Xu Lanqing took the memorial from the old emperor and opened it. A mass of cramped, hurried handwriting met his eyes.
It was clear the person who had written it had been in a desperate hurry. Who wouldn't be, with a war between nations looming?
The report detailed last night's fighting on the border. The Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire had each deployed an army group to the frontier bordering the Sun Moon Empire.
An army group consisted of two hundred thousand soldiers, and they were still sending in reinforcements without pause.
Dai Hao, the Star Luo Empire's marshal and Duke White Tiger, had led his troops out of the Mingdou Mountain Range under cover of night and launched a surprise attack on the Sun Moon Empire's border garrison. Caught unprepared, the garrison's camp had been burned to the ground.
Dai Hao had returned victorious, but instead of pressing his advantage, he had secured the natural defenses of the Mingdou Mountain Range.
Wei Qingyang, marshal of the Heavenly Soul Empire, had likewise launched a nighttime attack on the Sun Moon Empire's garrison outside the Tiandou Mountain Range. The difference was that the two sides had fought all night without a clear victor.
Xu Lanqing's eyes narrowed. He knew that Du Busi, a Level 98 powerhouse, was stationed with the Heavenly Soul Empire. By rights, its forces shouldn't have been unable to defeat the Sun Moon Empire's garrison.
The Sun Moon Empire had stationed only a hundred thousand soldiers at each of the two borders, and neither force had a Soul Engineer Legion. Yet they had still failed to win.
The only explanation was that Du Busi hadn't taken part in the fighting. The Body Sect hadn't joined in either.
That made things interesting. This was a matter