Chapter Thirteen: First Battle
The border between the Sandflame and Milu territories was the central battlefield. This battlefield was what separated the two nations.
After arriving at the central battlefield, Su Xiao had Baja scout from the sky and search for small and medium-sized enemy forces. No matter what, they had to win their first battle—and they couldn't pick on the weak.
As they marched deeper into the central battlefield, Baja found an enemy force of around thirty thousand soldiers. They had just clashed with Su Xiao's army.
Su Xiao had only twenty thousand soldiers, a mix of infantry and light shield-bearers. He only planned to develop light shield-bearers. Without the support of Uno and Carola, developing other troop types would be extremely difficult, especially beast cavalry. That wasn't something that could be solved by throwing gold at it.
"My lord, we've spotted enemy forces ahead. I suggest we go around from this direction."
Os spread a map across the table and drew a semicircle on it with his finger.
"Go around them? Then head straight for Segona City?"
"This..."
Os was speechless for a moment. Of course he knew about the plan to seize Segona City within seven days. He chose to ignore it selectively. His idea was simple: reach the front line alive, then return to Sand City alive.
"Prepare for battle. We'll meet them head-on."
"Yes."
Os didn't dare say anything more. He hurried away to deploy the soldiers.
Humm~
A long horn sounded. Hearing it, the marching soldiers tensed their bodies and quickly spread out, forming a formation ready to charge.
The moment the horn stopped, a muffled boom came from the distance. A huge ball of flame flew over, dragging a tail of fire behind it.
The massive fireball was some kind of incendiary. After