Chapter 898: Chapter 872:
The Wa State Tribe is gearing up for a counterattack. The last battle caused them heavy losses, but the geographical location of Luoyang Prefecture is indeed tempting for them. Moreover, the Americans have promised that as long as they capture Luoyang Prefecture, in the future, cooperation between both parties will be strengthened. Not only will they provide more advanced weapons and training from elite instructors, but they also promised support with millions of US dollars and a large supply of medicine.
What does the Golden Triangle lack? It’s not money or people, but advanced weapons, excellent instructors, and those scarce medicines. This Damn it place of the Golden Triangle, where transportation is undeveloped, basically relying on walking for travel, shouting for communication, dogs for security, shivering for warmth, and hands for entertainment...
In such a place, it’s like being in a rural area, even worse than the countryside. The residents here can only rely on self-sufficiency. They also depend on smuggling, sneaking some daily necessities or pharmaceuticals from neighboring countries. However, in this No-man’s Land of the Golden Triangle, no one is willing to develop here. If it weren’t for the fact that opium poppy could be cultivated here, and they can act with impunity, nobody would be willing to stay here.
Those who can thrive in the Golden Triangle are international fugitives from Southeast Asia; they have nowhere else to hide and can only take refuge in this lawless place, either living quietly for the rest of their lives or joining major powers, becoming a formidable soldier under them, and then risking their lives to carve out a bloody path. Many people choose the former. The latter, although it can carve out a bloody path, is too risky, so basically, no one is willing to go through with it.
Leader Ma of the Wa State Tribe is currently inspecting his soldiers on the training ground, while the Second Leader is fast asleep in the room. The Second Leader is a straightforward person; when he makes a mistake, he acts as if nothing happened, believing that Big Brother would soon invite him out of the room. To contend with Luoyang Prefecture, he must take charge again; otherwise, the remaining six hundred people of the Wa State Tribe are simply not sufficient to deal with Luoyang Prefecture.
"Second Leader!" A bald guy sneaks into the room where Lao Er is sleeping. The Second Leader is snoring away, oblivious to the weak calls made by the intruder. While Lao Er snores, his nose intermittently blows out two bubble-like puffs.
The Bald climbs in quietly and nudges Lao Er, but the man remains asleep, only reducing the noise of his snores. Left with no option, the Bald resorts to slapping him vigorously on the cheeks, making a loud sound. Finally, Lao Er wakes up from his dream, staring bewilderedly at the man, and says, "Shit, what are you doing!"
"Second Leader, something bad happened, the Chief has already united with other forces and plans to launch a new attack on Luoyang Prefecture!" The Bald hurriedly said.
"Is that so?!" Lao Er was taken aback.
"Indeed!" The Bald quickly nodded, saying, "They gathered over two thousand people all at once!"
Ssss...
The Second Leader gasped, staring incredulously at the Bald, then asked, "Damn it, how did Big Brother get those guys to empty their coffers for the Wa State Tribe? With their personalities, even if they supported us, five hundred people would already be a lot, yet it has quadrupled?! Did they bring out their entire stock?"
"Indeed!" The Bald said anxiously, "If the Chief uses these people to take down Luoyang Prefecture, won’t you lose even more status? Once Luoyang Prefecture is captured, you will be driven away!"
"No, don’t panic!" At this moment, the Second Leader demonstrated extraordinary calmness, squinting his eyes as he said, "Luoyang Prefecture is not so easy to deal with, despite their heavy losses, they took our machine guns and cannons. Hmm, Big Brother trying to deal with them is not so simple. So, let’s just observe a bit more!"
"Alright, since the Second Leader said so, I’ll keep observing!" With that, the Bald guy hurriedly left.
The Second Leader lay on the headboard, squinting his eyes; this time, he couldn’t fall asleep, as soldiers’ shouts from the training ground had already made him understand that Big Brother was cheering and boosting the soldiers’ morale. But the Second Leader just dismissed it with a sniff and then scoffed, "What good does it do with Big Brother leading? Those soldiers have already lost their fighting spirit. Alas... the Wa State Tribe is already severely depleted. If it were me, I’d get out quickly, find a place to recover and regain strength, then look for an opportunity to take revenge!"
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Outside, the torches illuminated the entire training ground; a large number of soldiers stood neatly outside, all quietly watching the handsome man in front of them. The Chief and the Second Leader’s appearances were completely opposite, one was handsome, the other rugged. One spoke politely, the other was unsparing with curses. But comparatively, everyone preferred the straightforwardness of the Second Leader. They only had respect from the heart for the Chief.
