The sea breeze blew on the palm island.

The ghost clapping acacia trees that stood like stars on the island swept by, and there was a loud noise. The acacia tree spreads its pink petals in the sea breeze, revealing its tubular calyx, gently swaying in the wind.

Under the tree, the bunch of jade-like green grass also swayed with the sea breeze.

In the middle of the island, the military flag of the Nine Shadows Kingdom flew with the yin wind. The bright red and blood-like flower pattern on the flag is so lifelike at this moment.

After the surrender was over, Ju Hong led most of the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom into the stone forest first, freed the ghost slaves in the city, and successively took over all the fortifications and fortresses in the city.

And the mountain spirit who was still outside the city had already turned his body sideways and said to Brother Ga: "General, please allow me to introduce you to other ghost officials and ghost generals. ”。

"This is the Tree Spirit Group, who used to be the pioneer captain of the Xudu Army stationed here. Under Brother Ga's nod, a tree ghost beside Brother Ga who had turned into a human form, his body was no different from a human soul, but every inch of his skin was made of dry bark, and introduced him to Brother Ga.

"General. The tree ghost then bowed to Brother Ga, and spat out a hoarse and low voice.

This tree ghost is actually the same as the tree spirits in Dongyi Continent who have surrendered to the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and the only difference from most tree spirits is that the group of tree spirits in front of them has turned into a human form. This is rare even in the Netherworld, but it makes Brother Ga look at him curiously.

"This is the Sailor Dutong Tiger Essence Jianzi and the Infantry Dutong Snake Essence Shigui. Subsequently, the mountain spirit and the meat introduced the ghost and the snake ghost with a snake-shaped body but two hands to Brother Ga.

"Aren't there any empty riders on the island?" said Ga Ge suddenly, after getting to know each other one by one.

They hadn't seen the air cavalry of the Xudu Army when they were fighting in various parts of the Huangquan Sea Islands, and now they still haven't seen any air cavalry when they came to Palm Island, which made Brother Ga a little concerned.

"Back to the general's words, there were originally 100,000 air cavalry stationed on various islands. But as early as the Northern Yin Dynasty and the Nine Shadows Kingdom...... As early as the beginning of the war between the Northern Yin Dynasty and our country in Dongyizhou. After thinking about it, after a pause, he changed the name of the Nine Shadows Country to the mountain spirit of 'my country', and said slowly to Brother Ga: "They were all transferred to attack Junzi Port with a paper order. ”。

Brother Ga didn't ask more, just nodded after humming softly, as one of the military commanders of the Nine Shadows Country, although he was far away in Yunmeng Continent to govern the army, he also learned from the text sent by the summer palace where the Nine Shadows Kingdom was in charge of the military, that Junzi Harbor was a vicious battle. Although the Nine Shadows Kingdom won more with less in this battle, it also paid a heavy price.

The text describes the whole process in detail, and mentions that after the war, the fortifications of the port were destroyed in the battle and had to be rebuilt, and in this battle, tens of thousands of sergeants were killed in the battle.

In order to make the Nine Shadows Kingdom, which has advanced weapons and brave and skilled soldiers, suffer such a loss, the Northern Yin Dynasty must have gathered all the available troops in the surrounding area. It can be seen that the mountain spirit is not lying.

It's just that he and Brother Ga don't know that this air cavalry didn't feel that Junzi Harbor was going. Instead, he received another sudden order halfway through, took the Beiyin Water Division warship, and immediately crossed east to Fenglin Continent.

The Northern Yin Dynasty temporarily relinquished control of the southeastern part of the Netherworld and instead concentrated its efforts on controlling the southwestern region.

But even so, the air cavalry on the islands in the southern region of the Huangquan Sea must be established as soon as possible, and it is difficult to defend this sprawling archipelago in the Huangquan Sea by relying on the naval division and infantry; the air supremacy in this area should also be firmly in the hands of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, which is also Xiao Shizhu's task to Brother Ga.

"Do you have any sergeants who are good at handling air horses, and if so, let them report to me tomorrow morning. After a moment's silence, Brother Ga said this to the mountain spirit, and walked forward with them, towards the city......

At the time of the third watch, it rained heavily in the area of Sanxing Island above the sea. The bean-sized raindrops, mixed with the cold and evil air, flew down with a strong wind and hit the rough sea, announcing that winter had come on the sea.

Bursts of roaring waves, driven by the strong winds, slammed into the scorched rocks on the shore of the island, making a loud rumbling sound that echoed the thunder in the air.

The remaining leaves of the trees in the forest on the island fell one after another under the shrill howling wind and the torrential rain, and the yellowed dead grass under the trees shivered.

Xiao Shizhu rode the flagship of Gongyuan and entered the harbor surrounded by three islands.

The waves here are slightly weaker than outside, and the wind is a little lighter. After the sails were stowed, the anchors were lowered, and the ship was secured in the harbor, most of them returned to their cabins to rest.

On the deck, only a small number of guards remained, scattered all over the deck, continuing to hold on to their posts under the storm.

Qiushuang, the ghost official in charge of this place, and Dongyue, who was ordered to rush from Danshui County, boarded the flagship of Gongyuan in the rain, and came to the cabin of Gongyuan in the depths of the cabin, and saw Xiao Shizhu, who had not been seen for a long time.

After a long absence, Xiao Shizhu is still so calm. In the midst of the stormy and rocking ship, his face was still calm.

"Is the fox queen all arranged?" After the autumn frost and the winter moon saluted, Xiao Shizhu asked this, and slowly paced to the depths of the cabin, standing in front of the flower window, looking through the finely carved and lifelike window flowers on the window, looking at the turbulent waves outside the ship, under the lightning and thunder.

