Chapter 1352: Cannon Fodder

"Assemble!"

An order was given.

Very quickly, before Kelinxi, countless guards assembled rapidly; an unknown number of British Soldiers were gathered on the vast open ground.

Two merchants from Longyan City were also coerced into coming here.

Seeing these soldiers standing in battle array with cold, murderous expressions, carrying their long rifles in perfect unison, the sunlight shone on the pitch-black muzzles, radiating endless killing intent.

Seeing this scene, the two walked while supporting each other, both nearly falling over.

Both of their legs were nearly turned to jelly from fear.

"Mr. Kelinxi, this..." one of them said, trembling.

Seeing the reaction of the two, Kelinxi nodded quite satisfied, a smile hanging on the corners of his mouth; as they walked over, he greeted them cordially.

"Distinguished Longyan merchants, I am truly sorry for letting you get lost in the forest for so long."

Kelinxi wore an apologetic expression, but his eyes were filled with contempt, and he added: "Ten Thousand Merchants, Ten Thousand Merchants, bringing you here today is to express our Britain's apologies to our friends."

The two were stunned, a bad premonition rising in their hearts; this sight of soldiers standing in battle array certainly didn't look like anything good.

But the two of them could only force a smile.

"No need to be so polite; our Longyan City is currently cooperating with your Britain, and we have a common enemy in Europe, France, don't we?"

Wanshang played dumb and chuckled.

Kelinxi, however, did not pick up on his point; this sentence was actually telling him something.

They were people from Longyan City; if they were killed, Longyan City would not cooperate with their Britain, and at that time, the British territories scattered across America would be isolated.

It also reminded him that France was a common enemy, so don't play with fire.

A glint flashed in Kelinxi's eyes; these two Longyan people were sharp.

"Rest assured, you two; today I intend to select a squad of soldiers here to escort you back to Longyan City."

"After all, Longyan City is still a bit far from the British leased territory."

Kelinxi sized up the Longyan merchants before him and chuckled: "To demonstrate our Britain's sincerity, I will dispatch a squad of guards to protect you."

Wanshang and Wanshang exchanged a glance, their hearts skipping a beat—sending troops to escort them.

It was true that Longyan City was easy to defend and hard to attack, but it was too simple to dismantle it from within.

Looking at the British guards, they were well-equipped; if such a group of guards appeared in Longyan City, any slight movement...

According to the defensive situation of Longyan City, the soldiers they brought from Longyan were not that numerous, and although it wouldn't necessarily fall.

It was hard to avoid the possibility that this British guard squad wouldn't work from the inside out, and at that time, Longyan City would be in danger.

The two of them were in a difficult position and felt very reluctant, but for the moment, they had no Method to refuse.

"This is our Britain's sincerity; I hope the two of you will not refuse," Kelinxi said, squinting his eyes.

Wanshang pondered for a moment and smiled naively: "What are you saying? We couldn't be happier."

"Right, Fang Dalong?"

Wanshang patted Fang Dalong, who was still lost in thought; Fang Dalong was startled, and immediately after, he saw Wanshang winking at him.

He immediately understood and, as if flipping a book, instantly replaced his face with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"We couldn't be happier; how could we dare to refuse? It really is a trouble for you all. With a British guard squad escorting us, we won't have to fear anything on the road."

Kelinxi nodded and smiled: "That's good."

Kelinxi patted the two on the shoulders and whispered in their ears: "Then, when you two went out with our British merchants, was it because you encountered wild beasts that you got separated?"

After speaking, Kelinxi stared into their eyes; the two of them offered two forced smiles.

But Kelinxi's face

Although he wore a smile, the countless British guards on the field were silently staring at the two of them.

A cold, deathly aura instantly enveloped the two, and Wanshang and Fang Dalong subconsciously broke out in cold sweat on their foreheads.

The two felt a jolt in their hearts; they understood that if they didn't agree, they would both die here right now.

But agreeing would be of no benefit and only harm to Longyan.

Britain wanted to swallow the gold mine alone, so they had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.

Gold mines were hard currency worldwide, but Britain dared not completely fall out with Longyan over a gold mine in America.

So they could only threaten the two of them not to leak the news.

The two smiled inwardly; the naive British didn't know they had long since fallen into their Longyan trap.

Gold mine, is it? Take it then; I hope you don't regret it!

But on the surface, they were breaking out in cold sweat and could only immediately chime in.

"Ah... yes, yes, yes!"

"Mr. Kelinxi is absolutely right."

"We encountered wild beasts; thanks to our British friends for stepping in to save us, otherwise we don't know whose dung we would have become by now."

Hearing this answer, Kelinxi finally withdrew his hand with satisfaction.

"Captain Gelin, step forward!"

A burly man with a cold gaze emerged from among the guards.

Kelinxi looked at him and said indifferently.

"You take a squad of men to escort our British friends back to their Longyan City."

"If you encounter any danger on the road, you may kill; do not let anything hinder your return to Longyan City."

Hearing this, the two felt a jolt in their hearts; Britain was now determined to arrange its own people to enter Longyan City.

They had come following the orders of Qingyang Xiansheng, never expecting that the mission was now complete.

Yet it invited an even greater crisis, and the two racked their brains but could not come up with any Method to break the deadlock.

"Yes!" Captain Gelin replied solemnly and seriously.

Soon, Wan Shang and Fang Dalong saw about three hundred well-equipped Britain guards following Captain Gelin to escort them.

The two frowned tightly, their hearts beginning to calculate how they could make these people disappear completely once they neared Longyan.

They absolutely could not let such a team of Britain guards be brought to Longyan.

Kelinxi watched the departing troop, a smile staining his face; he also knew that Longyan was easy to defend and hard to attack, so he wanted to destroy it from the inside.

And most importantly, he wanted this team to keep an eye on every move in Longyan, while they, Britain and the French, were engaged in a Bitter Remonstrance over the gold mine.

He did not want others to disrupt the situation and reap the benefits.

Meanwhile, on the side of the French Colonial Zone, Richard left after digging out the gold mine and returned to the French Colonial Zone.

He issued the order to assemble.

This was a gold mine, a hard currency needed by the whole world.

Although the French were currently living on the America continent and had no Method to transport the mined gold out, it did not matter.

Such a good thing must absolutely not be given cheaply to that bunch of bastards from Britain; even if it could not be transported out, it must be kept in their own hands, and not in the hands of their opponents!

The French did not have that many French in America.

Therefore, a large portion of their troops were Indian, among whom were Indian chiefs who had come from Longyan; they were not fully trusted, so they were sent into the army to serve as cannon fodder.

"Set off!"