Chapter 64: Rushing into Battle

  Liu Yu sat on the ground and chatted casually with Fei Te for a few words, just thinking about why they didn't order them to set up camp, when an order came.

  "After the whole army rested for a while, they mounted their war horses and followed their respective commanders to advance, leaving the spare horses in place." This command was transmitted at the same time as Liu Yu heard similar commands being issued by the troops all around him. It seemed that the commander-in-chief had given the same order to all the troops.

  After a sip of Esu, Liu Yu, who had just fallen asleep, forcibly rode his black war horse and followed Huo Wei to advance. Liu Yu's war horse was carefully cultivated by the beastmen for the Mong warriors to charge, much taller than ordinary war horses, with strong charging ability.

  In the dark night, Liu Yu and his men carried torches and advanced on the vast plain. Before leaving, Liu Yu looked back at the Tunyin Fortress, where the lights were still shining brightly and many Wolf Tribe warriors were guarding.

  "It seems they are the last ones." Liu Yu thought to himself, with so many warriors riding horses, there were tens of millions of horses' hooves, this was a huge wealth that the kingdom would not give up.

  At first he was worried about so many horses, and couldn't take them over the mountains to Sas Province, what would the kingdom do?

  But now thinking back to the mouse people they encountered before, there were clearly tens of thousands more, and it wouldn't be just for delivering some dry rations to the army. Tens of thousands of mouse people plus the remaining military strength left in Tuniburg would be enough to clean up these horses and drive them back to the kingdom.

  The army advanced slowly in the dark night, with a long queue of torches that seemed to be a fire dragon winding on the ground. Liu Yu carefully sensed the terrain along the way and found that the terrain here was very flat, with lush grass and trees, and they had already crossed several rivers that were only as wide as a horse's leg but over 100 meters wide.

  "The plains here should have been formed by the impact of rivers flowing from the plateau, and if the kingdom can fully occupy this place, it should be able to open up a lot of arable land." Liu Yu on horseback compared this plain with the Desa mountain range and thought that this place was more suitable for farming than the Desa mountain range.

  However, for the kingdom to take down this place, it must first defeat the Empire of Fanoth and then consider it, but at present, the kingdom is definitely not capable of snatching land from the giant of this continent.

  After a few more days of cloudy weather, the army's speed began to pick up, and before sunrise, they were galloping across the plain like a charging cavalry. The warhorses' speed far exceeded that of the walking horses, and Liu Yu estimated that if they rode at full speed for two days, they could catch up with the walking horses' progress in one day.

  After running wildly for more than an hour, a massive black mountain range with its top hidden in the clouds blocked Liu Yu's path like a high wall descending from the sky. With the sun that had just risen, Liu Yu judged that the direction of the mountain range was northward. The province of Gaul was south of the province of Sassan, and they were heading to the province of Sassan, naturally walking from south to north.

  This mountain range is the boundary between Gaul and Sarmatia, stretching for thousands of miles. It's impossible to bypass it, and a large army can only cross on foot. As for the distance on foot, Liu Yu heard from Gaius that it was about 300 miles or so.

  "It seems like another great endurance battle." Liu Yu thought to himself as he gazed at the massive mountain range from atop his warhorse.

  "Everyone dismount and rest," the same order was constantly being passed throughout the entire army. In a mountain range just a few miles away, Liu Yu and his men finally received the order to dismount.

  Liu Yu had just seen the mountain range and still had the mood to think about crossing it, but when he let them dismount to rest, he realized how difficult this originally simple matter had become.

  Liu Yu didn't even know how he got off the war horse, it felt no different from falling off. After dismounting, Liu Yu struggled to walk a few steps before lying down on the ground. The horse that had been ridden continuously for a day and night, made him feel like his entire body was not listening to commands, his whole body was in pieces, only one step away from collapse, and the inside of his thighs were painfully sore from the saddle. Although the horse was tired, Liu Yu felt he was even more exhausted than the horse.

