The capital of the ghost kingdom, in the city of Linglong.

At this time, on the Tiansha Palace, there is only the ghost king himself. All day, he sat on the throne, frowning his brow and stringing "Chuan" wrinkles between his eyes. Until nightfall, this expression did not change.

Since launching the second invasion war against the Ghost Mother Kingdom, not only has he not been able to get any advantage, but he has also suffered a lot of losses, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this defeat is the worst since the founding of the Ghost Kingdom.

Not only did he take the entire naval division and all the military ports, but also the 50,000 or 60,000 troops and more than 20,000 captured sergeants who remained on Shuoyue Island and were wiped out.

Especially after Xiao Jiajun infiltrated Ruguozhong, he also lost a lot of silver and local officials. In order to resist the pursuers, Xiao Shizhu often took out his money from the treasury of various cities and sprinkled it on the way of the pursuers. In this way, the silver was coaxed and robbed by his own sergeants, and most of it was never recovered, and the domestic economy was also depressed, and in a short time the economy and production of most towns were paralyzed.

In the end, even his first general, Ah Pang, died on the battlefield. Every time he thought about these things, the ghost king was worried, and bursts of humiliation and anger filled his chest, making him feel that life was worse than death.

In fact, he should be a little grateful to Xiao Shizhu, almost all of the local officials and generals of the Ghost Kingdom who were killed by Xiao Shizhu were children of the Mo family, and this move also weakened the Mo family's control over the Ghost Kingdom a lot overnight. It's just that the ghost king was kept in the dark in a daze, and he didn't know that his royal power was already about to be hollowed out by the Mo family, so he blindly resented Xiao Shizhu.

"Father. Just as the ghost king gritted his teeth more and more when he thought about it, a young girl came from outside the hall to the palace. Seeing that this woman is no more than twenty-eight years old, with a round goose egg face, small and delicate facial features, and delicate eyes under slender eyebrows, revealing infinite purity;

Her skin was more than snowy, and she wore a red-edged tulle skirt with hanging shoulders. The cloud-like hair is coiled into a hanging bun on the top of her head, and the knotted tail hangs down on her shoulders, making her slightly well-behaved and playful.

As soon as she entered the hall, the dark fragrance emanating from her body slowly emanated towards every corner of the hall, and she was pleasant to smell.

Seeing that she is so beautiful and slim, she is incompatible with the ugly ghost king, saying that they are father and daughter, and I guarantee that the first reaction of anyone who hears it is to be surprised.

The girl stood still in front of the ghost king, and then opened her mouth and called softly: "Father?", the sound of the swallow warbler was very beautiful;

"Qian'er. He raised his head slightly, glanced at the woman blankly, and when he saw that it was his daughter, he squeezed out a smile, but the smile was so stiff, like a skin smile that it did not smile, and it seemed a little reluctant.

"If your father has any troubles, you might as well talk to Qian'er and listen to it, so that Qian'er can share your worries for you. Ghost Qian'er also smiled at him, softly.

"Hehe, my Qian'er has really grown up. The ghost king smiled, a look of relief flashed from between his eyebrows, swept away the gloom that had stayed on his face before, and said, "It's a pity that my father doesn't need your help." ”。

"Don't lie to me, I know my father is worried about how to restore the power of the country. Ghost Qian'er squatted down beside him, leaned her head on the ghost king's knee, and said slowly in thought: "Didn't the Yellow Emperor send his men down to propose marriage? If he can help us restore our national strength, Qian'er is willing to sacrifice her life for her father and marry the bear country." ”。 His tone was calm, but his face was very firm.

The ghost king was slightly stunned, greatly moved, and suddenly felt a warm heart. He patted Ghost Qian'er's shoulder with his wide and rough palm, his eyes were loving, and he changed his rough voice from the past, and whispered to her: "Father has a heart, but the Yellow Emperor is not a great hero who stands up to the sky, but he is not worthy of our family's Qian'er." ”。

"Looking at the entire underworld, who can be regarded as a great hero in the eyes of my father?" Qian'er raised her head and looked at the ghost king and blinked her big watery eyes.

