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"You bunch of chickens and dogs, what kind of fighting power do you have? Hundreds of you against more than a hundred of us, and you didn't even scratch a hair on our heads. It's not that I look down on you, but even if you have more people, with this kind of fighting power, you think you can rebel? You're just dreaming," Xiong Mo said coldly.

"Hey kid, right now it's our people fighting the bandits. Are you trying to boost their morale and diminish our own? If my people can't win, do you think we'll survive being surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people in Bohai County?"

Upon hearing this, Xiong Mo immediately raised his hand and touched the back of his head.

"Ah this..."

It seems that Sima Hong is now in league with them, so only if Sima Hong wins can they survive.

He really should have hoped that Sima Hong would win, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to fight this unfavorable situation.

"In the end, isn't it all your fault? If you hadn't gone to such lengths to deal with your own family first, I wouldn't have shown up. If I hadn't shown up, I wouldn't be stuck here. If I were outside, I would have the upper hand."

"Perhaps I already know the enemy's lair, and I could have wiped them out by now."

Xiong Mo said irritably.

"You really dare to say that, kid." Sima Hong narrowed his eyes slightly, completely disregarding Xiong Mo's words.

"What do you mean 're really bold'? Do you know how powerful I am? I'll go out and take a look first, and then I'll lead my men to charge out."

After Xiong Mo finished speaking, he immediately climbed the stairs, opened the tunnel entrance, and crawled out.

The commotion grew closer; the battle had reached the outside of the mansion.

At this moment, Xiong Mo suddenly saw several people fly in from outside the wall, and after landing, they became completely silent.

Upon closer inspection, those people had been thrown in and were already in a gruesome state.

Then Xiong Mo saw more than a dozen living people climb over the courtyard wall and rush into the courtyard.

They were all dressed in light armor, and each carried a different weapon; some wielded knives, while others used guns.

"Damn it, they really broke in!"

Xiong Mo immediately shouted into the cave.

"Where are the guards?!"

The guards who had been hiding in the underground caves emerged one after another and engaged in a fierce battle with the rebels.

Sima Xiangyue also emerged, and she drew a soft sword from her waist and charged forward without hesitation.

She moved with agility, her swordsmanship as nimble as a butterfly flitting among flowers. With a soft sword, she could simultaneously deal with the attacks of four or five people, demonstrating both offensive and defensive prowess with ease.

Sima Hong took off his clothes and tore off a few strips of cloth, which he then threw to Sima Gang.

"Please bandage my wound."

Sima Gang quickly helped Sima Hong bandage his wounds.

"In the end, it was my ambition that was too great, but my ability that was insufficient. If I die, the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the Sima family will fall on the shoulders of your northern branch. My eldest sister is, after all, a woman who has married out of the family. Once the marriage is over, it is like spilled water that cannot be retrieved. But my Sima family, with its hundreds of years of lineage, should not perish like this."

After his wound was bandaged, Sima Hong picked up a short sword, climbed the stairs, and joined the battle.

The White Horse Army cooperated very well, and the more than one hundred soldiers with superb combat power quickly killed the people who rushed into the courtyard.

But the situation remains grim.

These enemy forces are extremely powerful.

Under normal circumstances, a single soldier from the White Horse Army could easily handle four or five enemy soldiers.

But now, combat teams of three are struggling to fight when surrounded by seven or eight people.

This is a rather bad sign for the White Horse Army.

Because there are more than a hundred White Horse Army soldiers in Bohai County.

Sima Hong's 100,000 men had clearly been defeated by this lightly armored enemy force.

Although reinforcements continued to arrive from the perimeter, they were unable to stop the enemy's advance.

The fighting had lasted less than an hour, and more than a dozen of the hundred-plus guards had been killed or wounded.

The enemy still outnumbered them and continued to pour in.

After playing for so long, Xiong Mo felt extremely uncomfortable.

If all his personal guards had not been personally selected by him, were all martial arts masters, and all possessed firearms...

These hundred-odd guards had long since been routed.

Because the people who came to besiege them were the strongest enemies the White Horse Army had ever encountered.

They were fearless and brave; if one of them died, two more would surely come to fill the void.

If this continues, the more than one hundred White Horse Army soldiers will be completely exhausted in no time.

Apart from the pitifully weak support arranged by Sima Hong, the White Horse Army will receive no other support.

They could only use this ancestral home as a stronghold and defend it to the death.

During this time, Xiong Mo tried to break out.

He gathered twenty people to form a commando team, and breaking out of the encirclement would not be difficult.

But as soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, they were met with a rain of arrows that seemed to come from nowhere, and dense enemy troops from all directions.

Among these people are many martial arts masters.

The cloaked figure stood on a treetop not far away, quietly watching the battle unfold at Sima Zu's residence.

At this moment, another cloaked figure appeared, and the two stood side by side.

"Sima Hong was indeed prepared; the soldiers at the north gate suffered some losses," the man said.

"Sima Hong is nothing; those hundred-plus White Horse Army soldiers are the real target," the woman's voice rang out.

“At this rate, it would take us at least twenty or thirty men to take down just one of their opponents,” the man said.

"I never imagined that the White Horse Army's personal guards would be composed entirely of martial arts masters, including some at the fourth rank," the woman said.

Wasn't it said that the Vanguard Army was the most powerful military force in the White Horse Army?

The reason why the Royal Guard was strong was because of its superior weaponry.

Judging from this, even without a weapon advantage, this group of guards is still a formidable force.

In fact, there are many reasons why the Royal Guard is so strong.

Besides weaponry and individual skill, there is one crucial factor.

The personal guards received very high pay.

When there is no war, the personal guards' pay is five times that of the ordinary White Horse Army.

And much of what they ate and drank was something that other White Horse Army soldiers had never seen before.

Even the White Horse Army's own son, the Divine Gun Army, didn't receive half the treatment of their personal guards.

When the guards went into battle to kill the enemy, their military achievements were nominally the same as those of others.

However, their actual military achievements, depending on their rank, were between ten and one hundred times higher than those of other White Horse Army soldiers.

In other words, an ordinary White Horse Army soldier could receive a reward of one tael of silver for killing an enemy soldier.

But a guard can get at least ten taels of silver for killing an enemy soldier, and at most one hundred taels!

Their martial arts skills were superb, and the enemy forces in front of them were like walking mountains of gold and silver.

This army was built with a lot of money and was rewarded handsomely; how could its combat effectiveness not be strong?