Fire Attack

For this battle, Mel could only take a risk and bring along those surrendered soldiers willing to follow him. But these surrendered soldiers might not be wholeheartedly willing to follow him; many were probably still afraid of being slaughtered.

"Eighteen hundred against ten thousand. The real hard fight is still ahead."

Even with this blaze, once those people cleared away the burning debris ahead, they would still clash with his army. He had placed the elite heavy-armored troops at the forest exit precisely to crush their momentum from the very start.

The nobles' army gradually drew near and stopped outside the pass. The weather was still scorching, and the marching soldiers had little strength left, constantly wiping away sweat.

"Once we pass through this gorge, there's a large forest behind it. Let's rest there for a while! It's already autumn, yet it's still this hot."

One of the commanders said to someone he knew, "The other lords' troops shouldn't enter the gorge yet. I'll send men to scout the hills on both sides first! This kind of place is far too easy to ambush."

The message was quickly delivered to several nobles. They sat on horseback in their armor, chatting leisurely. They could barely endure the sweltering heat as it was, and now they actually had to stop here.

"We sent troops for your sake. In weather this hot, how many men could that black mage possibly have? How could he lead his thousand men to attack us?"

"But the captain said the terrain ahead is ideal for an ambush."

"Fine, fine. Hurry up and send people to scout it out."

Mel watched as the army suddenly stopped. The other side had actually sent out a cavalry unit, intending to scout the forests on both sides first.

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