Thunder and lightning struck the same stone twice.

The pass west of the Moth Valley is the east gate of Zhurong Kingdom. The east, south and north sides are on higher ground, overlooking Zhurong Country, the only place in the wilderness with many fertile green beads.

And Xiao Shizhu's lightning speed to send troops to take the valley pass can not only enter the Zhurong country freely, but also cut off most of the grain production of the Zhurong country.

If the Jiuyou army goes a hundred miles west and takes Hanzhilin City, Wu Hui's army will have no danger to defend in Zhuzhu County. The Nine Shadows Army, on the other hand, can attack and retreat, and can come and go freely.

This is what makes Wu Hui suffer the most.

And if he doesn't come back and recover the valley, it will be even more difficult to recapture that pass in the future. But once he rashly returned to help at this time, the Haoyan City in front of him would be able to recuperate, and the Nine Shadows Army in Haoyan City might also go out of the city to pursue, making him overstretched.

Wu Hui also thought about dividing his troops too much, some of them continued to attack the city while the other part went south to regain the lost territory, but that was just an impulsive idea; after calming down, he immediately understood that dividing the troops was what Xiao Shizhu was most willing to see. Let him himself create opportunities for Xiao Shizhu to divide and conquer one by one.

After staring at the map and thinking about it for a long time, Wu Hui, who had extremely rich experience in actual combat, made a decision, they temporarily gave up the pass west of Moth Valley; after making up his mind at the moment, he quickly walked to the middle of the big tent and stood still, and shouted outside the door: "Long Cliff!"

As soon as the words fell, a seven-foot general with phoenix eyes and thick eyebrows, a flat white face and a wide forehead, strode in with armor, stood still in front of him, and asked, "King, what are your orders?"

"Come and don't be rude. Wu Hui turned around, walked to the map and stood still, beckoned to the young general Changya, and pointed to Xunshan Mountain, thirty miles southeast of Haoyan City on the map: "Xiao Shizhu gave a knife to the west entrance of Lone's Moth Valley, and Lone returned him with a sword; ”。

"This is the gateway west of Twilight City. Changya raised his eyes and looked at the map, the terrain between the mountains and rivers is dangerous, from the northwest to the southeast of Xunshan County, Zizhuang and Huangshui City, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Xiao Shizhu must have put heavy troops to guard, and the last general will only bring 50,000 elite soldiers, I'm afraid it's a little ......."

As he spoke, he thought about Xiao Jiajun's cannon body made of stainless steel, wrapped in Fusang Shenmu on the outside, and equipped with an iron hoop to prevent explosion, which could crack the stone city and shake dozens of miles.

"No, it won't. Before he finished speaking, Wu Hui waved his hand to interrupt him: "In the past few days, we have stormed Haoyan City, and their casualties are not small, but no reinforcements have arrived, which shows that the Jiuyou Kingdom is also short of troops at this time; ”。

After he said this, Changya also remembered that there were indeed no reinforcements coming to help in recent days. And with his perennial experience in warfare, through the observation of these battles, he calculated that there were only thirty or forty thousand troops in the vast smoke city.

It can be seen that Wu Hui was right. Xiao Shizhu was in short supply at this time, and there were no soldiers to adjust. The strange army that raided the west entrance of Moth Valley must be the last force that Xiao Shizhu can adjust.

At the moment, Long Cliff is a lot more relieved. nodded at the moment, took the troop transfer token that Wu Hui had handed over, and said, "The last general will take the order." ”。

Wu Hui waved his hand, signaled him to stand back, turned his head and continued to look at the map, stunned......

In the newly built Juexiang Garden in the Yuque Palace, there are three bright and one dark, there are sixty-six warped corners that stretch outward outside, and the roof is covered with more than 100,000 pieces of jade tiles in the Fengning Building, which is full of birds and flowers.

Xiao Shizhu carried a plate of fragrant stir-fried purple snail meat, sat on the rocking chair in front of the bookcase, and ate it with relish.

While eating, he stared at the entire map of the Ten Continents of the Underworld hanging beside him, and the southern places that Du Ziren guarded for Emperor Xudu.

The ghost mother, who sat behind the bookcase and finished the last notebook at hand, stood up and stretched a long lazy waist, walked to Xiao Shizhu's side, and followed Xiao Shizhu's example, grabbed a piece of snail meat on the plate with her bare hands and put it in her mouth.

After chewing a few times, the ghost mother looked at Xiao Shizhu with a thoughtful expression, followed his gaze to the twelve counties on the map guarded by Du Ziren, and asked in a serious voice: "Now that Zhu Rongguo Wu Hui is raising troops to attack, you don't think about how to retreat from the enemy, how do you think of Du Ziren's territory?"

"Wu Hui Pifu, not enough to worry about, his kind of ghost selfish desire is too heavy. In addition, in order to cater to the Emperor Xudu, he wantonly slaughtered little ghosts in the country, and there were already public grievances. Xiao Shizhu put the five greasy fingers of his right hand into his mouth one by one and sucked them again, smiled disapprerovingly, and said very easily: "Even though he has hundreds of thousands of troops, there must be the children and relatives of these sergeants among the children he killed; ”。

After finishing speaking, Xiao Shizhu put the plate on the corner, and a little contempt appeared between his eyebrows.

