The sun was setting in the east, the sea breeze was still howling, and the sea waves were churning in crimson by the setting sun. The waves crashed against the pillars and pinnacles of the stone forest on the sea, and the splashing water droplets also made a thunderous sound. But he couldn't shake the huge warships of the Northern Yin Water Division.

In the steady cabin of the flagship, the lieutenant general in the command room whispered, "No." After that, the face changed dramatically and was panicked.

The soul of the man with a broken arm beside him is weak, and he is still a ghost with no power to bind his arms. But yes, this vice general also has a good experience.

On several occasions before, during fierce battles with the ghost soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, several of them were frightened by the ferocity of the army of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, openly disobeyed Gong Mingyi's order to attack and not retreat, and took the lead in fleeing back under artillery fire. was personally led by this Gong Mingyi with his own soldiers, standing in the smoke of gunpowder on the beachhead with a long knife in hand, and beheading a ghost when he saw a deserter.

Kill until you are covered in blood, and kill until the ghost soldiers dare to run away again.

Gong Mingyi's order was like a mountain, making every ghost soldier under Gong Mingyi's command unforgettable. Every time I think of Gong Mingyi's cold gaze, the ghost soldiers are all shivering.

At this moment, as soon as he gave an order, the deputy general naturally didn't dare to say anything more, and cold sweat broke out in his palms. As for the lack of food, even if you are just worried, you can't talk about it.

And although Gong Mingyi still has a gloomy face, he understands it very well like Mingjing in his heart. What he said to the lieutenant general, the so-called delay in the arrival of the supply team because of the storm, was just an excuse, and it was not much convincing at all.

This time, the Northern Yin Dynasty has made full preparations for this battle, and just the various plans sent to the Six Heavens Divine Ghost Palace can fill a side hall. The stormy situation in the summer has long been expected and planned. Therefore, the transport ships allocated to Gong Mingyi by Emperor Xudu were all sand ships with square heads and square tails, commonly known as "square ships"; this kind of ships made of sand tang spirit wood with spacious decks and girder arches made of keels are not only sturdy, but also have a deck that can quickly discharge waves; in the underworld, most sea areas can sail with the wind, and can sail against the wind, and even sail against the wind and water, and the seaworthiness is excellent. It can sail unhindered in storms and can withstand waves.

The storm at sea was not the reason for the late arrival of the transport fleet, let alone the possibility of any failure of the transport fleet.

What's more, these supply ships are also equipped with frigates, all of which are ballast stones on the ground floor, a large number of soldiers live on the second floor, a daily drill school ground on the third floor, and a fortune ship escort on the fourth floor equipped with firearms of various sizes for combat against the enemy. Even if you encounter pirates, you will not be robbed of food, grass and supplies, and you will definitely be safe and sound.

As for the reason for being late, it could only be that the supply team met the elite sailors of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.

In the past few days, a large number of sailors from the Nine Shadows Kingdom have rushed to Shuoyue Island to help, which also made Gong Mingyi see how amazing the combat effectiveness of the Sailors of the Nine Shadows Country is. Although all the fleets did not have 5,000 treasure ships, the capital ships were all battle ships, and most of the frigates were ships with three masts and five sails, equipped with large and small guns, ranging from 18 ships to 36 ships.

After many observations, Gong Mingyi had a rough understanding of the characteristics of this kind of warship with large load capacity and fast speed, and he found that the military craftsmen of the Nine Shadows Kingdom also set up tooth-like settings on both sides of the bow to prevent the enemy ghost soldiers from boarding the ship, and nailed iron nails in the weak parts to prevent the enemy from approaching the board. It's simply a battleship armed to the teeth.

The sailors of the Nine Shadows Kingdom often use this kind of warship to charge, break into the enemy formation or sneak attack, and every time they can achieve miraculous results, so that the Xudu army is helpless.

In addition, those boats in the Nine Shadows Country are shaped like snails, and they can sink to the bottom of the sea without being immersed in the water. The strength and combat effectiveness of the Nine Shadows Country Water Division are no match compared to the Northern Yin Water Division.

