.

The cloudy sun gradually rises and sprinkles the earth with morning light and morning glow.

Xiao Shizhu was suddenly a little excited when he saw this, and his eyes flashed with excitement.

The group of ghosts he saw were none other than the common people and strong men from the Southern Barbarians, who had volunteered to join the Nine Shadows Army after being untied from their necks as slave collars. Then the ghosts and Xuanjiao disciples in the Nine Shadows Kingdom screened according to the Mojia roster brought back by Lin Cong, and handed over some of the Nanban ghost clans to Wu Xiaoshen and Hu Hui to bring to Yuque City.

Among them, in addition to the sturdy human soul male ghosts, there are also many strong mountain ghosts and one-horned mountain ghosts, as well as snake bone women and reggae and snake ghosts. There were 500,000 of them.

And with him, there are also the dark coins and gold and silver jewels that Hu Hui and the ghost captives have accumulated over thousands of years by Du Ziren from Luofu Mountain.

This not only expanded the military strength of the Nine Shadows Country, but also made the treasury of the Nine Shadows Country even fuller. The more abundant the financial resources, the more smoothly all kinds of facilities in the country can be built that benefit the country and the people.

Looking at the ghosts of the brigade that were getting closer and closer, Xiao Shizhu suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart. Many years ago, he was still a bastard waiting for death, just thinking about living better in the underworld before reincarnation. But he didn't even dare to think that he would one day be able to rule thousands of ghosts.

And today he did it, although the journey has been very hard, and the future will be even harder, but the Nine Shadows Kingdom is becoming stronger step by step, and already has the ability to compete with the most powerful Northern Yin Dynasty in the underworld.

As time passed, Hu Hui and Wu Xiaoshen got closer and closer, and the space between heaven and earth became brighter and brighter.

After waiting for another long time, Wu Xiaoshen and the others finally walked to the front of Lei Huan Gate in the south of the city. The mighty ghosts behind him also stopped.

"Little Ash, you really gave your father a long face. Xiao Shizhu strode up to meet him, pulled up Wu Xiaohui's hands covered with dense gray monkey hair on the backs of his hands, glanced at the endless group of ghost people behind him, patted the back of each other's hands heavily, and said excitedly: "I have heard about your achievements in Nanban, and the ghost captives have also asked for credit for you, so I have decided to promote you." From today onwards, you will be the Captain of Sanpin Yuque, assisting Jiang Ziwen in charge of the defense of our capital, and all the ghosts behind you will be handed over to you for training. ”。

"Thank you, my lord. Wu Xiaoshen hurriedly threw his hand above his eyebrows and bowed to Xiao Shizhu.

"Hu Hui, I heard that you are not small in the limelight on the Nanban battlefield this time. Xiao Shizhu then turned his head and looked at Hu Hui with a faint smile beside Wu Xiaoshen, his eyes bowed slightly with satisfaction, and asked with a smile: "You also have merit in this southern expedition." Deeds such as fighting the tree god Huang Zu with wisdom, breaking the fire beast array with a clever plan, have now spread in China. Now that the official system of my Nine Shadows Kingdom has only been improved, there is just a lack of a post to be in charge of the palace guard and the guard of the tun guard, are you interested in being a janissary commander for me?"

"Will the Lord send you. Hu Hui then bowed.

"Then you can do it, I am very relieved to hand over the defense of the Jade Que Palace to you. After Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, he turned his head to Lai Yueqi behind him and said, "Yue girl, bring Wu Xiaoshen and these people to the training base you built." ”。

"Uncles, uncles, brothers and sisters, from today onwards, you are the people of my Nine Shadows Kingdom. Under Lai Yueqi's nod, Xiao Shizhu turned his head to look at the black ghosts in front of him, and said loudly: "From today onwards, no ghost can oppress you, and from today onwards, no ghost will put a collar around your neck." From today onwards, you male ghosts no longer need to send your bride to me, and female ghosts can also save the precious first night for their beloved male ghosts when they get married. ”。

"Bring it on!" After a pause, Xiao Shizhu waved behind him, and shouted again.

Then there were forbidden troops escorting Wu Xiaoshen and them one step, and Du Ziren, who had been escorted to Yuque City, strode out from behind the city gate, and escorted Du Ziren, who was lost and down, and wore tattered clothes to Xiao Shizhu, and the forbidden soldiers held down Du Ziren and ordered him to kneel down in front of Wu Xiaoshen and the Nanban ghosts behind Hu Hui.

"This ghost has oppressed you for thousands of years and treated you inhumanely. Xiao Shizhu pointed at Du Ziren, looked around at the ghosts of the Southern Barbarians, who were gradually showing gloom and hatred in their eyes, and said slowly: "This ghost once occupied the backer of the Emperor Xudu and did mischief in the Nanban. ”。

"I know you've all been afraid of him. Xiao Shizhu pointed at Du Ziren and continued: "But today, you don't have to be afraid of him, because I, Xiao Shizhu, and the court of the Nine Shadows Kingdom will be your backers from now on, and this inhuman devil will pay a heavy price for what he did to you today." ”。

As soon as the words fell, the forbidden army escorted Du Ziren's wife and children to Xiao Shizhu's side.

Under the expectant gaze of the excited Southern Barbarian ghosts, Xiao Shizhu slowly pulled out the Moon Destroying Sword at his waist, turned around and put the blade against Du Ziren's erect neck, and then without hesitation, he raised the knife and executed Du Ziren in public.

The wide-eyed ghost head hit the ground and rolled out in front of it.

The ghosts of the Southern Barbarians, who had been silent for a long time, burst into earth-shaking cheers.