Yesterday, book friend [Demonized Kun] pointed out that there was a small bug in yesterday’s chapter.

As mentioned above, the night when the Cossacks attacked the village of China was a cloudy and dark night.

Then this book friend said it was so dark that it would be difficult for the Cossacks to shoot accurately.

I think it makes sense.

In fact, for the weather setting, I just casually wrote "cloudy" and didn't do much in-depth research.

I now feel that what this book friend said makes sense, so I will now make a small correction to the plot - the night when these Cossacks attacked the village of China was a clear night, and the moonlight was as bright as day.

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Whoosh——!

An arrow shot from the darkness cut through the air and accurately hit a Cossack in the chest.

The arrow was so powerful that the Cossack felt as if his chest was about to burst.

Unable to bear the severe pain, the Cossack lost his seat and fell from his horse.

The Don hippopotamus used by their Cossacks is generally between 1.5 and 1.6 meters tall at the shoulder.

It is impossible to fall from such a height without feeling pain, even in the least vulnerable position.

The Cossack, who slid off his horse, saw that the ground was covered with thick white snow, but at this time, the earth that had been trampled into a mess was coming towards him.

He fell heavily to the ground, splashing thin snowflakes.

Because he landed on his right shoulder, the Cossack only felt terrible pain in his right shoulder.

The severe pain caused his right arm to temporarily lose feeling.

However, he didn't care about his right arm now.

After being hit by the arrow that suddenly flew to the ground, the Cossack immediately pulled out the arrow from his chest in a panic, and then tried to squeeze out the poisonous blood.

He had just seen how several of his companions were killed by these poisonous arrows.

Although he had already pulled out the arrow as fast as he could, it was a pity that even if he squeezed the poisonous blood in time, it was of no use.

As soon as he pulled the arrow out of his chest, his body suddenly twitched.

Then, streams of foam came out of his mouth, and finally he fell heavily to the ground, no longer moving or breathing any more.

Vladimir happened to be not far away from the poisoned subordinate at this time.

Seeing another one of his subordinates being poisoned and died, Vladimir looked as usual, as if the person who died was not his subordinate at all.

Vladimir thought to himself:

——These poisonous arrows of the Ainu are really troublesome.

Vladimir has been exploring Ezochi for half a year.

Vladimir did not spend the past six months watching snow or bears every day.

He also successfully completed the mission of exploring the Far East assigned to them by the Tsar, the supreme ruler of their country of Lucia.

During this six-month expedition, Vladimir also collected a lot of information about the Ainu people, the indigenous people of this place.

Let’s not forget about bears, animals whose qualities far exceed those of humans.

A wolf that likes to live in groups, attacks others, and likes to swarm others is enough for a human being to drink.

To fight against powerful animals such as bears and wolves, only using bows, arrows, spears, and daggers will be too inefficient.

When hunting a bear, even shooting a dozen ordinary arrows may not kill it.

So the Ainu invented poison.

The venom recipes used by the Ainu people in different places are slightly different.

Vladimir only knew that the venom used by the Ainu people in a certain area in the north was made from a mixture of aconite roots and stingray stingles - it was extremely toxic.

Vladimir once saw with his own eyes how an Ainu killed a bear within 10 breaths with an arrow smeared with this venom.

The bear stood about 2 meters tall. Such a big bear could not survive more than 10 breaths just after being hit by this poisonous arrow.

Vladimir did not know what materials the venom used by the villagers of Qina Village was made of.

All he knew was that once his men were hit by the arrows they shot, it would only take 5 or 6 breaths for them to be poisoned and die.

——When fighting against the natives who use poisonous arrows, it would be more convenient to wear heavy armor.

Vladimir then thought to himself.

As far as Vladimir knows - one of the important factors why the Japanese have repeatedly won victories against the Ainu is because the Japanese have mastered iron-making technology and can make iron armor.

The iron armor greatly weakened the threat posed by the poisonous arrows of the Ainu to the Japanese.

The Ainu wanted to use poison arrows to inflict damage on armored enemies, either by shooting at places not protected by armor, or by shooting with enough force to penetrate the armor - but there were only a handful of archers who could do this.

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Although many of his own and Alexei's men had fallen, Vladimir never showed the slightest sign of anxiety or annoyance.

Because these casualties are still within the tolerable range.

The morale of his subordinates is still very high.

This is not an encounter that has nothing to gain from it at the end.

This is a battle that you can indulge in some looting after.

They have been through hard times for a long time.

In addition to watching the snow every day, I just watch the snow.

They all wanted to vent their long-standing desires tonight.

Therefore, even if they have witnessed many of their companions falling off their horses and dying, the morale of the remaining people is still high.

Their desire for plunder, indulgence, and release of their desires caused them to completely ignore the counterattacks of their dead and wounded companions, as well as the villagers of Qina Village.

After rushing into the village, the morale of Vladimir and his men increased slightly.

Because they discovered that their boss did not lie to them.

In this village, there are really more women than men.

Although the women in this village looked very tough, they fought back against them bravely with bows and arrows and other weapons.

Whether it is Vladimir or Alexei, it is not the first time for their subordinates to hold a knife and kill people.

Europe has not been peaceful in recent years.

Before coming to the Far East, they had participated in many battles in Europe.

I can’t say that he has experienced hundreds of battles, but he definitely has enough combat experience.

Therefore, even though the villagers of Qina Village possess powerful weapons such as poisonous arrows, it is still difficult to fight against this group of Cossacks who have both sophisticated equipment and excellent combat experience.

Vladimir rode his horse and stood somewhere in Qina Village, protected by several subordinates, observing the battle situation within his field of vision - to describe the battle situation in one word, it was very good.

Vladimir didn't know what was happening in other areas that he couldn't see. Anyway, the Ainu within his field of vision had been completely suppressed.

He guessed that it was probably the same in other areas.

Just when Vladimir was feeling proud and began to imagine the scene where everyone would divide the spoils together later, one of his subordinates galloped towards him on horseback.

"Boss! Boss!"

"What happened?" Vladimir frowned and looked at the subordinate who was galloping towards him, "What happened? Why are you so panicked?"

"Dong, there's something going on in the east!" the subordinate screamed, "Suddenly a powerful guy appeared and killed many of us!"

"He is wearing Japanese clothes! He seems to be Japanese!"

"Japanese?" Vladimir's eyes widened.

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Ashley didn't know how her friends were doing now, but she felt like her brain was in a mess now.

The battle situation was completely different from what she had imagined before.

Although she wasn't as confident as the girl with the red headband before, she didn't think they could defeat these white-skinned strangers.

After all, they won so beautifully in the battle against the incoming gold thieves last year.

There were strange sounds like something exploding, screams, the sound of horse hooves...these sounds that came one after another tied her chest tightly like silk threads, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Ashley guessed that her mother, who was still lying beside her, and her three friends were probably like this too.

Without exception, they were all as pale as Ashley.

Although they tried their best to hide it, the fear could still be seen in their eyes.

The girl with the red headband no longer expressed her confidence that she would "kill an enemy with one arrow" as she did just now.
To be continued...