Under the dim light, after Yu Moss said this in a flat tone, he didn't say anything more.

And the generals who had been clamoring for help before were even more ashamed. They were either feigning cough or staring at the wood grain on the table in front of them with a wandering gaze.

"What about you, you should complain too, or you will look out of place. Xuanshui then turned his head and swept his gaze towards Ji Yan and Zhu Hai.

"Our soldiers are not dead or wounded, so there is no need. Zhu Hai and Ji Yan smiled lightly and waved their hands and said.

"I know that since the founding of our Nine Shadow Army, in addition to the defense of Shuoyue Island and the defense of the Ghost Crying Beach, the battle against the tree god Huang Zu was the worst casualties in today's battle. Xuanshui's eyes were flat, and his tone was the same: "The casualties of any of your soldiers are not small, but so what? We still held this place to the death, and let the 40,000 Xudu army be wiped out! And we have enough food and grass, and plenty of ammunition. But the Xudu army under the mountain has run out of ammunition, and their ghost cannons have all been destroyed by us. ”。

After a pause, Xuanshui looked at the subordinates who were shouting for help before, and those ghosts hurriedly looked away, not daring to look directly at him.

"Have you ever thought about it, this is the only place within a radius of tens of miles that has favorable terrain that you can rely on. It's okay to ask for help, but as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they have to use their flesh and blood to resist the onslaught of the Xudu Army and the Xiazhou National Army on the unobstructed plain. In the end, Xuanshui turned his gaze on the face of the first speaker to be the head of the private general, and then said slowly: "At that time, the Xudu army will besiege us but not attack, and we will not be able to go down the mountain to receive reinforcements, while the Xudu army and the Xiazhou national army can draw troops to encircle and intercept the reinforcements." The enemy has a numerical advantage, and one can imagine how many of our troops will die on this plain. ”。

"And we still have ammunition and food and grass, and the pass can still hold on, why ask for help?" "Today, Xuanshui's temper is surprisingly good, he has lost his impatience and impulsiveness in the past, but is like a pool of deep water from an ancient well, surprisingly calm: "Since we can hold it, then we have to continue to defend it." Let the enemy only be too busy to deal with us, and have no time to take care of Aoki-gun. ”。

"I'll give you a death order. Seeing that the few soldiers who were shouting for help no longer talked nonsense, and they all agreed with a slight bow, Xuanshui, who has always been good at attacking, made a decision, and said in a loud voice: "Shrink the defense to the halfway up the mountain." All the sentry artillery stood around the mountain. If the enemy attacks again, first bombard the enemy troops in the distance with the Sky Thunder Cannon, and then use the poisonous fire cannons to kill the enemy troops near the foot of the mountain. Be sure to hold out until the last ghost dies in battle. ”。

Shrinking the defense will concentrate firepower, and once the Xudu army attacks again, it will inevitably be subjected to more intense and intensive artillery bombardment. And according to his observations during the day, the fire dragon guns and ghost cannons of the Xudu Army are very lethal, but the range is too short.

Not to mention the flint cannon, the range is only a hundred paces, so there is nothing to be afraid of. In Xuanshui's opinion, the flint cannon of the Xudu Army is amazingly powerful against other ghost country Yin soldiers, but in front of the Nine Ghost Country army, these backward artillery pieces are just a bunch of decorations.

After shrinking the defense to the halfway point of the mountain, if King Taishan mobilized these guns again, he could fall into the disadvantage of being too far away to hit, too close and completely exposed to the range of the artillery of the Nine Shadows Army. In addition, the defense was contracted, and on all sides of the pass, Xuanshui could set up nearly 100 artillery pieces of different sizes and ranges in all directions.

In this way, a round of artillery bombardment on any surface can fire hundreds of shells at the same time, even if King Taishan brings more ghost cannons, he will not be afraid.

"If the enemy brings in the Nether Cannons or the Fire Dragon Lance, our gunners will give priority to shelling their artillery arrays and musketeers. After thinking for a while, Xuan Shui stared at the first speaker, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Tanuki Tianqi, you and your subordinates will set trigger-type traps on the slopes of the mountains halfway up the mountain tonight, and you must let these traps extend all the way to the foot of the mountain." ”。

The man named Tanuki nodded in response.

"Feather Moss, gather all the 10,000 enemy mines and divide them into four, and hand them over to the forward defenders on all sides. Immediately afterwards, Xuanshui looked at Yu Moss again, and said slowly: "Once an enemy army attacks the hillside, after all the traps set by Tanuki Tianqi are triggered, let the front-line soldiers ignite these 10,000 enemies and roll them down the hillside." ”。

"No. Yu Moss also responded with a fist.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let us fight side by side and defend this pass. Xuanshui stood up and looked around at the generals present.

Many of them have followed Xuanshui in the Southern Barbarians, but after tonight, many of them may be buried among the mountains and stones. But Xuanshui saw that there was no more hesitation and fear on their faces, only firmness and fearlessness remained.

"I'm dead, I'm going to defend this pass to the death!" Xuan Shui nodded with satisfaction, and as the supreme commander of this place, he said to every soldier in a firm tone: "We will create a new history of the underworld here, and at the same time, let the Xudu army be even more afraid of our soldiers, and let our flower flag on the other side be planted ......on this land forever!"

There was no moon or stars in the dark night sky, not a trace of light.

The dark clouds gradually converged over Daoshan Island, and as the wind blew, thunder and lightning rolled up behind the dark clouds, and the sky and the earth were darkened and brightened.

