The sky is clear and cloudy, and on the endless, silk-soft turquoise sea, there is a gentle breeze to warm up, blowing the military flag of the Nine Shadows Kingdom standing on the shore.

The ghost mother glanced at Xiao Shizhu and said angrily: "How can you say that to a girl?"

"Just kidding, don't take it so seriously. After Xiao Shizhu yelled at the ghost mother, he turned his head to look at the sparrowhawk again, and said with a smile: "Don't mind, I'm just used to joking." ”。

"The ministers can distinguish clearly, and the king doesn't have to mind. Sparrowhawk grinned again, baring her fangs, and her laughter was shrill and as creepy as ever.

"Lord and Mother of the Nation, please come here. Sparrowhawk then stepped out of the way and said to them, "Let me introduce you to the local ghosts." ”。

After finishing speaking, he took Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother to a zhang away, where there were ten Yin officials and ghost generals, neatly lined up.

After Sparrowhawk introduced them one by one, Xiao Shizhu said to them: "You have worked hard to defend the island, I have brought a lot of feather people and good wine, as well as some jade bowls with fine materials, and I will let the forbidden army send them to you in a while, and I will reward you for your meritorious service in defending the island." ”。

"Thank you, Lord. The few Yin officials and ghosts were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly saluted and thanked them.

"I hope that you will continue to work hard, defend the island well, and govern the island well. Xiao Shizhu smiled and waved his sleeves: "Let's all go and do their own duties, you don't have to accompany me, you will not be comfortable with me." ”。

"Obey the Lord's teachings. The ghosts replied and retreated.

"Let them go and go and go their own way. Then, Xiao Shizhu looked around, and after the sergeants who came to greet him, he said indifferently to Sparrowhawk: "There is no need to talk about so much pomp. ”。

"No. After answering, Sparrowhawk hurriedly asked his men to give orders.

In less than a moment, only the guards on duty remained on the beachhead.

"My lord, the mother of the country, please come with me. Outside the harbor there are tents for the two of you to rest, so please move there for some tea and pastries. With that, the sparrowhawk led Xiao Shizhu and the ghost mother towards the outside of the port.

Chun Han and Qing Lan hurriedly took a few hundred forbidden soldiers who had just disembarked from the ship and followed them forward.

In the barracks outside the port, a high platform with a diameter of about two zhang had been erected in the open space in the middle of the platform, and a tent with a dome had been erected in the middle of the platform. Sparrowhawk knew that Xiao Shizhu had been a commanding general and lived in such a big tent, so he didn't build any palace for him, and directly gave Xiao Shizhu a tent.

However, this was also what Xiao Shizhu told her in advance that she was not allowed to build a palace for herself extravagantly and wastefully, so Sparrowhawk had to do so.

This move not only did not attract Xiao Shizhu's resentment, but made him happy.

Only when he entered the big tent, the smell of skin and asphalt suddenly poured into Xiao Shizhu's nostrils, making him refreshed, and memories kept coming.

Back then, he lived in this form of big tent, listened to the sound of drills outside the tent every day, and began his road to hegemony. At that time, he didn't even think that he would be admired by thousands of ghosts today, and would dominate the fate of thousands of ghosts, let alone that he would be the king of the underworld of a country.

Obviously, when he was in the human world, he was just a trick and kidnapper, and he didn't even think that today he could command thousands of troops and horses, and launched great battles again and again, shocking the ten continents of the underworld.

Naturally, he didn't expect that he, who was always lonely when he was in the world, and didn't even have a relative to help him hold a funeral when he died, also has his own family today.

The furnishings in the big tent are also very similar to those of the year, a handsome desk and a bed, as well as a fire pit in the middle, and a map hanging. Nothing else.

"There is really no way for my subordinates, there is a lack of masonry, beams and timber on this Daoshan Island, and it is difficult to build even a house. All the houses on the island were to be given to the craftsmen of the Ordnance Prison to house the forges. When rare beams and masonry arrived, priority had to be given to the construction of fortifications. Seeing that Xiao Shizhu was stunned behind the door, he didn't know that the other party was stunned because of joy and consternation, and thought that he was not satisfied with the sparrowhawk in the tent, so he hurriedly said: "Please also ask the lord for forgiveness." ”。

"No, I'm so satisfied, it's pretty much the same as when I used to live in the South City Guard barracks. Xiao Shizhu, who was in a good mood, laughed a few times, and said, "Don't change places for me, I live here during the inspection." ”。

The ghost mother was also very satisfied when she saw it, and she couldn't stop churning slightly.

The nervousness on Sparrowhawk's face subsided, and after clapping his hands, two guards walked in, and Sparrowhawk said to them, "Go and bring in the tables and chairs." ”。

"No!" Xiao Shizhu immediately raised his hand and said categorically: "Since you live in a military tent, then find a few pieces of felt cloth and a few tables, and I will sit by the fire, so that I can feel like a military tent." ”。

The two guards were momentarily surprised, and did not go away for a long time, but looked at each other and looked at the sparrowhawk with an inquiring gaze.

"Do what your lord says. The Sparrowhawk waved his hand and motioned for them to stand down.

After a while, a few more guards came, put a table on the edge of the fire, and then spread a felt cloth behind the table, and put tea and pastries on the table.

"Is there any clear spring water?" After the ghost mother and Xiao Shizhu sat down cross-legged together, she said to the guards, "I don't want to drink tea today. ”。

"Yes. One of the guards nodded in answer and turned away, bringing a pot of spring to the Ghost Mother a moment later.

