My Lord, a large enemy force is about to arrive!
Fang Er was playing chess with Chai Shao when a battalion commander from the Conqueror of Barbarians Army ran over to report.
Chai Shao slapped the chessboard. "Damn it all, they're finally here! How many men are there?"
Fang Er looked at the mess of chess pieces. This old Chai, he never missed an opportunity to legitimately cheat.
The battalion commander was excited.
"Reporting to Lord Marquis, Duke, it looks like at least ten thousand men!"
Chai Shao picked up the mo dao placed by the table. "Kid, wait until I've had my fill of killing before we play chess again!"
With that, he left with the battalion commander without looking back.
Fang Er couldn't help but mutter.
"Do you think I'm an idiot, still wanting to play with you!"
"With your pathetic chess skills, only the pure-hearted Chai Yue can patiently play three games with you!"
With his hands behind his back, he followed Chai Shao towards the ambush circle.
As mentioned before, this place was surrounded by mountains on three sides and faced the sea on one, with only one road leading into the village.
Furthermore, this road was not wide, so few people came, which is why the Silver Mountain here had remained undiscovered.
Now, to better receive the reports from the miners.
The Conqueror of Barbarians Army had already cleared many trees on both sides of the road.
The original winding path had been widened into a ten-meter-wide road.
The Conqueror of Barbarians Army was ambushing in the woods on both sides of the road.
As for the Heavenly Fire Army, they were responsible for disciplining the miners in the village. Those who obeyed were kept, and those who didn't were sent to the dark room!
Not long after Fang Er and Chai Shao entered the woods, they heard the rumble of hooves.
"These little folks who can't live right, they actually have cavalry?"
Fang Er looked suspiciously at the battalion commander. This guy hadn't said anything earlier.
The battalion commander quickly explained, "My Lord, you'll know when the time comes. Their cavalry is simply eyesore."
Before long, a cavalry of about a thousand men appeared in Fang Er's sight.
Fang Er was dumbfounded.
The rumors he had heard were actually true!
The warhorses beneath these Japanese soldiers were too damn short!
They were at most one meter fifty tall!
Were they afraid they wouldn't be able to mount them if they were any taller?
As expected, with these things, the Conqueror of Barbarians Army could fight them even without mounting horses.
After this unit of cavalry passed, a formation of infantry appeared behind them.
These Japanese soldiers were only slightly stronger than the men brought by the previous lords.
They had an additional set of bamboo armor and a shield woven from rattan.
Behind the infantry, another unit of cavalry appeared.
In this unit of cavalry, a few people were clearly dressed differently from the others, appearing to be leaders.
These people had no idea what awaited them.
At this moment, a bird's cry came from afar towards Fang Er.
This was the signal to attack, meaning that more than half of these troops had entered the attack range.
Just as Fang Er was about to draw his pistol, he saw the old fellow Chai Shao charging out with his mo dao.
"Follow me and kill the enemy!"
With a loud shout, he raised his saber and slashed at the enemy. With a swift movement of his blade, a cavalryman at the edge of the Japanese formation was cut into two pieces, man and horse.
"Yan Yun Cavalry! Go and protect them!"
"Yes, my Lord!"
Guan Chang and others filed out and charged forward, and the Conqueror of Barbarians Army also emerged from the woods.
The sudden attack stunned the leaders of the Japanese soldiers, who quickly reacted.
"Kill for the Emperor!"
The Japanese soldiers began to counterattack, and the cavalry charged towards the Conqueror of Barbarians Army.
Chai Shao was fighting with great enthusiasm, but Yu Chi Jing De was completely the opposite.
The ten-meter-wide road was lined with a long formation of ten thousand men.
Yu Chi Jing De, who was ambushing in the front, heard the sounds of fighting from this side but still heard no gunshots or grenades.
He couldn't help but curse Chai Shao.
"Why are you fighting them head-on instead of using firearms? Has old Chai been kicked by a donkey?"
"Damn it, use your firearms, everyone!"
"The Emperor spent money to buy firearms not for you to use as fire starters!"
"Damn it, only a fool would clash with them; our lives are much more precious than theirs!"
Therefore, his Conqueror of Barbarians Army quickly turned and retreated, not forgetting to throw grenades behind them.
The Japanese soldiers had only taken a few steps when they saw black spheres flying towards them.
Shouting "Kill for the Emperor!" they completely ignored them.
Then, there was a series of grenade explosions around them.
"Ah!"
"Ahhh!"
"Yamete! Yamete!"
Countless Japanese soldiers were brought down by the grenades.
Their dense formation allowed the grenades to exert their maximum destructive power.
The Conqueror of Barbarians Army, who had retreated into the woods, hid behind trees and began firing their guns.
This made the Japanese soldiers very uncomfortable. The Japanese general on horseback was trembling uncontrollably.
Having been a general for more than ten years, he had never seen warfare like this.
"Sakuraba! Too great!"
"Sakuraba! Too great!"
Shouting, he turned his horse and tried to flee in the direction they came from.
Just then.
A Yan Shuang Ying, wearing a wide-brimmed leather hat, a work suit, and small leather boots, emerged from nowhere and approached him.
He held a large cigar, which he had shamelessly begged from Fang Er, in his mouth, and two...
"Beep beep~~~~~!"
A red flare shot into the sky with a whistling sound.
This was the signal to notify the ambushers in front to close the net.
Then, the Japanese soldiers who had just started running saw that the road they had come from was blocked.
Countless firearms were pointed at them.
These things could fire deadly bullets, as they had just learned.
Some of the quick-witted ones immediately took off their loincloths, shook them a few times, and they turned into white flags.
They hoisted the white flags onto their weapons and waved them back and forth.
"Yamete! Yamete!"
Yu Chi Jing De, who was pursuing them, was stunned.
"These little monkeys actually carry white flags with them?"
"This is too unbelievable!"
"Did they prepare to surrender at any time before the expedition?"
"They were too well-prepared!"
"Alright, no matter what, they are miners reporting for duty."
"Tie them all up!"
"Oh, and bleed them a little, dye the middle of these white flags red, so they can't use them again when they try to escape!"
"Anyone who does not surrender with blood on their flag will be killed without mercy!"
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