【769】Breakout (II)
The torrential rain became more and more intense, and even though it was already dawn, the sky and the earth were still dark. Only the sound of wind and rain remained, echoing endlessly in the darkness under this dim sky.
The sound of crackling and dense raindrops made the land even more muddy and muddy under the wind and rain.
The military camp of Xudu, which was broken by the mighty Huangquan ghost soldiers, was left in a mess in the wind and rain, without the slightest breath of life. The broken tents, the crooked fences that resisted the horses, and the arrow towers that were pushed alive by the ghost soldiers of Huangquan also lay quietly on the ground in the muddy mud and did not move.
The dead and wounded ghost soldiers were lying motionless in the muddy water. After a moment of breathlessness, there were still ghost soldiers in the capital who stared up at the dense rain in the sky with wide eyes.
In their eyes, which have not yet turned into blood-colored powder, there is still the panic and panic that were fixed in the bottom of their eyes before they died. They never dreamed that a large army would suddenly come out under the cover of the time of day.
The wind and rain in the sky became the best cover for the ghost soldiers of Huangquan.
Before they died, all the ghost soldiers who stayed in this barracks naively thought that the ghost soldiers of Huangquan and Xiao Shizhu were still fighting on the towering green mountains, in the deep mountains and old forests, against a large number of ghost soldiers who had lost contact with them after entering the mountain.
Or in the northwest, where it was attacked, and fought brutally in the rain with thousands of ghost soldiers of the drunken capital.
I never thought that these Huangquan armies would suddenly kill from the north in the dark night before dawn, from the wind and rain. So much so that most of the dead ghost soldiers were killed by the ghost soldiers of Huangquan before they could scream in pain.
And the sound of the wind and rain made everything that happened in this camp turn into nothingness after the wind and rain blew away. The sound of wind and rain drowned out the sounds of fighting, * and screams.
Any sound in the rapid wind and rain turned into nothingness.
The rain and mud that fell to the ground gradually buried the footprints of the ghost soldiers of Huangquan in the distance under the mud and stagnant water on the ground one by one. Even the breath of those Huangquan ghost soldiers was wiped out in the wind and rain.
Soon, the ghost soldiers of Huangquan who broke out of the encirclement and disappeared under the wind and rain disappeared without a trace.
It wasn't until a long time later, stationed on the east and west sides of the camp, that the other ghost soldiers discovered the hole that they thought had been torn out of the encirclement of the net. But he only saw the stumps and flesh of demon souls and beast souls in the mess, and the rest was mud and wind and rain all over the ground.
At dawn, the wind and rain were more urgent, and the heavy dark clouds still covered the sky tightly, and the sky and the earth were still dark under the strong wind and rain, so that the ghosts in it could not distinguish between day and night. The ghost soldiers who arrived saw nothing on the ground except stagnant water and mud.
According to Xiao Shizhu's request, the Huangquan ghost soldiers were dressed in rattan armor, so their footprints were not deep, and they were soon covered with rain and mud. Occasionally, there are deep footprints that have not disappeared, but they are also intermittent and incomplete.
The ghost soldiers of Xudu could no longer find the whereabouts and traces of the ghost soldiers of Huangquan, and could only look at the endless rain in the sky and sigh helplessly in the wind.....
Dusk shrouds the heavens and the earth of the underworld. The afterglow of the setting sun made the sea in the south glow a dark red, as if the entire sea had been stained with blood.
Standing in the afterglow, Gonggong stood on the bow of his flagship ship, looking around in the sea breeze, frowning as he watched the salvage of warships around him as supplies floated on the sea.
Gonggong clearly remembers that this was the fifteenth attack he led to ambush the supply fleet of the Beiyin Dynasty on the sea.
However, the salvaged supplies became less and less, except for the weapons of some guards and sailors on the warships, only the supplies of the hostile fleet remained, and there was not a large amount of supplies and food.
It stands to reason that the scale of these supply fleets is not small, and they are all going south to ride the wind and waves, and they should be going to support the Xudu army on Shuoyue Island.
Such a large supply fleet should have been loaded with all kinds of supplies. From grain and grass to feathered arrows, from ammunition to muskets and artillery, everything should be available.
But since the Gonggong attacked, except for the first few robbed fleets that were full of supplies, the next ten times, there were no dazzling materials, grain and grass.
Gonggong felt more and more suspicious, and it seemed that all they encountered were suspicious soldiers from the Northern Yin Dynasty, not a real material supply fleet.
However, the vast sea is tens of thousands of miles, and the vast expanse is immense, and the Gonggong cannot rely on only one fleet to defend the entire sea of the sea.
The Gonggong has reported the situation to Yuque City, and has also sent a message to Shuoyue Island. He believed that the judgment he had drawn from his long-term experience in naval warfare was basically the same, and the Northern Yin Dynasty took advantage of the vastness of the sea and the two points of the few warships of the Nine Shadows Fleet, and quietly entered this sea area from other places, and then quietly entered the vicinity of Shuoyue Island.
In this huge underworld, the Northern Yin Dynasty does have this strength.
The last rays of afterglow vanished as the overcast sun set below the sea level in the east, and the sky and the earth instantly darkened.
The fleet of the Nine Shadows Kingdom finally completed the salvage at this moment of dark, quickly loaded the materials into the ship, pulled the anchor and raised the sails, and headed towards the southeast.
