Witch Wind

Chapter 23 Late Night Ambush (Part )

The moonlight is bright, and the light blue moonlight shines through the thin clouds onto the earth, making the sky and the earth bright.

A large group of people were walking along the shore of the lake.

Li Kuisheng was convinced.

In other words, when Xiangliu Baiwei stood in front of him and when Xing Tianli showed that his eyes had recovered, the psychological barrier that Li Kuisheng had built up over the past ten years was cracked into countless pieces.

A feeling of being free from worries and being able to act as he pleases suddenly filled this man in his early 40s. In an instant, Xing Tianli really saw that Li Kuisheng's eyes seemed to be burning and emitting light.

Perhaps, this is what Li Kuisheng looked like when he was admitted to the so-called New Army Officers School?
So Xing Tianli did not stop it.

He followed the team, stroking the bamboo while walking quickly, constantly nurturing it with his own blood and energy, and constantly refining it with the power of his soul. He had a small gold ingot hidden in his palm. As the bronze light spun, the gold ingot slowly melted, part of it was refined by the small cauldron in his heart, and part of it was integrated into the bamboo.

The team of more than a thousand people was silent and obeyed orders, just like a well-trained army.

Indeed, this can be considered an army in another sense.

There were more than 20 people in this team, all of whom were brought by Xiangliu Baiwei. They were of the same background as Li Kuisheng and were officers of the Black Borneo Expeditionary Force. They were also important nodes on Li Kuisheng's smuggling route, and each of them held various official positions.

Just like Li Kuisheng in Xiaolongqiu Town, he had 50 elite patrol soldiers, all of whom were trained by him using proper military training methods. The other 20 or so men also had dozens to hundreds of men, all of whom were good fighters that he had carefully trained over the years.

There were only a thousand or so people gathered here.

These more than a thousand people are truly an army.

The group left the town and headed south along the lakeshore. After walking for more than ten miles, the waterway ahead suddenly narrowed. A tugboat and several cargo ships stopped at the shore. Several armored soldiers stood on the shore, their visors open, with carrot-sized cigars in their mouths, blowing smoke rings.

Xiangliu Baivi took a few big steps and caught up.

Xing Tianli lightly tapped the Tongtian Miaozhu and followed Xiangliu Baivi.

"Bai!" An armored warrior with a red beard, red hair and eyes suddenly opened his arms. High-pressure air spurted out from his shoulders and elbows, making a sharp "hissing" sound.

"Joseph." Xiangliu Baivi also opened his arms and hugged the bearded armored warrior tightly.

The four arms exerted force at the same time, and with the sound of high-pressure air gushing out, the muscles under Xiangliu Baiviper's skin suddenly bulged. His body squirmed slightly, like a giant python, entwined around the armored warrior.

The armored warrior's two-inch thick heavy armor made a slight cracking sound, and Joseph shouted in shock and anger: "Okay, okay, Bai, I feel your passion. Damn it, are you really a human?"

Joseph surrendered first and released his arms on his own initiative.

The muscles under Xiangliu Baiviper's skin shrank, and he became skin and bones again. He loosened his arms and said calmly, "What else? I have the purest human blood. But you guys, tsk... you with red hair and green eyes, you don't look like anything!"

"Hey!" Joseph was anxious. He spit the cigar in his mouth onto the ground with a puff. "I have noble aristocratic blood! I am of noble birth, and my family enjoys a high status and reputation in the Kingdom of Ingis. Damn it, you must apologize to me!"

"How about a duel? Don't you like these nonsense?" Xiangliu Baiwei was not willing to tolerate this guy, and sneered proudly: "I'll let you use one hand, and duel!"

Joseph stared at Xiangliu Baiviper angrily. After a long while, he waved his hand angrily: "Merciful Virgin Mary, I will not duel with a monster like you. Never!"

Xiangliu Baiwei sneered, "You know exactly what we are going to do tonight. We are going to kill a bunch of charlatans, and you are still here chanting the name of the Virgin Mary! If She is really in heaven, She should kill you, a heretic, with a bolt of lightning!"

Joseph was stunned and scratched his head vigorously: "Okay, I admit that I am still a devout believer of the Virgin Mary, but this does not prevent me from killing those charlatans. Yes, that's right - they are heretics, and I am the true believer who represents justice, that's it!"

Several armored warriors laughed out loud at the same time.