  "Alexander, how are you?" Fiete also fell to the ground, they could still say a few words at the beginning of the night, but later they were so tired that they didn't even want to talk, just stubbornly rushing forward.

  "Not dead yet." Liu Yu replied helplessly. He used to watch those people riding horses on TV and thought it looked so cool, but now he felt that this thing was not as cool as he thought when he actually rode it.

  "I am too." Fichte replied with equal pain.

  While Liu Yu and Fei Te were chatting, Gaiya once again gathered the officers of both tribes, but this time none of the black-robed elders led by Aurelio were seen.

  Gaia crouched on the ground looking at a map over one meter long and wide, seemingly thinking about something, with officers from two tribes standing behind him.

  "Are you sure these locations are reliable?" Gaia also asked without turning her head.

  "Reliable, the two elders personally went out with the army and investigated everything clearly." Erda replied from behind.

  "How long has it been since the Dark Wind Wolf Cavalry and the 11th Division were mobilized?" Gaya asked again, her voice flat.

  "They captured the Tuni Fort yesterday, and after handing over to the main force, they set off immediately. It is estimated that they can reach the Yura Mountain Pass by tomorrow evening." This time it was Gilen who responded with a sentence.

  "Alright, everything remains the same. Pass down the order for the entire army to rest for a day and we'll set out tonight. Remember that we only have three days' worth of dry rations left. We must reach the Yura Mountain Pass within two days and capture Lann City on the third day. As for the routes after that, I don't think I need to say more. Just remember to fight and leave immediately without lingering." Gaia stood up and turned around to give orders to his subordinates.

  "Understood." All officers bowed in response.

  "Girren, send a message to Dasso, tell him we'll start attacking in five days." Gaya added another order.

  "Yes." Gilron stepped forward immediately and replied.

  Liu Yu, who was sleeping soundly on the ground in the dead of night, was startled awake by a shrill bugle call. Before he could react, another order came through.

  "Leave all the war horses behind, bring weapons, dry rations and water, advance on horseback." Liu Yu, who hadn't rested well, really wanted to disobey orders and continue resting for a while. But he took a glance at the old soldiers not far away, they had already started packing up and preparing to set off as soon as they heard the order.

  "They can, I can too." Liu Yu had always been someone who didn't like to fall behind others. Everyone walked the same path, and since the old soldiers weren't complaining, he couldn't either. He pulled at Feite, who was spacing out, and began to gather his belongings.

  His weapon was a sword, a two-meter-long spear, paired with leather armor, helmet, rations, water bag and other things, weighing around 50-60 pounds.

  Liu Yu understood that his father, Gaius, was so eager to urge the entire army to advance, in order to ensure the suddenness of their attack. On the battlefield, things are always changing rapidly. If the Fano Empire sends a strong force to scout out the Wolf Tribe's territory and discovers something unusual, or if they send a large army to support the garrison at Sas Province, then they may very likely lose all their previous gains.

  So no matter how bitter the soldiers were, they had to reach Sichuan Province at the fastest speed. Taking a deep breath, Liu Yu carried all his belongings and started moving forward. The entire army beside him quickly packed up their things and marched towards the north, where the continuous mountain range was the last obstacle for the army to advance into Sichuan Province.

  In the dark of night, Liu Yu and his men marched forward quickly on foot, without war horses to replace them. To Liu Yu's surprise, he found it much more convenient this way, as he could exercise his legs while walking.

  This mountain range has only one simple small road that can accommodate two warriors walking side by side, fortunately it seems that there hasn't been much rain here during this period of time, the road is very dry and it's still quite convenient to walk.

  Whether it was the Bimon or the Wolf Tribe warriors, they were all frequent visitors to the mountains, so although the mountain road was a bit rugged, the speed of the army's advance was not slow at all.

  "I don't know how many days it will take us to cross this mountain range." Liu Yu secretly wondered how many days his father, Gaiya, had planned for them to complete this section of the mountain road.

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