The mountain bandits didn't recognize the alchemical fire oil. When they saw these actions, they didn't know what their enemy was trying to do.
After his soldiers returned, Zhao Sihu ordered the archers to fire and ignite the twigs.
In a moment, smoke rose from the twig mountain. The wind was just nicely blowing toward the roadblock, which blew smoke into it and fogged it all up.
The chieftain finally realized that the enemy had tricked them, “Despicable, it's this method again!"
The thick smoke covered the entire roadblock; the mountain bandits found it hard to bear with it, and felt that breathing was very difficult. They had no choice but to leave the wall and back off.
Zhao Sihu grabbed the chance to order the troops to attack the roadblock.
Before they attacked, he ordered the troops to wet a cloth and cover their nose and mouths.
The mountain bandit were busy taking care of themselves. Without the interference of the archers, the Shanhai troops quickly took the gate down. Zhao Sihu ordered the archers to remove the twigs and the sword-shield soldiers charged in.
The mountain bandits were like headless flies in the smoke. When they saw the enemy chase in, they became like birds fleeing from a bullet, as the sword-shield soldiers chased them around as they ran.
The thick smoke slowly faded away; Zhao Sihu had successfully taken down the second roadblock.
Mountain stronghold, Hall of Brotherhood.
"Report!" the messenger ran inside the hall, “Boss, the enemy has taken down the second roadblock; they're advancing toward the third one."
"What?" the boss stood up, which instantly shook the floor, “Heipi that useless junk. How did he lose a roadblock so quickly!"
"Boss, it seems like the enemy general isn't simple," military advisor Goutou noted.
"En." The boss finally paid attention, Come, follow me to the final roadblock. I want to see who is coming."
"Yes!"
The boss personally let 4,000 elite troops and rushed to the third and strongest roadblock. It was like an iron fortress placed on the path, an indestructible castle.
Zhao Sihu looked at the third roadblock. He knew that it was impossible for him to take it no matter what he did.
The boss appeared on top of the castle and shouted down, “Who are you? Say your name and I won't kill you."
Zhao Sihu laughed. Such a small mountain bandit leader, yet he still dared to talk about the rules of Jianghu, truly amusing. Zhao Sihu wasn't fazed, “Listen up, we are from the Shanhai County army, it's time for you to surrender."
"Ha? Shanhai County? What's that, such nerve." The boss had never heard of any Shanhai County.
"Heh, what an idiot." When Zhao Sihu saw that even the boss had appeared, he knew that he had completed the mission. As such, he shot the signal bullet.
When it reached the sky, it burst open in mid-air.
"What are they doing, are they calling for reinforcements?" The mountain bandits didn't understand.
Er'Shi Ridge, back of the mountain.
The main force had waited in the back mountain for two hours. Finally, they saw the signal and stood up, “Attack!"
"Kill!" the troops came out from their hiding spots and charged into the mountain stronghold.
Before they left, Ouyang Shuo ordered the Guards to wake up and untie the pair of unlucky couple.
After he woke up, he looked at Ouyang Shuo, shocked beyond words. Then, he stammered, “Yo … yo … you, who are you? Ho … how did you get here?"
Ouyang Shuo shook his head in disappointment. On the other hand, the girl was calm and asked, “Are you here to destroy the mountain stronghold?"
"That's right. I'm the lord of Shanhai County and the mountain barbarian tribes asked me to help them destroy this mountain stronghold. Can you lead the way?" Ouyang Shuo explained the reason why they were here.
When she saw that it was their saviour, she became so delighted she teared up, “I know the route, follow me."
Under the leadership of the girl, things went smoothly, and they directly entered the core area of the mountain stronghold.
At that point, the boss had moved more than half of the combat mountain bandits to the roadblock. When the remaining ones saw the troops, they were astonished.
Apart from the guards, a large portion of them didn't carry weapons. They would only get their weapons from the arsenal during operations.
Hence, the elite Shanhai County troops faced a bunch of bare-fisted Mountain bandits.
A slaughter, this was the only description of the battle that ensued.
Out of the participating soldiers, there were 2,000 mountain barbarians. The bandits had bullied a large portion of them before. As the saying goes, when one sees their enemy, their eyes will become red.
At that moment, all the mountain barbarian soldiers were furious, as they killed anyone that entered their sights, be it combat mountain bandits or non-combat ones. They cruelly murdered anyone that tried to escape.
When Ouyang Shuo heard the news, he ordered the troops to prevent the slaughter.
Time was very precious, and they needed to clear out all the combat mountain bandits before those at the roadblock returned. Where would they find the time to waste on the non-combat one?
Furthermore, the military weren't killers. Unless forced, he didn't want them to act against innocent people.
After they entered the mountain stronghold, Ouyang Shuo directly ordered the Guards unit to take control of the main gate. The archers took over the archer towers to prevent reinforcements.
Blood rained on the mountain stronghold; some of the mountain bandits hobbled to the roadblock, “Boss, boss. It's bad; it's very bad."
The boss felt that Zhao Sihu's lack of movement was very strange. After he heard this report, he had a bad premonition. He quickly ran up and grabbed the collar of the mountain bandit and furiously asked, “Speak! What happened in the stronghold?" He nearly strangled the mountain bandit.
"Cough, cough." The mountain bandit was half scared to death, “Boss, a large army has appeared in the mountain stronghold."
"How? Where did they come from? How many people?"
"Many. We couldn't count; they came from the back mountain." The mountain bandits had rushed here, so how could they've bothered to count?
"Back mountain?" The boss had experienced more surprises today than ever before in his life. He muttered, “The back mountain is a cliff. How did they come up?"
The military advisor remained calm and reminded, “Boss, what we need to do now is to make a choice. We must choose whether to assist the mountain stronghold or directly go down the mountain."
"Correct." The boss calmed himself down, “It's not an option to go down. The road is too small, so the enemy just has to block the road and we are dead." The boss felt frustrated, the advantages of the ridge had become the thing that left them no way out at this crucial moment.
"Let's return and fight them!" The boss made the choice to launch a final fight.
Chapter end
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