Xing Tianli curled his lips slightly, hypocritical, so hypocritical.

Xiangliu Baiwei waved his hand, and a team of strong men boarded the cargo ship. Soon, one well-made wooden box after another was carried down.

Xing Tianli opened a wooden box and pushed aside the straw on it, revealing a rifle with a smooth shape, made entirely of metal, with extremely exquisite workmanship and without a single burr on it.

Compared with the five-round magazine-primer striker gun used by the Xiaolongqiu Town Inspection Office that Xing Tianli had seen before, these rifles were much shorter and did not use five-round magazines, but independent twenty-round magazines.

Automatic rifle!

Xing Tianli's pupils condensed slightly. What these British people were handing over here was such a powerful weapon?
Another larger wooden box was carried down, and Xing Tianli found a light machine gun that used a 200-round ammunition belt and a 2,000-round ammunition box.

These guns are extremely finely crafted, exuding an extremely illusory "sense of technology".

Then, more than a dozen double-barreled small-caliber high-speed cannons were brought down. The caliber of these high-speed cannons was one inch, and the shells they used were as thick as a baby's arm. According to Joseph's boasting, these high-speed cannons could fire more than 20 shells in one breath, with a range of an astonishing six miles.

"Also, this time we sent you a good piece of stuff just for testing." Joseph said softly, "You can only use this great treasure under our supervision!"

A five-inch-caliber, five-foot-long cannon barrel equipped with a low-light sight was carefully carried down by an armored soldier.

Under the moonlight, Xing Tianli saw a glaring blood-red danger sign on the black barrel - in the middle of the sign was a splitting pronucleus, with dozens of tiny origins on the periphery, orbiting the splitting pronucleus in a circular trajectory.

This, this, this.

This is clearly 'nuclear fission' - Xiangliu Baiwei and others couldn't understand it, but Xing Tianli recognized it at a glance.

This small cannon barrel... no, this single-shot rocket launcher, is actually loaded with a small nuclear bomb?
Xing Tianli's scalp tingled, and all the hair on his body stood up. He almost poked the armored soldier holding the rocket launcher in the middle of his forehead with a bamboo pole. This shouldn't happen. It absolutely shouldn't happen!

Xing Tianli had read the official textbook on major events of the Dayu Dynasty. Sixty years ago, when the hundred countries in the far west relied on their powerful ships and cannons to break through the borders of the Dayu Dynasty and forcefully concluded a trade agreement with the Dynasty, they were still using large wooden sailing warships, muzzle-loading bronze cannons, and muzzle-loading matchlock rifles!

In just sixty years, the hundred countries in the Far West built ironclad ships, used steam engines, possessed advanced magazine-fired firing rifles, and even had powered armor such as the Armorer.

Xing Tianli can understand.

With the technological explosion, anything can happen.

However, even if there is a technological explosion, you can't come up with this killer weapon out of the blue, right?

"Bai, this is the latest advanced weapon developed by the Imperial Academy of Sciences." Joseph said to Xiangliu Baiviper in a very serious tone, "It is too powerful to be demonstrated. Besides, there is only one of it, and it was urgently transported from the mainland using special methods."

"It is too powerful and must be used under our supervision."

Xiangliu Baiviper sneered at Joseph's statement: "It's too powerful, it's inconvenient to demonstrate? Haha, do you know what is too powerful? If it weren't for the great changes in the world six hundred years ago, hum!"

Joseph also frowned and looked at the rocket launcher that his companion was holding tightly in his arms. He hesitated and said, "Maybe. Anyway, the guy who sent this treasure here is arrogant. I don't like him either... Maybe he is just bragging?"

Xing Tianli was curious about Joseph's so-called special method: "Mr. Joseph, what special method did you use to 'urgently transport' this thing from the mainland? Some kind of special speedboat?"

Joseph pressed his shoulder with his hand, and a piece of the deck slid open, revealing a small space inside, in which there were six thick cigars in a row. He took out a cigar and put it in his mouth, and raised his chin towards Xing Tianli: "Oh, handsome little guy... Ha, what kind of speedboat can survive tens of thousands of miles of violent seas?"

He pointed to the sky with a mysterious look on his face.

He said with great pride: "After conquering the sea, the great empire has conquered the sky. Can you imagine? From England to your eastern country, a straight-line journey of tens of thousands of miles, it only takes five days!"

