The sky on Shuoyue Island has not cleared in the past two days, and it is gray all the time. A cold wind filled with coolness swept through the spring rain, blurring the vision of the ghosts.

Standing in Xuanshui City, looking high at the spring rain in the air, feeling the coldness of the spring rain on his face for a long time, Ying Zhao lowered his head and said to the deputy general beside him: "The rain contains a faint ghostly atmosphere, and it is not our communist engineer who did it, it must be the ghost soldiers of Beiyin; this so-called spring rain must be the ghost of the turtle guarding the Lechuan River." What information did the sharks detect?".

"Half an hour ago, the merman replied that the huge fleet of the Beiyin Dynasty was still fifty miles away from Shuoyue Island, but the enemy ships suddenly stopped and did not advance. The lieutenant arched his hand and replied, "It seems that none of them plan to move forward today." ”。

On the tall and hard city wall, sergeants came and went, carrying large boxes of war supplies, shuttling back and forth from the British recruitment.

Since they learned two days ago that the Beiyin Water Division was only a few hundred miles away, the soldiers had never been idle, and they began to actively prepare for the battle in an orderly manner.

After staring at the rain mixed with beads of sweat that kept flowing down their faces for a long time, he smelled a strong * smell from the air after a hundred battles, and after looking up at the gray sky again, he shook his head and said slowly: "This posture is not like it is not intended to attack, they must have thought that our firearms are still so backward that they can't use them if they enter the water, so they use the rain." But tonight, the enemy will definitely attack. ”。

"Inform the whole army to be ready for battle anytime and anywhere, and all the fungus people are in place; Ying Zhao bypassed the sergeants and went under the city wall, and at the same time explained to the adjutant: "Let the people left behind start cooking." From now on, we must all be soldiers and work together to be invincible. ”。

"Inform the mermaids to observe the movement of enemy ships at any time, but never act alone. After a pause, Ying Zhao said: "The water divisions of the Emperor Xudu are all equipped with water mangling ghosts and ghost soldiers, these human souls who have eaten poisonous water mangweed and died, because they cannot be reincarnated, are also very good at underwater combat, and they can also spit venom in their mouths, which is extremely dangerous. Give priority to the four spirit pestles newly created by the Armory Supervisor to the sharks, so that they can use this thing to kill each other when they encounter water ghosts. ”。

The black-covered four-spirit pestle, formerly known as the soul energy tungsten steel pestle, was invented by Fuxi in order to fight against the demon gods, so even today's yang world, there are still relevant pestles and mortars, all of which are legends invented by the emperor in ancient times.

The ancient tungsten steel pestle was three feet long, and its columnar shape was thick at both ends and thin in the middle. It is made of tungsten steel, a soul that collects and stores soul energy, and can materialize the soul energy according to the user's mind, and shoots out from the top of the staff.

In the past, the ghosts could input their soul energy into the pestle, and when it was time to use it, they only needed to aim the pestle head at the target and urge the tungsten steel pestle with the intention to send the soul energy from the top of the pestle. It is an extremely convenient, yet hard launcher-type artifact.

Of course, the amount of soul energy emitted and the appearance of it are determined by the mind of the person holding the pestle. In hand-to-hand combat, the two sharp pestles can also be used as swords.

And today's four spirit pestles in the Nine Shadows Kingdom are imitated by Lai Yueqi through the soul energy tungsten steel pestles recorded in the collection of the ancient gods; they are all four feet long, and they are also pointed at two ends, but the pestle is similar to the shape of Jane, and above the two ends, there are five large and small rings respectively.

These rings are also made of soul tungsten steel, which greatly increases the amount of soul energy stored in the pestle. And on each of the four sides, there are four spirit runes engraved on each side, which can make the soul energy that shoots out of the pestle manifest into four forms: wood, fire, metal, and water.

It can be said that today's four-spirit pestle has long surpassed the tungsten steel pestle of the ancient god era, and it can be used for underwater warfare.

"Each merman who fought gave them two four-pestles. After thinking for a while, Ying Zhao said thoughtfully: "I'm equipping them with some underwater dragon king cannons!"

The lieutenant took these things to heart, and when he answered, he had already walked into the city with Ying Zhao, and although there was noise on the street, it was not chaotic, and Ying Zhao was a little satisfied.

The more a major war is imminent, the more important it is to keep the city in chaos in order to ensure that there will not be too many mistakes after the war begins.

"Go get busy. Ying Zhao waved his hand at the lieutenant general, and walked in the direction of the command post on his own......

At nightfall, the continuous spring rain suddenly stopped, and the mist rising from the sea in all directions replaced the spring rain, and then blurred the vision of the ghosts on the island.

In the brightly lit hall of Xuanshui City County, Ying Zhao looked around at the dozen or so thousands of households and generals who were of different races, heights, shapes, and ghost ages standing opposite him, and stood silent.

There were two or three of them who were ghosts, but they were only twenty-two or three years old, and their childish faces had completely faded not long ago, and they already had the composure and calmness that they had only experienced after a hundred battles.

But this is not what Ying Zhao wants to see, this ghost-aged child should marry a wife and have children, and live a comfortable and peaceful life, but they have to go to the battlefield to defend their families and the country.

Maybe it's because I've seen a lot of sacrifices, or maybe it's the battle that is about to start today, it's a life-and-death battle, and the number of enemy troops is large, which makes Ying Zhao feel a little sad and sad about the upcoming parting.

