The meeting did not disperse until near noon.

The ghost ministers walked in groups of threes and twos, chatting and walking out of the Heavenly Hall in the North Yin and walking slowly towards the outside of the palace.

The ground was covered with gold bricks, and on the Beiyin Zhongtian Temple, where seventy-two tall golden pillars stood, only the Emperor of Xudu and the King of Equality were left in an instant, as well as the three ghosts of the Wheel King. The previous crowd is gone, and all that remains is emptiness.

Emperor Xudu's pet stood up, opened his mouth and stretched out his tongue, and at the same time stretched his front paws forward, and after a long yawn, he strode towards the outside of the hall.

"Quickly send a ghost to the Escape God Plain, and let the army report to Dongyizhou for many days. Seeing Han Zhu lying down outside the palace gate, under the cloudy light, and after napping again in the sun, Emperor Xudu retracted his gaze and fell on the face of the Wheel King, and immediately frowned, and his face suddenly sank: "There has not been a letter of military intelligence for more than a month, which is not normal." ”。

The Wheel King nodded silently.

He also felt suspicious that such an abnormal situation had never happened before. The Northern Yin Dynasty had strict military regulations, and the army was fighting outside, and under normal circumstances, the commander-in-chief had to report the military situation once every ten days. When the war is tense, it is not uncommon to see once every three days or three times a day.

But there has been no return for this month, not only is it very abnormal, but it also makes the Wheel King vaguely feel that maybe there has been a heavy defeat in Dongyi Continent.

As for the besieging army outside Manjiang City, they were either defeated and killed in battle, or they had surrendered to the Nine Shadows Kingdom. That's why this war report and military intelligence have never been sent.

"Mobilize 150,000 Xuan Emperor troops to follow the ghost to Dongyi Continent. Emperor Xudu, who also vaguely felt bad, said after a pause: "I estimate that I will rebel every day!"

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Xudu squinted slightly, and then, a cold cold glow appeared in his eyes, full of fierce murderous aura.

When the King of Equality and the King of the Wheel heard this, they were slightly surprised.

That Repeated Heaven is one of the Six Heavens Protector, and it is a ghost created by Emperor Xudu with his mystical power and his own body parts, which is similar to his clone, how can he have an antipathy?

As they grow older, they also learn to think and judge for themselves.

Moreover, even if Manjiang City is defeated, but the Nine Shadows Kingdom does not control the Retreat God Plain, then the military intelligence report of the past few days should be sent truthfully. But recently, there has been no military report, which makes Emperor Xudu even more suspicious, and he must be holding back bad water for many days.

In an eventful season, he would rather think more about the worst, at least so that he can take precautions.

"No. After a brief moment of consternation, the King of Equality and the King of the Wheel did not ask much, and agreed in unison.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that he should start to make an estimate of the losses of Dongyizhou's defeat. and make plans and preparations in advance after the fall of Dongyi Chau. Then, the King of Equality took another step forward and said lightly: "If we really don't have the slightest preparation, once Dongyizhou is lost, we will be caught off guard." ”。

As he spoke, the King of Equality also frowned. And the Emperor Xudu, who heard his words, frowned even more.

"Specific steps for planning and preparation?" Emperor Xudu stepped forward and walked towards the outside of the main hall.

"First, let all the ghost kingdoms that are still under the control of the imperial court immediately pay tribute to grain, grass and property, so as to squeeze them dry. In this way, even if the Nine Shadows Kingdom conquered Dongyi Continent in the future, there would be tens of thousands of ghost mouths waiting to eat. After forcing the other party to get Dongyi Continent again, he had to recuperate in order to slow down the offensive of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. The King of Equality, who had followed, said thoughtfully.

Immediately after that, the Wheel King, who had been silent all along, heard this, and suddenly raised his eyes and re-examined the Equality King in front of him.

He hadn't even noticed that this colleague could be so vicious. Tens of thousands of ghost people have to eat tens of millions of stone grain every day, and this cost is not a small amount. And once the supply is insufficient, it will provoke popular unrest.

