The border operation was over, and it had gone smoothly. The Star Luo People had relied on the river as a defensive line, but the Sun Moon Empire's infiltration teams quickly seized the bridges, allowing the main force to follow up. In a single night, they shattered the Star Luo defenses.
The border conscript division hadn't even managed to send out a single message before the Star Luo 13th Soul Master Regiment—comprising 400 Rank 7 Soul Engineers—swallowed it whole.
By dawn, Colonel Elion had obtained permission from the division commander, a major general, and personally led more than ninety willing Rank 7 Soul Engineers. Using Flying Soul Tools, they seized a large number of the inland vessels navigating the river. After preventing the Star Luo People from burning the ships to slow the Sun Moon Empire army's advance, they pressed straight on to the capital of the Star Luo border province.
They captured the command staff of the Star Luo 3rd Division headquarters stationed in Bachtinger. This immediately shattered the Star Luo Empire's system of having regularly numbered divisions direct the border conscript divisions. With the Sun Moon Empire launching a full-scale offensive, it only added to the chaos in the Star Luo Empire's efforts to gather information from both the front and rear.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Sun Moon 13th Division followed the river downstream and swept straight into Bachtinger. Along the way, it refused to accept the surrender of the leaderless Star Luo conscripts.
The division then used the Star Luo Empire's 3rd Division's soul communication office to broadcast that Bachtinger had fallen to the Sun Moon Empire's 13th Division.
Several Star Luo conscript divisions already fighting on the front lines were thrown into utter confusion.
After issuing his orders, the 13th Division's commander gave Colonel