That night, Fatty led Su Mo and others over the snow-capped mountains, crossed a vast plain, and stepped into the territory of the Maurya Empire.

The team set up camp more than ten miles outside a small border town called Garland, because everyone in the team, including the fat man, was extremely tired.

Looking back at the dark snow-capped mountains not far away, the fat man patted his chest with lingering fear.

"No wonder we didn't know such a country existed. There's no way ordinary soldiers could cross it."

The fat man panted for a few times, looked at Su Jue and asked, "Are you sure you've really come to the wrong place?"

Su Jue straightened his hat, looking apologetic. "Second Master, I really took the wrong path. It's spring now, so how about... let's go back? I think I can find the way I took before."

The fat man glared, "I'd rather die than go there. Haven't we discovered a town? I wonder what kind of country this is..." His eyes suddenly lit up, and he said to Su Jue and the others slyly, "How about we take this country down?"

"I'm the Emperor of Daxia anyway. Let's conquer this worthless country. We're staying here. I'll be the Emperor, and you all will be my ministers. How do you think?"

Gao Yuanyuan was immediately delighted when she heard this. As long as he didn't walk, it would be fine. He had become slimmer during the journey.

Su Jue was shocked when he heard this. "Second Uncle, we only have so few people, and the key is that we have no supplies. They are a whole country!"

"What's wrong with being a country? Aren't these 3,000 people the Excalibur Army? We're invincible! Supply? Supply isn't that easy. Let's go, let's capture that small town ahead!"

"Su Mo, Su Mo..." The fat man yelled at the top of his voice, and Su Mo, who was arranging people to set up camp, hurried over.

"Don't set up camp, let's sleep in the city tonight!"

"...Should we take a night off before going?"

"Rest for nothing, you bunch of losers! Take this city first, then rest! Then... we'll use this city as a starting point and march towards the center of the country! I'm going to conquer a vast kingdom. I want to be the biggest... or second biggest landlord in the world!"

Just when the fat man was about to make a move as if he had been injected with chicken blood, Ji Yun, the leader of Tianji Pavilion, returned.

There was no other way. In order to prevent the fat man from committing suicide, he rushed to this place after he learned the news about the fat man, and even went deep into the Maurya Empire to get a rough understanding of the country.

This country is different from all the countries on the other side of the Snow Mountains!

Its territory is extremely large, not much smaller than that of Daxia.

It has a large population, not inferior to that of Daxia!

The key is that its army is extremely large. The Maurya Empire had a population of nearly 500 million and an army of 5 million!

Among these five million troops, the number of border troops is four million, distributed in eight directions of the Maurya Empire. What worries Ji Yungui is that these four million troops are all equipped with flintlock rifles!

What makes Ji Yungui even more worried is the other one million Peacock Legion!

This legion was the real main force of the Maurya Empire. Although the firearms they were equipped with were not as good as the Daxia's repeating Mauser rifles, they were more lethal than flintlock rifles. This type of gun was called a rifled gun in the Maurya Empire and also used metal bullets.

The flintlock rifle's lethality was not enough to penetrate the Great Xia's silver armor, but Ji Yungui believed that this rifle was very likely to be able to effectively kill.

Although the rifled gun is slightly inferior to the Mauser rifle of Daxia, they have more people!

The fat man only has 3,000 soldiers. If he really had a conflict with the Maurya Empire and the other party really sent the Maurya Legion, they would probably be beaten into a sieve.

"Ji Yungui?" The fat man was extremely surprised. He couldn't believe that Ji Yungui, the leader of Tianji Pavilion, had also come here and even appeared in front of him!

What does this mean?

This means that the Tianji Pavilion had already known about his movements, and even arrived here earlier.

"Your Majesty, I have been ordered to wait here for your arrival." Ji Yungui bowed, looked up at the fat man, and said, "Your Majesty has not returned from the expedition. I am following the Queen Mother's order to invite your Majesty back to Daxia!"

The fat man was stunned for a moment, "Where is the expedition going?"

"Your Majesty is on an expedition to the sea."

"My son is on an expedition to the sea, and I'm on an expedition to the continent. Isn't that great? Besides, we've already found a country, isn't that a good opportunity to eat it all in one go?"

"Replying to the Emperor, this bite might break my teeth!"

As he said this, Ji Yungui took out a rifle he had snatched from his back and said, "This is the weapon used by this country. Now let's test its power."

After saying this, Ji Yungui asked Su Mo to fetch a set of silver armor and put it up a hundred meters away. With the torch, Ji Yungui aimed at the armor, pulled the trigger, and fired a shot.

He walked over and took a closer look at the armor. Sure enough, the metal bullet penetrated the silver armor.

"We only have 3,000 soldiers, and the enemy has... 5 million! Your Majesty, it's not that we won't fight, but the disparity in strength is so great that it's like trying to hit a rock with an egg."

The fat man held the armor and looked at it carefully. He also touched the bullet hole and looked at the small town in the distance with faint lights.

"This is fucking awesome! It seems like this country is really powerful. What's its name?"

"Peacock Country."

The fat man frowned slightly, looking a little serious. Since this country is so powerful, if it is allowed to develop, won’t it become a threat to Daxia?

This won't work. My son is a big landlord in Daxia. He's at sea. What if this damn Peacock Kingdom runs to Daxia? Five million troops! Daxia's army is only 800,000. Even if we can win, Daxia's territory will probably be affected by the war.

The fat man didn't consider whether his three thousand men would all die in the Peacock Country. He was thinking about the possible troubles that this country might cause to Daxia.

No, the more this happens, the more I must cause chaos in the Peacock Kingdom.

Thinking of this, the fat man made up his mind.

"Well, you're right," the fat man threw the armor to Su Mo and walked around Ji Yungui. "I don't want to cross this snowy mountain anymore. Is there a better way back?"

Ji Yungui shook his head. At this moment, the fat man pointed a finger at Ji Yungui. Ji Yungui opened his eyes and fell down with a bang.

The fat man curled his lips, pointed at Garland City, and gave Su Mo an order: "Go, take that city!"

Su Mo opened his mouth in astonishment, "Second Master, each of our soldiers only has less than ten rounds of ammunition left!"

"So what? Can't we fight without guns? Have you forgotten all your kung fu?"

What else can Su Mo do?

Led by Su Mo, three thousand Divine Sword soldiers followed the fat man and rushed towards Garland City in the dark night.

There is a big snow-capped mountain here. In the eyes of everyone in the Peacock Kingdom, this place is extremely safe, so there is no defense in this direction.

There were only a few dozen soldiers guarding Garland City, and they were not even on the city walls.

The fat man launched a surprise attack late at night and easily broke into the city defense house. The residents of Garland City were completely unaware of it.