Chapter 564 Hungry Ghosts Eat

"Indeed, there are only wrongly called names, and no wrongly taken nicknames!"

Hu Ma couldn't help but sigh, "The Reincarnated are regarded as evil beings, and Bu Shi Niu (one who doesn't eat beef) is called a demon. While there are some deeper meanings to these titles, their actions are worthy of them!" He learned from Immortal Maiden Miaoshan and that Bu Shi Niu senior apprentice brother that Bu Shi Niu had *jin pi gua cai* (gold skin and colored hangings) and the Ping Tuan Tiao Liu Eight Gates, each with its own expertise, divided into categories.

Some gathered information, some were good at making armor and weapons, some instigated rebellion among various powerful families, some specialized in military campaigns, and some specialized in researching these battle formations, demonic arts, and evil techniques. Of course, there were also rascals wandering around.

Earlier, when he heard Immortal Maiden Miaoshan say that they didn't think the Baoliang Army could win, he thought they lacked the ability. Now, looking at it, they were just used to being sly, first lowering expectations, but actually wanting to perform well and give him a surprise.

Now, after an initial probing attack, they had already devoured over a thousand of the enemy. The number was already quite considerable. If the other side was normal, this one thousand men would have greatly affected their morale. Perhaps it was really possible to lead the Baoliang Army to victory! As for now... Hu Ma looked towards the Hungry Ghost side, and a bit of anticipation rose in his heart. The ferocious and ignorant Hungry Ghosts, encountering the Bu Shi Niu who was full of bad ideas, who would win? ... In this chaotic world where people fought for luck, the time it took to read books was measured in seconds.

The Hungry Ghost Army had arrived in Mingzhou, and was having a head-on battle with the Baoliang Army. If they won before the battle, Mingzhou would belong to that Heavenly Mandate General. Even if he did some excessive things, someone in the heavens and earth would be able to say something.

The various leaders on that side were shocked when they heard his words. "Now that we have just used a trick to eat over a thousand soldiers, they must be angry. We should be worried about their counterattack and strengthen our defenses. Why are we going over to curse at them?"

The Heavenly Mandate General took a long breath and said in a deep voice, "They have a lot of ideas. They are fighting for power, seizing profits, wanting to recruit troops, and wanting to use the name of this so-called nobleman to enter Mingzhou City."

"Endure it!" "Eighth Uncle, could it be... you really want to do as they wish?"

"Besides, while we were calling the souls of those Human Demon Generals, our shopkeeper also investigated. Means to deal with these Hungry Ghosts are useless, but two inches to the side and eight inches below the four sections of the dragon spine behind a person's back, there is an acupoint called the Soul Gate. Striking this acupoint can have miraculous effects."

Before the altar, the person in charge of the main altar said indifferently, "Wasn't it you who promised me? Anyway, it's to lure the Hungry Ghosts to Mingzhou. What's the difference between luring them to Mingzhou City and luring them to other places in Mingzhou?"

"What we can rely on now is the strange techniques and methods of various sects, and the most effective of these strange techniques and methods are for those who are impetuous."

"But we just can't let them have their way."

These words made everyone thoughtful, and Yang Gong couldn't help but shudder in his heart: Do I always get worked up? ‘...Hehe, he can indeed bear it.”

"Unexpectedly, we encountered these Hungry Ghosts. If we can make a profit while their foundation is unstable, then let's make a profit!"

"...Ah?" Now that bad news had arrived, and he heard the sound of cursing in front of him, with endless foul language, he was even more angry and his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Seeing that they had won two battles in the blink of an eye, although the methods were fierce and terrifying, making people uneasy, it was after all their side that had won, and their morale was high. The Iron-Tongued Military Advisor took the opportunity to persuade Yang Gong to issue an order: "Furthermore, find a few people with loud voices to go to the opposite side and curse at them."

"Do you know why we brought you, a junior, along to handle such an important matter?"

"Is it finally time?"

"Let the two of you take people and charge once, to avenge our brothers!"

"The ones called back earlier took a long time, and the ones behind will definitely be faster and faster. Furthermore, these Demon Generals are strange, so I was specially asked to give the Baoliang General a reminder."

He sighed a long sigh and said, "I am full of displeasure and don't want to see you, but from the moment we came, we were prepared to lose face."

But unexpectedly, the Heavenly Mandate General Zhong Benyi suddenly shouted loudly and said to them, "I underestimated you. I originally thought that the person we really had to deal with this time was a person named Hu."

"Sent them out?"

"Now that I dare to do this, I am not putting any rules in my eyes..." "On the battlefield, whoever gets worked up first will lose their head first!" When the talisman was burned to ashes, the remaining ashes had already begun to be swept up by the thick fog that permeated the city, drifting lightly, not knowing where they were flying. The two uncles guarding the clay sculpture of the City God above their heads both let out laughter.

And when the arrangements of the Heavenly Mandate General outside spread, even the Hu family's elder sister in Mingzhou City was immediately taken aback.

Yang Gong was overjoyed when he heard this, and deeply thanked the shop assistant who risked his life to deliver the message, and then thanked the Caoxin Hall in the city across two layers of military formations.