"In addition to food and goods, of course, there are all kinds of materials such as minerals and timber. Standing in front of the palace gate with Emperor Xudu, King Equality, bathed in the light of the cloudy sun, paused, and said: "According to the information we currently have, the Nine Shadows Kingdom has only blocked the west coast and south coast of Dongyi Continent, but the north coast and east coast are not blocked, and materials can be transferred to Liutian Continent through these two places, so as to strengthen the imperial court." ”。

The latter trick is even more vicious, meaninglessly giving the Nine Shadows Kingdom a draw.

However, King Ping ignored one point, that is, the Nine Shadows Kingdom was rich in grain, and the Nine Shadows Kingdom was in Dongyizhou, and there was already a stable rear land - Aoki County and the towns south of Manjiang City.

And Emperor Xudu didn't think about this layer in detail, and the backward communication of the underworld made him ignore a lot of details. After a little thought, he nodded and agreed to the Equal King's proposal. Then he asked, "What about the second one?"

In the light of the cloudy day, the carved beams and painted palaces in front of the three ghosts were brilliant. Tongbi Zhu Fei, heavy eaves Danying shines in the light of the cloudy day.

"Be prepared to withdraw the army, and inform all the Xudu troops in Dongyizhou that if they do not withdraw, the imperial court will not be able to supply grain and grass. King Ping raised his brows and said unhurriedly: "It can not only put an end to the repeated mutinies, but also ensure that the strength of the army still exists, and there are enough troops to deal with the future and the decisive battle with the Nine Shadows Kingdom." ”。

After finishing speaking, King Ping saw that Emperor Xudu was silent, and his brows were still tightly locked, and then added: "Otherwise, I will order all the Xudu troops in Dongyizhou to attack Xiao Shizhu, but not secretly supply grain and grass, but just quietly withdraw the water division of Ditu Raccoon Dog." In this way, you can let Lu Tian and Xiao Shizhu consume each other. After all, he has not openly rebelled against the imperial court for many days, and he still does not dare to disobey His Majesty's will too blatantly. ”。

When Emperor Xudu heard this, he finally showed a satisfied look on his face after a sigh, and said with a slight bow: "The latter one is okay." ”。

"Spread the decree, the ghost mission and the Xuan Emperor army don't have to go to Dongyi Continent. He led the army south, and Dayi's Fusang army accompanied him and fought a fierce battle with Xiao Shizhu. The secret edict was made to lead the sailors to retreat quietly. Emperor Xudu's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "At the same time, secretly send secret agents to the ghost countries of Dongyi Continent to ask them to pay tribute. ”。

"No. The King of Equality smiled indifferently and bowed......

Fenglinzhou, three hundred miles west of Xuanyuan City, one is not more than two hundred zhang high, but the mountain is round, and the top of the mountain is flat and curved and the mountain rises between the streams and rivers.

There are no trees on the mountain, only sand and gravel shrubs, which inevitably look desolate.

The pungent blood spread among the shrubs and earth and rocks on this mountain. On the hillside, tattered armor could be seen everywhere, lying in the charred craters.

Smoke rose from it, obscuring the bits of karmic fire rising from the rim of the crater.

On the top of the mountain, there were Xiong Guojun standing in rags and armor, covered with blood and wounds. Some of the soldiers even had incomplete hands and feet, and the white bandages wrapped around the severed limbs were stained red with ghost blood.

At the foot of the mountain, the banner is displayed and rolled, and the troops of the Xiong Kingdom led by the Xudu Army and Chi You, as well as the headless ghost soldiers led by Qixing, surrounded the foot of the mountain.

Nearly a thousand fires and flying sand and ghost cannons, the pitch-black muzzles of the guns pointed straight up the hillside.

