After Chang Sheng finished speaking, Datou and the others all nodded. As the old saying goes, everything will be done if you are prepared, and if you are not prepared, it will be ruined. No matter what you do, careful planning and preparation must be carried out in the early stage. This is true for doing things, and it is also true for fighting.
Changsheng continued, "On the third day when we saw the Japanese pirate ship at sea, we landed in Ziyingzhou. It took three days to return to Beijing to rescue the ship, another day to go to Ashan, and three days to help Zhang Zhenren capture Hanzhong. It took four days to go north to look for Chou Niu, so half a month had passed since we met the Japanese pirates from the sea. This time was enough time for the Japanese pirates to return to the mainland and come to Silla. If nothing else, the Japanese pirates had already arrived at Yinhu's location. area, and they know that we are likely to pass by, so after arriving at the destination, they will never wait for the weather to come, but will seize the time to lay traps and wait for us to fall into our trap."
Everyone nodded again, agreeing with Chang Sheng's conclusion.
Changsheng continued, "The current situation is that we know they are there, and they also know that we will rush there. And since we rushed to Silla, it means that we have already encountered Mitsubishi Mori and others in Bulham Mountain and found out The direct consequence of understanding when the twelve earthly branches are at their weakest is that we know when they will take action, and they also know that we know when they will take action."
"In other words, both sides know themselves and the enemy, and no one has an advantage." Yu Yi said.
"Yes, that's what I mean," Changsheng nodded, "When we are making preparations, they must be making preparations as well."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, Shi Xuanming, who had been silent until now, coughed twice and cleared his throat, "I'll say a few words."
"Haha, a real man is becoming more and more powerful. He has to cough twice before speaking." Big Tou joked.
Shi Xuanming ignored Da Tou and said, "If you want to achieve anything, it is nothing more than the right time, place, and people. It is March, and the weakest time for Yin Hu is the first month, so the Japanese pirates do not occupy the right time, but we do not take the right time either. Because Yin Ri Yin Shi two days later is the time when Yin Hu is at his weakest in this month. Furthermore, there is a favorable geographical location. Silla does not belong to the Tang Dynasty or the Japanese Kingdom. We and the Japanese pirates are both on an expedition alone, so no one can take advantage of it. The advantage of geographical location. However, they arrived before us. The prince also said just now that they will definitely seize the time to find out the surrounding situation after arriving at the place. Therefore, they still have a slight advantage over us in terms of geographical location. Finally, it is people and people. ," Shi Xuanming said and looked up at Changsheng, "My lord, how many people do you think the seven major families can come this time?"
Changsheng thought for a while and said, "It won't be less than three hundred."
"How many purple energy masters can there be?" Shi Xuanming asked.
Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "We know very little about the seven major families. We don't know exactly how many purple energy masters they have. However, the seven major families are the most powerful group of people in Japan. After Japan sent them out, the country was directly emptied. No one can even stop us. This is why the seven major families immediately took a boat to come back for help after learning that we were going to kill their homeland. After comprehensive consideration, I feel that there are at least thirty or forty purple energy masters from the seven major families. I That’s the least to say.”
Shi Xuanming nodded and continued, "That's it. There are more than three hundred of them, and we only have five, so we and I don't have to occupy them."
"What, real man, are you scared?" Datou said with a mocking look on his face.
Shi Xuanming frowned helplessly, "What am I afraid of? When have I ever been afraid? You are such a person that you don't want others to tell the truth."
"The war is coming. Disturbing the morale of the army, boosting others' ambitions, and destroying yourself..."
Before Datou could finish speaking, Changsheng waved his hand and interrupted him, "What Shi Xuanming said is indeed the truth. It's okay to be confident, but not arrogant."
"We will definitely fight," Shi Xuanming raised his voice and made it clear, "I am not saying this to back off, but this battle is really difficult to fight, but it is impossible not to fight. The prince also said just now, If the seven major families are allowed to return to Middle-earth, we won't be able to deal with it. God knows where they will go? With so many masters together, even if the Earthly Branches are not weak, they can join forces to attack. So this battle must be After severely injuring the Japanese pirates and making them lose their ability to attack the Earthly Branches, it will be easy for us. All we need to do is go over and protect the Earthly Branches when they are at their weakest."
Datou just likes to tease Shi Xuanming, and does not really look down on him. Now seeing Shi Xuanming's solemn statement, he hurriedly said, "I'm teasing you, look at you, you're still impatient."
"This time is really not a joke," Shi Xuanming said with a solemn expression, "We have to prepare for the worst."
"What's the worst plan?" Datou asked casually.
"If we really fight, we may not all be able to go back alive." Shi Xuanming said seriously.
