【059】Heavenly Soul Army
In addition, the marching route of his Xiao family's army was irregular, and the same was true of the places he chose to attack, and the tactics were even more disorganized, as if it depended on his mood. Sometimes he went east to play a long-distance attack, and sometimes he went west to make a sneak attack, and when he was done, he turned around and went north to attack or something;
But when you gather the army and chase after him with his ass, he will give you a horse pistol and an ambush based on the favorable terrain or something. After the pursuers were destroyed, regardless of whether there were other pursuers after the pursuers, they dared to swagger in the direction of the pursuers.
There were even a few times, watching the pursuers go out of the city to find their traces, Xiao Shizhu, who was a master of art, quietly bypassed the pursuers, and suddenly came to the city, relying on the advanced firearms in his hands, and regarded those tall and thick city walls as nothing.
After entering the town, he frantically plundered weapons and food, and then took advantage of the garrison before he could return, calmly slaughtered the city officials, burned all the workshops and grain depots in the city, and then left.
And he also likes to open the city treasury after taking the city, and move out the official silver in the treasury and scatter it on the way of the pursuers, so that when the pursuers arrive, they only care about picking up money, so that they have time to escape, and at the same time, the economy and industry of these cities are paralyzed instantly.
And the ravines in the ghost kingdom that are filled with lava and make it difficult for souls to approach because they are hot all year round, have also become his weapons to destroy his pursuers. He had the sergeant draped in a soaked quilt close to the ravine, and he was not afraid of the heat. Then draw the enemy troops to the edge of these ravines, and throw the earth-shattering thunder into the ravines. The lava in those ravines instantly erupted and sputtered in all directions, making the Ghost King's army scream. It also made the Ghost King's army lose its advantage in order to develop a skirmish strategy against the artillery offensive against him.
The essence of guerrilla warfare was mastered by Xiao Shizhu, causing the Ghost Kingdom army to be defeated again and again.
And the ghost king who was in the national capital looked at the battle reports sent every day, which was called anxious and angry; these battle reports were either his own soldiers were ambushed by the Xiao family army and suffered heavy damage, or the pass was destroyed, and the rest were either villages were slaughtered by the Xiao family army, or small towns were burned by him.
And the strength of Xiao Jiajun's cooperative combat ability and individual combat ability is staggering. After several days of encirclement and suppression, let alone prisoners, the ghost king didn't even see a battle report on how many people he killed the Xiao family's army; every time it was his own army that suffered, so he was stunned by those battle reports, angry and angry. His already hideous face became even more terrifying every time he saw the battle report.
"Find out when did this damn Xiao Jiajun come out?" At this time, the ghost king saw that the ministers were silent, so he roared angrily. But the ministers below still bowed their heads slightly, silent without saying a word.
"Back to the king, the minister found a point. After a while, a middle-aged man who seemed to be dressed as a showman, wearing a bucket-like turban to wipe his eyebrows, wearing a wide shirt with soap along the edge, and with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a long white beard, stood up from the ranks of the ministers and said to the ghost king: "It is said that this Xiao family army was formed by the ghost mother in the past few months, and the main general of this army, Xiao Shizhu, is just a ghost slave in the ghost mother's palace, and at first he was just a dog supervisor who raised dogs for the ghost mother. ”。 As soon as these words came out, the hundred officials invariably showed a contemptuous smile, with a thick disdain in their smiles. I couldn't help but secretly say to myself: "With such a humble status, you can also come to lead the army? Either the ghost mother is crazy, or the ghost mother is stupid!"
"Laugh at the fart!" The ghost king glared at them and stood up, raised his hand and pointed at the military attachés, and scolded sharply: "You can't even win a dog prison; As soon as these words came out, the ministers stopped squeaking.
The ghost king scolded correctly, which made them dumbfounded, and embarrassment gradually appeared on their faces.
