About eight kilometers north-west of Baria City, there is a village called Asedo. Because this small village is far from the main road and has few residents, neither the imperials nor the Chinese have noticed it before. However, just yesterday, Wang Jiyuan received intelligence that the imperials were active near this village and were likely preparing to plunder the village, so they sent out a counterattack team.
Luo Ling and Li Tianrui's plan requires several sources of infection, and nothing is more suitable than the defeated soldiers of a looting team. In order to ensure the success of the mission, Wang Jiyuan not only sent out two counterattack teams, but also dispatched a large number of masters including Master Gabriel, Roger, Evelyn, Xiao Mu and others.
None of the experts knew the real purpose of Luo Ling and the others, they only knew that they had a special mission from the committee and needed their cooperation. The information that the ordinary officers received was that after some intelligence analysis, this action was likely a trap set by the Empire, and the Guards were prepared to take advantage of the enemy's ambush.
The first counterattack team was composed of the cavalry company directly under the Second Regiment, and its commander was the captain of the cavalry company, Leo. The cavalry company was the one that suffered the least losses in the Battle of Heimuguan under Shi Hao's Second Regiment, and was basically preserved as a whole. The other team was the dark elf team led by Kasa. They were all elites selected from the dark elf camp, and more than half of them were of low-level or above strength. The average strength was stronger than Leo's team. Suero equipped these dark elf warriors and mages with horses, so that they could fight in coordination with Leo's troops.
On the way to Asedo Village, Leo's team was in the front, and Kasha's team was four or five kilometers away from them. Luo Ling, Li Tianrui, Roger, and Evelyn followed Kasha's team, while Gabriel and other strong men were in Leo's team. In addition, the team in front also had an additional twenty magicians from two magic classes.
Chang Yujie personally participated in the operation this time, and rode beside Luo Ling. Luo Ling and others, like him, were wearing ordinary guard uniforms, and were inconspicuous among the soldiers.
They were trekking on a dirt mountain road with dense forests on both sides. The road was obviously formed by a natural valley and was rugged and uneven up and down. The group was not moving very fast.
Luo Ling held the reins while controlling the Mage's Eye in the air ahead, keeping a close eye on the situation of Leo's team. She happened to glance at Chang Yujie, but found that the warrior looked very serious. "Captain Chang, are you worried?"
"Ah, Teacher Luo. I was a little distracted." Chang Yujie came back to his senses and said to Luo Ling with a smile.
Luo Ling heard the unnaturalness in his tone and asked, "You've been distracted for a long time. You've been in this state just now."
Chang Yujie didn't want to hide anything, so when Luo Ling exposed him, he answered openly, "You figured it out after all. I was thinking about your secret mission. I know I shouldn't ask too much about this matter. The army has its own discipline. I was just guessing what you were going to do, and I lost myself in thought."
Luo Ling looked at him and said sincerely, "Please believe me, this is not a matter of trust, but I don't want you to bear too many... unnecessary things."
Chang Yujie did not ask further, but said: "Okay. How do you need us to cooperate later? Until now, I still don't know how to act specifically."
Luo Ling said: "I just need to leave a few unconscious enemies for me on the battlefield after you fight. They can't be seriously injured. Then you lead the team to evacuate first. Don't worry about me and Li Tianrui. We will return to Suero after we finish our tasks."
"We will of course carry it out seriously, but I didn't expect it to be such a requirement." Chang Yujie narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
"I hope everything goes well," Luo Ling said.
Chang Yujie said: "Our previous judgment that the Imperials' attack on Asedo Village was a trap was somewhat well-founded. I can't say how the battle will turn out. However, if there are too many enemies, we still need you to join us."
"Of course." Luo Ling nodded. She suddenly focused her eyes and slightly closed them. "You are right. This is a trap. I saw from the air that Leo's team had stepped into the trap set by the other party."
"Don't resist." Luo Ling reached out and touched Chang Yujie's forehead, sharing with him what she saw.
Leo's team had not yet reached Asedo Village. They were at least two or three kilometers away from the village, but the Imperials were lying in ambush in the mountains and forests in front of the village.
When they passed through a narrow road, arrows suddenly shot out from the forests on both sides, and then a large number of beast warriors rushed out of the forest and pounced on the guards that stretched out like long snakes. If this was on Earth, any ambushed army would probably be stunned by such tactics, but this is a world with magic.
As if they were well prepared, Leo's troops stretched out in a long line and instantly raised three shields from the front, middle and back to block the arrows. At the same time, several mages released group acceleration and weight reduction magic. The guard cavalry, which were not very fast to begin with, began to speed up at the same time. The whole team rushed forward at lightning speed, and the warriors threw crystal grenades to both sides while charging. The beast warriors who rushed in groups were blown to pieces, and the spiritual mages led by Xiao Mu released spiritual magic to the places where the beast warriors were densely packed. Various effects of shock, confusion, and madness began to affect these fragile beast warriors.
Leo's team was like a speedboat crossing huge waves, nimbly and gracefully passing through before being hit by the sea water on both sides.
However, the Imperials organized an interception in front. Nearly a hundred extremely strong beast warriors holding spears, led by a dozen black guards, rushed out of the forest and tried to form a spear formation in front of the guards. The leader was the Black Guard's great knight, Lennitt.
However, the speed of the guards' breakthrough was several times faster than they expected. Before these warriors could gain a firm foothold and form a formation, crystal grenades and attack magic spells were overwhelming them.
Since the Black Guard mages in the formation had not had time to put up shields for them, the Black Guards and Beast Warriors could only rely on their own strength to resist. The Black Guards could still resist a little, but the Beast Warriors were simply unable to withstand such a strong attack and collapsed after a short while. (To be continued)