"My father didn't know. The ghost king's loving gaze fell on her face, and after a while, he squinted and smiled, and the majesty that had always hung on his ugly face in the past disappeared in an instant, leaving only infinite fatherly love, and his mouth said: "But one day, we Qian'er will definitely meet that big hero, the only big hero worthy of you." ”......

Just when the ghost king and his daughter were enjoying a moment of family happiness and father-daughter love, Xiao Shizhu had already taken Xiao Jiajun to take advantage of the darkness of the night and quietly came to the sea outside Heimu Village.

Sure enough, the Ghost King was completely unfortified here, not only was there no troops stationed here, but there was still a dead silence around him, and there were ruined courtyards and vacant houses everywhere. This made Xiao Shizhu and Xiao Jiajun set foot on the land of the Ghost Kingdom again without much effort.

And there was not even a patrol force in the vicinity, which made the Xiao family army a lot bold, and they actually moved all the supplies and ammunition off the ship without fortification. Compared with the sneakiness of the first time, this time they can be described as swaggering, as if they are afraid that the enemy country will not know that they are coming.

Then they gathered on the beach, distributed the supplies and ammunition one by one, and then marched out into the mountains and forests south of Heimu Village.

King Kong still took the forbidden army and sailors, drove the warship away from the coastline of Heilong Island, and became the logistics captain for Xiao Shizhu and them again.

Xiao Shizhu's route of march was from the northeast to the southwest, and the enemy troops were terrified all the way, and they fled less than ten miles away. If he was unlucky, he was caught up by Xiao Jiajun, and he was killed by those who laid down their weapons, and those who resisted were killed.

Xiao Jiajun was like a broken bamboo all the way, and the sword blade pointed at the thunderbolt. In three days, he captured six cities in a row, and the ghost king's army ran away. What is different from last time is that this time the Xiao family army did not massacre civilians who did not resist, nor did they do anything to rob the people's homes.

Xiao Shizhu knows that the people of the underworld are ignorant and ignorant, and almost every soul living at the bottom doesn't care who is their leader in the future; So this time he gave a death order to the Xiao family's army, and every time he captured a city, he borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, opened the local granary treasury, and came to open a warehouse to release grain and distribute money. It was also plastered on the streets: "Return to the ghost mother country, human souls and demon souls will be equal from now on, and they will be exempted from taxes for three years!"

At first, the people of the Ghost Kingdom were still jealous and did not dare to receive food and silver, after all, the vicious image of the Xiao family army had already been deeply imprinted in their minds. So the Xiao family soldiers had to open the doors of the granary and treasury and left, and the grain and money inside were looted by the people.

This move drove the Ghost King to death, and for hundreds of years, the Ink Masters had made a lot of money in this country, and it was difficult to grow too much food on the small islands of mountains and stones. After being so messed up by the ink people, the people were miserable. In addition, when Xiao Shizhu came for the first time, he only cared about sending troops to encircle and suppress but forgot to appease the people, and he had lost a lot of people's hearts.

And most of the people who are Bai Ding only know life, how do they know that the ghost kingdom has been almost controlled by the ink people, and the upper and lower officials are nine out of ten disciples of the Mo family, and it is the ink people who do not let them live; they only know that the ghost king is a bad ghost, and they are full of dissatisfaction, so naturally they will only preach the ghost king.

So as soon as Xiao Shizhu released the grain and distributed the money, the people of the ghost kingdom who dared to be angry and did not dare to speak secretly compared in their hearts, and felt that it was still Xiao Shizhu;

On the fourth day, the Xiao family's army advanced mightily and easily hit the east of a pass called Wuhuiguan in the south of the Ghost Kingdom, in the uninhabited forests in the mountains.

