As Stephen prepared to raise an army and reclaim the territory that belonged to him, Lu Yang also learned that Chekov had seized Lennon's seventy thousand Great Angels.
Black Rose Stronghold was the closest stronghold connected to Chekov's territory. Two hours away lay Chekov's Vanguard Stronghold.
This was also where Lennon's seventy thousand Great Angels were stationed. Inside Black Rose Stronghold, Lu Yang's thirty thousand Great Angels, thirty thousand Black Iron Warhawks, and twenty thousand Vulture Legion troops were already in position. Now, he was waiting for Chekov and Lennon's next move.
Within a one-hour travel radius of Black Rose Stronghold, all players were forbidden from approaching. Anyone entering the area would be treated as an enemy. Beyond that one-hour radius, especially around Vanguard Stronghold, Iron Blood Brotherhood spies had infiltrated in large numbers. Lu Yang had also instructed Stephen's trusted subordinates within the Great Angel Legion to report on its situation at all times.
On the city wall at the stronghold's northwest corner, Lu Yang rested his right hand on the battlement and gazed into the distance. He was not surprised by Lennon's departure. There had been far too many such incidents in China's history. How did the An Lushan Rebellion end? Not because the Tang Dynasty's army was overwhelmingly powerful, but because An Lushan's son, An Qingxu, killed An Lushan first. Then Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, and Shi Siming was later killed by his own son, Shi Chaoyi.
Even fathers and sons would fight to the death over power and profit, much less Stephen and Lennon, who were merely ordinary brothers. Besides, Lu Yang had supported Stephen's return not because he sincerely wanted to cultivate him, but because he wanted Stephen to disrupt Chekov's flank in the southwest corner of the New Continent.
With these seventy thousand