Chapter 015: Encounter Battle

William, the commander of the Third Legion of the Imperial Guard, took charge of it five years ago. At that time, the Third Legion was the one with the worst discipline and weakest combat capability among the Imperial Guard. However, under William’s leadership, the legion improved significantly.

Subsequently, during operations to suppress small-scale rebellions and hunt bandits, the Third Legion proved its strength and gradually became recognized as the most combat-effective force in the Imperial Guard!

General William was only 28 years old at the time. He was also a member of the royal family. In fact, public opinion in the empire considered him, aside from Fischer, the most capable royal member. William and Fischer were cousins—William’s mother was Fischer’s aunt.

“Commander, according to reports from the front, General Hei Ba’s troops are approaching the Northern Legion. The distance between them is now within ten miles! They will soon clash,” reported a sergeant immediately.

“Good. Have the soldiers prepare to set out. At this critical moment, we must deliver a fatal blow to the Northern Legion,” said William with a smile.

“Yes, Commander. I’ll issue the orders right away,” replied the sergeant.

After the sergeant left, William called out loudly, “Lord Alva, please gather the assassins and get ready to set out.”

“Understood,” came a voice through the clear air—it was Alva’s voice.

Immediately afterward, the air twisted, and a human-shaped, transparent figure that kept writhing disappeared.

…

“Lord, Du Fan has led the Northern Legion to change direction and head east,” reported a scout from the Black Snake Legion to its commander.

“I know,” said the Black Snake Legion’s commander, waving his hand. “General William has given orders. We just need to maintain this pace.”

A similar situation occurred in the Green Dragon Legion as well.

The two armies, the Green Dragon Legion and the Black Snake Legion, followed at a normal marching speed, advancing slowly from both sides behind Du Fan’s Northern Legion.

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Inside the Green Shuttle, Du Fan and his companions suddenly saw a large number of troops ahead!

These troops were dressed in the uniforms of the Imperial Guard! Moreover, the banners they displayed were those of the Third Legion of the Imperial Guard!

“Third brother, the distance between our forces and the enemy is about ten miles. At our marching speeds, we’ll come into contact in fifteen minutes!”
“Then prepare the army for a direct charge!” Du Fan said through gritted teeth.
Seeing the Third Guard Corps on the opposite side, Du Fan immediately understood! The camp tents of the Third Corps he had seen earlier were clearly decoys!
By turning in that direction, he had undoubtedly fallen into someone’s trap!
At Du Fan’s command, the entire army’s formation changed instantly. The light cavalry, which had been at the front, moved back to clear a path, allowing the heavy cavalry to take the lead.
The infantry moved to the flanks, while the archers were protected in the center!
George’s earlier estimate was based on both armies moving simultaneously. When Du Fan’s Northern Army stopped to reorganize, the time before they clashed was extended.
Thus, after fifteen minutes of reorganizing their formation, the Northern Army had already deployed their heavy cavalry at the front. With the heavy cavalry in position, they immediately launched a charge!
The distance between the two sides was now only 1,500 meters!
1,500 meters was enough for the heavy cavalry to accelerate and charge!
The Northern Army’s heavy cavalry numbered just over 20,000—less than half of what it used to be. Their numbers were now roughly half of before!
“Third brother, I’m going down first!” Allen cried excitedly as he saw the heavy cavalry starting to move.
“Be careful, second brother!” Du Fan hurriedly said.
Allen nodded. With a flash of cold light, a sharp spear appeared in his hand. He leaped forward and descended toward the front of the heavy cavalry!
Soon, just as Allen was about to land, a cold gleam appeared on the ground, and a cold-armored beast with a faint icy glow appeared beneath him!
“Warriors of the Northern Army, carry on the bravery of the King of the North! Follow me and fight the enemy!” Allen roared.
Pointing his spear, Allen mounted the cold-armored beast and led the charge at the Third Guard Corps!
At the same time, Hei Ba from the Third Guard Corps rushed to the front of his army, running across the golden wheat fields as if riding the wind. The waves of wheat on either side parted as he passed, rolling outward.

