One light and one dark, coupled with the fact that there was no advance plan for the patrol route, everywhere they went was arbitrary, which made it impossible for officials from all over the country to prepare in advance.

Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother glanced at each other, smiled and said nothing.

Suddenly, the fungus man Shenji, who was in charge of communication, ran over from not far away, stood far away from the flames, and after saluting Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother one by one, he said: "Lord Mother of the Lord, the news of Lord Weng's coming to the court to supervise the country has come today. ”。

Under Xiao Shizhu's notice, the low-level spirits of the fungus people also lived with dignity. The ghosts of their clan are no longer covered in their bodies, and they have all begun to learn to dress.

Today's Shenji is wearing a very small white deep coat, with black clothes and cuffs, and a dark blue silk ribbon tied around his waist.

After a pause, Shen Ji thoughtfully explained the news from Yuque City to Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother in detail. Including every government affairs handled by Xiao Fuling in the court today, all of them were said to Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother.

"Awesome to my daughter. After Shenji's words were finished, Xiao Shizhu smiled heartily, patted his thigh proudly, and said, "It seems that it is right to let her be in charge of the country." ”。

Although the ghost mother sitting on the side smiled and did not speak, there was a faint pride in her eyebrows and eyes.

"Is there anything else?" At the end, Xiao Shizhu looked at it again and asked Shen Ji before leaving.

"There are also two pieces of information, one from Six Heavens Continent and the other from Fenglin Continent. Shenji nodded, brushed the dense fibrous roots under his chin, and said slowly: "The spies of the Six Heavens Continent have sent a message that the Emperor of Xudu has sent the King of Taishan to Dongyi Continent to quell the rebellion, and the accompanying overseer is the King of Yama, and the deputy general is the not very famous general of the Northern Yin Dynasty. ”。

"It's not that he is not famous, he just doesn't like fighting, and this ghost was also a servant of the gods back then. At the end, the ghost mother frowned and reminded Xiao Shizhu: "He is very good at cavalry tactics, and in a plain area like Dongyizhou, it seems that King Taishan is also fully prepared to use him as a deputy general, and he is bound to take Dongyizhou." ”。

"Is the source of the information a ghost named Bao Weng, or a friend of the scenes?" Xiao Shizhu asked casually with a slight nod, while keeping in mind what the ghost mother said.

And these are the nicknames of the spies of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and they are the spies developed by the Xuanjiao in the Xudu; among the many spies of the Nine Shadows Kingdom in the Xudu, this spy named Makuyou is very powerful, and he is the master of the Wheel King. When Wu Qiu Shou went to Xudu many years ago, when Xiao Shizhu was active in the Beiyin Dynasty, he had secretly developed into a spy of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

Back then, Emperor Xudu planned to clean up Xiao Shizhu's intelligence, and the news of troop allocation and commander came from this ghost. These valuable information made the Nine Shadows Kingdom prepare for defense and coping strategies in advance, and sent troops to the south at just the right time, which made the Northern Yin Dynasty think that Xiao Shizhu was still in the dark, and hastily sent troops to the south, although the momentum was huge, but it suffered a big loss on Shuoyue Island.

And Bao Weng is even more powerful, and the spy with this nickname is none other than the king of Yama. The secret arrest of King Chujiang and the arrangement of the patrol posts in the granary of Xudu came from Bao Weng, which allowed Lao Li and them to successfully infiltrate the mansion of King Chujiang, and successfully framed him, and took away the money collected by King Chujiang by the way.

It also made Xiao Shizhu secretly abolish the two granaries in the north and south of Xudu before he knew that Emperor Xudu had planned to attack him, so that Emperor Xudu's plan to go west is still in vain.

It also indirectly contributed to the situation that the two ghost kingdoms were about to compete for Dongyi Continent and Dongying Continent, which are known as the granaries of the underworld.

Of course, although Shen Ji was in charge of communication, he didn't know about these things, but after thinking about it, he replied in an affirmative tone: "The news is from Bao Weng. ”。

After Xiao Shizhu nodded thoughtfully, he had a plan in his heart, so he squinted at Shen Ji and said: "Tell the fungus people who followed Bao Weng that in the future, if there is any news and information about the Northern Yin Dynasty's military operations against Dongyizhou, they will be sent to me in two copies, one will be passed to me, and the other will be sent to Lin Cong." ”。

Since Xiao Shizhu had already decided that Lin Cong would be responsible for the attack and occupation of Dongyizhou, he naturally had to inform Lin Cong of this information. What's more, the fungus man also mentioned just now that the king of Yama also followed the army to the battle, which would be more conducive to the battle of the Nine Shadows army after the war.

"And Fenglinzhou is the headless ghost country that has an accident, and it is said that Xingtian's righteous son Qixing has reversed. After taking Xiao Shizhu's explanation to heart, Shen Ji then said slowly: "It seems that this strange star has also beaten Xingtian to a chicken, and it is said that Xingtian is now in exile." ”。

"Is this true?" asked Xiao Shizhu, who was stunned, with wide eyes.

"The god of war Xingtian was chased and beaten by the righteous son, I'm afraid you heard it wrong, right?" The ghost mother was also stunned for a while, and her eyes showed an incredible look.

It is already very strange for the god of war to be chased and beaten, and it is even stranger to be chased and beaten by his own son.

Xiao Shizhu, who was stunned for a long time before relieving himself, hurriedly said to Shenji: "Let the spies pay close attention to this war, and report to me as soon as there is a new situation; ”。

He wants to do business with Xingtian, and he is willing to do business with this straightforward ghost, but he is not willing to do business with a strange star who even his stepfather says he will fight.