It can be seen that the strength of the Nine Shadows Kingdom is by no means the same as described in the report and intelligence in the Beiyin Dynasty, but it is just a firearm. The Nine Shadows Kingdom, which has been growing in the dark for a long time, has far surpassed the Northern Yin Dynasty in all aspects.

If the supply team encounters the sailors of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, if they can't escape, they will only be annihilated. Even if there is a blessed ship escort, it may not be safe and sound.

Thinking of this, Gong Mingyi quickly thought about countermeasures. He can't sit still, he has to plan for the best.

"Order the whole army, tie strips of paper and cloth to all feather arrows, and write on them - those who behead the Ying Zhao will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver!" After a while, Gong Mingyi finally turned his head, looked at the deputy general who was still bowing his head, and ordered categorically: "Then when attacking, shoot these feather arrows into the body of the ghost soldiers of the Nine Ghost Army!"

"No. The lieutenant nodded in response, turned and left.

When he walked to the door, Gong Mingyi behind him stopped him again and admonished: "Remember, every feather arrow, including the giant arrow used in the bed crossbow on the deck, is also tied to me with such a note." ”......

In the middle of the Yellow Spring, the grain road between the overlapping peaks and forests, the valleys and the mountains and mountains are full of gunsmoke, and the flames are everywhere, illuminating the darkness under the night. Blackened craters and rubble were scattered along the side of the grain road.

The ghost soldiers of the grain transport team fell horizontally and vertically between the smoke and flames. The demon ghost soldier opened his eyes in a pool of blood, and he did not blink to death. The human souls and ghost soldiers were in the pungent smoke of gunpowder, gradually turning into blood-colored powder.

And the grain carts they escorted were also staggering on the grain road. Many grain trucks have been torn apart, and ghost grain has been spilled on the trucks.

Xiao Shizhu's ambush was successful, and the food and grass supply team of the ghost soldiers of Xudu did not make him wait too long. Finally, after nightfall, he passed through this place, but he didn't know that Xiao Shizhu had set up an ambush on the hillside next to the road.

This is a war without suspense, and the number of ghost soldiers in Huangquan is already more than that of the grain transport team and the ghost soldiers of Xudu who escort grain and grass. In addition, it was an ambush that had been prepared for a long time, and the ghost soldiers of Xudu were caught off guard when they were defenseless.

The battle was over after only half an hour, and the Huangquan ghost soldiers paid a very small price for casualties, completely annihilating the huge supply team and grain army.

At this time, it was late at night, and the ghost soldiers of Huangquan were still cleaning the battlefield, collecting the ghost food and armor weapons that were not scattered, and distributing them to the ghost slaves who had been waiting for a long time on the hillside.

asked these ghost slaves to take up arms and arm themselves according to Xiao Shizhu's request.

And this place is located in a place where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back, it is a wild place where no one can reach it, and the ghost soldiers of Huangquan are also leisurely and leisurely cleaning the battlefield, and they are not in a hurry at all.

They are not afraid of enemy troops coming out before and after, nor are they afraid of the army of Xudu looking for them.

Xiao Shizhu held the Moon Destroying Sword in his hand, strolling leisurely among the mess and messiness on the ground.

Everything was expected by him, and the extortion letter was delivered to Jiuquan Valley, which made the eight kings anxious and angry, and they would think about treating others in their own way. It is inevitable to transport troops and grain to the front line, and begin to attack the southern barbarian land where the ghosts of Huangquan are entrenched.

That Xiao Shizhu was under the jurisdiction of the Xudu Army, intercepting and killing the ghost soldiers and supply teams of Xudu who were heading to the front line. While weakening the ghost soldiers of Xudu made their hearts panic, it also cut off the food and grass of the ghost soldiers stationed on the front line.

Xiao Shizhu stood on the edge of a bomb crater that still had residual warmth, stared at the charred black in the crater, and laughed.