In the big tent where Xiao Shizhu lived, the charcoal fire in the middle of the fire pit crackled with the swaying of the flames, and then a few sparks rose from it.

Xiao Shizhu was draped in a brocade cloak made of soft wool of the beast soul, holding a fist-sized centipede bead (Neidan taken from the giant centipede's body), and stood in front of the map in the tent.

With the soft fluorescent light emanating from the beads, which can illuminate the three-foot land, he looked at the terrain of the area south of Dongyizhou on the map, and finally set his eyes on the area of Langya Pass.

When the genius was dark, he received a secret report from the fungus man, telling him in detail about the battle that took place in Langya Pass today.

The advanced firearms of the Northern Yin Dynasty, as well as the lack of explosion of the fire dragon spear, made Xiao Shizhu, a human soul who had always been calm and calm, a little surprised.

According to Lai Yueqi's return, this fire dragon gun has a defect in the chamber. However, the dragon spears that arrived in Dongyizhou for the first time in the war did not explode. This made Xiao Shizhu suspicious of Hai Quan, and hurriedly asked Shenji to herald the capital, and let Lei Yun send his men to spy on this ghost.

Maybe the fire dragon spear of the Xudu Army is not used very often today, right? After thinking about it, Xiao Shizhu could only comfort himself like this.

But even so, I still don't want to fully believe in the exhaustion.

There was a roar of thunder and a loud bang, falling from the clouds above the sky, and silver lightning quickly slashed across the sky like sharp arrows, splitting the already dark night sky into several pieces.

Outside the tent, the wind was even stronger, howling again and again.

In an instant, raindrops the size of beans fell from the sky like locusts, hitting the tent with a crackling sound.

The torrential rain swaying left and right with the wind instantly obscured all the scenery between heaven and earth.

Xiao Shizhu's expression was still focused, his eyes fixed on the lines and dots on the map.

The ghost mother, who was sleeping on the bed not far away, finally woke up after the second thunderbolt landed. She opened her hazy eyes and looked up for a moment before she turned over and found that her husband was not in bed.

After being slightly stunned, she looked around, and after a while, she found Xiao Shizhu in front of the map not far away.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" The ghost mother got up, grabbed the robe on the head of the bed, put it on slowly, got out of bed, slowly walked to Xiao Shizhu's side and stood still, and raised her eyes to look at the other party's eyes: "What are you looking at?"

"Did the thunder scare you awake?" Xiao Shizhu didn't forget to joke with his wife when he was focused.

"You'll be woken up by thunder. The ghost mother gave him a blank look, and she was angry. Then he tilted his head and leaned on his shoulder.

"Go back to sleep, you have children and pay more attention to your body. Xiao Shizhu retracted his gaze and did not answer the ghost mother, but looked down at his wife's still somewhat flat lower abdomen, and then supported the other party and walked towards the bed.

"How can I be so fragile, when I am pregnant with Poria, I will not review the recital until this time. Although the ghost mother shouted like this, she still followed her husband obediently to the edge of the bed and sat on the bed.

"So the national teacher has said that you won't have a ghost for a long time, and you have to meditate and recuperate. Xiao Shizhu said patiently, and at the same time settled his wife on the bed, made her flat, and then changed the quilt for her: "I have already notified the national teacher to come, she will be able to arrive in a few days, and let her give you a baby when the time comes." ”。

Seeing that he was serious, and there was still worry between his eyebrows, the ghost mother smiled "poof": "Look at your appearance as if you are facing a great enemy, as if it is more difficult to give birth to a child than you to fight." ”。

"That's true, and I haven't had children. Xiao Shizhu did not deny it, and said bluntly: "If you want me to say, it is better to have a child than to fight him in ten battles and eight battles." You see you gave birth to Poria cocos, and it took two hours to give birth. A smaller war, fought in two hours. ”。

The ghost mother pursed her lips and smiled again, staring deeply into her husband's eyes with a pair of beautiful eyes, and asked with interest: "If there is no war in the underworld in the future, what will you do?"

"It's not bad to go fishing, farming, or start a small business. After a moment of silence, Xiao Shizhu replied slowly, and his eyes were filled with a little expectation and yearning.

That was the day he longed for, carefree and not life-threatening.

It wasn't until a long time later that the expectations and yearning in his eyes slowly subsided, and after he tucked the quilt for the ghost mother, he looked at the ghost mother and said with some hesitation: "You, after the national teacher comes, will she escort you?"

Outside the tent, there was a flash of lightning in the sky, followed by a huge thunder roaring in the dense dark clouds, and the wind and rain splashing between the heavens and the earth raged for a long time, and there was still no intention of reining in.

The ghost mother gradually put away her smile and looked at Xiao Shizhu for a long time without answering, she didn't know why her husband suddenly said that.

Seeing that she was a little stunned, Xiao Shizhu hurriedly said softly: "I know that this is not good for you, but at this time, a large number of enemy troops in Dongyizhou are being pinned down by Xuanshui in the area of Langya Mountain, and the southwest of Xiazhou and the middle of the country are empty, just so you can take advantage of the void to enter." ”。

"You want to be a pro-conscript!" Hearing this, the ghost mother immediately had an epiphany, but then she thought of the scars on Xiao Shizhu's body, and when her eyes widened a little, she couldn't help but feel a little worried in her eyes.

No wonder her husband kept staring at the map.

"Well, there are no generals in the country anymore, and no ghost is better at this kind of raid than me. The hesitation in Xiao Shizhu's eyes was resolutely replaced at the moment of nodding.

On the beautiful face of the ghost mother, the look of worry became a little heavier.