Han Wang was sent to the rear to recover, leaving only Yang Guanfeng and Yingxuan in the squad. After some adjustments, the two of them were reassigned to an eight-man mobile squad.
Mobile squads did not belong to any particular garrison and answered directly to the frontline commanders, going wherever they were needed.
Yang Guanfeng and Yingxuan had only just recovered from their injuries and had not even had a day to rest when they received orders to make a long-range dash to support a northern force that was in the midst of retreating.
The squad set out overnight, heading north along the Eastern Region border.
"Squad Leader, why were we transferred? The journey alone will take more than ten days. Are there no mobile units in the north?"
A young cultivator who had only arrived at the border a year ago asked.
He had spent that entire year in the Central Region of the border with the main Tiger Chasing force, so he did not know much about the situation in the north and south.
"The northern border adjoins the territories of both the Seventh Prince and the Third Prince of the Eastern Wilderness. It is also all open plains, so both the pressure of defending the border and the brutality of the war far exceed those in the central and southern sections."
Since the Black Tiger Camp was permanently stationed in the north, Yang Guanfeng knew the situation there well.
He continued, "Moreover, the northern forces must also endure Heavenly Nether's intermittent harassment. Being attacked from both front and rear is commonplace, so no matter when it is, their mobile units are never enough."
"Hiss—so that was how it was. I really had taken things for granted."
After learning about the northern situation from Yang Guanfeng, the squad