Chapter 63: Tuniburg

  On the eleventh day, Liu Yu and his men had already left the Wolfman territory for nearly one hundred and fifty miles. The terrain they were in was relatively flat, basically a plain, where cavalry could take large-scale action. When Liu Yu arrived here, he found that a large number of mouse people had arrived earlier to distribute dry rations to all the soldiers.

  When Liu Yu and his men stopped to take dry rations, dozens of high-ranking members of the Bei Meng and Lang tribes, all in armor, were standing on a small hill at the front of the army, waiting for something. Aurelio, Gaia, Gilen, Ptolemy, Erida, Thiel, and others were among them.

  Gaia stood in the center of everyone, to his left were numerous officers of the Bimon tribe, and to his right were the wolf tribe officers led by Erida. Behind him, apart from the black-robed elder Orel of the Bimon tribe, there were more than a dozen other black-robed elders, including Golden Bimon, Earth Bimon, Flame Bimon, as well as two elderly members of the Wolf Tribe.

  These two werewolves, like Erida, had crimson fur and clearly belonged to the Blood Wolf family, but they were not wearing traditional crimson robes, instead dressed in black attire. Their position was also the same as Aurelio's, not going to stand with Erida and those wolf tribe officers.

  Before long, a white falcon appeared in the sky above them. The falcon circled briefly before swooping down and landing gently on Jiren's shoulder. Jiren stroked the falcon's white feathers and took a small white scroll from its leg.

  "It's all tidy and clean now, just waiting for us to go." Gillen said with a glance at the cloth roll to Gaya.

  "Arida, Ptolemy, Demi, lead the Dark Wind Cavalry and the 11th Division to Tuniburg immediately. Finish them off within a day, show no mercy to the rebels, don't let one escape." Gaia gave the order without any unnecessary words, this decisive expression was something Liu Yu had never seen before.

  "It is" Erida, Ptolemy also had a golden Bimont simultaneously out of the list, responded to a voice three officers turned around and walked down the mountain. Soon, two teams from the front row of the army quickly left, one of which was the Bimont cavalry, leaving behind the walking horses, all riding war horses at the fastest speed towards the southeast.

  "Pass the word down, issue five days' worth of dry rations to all troops, mount up and proceed at top speed to Tuna Fort." The second order was given as soon as Ptolemy had gone.

  Apart from a dozen or so black-robed elders behind Gaia, all the officers on both sides bowed their heads in response.

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  Liu Yu and Fei Te had just finished resting and eating some dry rations in the middle of the large army when the order to set out again was given, so the two men hastily mounted their horses and urged them on quickly.

  This time, Ivan and Digang were still in the infirmary, and Liu Yu's new recruits hadn't arrived yet, so Liu Yu alone occupied a fire team. Finally, Gillen passed on the message to let Liu Yu temporarily join Fete's fire team, so the two brothers were together again.

  The horses they rode were ordinary riding horses, which were much faster than walking. They also had good endurance and could run continuously for a day and night without rest. The drawback was that the charging speed was not fast, and the ability to maintain high speed for a long time was poor.

  Liu Yu and Fei Te, who were in the fire, conveyed the order from above, without considering whether the walking horse was damaged or not, and urged the walking horse to move forward with all their might. Since the order had come down, Liu Yu and the others could only execute it.

  "Forward, forward!" Liu Yu's whip cracked on the rump of his black horse, causing it to let out a loud whinny as it charged ahead. As Liu Yu urged his horse forward, the entire army began to spur their horses on, racing towards the front with all their might.

  More than 200,000 troops charged with all their might, the rolling dust alone could block out the sun, and the earth was constantly trembling.

  While Liu Yu and his men were advancing with all their might, a small castle over a hundred miles away was unusually bustling.

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  Tuniburg, the headquarters of the Northwestern Garrison of Gaul Province, is said to be the headquarters, but in fact there are only 5,000 idle soldiers. The Gaul Province is poor and barren, and the Fano Empire attaches little importance to this place. There is only half a battalion of garrison troops here, with two battalions totaling 40,000 garrison troops.

  Because there was no war, the garrison troops here were actually mixed rice eaters. Their only task was to deal with those disobedient mercenary teams.

  Although Gaul is desolate, it's a place with many magical beasts, especially the adjacent Cordillera Plateau has many precious magical beasts that are not found within the empire. The magic cores, fur, and bones of these magical beasts are priceless in the imperial market, and as soon as they appear, they are basically bought up by those large families and mage groups at high prices.

  To make a living in the Gaul province, some people who couldn't make ends meet in neighboring provinces formed mercenary teams to hunt magical beasts on the Cordillera Plateau and sell them to beast merchants within the empire. Tuniburg was the largest trading hub for magical beasts in the northwest of the Gaul province, where mercenaries and beast merchants from all over gathered to conduct various transactions.

  But the mercenaries who made a living by selling blood-stained swords, were not reluctant to engage in other industries such as robbery. Among the merchants, there were also many wealthy and influential ones, who hired numerous bodyguards to protect their safety. As a result, the merchants and mercenaries of Tuni Fortress often clashed over some magical beast materials, and to suppress these conflicts and guarantee tax revenue, the Governor of Gaul sent 5,000 local garrison troops here.

  "Give me ten thousand gold coins each year, the rest is yours." The garrison commander of Tuni Fortress, General Tanier, recalled the words spoken by the Governor of Gaul when he came to this desolate and chaotic castle.

  His sister's husband, the governor, was very kind to him. The gold coins he had accumulated in just five years were many times more than his military salary for his entire life.

  Tanai sat on a recliner in his bedroom, his stout figure filling the chair completely. He lightly picked up a glass of red wine from the dinner table beside him and took a sip.

  "Good wine!" Tanai's round face flashed a sly smile, yesterday a demon beast merchant tried to please him by sending him a bottle of fine red wine in order to pay less tax, but not a single copper coin was reduced. Tanai, who was secretly laughing to himself, was calculating how many more years he had before he could leave this accursed place and live a carefree life in Bana City.

  "Good wine!" A voice suddenly came to Tana's ear, he turned his head and saw a stout figure behind him holding his own wine glass and savoring the red wine. He didn't even notice when his own wine glass went missing. As a fifth-rank warrior, Tana knew how terrifying this ability was, and considering the opponent had a face full of brown fur and a tall stature, he recalled a powerful tribe from the highlands.

  "Someone's coming!" Tanai's originally rosy face was filled with infinite fear.

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  As night fell, Liu Yu and his men rode their exhausted horses to a small castle. When they arrived, the castle was brightly lit, but the warriors standing on the castle walls were from the Wolf Tribe, not the soldiers of Fanode. At the foot of the castle, Liu Yu saw piles of dead bodies of Fanode soldiers, as well as many other corpses that were not wearing military uniforms.

  "It seems that the great army has already cleaned up this place." Liu Yu thought to himself.

  "Everyone dismount and rest." A command came, Liu Yu and the others immediately got off their horses. This day of reckless urging on had basically injured all the horses, and Liu Yu and the others who were riding them were also very tired.

  Liu Yu tidied up his thoughts and wondered how the army could reach Sasay Province as soon as possible. There were still one or two hundred miles to the border of Sasay Province, and if they continued to ride on horseback, it was unknown how many days it would take. Moreover, from Gaul Province to Sasay Province, they had to cross a mountain road of several hundred miles, so what about these war horses?

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