"Continue to give orders and recall the Heavenly Soul Army. Seeing that the ministers continued to be silent, the Ghost King knew that it was useless to rely on them, but for the sake of today's plan, the only way to do this was to summon the Heavenly Soul Army, which was the strongest combat power in the country, back to deal with the Xiao Family's army, so he said in a deep voice: "The Heavenly Soul Army will come back within ten days." Then, he turned and left.
After the ministers also knelt down, they turned around and slowly left the Tiansha Temple.
A person with round ears and big ears, wide lips and a square mouth, and a beard on his cheeks came out of the hall, and was stopped by Xiucai, who was talking in the hall before.
"Lord Hu Hui. When this majestic and dignified general heard this, he immediately stopped, and then turned to salute Na Xiucai.
"General Wan Cangsong doesn't have to be so polite. The human soul named Hu Hui walked in front of the general, smiled, and looked around with a vigilant gaze, but after seeing that the ministers were all gone, and only the two souls of them were left at the door of the main hall, Hu Hui whispered to Wan Cangsong: "Those recall orders can be changed and issued today." ”。
Who would have expected that this Hu Hui's brother was Hu Lai, the commander of Dongchengwei who was beheaded by Xiao Shizhu half a year ago without saying a word. The two brothers are both ink masters, one was placed in the army of the ghost mother country, and the other was placed next to the ghost king.
It's just that Hu Lai's luck was too bad, and before he had time to make any big contribution to the Mo family, he was beheaded by Xiao Shizhu.
And the invasion of the ghost mother country hundreds of years ago, as well as this instigation of the ghost king to unite and work together and Zhurong, although the general policy was proposed by Mo Zhai, but the executor was this Hu Hui.
"But didn't you say that Lord Juzi's operation this time is the Ghost Mother Country?" Wan Cangsong was slightly stunned, and then lowered his voice and asked in Hu Hui's ear: "Isn't it all in vain to recall the Heavenly Soul Army now?" As he spoke, his eyes glanced left and right, always alert to his surroundings.
"The plan can't catch up with the changes, Gonggong and Zhurong have withdrawn, and the Ghost King Army alone can't take the Ghost Mother Country. And the Xiao family's army is like a broken bamboo in the country, and recruiting the Heavenly Soul Army back is just right for them to lose both. While using the hands of the Heavenly Soul Army to destroy the Xiao Family Army, you can also use the hands of the Xiao Family Army to destroy them. It is best for the Heavenly Soul Army and the Xiao Family Army to die together, so that the Ghost King will not have many cronies anymore, and we can better control the Ghost Kingdom. Hu Hui's eyes rolled, a cunning flash flashed in his eyes, and he said: "As for the troops who go out with the Heavenly Soul Army, let them stay in the Ghost Mother Country and destroy themselves." On the giant side, I'll explain it to him personally, so you don't have to worry about it. ”。
Wan Cangsong was silent, thinking to himself, over the years, they have been all over the ghost kingdom, secretly controlling many troops, but it is the ghost king's personal army, the strongest combat power in the country, the Heavenly Soul Army, which cannot be controlled. This team composed entirely of evil spirits is not weak in combat and only obeys the orders of the ghost king. The Inkmen tried to recruit them covertly many times, but failed. If this force can be eliminated in this way, then there will be no more threats to the ink in the ghost kingdom.
"Okay. Thinking of this, Wan Cangsong also nodded and responded to the matter.
Hu Hui hurriedly admonished: "Remember, only recall the Heavenly Soul Army." ”......
While Hu Hui and Wan Cangsong were conspiring, Xiao Shizhu's Xiao family army was attacking the Longya stronghold. Although there were no casualties in the Xiao family army in the past few days, the supplies were consumed extremely quickly. The food is okay, after all, there is no shortage of food to feed the war with war. However, the consumption of firearms and ammunition is very fast, and the army of the Ghost Kingdom is equipped with too few firearms, and it is a drop in the bucket to capture them alone, so their firearms and ammunition are in urgent need of supply.
So Xiao Shizhu prepared to take the coastal stronghold of Dragon Cliff, so that the fleet led by King Kong could get close to this place and supply the Xiao family's army.