This cabin is located at the stern of the ship, and in wartime it is a gun port that is horizontally on the bulkhead, and through the carved window that can be seen through the aft sea.

"Yes. A hint of worry flashed in his eyes, Qiu Shuang nodded his head, looked at Xiao Shizhu's solid back, and urgently admonished: "The wind and waves at sea have risen, and they will not stop for a while and a half, and I also ask the lord to move to the island to temporarily avoid the wind and waves." ”。

"It's not a big deal. Xiao Shizhu gently curled the corners of his lips and smiled indifferently. He has been on the battlefield many times and experienced many hardships and assassinations, but he does not have the 'delicateness' that a Hades king should have.

As the hull swayed, there was a long creaking sound between the wooden planks in the bulkheads.

"Let's talk about things here. Xiao Shizhu, who paused, said again.

"No. After Dongyue and Qiushuang wanted to talk and stopped, they finally answered.

"The information from Dongyizhou that Lei Zeguo suddenly attacked my country's Longju Pass in Dongyizhou. And the casualties of Longju Pass were also heavy, and the guard general Du Ula was red-eyed, and when counterattacking, he ignored the strict orders given by the lord and carried out a cross-border operation. After a slight pause, Qiushuang spoke again.

Outside the ship, the sky was gray, and a dazzling lightning bolt suddenly fell from the sky without warning.

The thunder and lightning on the sea are sometimes completely different from ordinary thunder and lightning, not blue but red, like blood, and now the lightning that falls with the wind is the color of red. This red-like thunder and lightning fell from the sky, and the dazzling blood light spilled into the cabin through the carved flowers on the window, bringing a blood-red color.

The green tendons on Xiao Shizhu's forehead suddenly appeared, and the murderous aura flashed across his face with anger, and under the blood light brought by the red mang's thunder and lightning, it was doubly hideous. At the same time, the hands in the wide-sleeved robe were clenched into fists.

A day earlier, he had learned about it through the fungus man. The return of the gods is: Longju Pass mushroom people came to report, Lei Zeguo raised the whole country's troops to suddenly attack Longju Pass, Longju Mountain black smoke covered the sky, the east slope of the mountain was full of blood, and the defenders of Longju Pass suffered heavy casualties. Prompting the local garrison to kill Duula and lead his army into battle after the enemy retreated. In one day, he captured two cities and four towns on the western border of the Leize Kingdom, slaughtered nearly 100,000 ghost people and enemy troops, captured tens of thousands of prisoners, and countless beast souls such as cattle, horses, and Qingji.

Xiao Shizhu was furious when he heard this, he was not angry that Du Wula dared to disobey the ban he had repeatedly ordered before leaving Dongyi Continent, but that he was angry that Lei Zeguo dared to attack suddenly, kill his soldiers and punish his soldiers!

On the merits, Xiao Shizhu can still distinguish black and white. Although Duula crossed the border in violation of the order, the enemy was at fault first, and it was still excusable. But then again, he couldn't just indulge Duula like that.

The military order is like a mountain, and the order is not to lead the army to cross the border, and the military commander of Du Ulla must be ordered to prohibit it. This precedent cannot be opened, otherwise Xiao Shizhu will have no prestige in the army in the future.

On this day, he wants to 'punish' Ula no matter how he wants, and at the same time, he wants to give Lei Zeguo some color to see.

Now that Qiushuang, who was on board the ship to greet him, mentioned this matter, Xiao Shizhu's chest was angry again, and once he churned.

"Du Ulla's will to ask for guilt has been sent to Yuque City, and the mother of the country has sent a message saying that how to deal with Du Ulla, and please ask the lord to decide. Immediately after, Qiushuang said again.

Finally, it came to this problem that made Xiao Shizhu the most headache. Duula's behavior is excusable, but it cannot be rewarded for it.

"What do you think?" After muttering for a long time, Xiao Shizhu, who suppressed his anger, asked rhetorically about the arrival of autumn frost.

In fact, he already has a plan in his heart, and he just wants to hear his ghost's opinion.

When Qiushuang and Dongyu heard this, they turned their heads together and looked at each other, both of them seeing the hesitation and faint surprise in each other's eyes.

They didn't expect that Xiao Shizhu would still be so unexpected, and instantly kicked a difficult problem to them like kicking a ball.

After pondering for a moment in silence, Dongyue remained silent, and Qiushuang spoke again, and said slowly to Xiao Shizhu: "According to the minister, although what the ghost general Du Ula did is excusable, but after all, the lord has an order first, and she openly disobeys the military order issued by the lord and deserves to be punished. But she gave Lei Zeguo a painful lesson, for the sake of promoting our country's prestige, the merits and demerits are offset by the demerits, and no reward or punishment is the best way. ”。

As soon as this statement came out, it was in line with Xiao Shizhu's meaning. At that moment, he nodded his head without thinking and hummed softly.

"But I don't know if I can just forget it. After a short pause, Xiao Shizhu said: "There is a word in the world called snow hiding, which means that it means to deliberately hide or retain strength. Du Ula is so capable of fighting, put her in the small Longju Pass, facing the Lei Ze Country, which has raised the strength of the whole country and failed to break through the pass of our country, it is too overkill, and I still want to hide her temporarily. ”。

Saying this, Xiao Shizhu turned around, and with a pair of eyes as sharp as eagle eyes, he looked towards Qiushuang.

The gaze was as sharp as a sword, and the pores of Qiushuang's body couldn't help but open suddenly, with fever and sweat, and palpitations.

After a few years of fighting, there was little peace in his eyes, and many times there was a bloodthirsty desire, which always made him feel uneasy about the ghosts he looked at.

"For the sake of extenuating everything that Du Ulla has done, transfer her back to Yuque first!" Xiao Shizhu said softly after a moment.