【037】Death from the sky
The warship sailed slowly to the east, Xiao Shizhu stood at the bow of the flagship, wearing gold lacquer mountain armor, his right hand clutched the hilt of the long sword hanging from his waist, but he did not shout that the armor on his body was too heavy as before, just stared silently ahead.
The tassels of his cloak and helmet moved with the wind, and he was in high spirits.
At this moment, all he saw was the endless sea in front of him. As everyone knows, on the island far behind him, in the ghost mother palace at the top of Xiaoyu Mountain City, the ghost mother also climbed the east tower, facing the east in anticipation, and kept praying in her heart: "Xiao Shizhu, you have to come back alive to restore your life, otherwise this king will not be able to spare you." ”。
When the warship had traveled more than ten miles, Xiao Shizhu had not yet entered the cabin; he let the sea breeze blow in his face, and he was stunned as he looked at the cloudy sun that was gradually setting eastward.
The gorgeous sunsets on the edge of the sky are like overturned paint sprinkled on the horizon, setting off the blood-red cloudy day. But the red light of the cloudy day poured into the sea like intoxicating red wine, shaking and shaking, dyeing the blue sea red.
With such a beautiful scenery, Xiao Shizhu was intoxicated when he saw it, and he couldn't help but think: "The underworld also has this beautiful scenery, I really want to bring the ghost mother to see it one day, and I can also take the opportunity to confess to her." ”。 There was no fear on his face, and there was no trace of pre-war tension and fear, but a little more comfortable.
"Big brother. Suddenly, he was jerked on the shoulder, interrupting his intoxication. He turned his head and saw a familiar horse.
"Yingzhao?" Xiao Shizhu was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Didn't you let you not come?" I don't know how Yingzhao secretly got on the ship.
"I've got to protect you. Ying Zhao laughed, scratched his head and said, "I promise to follow you closely, don't worry." ”。
"If you don't obey, didn't you stay on the shore? Xiao Shizhu pulled out his sword and scolded angrily: "Believe it or not, I cut you?" He promised Ying'er not to take Yingzhao away, but Yingzhao was on the boat at this time, in case something happened, I really don't know how to explain to Ying'er in the future.
"As long as you are willing?" Ying Zhao was not afraid, but showed a scoundrel look, looking at him with a smile.
After following Xiao Shizhu for a long time, he taught a lot by word and deed, and he also learned to play tricks, which made Xiao Shizhu cry and laugh, so he had to slowly withdraw the sword, and he had an idea, and said: "I will definitely not cut you, and I will punish you to go to the oar." ”。 In any case, the cabin is safer than the deck, so at least it will reduce the chance of accidents.
"Okay. Ying Zhao responded with a smile and ran away.
As soon as Ying Zhao left, King Kong came from the stern of the boat, stood in front of him, and said, "General, Lord Lu Wu said that it is the west wind at this time, and this west wind will blow for two or three days, and the weather will be favorable to us. It's just that in three days, he doesn't know what kind of wind it will turn into, and what will we do if it's an east wind then?"
"What to do!" Xiao Shizhu chuckled lightly and said lightly: "I can end the battle tomorrow morning, gather thousands of households, and I will have a pre-war meeting." Call Yu Rong and Qin Yuan over as well, as well as Lu Wu. ”。 After speaking, he turned and went to the cabin.
At the time of the unitary, the warships arrived outside Wu Zhiqi's base as scheduled, and stopped on the sea two miles west of the three islands, lined up according to Xiao Shizhu's requirements, and the starboard side was all facing the direction of Wu Zhiqi's base.
The five civilian ships, following closely behind, did turn their bows to face west, as if they were ready to flee at any moment.
At this time, the sea was calm and the water was not rising, and there was not much wind and waves, and it was as if he was asleep. Starlight sprinkled on the surface of the sea, following the waves.
Then Xiao Shizhu ordered the sergeants to move out the underwater dragon king cannon and place it in the sea around the fleet, and then asked someone to bring him a chair and sit on the bow of the ship.
Xiao Shizhu looked at the small island not far away, where the lights were dark and bright, snorted coldly, and said mockingly: "Wu Zhiqi is really leisurely, he has no sense of crisis at all." If we send ships to patrol the seas, our plans will be in vain. A thief is a thief, even if he is unorganized and undisciplined, he has no culture, I really don't know how he has been invincible all these years. ”。
"Don't say that. As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Shuang's voice sounded behind him: "Maybe he is calibrating the artillery at this time, aiming at us?" As she spoke, she stood beside Xiao Shizhu, picked up the telescope in her hand, and pulled open the island where she looked at Wu Zhiqi.