It is said that Huangquan is dangerous, but in his opinion, there is nothing to be afraid of. Compared with the Emperor Xudu, the ghost soldiers in Huangquan are a group of mediocre talents who are not self-sufficient and self-contained. Even the Eight Kings of Huangquan, Xiao Shizhu did not put it in his eyes.

The battle in the Netherworld is much more dangerous than in the Yellow Springs, which is the real battle of wits and courage, and the slightest carelessness will break bones.

Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt that it was a little boring to do it in this yellow spring. Knowing this, he just sent an envoy to Huangquan, and there was no need for him to come over at all.

"Father-in-law, you are really like a god, on the way to the ghost soldiers, there was a ghost army that came to find the supply team. At this moment, his righteous son Shi Cassia came over, stood beside him and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "I took those Huangquan ghosts and hit them in an ambush, and I have wiped them all out ten miles away. ”。

"It's not that I'm like a god, it's common sense. Under the night wind, Xiao Shizhu's robe was encouraged, he squinted slightly, still staring at the charred black crater in front of him, and said lightly: "Who will not look for it if they lose something? That's why you should wait in advance, so that you can ambush them. ”。

"Makes sense. After a moment of thought, Shi Cianming nodded slowly. Xiao Shizhu is indeed right, but not every ghost can be like him, from the common sense of the past, to find a way to fight.

This made Shi Cassia particularly admired.

"Don't be stunned, you take a few teams of ghost soldiers who are good at setting traps, and set traps along the road before and after this road. Xiao Shizhu, who slowly put the Moon Destroying Sword in his hand into the sheath, said to Shi Cianming: "There are also traps made of fire and thunder on the road, not too many, but let the enemy step on these traps at the same time, and destroy the road." ”。

Xiao Shizhu, who had already put the Moon Destroying Sword in his sheath, turned his head to look around. On the grain road where the flames were scattered, there was still billowing gunpowder smoke rising.

Looking up at the sky, the round lunar moon is slowly setting in the east. It won't be long before dawn is approaching, and even though this place is surrounded by mountains and mountains, the smoke of gunpowder rising from the road can also attract the Xudu army dozens of miles away.

Xiao Shizhu just wanted to take advantage of this to make the ghost soldiers suffer another loss.

"Isn't that going to ruin the road? We've destroyed several of these grain roads in the past few days. Shi Cianming didn't move for a long time, and he didn't respond. Instead, he asked Xiao Shizhu a rhetorical question, and at the same time his eyes widened, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

This thing can be used not only by the ghost soldiers, but also by Xiao Shizhu. If there is a way, the speed of the army will be fast, and if there is no way, the deep mountains and old forests will inevitably move slowly.

"Taifeng. Xiao Shizhu, who didn't take care of Shi Cassia, beckoned to Taifeng not far away, and then turned his head to look at Shi Cassia Ming, looked at Shi Cassia with a faint worry in his eyes, thought for a while, and said: "What are you worried about? Won't there be a way when the time comes? Why not do it if you can still turn around the ghost soldiers of the drunken capital?"

Shi Cianming suddenly realized, and naturally understood that Xiao Shizhu had just grabbed the seven inches of the ghost soldier in Xudu. The grain transport team carried a lot of grain from the north to the south, and it was obvious that it was going to help the pass strongholds on the southern border.

The ghost soldiers in that stronghold are also physique, and they will starve to death if they don't eat ghost food. But to transport grain, the army of Xudu could not help but repair the road quickly.

Not to mention the loss of labor and money, but also let the Xudu army go around, a large number of ghost soldiers from Xudu were dispatched, and when they were busy everywhere, it was the day when the troops of Jiuquan Valley were empty.

At the same time, Tai Feng had already trotted all the way in front of Xiao Shizhu, bowed and asked, "Lord, what do you command?"

"Bring a few teams of soldiers who are good at reconnaissance and serve as a guard for Shi Cianming. Xiao Shizhu, who had already thought of countermeasures, gave an order to Taifeng.