Occupying the Land East of the Little Yin River

As long as they did not expose their identities when entering rebel territory, they could easily disguise themselves as adventurers.

Even rebel soldiers would assess their strength. Their average level was not low, while the rebel soldiers might not even be above level 20.

The focus returned to Mel. The rebels now called him Westland. He had assigned each city a recruitment quota of one regiment—filling it with 1,500 men.

Numbers alone would make it difficult to defeat regular troops, so training had to be intensified. Opportunities for surprise attacks would only grow fewer in the future; most battles would have to be decided on the front lines.

The problem was that four cities occupied all the land east of the Little Yin River, yet he only had two capable people under his command. Even though so many had joined the Commoner Army, it was difficult to pick out a qualified commander.

Generals would certainly need to be stationed in the cities along the river. It seemed he could only send someone to stabilize the rear cities first. After all, before the cities at the front were breached, the chances of this place being attacked were very low.

"I need to personally hold Edge City," Mel quickly decided.

There were two canals in the north, and he had already occupied every city along one of them. Transporting supplies was no longer much of a problem. They also had a considerable amount of farmland and no shortage of iron ore. The only trouble was that this was the north, where winters would become extremely harsh.

After settling the rear city of Duni City, Mel temporarily selected someone who could hold the position, then swiftly led his troops back to Edge City.

From south to north, there were four cities in all: