After six days of marching, Yang Yu and his team crossed the last hilly area and arrived at the Cerro Vomen Plain.
Winter has come, the vegetation on the Cerro Vomon Plain has turned yellow, and the cold wind blows through, creating waves of golden color.
It had not yet snowed on the plain, but the puddles hidden in the grass were already covered with a thin layer of ice, which was trampled into pieces by the passing Wansheng soldiers.
It was so cold in this damn place that Yang Yu, Yias and Bai Jin were shivering with cold. They asked for Gra's consent before changing into thick clothes.
The subhuman soldiers disdained the cold wind; their light military uniforms were enough to protect them from the cold.
In the country of Wansheng, a river called Lakasile runs across the Serovamon Plain, dividing it into two.
One part looks like a knight's boot and occupies less than one-sixth of the area of the Cerro Vomen Plain. This part is called the Long Boots Area, while the other part looks like a lying mango and is called the Rich Mango Area.
If divided according to strategic importance, these two regions can be divided into countless small regions, which can be referred to by numbers.
The Rose Empire has completely occupied the Fengmang area, and has also crossed the Lacasile River to occupy part of the Long Boots area.
Due to the heroic resistance of Wansheng Kingdom, the Rose Empire was unable to take over the entire Cerrovomen Plain from beginning to end, which gave Wansheng Kingdom the opportunity to counterattack the Cerrovomen Plain.
There are five Wansheng armies preparing for the winter offensive, with a total of more than 500,000 people.
Four of them will jointly launch an attack on the Fengmang area occupied by the Rose Empire on the day when the Lacasile River is completely frozen, looking for the weak points in the Rose Empire's defense and making a breakthrough.
Prior to this, an army had already officially started military activities and launched an attack on the Rose soldiers occupying the Long Boots area.
If the Long Boots region can be completely recovered before the war, there will be no need to worry that the Rose Empire will use the troops left in the Long Boots region to harass the Wansheng Kingdom's attack.
The army that Yang Yu and his team were heading towards was the Fifth Front Army on the west side of Wansheng State, which had already begun to attack the Long Boots area, and was abbreviated as the Western Fifth Army.
According to the original plan, the Fifth Western Army would try to recapture the Long Boots area.
If the Boots area is still not recaptured when the frontal battle on the plains begins, you can choose to continue the attack, or switch to defense and try to attack again after other recapture troops have achieved results.
It would be best if we could break through from the west and put pressure on the Rose Empire.
Continuing along the road, we could vaguely see some dilapidated villages and farmlands, but the villages looked desolate because no one lived there, and the fertile fields were full of yellow weeds that were as tall as a person's belly.
A group of elk were crunching the dry grass into their mouths. When they saw the army, they consciously retreated a few miles. A tiger that had been waiting for a long time suddenly jumped out from the grass, and amid the elk's screams, it broke the neck of a young elk and dragged it into the deeper grass.
Eight years ago, this scene would have been impossible to happen, but now, countless similar scenes are being repeated in the Long Boots region.
Continuing along the road, Yang Yu and his companions finally saw harvested fields in front of them. After moving forward for about a few hours, they arrived at Xiding City.
This city was originally a small or medium-sized city in Wansheng Kingdom. Due to the outbreak of war, the Western Fifth Army has used it as a fortress, from which it launched an attack towards the Long Boots area occupied by the Rose Empire further west.
With Gra leading the team, Yang Yu and his team entered the city easily.
Many sub-humans still live in this city, but due to the existence of the great enemy, the Rose Empire, the city lacks its former cheerful atmosphere.
For the villagers here, this is the city where they have lived for generations and they are reluctant to leave.
Soon, Yang Yu and his men arrived at the camp where the Fifth Western Army was stationed. A general with huge deer antlers and a deer face was directing the idle soldiers to reinforce the city wall while smoking a cigarette.
Seeing Gra, the deer man naturally came over to talk to him.
"Gela, thank you for your hard work. Are these the new recruits this time? You are really slow. The others have already handed over all the new recruits they brought to me."
General Lu Huajun's gaze lingered on Lotkar for a while, then he looked at Yang Yu and the others.
“Well, it looks like there are some special people coming.
Although it is not uncommon to see subhumans other than orcs among the new recruits, this is the first time I have seen elves joining the army.
Are those old-timers finally willing to contribute to our country?"
"I don't know much. But that's true as it stands," Gra replied.
"Really?" Lu Huajun took a puff of his cigarette. "What's going on with that young man over there? Judging from his features, he's not an orc, so what kind of race is he?"
"According to him, he is a hybrid of the plant race. This is exactly what I want to say." Gra took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Luhua Jun. "This is a handwritten letter from Prime Minister Mingdarak. It seems that he wants him to be a centurion and lead a team."
Holding a cigarette in his mouth, Lu Huajun opened Gra's letter, read it from beginning to end, and put it in his arms.
"I understand. Just leave it to me."
After saying this, Luhuajun shouted directly to the soldiers who had just arrived:
"I won't say any polite words of welcome, new soldiers, go up and reinforce the city wall.
In the evening, I will assign you to different troops just like I assigned the new recruits before.
Please note that we have separate camps for men and women. Needless to say, you all know the consequences of trespassing into the camp.
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I will teach you the subsequent rules in the days ahead, as we don’t have much time.
For our Fifth Western Army, the battle to retake the plains has begun.
While I am speaking to you, there are already many young people like you who have sacrificed their lives on the battlefield. You must be mentally prepared."
After Lu Huajun finished speaking, Gra took the initiative to lead the veterans away from the team, and took the few logistics supply personnel to connect with the city's logistics.
The new recruits present looked at each other in bewilderment. The general asked them to reinforce the city walls, but they had no idea how to do so. Their eyes were wandering, and they hesitated whether to go forward and ask Luhua Army.
Lu Huajun fixed his gaze and shouted,
"Why aren't you going yet! Don't let anyone tell you the answers word for word. There aren't so many answers in this world. Someone will give them to you! I'll say it again, new soldiers. Go up and build the city wall!"
The stern gaze struck their chests, and the recruits stood up straight, answered "Yes!" in unison, and hurriedly looked for a way to climb up the city wall and reinforce the wall with other veterans.
(End of this chapter)