Chapter 73: Two Armies Meet
Quan Zen looked at Fan Meng. “What do you mean?”
“What you said is true. The overall strength of your
Battalion is far stronger than ours. However, I believe it would still be more
efficient to have your Battalion be the support. After all, if wind strokes a
flame…”
Quan Zen snorted in response. “No matter how well our Songs
of Air can support your Songs of Fire, if your fire is of lesser quality than
the ice and water attacks of the Water Kingdom, won’t it be useless?”
Jia Yuan interjected at this point. “None of this matters
until we know exactly who we’re fighting against. If we’re fighting against
fellow cultivators, what Quan Zen says is true. However, if we’re against their
normal troops, what Fan Meng said should stand. Right?”
Quan Zen had to relent in the face of reasoning. “Fine. If
we’re against normal soldiers, my battalion will work as the support. However, If
we’re against the Iron Guard or the Storm Sentinels, your battalion will work
as support. Deal?”
Jia Yuan nodded. This worked out fairly well. Quan Zen clearly
wanted to show off the strength of his battalion. His clearly aggressive and
condescending behavior clearly demonstrated that he believed that his battalion
was far superior to that of Jia Yuan’s. Not only that, but he seemed to view
himself as superior to Jia Yuan. After all, he’d heard that this Burning Legion
Commander was only at the 7th level of Absorption. That was pretty
good for a child that was only 13, but Quan Zen himself was already at the
Manipulation realm. Wars don’t factor in the ages of the combatants. Why should
he?
But Jia Yuan simply didn’t care about this.
2 days after, the two armies mobilized on their respective
sides of the plain. Over 200 thousand troops stood on each side, divided up in
rows and columns, looking proud with numerous flags and banners raised
throughout each army’s ranks.
The Water and Earth Kingdom troops were divided into two
sections, while the Air and Fire Kingdom’s troops were split into three, with
the small 3 thousand or so special force troops on the side.
The four leaders of the two battalions stood at the front.
Jia Yuan looked back toward Dou Di. Unfortunately, his brother wasn’t strong
enough to be up here… but Jia Yuan felt that it was better for Dou Di to be at
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the back. After all, Jia Yuan was much stronger than his brother but he wouldn’t
be able to protect Dou Di in the midst of battle.
Take care of yourself,
brother.
Jia Yuan glanced at Quan Zen. “Hey, they seemed to have
hidden their cultivators in the midst of the normal soldiers. How should we
approach this?”
“That’s not ‘hey’ but ‘Commander.’ As for what we’ll do, we’ll
first wait for orders from headquarters. If they don’t send anything, we’ll
wrap around the enemy’s left flank and see how they respond. IF they mixed
their cultivators in with the normal troops, we’ll just have to find out where
they are and how they were distributed throughout the ranks.”
Jia Yuan look toward Fan Meng.
Fan Meng nodded. “The commander is right. We’re not looking
to do anything crazy today.”
At this time, the two main armies began to charge toward
each other. Roars of “charge!!” filled the air.
About 100 yards before the armies were about to collide, the
majority of the Fire and Air Kingdom troops abruptly changed their direction of
attack from charging directly at the enemy forces, to attacking them at a 45
degree angle.
At the same time, the troops at the rightmost part of the battlefield
turned 90 degrees and began charging away from the battle.
In response, the troops behind the first few lines for the
combined Earth and Water Kingdoms began to flood toward the right side of the
plains, effectively causing the entire battle to proceed at a 45 degree angle.
This made it so that with the Burning Legion and Specters of
Wind’s positions at the left side of the plains, they had a perfect way to
carve up the Earth and Water Kingdom’s army starting from one side to the
other.
Quen Zen nodded at Jia Yuan. “We’re going to be against
normal troops for the most part. You take command. If we encounter a large
group of cultivators, I take command.”
Jia Yuan nodded. He took his black sword and lifted it far
above it head.
How wonderful this is…
Just years ago I was a slave. Now, even the noble children of a different
Kingdom listen to my command. One day… I will reach the pinnacle of this world!
“Burning Legion! Specters of the Wind! Charge!”
The two Battalions, numbering
2,700 in number, charged toward the main field of battle.