"Brothers, we are not afraid with reinforcements here!" The Chief scanned everyone and then said coldly, "Two thousand reinforcements, are you still afraid? The other five tribes decided to send two thousand troops, and with the support of the Americans, advanced weapons, and a large supply of medicines, so put your minds at rest, kill the enemy with ease!"
"Kill the enemy with ease! Kill the enemy with ease!" Everyone raised their hands and waved them triumphantly.
The Great Leader waved his hand, and immediately, the scene fell silent. He shouted loudly, "Wa State will prevail, Wa State will prevail!"
"Wa State will prevail, Wa State will prevail!" The crowd followed suit, shouting in unison.
Just as the Great Leader was addressing them, a group of people leisurely walked in from outside the training field. Compared to the well-equipped soldiers of the Wa State Tribe, these people resembled beggars. Their clothes were tattered, and all they had with them was a large knife. They walked over smilingly, having heard that the Wa State Tribe would distribute brand new clothes and advanced guns and ammunition. So, they were feeling very excited inside.
The bosses of the five major forces had already stripped these people of all their equipment before sending them to the Wa State Tribe, making them appear as beggars there. The soldiers of the Wa State Tribe curiously looked at this peculiar troop and asked, "Who...who are these people? What are they doing here with us!"
"Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived!" The Great Leader waved his hand grandly.
"Hahaha..."
The Wa State Tribe crowd immediately burst into laughter. When they heard that this beggar-like troop was their reinforcements, they laughed uproariously. This couldn’t be a joke, right? Everyone couldn’t help but laugh to themselves, thinking, damn it, this isn’t April Fool’s, why did the Great Leader create such a farce? No one could believe that these people were their reinforcements.
Initially, they held great hope for reinforcements, but now, that hope turned into despair. Could these guys really defeat the powerful Luoyang Prefecture? That’s just too funny, right?
"Boss, are you sure about this? Are you sure they’re our reinforcements, not a group of beggars?!" The Wa State Tribe soldiers laughed uproariously.
"You fools, how dare you speak like this?" Among the beggar-like crowd, a man with a handlebar mustache stood up, angrily looking at the Wa State Tribe soldiers. He said coldly, "If your Leader Ma hadn’t begged us, how could we possibly come to support you? Open your eyes wide; you are merely the defeated soldiers of Luoyang Prefecture, and you dare laugh at others!"
"Leader Qiu, you...you are among them too?!" The Great Leader froze, stunned to see Leader Qiu dressed as a beggar too. He didn’t expect Leader Qiu to be so righteous, even acting as cannon fodder to support him. The Great Leader was deeply moved, little knowing that this bastard was mixed in just to swindle a set of fine American equipment.
"Haha, I’m...I’m leading by example, coming to support your Wa State Tribe!" Leader Qiu said, his face awkward, with a hint of embarrassed blush.
"Good, very good!" The Great Leader was extremely excited.
"A beggar is a beggar, even the leader is a beggar!" Wa State Tribe’s team leaders looked at the man with the handlebar mustache. Everyone laughed and argued among themselves.
"Damn it, what did you say!" Immediately, the guards beside Leader Qiu started brandishing their large knives, rushing forward to drag out those speaking team leaders for a beating. But to their surprise, those team leaders fearlessly retorted, "What’s wrong? We did say it, you beggars want to fight Luoyang Prefecture. Shameless! To me, you’re purely here to scam some equipment!"
"Damn, looking for a beating!" Leader Qiu’s guards hesitated not and pounced. The Wa State Tribe people naturally didn’t fear either, and several soldiers from both sides quickly clashed with each other. The Wa State Tribe’s Great Leader didn’t stop them but let them continue. He just wanted to see how Leader Qiu’s guards would fare; if even his guards were weak, it would prove his whole troop wasn’t up to par.
Leader Qiu also didn’t intervene, hoping his men would give those ignorant guys a fierce lesson, just to stop them from howling day in and day out about how inferior his men were. Leader Qiu was not confident in his soldiers, but he had full trust in his guards. Several of them were retired special forces, recruited by him with a hefty pay to serve as his guards and instructors at the same time.
Guards from both sides clashed into each other, the scene becoming intense with soldiers surrounding them, cheering from the sidelines. At this moment, the guards utilized every bit of their skills; absolutely no mistakes were allowed, nor failure. If they failed, it would be a disgrace to their troop.
What’s valuable to soldiers? Isn’t it face and dignity? If they can’t even defeat the opponent, it proves their troop is inferior. So, both sides were going all out in the clash. Of course, both sides adhered to a principle: absolutely no use of weapons, not even knives. The guys who dashed in wielding large knives threw their knives aside and started fighting with their bare hands.