It was night, and everything was silent in Xiaoyu Mountain City. Although there was a curfew in place in the city due to the outbreak of the war, the tension that emanated from the war in the past few days and permeated the air did not seem to affect the residents of the city. A piece of tranquility is immersed in darkness, covering every corner of Xiaoyu Mountain City.

After the lights were turned off and the houses were put to sleep, there was no sound on the streets except the footsteps of the patrolling forbidden soldiers, the sound of wind and insects.

In the Ghost Mother Palace, in the inner courtyard and outside the Vientiane Palace.

Dressed in a long skirt embroidered with gold silk embroidered yarn, a phoenix pattern top, and a ghost mother with a fox fur, she was standing on the west edge of the top layer of the pedestal at this moment, looking into the distance by the railing, without saying a word.

The cold wind blew, brushed her cheeks, blew a few strands of green silk hanging from her ears, and then drifted forward with her thoughts.

"My lord. After a long time, Chen Ruo, who was following her, thought about it, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you thinking about General Xiao?"

The ghost mother didn't squeak, still looking at the distance to the west in a daze, and there was a faint look of longing and worry between her eyebrows, intertwined.

Although King Kong sent people to report back several times, it was all good news for Xiao Jiajun, but Xiao Shizhu never stood in front of him unharmed, and the ghost mother's heart was always hanging. Seeing that Xiao Shizhu's agreed January period was approaching, the tension and worry in her heart became heavier and heavier.

Especially tonight, for some reason, her heart is up and down. Although after several days of fierce fighting, the main force of the enemy army has been besieged by Chunyun and Xia Xing in a valley west of Shuoyue Island, and the enemy's warships have also been destroyed, making it impossible for the enemy to return to the country, but the ghost mother is still a little inexplicably uneasy.

Once the enemy country sends another fleet, and the main force breaks through the defense line and retreats to the country, then Xiao Shizhu will inevitably be in danger.

"My lord, General Xiao is witty and cunning, and the main force of the Ghost King's army is trapped by us on Shuoyue Island, and the domestic defenders have absolutely nothing to do with him; Seeing that it was windy here, for fear that the ghost mother would catch a cold, Chen Ruo stepped forward and persuaded: "You better go back to the palace to rest." ”。

The ghost mother still did not squeak, and stood still in place, and at this moment, a forbidden soldier rushed to the pedestal, knelt down beside her, and shouted, "Report! The enemy has sent a fleet to meet her." One of the enemy troops surrounded by our legion in the valley to the west also broke through the encirclement and fled in the direction of the Oni Kingdom. ”。

The ghost mother, who had not said a word all the time, chuckled in her heart after hearing the words, turned her head to look at the forbidden army, and asked urgently: "Which enemy army is it?"

"Heavenly Soul Army. As the forbidden soldier spat out these three words, his heart chuckled again, and his legs were a little weak.

The Heavenly Soul Army is the strongest army in the Ghost Kingdom, with a total of 50,000 soldiers; although in the past few days, under the leadership of Chunyun and Xia Xing, many of the Heavenly Soul Army have been wiped out on the spot, but they have never been able to hurt their vitality. Once they return to China, Xiao Shizhu and the five thousand Xiao family troops he took with him will face an enemy several times their size.

Impatience, worry, restlessness, and fear all at the same time in the ghost mother's heart, like a gushing spring, instantly filled her heart, intertwined and fused, forming a complex feeling, making the ghost mother feel a little breathless.

"Xia Xingchunyun, what are they doing?" After a while, she scolded angrily, and at the same time pulled out her legs and walked quickly in the direction of the outside of the palace.

"The two lords have regrouped and strengthened their defenses, and the remaining enemy forces have been besieged again. The forbidden army that had caught up hurried back.

"Tell Xia Xing and Chunyun to let them solve the battle quickly. Then the main force of the Four Cities Guards canceled the rest, led by them, followed the Heavenly Soul Army, attacked the Ghost Kingdom to attract the enemy army, and gave Xiao Shizhu a chance to escape. Speaking of this, the ghost mother suddenly stopped her progress, and after thinking for a while, she turned to the forbidden army and Chen Ruo who followed closely behind and said, "Send Yumin to herald King Kong, so that his fleet can quickly find and answer Xiao Shizhu." ”。 She spoke so quickly that she couldn't make her speech, and the Janissary barely heard what she was saying.