Xing Tianli was silent.

A straight-line journey of tens of thousands of miles only takes five days?

So, an airship is unlikely, so it can only be a fixed-wing aircraft?

This world is a little bit incomprehensible.

It seemed that in just a few days, too many, too complex, too novel elements came to him, making Xing Tianli feel a little overwhelmed. Xing Tianli felt very heavy-hearted. It seemed that he had to say goodbye to the small town of Xiaolongqiu.

Some things have to be done.

The spiritual perception of a monk made him feel that a huge wave was coming and some unpredictable huge changes were brewing. Even the appearance of Zhao Qingqi and the return of Xiangliu Baiju were part of this huge change.

Several armored soldiers carried down dozens of rocket launchers from the cargo ship.

These rocket launchers are much more normal. Their caliber and length are much smaller than the previous ones. On the tube, there are simply white English characters marking the model and some data.

For example, the effective range is two miles, the killing radius is ten feet, the armor penetration depth is five inches, etc.

One thing that Xing Tianli felt quite familiar with was that the hundred countries in the extreme west of this world kept their weights and measures consistent with the Dayu Dynasty, without coming up with any messy duodecimal systems or anything like that.

After all the weapons on the cargo ship were moved away, Li Kuisheng and others ordered the elite troops they brought with them to arm themselves.

The tugboat towed the empty cargo ship northward, heading straight for several disaster-stricken provinces in the northwest.

Together with Joseph and a dozen other armored soldiers, the group followed the waterway and traveled south for several miles. The waterway ahead narrowed again, and the river became extremely turbulent here, but the river surface shrunk to only a few miles wide. There were hills on both sides, covered with various kinds of woods.

The group found a suitable place in the mixed woods on the west bank of the river and set up an ambush.

Time passed little by little.

When the moon rose to the zenith, the sound of breaking waves could be heard on the river. Accompanied by the low roar of machinery, several small inland gunboats connected end to end, followed by several tugboats with "thump thump" sounds, and more than a dozen flat-bottomed cargo ships came up against the current.

On the masts of those inland gunboats, iron-gray flags fluttered in the night wind. In the middle of the flags was an iron cross emblem, with a sword and shield pattern in the background.

"The Kingdom of Saint Norman. It is indeed them." Joseph blew out a smoke ring. "The only devout lackeys of the Holy Mother Church in the Far West. They are the only ones."

"Isn't a free monarchy lovely? Only in their Kingdom of Saint Norman, every king also serves as the Cardinal Archbishop of the Saint Norman Archdiocese."

The fleet was getting closer.

In the woods, more than a dozen double-barreled rapid-fire cannons had been laid flat. Dozens of men with excited faces loaded huge ammunition belts into the gun barrels, and the muzzles were moving slowly along with several small gunboats.

Xing Tianli looked at it intently.

The cargo ships were filled with Saint Normandy soldiers in iron-grey uniforms, numbering around 2,000. Three of the cargo ships were filled with missionaries in black robes, numbering around 500.

Pursing his lips and rubbing his hands, Xing Tianli was ready to grab a rapid-fire cannon to play with.

Although he was a Yangshen Celestial Being in his previous life, he had never played with this great treasure. And how could a pure man not be interested in this mechanical killer weapon that spewed fire and smoke?

I didn't play in my previous life. I practiced to achieve enlightenment before my life was over. I practiced in the Huangshan Cave with half of the "qi point" left. Later, I became a celestial being and was busy looking for the "Heavenly Gate" to use the few remaining fairy stones to ascend to the "Spiritual Space Fairyland".

Where can I find the time and opportunity to play with this big thing?

Xing Tianli, with his eyes glowing, was about to move forward when his heart suddenly skipped a beat and he felt a chill on his spine - there was an object, definitely not a human object, staring at him from the woods behind him.

He turned his head and looked at Xiangliu Baivi: "You, didn't you feel it?"

Xiangliu Baivi frowned slightly and looked at Xing Tianli: "What do you think?"

Xing Tianli smacked his lips, picked up the Tongtian Magic Bamboo, and quietly walked back: "I'll go to the back to take a look, you guys, be careful. Especially old uncle, you are not young anymore, fighting in the middle of the night, don't twist your waist."

Li Kuisheng laughed and cursed in a low voice.

Xiangliu Baivi frowned slightly, but didn't take it seriously.

