26: Chapter 26: Top-Tier Traitor, Battle of Ten Thousand Men About to Erupt

Generally speaking, the system screen summoned by a lord is invisible to others; only the lord themselves can see it.

However, Mio was his vassal—and a vassal with absolutely no autonomy at that—so Xu Xuan could freely view all of her information.

From the screen in front of her, Xu Xuan could see that the fleeing japanese people were regrouping and summoning even more people.

[Japanese Tokyo Chat Channel]

[Tokugawa Ieyasu: Everyone, as long as we gather a force of several thousand, we can push back against that Xu Xuan!]

[Takeshita Asuka: He's already crushed us several times before. Can several thousand people really take them down?]

After all, Xu Xuan had easily routed their large tribes of several thousand people before. Was there any point in gathering thousands more now?

[Tokugawa Ieyasu: I have already summarized how to conduct island landing operations. I've invented a scaling ladder with hooks. As long as we gather several thousand people, that Xu Xuan won't be able to defend that island with just over 200 men.]

[Tokugawa Ieyasu: Think about it, everyone. If we can take the Floating Island, how much of an advantage will we have in the upcoming Bronze Age and Iron Age?]

That old scoundrel Tokugawa was dreaming of occupying Xu Xuan's Floating Island.

In the era of cold weapons, this island was practically invincible. Any city defense or fortification could be easily bypassed by the Floating Island.

Many japanese people were coveting the Floating Island, willing to die to occupy it.

Under these circumstances, they had already begun their pipe dreams of capturing the Floating Island.

Furthermore, Tokugawa Ieyasu was posting some images in the chat channel.

The images showed a type of scaling ladder he had invented, which could extend over ten meters and hook onto the edge of the Floating Island.

That old scoundrel was quite resourceful and clever, knowing how to tackle the Floating Island.

If Xu Xuan really only had a population of 200 and was unaware of the plan, Tokugawa Ieyasu might actually have succeeded in occupying it.

He had already gathered a large number of lords in the vicinity, constantly preaching about Xu Xuan's cruel behavior.

But he never dreamed that everything they planned was already exposed before Xu Xuan's eyes.

Tokugawa Ieyasu would never have guessed in a million years that his own daughter and wife had surrendered to Xu Xuan without any resistance at all.

He knew even less that Xu Xuan had already taken in 2,500 savages, directly expanding his tribe's strength.

Seeing them discuss various plans in the chat channel, already fantasizing about occupying Xu Xuan's Floating Island and kicking Xu Xuan's severed head around like a ball.

Their conversation was completely exposed to him.

Xu Xuan secretly sighed with relief that he had taken in this Japanese mother and daughter. He hadn't expected they could serve as moles to spy on the intelligence of these Japanese Lords.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan spoke up, "Don't reveal the news that you are still alive, do you understand? That way, you can continue to lurk in their chat channel and scout their intelligence."

Xu Xuan had intended to give them an order, but to his surprise, Mio lowered her head and replied, "Sovereign, without your permission, we are unable to send any information to the outside world."

Hearing her words, Xu Xuan noticed a muted prompt in her lord system.

[If you wish to speak in the chat channel, you must obtain the Sovereign's prior consent.]

It seemed there was little difference between being a vassal and being a slave; they had almost no rights. Whatever Xu Xuan arranged for them to do, they had to do.

Looking around, the tribes of Mio and her mother had already begun hunting and gathering fruit, a portion of which had to be handed over to Xu Xuan.

It seemed he should take in more of these vassal tribes, getting more slaves to farm for him, while he, Xu Xuan, only needed to be responsible for fighting wars.

With that thought, Xu Xuan continued to peer at the screen, checking the chat of those Japanese Lords.

From the Tokyo chat channel, it appeared this group was assembling a force of over 5,000 people and was currently cutting down trees to build siege ladders, intending to launch an attack tomorrow.

Notably, Tokugawa Ieyasu added a line in the chat channel.

[Tokugawa Ieyasu: Gentlemen, with 5,000 against 200, the advantage is mine!]

Is this Japanese guy possessed by Chiang Kai-shek? 'The advantage is mine'? More like 'The chance to kill me is yours'!

Perfect. Since they wanted to launch a decisive battle against him, he could take out all five thousand of them in one go.

Facing the enemy's superior numbers, Xu Xuan wasn't afraid in the slightest.

First, he had the Floating Island. Second, his technology was ahead of theirs, and the numerical gap wasn't actually that large.

His spearmen, equipped with bronze spears, could each take on ten savages.

What weapons did the enemy have? What weapons did he have?

While Xu Xuan was full of confidence, Mio showed a look of worry.

"Lord Sovereign, shall we flee?"

Flee?

Mio didn't know yet that Xu Xuan's tribe had expanded to over 2,700 people.

She still thought he only had around two hundred people.

Based on the previous data, even with the terrain advantage of the Floating Island, Xu Xuan's two hundred people would have had no choice but to flee.

But now? His sky island had expanded to 400 meters in diameter. Let alone accommodating three thousand people, it could fit ten thousand with room to spare.

Xu Xuan had already planned his strategy for tomorrow. Today, he had to hurry with the mining, extracting all the ore from the Goblin cave to be smelted.

Smelt more bronze, make spears, make arrows, and especially make more ballista bolts. Those things could truly take a person's head from a thousand miles away!

In tomorrow's battle, defeating the enemy's 5,000-man coalition in one fell swoop would likely bring in rewards until his hands went numb.

Over two thousand against five thousand enemies—this would likely be the first such large-scale battle on the Lord Continent!

At that moment, Xu Xuan noticed a [Remote Call] function in his lord system.

[Remote Call: You can contact generals who are away via Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission (This function is only available to general units).]

[View Contacts: Chi You, Hu Zi.]

Xu Xuan curiously clicked on Chi You's name and said, "General Chi You, is there any sign of the enemy nearby?"

Far away outside the Goblin nest, Chi You, who was supervising the savages mining and smelting bronze, heard Xu Xuan's voice in his mind.

Chi You was slightly startled, secretly marveling at his lord's vast divine powers, being able to use Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission from so far away.

He then attempted to speak and reply, "Lord, I have already ordered a 10-man squad to establish an outpost on the mountain. Any movement within a dozen miles cannot escape our eyes! No enemies have come to invade for the time being, please rest assured, Lord."

Xu Xuan nodded in satisfaction, finding this Thousand-Mile Voice Transmission function quite fun.

"Then, how is the excavation progressing?"

Chi You immediately reported: "The mineral deposits inside this cave, once all smelted into bronze ware, will be more than enough to arm a ten-thousand-man legion. I suggest crafting Bronze Armor to equip our warriors!"

Bronze Armor?

Xu Xuan's eyes lit up. If the frontline soldiers could all be clad in Bronze Armor, they would be basically invincible.