253: Desert Dispute

In the Desert, coordinates are the most valuable thing; without accurate coordinates, one can easily get lost, and entering the Desert becomes extremely dangerous.

General Huo Yuan returned with his troops, completely unaware that the Stalker Zerg hidden in the sand were closely following him.

He returned to tell his brothers about discovering the Oasis, so they could all be envious.

Zhu Rong's eyes were full of Star: "Da Ge, you said that Oases in the Desert are so rare, how are they so lucky to have one, while our place is truly too barren?"

Huo Yuan laughed: "Everyone has their own fate, there's no use being envious. We're lucky to have received the Boss's support, otherwise we wouldn't even have a city."

The brothers didn't think much of it.

The next day, Huo Yuan continued his exploration, deliberately avoiding the direction of the Oasis and heading in other directions.

He hadn't gone far when he suddenly received an urgent alert from Zhu Rong: "Da Ge, come back quickly! Someone is attacking our city!"

Huo Yuan was shocked. There weren't many troops left guarding the home city, so he quickly led his army back to defend, fearing the city would fall.

Before he even reached home, he saw the Xu Family's battle flag flying. Huo Yuan was furious; these scoundrels had actually found his home and dared to sneak attack it!

It is said that after the Xu Family's reconnaissance, they discovered that Huo Yuan's city was surrounded by red jade mines, and they were also greatly astonished. This red jade is one of the most precious minerals in the Rakshasa Country to the west, and its value is very high. Unlike Huo Yuan's remote dwelling, their Oasis had native merchant caravans coming and going, and seeing so many red jade mines immediately sparked great greed.

They found that Huo Yuan's family had few troops, but still didn't dare to act rashly. They waited until Huo Yuan left before quickly launching a sneak attack, hoping to shatter the crystal and occupy the place in one fell swoop.

They never expected to encounter a tough opponent.

This small city was not large, but its turrets were extremely powerful. A volley from the repeating crossbows and frost arrow towers killed many Zerg.

"Kill! Charge in, leave no one alive!"

Facing stubborn resistance, the Xu Family brothers had no retreat. They charged to the gate, only to encounter an ambush by two Stalkers, who were hidden there, and another large group of Zerg died.

The arrow towers were still firing fiercely.

The city walls were also very sturdy. The Earthworm (Kòu dì chóng) smashed for a long time but couldn't collapse the city wall, and it itself was pierced by crossbow arrows.

Seeing that the city wall was almost shattered by the Earthworm (Kòu dì chóng), the second brother of the Xu Family muttered incantations and immediately unleashed an earth-shattering magic spell.

The ground shook, and the already damaged city wall finally couldn't hold on, and a crack appeared in the wall.

The Xu Family brothers were overjoyed and were about to lead their army in, but the crack was blocked by several Zerg. These were Zerg that Zhu Rong had just tamed, and to save their lives, regardless of their strength, they could only block the crack for now.

The two sides were entangled for a long time, both suffering heavy casualties.

The Xu Family brothers, who had initially thought the battle would be a walk in the park, found it incredibly brutal. They never imagined that such powerful arrow towers would defend such a small city.

Just then, Huo Yuan had returned.

The neat Gold Man charged ahead, heading towards the battlefield.

The three Xu Family brothers saw Huo Yuan's well-organized formation, with turrets assisting in front, and knew that the situation was unwinnable, so they fled in a panic.

The city wall was broken, but Huo Yuan didn't pursue, fearing a trap to lure him away, and quickly returned to the city.

As soon as Zhu Rong saw Huo Yuan return, she finally relaxed, crying in Huo Yuan's arms. The moment the city wall broke, it almost scared her to death; she was truly panicked.

The other two brothers also had pale faces and were trembling to the side.

"It's alright, I'm back. This matter isn't over!"

Huo Yuan was very angry. These people were too insidious; they had clearly been following him when he returned home last night.

He quickly began repairing the city wall.

Hongyu City and Han Hai Oasis had now officially started a war. The distance between them was not actually far. Huo Yuan, with Han Huohuo's resource support, became more courageous with each battle. The three brothers of Han Hai Oasis suffered heavy losses in their first siege, and their staying power became increasingly poor. The more they fought, the fewer resources they had, and they immediately panicked, guarding their Oasis day and night, living in constant fear.

Xu Da was bewildered by Huo Yuan and said to his two brothers: "We can't go on like this. Guarding the Oasis without resources, that guy will wear us down sooner or later."

Xu Zhi sighed: "Who knew that guy would be so valiant? He must have exchanged it for red jade resources."

Xu Wen was terrified: "Boss, what do you say we do? If we keep this up, we're dead!"

Xu Da thought for a moment: "Do you still remember that there was a General in Rakshasa Country who wanted to come here, but without coordinates in the Desert, they didn't dare to come in and couldn't find us? At that time, we also didn't dare to let him come over. Now, why don't we ask him for help?"

Xu Zhi exclaimed: "The Lords in Rakshasa Country all say that the General there is insatiably greedy. How dare we invite a wolf into our house?"

Xu Da said fiercely: "What else can we do? If we don't invite him, we're dead ends now. It's better to invite the General of Rakshasa Country over; if we're going to die, we'll all die together."

The three brothers discussed and agreed. They sent a message through the person who had surrendered to the Lord in Rakshasa Country. It was through this intermediary that they had initially contacted the General of Rakshasa Country.

This person was named Zhang Jing, and he served as a Ghost (chāng guǐ) behind the General of Rakshasa Country, swindling many Lords, and was deeply trusted by the General of Rakshasa Country.

Rakshasa Country was actually just a small country, a few thousand kilometers in circumference. Not to mention compared to the Great Qian Empire, even compared to the Ten Thousand Mountains, it was only equivalent to a small corner of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

However, near the Desert, it was already the strongest nation, surrounded by smaller tribal alliances that had not formed any national structure.

Huo Yuan was actually soft-hearted and didn't really want to destroy the three Xu Family brothers; he was just waiting for these people to yield and surrender, and that would be it.

However, the three Xu Family brothers were all fierce and ruthless. According to their nature, since they had the upper hand, they would definitely ransack homes and exterminate clans before giving up. They simply didn't believe there were people in this world who weren weren't greedy. They didn't believe anyone in the Desert who saw an Oasis would be willing to give it up.

The two groups were in a stalemate here, entangled in endless fighting.

Han Huohuo had everything ready, just missing the red jade. After preparing all the other things, he dialed Huo Yuan's contact number.

"How's it going? Has anything happened recently?"

"Da Ge..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Han Huohuo knew from this reply that something had indeed happened.

Huo Yuan then stammered out what had happened in the past few days to Han Huohuo. Han Huohuo sneered: "Those kinds of guys should be rooted out, killed completely. Don't be afraid, I'll give you resources, go for it!"

Huo Yuan broke out in a cold sweat. The Boss was indeed as ruthless as the rumors said. He explained a few sentences: "That Oasis has very strong defenses, and there are a few strange turrets. I don't dare to advance rashly, and they're not a life-and-death enemy, so I just want them to honestly yield."

Han Huohuo thought for a moment, as he wasn't clear on the situation, and only instructed: "Be careful, handle it yourself. Watch out for them acting desperately; I know those kinds of people, they have no bottom line in their actions."