The pass in the distance is located between the two mountain ranges called Gong Mountain and the Jin Mountain, sits in the north and faces south, and the surrounding radius is a hundred miles of majestic mountains and mountains, and there are many cliffs.

There is only a rugged mountain road that is not more than five feet wide, winding forward beside the cliffs between the mountains, crossing the pass from north to south, and finally rushing out of the mountains to the southern basin; It is the only shortcut and key point from the south outside the ghost kingdom to the central pass.

Last time, Xiao Shizhu failed to reach this place, and when he first arrived here today, he saw that the mountains were steep within a radius of 100 miles, and the cliff peaks stretched for 100 miles. It's a pity that he chose the wrong opponent. ”。

After finishing speaking, he called Wu Zhiqi again and said, "Take your soldiers, get close to the pass, and quietly grab your tongue." ”。 Wu Zhiqi replied and turned to leave. Xiao Shizhu ordered the army to rest in the jungle in situ, and then sat on the ground against the trunk of an ancient cypress tree, closing his eyes and recuperating.

The mountain breeze blew on his face, bringing him a burst of sleepiness, and just when he was about to fall asleep, Wu Zhiqi led his men and tied a human soul towards him.

After they pressed that human soul in front of Xiao Shizhu, and were forced to kneel down in front of Xiao Shizhu, Xiao Shizhu opened his eyes slightly and glanced at the human soul, closed his eyes again, and asked again and again: "Name, subordinate troops, army generals, number and type of troops and weapons in the pass?"

The enemy human soul sergeant didn't answer when he heard this, but just snorted lightly and twisted his head slightly to the side. Judging from the man's head on the other side, this enemy soldier knew that he should be Xiao Shizhu.

"Tough guy, I just don't know if it's real or pretended. After Xiao Shizhu opened his eyes and glanced at the other party again, he stroked his palm and said, "Plug his mouth and cut off his flesh piece by piece." ”。

The human soul saw that he looked like a Confucian student, but a cold murderous aura appeared on his face when he spoke, and Wu Zhiqi was already planning to make a move, he suddenly knew that Xiao Shizhu was not joking anymore, and he was so frightened that he trembled, and hurriedly said: "Return, return, return to the general's words, the small one is the Heavenly Soul Army, and the pass is also the Heavenly Soul Army; ”。

What Grandma thinks, Xiao Shizhu knows very well. No return pass is one of the only passes that he did not destroy the last time he went deep into the enemy territory, and fools know that if Xiao Shizhu comes again, there is a high probability that he will come here. What's more, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and waiting for the rabbit is the best policy.

"Grandma?" Xiao Shizhu looked puzzled, he clearly remembered that the ghost mother had said that Grandma was a horse, but as far as he knew, the commander of the Heavenly Soul Army was the bull-headed Ah Pang;

"Yes. After the enemy nodded his head, he also looked at him suspiciously, and after being slightly stunned, he said, "Didn't you send soldiers to assassinate him?"

Xiao Shizhu was inexplicable when he heard this, and said in a daze: "Will you die if you tear off a hand?" The enemy soldier was also inexplicable, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't understand, so after briefly telling Xiao Shizhu the 'facts' that Grandma told them, he scolded coldly: "General Apang's hatred, General Grandma will definitely seek you back." A bed crossbow has been prepared in the pass to be used against your feathered army, so you can wait for death!"

"Grandma is such a genius for slander, but it's okay that she's willing to settle the account on my head, and I'll just keep it. Xiao Shizhu didn't bother to talk to him, just waved his hand and said, "Drag it down and kill it." After that, he said no more.

"It's really a narrow road. After Wu Zhiqi escorted the enemy soldier away, Yu Rong came over and asked Xiao Shizhu, "General, what are you going to do?"

"Isn't Grandma looking forward to me going, then I'll take the initiative to attack and let her and her Heavenly Soul Army be buried for this pass. With that, he turned his head to look west, his eyes glistening with excitement.