On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the 9753rd year of the Radiant Calendar, Velin received a transfer order from the Expeditionary Army Command.
"Three months at last. It's finally my turn."
Placing the Command Document on the desk, Velin leaned back in his chair, his face brimming with delight.
By this point, half of the Ansa Kingdom's territory had already been occupied by the Expeditionary Army.
Seven days earlier, Duke Ister had issued an order for the Second Legion and Third Legion to halt their advance and station themselves in Kad District, Nanjiao District, Birma District, Beijiao District, and Xipu District, claiming their own "legitimate" rewards.
Next, the Fourth Legion would attack Lanka District, Tesir District, and Stovia District of the Ansa Kingdom.
Under Commander Ister's orders, the forces directly under Marquis Rodenert, commander of the Fourth Legion, along with the Sixteenth Army led by Count Gulok and the Twentieth Army commanded by Count Servis, totaling ninety thousand men, would attack Lanka District.
The troops directly under Blood Moon Count, deputy commander of the Fourth Legion, together with the Seventeenth Army commanded by Count Anderson and Count Ronald's Nineteenth Army, a total of one hundred thousand soldiers, would attack Tesir District.
The Fifteenth Army under his command, the Eighteenth Army led by Count Rassel, and thirteen thousand men from three Prayer Groups of the Holy Crusaders—more than eighty thousand troops in total—would attack Stovia District.
There was no need to think about it. His appointment as commander of this flanking force had certainly been his grandfather's doing.
"Kyle, gather the troops. We march in three days."
"Yes, my lord."
After Kyle left, Velin began taking stock of the forces at his disposal.
At present, the Fifteenth Army had twenty thousand direct troops, fifteen thousand auxiliary troops, and