Lin Cong was not depressed because Xiao Shizhu suddenly relieved him of the post of commander-in-chief of the expedition in Dongyi Continent and gave him a logistics task, but stood aside with great interest, waiting to discuss with Xuanshui where to start the expedition.

Lin Cong knew that it was not that Xiao Shizhu did not trust him, but that he trusted him more; after all, the soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and logistics support was of great importance to the march and war.

Xiao Shizhu can't hand over these meticulous tasks to Xuanshui, a martial artist who only knows how to conquer and kill ghosts.

Xuanshui, on the other hand, didn't answer silently, just staring intently at the map in front of him.

If this kind of battle was placed in the early years, as soon as he heard the news, the ghost blood on his body could boil in an instant. But following Xiao Shizhu, after fighting for the Nine Shadows Country for many years, Xuanshui is brave but also a lot more stable.

The long-term battle on the battlefield has also made his impulsiveness a lot more restrained.

After his gaze turned around the map a few times, he fell on Longju Mountain in the lower reaches of the Longshu River, and after staring at the Longju Mountain on the map for a while, Xuanshui asked lightly: "Lord Lin, Xia Zhouguo came from here more than two months ago." ”。

Saying this, Xuan Shui raised his hand and pointed to Longju Mountain on the map.

According to the map, the Ryushu River, which originated from Lake Ryushu on the side of Mt. Ryuko, flows from southeast to southwest and eventually flows into a large river on the northeastern border of Hatsu Province. This river, which is no more than 70 miles long, is actually two-thirds in the territory of Xiazhou Kingdom, and only about 20 miles in the territory of Jiuyou Kingdom.

In addition, there are plains on both sides of the river, which is called the Ryushugawa Plain. Except for this Ryushu River, which is only five or six zhang wide at its widest point, there are hardly any barriers.

"Yes, at that time, the local battalion general Ji Yan, together with the vanguard general Zhu Hai I sent, and the air cavalry general Sanmiao Gui Rawu, who arrived later, worked together to defeat the 100,000 Xia Zhou national army. More than 40,000 enemies were annihilated, and more than 1,000 siege equipment brought by the enemy army were destroyed. While talking, Lin Cong's eyes were filled with a little pride.

Whether it is Zhu Hai, or Ji Yan and Raou, they are all generals under him Lin Cong, and they are indeed worthy of pride.

At the same time, Xuanshui stared at the map in front of him and fell into deep thought, it stands to reason that the Xiazhou National Army suffered a great loss at the foot of Longju Mountain, and the Nine Shadows Kingdom should continue to march out of Longju Mountain and seize the Longshu River Plain.

Moreover, the dragon grass on both sides of the Longshu River is a strategic material that the Nine Shadows Country is determined to obtain, and it is a good choice to capture the Longshu River first, but the unobstructed and endless plain makes Xuanshui somewhat worried.

After thinking about it for a while, Xuanshui turned his head and retracted his gaze, looked at Lin Cong and asked modestly: "Dare to ask Lord Lin, what do you think if you attack the Longshu River first and capture the entire Longshu River Plain?"

"I don't agree. Lin Cong didn't think much about it, shook his head lightly and said, "Our air cavalry and flying army have all reconnoitred, and there is no shelter on this plain, that is, there are no mountains or ravines, and there is not even a forest. The army stationed in this unobstructed place is tantamount to looking for death. Once a strong cavalry comes in at night, it will suffer heavy casualties. ”。

Lin Cong shifted his gaze and landed on the northern border of Xiazhou Kingdom. Everyone knew that there were hundreds of thousands of Xudu troops in the place where he could see.

Although they are confronting the country of corpses, the country of the Nine Shadows has a greater hatred with them, in case the country of the Nine Shadows occupies the Plain of the Dragon River, they will turn around, and the soldiers will come directly at the country of the Nine Shadows, then there will be * annoyance.

It's not that the Jiuyou National Army is afraid of the Xudu Army, but that this Longshu River Plain is too; there is no favorable terrain that can be relied on at all, and it is absolutely impossible to advance the troops here.

Xuanshui snorted and nodded: "I think so too, there is no barrier here, not even a city pass, not considered." ”。

Immediately after that, Xuanshui moved his gaze to the east of Aoki County on the map, and after taking a closer look, he pointed to the hills and streams in the east of Aoki County, and said, "Lord Lin, let's think about this side first." ”......

At the mouth of the valley to the north of Mingfeng Valley, the army of corpses and souls is encamped here.

The last time they were besieged in the Ringwind Valley, they were almost wiped out. At the critical time, not only did the Xudu army run out of ammunition, but it was the corpse soul king who led the reinforcements to arrive in time, which drove the Xudu army out of the valley.

But from then on, the Xudu Army seemed to be competing with the Corpse Soul Army, and the resting Xudu Army immediately went north, and all the wars they fought with the Corpse Country in the next were all around this Mingfeng Valley.

After coming and going, the corpse of Haobi simply led the army to settle down here, and after camping in the valley, he started a protracted war with the Xudu army in the country of Xiazhou until today, and there is no end in sight.

Talking about the corpse in every way, at this moment, he is stepping on his four beast feet, and he is constantly pacing in circles in the big tent of the Chinese army where he is the only ghost. Counting the days, the Xudu army has not attacked for three days so far, which is the reason why the corpse is boring.

In the past, there were two ends in three days, and the Xudu army was about to attack and disturb. But since the beginning of the continuous spring rain, the soldiers who have always been high-spirited seem to be lazy.

Outside the tent, the spring rain was dripping, constantly lapping on the tarpaulin of the tent, making bursts of crackling sounds, which made the corpse of Haobi bored and a little annoyed.