"Heheda, I'm afraid of him?" Xiao Shizhu showed disdain, and said triumphantly: "I have already studied it, and there are some bed crossbows and flint cannons on his island, as well as a small number of red-coated cannons, but I am now out of his range, and he can't hit him if you let him hit me." ”。
"Then we can't beat him?" Qiushuang stomped her foot in a hurry. There are some tiger squat cannons on his own ship, and they can't shoot more than two miles away.
"Don't be impatient, Autumn Frost girl. Xiao Shizhu waved his hand, turned his head to look at the slowly rising moon in the sky behind him, and said to King Kong: "Order, the air force will be dispatched." ”。
King Kong answered and turned to leave.
Just when Qiushuang wondered what the air force was, he saw many feathers flying up from the civilian boat. They flew in groups of three or five, relying on each other and flying in formation, quietly heading towards Wu Zhiqi's side by taking advantage of the moonlight road cast to the east by the rising lunar moon.
As the feathered people swept past Xiao Shizhu's head, he danced rhythmically with his hands, closed his eyes slightly, and hummed Mozart's minuet in his mouth......
Wu Zhiqi's current base is the three-star island where the Yuren lived in the past. Although the three islands are not large, they are about 1,000 hectares in size, but they are triangular to each other. And each island is a series of mountains, high trees and dense forests. Almost every inch of land is covered with ancient trees, covering the sky and the sun, the trunks are covered with moss and lichen, and the silk drotchers are hanging. And if you are not familiar with the terrain, it is extremely easy to get lost on the island.
This is also one of the reasons why in the past hundred years, the surrounding vassal states have basically been robbed by Wu Zhiqi, but there is nothing to do with him. As long as he retreats to the island, the enemy will have nothing to do. Even if you attack the island, his subordinates will take advantage of the geographical advantage and use guerrilla tactics to beat the head of the rat.
And on the small island in the north, there is a high mountain in the middle, although it is not more than a hundred zhang high, but it resembles an optimus stone pillar, pointing straight to the sky, called a thousand unique peaks. The Danya strange stones in the mountains are all over the place, and the walls are cut and the pine is dense. There are a lot of caves built on the cliff like a knife and axe, and there are many wooden houses between the caves that are stacked and embedded on the cliff cliff, with the steep wall on the back, the dangerous rock on the top, the deep valley below, and the pavilion is suspended in the air.
This was originally the place where the feather people lived, but at this time it was the base camp of Wu Zhiqi.
At the top of the west side of this peak, there is a tall building with eaves and teeth, the eaves of the doors and windows are carved gorgeously, and the birds and beasts on the pillar stone are well carved, which is the residence of Wu Zhiqi.
At this moment, Wu Zhiqi was sitting upright on a chair in the depths of this room. I saw that this Wu Zhiqi was seven feet tall, shaped like an ape, with golden eyes and snow teeth, covered with green hair, knotted muscles, and holding a hundred-pound ghost head knife in his right hand.
On the wall behind him, a plaque was hung high, with four large characters written on it: "Blind Sea Yiba". I have to say that such a plaque shows his Wu Zhiqi, as an uneducated pirate.
Below him, on the left and right, two chairs were placed opposite each other. On each of the four chairs, there is a demon monkey. The black-haired monkey sitting on the first place on the left was not tall, but he had a pair of strange eyes that looked like stars, five feet and half an inch. Wearing gold armor, wearing a golden crown and stepping on cloud shoes, holding a golden hoop stick.
This monkey's name is Lingming, and every inch of skin on his body is as hard as a stone, and he is invulnerable. He is the first fierce general under Wu Zhiqi.
The monkey sitting below Lingming was named Red Horse, six feet tall, with a red buttocks, like a horse. He was covered in red hair, and the saliva in his eyes and nose exuded a fishy smell, and his eyes were like lightning. Dressed in mountain armor, holding a bronze stalk. Don't look at him as vicious, but he is Wu Zhiqi's dog-headed military advisor, and the most active brain is this demon monkey.
And the monkey sitting on the first seat on the right, with his arms over his knees and ears over his shoulders, was covered in long and snow-white hair, holding a golden halberd, called Tong Ji.
