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Xiao Zhan nodded solemnly: "In this battle, I will only win!"

Seeing Xiao Zhan's confident expression, Xiao Ce had no doubts.

He was familiar with Xiao Zhan's battle tactics.

If they dare to come over, we will definitely catch them off guard.

Of course, Xiao Ce knew very well that this would be a tough battle.

Xiao Ce told them to rest well first.

...

The eve of a major battle is always unusually calm.

Both sides had scouts constantly traveling back and forth, gathering intelligence on each other.

Xiao Ce and the Slavs arrived together at a mountain peak on the front line.

They had already carved out a cave in the high mountain to serve as a command post.

The location of this command post is undoubtedly excellent, offering a commanding view of the entire battlefield.

Moreover, they discovered at this location that the surrounding mountains had been carved out with battle streaks.

And numerous pits and holes.

They didn't know before that these people weren't fighting, so why were they taking turns resting, and why the soldiers all looked exhausted after resting?

Now it seems that everything has been figured out.

That's what they're doing—the siege.

Rochaski Binder was even more astonished, because Xiao Zhan had completely connected these mountains.

The mountainous area, stretching for miles, has been turned into a huge trap.

The high position of the gun emplacement allows them to increase the firing range of their conventional artillery by about 30%.

Various soldiers were arranged in the middle and low positions.

The hilltops were densely packed with soldiers, and nearly 100,000 troops were hidden there.

Nikolay Riss, after witnessing this scene, expressed his confusion.

"Your Highness, if so many of you are all placed on these mountains, and they set them on fire, wouldn't you be finished? Wouldn't you be burned alive?"

Before Xiao Ce could answer, Xiao Zhan said with a smile, "Your Highness Ries, we've already considered everything you've thought of... With the population density here... even if a fire starts, we definitely have a way to prevent it from spreading..."

"What if a fire breaks out and the density of so many people is high!"

Nikolayevich Riess asked with some doubt, "What about their artillery fire? Are your trenches really effective?"

Xiao Zhan smiled slightly: "You'll find out after the war begins..."

...

At this moment, Tojo Shōki also began to give a speech to the 100,000 Japanese soldiers.

Putting aside everything else, these Japanese soldiers are just full of imposing presence; they all look like they're about to roar with rage.

Tang Ji and Xiao Xiangqing stood to one side, watching with smiles.

Tang Ji spoke first to Xiao Xiangqing, saying, "Your Highness, am I right? They look down on our people..."

Xiao Xiangqing smiled and said, "That's right, it seems there are some benefits to these people looking down on us."

Tang Ji nodded and said, "Our people just need to handle the logistical work..."

Xiao Xiangqing said to Tang Ji, "However, to be fair, the spirit and the determination in their eyes of these soldiers are unmatched by our soldiers..."

"Even if Xiao Zhan is incredibly powerful, he's going to be in trouble!"

Tang Ji said with a smile, "Yes, and we can see from the Japanese side that they have prepared many weapons that we have never even seen before. It seems that they are desperate."

"Moreover, weren't Xiao Zhan and his group causing trouble on the mountain? It seems they've set up an ambush there, and we've already informed Tojo Kōki of that."

"By then, they won't even have a chance to lift a finger; we'll just blow them all up!"

Xiao Xiangqing nodded: "I can't wait to see it."

Following Tojo Shōki's shouts, the people from Fusō then began to respond.

Their main force then began in an orderly manner.

They moved in a very orderly manner.

They were soon called to go together.

By noon that day, they had reached the outer perimeter of the ambush area.

The Japanese, who already knew the news, used the same method that Takeda Nobunaga had used before.

They started climbing the mountain directly using artillery.

Round after round of artillery fire bombarded the mountain repeatedly.

Apart from a few unlucky individuals who were hit by shells, most of Xiao Zhan's group were unharmed.

Standing on the highest point of the mountain, Xiao Zhan and his group were quite surprised to see the mountain bombarded by artillery shells.