And this kind of ghost doesn't know how to repay his kindness, Xiao Shizhu is worried about cooperating with such a ghost, but he is afraid that one day the other party will bite him in turn when he is full-fledged, and he doesn't want to make trouble.

But soon he thought again, since Xingtian had cast an olive branch to himself, then this time he was chased by Yizi, once he was cornered, would he come back to join him?

Thinking of this, Xiao Shizhu said without thinking: "Inform the prefects and taishou of all places, once you find out that Xingtian is in exile in your country, don't turn him away, and give me good food and drink." ”......

On the northern border of Xiazhou Kingdom in Dongyizhou, the 300,000 corpse soul army of the Corpse Country arrived here yesterday and stationed in the north of this city that was located on the edge of the border and could be seen everywhere outside the city.

This city, which is crisscrossed by rivers inside and outside, and which runs through it by water and land, is Manjiang City, the capital of Xiazhou State.

For several years, Xia Zhou Kingdom has been playing the role of countering the rebellion for the Northern Yin Dynasty, but they are not active in counterinsurgency, resulting in the strength of the Corpse Kingdom becoming stronger and stronger. And the country of corpses, which is stronger than the corpse, has never been soft on the enemy country that has fought itself.

The army fought concurrently in several ways, and all the way through the pass and killed the Xiazhou army to lose their armor. One of the armies is now under Manjiang City, the capital of Xiazhou.

This bustling city, which was originally full of sails, was panicked by the arrival of the army of the Corpse Country. The gates of the city, whether by water or by land, were closed, and the ghosts of the city could not enter or leave. All the sergeants ascended to the top of the city with bows and crossbows, and stood ready to defend themselves against enemy attacks.

But those soldiers came to the city, and the menacing Corpse Soul Army of the Corpse Country did not seem to have the intention of attacking, they just camped at the forces outside the city, staring at the tall walls of the capital of Xiazhou across the river outside the city.

The more relaxed they looked, the more the army in the city could not figure out what they were going to do.

In the evening of this day, a male soul with a face like a full moon slowly ascended the north gate tower, and looked at the army outside the city from a distance.

This male ghost is the general of the Xia Zhou Kingdom, named Youdu. To say that he is a general is to exalt him, just because his official rank is obtained by sycophancy.

Whether it is military theory or actual combat experience, this great general is not at the level of the stream. He loosened the border defense of Xiazhou State on the outside and tightened it on the inside, so that the enemy army could drive straight in. Fang Zhi's foothold was unstable, and he neither took offensive measures nor did he take sufficient logistical support measures. Blindly thinking about defending the enemy with the help of tall city walls has made Manjiang City appear in today's situation.

"General. As soon as Youdu stood still, a young general greeted him, stood beside him and saluted, and said indignantly: "What do you mean by them, fight and don't fight and retreat." ”。

"Why don't I send you down and ask them?"

As he was talking, the corpse soul army outside the city understood, and there was a lot of noise in the camp that stretched for miles. In less than a moment, the Corpse Soul Army had lined up neatly, turning into countless small phalanxes and heading towards Manjiang City.

There are ten columns in each small phalanx, and each column has ten ghost soldiers. And in each phalanx were followed the ballista and trebuchet, as well as the nest chariot that was nine feet above the ground.

After the army marched to the north bank of the river, a mile north of Manjiang City, and stopped, they lined up the siege equipment such as ballistae, nest carts, and trebuchets along the riverbank.

This kind of situation can be seen by fools, the corpse soul army is about to attack the city, and there is only one ghost who can't see it, and that is Youdu. He did not immediately order the defenders to return fire while the enemy assumed siege equipment, nor did he ask the sergeants to prepare for defense, but just stared blankly at the enemy troops outside the city, and after setting up the siege weapons in an orderly manner, he did not hurry to calibrate all these weapons.

By the time he could react, the Corpse Soul Army's trebuchets had already begun to attack.

"Boom!" the huge stones cut an arc through the air, whistling and tearing through the air, and falling one after another on the wall of the north of Manjiang City.

In the midst of a loud roar, dust suddenly rose from the city. Between the burst of rubble, heart-rending screams were heard. The battlements of nowhere were in ruins by the time the first boulders fell.

Even the majestic city gate tower was broken under the attack of the boulders, and half of the wall collapsed.

When the defenders at the head of the city were beaten and wounded heavily, the enemy troops on the nest cart outside the city did not rest. They opened their bows with arrows, and shot iron arrows out of the hard, blue-skinned slab house.

The iron arrow shot furiously, whistling and flying towards the city, and after piercing through the rising dust, the defenders of Xiazhou who had just dodged the rapid shooting of the rocks were inserted into hedgehogs, and they were killed on the spot.

And the corpse soul army under the nest car has already made the final calibration of the ballista.

The crossbow of the Corpse Country comes from a private transaction with the Nine Shadow Kingdom, although the Nine Shadow Kingdom never buys and sells all firearms in the country, but secretly exports a large number of cold weapons to these vassal states that oppose the Northern Yin Dynasty.

The crossbow of the Corpse Country came from the Ordnance Supervisor of the Nine Shadows Country, and in terms of military industry, the Nine Shadows Kingdom is now one of the best in the underworld. They sold the ballistae to the country of the corpses, each of which drove a large crossbow of twelve stones, each of which fired seven arrows, the middle arrow was slightly larger, and the three arrows on each side were slightly smaller, all of which could shoot 700 paces.

Hundreds of ballistas fired in unison, and hundreds of large and small arrows shot towards the city in unison.

After a burst of swishing sounds, those arrows scattered on the head of the city, and took away the lives of many Xiazhou soldiers, piercing the tall wall of the north city of Manjiang City.