Below him is a yellow-haired demon monkey, shaped like a macaque, but with six ears, holding a big knife, called Six Ears, is the vanguard general of Wu Zhiqi.
They gathered here today precisely because half an hour ago, Wu Zhiqi received a report from his minions that the Ghost Mother Country Sailor had arrived in the city. Therefore, they rushed to the meeting.
"King, is it Xia Xing's old lady who came this time?" Before Wu Zhiqi could speak, Ling Ming scratched his ears and cheeks and said, "I really don't have a long memory." ”。
"Hahaha. Wu Zhiqi laughed and said in an arrogant tone: "It doesn't matter who he is, don't think about going back when he comes." Tell the children to go into the water as soon as dawn and scuttle their ships so that they can feed the fish. ”。
"Yes!" The other three monkeys all responded, but Chima didn't say anything, but after a little thought, he said thoughtfully to Wu Zhiqi: "Didn't Lord Juzi send someone to say that the ghost mother appointed a human soul named Xiao Shizhu as a rebellious general?
"Then what are you afraid of?" Wu Zhiqi spat at the mouth and said: "A nobody who has no reputation in the underworld and has never even heard of his name, dares to compete with Wu Zhiqi, the overlord of the sea, he is afraid that he is tired of life." ”。
"I've heard that this little man is very powerful. A trace of worry flashed in Chima's eyes, and he said, "Lord Giant's clever plan to make the secret envoy that the Ghost King placed in the Ghost Mother Palace was easily found out by him. Although we didn't know that the ghost kingdom was under our control, this human soul seems to be not simple. ”。
"Red Horse!" Before Wu Zhiqi could reply, Liu'er, who was sitting opposite the red horse, scolded: "Don't destroy your own prestige, grow the morale of others! I have 50,000 demon soldiers and more than 30 warships, and will I be afraid of him?" Immediately, Lingming and Tongjian also chimed in: "Yes, yes, let him come and go." ”。
"Don't make noise. Wu Zhiqi raised his hand to interrupt them, and said, "What Chima said is not unreasonable, but we have strong troops and advantageous locations, and we are not afraid of him." ”。
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a rumbling sound outside the house, followed by the feeling of the earth shaking and the mountains shaking, shaking the house left and right.
The loud sound was like a thunderbolt descending from the sky, shaking Wu Zhiqi's eardrums with a faint pain and buzzing. Before they could react, they could already smell the faint smell of gunpowder wafting from outside the house.
Wu Zhiqi's heart tightened, and he didn't care that the room was still trembling slightly, so he hurriedly stood up. Nervously looking at the closed door of the room.
At this moment, a small minion greeted from outside the house without saying a word, and hurriedly pushed the door in. The minion trotted all the way to Wu Zhiqi and knelt down, his face was full of panic, and his mouth shouted: "Big big, big king, the ghost mother country sailor has attacked the island." ”。
"Waste, what are you panicking about?" Wu Zhiqi kicked down the little minion and roared angrily: "Come with me!" After that, he strode towards the door with the ghost head knife in his hand.
When he got out of the house, he saw black smoke billowing and blazing fire everywhere on the island.
The flames kept pouring out like a poisonous serpent's letter, and the place where the letter swept was scorched black. The flames of fire unbridled spread its minions, trying to take all the places used on the island under its rule. In the air, there were fireballs falling continuously, and as soon as they landed, they brought an explosion, making the flames on the ground more and more intense, and some demon soldiers couldn't avoid it and immediately flew flesh and blood.
In addition to the fireballs, there were also a lot of rockets, like raindrops, with a "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air, shooting towards the Thousand Peerless Peak where Wu Zhiqi was located.
Many of the buildings around him that were built on cliffs and dangerous places were gradually surrounded and engulfed by flames.
Wu Zhiqi looked up and looked at it, but saw that in addition to rockets and fireballs falling from the sky, there were also many black round ball objects, all the size of two fists, with a lit lead at the top. If it's not earth-shattering thunder, what is it?
"Be careful, my lord. Akama let out a loud cry and threw him to the ground from behind. The moment Wu Zhiqi fell to the ground, a loud bang was heard around him, and at the same time, the shock wave from the explosion swept the dust and hit him. Fortunately, he was pressed against the red horse, and he was not injured by the shockwave.
But when he rolled over and got up, the red horse was already a blur of flesh and blood, and he only had no breath in and out. Every inch of skin on the body exudes a scorching smell.
Despair, for the first time in his life, flashed in Wu Zhiqi's eyes.