One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

Preface: Some of the characters in this chapter are private creations. We will try to reduce the appearance of such characters as much as possible and make their names and relationships popular and easy to remember.

...

Just in the evening of the day when Kotsuki Sukiyaki announced the alert, the Fujiyama area brazenly dispatched troops. The first group of troops was divided into twelve groups, each with 3,000 people, and invaded the Flower Capital in a lightning attack.

Soon, the outermost circle of towns in the Flower Capital was lost one after another and fell under the rule of the Fujiyama region.

After taking the city, the soldiers from the Fujiyama area, following the orders of Plague Queen, looted the city and then continued to advance towards the heart of the Flower Capital.

If Kotsuki Sukiyaki is unable to respond directly, in a month at most, Fujiyama's army will be able to directly surround the capital, and by then it will be too late.

After Kozuki Sukiyaki learned that the Fujiyama region had indeed sent troops to invade the Flower Capital, he responded immediately and sent his most valued son, Kozuki Oden's younger brother, Kozuki Nohara, to lead an army of 70,000 to fight the enemy.

At the same time, Kotsuki Sukiyaki also sent out the two most capable generals among the Nine Red Scabbards, Kitsunebi Kin'emon and Ashura Douji, to serve as generals to follow Kotsuki Nohara to fight against the Fujiyama rebels.

The Nine Red Scabbards are the most loyal warriors of Kozuki Oden. They are loyal to Kozuki Oden, but more importantly, to the entire Kozuki family. Therefore, after Kozuki Oden went out to sea, the Nine Red Scabbards were left behind to obey Kozuki Sukiyaki's orders.

Although many of them agreed to follow only after being defeated by Kozuki Oden, in their eyes, since their lord Kozuki Oden was not around, it was only natural for them to protect their hometown and family for their lord.

This time, Kozuki Oden followed Roger secretly back to Wano Country, which was not something that could be made public, so Kozuki Oden did not contact his old subordinates.

On the periphery, the Fujiyama rebels rebuilt the transportation network by attacking the city, connecting the Flower Capital and the Fujiyama area production lines, so that military supplies and food can be delivered to the front line as quickly as possible.

On the other hand, Kotsuki Nohara led his 70,000 troops and divided them into three parts: front, middle and rear. The front army consisted of 10,000 veterans with rich combat experience, who were mainly responsible for detecting the enemy and responding to emergencies.

This part of the army was led by Kitsune Kin'emon.

The central army consists of 40,000 people, composed of the most elite and most powerful soldiers. At the same time, the weapons and supplies in their hands are also the best. Kotsuki Nohara is in charge of the central army, accompanied by Ashura Douji.

The rear army of 20,000 people was responsible for protecting the militia and ordinary people who were transporting supplies along the supply line, while also deterring bandits along the way and preventing Fujiyama from sending troops to launch a surprise attack.

On this basis, the front army and the central army were divided more finely to give full play to the combat effectiveness of the army.

Late at night, Kotsuki Nohara was still sitting in the military tent, thinking over and over again about the possible situations in the Fujiyama area and the fighting methods of the first encounter, and he fell asleep very late.

The main force of the vanguard totaled 7,000 people, and the remaining 3,000 people were divided into small groups and sneaked into the surrounding villages and forests, waiting for special orders to be issued at any time.

The 7,000-man army cleared the way through the mountains and built bridges over the rivers until they met Fujiyama's main force.

For these seven thousand people, the formation was very scattered, almost advancing in an arc, with the flanks covering almost thirty or forty miles.

Advancing in an arc is to avoid being surrounded and annihilated.

The mission of the vanguard is never to engage in a head-on battle, but to gather intelligence. If the opponent also sends out vanguard troops to test, when the two teams meet, they will decide whether to fight or retreat immediately based on the situation.

If the local troops act in a group, the arc shape will also help with retreat. Even if the retreat is not timely, the maximum loss will be two to three thousand people, which can maximize the guarantee of manpower.

The situation this time was the latter. The Fujiyama army led by Quinn, totaling 50,000 people, marched in a square formation, and the team stretched for dozens of miles.

Seeing this, the front-line garrison commander responded decisively by sending out a death squad of 1,000 men to attack the rebels' flanks through suicide attacks.

"Kill!"

"For the Kozuki Family!"

"The honor of Wano Country!"

At the command, countless iron-blooded warriors armed with swords and guns, with the long swords shining with blood, this death squad led by three swordsmen was fearless and rushed towards the flank of the coalition forces with roars!

"Silver Moon - Cutting the Sky!"

The three swordsmen drew together and swung their swords with all their might, gathering all their strength and a silver sword light hundreds of meters long whizzed out.

The sharp sword energy caused countless casualties wherever it passed. This peak sword strike that almost burned up all the physical strength of the three swordsmen actually faintly exuded the aura of a great swordsman.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack! Be on guard, be on guard!"

Faced with the sudden shouting and killing, the soldiers on the flanks were instantly thrown into chaos. Several centurions barely stood up to stabilize the morale of the army, but it was of no avail.

After all, these are a group of recruits who were forcibly conscripted by Kaido and have only undergone half a year of training. Even though their hands are covered in blood, they have not experienced real war after all.

Such soldiers would inevitably panic when faced with a surprise attack, and this panic would quickly spread within the team, like birds and beasts flying away like frightened birds. For a moment, the left wing of the huge team was in chaos.

“Puff!” “Puff…”

The sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh, and the silver moon sword light that was hundreds of meters long advanced towards the center of the team like a tide. Wherever it passed, the rebel soldiers were cut off at the waist. The rich smell of blood instantly filled the air. Countless half-body soldiers wailed in pain, with their internal organs scattered all over the ground.

Overwhelmed by fear, the Fujiyama rebels were unable to effectively block the attack and could only rely on the lives of the soldiers in front of them to resist.

In this way, the sword light seemed to enter an uninhabited area, whistling for nearly 500 meters before barely dissipating. In addition, the rebels' grassroots organization was seriously inadequate and the soldiers were standing in extremely concentrated positions.

Nearly a thousand soldiers were seriously injured or killed on the spot by this sword light.

It is no wonder that these people are so miserable. Originally, they were just farmers living in Fujiyama area, but they were suddenly captured by the bull-headed demon and made into soldiers. After going through high-intensity training for half a year, they were already mentally exhausted.

In addition, they had not seen the enemy yet, but had just heard the shouting and killing when they were greeted by such a sword light. Some people had never even heard of such an attack in their lives.

They didn't know the specific situation. Some knowledgeable people would judge this attack as a casual strike by a great swordsman. In other words, in the eyes of these people, a strong man at the level of a great swordsman personally launched a sneak attack.

The great swordsman is simply invincible. Even a hundred swordsmen cannot defeat a great swordsman in a head-on battle, so naturally they have no desire to fight.

As for those who don't know what a great swordsman is, they will regard this sword attack as a judgment from God, and naturally they will not have the desire to fight back.