Soon, Allen, riding on the Cold Armor Beast, and Hei Ba both broke away from their respective teams and clashed with each other ahead of time.
With a sudden burst of strength from its pillar-like legs, the creature leaped high into the air, and an iron rod as thick as a bowl and weighing thousands of pounds slammed down at Allen!
Riding on the Cold Armor Beast, even though Hei Ba was as tall as 2.5 meters, he could only attack Allen by jumping in the air!
Just as Hei Ba jumped, Allen didn’t show any weakness—he also took off into the air and thrust his spear at Hei Ba!
Hei Ba’s iron rod, carrying a wave of black energy, rushed at Allen like a furious black storm.
But Allen’s spear was like a bright lightning bolt within that black storm; once it flashed by, the black storm was instantly scattered and vanished.
That bright lightning flashed by quickly, and soon, a huge black object fell from the sky. Even while still in the air, the Cold Armor Beast leaped up, using its front claws and sharp teeth to tear that black object into countless pieces!
That black object was, of course, Hei Ba’s corpse!
Hei Ba was only at level nine in cultivation—how could he possibly compete with Allen? Moreover, unfortunately, at level nine, he couldn’t even perceive Allen’s true cultivation level!
Before the two armies clashed, General Hei Ba, known as the best warrior in the Third Legion of the Guard Army, was killed by Allen’s spear right away. Before the battle even began, he was torn to pieces by the Cold Armor Beast.
For an ordinary army, having its top warrior killed before the battle would be a devastating blow. But when the Third Legion saw Hei Ba killed, they instead roared in unison, and their fighting spirit surged instantly!
“This army is truly extraordinary!” Du Fan frowned as he watched the general killed below and the army’s morale soar.
“Brother Moses, you should also act now. We need your War Domain to exert pressure!” Du Fan turned to Moses and said.
“Okay! I’ll go down right away!” Hearing this, Moses drew out his War Domain and flew down from Qing Suo, heading toward the battlefield where the battle was about to begin.

Soon, just as the two armies were about to engage, Moses was deployed in the middle of them, unleashing a battle zone spanning a thousand kilometers! This nearly thousand-kilometer-wide combat area enveloped nearly 20,000 troops!

As Moses’ red-and-black battle zone took effect, the heavy cavalry of the Northern Legion was immediately energized! Filled with seemingly endless strength, even their warhorses were affected—snorting loudly as they charged headlong toward the Third Legion of the Guard Army!

Soon, the two forces collided! The cavalry of the Third Legion, suppressed by Moses’ battle zone, retreated steadily under the leadership of Allen and Moses as vanguard commanders.

It wasn’t that the soldiers of the Third Legion didn’t want to resist the Northern Legion’s attack, but there was simply a huge disparity! While the Third Legion was highly combat-effective, the Northern Legion, having just gone through battle, had seen significant improvements in strength compared to before. Moreover, their combat prowess was already greater than that of the Third Legion. Coupled with Moses’ battle zone and Allen and Moses leading the charge, causing massive casualties among the Guard Army’s heavy cavalry, the Third Legion was forced to retreat step by step!

Yet even as they retreated, they fought their way back inch by inch! The knights at the front would not take a single step back unless killed! That’s how tenacious the soldiers of the Third Legion were!

“Third Brother, the Green Dragon Army and the Black Snake Army are also moving rapidly in our direction!” George suddenly said.

After discovering two additional forces on the flanks, the Northern Legion sent out more scouts to closely monitor the movements of the Green Dragon Army and the Black Snake Army. These scouts could transmit any information they gathered directly to George.

“Elder Brother, you and Uncle Carol take one force each to guard the flanks of the army,” Du Fan quickly said upon hearing George’s words. “Each force consists of 10,000 light cavalry and 10,000 infantry.”

“Alright! I’ll handle it right away.” Hearing Du Fan’s order, George took Carol with him and soared down from the Green Shuttle. With Carol’s level 9 cultivation, she still didn’t possess the ability to fly, so George carried her along.

Soon, the two gathered their troops and took charge of guarding the flanks of the army!

“Du Fan, are you sure?” Naixiu asked, looking at the Third Guard Corps fighting fiercely against the Northern Legion ahead. It was clear that this army wasn’t like those they had encountered before—it could withstand the fierce attacks of the Northern Legion.
“Judging from the situation, Fischer has invested heavily this time!” Du Fan said coldly. “This battle might be the most intense one on our way back to the south. Of course, after this battle, there won’t be any more disturbances on the road back.”
Hearing Du Fan’s words, the experts present immediately grew serious.
“Don’t worry! We still have reinforcements!” Du Fan said with a slight smile, squinting his eyes.
Soon, Du Fan took out two magic teleportation scrolls, quickly wrote something on them, and sent them away.
Then he took out a communication badge and directed the message to Bashah.
“Second brother, it’s Du Fan,” Du Fan said through the connection spell to Bashah.
“Third brother! Haha, you finally remembered me?” Hearing Du Fan’s voice, Bashah laughed heartily.
“Second brother, I might need your help here!” Du Fan said directly.