Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

After the hundred halberds were completed, Wu Qing led the hundred martial artists who had practiced martial arts but had not yet reached the rank of master to practice martial arts in the back mountain.

Dou Xianniang and Shan Ailian had no idea what he was teaching them in the back mountain.

A clerk is a clerk, mysterious and enigmatic, making him impossible to understand.

Ten days later, in the Great King's Palace, Dou Xianniang sat on the mountain king's throne covered with a tiger skin.

To her left was her advisor, who was also facing the palace gate, and to her right was Shan Ailian, who was sitting sideways, helping to organize various intelligence reports from outside the mountain.

At the bottom of the single-step platform sat two martial artists, Dou Bin and Dou Kui, along with several key members of the stronghold who managed weapons and provisions.

Shan Ailian was happy to be able to help here.

But at this moment, her delicate features were slightly furrowed, and her voice was even softer than usual:

"According to the information brought by the scouts in the city, the government will come to besiege us in three days at most. There are about five thousand government troops, including two thousand county soldiers dispatched from the county seat."

"In addition, there are also martial artists and servants gathered by the three powerful families of Kong, Chen and Fu in Cheng'an County."

Dou Xianniang said, "Although we only have a thousand capable fighters in our village, if they insist on attacking, we can mobilize the farmers who farm the back mountain to help defend the village. They can carry logs and push stones."

"Although our stockade walls are not very high, there is a slope in front of the stockade, so it will not be easy for them to break into the stockade."

Shan Ailian said, "According to the intelligence, Kong Hong, the head of the Kong family, gave the county magistrate a suggestion: they would drive a large number of people to attack the stronghold and tie them up with ropes."

"If we use rolling logs and stones, the people who die are those who are completely unimportant to them. By using those ordinary people, we can consume our rolling logs and stones, which is naturally worthwhile for them."

"If we open the gates and let the people in, they will take the opportunity to storm in, exploit the panic of the people to break through our internal defenses, seize the gates, and wipe us out in one fell swoop."

Dou Bin slammed his fist on the chair handle and cursed, "What a bunch of beasts!"

Wu Qingdao: "The Kong family of Cheng'an County... Kong Hong?"

Dou Xianniang turned to look at him from her tiger-skin throne: "Does Qing-ge know this person?"

Wu Qing said, "I heard he has a daughter who, for some reason, went insane after being possessed by an evil spirit."

Dou Kui laughed and said, "Possessed by evil spirits? Where do evil spirits come from in this world? I think it's just retribution for being so arrogant all the time. That Kong Hong was able to come up with such a vicious idea, he deserves to have sons without an anus and daughters who go insane."

Someone nearby joked, "Brother Kui, you keep saying there's no such thing as evil in this world, and that it's just retribution. Do you believe in these supernatural things or not?"

Dou Xianniang laughed and said, "As for matters of gods and ghosts, China has its own tradition. Sometimes we believe, sometimes we don't. We believe in the good things and don't believe in the bad things. We believe today and don't believe tomorrow."

"Anyway, nobody has actually seen it!"

Everyone thought about it and realized that it was indeed true, so they all laughed.

Dou Xianniang looked at Wu Qing and said, "Brother Qing, although their methods of driving people to attack the village are vicious, there is no way to break them."

"The catapults and ballistae you helped design haven't been built yet, so they're not useful for now. Otherwise, we could have used them to bypass the civilians and attack the county soldiers directly."

"What can we do now that things are like this?"

Wu Qing bowed slightly: "Please wait a moment, Miss. Although the catapults and crossbows on the stockade wall are not yet finished, there is one important thing that has been completed and will be here shortly."

Seeing his confident demeanor, everyone looked at him expectantly.

Dan Ailian looked at Wu Qing, her bright eyes filled with even more curiosity.

She was a smart woman, and she really couldn't figure out what good solution there was for this kind of thing.

The only solution seemed to be to harden one's heart and not hesitate to destroy and slaughter even the civilians who were forced to attack the village.

It's better than the gates of the village being breached, no matter what.

However, this would inevitably cause the villagers who helped guard the village to feel a sense of loss, and the reputation of Wuji Village would also be affected.

More importantly, if the warriors and soldiers in the stronghold become accustomed to treating the lives of ordinary people as worthless, they will become difficult to control and extremely prone to becoming cruel and inhumane.

In this era, moral decline is always the easiest thing to happen.

The main reason why the local landlords and powerful families were afraid of them was that they feared more江湖 heroes and common people would follow their example.

If they were real bandits who plundered the people and committed all sorts of evil deeds, they wouldn't be so afraid.

Something equally important? Shan Ailian made all sorts of guesses, but couldn't come up with any weapon that could decide the outcome.

Before long, a soldier rushed in carrying a large box: "Master, your things are ready."

The people in the hall looked and saw that the wooden box was about 1.8 feet long and 1 foot wide. The box was made of willow wood and was square.

They were all wondering what was inside.

Could this one thing really break the vicious tricks of the government troops, drive back five thousand soldiers, and protect the entire village?

They racked their brains but still couldn't figure out what kind of magical artifact could have such a miraculous effect.

The advisor stood up and gave a wicked smile.

[Charm Value +1]

[Charm Value +1]

[Charm Value +2]

[Charm Value +1]

The clerk stepped down the stairs, and the man opened the box. The clerk looked into the box with his hands behind his back and nodded in satisfaction.

He picked up the contents of the box, and at that moment, even Dou Xianniang stood up slightly, her gaze passing over his shoulder to look at the object in his hand.

It was a feather fan with a pure white body and gray tips on the feathers.

This feather fan is made of seven or eight clean, carefully selected, and neatly arranged goose feathers woven together, and then the goose feather tubes are shaved into strips to make the feather tube handle.

He put his left hand behind his back, waved his right hand holding a feather fan, and gestured for the man to leave with the empty box.

He turned around, fanning himself, and slowly strolled back to the large rosewood chair that belonged to the advisor, where he calmly sat down.

Shan Ailian stared blankly at the beautiful feather fan in his hand... What was I expecting?

Dou Xian Niang: "..."

Dou Bin, Dou Kui, et al.: "..."

In other words, the "speechless value" is not in the underworld system of a certain advisor, otherwise his experience points would definitely be increasing rapidly.

Wu Qing shook the newly made feather fan in his hand. At this moment, he wore a scholar's travel cap and a white straight-cut robe, exuding the demeanor of a wise man.

He looked around and saw that everyone seemed to be impressed by his demeanor at that moment, and he was satisfied.

He turned to face Dou Xianniang, his feather fan slightly resting in front of his chest, and said, "Miss, the most important thing in winning the battle is to catch the enemy off guard."

"In warfare, one engages with the orthodox and wins with the unorthodox. Since the enemy has resorted to such vicious tactics, we should respond with a righteous and unorthodox strategy."

Dou Xianniang asked, "A perfectly legitimate surprise attack?" How exactly are the two words "perfectly legitimate" and "surprise attack" put together?

Wu Qing smiled, fanning himself: "Now it's time to test the results of those one hundred martial artists!"