The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 196 Team Formation and Defense Break

As night fell, the troops sounded the retreat.

Merchants in Xijing City wanted to act as guides for the border troops, but Po Jun kept a close eye on them.

Po Jun, while luring the enemy into the city, secretly plotted against them.

The advance troops of the border town were ambushed and killed as soon as they entered the city.

The Shenji Battalion fired so many muskets that they were smoking before they were able to withdraw a third of their forces.

In the second battle with Po Jun, the army of 100,000 lost more than 5,000 soldiers.

What annoyed Zhao Muyun the most was that his general's tent was blown to shreds by cannons from Xijing City.

The camp has been wrecked!
The camp has been bombed!

The damage caused was not significant, but the insult to the General was far greater!
How could General Zhao tolerate such a humiliating disgrace?
Under the cover of night, they launched another attack on Xijing City.

This time, they used all the thunderbolts they brought.

The explosions in Xijing City were deafening.
Meanwhile, inside the general's camp in the border town, there was a joyful atmosphere.

Xiong Zhen was listening to the casualties from the daytime defense battles at the three passes.

The more I listened, the more excited I became.
"Hahaha, very good, very good! We've won our first battle! Keep up this style of play!"

The guerrilla generals who were stationed at the pass were still deeply moved when they thought about the entire course of the war.

They could see it clearly from the city gate at the pass.

Before the Tatar cavalry even started fighting, they had already lost a third of their men in the trap!
"The cavalry trap has dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Tatar army, and the cavalrymen's ranged archery is naturally limited without their horses. Once they get close, they will be hit by the Angmen's muskets! Captain Gan deserves the greatest credit for today's great victory!"

"Captain Gan's great achievements don't stop there. She also launched a devastating attack on the Tatar army in the valley of Strange Stone Mountain, two hundred miles away from Junma Mountain! It is said that the number of dead and wounded was even greater than today!"

Deputy Commander Xiong had also heard about the various incidents on the grasslands, and he knew them in more detail than anyone else present.

He immediately nodded and loudly promised:
"No one should take credit for Captain Gan's achievements. The soldiers were also very brave today. We will ask for credit for everyone after we drive the Tatars out of the border!"

"The Angmen's primary task right now is defense! Make sure all the passes are firmly defended! The Tatars are terrible at protracted wars; if the Angmen can hold out steadily for ten days or half a month, they will retreat on their own!"

The generals agreed and each accepted their assigned tasks before leaving.

Gan Minglan had just returned to the city from a business trip and did not participate in the battle to defend the city.

However, her husband, her biological father, and her second brother are all providing support on the front lines.

Both Madam Luo, Gan's mother, and Madam Yang, Gan's mother, were very happy to see Gan Minglan return at this time.

Having a daughter-in-law/daughter around makes me feel really safe!
While the fighting raged outside the city, the No. 36 courtyard in Anpingfang was also bustling with people these past two days.

Don't get me wrong, the neighbors didn't come here specifically to ambush Captain Gan.

The story of King Atu repaying a debt of gratitude and leading his army of grassland rats to dig holes and trap horses has spread throughout the entire border town and every corner of the five great garrisons in countless versions.

The Gratitude Mouse became famous, incredibly famous!

People, whether they knew each other or not, all came to courtyard number 36 to see the rats.

The older women were relatively restrained, their mouths full of praise for the grateful rat.

Where have any children ever seen a marmot with silvery-white fur and the size of a dog?

Regardless of how capable this marmot is.

Its inherent good looks make it the mythical beast that all children dream of.

Honestly, anyone who watches this will be confused.

I wish I could steal this handsome King Atu and take him home.

Even if King Atu just came out to show himself and ran around the yard, it would still elicit screams from a group of children.

"King Atu is so handsome!"

"King Atu is so majestic!"

Even Fatty couldn't care less about acting cute in front of his mother or competing for her affection with his younger sister Yuan Yuan.

He was luckier than the other children in the border town. On the very night that King Atu returned with his mother, he heard his mother talking to King Atu.

If it can understand human speech, what else could it be but a mythical beast?
The next day, he started clamoring to become King Atu's younger brother. His round body twisted and turned, turning into a little pig-worm.

"Mommy, Mommy! Please agree to let King Atu be my older brother, okay? It would be so awesome for me to have such a powerful older brother!"

When King Atu heard the human cub praise its prowess and call it "Big Brother," it squeaked for a long time.

Whether you call me King or Elder Brother, you're still "Big Brother".

Big is awesome!
Bigger is better!

It would be more than happy to be the big brother to human cubs!
Gan Minglan's eye was twisted by her son, the pig-worm.

He said helplessly, "I agree in principle, but I don't know if your dad will beat you when he gets home from the war!"

Fatty stared with his round, bright eyes:
"Today, many older boys are trying to take King Atu from me! King Atu is a mythical beast! If Daddy isn't happy, Mommy, you should get us a different daddy!"

"You are such a filial son! Your father is so lucky to have you!"

"Hehehe, anyway, I only recognize the powerful King as my older brother. From now on, if you are the King, I will be the Little King!"

"Son, if King A-Tu were your eldest brother, the combination of your three siblings' names would be really awesome!"

"What's so great about 'exciting'?"

"Daijin'er means really awesome! Ah Tu, Fatty, Yuan Yuan, try saying them together!"

"Ah Tu, Fat Mother, Mother, I...I don't know how!"

"Then you read it to your mother: Tu Feiyuan, Tu Feiyuan!"

"Fat and round, fat and round."

Fatty couldn't possibly understand the derogatory connotations hidden in this combination.

The illiterate boy, who could only memorize the first half of the Three Character Classic after half a month of memorizing it, only thought his mother was truly talented.

They came up with a group name that included the names of the three siblings!

Just by hearing their names, you can tell that the three of them are siblings.

The more I read it, the smoother it sounded.

"Good duck, good duck! From now on, we'll be called Fat and Round!"

Only King Atu, who had just been gloating over gaining a new follower, instantly lost his composure.

"Ahhh!"

"Waaaaah. Waaaaah!"

The combination of "earth, fat, and round" (referring to a group of people with similar traits) reunited for the first

It ended with a great joy, a great anger, and a great cry.

After not seeing her for more than twenty days, little Yuanyuan has successfully starved her round face to thinner.

After her biological mother returned, she turned back into a clingy little doll.

Last night, while massaging the baby's tummy, Gan Minglan was surprised to find that the infant, who was less than five months old, was experiencing energy fluctuations.

Very subtle, very subtle, as subtle as a hair.

The baby is too small, and the superpower is too weak.

There is currently no way to test its properties.

If she doesn't awaken a wood-type ability, she can only advance by consuming zombie crystal cores.

Since even crystal cores from the apocalypse can be used as currency, Gan Minglan's inventory is naturally substantial.

However, compared to the divine wood essence which has no side effects, the drawbacks of absorbing crystal cores for upgrading are much greater.

But, what can you do when the little guy has such a healing mother?

She's practically a chosen one!

(End of this chapter)