After hearing Shi Xuanming's words, no one answered. In fact, even if Shi Xuanming didn't say anything, everyone knew that the situation was extremely serious. However, when Shi Xuanming made his words clear, the atmosphere instantly became extremely solemn.
At this time, there was only one table of them in the restaurant. In order to avoid suspicion, the waiter stayed far away while everyone was talking. When he saw that they stopped talking and the rain outside became heavier and heavier, and they would not be able to leave in a short time, the waiter came up to accompany them. Said something with a smile on his face.
No one understands the Silla dialect, and no one needs to understand it. What can business people think about? It’s just to make more money. The big head pointed to the wine jar, and then pointed to the side dishes on the table, buddy. Seeing this, he beamed with joy and went down to sift wine and add vegetables.
After the waiter brought the food and wine, Changsheng said, "The current situation is basically like this. The situation is not very favorable to us, but it is not very bad either. The area where Yinhu is located is called Taibai Mountain. Taibai Mountain is not a separate peak, but It is a north-south mountain range, more than a thousand miles long from north to south. It is the largest mountain range in Silla. There must be many trees in the mountain. The five elements of Yinhu belong to wood and can control things belonging to wood. Even without our help, the Japanese pirates want to Killing Yin Hu is not easy,"
When Da Tou was pouring wine for everyone, Yang Kai said, "Yin Hu is not completely incapable of protecting himself. This is very beneficial to us. At least the Japanese pirates cannot use Yin Hu to drag us there. If necessary, We can evacuate first when the time comes."
After Yang Kai finished speaking, Yu nodded and continued, "We can find a secret location in advance. Once we are at a disadvantage, I will send you there."
Changsheng said again, "You may have forgotten that I am still a Taoist priest, and what I teach is the Shangqing Lu, the highest level of the Shangqing Sect. I can cast the spells of Longhu Mountain, but I have been neglecting to practice before. I am not the best at drawing talismans. It’s very familiar, but I have already memorized the drawing, fingering, and chanting of the mantra, and they can come in handy in critical moments.”
After Chang Sheng said this, everyone nodded.
Everything that should be considered was taken into consideration, and everyone put forward their own opinions. Finally, it was Changsheng's turn to make the final decision, "The Japanese pirates' ships should be docked at the seaside of Gangwon Province. According to the Japanese pirates, we will definitely go from the north. , I plan to go around the seaside and burn their ships first. No matter what the outcome of this battle is, it will delay their return to China. In addition, I do not plan to take action in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, because that is when Yin Hu is at his weakest. When it comes, not only can it not help us, but we are too distracted to protect it, so I plan to take action in advance, come on, drink this jar of wine, no matter whether it stops raining or not, we have to hit the road."
Hearing Chang Sheng's words, everyone nodded. After emptying his wine glass, Da Tou said, "Your Majesty, we don't need to go together to burn the boat. I can handle it myself."
Changsheng thought for a while and nodded in agreement, "That's okay. Miss Bai can fly very fast. I'll leave this matter to you. The Japanese pirates know that we will come anyway, so there is no need to hide our heads and tail."
At the end of the afternoon, everyone took their dry food and left the wine shop to head south in the rain. The rain kept falling and did not stop until nightfall.
After nightfall, Changsheng no longer took the official road, but changed his route to the east. Silla is long from north to south and narrow from east to west. At the third watch, everyone arrived at the coast of the East China Sea of Silla.
It was actually raining here, but fortunately everyone was wearing raincoats and hats, so everyone would not become drowned in the rain.
Continue southward along the seaside path. After three hundred miles, the troops split into two groups. Datou continued southward, looking for Japanese pirate ships along the seaside, while Changsheng and others turned southwest and entered the endless dense forest of Taibai Mountain.
No one had been to Silla before. Fortunately, although the map was drawn a thousand years ago, the direction of the mountains on the map had not changed. The four of them followed the map and quickly entered the hinterland of Taibai Mountain.
At first, everyone was able to ride their horses forward under the forest. However, as the mountain became increasingly steep, everyone had no choice but to give up their horses and use body techniques instead.
To use the body technique, you need to activate the spiritual energy, and when the spiritual energy is activated, the complexion will appear. This place is less than 500 miles away from the area where Yin Hu is located. Worried about being discovered by the Japanese pirates, Changsheng drew a spiritual talisman for everyone, the spiritual talisman. It was originally used to channel spirits and see ghosts. Its function is to conceal the yang energy of living people. It can also be used to hide the complexion. However, it cannot be used frequently, otherwise it will damage the yang energy of living people.
After traveling two hundred miles, everyone suddenly discovered that there was a large amount of smoke lingering in the mountains in the distance...