However, after the shells passed, to their even greater surprise, the pre-arranged code was followed.

Those who survived were even more surprised when they gave the signal.

Ninety percent of the people are safe and sound.

Of course, achieving complete zero casualties is very difficult.

These Japanese are very confident; they assume that wherever there's been artillery fire, everyone has been killed...

After all, in their understanding, such a density of bombing could only be achieved by a god.

They had no doubt that even a god wouldn't survive such a dense bombardment.

At this moment, Tojo Shōki, standing in the middle of the group, watched as the group advanced safely and smoothly.

He smelled the scorched earth in the air, and his expression couldn't be happier.

"Hahaha, is fighting a war that difficult? Look at those people hiding in the mountains, let alone firing a single shot, do they even have the chance to fire one?"

"Smell it, doesn't it smell like meat? Those people are probably all fried to a crisp... Hahaha!"

Cai Hui had never actually seen such a scene before.

They were all shocked by this extravagant and well-funded approach.

"Lord Xiao Ji, if they had known you would fight like this, they probably would have already knelt down and begged for mercy..."

Tang Ji chimed in, "That's right, Lord Xiao Ji. Our scouts said that nearly 100,000 troops have been heading up this mountain..."

"What? One hundred thousand... Hahahaha!" Upon hearing this, Tojo Shōki became even more excited.

He exclaimed excitedly, "No wonder the air smelled so strongly of meat... Turns out all those bedbugs were roasted... Hahahaha..."

With an arrogant expression, Tojo Shōki said, "What you said before wasn't accurate either... You said they were very powerful, but in my opinion, they're nothing special... If we had known this, we wouldn't have needed to send our people."

"With a brain like that, do they even know how to fight a war? All we have to do is flip this mountain over, and those 100,000 of their bedbugs will die on it, won't they?"

To be honest, Xiao Xiangqing's expression was not good, because if she had known earlier, Xiao Zhan would never have used such a stupid method.

He simply wouldn't let Tojo Shōki come over; all he needed to do was request more artillery.

He can do it too.

Cai Hui then spoke up, saying, "Lord Xiao Ji, Xiao Zhan was quite formidable before, but it's clear that the overwhelming force of the Fusang army terrified him... which led him to make this foolish move. He thought he could launch a surprise attack on us... but he never expected us to attack in this way!"

Tang Ji nodded: "That's right. Even if Xiao Zhan has some ability, he's only using outdated weapons and methods to fight. How could he have imagined that war could be fought like this?"

Xiao Xiangqing chimed in, "That's right...that's right, they definitely wouldn't have expected such a lavish and extravagant approach..."

Hearing the praise from these people, Tojo Shōki was very pleased.

Little did they know that the same method had already been tried in Slavic countries.

The result was a crushing defeat.

Moreover, Yan Jia and the Turkic general learned many lessons from the previous encounter.

These experiences and lessons have been circulated widely within the military.

While the people of Fusang were excited, little did they know that their death knell had already been tolled.

At this moment, in the command post on high ground, although there was continuous artillery fire outside.

But Xiao Ce was getting sleepy listening to it...

Xiao Zhan also found it boring: "Brother, I thought that with their advanced weaponry, they would invent some new tactics... What a waste of all these shells..."

Xiao Ce laughed and said, "It's obvious they're using these advanced weapons to bully people, they're used to it... When they encounter ordinary people, they can just sweep them aside... This makes them mistakenly believe that the victories brought by these advanced weapons are because they're awesome..."

"This made them overestimate their own strength; the truth is, they've never been beaten before... Only after being beaten can they realize their problems..."

As Xiao Ce spoke, he looked at Nikolayevich Ries and Rochaski Bind from the Slavic country.

The two of them didn't look happy.

But she nodded, smiling, and said, "That is indeed true..."

Nikolayevich Riess asked Xiao Zhan, "Your Highness Xiao Zhan, when are you ready to close the net...?"

