"Long live the Nine Shadows King, long live the Nine Shadows King. Those Southern Barbarian ghosts shouted these words with tears in their eyes.

But after shouting for a while, he felt that shouting seemed too much, so he hurriedly changed his words and shouted aloud sincerely: "Long live the lord, long live the lord." ”。 During the shouting, he involuntarily raised his right arm, which was clenched into a fist.

Among them, there are many border guards who once fought with the border guards of the Nine Shadows Country, the snake bone woman who fought to the death, the Hercules Mountain Ghost and the Unicorn Mountain Ghost. At this moment, they are also convinced of Xiao Shizhu.

"Long live the ghost clan, long live the Nine Shadows Country!" Xiao Shizhu also shouted excitedly, and gestured to the forbidden army, and those forbidden soldiers got the order, and without hesitation, they escorted Du Ziren's family to the ghost group and handed it over to the ghosts of the Southern Barbarians to deal with.

Then the ghosts of the Southern Barbarians swarmed up, and the thudming sound also came from the group of ghosts crowded with ghosts. Du Ziren's family, in the face of countless angry iron fists, was beaten down before they even had time to hum.

Outside Lei Huan's door, it was instantly covered in noise and savagery, and there was endless anger.

Hu Hui looked at this scene and was silent, he had seen female ghosts who had been tortured by Du Ziren and gone crazy on Luofu Mountain, and most of them were crazy, and Du Ziren had not let them go. I have also seen the oppressed skinny human souls, but they are still wearing collar shackles, and under the whipping of the sergeants, they are forced to do heavy and tiring heavy work. Therefore, Hu Hui understood Xiao Shizhu's actions at this time, and he understood the anger of the Southern Barbarian ghosts.

And Wu Xiaoshen, who had also seen those inhumane scenes on Luofu Mountain, was a little unbearable after a short silence, after all, he turned his head to look at Xiao Shizhu and said urgently: "Uncle Xiao, there are children inside!"

"In the information sent back by the Xuanjiao disciples, how many of the female ghosts who were randomly recruited by Du Ziren to serve in bed, do you know?" Xiao Shizhu replied indifferently to the question, and it wasn't until Wu Xiaoshen shook his head silently that he took out a notebook from his sleeve, stuffed it into the other party's hand and snorted angrily, and then said angrily: "According to incomplete statistics, in the past five years alone, a thousand girls have been taken to Luofu Mountain to sleep, and four or five hundred have died after serving. And his family has never stood up to intercede for these poor little female ghosts! Put away your kindness and good thoughts, good hearts and good thoughts should be used on good ghosts, not on evil ghosts like Du Ziren and his family. ”。

While speaking, after Du Ziren's family members had been beaten to death one by one by the angry Southern Barbarian ghosts, the red-eyed Southern Barbarian ghosts took a long breath, and the dissatisfaction that had been suppressed in their chests for thousands of years was released at this moment.

After reading the recital, Wu Xiaoshen also put away the unbearable look on his face, nodded silently in agreement with Xiao Shizhu's actions, and handed the recital back to Xiao Shizhu.

But Xiao Shizhu didn't reach out to pick it up, but just said lightly: "Keep it for yourself." Then he waved his hand and motioned to the forbidden army to lead the way, bringing these Southern Barbarian ghosts to the southwest outside Yuque City.

In the distant hills where they were about to go, Lai Yueqi and the subordinates of the Winter Governor Kong Julong had already built barracks and training bases in the mountains, where these Southern Barbarian Ghosts would receive exactly the same training as the Nine Shadows Army.

The carts and family members they had brought with them with the gold, silver and jewels were also brought into the city by the other forbidden troops, and the carts headed in the direction of the treasury, while the ghosts were taken to live in the city.

After the mighty group of ghosts gradually moved away and the surroundings of Lei Huanmen became quiet again, Hu Hui, who had been silent for a long time, spoke and asked Xiao Shizhu: "Lord, are you going to start fighting hard?"

Hu Hui is not stupid, hundreds of thousands of ghosts have been gathered and trained, obviously to organize a strong army.

"Well, yes. Xiao Shizhu nodded and said with a slight smile: "In the past five years, I have finally saved some belongings, and I have fought two big battles and almost all of them." Moreover, the sergeants also suffered a lot of casualties, but the land became vast, which made the country short of soldiers, and it was urgent to replenish the supply of soldiers. ”。

The refreshing morning breeze passed through the doorway, blowing the robe on Xiao Shizhu's body whirring.

After saying this, Xiao Shizhu suddenly stretched and yawned, and a wave of sleepiness appeared on his face.

"Wu Xiaoshen. After yawning, Xiao Shizhu said: "Give you three months of leave, let you go home to see your mother first, and Hu Hui will do the training on your behalf first, and then hand it over to you after you come back from visiting relatives." ”。

"No. Wu Xiaoshen hurriedly put away the notebook, clasped his fists at Xiao Shizhu, and bowed in response.

"Hu Hui, you still have a mission. For all these years, Madame Lai has been commanding the subordinates of the Ordnance Warden and the craftsmen of the Winter Palace to secretly build a large and secret military training base in the southwest of Jiangmo County, on the border with Zhuzhu County. Xiao Shizhu paused, turned his head to look at Lai Yueqi, and said, "You can introduce Hu Hui to that base first." ”。

"No. Lai Yueqi chuckled, took a step forward and stood beside Xiao Shizhu, and said to Hu Hui with a slight chin and said, "This base is surrounded by mountains, and there are no people within a radius of hundreds of miles. The base is composed of artificial deserts and grasslands, natural mountains and ravines, etc., and has a unique advantage in arranging troops. That is to say, in the counties and counties of the underworld, except for the environment of the icy and snowy Xuanming Prefecture, which cannot be simulated in it, the terrain environment of other places can basically be simulated. ”。

After quietly listening to this narrative, Hu Hui lowered his head slightly, and asked thoughtfully: "What's the use of making such a big secret base?"

