98: Chapter 98 Counter-Ambush! A Flash of Inspiration!

Li Mo had actually heard of the Baiou Empire's Fourth Imperial Army long ago.

After all, the Fourth Imperial Army was considered a notorious unit of the Baiou Empire.

They loved to torture and kill their enemies, and executing prisoners was a common occurrence for them.

Countless Daxia soldiers had died tragically at the hands of the Fourth Imperial Army.

Of course, the hatred the Daxia people held for this Fourth Imperial Army went beyond just that.

Back when Marshal Chen Han commanded The Military of Daxia, he had led the Daxia army to completely annihilate the Island Nation; later, some of the remaining Island Nation people went into hiding, escaping that calamity.

During the apocalypse caused by the Dark Ruins invasion, these Island Nation people fled to the territory of the Baiou Empire and rose again alongside the rise of the Baiou Empire.

Of course, this group could not rebuild the Island Nation, because the territory of the Island Nation now belonged to Daxia, so these Island Nation people simply joined the Baiou Empire.

And many in the Fourth Imperial Army were descendants of those Island Nation people from back then.

The deep-seated grudge Daxia held against the Island Nation went without saying; it could be said that any Daxia soldier who saw the Fourth Imperial Army of the Baiou Empire would beat them like a drowning dog.

This Paul was not only affiliated with the Fourth Imperial Army but was also a special forces member, which indicated his status was not low.

Li Mo had managed to catch a low-level high-ranking officer this time; his luck was not bad.

"Speak, why did our Daxia soldiers die tragically here? And why were you spying on us? Tell us everything clearly, otherwise, you know the consequences!"

Li Mo increased the pressure of his foot, stepping on Paul until he could barely breathe.

Paul cried out, "I never said I wouldn't talk! It hurts like hell! You should let me go first and let me speak!"

Li Mo rubbed his forehead; the people of the Baiou Empire were really easy to fool. There was no need for interrogation at all; he couldn't even handle a few steps.

Li Mo wasn't afraid of him escaping, so he released his foot from his chest. To his surprise, not only did the guy have no intention of running, but he even sat down directly.

This prisoner was certainly very self-aware.

"According to international conventions, I have surrendered, I am a prisoner! If I do as you ask, you cannot kill me!"

To be fair, Paul was right. The Military had clear regulations against killing prisoners, except in individual extreme cases.

For someone as cooperative as Paul, killing him casually would violate military law.

Xu Feng was speechless upon seeing this: "No way, you're a special forces member, can you have some backbone? You should be struggling! You should be unyielding to death!"

However, in the education Paul had received, there was absolutely no option for being unyielding to death.

"I can't beat you anyway, so why not surrender? Besides, when the government negotiates terms, they will send me back, so why should I bother doing something thankless!"

It had to be said, although this guy was full of twisted logic, there was really nothing to pick at.

Xu Feng felt his worldview had been greatly impacted. At this moment, Li Mo waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's hear his intelligence first."

Paul did not hide anything and told everything he knew in detail.

It turned out that the route for both the Baiou Empire and Daxia to travel to the Qiyuan Mountains was the only one available, and the first waves sent by the Baiou Empire and Daxia met here, resulting in an encounter battle.

Daxia's combat power here was inferior to the Baiou Empire, so they were miserably defeated.

However, because of this, the people of the Baiou Empire thought of a bad idea: since the Daxia people had to pass through this route anyway, they would simply send people to set an ambush on this necessary path to the Qiyuan Mountains.

Currently, several waves of people sent out by Marshal Zhao had already been completely wiped out by the Baiou Empire.

The people of the Baiou Empire set ambushes here during the day and would send one or two scouts to observe here at night; once there was any sign of trouble, they would immediately return to report.

Apparently, the scout today was Paul.

His luck was extremely bad; not only did he run into Li Mo's team, but he was also captured on the spot.

"Shit! If I had known, I wouldn't have come to change shifts today! Fuck!"

Speaking of this, Paul cursed loudly.

Li Mo finally understood that Chen Xiao's team hadn't died in an encounter battle with the enemy, but had been ambushed and wiped out by the enemy.

Seeing this, Li Mo asked, "How many people did you bring this time?"

Paul told Li Mo that due to international agreements, the three countries could not send large armies to wage war, so the Baiou Empire also sent people to the Qiyuan Mountains in the form of small squads.

However, the Baiou Empire's squads were in units of ten people. So far, about twenty squads had been sent out, and seven of them had already entered the Qiyuan Mountains to prevent the Black Earth Tribe from getting there first.

As for the remaining thirteen squads, they had all merged into one force and gathered on the outskirts of the Qiyuan Mountains, with the goal of ambushing and killing Daxia's martial artists.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo frowned; the current situation was not optimistic for them.

The enemy had a full 130 people, while Daxia only had the Moyu Squad left. The previous teams sent to the Qiyuan Mountains had already been wiped out, and Zhao Zhenyuan had no intention of sending any more teams into the Qiyuan Mountains afterward.

In other words, the Moyu Squad had no friendly troops in front of them, and no support behind them.

What was even more troublesome was that the Black Earth Tribe most likely already had people inside the Qiyuan Mountains, and the people of the Baiou Empire had also entered; only Daxia remained completely ignorant of the interior of the Qiyuan Mountains!

"We managed to encounter the most difficult situation..." Li Mo sighed.

Now there were only two choices for Li Mo.

Either return to Daxia first, report the current situation, request reinforcements from Zhao Zhenyuan, and come back when there was sufficient support.

Or bite the bullet and engage in battle with the 130 men of the Baiou Empire, fighting until the sky turns dark.

Given Li Mo's personality, he would not choose the first option; since he had already come, it was impossible to return empty-handed.

As for the second option, if Li Mo were alone, he could be reckless, but now the lives of his entire team were in his hands, and they weren't at the end of their rope yet, so there was no need to risk everything directly.

Thinking of this, Li Mo suddenly had an idea and asked Paul again: "How many people usually come here to set up ambushes during the day? Does everyone come?"

Paul shook his head like a rattle: "Of course not, we have established a base camp in the front. At most, only thirty people come here to set up ambushes during the day; the others have to stay in the camp and be on standby at all times! After all, problems could arise in the Qiyuan Mountains at any time!"

The corners of Li Mo's mouth curled up slightly; for him, this was no longer the worst-case scenario.

Then he asked about the overall strength of the enemy again, and the result was very encouraging.

The Military leaders of the three countries had almost reached a consensus on this point: none of them had sent any martial artists above the Sanhe Realm in this reconnaissance operation.

After all, Sanhe Realm martial artists were considered high-level martial artists in any country, and in The Military, they were at least at the level of a regiment commander or higher.

They didn't want a martial artist above the Sanhe Realm to die in vain in such a mission.

Therefore, the highest overall strength of the Baiou Empire's team was only above the Liangyi Realm!

"Everyone, I think we can launch a counter-ambush against the Baiou Empire army!"