"My lord, Master Clearance asks to see you. Just as the corpse was getting more and more bored, the voice of his guards sounded outside the door.

"Please. The overjoyed Extravagant stopped pacing and stood facing the curtain of the big tent, his eyes filled with a hint of anticipation.

After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in the robes of a monk in the world, like the monks in the world, also shaved his head and nodded his scar, and wore a rosary around his neck.

This ghost was indeed a monk master who was not famous in human history, but for some reason his disciples did not cremate him after his death, but gave him a burial.

In this way, the old monk's body did not decompose for some reason, and if you want to ask what the reason is, I really don't know. I only know that his body is just drying up, so he can be regarded as a corpse. So after he brought the three souls and seven spirits who couldn't go to the Western Elysium to the underworld, he became a corpse soul.

And his soul was sent to the country of corpses by the kings of Hades to wait for the notice of reincarnation.

I have waited for more than 700 years, and the notice of reincarnation has not come for a long time, but there is one more resourceful strategist under the corpse.

The underworld does not allow the existence of human religions, and Emperor Xudu not only does not want to see gods other than him in the underworld, but also does not want other gods to exist in the spirits of human souls other than him. Therefore, although Jingkong did not grow his hair, he naturally did not have the constraints of the rules and precepts, and he no longer ate fasting and chanted Buddha to be good, but became a strategist for the corpse of Haobi.

Anyway, he has been reciting Buddha in the world for decades, and the Buddha didn't let him go to Elysium to enjoy happiness, so he simply broke the jar and broke it.

In the past, the various principles he had learned from Buddhism had become the technique of arranging troops for the corpse of the Buddha, and in this way, it seemed that this master of the pure space was not a dull human soul, but also knew how to unite with action.

After the middle-aged man's soul stood in front of the corpse of Haobi, he first put on his robe and knelt down to make a bow, and the one hundred and eight miles of ivory Buddha beads worn on his neck rattled.

It was only after the corpse had allowed him to get up that he stood up and said slowly, "My lord, according to your orders, the armies are already preparing grain, grass, bows, crossbows, and iron arrows, but after dark, we will go down the valley of the wind, and kill them in the rain." ”。

"Good. In addition to being excited, the corpse clapped his hands excitedly.

Since the Xudu army did not fight, then he led the army to kill him, which could be regarded as finding something to do for the warlike himself, and if he could snatch some gold, silver, jewelry, grain and grass from Xiazhou by the way, as well as slaves and female ghosts, it would be even better.

"But the minister is worried, is it a deception for the Xudu Army to be so quiet?" When the corpse was on the head, Jingkong frowned slightly, stroked the three long sparse white whiskers under his chin, and thoughtfully analyzed the corpse: "There is a saying in the world, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop. The ground was muddy after the continuous spring rains. The Xudu army is not good at transporting artillery, so naturally it will not take the initiative to attack. But they can also wait and wait, set up an ambush circle in place, and wait for us to drill into it ourselves. ”。

"Master don't worry, as far as this king knows, not only because the ground is muddy, but also because the firearms of the Xudu army are useless in the rain. There are no firearms, only artillery, even if they set up an ambush circle, what does it matter?" ”。

Qingkong looked at the excitement on the face of the corpse, the hidden arrogance, and after knowing that it was useless to say more, he had to nod and said: "The king must be cautious and careful when attacking, and do not fall for the enemy's tricks." ”。

"Thank you for your advice. The corpse laughed proudly, and then walked quickly to the weapon rack and took his gold-wire iron gun, and the proud scene of him stepping on the tattered armor left behind after the death of the Xudu Army and putting on the robe of the Hundred Ghosts of the Son of Heaven in the Underworld had already appeared in his mind.

"King Qiqi, the army of 100,000 has been prepared. At the same time, the words of the guards sounded outside the tent.

"Guard the camp well!" Walking to the clear space, the corpse stopped, patted the other party's shoulder heavily, and walked out of the tent without looking back.

When I came to the outside of the tent, I saw that on the spring rain as thin as a cow's hair, tens of thousands of ghost soldiers had already assembled in front of the tent, swords and guns were lined up with flags covering the air, and every corpse soul soldier had fearlessness on his face.

After nodding in satisfaction, he walked out of the camp without saying a word.

All the soldiers turned to follow, and the blood-red armor they wore was like a large autumn maple leaf.

After the corpse soul army left the camp one after another with the corpses of Haobi, they held scimitars, spears or bows and crossbows, and walked arrogantly towards the Mingfeng Valley outside the camp.

The sky was getting darker, and the sky was dark and the valley was dark. But the Corpse Soul Army did not light the lamps or light the torches, and they followed closely and walked quickly south in the dark.

After an hour in the wind and rain, the vanguard of this continuous army had already passed the middle of the Ringing Wind Valley. In addition to the sound of drizzling rain in the valley, only the footsteps of this army of corpses and souls remained.

It was completely dark, and all around was pitch black, and only a faint outline could be seen on the mountains on either side. Fortunately, the corpses are the kind of ghosts that have night eyes in the human soul, so this little darkness can't stop them.

The army continued to march south, and the corpses of the Chinese army looked around the mountains on both sides. Occasionally, you can see the mountains in the wind and rain, glowing with a little fluorescent light, and they are drifting with the wind and rain.

The corpse didn't care, and continued to follow the army south. But before they had gone a hundred zhang distance, there were more and more fireflies in the mountains on the east and west sides. The corpse couldn't help muttering, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly thought of where the fireflies came from on a rainy day.

At that moment, his heart sank, and after secretly screaming that something was not good, he shouted to the army: "There is an ambush on the east and west sides!"