"Training and exercises. Xiao Shizhu took over and said slowly: "I want to train a very capable army, with complete equipment and complete arms, and all arms cooperate tacitly, to be stationed in this base." Stick to the base in your spare time to prevent him from stumbling into it and discovering its secrets. However, all the armed forces in the country will be pulled into the base in batches at different times to conduct actual combat military exercises. At that time, this force will be the legendary 'enemy army', that is, the imaginary enemy that I often tell you in the past. ”。

Xiao Shizhu's trick came from the inspiration he got from the Irving Fort he saw in the newspapers and books in the world, and the Shanglin Yuan of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the history books. Fort Irving is a famous training base for the U.S. military, and its garrison is responsible for playing the role of a hypothetical enemy.

The underworld has nothing to say, and his army cannot fight anytime and anywhere, so he needs a place and a large army that can fight to play the role of an imaginary enemy, so that his army can maintain its combat effectiveness at all times in peacetime and in exercises with imaginary enemies.

"That means that this army and this base will become the whetstone of all our armies when there is no war?"

"Yes. Xiao Shizhu turned his head to be sure.

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful, so that even when there is no war, the army can remain vigilant and combative. The clever Hu Hui also immediately thought of this, and praised it endlessly.

And the admiration for Xiao Shizhu in my heart is even more.

"As for the members of this army, you can choose from the various units in the country, as well as from the apprentices of the Military Academy. Xiao Shizhu put his arm around his shoulder, paused and said, "But it must be a very capable army, and it must not be compared to other armies." And every sergeant, after five years, can become a general who can command any large army anytime, anywhere. ”......

The salty sea breeze blew from the sea under the blue sky, and after blowing waves like fish scales, it blew towards the calf pass, which had become a ruin.

The only remaining intact buildings in the pass are the city gate building on the north side. The rest of the turrets, turrets, barracks, and granaries, as well as the eastern and western walls and the southern barbarians, were all in ruins.

In the huge pass, broken beams and pillars and broken walls can be seen everywhere, as well as countless charred and large rubbles, lying on the ground horizontally and vertically. And on the ground under these ruins, there is also a thin layer of red powder. It was the soul soldiers who guarded the gate, and their bodies turned into powder after death.

Zong Tian, who had a calm face, stood on a huge gravel in the pass, and silently looked around at the craftsmen who could be seen everywhere in the ruins in front of him, cleaning and repairing this once majestic pass, and couldn't help frowning.

The sea breeze blew in his face, blowing the cloak on Zong Tian's shoulders to encourage him endlessly, and he kept hunting.

The waves surged onto the shore with the wind, and from time to time they brought with them some sawdust and broken masts, oars, canvas and other things from the warships of the Northern Yin Naval Division.

Although he had long known that the artillery of the Nine Shadows Kingdom was already the most advanced and most powerful in the underworld today, Zong Tian was still shocked when he arrived at the scene, looking at the scorched black gravel all over the ground and the craters that were full of square feet on the ground.

What a powerful artillery piece could turn this impregnable pass into the terrible ruins it is now in less than an hour.

After being silent for a long time, Zong Tian, who sighed lightly, slowly turned around, jumped off the big stone, and looked at the middle-aged soul standing under the stone who was dressed in a blue cloth robe, wearing a gray veil and black eyes around him, his face was covered with dirt, and he yawned as if he hadn't woken up, and asked lightly: "Ji Kang, have you found all the artillery craftsmen you are looking for?"

"You found a few generals, it's hard to find famous artillery craftsmen in these Six Heavens Continent now. Na Ji Kang thought for a while, pursed his lips and said a little impatiently: "The few I worked hard to find can only make some flint cannons." The kind of craftsman you want, who can make the high-powered artillery of the Nine Shadows National Army, really doesn't have it. ”。

As he spoke, there was also a look of disbelief on his face; after Zhou Qi's death this week, whether it was seniority or ability, he should have been promoted by Ji Kang to be the guard of this calf pass, but he didn't expect Emperor Xudu to mention this matter at all, and sent Zong Tian, who had been idle on Luo Yu Mountain for thousands of years, to take over Zhou Qi's position.

Ji Kang was naturally unwilling and did not dare to complain to Emperor Xudu, but he dared to sprinkle all this fire on Zong Tian, who was appointed as a new official.

In addition to his normal duty all day, Ji Kang shrunk in his room while drinking and playing his Guangling San, and from time to time he also refined a few ancient drugs like Wushisan to knock them out.

Even the errand assigned by Zong Tian's boss, he was sloppy and didn't do his best, just asking for a hasty errand.

Zong Tian naturally knew that he was already wild by nature, and he also knew that he was unhappy, but he didn't bother with Ji Kang. In addition to ensuring the rapid recovery of the morale of the surviving defenders in the area, it is also essential to reunite the demons.

For the sake of unity, Zong Tian has been forbearing.

After patiently listening to Ji Kang's words at this time, Zong Tian only nodded slightly, and said, "It's hard work, but I still trouble you to continue to work hard and find this kind of craftsman." ”。

Ji Kang didn't say anything, just snorted lightly and turned to leave.