When King Kong left, the map that Xiao Shizhu gave him marked when and where to take the fleet to supply the Xiao family's army. Therefore, although King Kong left with the fleet, he kept wandering around the border.
This dragon cliff is the northern garrison of the enemy country, it is a high mountain near the sea that is not high but the mountain is steep, like the fangs in the mouth of the dragon, standing on the northern seaside of the ghost kingdom. The grass and trees in this mountain do not grow, the east and west and north three sides are all cliffs, like a knife cutting and sawing, only on the steep slope in the south, there is a sheep intestine that is not more than a few inches wide between the strange stones, there is a road from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain. Therefore, in the ghost kingdom, there has been a saying that there is a road from ancient Dragon Cliff throughout the ages.
But this stronghold, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, was captured by the Xiao family's army in less than half a pillar of incense. After climbing to the top, I saw that the peak under the stronghold that had become a ruin was made up of several groups of huge stones.
Xiao Shizhu hurriedly divided the soldiers into three, the monkey demon soldiers went to clean up the battlefield, Yu Rong took the feather soldiers to the sea quickly, and after finding King Kong's fleet, he brought back the firearms and ammunition on the ship.
The other sergeants quickly built fortifications in case the Ghost King's pursuers caught up.
After the battle, Xiao Shizhu stood on the edge of the platform at the top of the Dragon Cliff, looking at the vast sea in front of him, letting the cold wind blowing from the sea blow his cheeks, and said to Wu Zhiqi behind him: "At first, I couldn't understand why Mo Zhai wanted the island of the Ghost Kingdom, but now I understand. This island is located in the northwest of the Blind Sea, but it is adjacent to Fenglin Island in the southwest of the underworld, and the island is full of natural dangers, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you enter, you can take Fenglin Continent, and if you retreat, you can take Xuanyan Continent. As long as a strong infantry and sailor is stationed here, it is a solid fortress on the sea. ”。
Fighting behind enemy lines for a long time made Xiao Shizhu not only grow messy hair, but also a lot of stubble on his chin. The image of the little white face in the past has long been gone at this time, and the whole person looks a little rough, but there is a little more vicissitudes on the body.
"Well, yes. Wu Zhiqi nodded in agreement with his point of view, and after taking a long breath, he said: "Fortunately, the Ghost King's Heavenly Soul Army is not in the country at this time, otherwise we would not have been able to go so smoothly." ”。
"What army?" Xiao Shizhu was slightly stunned, this army was the first time he heard it, so he looked at Wu Zhiqi with a puzzled face, and asked curiously: "Is it the ghost king's personal army that you mentioned a few days ago?"
"Yes, it is composed of 50,000 evil ghosts, the main will be the bull-headed Ah Pang, and the deputy will be the horse-faced grandmother, and they are the most powerful army in the ghost kingdom. After recalling for a while, Wu Zhiqi slowly explained to him: "The combat discipline and fighting spirit are extremely strong, and once you encounter the enemy, you will bite the bullet and fight to the end." But whenever there is a foreign war, the Heavenly Soul Army will definitely participate in it, and they should still be besieged on Shuoyue Island at this time. ”。
Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt a trace of worry about the safety of the ghost mother in his heart. This force is extremely powerful, and he is afraid that the troops in the ghost mother country will be invincible, and once defeated, everything he has done so far will be meaningless. So he hurriedly asked: "Who is stronger and who is weaker than this army?"
"Compared to it, the ordinary troops must be stronger than the Heavenly Soul Army. After thinking for a while, Wu Zhiqi smiled and said: "But compared with the forbidden army and the guards of the four cities in the east, west, north and south, the two sides are on par. In that invasion hundreds of years ago, the Heavenly Soul Army was surrounded by the guards of the four cities and almost annihilated. ”。
When Xiao Shizhu heard this, a hanging heart fell to the ground, calmly returned to his eyes again, and then smiled indifferently, and said, "The strongest? I really want to meet this army." ”。