Chapter 91: The Return Journey

At this moment, a cavalryman watched them from afar, gritting his teeth as he rode his horse toward the central Garrison to report the group's plan to the general.

The cavalryman soon arrived at the third garrison site; in a panic, he recounted everything that had happened at the northernmost Garrison.

The Great General of the Woguo frowned, "You say they have many Explosive Packages?"

The cavalryman said, "Yes, many, many. We cannot hold them off; why not take the men and retreat to Fen Dao overnight?"

The Great General looked at his ten thousand troops, plus five hundred archers, "A thousand people want to wipe out my camp? What kind of dream is that!"

The cavalryman tried his best to urge a retreat to Fen Dao, but the Great General remained unmoved.

The cavalryman sighed, "We must at least send five thousand troops over, otherwise we will be completely wiped out."

The Great General waved his hand, having no plan to send anyone away, but instead began to ponder the deployment of his archers.

Although the archers could catch them off guard, the problem was that their country was but a tiny place of ten, and having found no Iron Mine, their arrows and weapons were in short supply.

Yet the Great General was confident that he could certainly take down Yan Ze and his party.

He did not believe Yan Ze still had enough Explosive Packages on hand.

On the other side, Yan Ze and the others were discussing their next plans.

Yan Ning looked at the wounded and disabled on the ground and couldn't help but ask, "How many soldiers do we have left to take with us to attack the central Garrison?"

Wu Jiangjun did a rough count, "We can still take fifteen hundred people."

At this, the wounded soldiers downstairs hurriedly said, "Wu Jiangjun, our wounds have already been bandaged; we can continue to fight!"

"I can too!"

"I can too!"

Wu Jiangjun shouted angrily, "Save your breath, we don't need you wounded soldiers for now!"

Wu Jiangjun then looked at Yan Ning and her father.

He felt that they didn't even need this force of two thousand; with just his hundred elite soldiers, he could wipe out the Woguo lair.

After all, in the fighting, the two thousand or so people in the back basically had no use.

It was Yan Ze's Explosive Packages that were so useful; he actually had over a hundred of them!

And he threw them around as if they cost nothing.

Yan Ning said, "Do you think the villagers will go to the remaining Garrison to report?"

Xiao Chengtian: "I said we should have cut the weeds and dug up the roots..."

Yan Ning said with a grave expression, "That is not the point. Since we are already here, we must wipe out all their garrisons, but the last one might have archers deployed in advance."

Yan Ze also said, "Archers are truly too troublesome. If only we had matchlock muskets."

Matchlock muskets have great power; you just aim and pull the trigger, which is even faster than a Crossbow.

Yan Ning had also thought about making matchlock muskets, "They are indeed useful, but we have been pondering for so long and haven't figured it out."

Wu Jiangjun interjected, "Matchlock muskets, are they more powerful than explosives?"

Yan Ning nodded, "You could say that."

She would have to study how to make matchlock muskets with her father when she returned.

Yan Ze said, "No matter what ambushes there are, we will go first. We have armor; as long as we block the initial archers, we can win."

The next day, the ship sailed to the pier near the third Garrison.

The journey was smooth and unobstructed, going incredibly well.

It was also a coincidence; the Great General did not expect them to come by ship from the pier, thinking they would travel by land, so no ambush was arranged at the pier.

The Great General was still under a lot of pressure facing Yan Ze and the others, so his firepower was very concentrated.

Yan Ze caught them off guard; in an instant, a large portion of the ten-thousand-man army was gone, with others injured by the shockwaves.

By the time the archers reacted, a large number of soldiers were already dead.

After the archers reacted, they turned and attacked Yan Ze's side, and in an instant, there were many wounded soldiers on Yan Ze's side.

Yan Ze charged forward, throwing Explosive Packages at the archers; even with people protecting him, Yan Ze was struck by an arrow in the arm.

But soon, the archers ran out of arrows.

Yan Ze and the others immediately counterattacked; an Explosive Package and continuous Crossbow fire finally killed these

archers.

There were many casualties this time, but the Woguo general and his ten thousand troops were all wiped out.

With the remaining people, once they took all the ships, these Woguo would not be able to raid the coastal areas of Daxia Guo for decades.

Back on the ship, many seriously wounded soldiers lay waiting for rescue.

There were not enough doctors, so Yan Ning could only feed them a large cup of undiluted Spirit Spring Water.

She couldn't worry about the cost now; this time, more than fifty people were seriously wounded, their lives hanging in the balance.

After Yan Ning fed them the water, the complexions of several people visibly improved quite a bit.

Xiao Chengtian leaned over and asked, "What is this stuff? It's so effective?"

Yan Ning said with a smile, "Internal healing medicine; it can prevent wounds from becoming inflamed."

Xiao Chengtian was skeptical, "Don't tell me you traded for this from the Huoshang again. You can go fool others, but I don't believe it."

Yan Ning gave a "hehe" laugh; it didn't matter if he believed it or not, as long as it worked.

Wu Jiangjun had the same thought as Xiao Chengtian, but he didn't dare ask.

The next day.

Although Yan Ze's hand was injured, he had been forced by Yan Ning to drink a large bucket of Spirit Spring Water, and the wound had long since healed.

However, he had to keep it bandaged to avoid suspicion.

So on the second day, they went to several nearby villages and towns to take away the women who had been abducted there.

And they also had the women help with translation:

"If you dare to come to the coastal areas of our Daxia Dynasty again, next time we won't just wipe out your army; we will wipe out you commoners as well."

After the warning, the group prepared to return to the Daxia Dynasty.

They also took along a dozen of their ships capable of long-distance voyages.

Afterwards, one large ship led ten small ships back to Shawan County.

On the other side, Ji Lan was not idle either.

She and Fang Rong, who is the Princess Consort of Nanyang, had been going out to sea together these past few days to find a suitable island.

Fang Rong was somewhat puzzled: "If His Highness goes to Japan to exterminate the Japanese pirates, the merits and demerits could cancel each other out, and you would be able to return to the Capital. This merit of exterminating Japan would be enough to offset even breaking ten teacups."

Ji Lan scoffed, "Do you believe that if this matter reached the Capital, it would be framed as my husband defying the Emperor's decree and leaving his place of exile without authorization? And if they found out we still have a hundred guards, that would be us raising a private army."

Fang Rong was slightly surprised.

But she soon understood, though she cursed inwardly that the Gou Huangdi was not acting like a human, exiling such an excellent First Prince while treating those straw bags like treasures.

Ji Lan pointed to a place ahead that looked quite large and asked, "What do you think of this place?"

The two women got off the boat, with Zhuo Heng scouting the path ahead; most of the island was flat land, with a small grove of trees, and the area was quite large.

Fang Rong said, "I think this island is quite good, and it is far from the coast; if you come here, they will certainly not be able to find you."

Ji Lan was also very satisfied; she would hire a few people at a high price to keep watch here when the time came.

If the situation took a turn for the worse, they would immediately flee to this island.