After the forbidden army received the order and left, the anxious ghost mother put her hands on her chest, her ten fingers clasped together, bowed her head slightly, and kept praying in her heart: "He has to live, he has to live." ”。

After a long time, she raised her head again, an anxious gaze shot out of her eyes, and after Chen Ruo's face was swept away, she said: "Quickly send someone to the Xiao family's army garrison to give an order, and let Quan lead the mermaids into battle and destroy the enemy warship." ”......

The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting half of the sky.

The Xiao family army, which had penetrated deep into the enemy's belly, returned to the mountains and forests north of Heimu Village at this time. When they came, they were now all a little gray-faced, with tattered clothes and armor on their bodies, and their faces were full of paint.

Even the flag bearer raised it in his hand, which was originally a brand-new military flag, was also tattered and dirty at the moment, and there were a few more big holes in the flag.

But no matter what, what kind of danger they are in, the faces of the soldiers of the Xiao family army have a faint look of perseverance and fearlessness. When and where, the flag bearers held on to the flagpole, so that the military flag stood tall and fluttered in the wind. It also made many enemy troops see this flag from a distance, and they are afraid and dare not take a step forward.

And now, too!

Three days ago, the Heavenly Soul Army suddenly came to the rescue, surrounded the Xiao Family's army, and caught them off guard. Fortunately, they were also well-trained by Ying Zhao and Lu Wu*, and Xiao Shizhu's cunning skills allowed them to break out of the encirclement without much loss.

After that, the Xiao family army began to retreat to the enemy border, and the Heavenly Soul Army and other enemy defenders quickly pounced together, and launched a fierce pursuit and interception of the Xiao family army. Facing several times the enemy, the Xiao family's army also fell into a bitter battle for a while.

However, Xiao Shizhu soon discovered that except for the Heavenly Soul Army, the other enemy forces were very afraid of them, and they were all ready to collapse at the touch of a button when fighting, and the Heavenly Soul Army was not good at night fighting. Therefore, when he encountered the enemy during the day, he attacked from the side of the defenders, and at night, he came back and forth, took the initiative to find the Heavenly Soul Army, and came to fight against the guest.

Over the course of a few days, both sides suffered damage. Although the total number of wars and death followed, and the Xiao family army only lost more than a hundred soldiers, Xiao Shizhu still felt distressed.

If this continues, the Xiao family's army will always finish the battle one day, so it can't continue to go deep into the enemy's belly. Calculating that the day of retreat was approaching, Xiao Shizhu led the army to give the Heavenly Soul Army chasing behind his ass a beautiful ambush, and then headed towards the mountains and forests north of Heimu Village.

First, he and King Kong agreed to board the ship and retreat from the sea near Heimu Village, and secondly, when landing, Xiao Shizhu buried a lot of firearms and ammunition in this mountain forest, which happened to be used to greet the Heavenly Soul Army at this time.

After retreating to a mountain called Lone Goose Peak, they retreated methodically towards the top of the mountain.

This mountain stretches for more than ten miles along the river, the south side from the mountainside to the top of the mountain, are all cliffs, the cliffs are oblique and slender sharp stones are densely covered, and at the foot of the mountain is the river in the north of Heimu Village. Just because this mountain resembles a lonely goose stretching out its neck and raising its head, stretching its feet and wings to fly in the air, it is named Lone Goose Mountain; and because it is close to the river, the humidity is heavier, the perennial smoke clouds are set off and the peaks are stacked, and it stands near Heimu Village, this area is in the basin with relatively low-lying terrain, and it seems that its mountain top is extremely high-level.

After the Xiao family's army dug up the firearms that had been hidden long ago, they retreated to the top of the mountain for a while, and the Heavenly Soul Army chased after them, launched an attack formation on the mountainside, and at the same time guarded the east, west and north of the mountain, making the Xiao family's army seem to be at the end of the road.

For a while, the mountains under the mountain were full of the enemy's banners, and looking at this, the enemy army was determined to force the Xiao family army to jump off the cliff.

