"We will report the situation to His Majesty in advance before launching military operations!"
"It was Count Kai Xuan who attacked us first. I believe His Majesty will give us a fair outcome."
"We can't just let others bully us and not fight back, letting ourselves be slaughtered, can we?"
"Besides, after we get the mine, we can split the profits of the oil field fifty-fifty with His Majesty the King!"
"Oh, this method is indeed quite good!"
Monk's suggestion truly made Fat Ao's eyes light up!
"As long as we show His Majesty the King our loyalty, he will definitely not make things difficult for us!"
"In fact, we are already His Majesty the King's direct subordinates!"
"If we can bring greater benefits to His Majesty in the matter of oil fields, he will certainly favor us even more!"
"Perhaps, all of our brothers can receive tangible benefits!"
"General, you are brilliant!"
Monk immediately cupped his hands in salute, vigorously praising Fat Ao's wisdom.
This day was destined to be an extraordinary one!
Liu Kai Xuan, with his actual actions, showed the warlords of the Kingdom of Kaia the brutality of modern warfare!
The true main fighting force was not the infantry moving on the ground, but the drones flying everywhere in the sky!
On average, each robot warrior controlled more than 10 drone sorties.
When dozens of robot warriors joined forces, the drones they controlled formed swarm combat clusters in the sky.
Aerial strike power was always the best force to counter ground armored units.
The Imperial Army's 75th Brigade was a pure infantry combat unit.
How could purely ground units defeat the air force in the sky?
The drone swarms flew everywhere, and the overwhelming attacks rained down on the infantry like a torrential downpour.
The majority of the officers and soldiers of the 75th Brigade ran around on the ground, utterly helpless.
In desperation, the soldiers could only use their rifles to wildly shoot at the drones in the sky.
Unfortunately, how could their naked eyes track the high-speed drones in the sky?
Many soldiers were ruthlessly eliminated before they even saw the enemy.
This mode of combat could entirely be said to be a form of dimensional crushing.
No matter how large the 75th Brigade's numbers were, they could hardly find a direction to exert their strength.
They could only endure the blows and suffer heavy losses.
The cumulative effect of these situations had a huge impact on the morale of the frontline soldiers.
The battle lasted less than a day before a large number of soldiers from the 75th Brigade abandoned their arms and armor and fled the battlefield.
However, this was the situation on the rear front!
The main forces of the 75th Brigade were at this moment fully attacking the Kai Xuan oil fields.
Upon receiving the news, the King did not take any measures.
Instead, he watched Liu Kai Xuan and Fat Ao engage in a fierce battle.
In any case, neither of these factions was his direct force, and their conflict was not consuming his resources.
Liu Kai Xuan's small contingent was able to fight back and forth with Fat Ao's brigade of regular troops.
This fact truly made Kaia Dun look at him with new eyes.
However, this still did not change Kaia Dun's pessimistic expectation of Liu Kai Xuan's side.
After all, the gap in strength between the two sides was too vast.
How could a battalion, no matter how powerful, defeat a brigade?
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After two days of fierce fighting, the 75th Brigade finally completely occupied the Kai Xuan oil fields.
Simultaneously, Liu Kai Xuan's bodyguard battalion achieved glorious victories after these two days of battle.
Liu Kai Xuan's single battalion, through sheer force, managed to defeat the 114th Regiment!
Although the 114th Regiment had already been heavily hit and lost its third battalion before the war,
this regiment still had a scale of at least over 1400 men at the start of the battle!
Unexpectedly, it was defeated in two days.
On the morning of the third day, a serious assassination occurred at the Imperial Hospital.
Fat Ao, who was staying in a special care ward, was killed by a mysterious assassin with his throat slit, dying on the spot.
Along with him were killed his two adjutants and one counselor.
This wave of attacks directly crippled the highest command system of the 75th Brigade.
The 109th Regiment of the 75th Brigade, which had already entered the mine, had its morale instantly collapse upon receiving this news.
With no commander, what was there to fight for?
The 109th Regiment abandoned its gains and voluntarily withdrew from the mining area, retreating deep into the desert.
Speaking of which, the regimental commander of the 109th Regiment, Wang Tai, was genuinely from a bandit background.
Now that the 75th Brigade had lost a regiment, its troops had suffered more than half their casualties, and even their brigade commander was killed.
The remaining manpower in his hands was his last bit of capital.
With this group of men, he could still go and pledge allegiance to other noble big shots.
As long as one had troops, one would be valued everywhere.
Even if no one valued him, he could still continue to be a bandit.
Conversely, if he now went and fought fiercely with Liu Kai Xuan, and depleted all the men in his hands,
he would probably not even be acknowledged if he went begging.
After the 109th Regiment fled, the oil fields were lost and then regained, returning to Liu Kai Xuan's hands.
That night, the royal family sent a notice to Liu Kai Xuan.
In a written notice, Kaia Dun expressed his disappointment with Liu Kai Xuan's barbaric behavior.
At the same time, Kaia Dun demanded that Liu Kai Xuan pay a fine of five million within seven days,
and submit a letter of guarantee, promising not to instigate conflicts and disrupt order in the future.
"Hmph, how ridiculous!"
Upon receiving Kaia Dun's fine notice, a cold smile instantly appeared on Liu Kai Xuan's lips.
Of course, on the surface, Liu Kai Xuan's attitude remained very humble, accepting Kaia Dun's "punishment."
After all, didn't Kaia Dun say that the fine and the guarantee letter had a seven-day time limit?
He might as well use these seven days to improve his own strength.
After seven days, once all preparations were in place, he would completely fall out with Kaia Dun.
Liu Kai Xuan did not truly revere Kaia Dun either.
On the surface, Kaia Dun appeared to be a strategist with the aura of conquering the world.
In reality, Kaia Dun was a cowardly waste.
If he were truly capable, he would not have let the Kingdom of Kaia descend into such chaos.
With warlords carving out territories everywhere, royal authority was practically a mere formality.
Kaia Dun, the renowned monarch, could only bully the weak.
Undoubtedly, Liu Kai Xuan was now the biggest soft target in his eyes.
I had just suffered a catastrophe and incurred heavy losses, and you demand a fine without asking for the facts?
I paid millions in taxes last year.
Yet, when I was attacked, the Imperial Army, standing so close by, watched impassively.