Xing Tianli walked back dozens of steps, leaving the ambush position of the large group of troops, and heard the sharp whistling sound of rockets. Amid the unique whistling sound of rockets, several flames tore through the night sky, shot out, and hit several inland gunboats flying the flag of the Kingdom of Saint Norman.

Several armored soldiers wielding rocket launchers shot accurately and fiercely. High-explosive rockets as thick as calves hit the cockpit of the inland gunboat. With a huge explosion, the small cockpit was blown into a broken kiln. Amidst the fireworks, a large amount of flesh was torn apart and fell into the river with shrill screams.

The inland gunboats suddenly lost control, some crashed into the shore, and some lost power and were pushed by the rushing river water, crashing into the tugboat behind.

On the river, the fleet suddenly fell into chaos.

Several figures in white robes appeared on the exploding and burning inland gunboat. Before they could open their mouths to give orders, more than a dozen rapid-fire cannons roared at the same time.

Accompanied by extremely dull, drum-like sound of artillery fire, dozens of fire lines were pointed directly at the fleet on the river.

More than a dozen rapid-fire cannons specifically targeted missionaries wearing black robes.

The missionaries were caught off guard, and they screamed and screamed. The fire line penetrated the crowd, and there was a splash of fire and blood. The large group of missionaries did not have time to activate their special powers, and their bodies were broken into huge holes, and some were blown to pieces.

What’s even more vicious is that the shells of these rapid-fire guns contain white phosphorus bombs.

Some missionaries with extremely quick reactions were affected by the exploding white phosphorus bombs. Their injuries were not serious at first, but the flames from the burning white phosphorus bombs attached to their limbs. Even those missionaries with incredibly strong muscles had their skin and flesh burned, and the flames burned directly into their bones.

Poor missionaries, they were all crowded on the cargo ship.

A dozen double-barreled rapid-fire cannons swept across the area, and more than 80% of the missionaries were beaten to pieces.

On the shore, in the woods, more than a thousand elite soldiers opened fire. Hundreds of air-cooled light machine guns and more than a thousand automatic rifles with twenty-round magazines fired at the same time.

Dense chains of fire covered all the boats on the river. Countless figures were shaking violently in the hail of bullets. Accompanied by hoarse shouting and wailing, a large number of bodies fell from the boats into the river, and large areas of the river water had been dyed blood red.

Xing Tianli had already reached the rear of the ambush position.

He was not worried about Li Kuisheng's safety.

Using such firepower configuration to ambush such a small fleet is simply using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken. As long as the group of ruthless armored soldiers don't throw the small nuclear bomb out in a muddle, there shouldn't be any casualties!
Besides, we have Xiangliu Baiwei and his group to provide support.

Xing Tianli could see clearly that Xiangliu Baifei had brought at least a hundred brothers with long arms and legs and a feminine aura. Many of them gave Xing Tianli the impression that they were very strong, much, much stronger than Xiangliu Baifei.

"How can they lose like this? Ha, unless he is Xiang Liu Baivi, he is really unlucky. There can't be a meteor shower that hits their ambush position, right?"

When Xing Tianli tapped lightly on the bamboo pole, a layer of light green aura could be vaguely seen with the naked eye adhering to the surface of the thin bamboo pole. Wherever Xing Tianli passed, the countless branches of the mixed woods covered with barbs spread out to the left and right, avoiding Xing Tianli's body.

This is the most basic application of the power of "wood".

He followed a straight line and walked directly to the place that had just made him alert.

A fat and strong black dog, about five feet long from head to tail, was crawling here quietly, staring at Xing Tianli with its black eyes wide open and an innocent face.

Seeing Xing Tianli approaching him, the big black dog even wagged its tail and barked twice at Xing Tianli.

Xing Tianli stood carefully about ten feet away from the big black dog. He looked at the big black dog and suddenly smiled mysteriously: "Hey, you are here to enjoy the scenery in the middle of the night? Is he your master? There are people shooting guns and setting off fireworks here, aren't you afraid?"

The big black dog tilted its head and woofed innocently.

Xing Tianli smiled, suddenly pulled out a revolver, and fired two shots at the big black dog.

The big black dog suddenly jumped up, and the moment his body was in the air, he cursed in a low voice: "You little bastard, are you hitting your grandfather?"

(End of this chapter)