"Although there are swords everywhere on this Daoshan Island, there are still a few sweet springs, and the spring water is also sweet, please taste the mother of the country. After taking the pot of clear spring water and handing it to Qing Lan beside Hou Xiao Shizhu, Sparrowhawk said: "And there are many wild iron beasts here, mainly eating the swords that make up the mountains for a living, and the local ordnance supervisor has made several swords out of their dung, which are as sharp and hard as steel. ”。

After speaking, the sparrowhawk clapped his hands again, and two guards walked in with two beautiful long boxes in their hands.

Xiao Shizhu knew about this beast spirit, their fur was pitch black and shaped like a buffalo, but on their heads there was only a giant horn growing in the middle of their heads. Moreover, the buffalo eats grass and the iron beast feeds on iron, so the excrement is as good as steel, and can be forged into steel.

Sparrowhawk strode up to the guard, opened the two boxes one by one, and a cold light rose from them: "Please take a look, lord." ”。

Xiao Shizhu was very curious, and hurriedly got up and walked over to take a look, only to see a straight-backed knife lying quietly on both sides of the box, and the knife on the mirror-like knife body was pale blue.

Xiao Shizhu didn't know how to distinguish between good and bad swords, he was just curious about how animal dung was refined into steel, so he asked suspiciously: "Is this really forged from beast soul dung?" Yubi couldn't help frowning, and looked at the two straight-backed knives again.

Seeing Sparrowhawk's affirmative nod, he smiled: "Those two knives are really veritable knives." As he spoke, he turned around and walked to the ghost mother and sat down.

"The minister just wants to open the eyes of the Lord. The Sparrowhawk followed, stood beside him with his hands down, and asked thoughtfully: "In addition, the minister is wondering, since the hardness of iron is about the same as that of stainless steel, can it be used to make iron armor for the soldiers? After all, steel is scarce and complicated to smelt, and production is naturally slow; this makes many of our recruits can only wear leather armor into battle, and the casualty rate increases." The iron beasts on the island have to defecate every day, and the smelting method is not complicated. This can be used to compensate for the shortage of steel. ”。

"Hmm. Xiao Shizhu nodded slightly, and after a little thought, he said: "You ask the craftsman who smelts the iron to write a notebook for Mrs. Lai, describing in detail the suggestion that this iron is made into iron armor, and then she will decide." ”。

Xiao Shizhu, who is forging something, is not good at it, and he can also leave the decision to Lai Yueqi.

"Wow. Sparrowhawk saluted......

On Langya Mountain under the night sky, the air is still filled with a disgusting stench of blood. Although in the evening, the fire dragon gun and ammunition were emptied, and the Xudu army, which still failed to attack the mountain, finally stopped the attack, and retreated to camp five miles below the mountain, but the battle during the day was too miserable.

After the first battle, only 60,000 ghost soldiers survived from the 100,000 Yudu army, and there were many wounded. And more than 40,000 of the Jiuyouguo troops on the mountain, more than 10,000 were unfortunately sacrificed, and almost all of those who survived were colored.

But if it weren't for the advanced use of firearms, the Xudu army would have already flooded this hill.

The night breeze blows through Langya Mountain, blowing the woods in the mountains.

The open and secret sentinels guarding the main roads on the mountain were in good spirits and looked around vigilantly.

The rest of the soldiers, taking advantage of the brief settling, had gone to the towers and forts in the mountains, or had just sat down on the walls of the hill and leaned against the walls.

In their sleep, they forgot for a moment about the fighting, about the hatred, about the pain in the wounds under the bandages on their bodies.

In the dock fort at the top of the mountain, on the first floor of the watchtower in the middle, Xuan Shui and his generals sat around the Eight Immortals table, and everyone looked at each other silently.

They all experienced the battle during the day, and in the end, even Xuanshui had to go into battle in person and kill the enemy with a knife. He hadn't been injured for a long time, but he was accidentally cut in the arm by the enemy.

At this time, the military doctor was sprinkling anti-inflammatory and hemostatic deer live grass powder on his scabbed wound, and then carefully bandaged the wound with a clean strap.

"General. The military doctor bandaged Xuanshui, and after slowly retreating, the man sitting opposite Xuanshui couldn't help but shout loudly: "Ask for help; Lord Lin still has 30,000 soldiers and horses to mobilize." ”。

As soon as these words came out, they immediately resonated with several other generals, who said in a rambling voice: "Yes, we have more than 10,000 soldiers killed in the first battle during the day, and if we don't ask for help, our foundation will be finished." ”。

"The enemy is also equipped with firearms this time, and we have no chance of winning without asking for help. ”。

Xuanshui still looked at them silently, until they all finished shouting, and after they were quiet, Xuanshui looked at Zhu Hai and Ji Yan, who had been silent like him, and finally fell on Yu Moss's face sitting next to Zhu Hai.

After a long period of battle, Yu Moss is no longer the young Yu Min imp of the past. Perseverance covered his childish face, stretching between his facial features.

"Why don't you three speak?" Xuan Shui's gaze turned on Yu Moss's face, and he said indifferently: "Yu Moss, you should also complain." I saw it all during the day, and the flying army of your battalion flew over the artillery array, and was shot by the enemy with a fire dragon gun, and most of the battalion died in an instant. ”。

As soon as these words came out, the generals who were still clamoring just now all looked ashamed.

"There's nothing to complain about. Yu Mo smiled faintly and said slowly: "Anyway, I gave a death order to the subordinates, as long as there is still a ghost alive in our battalion, then stick to it." ”。