Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1720 A Brand New Experience
During this time, after digesting most of the food in their stomachs, the snakes quickly began a new round of hunting.

As always, they launched night raids.

However, this time, they came up empty-handed.

The garrison camp that was originally located on the border has disappeared without a trace.

"Did it run away? Where could it have run to?"

Similar to snakes, snake people also have very poor eyesight. They mainly rely on their sense of smell and a means similar to heat sensing to lock onto their targets.

However, under the pitch-black night sky, the almost continuous line of firelight on the distant mountainside was truly eye-catching, making it difficult for them not to notice it.

Led by the Snake King, the group of snake people quickly arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Unlike ordinary humans, and even creatures that move on their legs, snakes' unique crawling method makes them highly adaptable to most geographical environments.

They could even climb walls, so the mountains in front of them posed no obstacle to them.

The snake-men moved nimbly and quickly approached the mountainside, entering the area illuminated by the firelight.

But strangely, they didn't find any trace of humans.

Just as the Snake King was wondering about this, a series of urgent alarm bells suddenly rang out from afar.

Immediately afterward, before the snake people could react, a series of gunshots rang out wildly!

Needless to say, this line of fire located halfway up the mountain was specially set up by the stationed soldiers.

As soon as the snake-men get close to this position, they can detect their presence immediately. At the same time, the position of this line of fire is exactly within the maximum effective range of their flintlock muskets!
Those black nobles who stayed in the capital and gave orders might only be good at theoretical discussions, but the black generals on the front lines had plenty of practical experience, and many of them had even experienced the war against the Greenskins in their early years.

Not to mention that many tactical arrangements were already in place and practiced extensively while Fisher was still alive.

Now that the target has been spotted, the signal is given, and the musketeers, who are on standby, stand behind their cover and immediately begin firing in formation!
Amidst the dense gunfire, bullets fired from the barrel struck the advancing snake-men one after another.

Although the snake people's physical abilities are significantly superior to those of human soldiers, they are still flesh and blood after all. Within this effective firing range, how could they withstand the attack of a musket?
The snake people were truly amazed by this attack; a single volley of fire caused casualties on their side.

But the border garrison's attack had only just begun!
In previous night raids, they were constantly on the defensive against the snake people, and in those situations, the musketeers' advantages were completely ineffective.

Fisher's death in battle, and his comrades becoming food for the snake people, all of this instilled fear in them, but also fueled a burning desire within them.

Now they finally have a chance to vent their long-suppressed emotions.

"Die! All of you, die!!"

During this time, the Snake King realized they had fallen into a trap, and his expression darkened.

"Quickly! Put out all these braziers!"

Clearly, the Snake King was aware that humans lacked night vision, which led him to believe that once the fire was extinguished, the human soldiers, who lacked night vision, would be unable to continue their attacks.

But this is not the case.

No one would be so naive as to think that musketeers aimed before firing, would they?

At the military level, musketeers win by sheer numbers!

The goal was to maximize shooting efficiency, using continuous, alternating volleys of fire to create a dense line of fire and eliminate the enemy.

From the moment the snake people were discovered, visibility became less important to the musketeers.

The fire was extinguished, but the musketeers continued their offensive, focusing on abandoning all thought and firing their guns incessantly.

However, this simple and brutal method proved surprisingly effective. These snake-men in the desert, at best, had only ever seen bows and arrows, and considering the unique environment of the desert, they were unlikely to form a large force; where had they ever encountered such a battle?
This really caught them off guard.

In this situation, the only thing the snake people could do was to lower their bodies and crawl close to the ground.

It must be said that this tactic is effective, significantly reducing the probability of bullets hitting them.

However, the garrison was not entirely unprepared.

"Roll the log! Let it go!!"

With a command given, huge logs rolled down the mountainside.

Many snake-men were caught off guard and were crushed on the spot.

It's not that the garrison anticipated the snake people's move.

Instead, stationing troops in such a mountainous environment, taking advantage of the slope and using logs to defend against invading enemies, is a routine operation and nothing unusual.

But people living in the desert have never seen snakes before.

Mountains, muskets, and logs—an unprecedented combination that brought them a completely new experience.

Although the snake-people tribe believes in the law of the jungle and survival of the fittest, if they die, they can only blame themselves for their lack of ability.

However, as the Serpent King, allowing a large number of his subordinates to die at the hands of humans was clearly not a good thing for him.

If I become a lone commander, things won't be easy to manage.

With this thought in mind, the Snake King instantly transformed into a phantom in the night, unleashing astonishing speed as he charged toward the Smith Kingdom's defensive positions!

The bullets from the muskets could not penetrate the true qi shield of a Vajra Realm warrior. The defenses of the Smith Kingdom were rendered useless in front of the Snake King, who charged straight in.

In a short period of time, they killed several garrison soldiers.

Lacking a powerful opponent of the same level, no one in the Smith Kingdom can restrain the Snake King.

They themselves are clearly aware of this, so their response is very simple and brutal.

"Ignore him! Continue with the tactics!!"

Having experienced the war with the Greenskins in their early years, the officers on the Smith Kingdom's side were very clear about this.

In this situation, the best approach is to ignore it.

This move would be effective even against a martial artist at the Transcendent Realm level, let alone the Snake King, whose combat power is still at the Vajra Realm.

Even if you kill them one by one until your hands are sore, you might not be able to kill many.

And in the process, they were also killing the snake people on the other side.

This is essentially an exchange.

If they can inflict heavy casualties on the opposing snake people in a short period of time, leaving them without sufficient manpower, the snake people should no longer dare to launch attacks against them recklessly.

However, the ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny.

The Snake King was clearly aware of the problem, and he began to emit long cries frequently, as if calling for something.

With a long cry and a deafening roar, a giant snake suddenly darted out of the night!
Immediately afterwards, the giant snake swung its tail and swept across, instantly turning a large number of the stationed soldiers in formation into mincemeat!

(End of this chapter)