Within Flying Swallow City, White Butcher was overjoyed when he received the orders!
Thinking about it carefully, he had truly been plagued by bad luck. During the campaign to destroy Liang, the gap between the two sides had been far too wide. As the attackers, they had barely felt any difficulty at all, which meant that this battle record had honestly contained very little substance.
Later, when the green-skinned forces invaded, it had indeed been a tough battle. But at the time, he had been Zhuo Ge's deputy general and had followed him back to the New South District to recruit the centaurs! He had missed that battle entirely.
And now, he had finally waited for another opportunity.
Most importantly, this time he would no longer be fighting as Zhuo Ge's deputy general. Instead, he would lead an army alone and head to support the southern frontier fortress of Great Zhou!
Although he would be leading a force of recruits, and his primary task would be to cooperate with the southern frontier garrison, going from deputy general to commanding general was itself a tremendous step forward.
White Butcher quickly took two deep breaths and steadied his emotions, returning to his usual calm.
The transfer order had arrived with a brief intelligence report. It gave him a rough account of the enemies they would face in the southern frontier this time: a peculiar race known as the "Ratmen."
At the end of the report, a line had been added specifically stating that Diak could provide more detailed information.
As Zhuo Ge's deputy general, White Butcher naturally knew who Diak was.
He immediately went to learn more, without the slightest hesitation.
Diak did not hide anything from him, either, and told him everything he knew about the Ratmen.
"To put it simply,