Seeing that the Xiao family army was forced to the top of the mountain, it was already cornered, the main general of the Heavenly Soul Army, the bull-headed Ah Pong walked to the front of the army and stood still, leisurely shaking his tail behind the thigh, glancing at the Xiao family army flag that was planted on the top of the mountain and fluttering in the wind, and said with a smile to the horse-faced grandmother beside him: "This time the Xiao family army is really difficult to fly." The south side of this mountain is deep and precipitous, and the east and west sides and the north side are mostly high mountains and narrow roads, and they are guarded by our army at various entrances and exits, and he Xiao Shizhu can only jump off the cliff; if he does not jump, I will lead the troops to force him to jump. ”。 The tone is proud, and the words are full of pride and pride.

At the same time, he secretly laughed in his heart: "A few days ago, I saw that this Xiao Shizhu was quite shrewd, and his tactics were unpredictable, how could he make such a big mistake today, and retreat to a desperate road with his subordinates; ”。

Grandma put away the binoculars, nodded in agreement with Ah Pang's words, but also pointed to the top of the mountain, and reminded him: "Brother Ah Pang, you see that the fortifications of the Xiao family army have been built into a zigzag shape; ”。

In her opinion, Xiao Jiajun's move was not a straw bag move, although she couldn't guess the purpose of Xiao Jiajun's retreat here, but after a few days of competition, Grandma found that Xiao Jiajun's strength was not in vain.

Each soldier on the other side is strong-willed, and in the face of several times the enemy's army, he dares to fight hard, and can even build fortifications while exchanging fire with the enemy. He also dared to attack by airdropping a kind of jar that would burst out of flames as soon as it was shattered within a distance of less than ten zhang between the two armies. Coupled with the feathered people in the air, the ground-air coordination and the coordination of the infantry cannon are flawless. And their tactical literacy from soldiers to officers is also extremely high, every soldier and soldier have a quick sense of offensive and defensive switching, once the Xiao Jiajun finds that the enemy's attack is frustrated, they will immediately seize the opportunity, from passive defense to active counterattack.

Therefore, in just three days, the two armies fought more than ten times, looking at the Xiao family army, which was always chased and killed, and more than 100 soldiers died, had no face, but in fact, the Heavenly Soul Army, which had killed and injured thousands of soldiers, was even more humiliating.

Nearly ten times the enemy's strength, but the casualties were also ten times that of the enemy. This is the biggest shame since the formation of the Heavenly Soul Army.

"But don't forget that he still has the Featherman Army. Grandma reminded again.

"Don't be afraid. Ah Pang shouted disapprovingly, and said, "He is a feathered army, but not all sergeants have wings." I've surrounded him now, and the most people who have escaped are the feathers, and the rest are just waiting to die. ”。

At the same time, Xiao Shizhu on the top of the mountain was gathering Wu Zhiqi and Yu Rong, as well as the hundreds of households in the army, for a brief pre-war meeting.

"To tell you the truth, I brought us here on purpose to give the enemy the illusion that we can't escape. In this way, they will mistakenly think that there is a cliff to the south, and we have nowhere to escape without defense. With a calm face and calm eyes, Xiao Shizhu looked around him, and took the lead in speaking: "But the small cliff of hundreds of zhang can stop us? ”。

"Our feathered brothers have wings, and the monkey soldiers are good climbers. He looked at Yu Rong and said, then turned his gaze to Wu Zhiqi, and said, "What can he do with us in the Heavenly Soul Army? So I deliberately lured them here just to get them off. ”。

"General, tell me what your plans are. At this time, a bearded man who was a hundred households stood up and said in a sonorous tone: "We will all listen to you." ”。 This is the Xiao Jiajun, even if the big war is imminent, even if it is in danger, there is no fear and nonsense.

"Actually, my plan is very simple, you see we don't have much food now, and the same is true of water, the point is that we don't have enough ammunition or something. So what to do? Of course, we have to retreat. Xiao Shizhu smiled, motioned for the hundred households to sit down, patted his thigh, and said indignantly: "But this grandson Heavenly Soul Army won't let grandpa go." What should I do? One word is struck, two words are slammed, three words are continued to be typed, and the fight is subdued!".