Xiao Zhan glanced at it, a hint of helplessness in his voice: "In this situation... as long as the last of them comes in, we can start cleaning up."

He then said, "Even setting the mountain on fire... utterly foolish... incredibly foolish..."

The Japanese soldiers swept through the enemy lines unchallenged, and seeing no one retaliating, they were overjoyed.

Tojo Shōki also felt that all of this matched their expectations: useless!

Tojo Shōki was even preparing to sweep all the way to the Northern Desert Prince's Palace.

He has even started issuing orders, and whenever a major victory is achieved here, the news must be released.

Whenever their army besieged a city, those cities refused to surrender.

They are about to implement the "Three Alls" policy (kill all, burn all, loot all).

Those who surrender can naturally become slaves...

Tojo Shōki even began to imagine that after the entire nation of Fusō migrated here, they would still need some slaves.

The people from Xiao Kingdom are a very good choice.

In this way, their Japanese people really don't have to do anything.

It wasn't until that night, after their 100,000-strong army had completely entered the ambush area, that things began to unfold.

Xiao Zhan finally couldn't resist and lit a signal flare in a cave halfway up the mountain.

As a flashbang was fired from the area they had just bombed.

Tojo Shōki and his group all looked behind them.

Who posted this?

Xiao Xiangqing felt something was off the whole way; the smooth journey seemed unlike Xiao Ce's usual methods.

It wasn't until then that the signal flare was lit.

Logically speaking, with that density of bombing, it would be impossible for anyone to survive.

But then, a signal flare was fired behind them, illuminating half the sky...

This made him feel somewhat uneasy.

"Are there still people alive?"

"How could anyone still be alive..."

A commotion immediately arose among the crowd.

Because according to their calculations, it was impossible for anyone to survive.

But ironically, there are indeed people alive...

Tojo Shōki quickly said, "It's normal for a few to slip through the net occasionally... Don't panic, everyone... They can only wait to die over there..."

boom...

Boom...Boom...

Boom...Boom...Boom...

Before Tojo Shōki could finish speaking, the cannons at both ends began firing.

"Attention! Attention! Formation!"

"Pay attention to tactical maneuvers!"

The people of Japan were terrified by the sudden bombing...

In an instant, an explosion occurred right around them.

"Fight back!"

"Fight back!"

However, they immediately noticed that the mountain was dotted with the flashes of light from artillery fire.

There was also a lot of explosives...

These Japanese people were forced to retaliate in this completely exposed passage.

However, the people of Fusang were completely like headless flies.

They need time to set up and aim their guns.

Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan's soldiers were already prepared.

They were already in a state of ease and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out. Xiao Zhan had already divided up every area in that place.

If we say that the people of Fusang were pushing forward with bombing...

Their armies had already planned out the areas they were responsible for.

Their artillery was already aimed, and there wasn't a single empty space in this passage.

Moreover, Xiao Zhan had even trained everyone to launch attacks in stages.

It means everyone needs to calculate the time for shelling and reloading to create a full-load artillery attack.

Therefore, the moment the signal flare was fired, everyone who was prepared responded quickly.

The full-load attack hit some supply convoys carrying artillery, directly causing a huge chain of explosions.

It didn't take much time at all.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, corpses littered the ground...

Screams of agony could be heard everywhere.

"Surrender! We surrender!" Cai Hui, Dong Tiao Xiao Ji, Xiao Xiang Qing, and even Tang Ji were relatively lucky.

They all survived the attack!

They are desperate!

Looking at the battlefield, a scene of carnage and carnage, the corpses were piled up like mountains...

They were terrified; this was no longer a battlefield.

Slaughterhouses are more suitable...

"surrender!"

"We surrender!"

At this moment, Xiao Zhan, who was halfway up the mountain, glanced at Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce said coldly, "They could have lived peacefully in their own country, but they insisted on coming here! Since they've come here to die, then so be it!"