"Soldiers. After staring at it for a long time, Yingzhao's lips opened slightly, and he said slowly in a flat and non-passionate tone: "You all know that the enemy army is menacing and numerous; if you want to surrender, you can go immediately, and my Yingzhao will not stop you, but if you don't go, you can only go with my Yingzhao, fight until the island is broken, and you will rest as soon as you die!"

The voice landed for a long time, and in the silence, there was still no ghost leaving.

He looked at the faces of these "stupid" generals in front of him who fled without turning around, without the slightest hesitation, only after the look of firmness, there was no relief or emotion in his heart, only the sadness that had already sprung up did not decrease but increased.

"Since you don't run away, let's set off immediately according to my plan, rush to their respective battlefields, and fight to kill the enemy. After a pause, he clasped his fists and ended his speech in a slightly milder tone: "You cherish, I hope to see you in the future." ”。

The generals raised their heads slightly, and by the light swaying in the wind, they seemed to see that Yingzhao's eyes were full of sadness, and a little tears were trembling.

Yingzhao's hands clenched his fists and never let go.

"The general cherishes!" all the generals bowed their hands in unison, and then turned around and left. Many of them may never be seen again after they walk out of this gate.

But there is no need to say anything, for these Yin soldiers and ghost generals who spend their days licking blood on the knife edge, they are very aware of the situation at that time, but they are still fearless, just because they fought for their beliefs and died without regrets.

Ying Zhao looked at them with a slightly sad gaze, and watched them slowly retract except for the yamen, and these generals stepped on their mounts one after another and rushed towards the cities on the border of Shuoyue Island. For some of them, what is about to be greeted is the fate of not seeing the cloudy day of tomorrow's rising in the west.

But they still went without hesitation. For the people of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, and for the ambition of the king to whom they are willing to be loyal.

They are worthy warriors!

After watching them leave, Ying Zhao silently lowered his head, and only raised his head after a while, but there was only a cold murderous aura left in his eyes!

He buckled his helmet to his head, strode out of the yamen, and walked through the fog towards the northern city wall in the distance.

The guards who were waiting outside the door hurriedly lined up to follow.

With neat and dull steps, they gradually moved away in the quiet Xuanshui City in the fog, and walked towards the battlefield not far away.

"General, the enemy is really moving. Our army is also ready to meet the enemy. Before he reached the city tower, Lu Chong, the captain of the North Gate, greeted him: "According to the report of the merman, a large number of their warships are coming towards the island at night under the escort of the turtle ghost, but they have not seen the water ghost for the time being. ”。

Under the dark night, the city in the mist was extremely quiet, and the army of the Nine Shadows was already all ready, and the guns had already been loaded, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy army.

The enemy army chose to attack at such a time when the vision was blurred, which could make the guns and crossbowmen of the Nine Shadows Army all blind. In this way, the enemy army was able to land on the island without any problems.

"There are many rock pillars outside the island, and the big ships will naturally not be able to enter, so the enemy will inevitably use small boats to transport troops to attack the island, and let the mermaids put their small boats in. Ying Zhao's ten fingers were trembling with excitement, and he nodded and thought secretly, and said: "Then attack the large warships on the periphery, starting with the grain and grass supply ships." ”。

"No. The human soul Lu Chong arched his hands and responded.

"Nine times out of ten, this fog is also their ghost, telling the defenders not to go out of the city to fight, and the sailor temporarily hides in the cave under the turtle rock pillar. Ying Zhao strode to the front of the tower, looked at the white mist in the urn city from the railing, and said: "Open the gate of the urn city, put the enemy troops inside, and attack with fire! ”。

"No!" Lu Chong replied again.

As he was talking, he heard that the left and right city walls, which were still quiet, suddenly became agitated.

Ying Zhao turned his head left and right to look, and through the mist, he could vaguely see that the soldiers were all looking up at the air in front of them, raising their fingers and pointing, and whispering and talking.

He looked in the direction of the sergeants' fingers, and saw that in the mist in the air not far away, a large round black shadow suddenly appeared, floating in the middle of the fog out of thin air.

On the black shadow, there were flickering ghostly fires, and a faint green halo appeared, making the mist hazy and eerie.

Although the black shadow moved slowly, and it was only three or five feet forward after a while, but after Ying Zhao saw it, he frowned and thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

As a demon soul, he was born with a soul with perception, and he could already vaguely feel that there were countless soul qi on the huge round black shadow.

"The Air Riders and the Flying Forces are ready. He let out a deep roar, reached out and removed the axe from his back, still staring at the dark shadow as he clenched it in his hand.

After Lu Chong hurriedly asked the herald to give the order, he saw Yingzhao's expression getting closer and closer to the black shadow, and after suddenly becoming nervous, he asked stupidly: "General, what is that?"

"Guanyuecha. He had vaguely guessed what it was, and gritted his teeth: "I didn't expect Emperor Xudu to actually send this thing." ”。

His words had just landed, and before Lu Chong could ask what the so-called Guanyuecha was, he saw that the front end of the black shadow had reached the urn city, volleying but not falling.

Immediately after, a dense whistling sound fell from the sky.

The four-bearded arrows with four whiskers behind the arrows and deep grooves carved on both sides burst out of the mist one after another, bringing up gusts of wind to cut through the mist and the silence of the night, and then shot towards the city.

[Turtle ghost - the upper body is a human, but the lower body is a kind of human soul of a turtle, a strange water ghost living in a pond. 】

[Lu Chong - from "Sou Shen Ji" volume 16 Lu Chong's secret marriage: the legend that Lu Chong married Cui Shaofu's daughter (deceased) and had children. 】