When the team led by Xiao Xuan was advancing, the sound of dogs sounding one after another near the team walking in front and on both wings at some point. The whole team was alert as they went. It is said that the experience of the Dutch colonists in Taiwan and the local natives in the war, to deal with the jungle guerrilla attacks that cannot be prevented, in this era the trained dogs are only a good method, but in the East in this era there is still a rare training for dogs only consciousness, but at this time it is completely different.

At first, the dogs of these groups of followers walking alone on the periphery were of course ambushed by the ambushers, and lost more than half of them in the first round of encounters under the blows of blowguns, crossbows, and even traps.

But what the ambushers didn't expect was that these dogs walking on the periphery were also covered with sophisticated armor lined with water jackets. Although it can't stop the real war bow and crossbow, the ordinary hand crossbow or even the blow arrow can't kill it. The few dog chirps, which did not have the expected number of chain reactions, also made the team in charge of the perimeter guard quickly ready for battle.

However, at this time, bamboo bows, javelins, and bids were thrown one after another from a distance that was not too far. Under the cover of raindrops and even bamboo bows, many enemy soldiers armed with heavy shields and short spears flashed out from a not too far distance. At the beginning, such an attack was not aimed at the entire team led by Xiao Xuan, but only against the officers and soldiers of the new guard battalion who were in charge of guarding the perimeter. Under the continuous attacks of several thousand people at the first time, at least one-third of the 150 officers and men of the 40 guard groups responsible for guarding the periphery were hit by the attacking javelins and even crossbows and other projectile weapons. Despite the excellent protection, ten people were knocked down on the spot.

However, the firepower of the 150 officers and men of the outer realm who engaged with the enemy group alone inflicted a heavy blow on more than 10,000 strong enemies who were attacking from all directions in the first place.

According to the experience of the previous few new guard battalions, when the arrow shotgun weighing about a penny is launched at a speed close to the sound, more often than not, it can find a reliable effective range in a relatively open environment. However, if it is within the range of thirty or fifty paces or even closer, the steel needle arrow with more than half a penny can have the energy close to the war bow and even stronger penetration at close to the speed of sound. Moreover, with the weight reduced, the number of shotguns that can be loaded with a single arrow shotgun has also increased to as many as two hundred.

Every officer and soldier who was on guard on the periphery carried at least two stainless steel recoilless launch canisters with more than 10 kilograms of ammunition that had already been loaded, one armor-piercing bullet or "giant sword projectile" with relatively strong penetrating ability, and one arrow shotgun bullet with at least 200 point-of-steel needle arrows weighing six or seven centimeters.

Just more than 100 launchers caused the shield-holding officers and men in the front row of the entire 10,000-strong elite enemy to fall like wheat under a storm when they launched the initial fire attack, and suffered thousands of casualties in a very short period of time. Under the bombardment of arrows and shotguns with the energy of a war bow at close range, the not too good shields did not seem to provide too good protection. Although the fierceness of the troops did not allow the crowd to disperse in a short time, it only broke up in some parts of the area where the blow was more severe, and some took refuge under the cover of many jungles and trees.

However, when the powerful second round of bed crossbows could not match the fierce blows of the dense attack, it seemed that even after hiding in the jungle or even the trees, it was difficult to escape the next attack.

In this way, the seemingly huge ambush was completely defeated by the 100 or so officers and men in charge of guarding the perimeter in the vicinity of the new guard battalion shortly after it was launched. The fierce counterattack came soon after this.

These remnants of the first battle of the rebellion thought that the guards around him would be as strong as today's son, but they did not expect that they could be so strong, and the more than 10,000 main forces of the elite were easily defeated by a small number of peripheral forces of the opponent in just the blink of an eye under such a favorable combat situation.

In the ensuing pursuit, most of the officers and soldiers still obeyed the combat regulations and did not pursue too far in this jungle area, but even so, in the end, the enemy soldiers who exceeded the average finally stayed. In the case of annihilating thousands of heavily armed elite soldiers who were ambushed, the casualties and losses of the entire team were only nineteen. Only 12 people were wounded due to attrition in the true sense of the word.

Such a performance of combat effectiveness also made the team led by Xiao Xuan more boldly spread out a more dispersed formation, forming five or six columns that gathered relatively close to each other and approached the important towns in Burma.

When night comes, mosquitoes are more rampant after a brief curtain of rain on the eve of dusk. However, each combat group is equipped with well-equipped mosquito nets, and the potential risk of non-combat attrition under sleeping bags is minimized.

About two days later, although the distance ahead was not far, the officers and men on the periphery who were in charge of guarding the nearby places began to encounter some well-equipped and seemingly well-trained opponents. Based on the experience of previous operations, it is clear that a much larger enemy army awaits itself.

"There doesn't seem to be a Han Chinese among them anymore, and as we expected, it's basically Burmese... At this time, Xiao Xuan was also undoubtedly sure that a big battle was likely to come.

The serious setback suffered in the previous encounter also put Anabilon in a dilemma at this time, and he received news from some of the top soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the confrontation, this is an opponent with unprecedented combat strength and firepower, even if tens of thousands of main forces are concentrated under favorable conditions, they may not be able to achieve the goal of inflicting heavy damage on the opponent. It is likely that this battle will not be as sure of victory as previously expected.

"Let the attacking team not be too dense, keep your body as low as possible with the help of cover, don't invest too much force in an attack, and make full use of our strength advantage to continuously consume the opponent, you should be sure to win... At this time, Anabilon finally made a decision.

(End of chapter)