271: Chapter 271 He Reaps What He Sows

In the end, they were reluctantly forced to bring out their artillery shells, which were a whole era behind.

General Max's command was impossible to refuse. After adjusting the angle, the first round of artillery fire soon commenced.

Almost everyone clutched their chests, feeling only a wave of sorrow.

Is this even artillery fire?

It was purely their lifeblood!

One had to know that on this land of their African grasslands, perhaps the artillery shells had only one source...

That was exchanging them for real gold and silver from the Pretty Country or other nations!

Rumble...!

Waves of terrifying explosions erupted, and the tribe ahead was quickly razed to the ground...

The might of ten thousand cannons firing simultaneously was indeed this exaggerated. Even now, quite a few flames were still rising from the ruins of the tribe.

Even if the enemy had hidden in the deepest part, they were probably already scorched into a happy dog by now.

All that remained for them was to go in and reap the rewards.

General Max saw the sky ablaze ahead, and Lin Heng and the others had no room to resist, so they finally felt relieved.

Just putting on a show!

"Charge with me!"

As General Max gave the order, the Black chieftains, seeing that the vanguard faced no danger, also began directing their subordinates to charge forward.

The fruits of victory were right ahead. Whoever among them occupied the first location would be considered to have taken the lead and earned first-class merit!

Subsequently, they would gain greater benefits during the process of dividing the land!

Every one of them wore expressions hinting at opportunism.

At this moment, they were also on guard, but they were only guarding against their own people.

This process took only a few minutes; almost all the troops had rushed into the tribe.

They were practically scrambling over who would be the first to set foot on this land.

However, they failed to notice... there wasn't a single person here!

General Max walked in from behind. Seeing the quarreling Black men ahead, disdain quickly appeared in his eyes.

Selfish people who chased after sesame seeds while losing the watermelons were simply not worthy of being allied with them!

"What's going on here!?"

As someone quickly emerged from the crowd, Colonel James immediately stepped forward to inquire.

This abnormal situation compelled them to be cautious.

Those Black men probably hadn't realized it, but General Max and his men certainly had.

"What situation? Shouldn't we be dividing the spoils next?"

"Don't tell me General Max, you've forgotten what you promised us before?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of General Max and his men grew even darker.

They were done for!!

It was a trap!

They quickly realized something was wrong and immediately began shouting.

"Get out of here quickly!"

"Leave here...? Why should we leave here?"

"General Max, please make yourself clear. Otherwise, we absolutely won't follow you!"

"Exactly, exactly... We wasted so much ammunition just to watch fireworks with you guys!"

"I say this land must be divided equally among all of us!"

"..."

Many Black chieftains began to murmur amongst themselves.

They all believed that General Max was simply trying to hoard all the benefits for himself.

How could they let this guy succeed?

Seeing this scene, General Max wished he could kick them all to death!

These fellows...

At a time like this, they were still bickering over trivial matters. If they didn't leave now, they might remain here forever!

General Max's mind quickly recalled a textbook he had seen in the Liu Kingdom...

It was about the Thirty-Six Stratagems!

And this was clearly the Empty Fort Strategy among the Thirty-Six Stratagems!!

Just as General Max was about to speak, he noticed a faint change occurring in the ground...

Not good!

But before they could shout, the ground beneath their feet suddenly began to soften...

Cracks soon appeared in the ground where everyone stood. Some of the stout and heavy individuals even fell right into them...

With a loud crash!

A fissure split the earth, and many people fell directly into it.

This sudden event left the Black Brothers who were present momentarily stunned.

However, their reaction was swift. They immediately grabbed onto anything nearby, narrowly escaping disaster.

But before they could celebrate, they suddenly saw a burst of fire rising from below...

With a boom!

Flames shot up to the sky!

Those still struggling were immediately engulfed in the sea of fire. In just a moment, they were burned to a crisp...

Hiss...!

The remaining people widened their eyes upon witnessing this scene.

Good heavens...

They didn't expect the people here to be so ruthless!

They had indeed underestimated Lin Heng!

General Max felt this particularly deeply.

That single move just now had wiped out a full two thousand of their men...

And the remaining eight thousand were caught completely off guard, already having lost their composure...

This was not what they had hoped to see!

General Max decided to retreat from this place first and then regroup!

However, he couldn't quite predict if there were more surprises awaiting him next.

But for now, it was best to get away from here quickly...

General Max's men showed no hesitation. Some of them constantly cleared a path, shoving aside the panicked Black troops who were moving like wild buffalo on the road ahead, and quickly squeezed out through the gaps.

Meanwhile...

Lin Heng and his group were positioned outside the tribe. The surroundings were barren land, but it was strewn with traps...

On another path, the one where Lin Heng and his group were located, there were no traps.

Lin Heng intended to employ the tactic of surrounding them on three sides while leaving one open, to annihilate the enemy completely!

Upon seeing the sky ablaze ahead, Lubisang's men were filled with admiration for Lin Heng, and their faces immediately showed excitement.

"Hahaha... Advisor, you are truly divine! Not only did you guess they might enter the tribe, but you even knew those people would fall into the traps..."

"You even thought from the very beginning that those people would ignite the fire to burn themselves..."

"Now, I'm afraid many of them will never get out!"

When Lin Heng heard this, he shook his head noncommittally.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and soon spoke:

"I didn't expect them to use artillery to scorch the earth initially. This sea of fire and mountain of blades... was purely created by themselves."

Pfft...!

The more this was the case, the more comical it felt.

Perhaps these people never imagined that their own prior artillery bombardment would lead to their current predicament?

Lin Heng's gaze quickly turned serious.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"