"So what?" said the Ghost Mother waved her hand and motioned for the maids waiting in the building to stand down, and stepped forward and sat down on his lap, so that the rocking chair immediately stood forward.

The ghost mother looked at his saliva fingers, frowning with a hint of disgust, but she still took out her clean handkerchief and wiped Xiao Shizhu's fingers one by one.

"This invading army is strong on the surface, but in fact it is scattered, and they will definitely not be able to defeat the vast smoke city where the army and the people are united. After Xiao Shizhu saw that only they were left in the building, he wrapped his clean hand around the slender willow waist of the ghost mother, and looked at the other party's bright eyes: "So it's settled, with its entanglement, how to clean up Wu Hui, I might as well find an opponent worth challenging!"

Xiao Shizhu turned his head and glanced at Du Ziren's territory on the map again.

"At present, Wu Hui is not afraid, and I believe it. The ghost mother also looked at his confident eyes, bowed slightly, and frowned: "But Wu Hui has been through a hundred battles, and it is rumored that he is especially good at running, I am more worried that he will not be able to attack for a long time, and he will inevitably bypass Haoyan City." ”。

When she finished speaking, the ghost mother looked at the map again with a slightly anxious gaze, but this time the place she looked at was east of Haoyan City, Xunshan County near Xunshan Mountain, Zifangzhuang and Huangshui City.

Xiao Shizhu glanced at her, and immediately knew that she was worried in her heart, and after a smile, he said: "Haven't you always been curious, where did I arrange for Ghost Qian'er to go?" I will tell you today that she and Changqin live in the city of Flooding Water, and she will take care of Changqin for the time being, and let them be on fire by the way." ”。

"Huh?" The ghost mother was slightly startled, and her puzzled gaze fell on Xiao Shizhu's face. Obviously, I don't understand what it means to be thunderous.

"They are concubines, so I asked Qian'er to take care of Changqin first to promote the relationship. As for why they were placed in the city of Floodwater, that's a long story. First of all, because the Xuanjiao disciples inquired that Changqin had a cousin named Changya, and the relationship between the two ghosts was usually very good. After Wu Hui rebelled, he used a lie to win over Changya. After Xiao Shizhu finished speaking, he glanced at a few citrus on the corner of his hand, and smiled sheepishly: "Speaking of thirst, my good wife will peel a few oranges for me?"

"Could it be that your Xuanjiao sect has developed into the Bright Palace?" the ghost mother picked up the orange citrus and was slightly startled.

"Of course, as early as the war with the Communist Workers, Hu Hui and Wu Qiushou secretly carried out this task under my instructions. Otherwise, do I dare to send troops jointly with a country that I don't know anything about?" Although Xiao Shizhu said softly, the smug look on his face did not decrease but increased: "I know even how Wu Hui installed a mechanism in the palace and how he planned to plot against Changqin, but for the sake of the land of those counties in Zhurongguo, I didn't tell Changqin." ”。

"It's all about your idea. The ghost mother smiled and put a slice of orange into his mouth.

Wu Hui used a lie that Zhu Rong's death was the meaning of Emperor Xudu, so as to win over Changya. Xiao Shizhu chewed a few times and swallowed a mouthful of juice and pulp: "And the fungus man sent another news, that is, Changya is the vanguard general of Wu Hui's army. If Wu Huijiu does not attack Haoyan City, he will inevitably divide his troops to bypass Haoyan City and take Xunshan County, Ziyangzhuang and Huangshui City. And the first ghost who attacked the generals must be the long cliff. ”。

"Because among the generals he brought, Long Cliff is the only one who is good at running battles. Xiao Shizhu paused and added.

After devouring a few other slices of oranges fed by the ghost mother, Xiao Shizhu said again: "Therefore, if Wu Hui wants to bypass the long-term unconquerable Haoyan City, he must use Changya to unify the army, and let Changqin expose Wu Hui's lies at that time, so that Changya can turn against him and easily resolve Wu Hui's attack." ”。

"What if Wu Hui doesn't choose the long cliff, or doesn't launch an attack?" asked the ghost mother thoughtfully after eating the last three oranges herself.

"I haven't sent reinforcements to Haoyan City recently, just to make an illusion that I have no troops to adjust. Under this confusion, Wu Hui, who has a lot of selfish desires, will never give up the fat of Haoyan City. But if he can't attack for a long time, he will inevitably choose to attack nearby. In this way, if there is any change, he can adjust his subordinates in time. And in order to ensure the success of the run, he will definitely use the long cliff that is good at running. Xiao Shizhu's sly smile was full of confidence, and he said eloquently: "But for the sake of safety, I have secretly ordered Qin Yuan to lead his newly trained 50,000 recruits to Shui City secretly." ”。

All the worries in the ghost mother's heart disappeared in an instant.

She turned her head to look at the map again for a long time, and slowly asked, "Then your new target is Du Ziren?"