The two armies have been fighting fiercely here for 16 days. The Youxiong army on the top of the mountain had been near Xuanyuan City before, and had waged a guerrilla war with the Xudu army. It was only since more than ten days ago that he was chased by the Xudu Army. After being besieged in the mountains, the Xiong army has been resisting stubbornly, even though they have never broken through and suffered heavy casualties, they still swear not to surrender.

Repeatedly attempted to swoop down from the top of the mountain, breaking through the siege and escaping from the ascension. However, there are many ghosts and ghosts under the mountain, and they are equipped with artillery guns and other firearms, and after many short-handed encounters, the Xiong army only fell into a bloody side, and the corpses were all over the foot of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain like a wall.

After more than ten days, the army of Youxiong has run out of ammunition and food, not a single arrow is not to mention, and there is still a shortage of food and medicine. However, the army of Yamashita had no intention of retreating, and there was no doubt that the army of the Xiong State was about to face the end of the total annihilation.

At noon, after the Xudu army under the mountain had eaten and drunk enough, they blew the rousing horn again. While the war drums were ringing, the artillery of the Xudu Army was once again aimed at the mountain and began a fierce artillery bombardment.

Recently, the Xudu army has been too lazy to charge, and its tactics are mainly artillery bombardment. The artillery and cannonballs transferred by Emperor Xudu to Ji Meng were all gathered at the foot of the mountain at this moment, and there were as many as 500 guns of ten thousand fires flying in the sand alone. Under the intensive shelling, when the Youxiong army had to charge down the hillside, they fired with firearms, bows and crossbows, which made the Youxiong army miserable.

The roar of artillery shook the heavens and the earth, and the mountains suddenly exploded and flew high with the smoke of gunpowder. The flames rose and spread in all directions.

In an instant, the hillside was covered in smoke and flames.

Along with the sea of fire, thousands of Xiong Guo's troops were either immediately blown into a pile of stumps and broken flesh, or burned into black charcoal by the rolling flames.

In the midst of the terrible screams, behind the wind standing on the top of the mountain, he raised his sword and looked up and down. But I saw that the wind was lined up on the hillside, rolling up the scorched sand, and the smoking stone and soil emitted a disgusting fishy smell.

However, after a few breaths, the already small number of sergeants under his command were reimbursed a lot.

Through the thick smoke, it can be seen that the Xiong National Army is struggling to charge down the mountain. But it was only when he rushed halfway up the mountain that he was blown up by the artillery fire of the Xudu Army.

Occasionally, when they came to the foot of the mountain, they were hit by the fire of the Xudu army, and they were riddled with holes.

Despair, in the gray face, the facial features are covered with blood after the wind, the bottom of the eyes is flooded, and a little bit of benefit comes out.

On the devastated hillside, there were constantly Youxiong troops with steel knives and spears, and they were blown to pieces by artillery. The scene was shocking and terrifying.

Patches of Xiong Guojun fell to the roar of cannons. Mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, scattered among the flames and smoke on the hillside.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the wind raised his sword and laid it across his slender neck.

Defeat was imminent, and he and his men were unable to reverse it. And they don't want to be captives or ministers of the country, they can only die!

There was not a single soldier with him at his side, and the few remaining ghost soldiers rushed down to the top of the hill in the blink of an eye, and rushed up and down like a tide through the smoke of the fire in the midst of the intertwined explosions.

Death is their final end.

Even though it would be very painful to die under artillery fire, they did not want to be ghosts of the country. None of the ghost soldiers of the bear country put down their weapons and surrendered, and none of the ghost soldiers were really on the way to escape.

After the wind, her red eyes looked at her subordinates who had been reduced to stumps and flesh in the artillery fire, and shed two lines of tears.

When he burst into tears, Huo Ran closed his eyes after the wind, and the long sword in his hand was suddenly pulled horizontally. The sharp blade of the sword cut a bloody streak on his neck.

The ghost's blood splattered, the wind leaned back, and the long sword fell to the top of the mountain with the falling sword, and gradually turned into blood-colored powder with the yin wind blowing.