Chapter 128: The Power of the Hand Grenade

The Northern Frontier Army was rampaging through the village, making such a huge commotion.

Yet the courtyard before them had its gate tightly shut, without a sound.

"Prince, shall we break in?" Zhang Zhao said in a low voice.

He had led a small squad today and wiped out over thirty bandits, a remarkable achievement, second only to Xiao Moting.

Xiao Moting shook his head.

The power of the Firearm was no joke; he feared an ambush.

He took out the Thermal Imaging Glasses and looked into the courtyard.

His thin, tightly pressed lips could not help but curl into a mocking smile.

Just as expected!

On the screen of the Thermal Imaging Glasses, dense crowds of figures were shifting about.

The courtyard was full of people; the row of figures crouching in the front was definitely the Firearm Squad.

The enemy was silent, just waiting for him to lead his men to break through the gate, and then they would open fire with all their might!

Xiao Moting sneered slightly.

"What a move, using stillness to control movement."

Since the enemy had concentrated all their forces in this cramped courtyard, then he would not be blamed for starting a massacre.

Xiao Moting gave the order.

"Snipers, take up positions at the high points."

"Xiao Dabao, take out the Hand Grenades!"

Xiao Dabao was overjoyed, "……It's finally your turn to taste the flavor of the sweet potato."

Back then, he had almost gnawed on the Landmine sent by the Goddess as if it were a watermelon, which had led to him being mocked in the Northern Frontier Army for over half a year.

The surrounding Northern Frontier Army soldiers all looked at him with envy.

Their hands were itching too; they wanted to throw a Hand Grenade to try it out.

Several Northern Frontier Army soldiers brought over a wooden ladder.

Xiao Dabao climbed the ladder, bit open the Hand Grenade with his teeth, then turned sideways and threw it with a sudden flick of his hand, immediately scurrying away while covering his head!

"Time to run, time to run……"

Clang!

The Hand Grenade fell into the courtyard, rolling on the ground.

The group of Rakshasa Bandits in the courtyard had never seen this 'iron object' before; they curiously crowded around it, jabbering away.

A few musketeers had already set up their aiming stances, but now they put their guns away and ran over to watch the Hand Grenade.

Someone picked up the Hand Grenade from the ground, brought it under their nose to sniff it, then licked it, and then kept shaking their head and waving their hands at their companions, indicating that it could not be eaten.

Another person snatched the Hand Grenade, bit it with their teeth, and immediately clutched their cheek where they had chipped a tooth, wailing in pain.

Alieke pushed through the crowd, snatched the Hand Grenade, and brought it close to his nose to examine it carefully.

The group of bandits around him also crowded forward to watch.

The bandits squeezed into a cluster, all surrounding the Hand Grenade, looking at it with curiosity.

Just at this moment!

Boom!

A loud explosion!

It shook the heavens and the earth!

In the courtyard, there was suddenly no more movement.

Xiao Moting, outside the gate, immediately gave the order, "Charge in!"

The Northern Frontier Army soldiers smashed open the gate and rushed into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, corpses lay scattered in all directions, all of them bandits.

Many had been blown into a bloody mess, missing arms and legs.

Alieke even had his head blown off, with only half of it remaining.

The air was filled with the stench of blood.

The bandits who hadn't died were also severely wounded, and the few remaining bandits with intact limbs had been stunned by the massive sound of the Hand Grenade; seeing a group of Northern Frontier Army soldiers rush into the courtyard, they actually remained in a daze, never even thinking to fight back.

The Northern Frontier Army soldiers looked at the chaotic little courtyard, feeling both shocked and impressed.

The Hand Grenade sent by the Goddess had such immense power!

Just one of them had killed and wounded dozens of people!

Xiao Dabao was even more shocked, his mouth agape, "This Hand Grenade is a hundred times more powerful than Heavenly Thunder!"

It was fortunate he had learned to be smart this time and didn't bite down on it.

Otherwise, he feared he would have been blown into nothing but bits of meat.