"You two, put on iron armor, and leave the city overnight. While all our troops are in Mingzhou City, go to places where there are no troops. Our people will naturally have ghosts and gods send them to your side. Just do whatever you want."

She understood the purpose of the Heavenly Mandate General in sending the seventeen Human Demons to various states and counties, and was instantly horrified. She suddenly turned her head and looked at the Hu family's Eighth Uncle: "That person is crazy. I knew he was crazy from the moment I knew he ate people, but I thought he could be saved."

""While speaking, he brushed his hand across the incense table, and instantly, more than a dozen strange talismans floated up. The moment they floated up, they had already begun to burn with fire.

"I offer a plan."

"Now that you have heard this news and are so flustered, then I believe he will not be able to sit still for a moment...""... Even in the tent, someone secretly sent a letter. It was a shop assistant from the Caoxin Hall in the city, who had disguised himself and came to pay his respects to Yang Gong and said, "It was our Seventh Ghost Shopkeeper who sent me here. Now, those Hungry Ghosts are looking for someone to help them call the souls of my Human Demon Generals!"

The two Human Demon Generals beside him both shouted, "Are we going to swallow this anger?"

Someone even said loudly: "To deal with these guys, taking a knife to kill them is the stupidest thing. Only fire attack and water attack will burn them to ashes with a single fire! He immediately paid attention to it, and while arranging for everyone to listen to the military advisor's orders, he carefully learned. He felt that the skills in the hands of these Jianghu eccentrics were different from the great principles that Hu Ma had told him, but they were clearly very practical.

"I don't know what kind of tricks he is going to play with his small altar, but once this order is issued, even if he doesn't want to come out, he has to come out!"

""... That's right, the leader's flag must also be made quickly!" "Unexpectedly, there are also powerful figures in Mingzhou. Now they are calculating and want to provoke us to use the method of adding oil, taking advantage of the fact that our people are not complete, and harming as many as possible."

"Yes."

Someone also said, "A group of crazy hungry guys. If we cut up *bai tai sui* (white tai sui) and feed it to them..." But if they bypassed the Baoliang Army and directly attacked the people, it would be equivalent to violating the great taboo of ghosts and gods, and it would also be equivalent to disregarding the foundation of the stable world that the ten surnames had maintained for seventy years.

"Remember to curse at them in Mandarin, not in the Mingzhou dialect. Most of the Hungry Ghosts are from Guan Province. If you curse at them in the Mingzhou dialect, I'm afraid they won't understand!"

"...""...Young people always don't understand.""If we don't do as he wishes, what can he do?"

Seeing everyone worried, the military advisor Iron Tongue sneered, "We are not afraid of them coming, we are only afraid of them not coming."

"But our thoughts are the simplest, nothing more than eating a full meal."

"The real face-to-face confrontation, our Baoliang Army soldiers, I am afraid, are not the opponents of this group of Hungry Ghosts, and even, in this world, there are not many who are the opponents of this group of Hungry Ghosts. If we want to win, we must go against the grain."

Seeing this, the Iron Tongue Military Advisor couldn't help but sigh: "The foundation of Mingzhou is really good, so good that it makes people jealous. If it were any other time, training troops slowly and accumulating food slowly would be a good place to start."

But faced with the Hu family's elder sister's panic, the Eighth Uncle of the main altar laughed and said, "Actually, it's just because you are also a young person. Your thoughts are not much different from his. What you can't think of, he won't think of either..."

At the same time, in Yang Gong's tent, because of the arrival of capable people and strange scholars to help, various methods to deal with the Hungry Ghost Army were also proposed. Someone said, "I see that this Hungry Ghost Army is all dizzy with hunger. If we pour dog blood on them, we can make them go crazy."

"The best is still fire attack!"

"Caoxin Hall is in the city, and the shop assistants and doctors, their lives are important, so they don't dare not listen to us. It's just that they are unwilling to help these man-eating Hungry Ghosts, so they deliberately delayed for a while. But the method of calling souls is not difficult, and the other party is not stupid, so they will soon see it."

"The Ghost Summoning Order was issued by the Meng family, and the consequences will be borne by this Heavenly Mandate General." But while everyone was discussing, outside Mingzhou City, the Heavenly Mandate General's side was also gnashing their teeth. He also never expected that this Human Demon General would just lead people to charge once to seize some food, and even his men and horses would be completely lost.

The Hu family's elder sister's lips seemed to be trembling: "But this is destroying all the rules." And the people in Mingzhou City, ha, they have more ideas. They only set up an altar, but have no soldiers, thinking of borrowing our brothers to guard the city for them. But the porridge is thin, and the armor is broken. They are not treating us as human beings, so why should we guard the city for them?"

"I only hope that this cursing battle will be effective and will provoke them to come out!"

"Quick, quickly deploy, arrange the Six Ding Six Jia Formation, making it difficult to predict the truth and falsehood... Knowing that these soldiers still can't understand the formation flags, just let their leaders lead them. Wherever the leaders go, the soldiers behind them will follow!"