The co-workers were still standing on the bow deck, not moving. Listening to the rattle of the bow of the ship after the waves breaking, he continued his musings.
"Governor. I don't know how long it took for his lieutenant to hurry out of the cabin, walk up to him and stand still: "The water ape finally can't bear the whipping, saying that he wants to see you, as if he wants to say something." ”。
Hearing this, Gonggong's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and a little joy appeared on his face.
He has been ordered to detain this enemy general, and constantly interrogated this enemy general according to the requirements of the Yuque Palace, where is the real supply fleet? But the water ape is very tough, and the ghost soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom have been grinding and soaking him for so many days, and he has been beaten all over his body, so he just doesn't speak.
I don't know why this tough guy suddenly opened his mouth today? But in any case, the fact that the water ape proposed to meet is good news for the co-workers.
Perhaps the co-workers could ask about the whereabouts of the supply fleet and the plan of Emperor Xudu.
"Let's go and see what he says?" Co-Gong slowly unfolded the snake's tail coiled up under his waist, and turned to follow the lieutenant towards the entrance of the cabin.
Ahuizotl was confined in the depths of the Gonggong flagship's cabin, in a heavily guarded cabin, and was also constantly shackled by a large mahogany. When the co-workers stood again in the cage, the ghost was completely depleted.
The originally smooth and supple green hair on the ape's body has fallen off a lot and has become sparse. The exposed skin was covered with ugly scars of various sizes.
Some had scabbed, but most were still bleeding, and the air in the cabin still smelled of blood.
These scars were given by the whipping of the ghost soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Each whip made the skin of the ginseng ape bloom, the pain and the bones and heart, and tortured the ginseng ape day and night.
Ahuizotl looked tired and in pain, and every inch of his body was filled with a sharp pain with a burning sensation, stirring up nothing but pain all over his body.
"I'm still thinking you'll be able to hold on a little longer. Gonggong stood outside the station cage, opposite the Ahuizotl in front of him, stared at the red eyes of the Ahuizotl, and slowly asked a few questions: "How did you figure it out?
The co-workers were not in a hurry, but chatted with the water ape first.
I don't know the cause and effect, I thought they had a deep friendship.
And the words and deeds of the co-workers also made the water ape very unhappy. He felt that he had been humiliated by the co-workers, even if he was about to die, the water ape still did not forget it, and glared at the co-workers fiercely.
The co-worker turned a blind eye to the Ahuizotl's gaze, paused, and then asked, "You don't need to say more, tell me where the supply fleet that is actually carrying supplies and going to Shuoyue Island for reinforcements is at the bottom?"
Ahuizotl was still silent, and he didn't intend not to say it. After glaring at the smiling co-workers on the other side, and after a moment of silence, the water ape finally spoke, and said weakly to the co-workers: "I've said it many times, and I don't know. ”。
When Gonggong heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy.
Seeing this, the ginseng ape on the opposite side immediately became happy, and the corners of his mouth were raised.
"Whipping is served. Seeing that his smile was full of ridicule, the co-worker suddenly became angry in his heart, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with the water ape, and when he turned around to brush his sleeves and leave, he gave a deep order to the soldiers in the cabin.
"Wait, the Governor of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Just as the co-worker's words fell, the water ape behind him stopped him, raised his voice by a few decibels, and said to the co-worker: "Although I don't know where the supply fleet is, I can think of how His Majesty planned it?"
The co-worker stopped at the door of the cabin, but did not look back. After a moment of silence, he turned his back to the Ahuizotl and asked, "How did you plan it?"
"Aside from using us as suspicious soldiers, the rest is a detour. From the south of the weak water into the sea of the sea, around the south of Heilong Island, detour into the sea area west of Shuoyue Island. The water ape smiled unabated, and a triumphant look appeared in the eyes of the co-worker's back: "If it were me, I would do the same." Weak water is not something that ordinary boats can only enter, and the weak water that does not float is the weakness of the sailors of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. Only ships made of unsinkable wood and water dragon ribs, and wakaki masts, were able to sail freely on weak waters. And the Nine Shadows Kingdom, except for the main battleship, it seems that it is not made of unsunken wood, and the sea control power of weak water is still in the hands of our imperial court. ”。
Just as he could speak, the co-worker suddenly turned around and stared at the proud Ahuizotl, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"So what?" said him, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched. This should have been thought of by him a long time ago, after all, the weak water was closely connected to the sea and was not under the control of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.
Since the Northern Yin Dynasty sent suspicious troops, the real supply fleet should be from weak water, from Kunlun Continent, and from Fenglin Continent. But by no means from the Six Heavens Continent.
And the main force of the sailors of the Nine Shadows Country, most of them were cruising near Xuanyan Continent and Yunmengzhou at this time. The rest either followed the co-workers in the waters north of the Blind Sea and robbed the fleet of the Northern Yin Dynasty, or they all surrounded the vicinity of Shuoyue Island to fight Gong Mingyi.
Maritime sentries became weak.
In this way, although the supply line is lengthened, the security of the supply fleet is increased. It is not a problem to arrive at Shuoyue Island safely.
It's just that he couldn't figure it out, even if the real supply fleet was seizing this weakness of the Nine Shadows Kingdom and bypassing the sea sentry, what could it do? Shuoyue Island had been surrounded by the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and Gong Mingyi and his army were trapped in the stone forest on the sea.
So, how can this real supply fleet break through the siege outside Shuoyue Island?