Xiao Moting stepped into the courtyard and gave a cold order.

"Kill them!"

Hearing this, the Northern Frontier Army soldiers were invigorated and immediately brandished their blades to slaughter.

The remaining bandits also woke up as if from a dream; once they came to their senses, they hurriedly grabbed their weapons to fight back.

Both sides engaged in a fierce battle!

A musketeer rushed out, immediately shouldered his Firearm, and was about to fire!

Just at this moment!

The sniper ambushed at the high point pulled the trigger!

Pfft!

A muffled sound.

Before the Firearm Squad member could even aim, he was shot in the head, exploding on the spot.

Seven snipers had long been lying in ambush at high vantage points, specifically targeting the Firearm Squad members; they killed every one that appeared.

Having lost their equipment advantage of firearms, the bandits were like a flock of sheep waiting to be slaughtered before the fierce Northern Frontier Army, and they were killed without any ability to fight back.

The Northern Frontier Army soldiers brandished their Mo blades, charged into the courtyard, and began a massacre everywhere!

Screams erupted all around!

They were all the miserable cries of the bandits.

Aside from firearms, they had absolutely no heaven-defying equipment like Bulletproof Vests, Bulletproof Helmets, or Mo blades, so they died in droves.

Very quickly!

The courtyard quieted down.

All the bandits had been killed, and fresh blood stained the ground red.

Wu Da led his men to conduct a simple headcount.

"Prince, a total of over sixty bandits were killed in the courtyard, including ten Firearm Squad members and the bandits' deputy leader, Alieke."

"Adding in the enemy kill counts reported by each squad, the entire army has killed over two hundred enemies in total."

"Twenty-eight Northern Frontier Army soldiers were injured, with zero fatalities; the wounded have already been carried onto the Minivan and sent to the Northern Frontier Camp's Military Doctor for treatment."

"Very good!" Xiao Moting narrowed his eyes slightly and let out a satisfied breath.

Bai Wei had told him that she would try her best to ensure the Northern Frontier Army survived on the battlefield.

This was something Xiao Moting could not do, but she had done it!

Over sixty villagers were led out from the backyard by Xiao Dabao.

The villagers walked unsteadily, their expressions still filled with terror, as if they could not believe that someone had rescued them.

Wu Da shouted in a deep voice, "We have already killed all the bandits in the village and rescued you. Now, leave the village; there are people outside the village who will take you to Beijiang."

A villager exclaimed in surprise, "Beijiang? Are you the Northern Frontier Army?"

Xiao Dabao raised an eyebrow, "Of course. Otherwise, who did you think would have Yuan Canghai send troops to attack this place and rescue you?"

The villagers looked at each other, exchanging suspicious and surprised glances.

Suddenly!

They knelt on the ground one after another, weeping bitterly, and kowtowed to the Northern Frontier Army soldiers.

Originally, the villagers had already given up hope; no one had ever thought they would leave this place alive.

Yet, no one expected that the Prince of the North would travel thousands of miles, bringing troops and horses to Yannan to rescue them.

Xiao Moting shouted in a deep voice.

"Take the villagers out of the village."

"The rest of you, come with me to support Qin Zhan."

After speaking, he strode out of the house and quickly headed toward the mine.

Xiao Moting had no time to stay here.

There were still gunshots in the distance, which meant that Qin Zhan was still leading men in a battle against Jiefu's Firearm Squad.

Qin Zhan was using a delaying tactic, so there were no snipers in his troops, only archers.

Jiefu was hiding in a Bunker with over twenty firearm soldiers; the gap in equipment between the two sides was too great.

Bow and Arrow versus firearms—the two sides were simply not on the same level.

It was already extremely difficult for Qin Zhan to lead two thousand Northern Frontier Army soldiers to pin the Firearm Squad down at the mine and prevent them from reinforcing the village.

Just by listening to the intense gunfire in the distance, one could imagine how fierce the battle was.

I fear that the Northern Frontier Army has already suffered significant casualties.