On the Seven Towers

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 noticed it before. However, Wang Jiyuan received intelligence yesterday that the imperials were active near this village and were likely to plunder the village, so they sent a counterattack team.

Luo Ling and Li Tianrui's plan requires several sources of infection, and there is nothing more suitable than the defeated soldiers of a plundering team. In order to ensure the success of the mission, Wang Jiyuan not only sent two counterattack teams, but also sent a large number of masters including Master Gabriel, Roger, Evelyn, Xiao Mu and others.

None of those masters knew the real purpose of Luo Ling and others, but only knew that the two of them had a special mission of the committee and needed them to cooperate as much as possible. The information obtained by ordinary officers was that after some intelligence analysis, this action was likely a trap set by the imperials, and the guards were ready to take advantage of the enemy's ambush.

The first counterattack team was composed of the cavalry company directly under the second regiment. The commander was the captain of the cavalry company, Leo. The cavalry company was the one that suffered the least loss in the battle of Heimuguan under Shi Hao's second regiment, and it was basically retained as a whole. The other team was the dark elf team led by Kasha. They were all elites selected from the dark elf camp. More than half of them had low-level or above strength, and their average strength was stronger than Leo's team. Suero equipped these dark elf warriors and mages with horses, so that they could fight together with Leo's troops.

On the way to Asedo Village, Leo's team was in 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 was equipped with an additional twenty magicians from two mage classes.

Chang Yujie personally participated in the action this time, and rode beside Luo Ling at this time. Luo Ling and the others, like him, were wearing ordinary guard uniforms, and were inconspicuous among the soldiers.

They were trekking on a dirt road in the mountains, with dense forests on both sides. The road was obviously formed by a natural valley, and it was rugged up and down, so the people were not moving very fast.

Luo Ling held the reins while controlling the Mage's Eye in the air in front of her, keeping a close eye on the situation of Leo's team. She accidentally glanced at Chang Yujie, but found that the soldier looked very serious. "Captain Chang, are you worried?"

"Ah, Teacher Luo. I was a little distracted." Chang Yujie came back to his senses and smiled at Luo Ling.

Luo Ling heard the unnaturalness in his tone and asked, "You have been distracted for a long time. You have been in this state just now."

Chang Yujie did not want to hide anything. When Luo Ling said it, he answered openly: "You still saw it. I was thinking about your secret mission. I know that I should not ask too much about this matter. The army has its own discipline. I was just guessing what you were going to do. I was distracted while thinking about it."

Luo Ling looked at him and said sincerely: "Please believe me, this is not a problem 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 me a few unconscious enemies on the battlefield after you fight. Don’t get too seriously injured, and 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."

"Of course we will execute it seriously, but I didn’t expect it to be such a request." Chang Yujie narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

"I hope everything goes well," Luo Ling said.

Chang Yujie said: "We had some basis for our previous judgment that the Imperials' attack on Asedo Village was a trap. I can't say how the battle will turn out. But if there are too many enemies, you will still be needed to help."

"Of course." Luo Ling nodded, her eyes suddenly condensed, and she closed her eyes slightly, "You are right, this is a trap. I saw from the air that Leo's team has stepped into the bag set by the other party."

"Don't resist." Luo Ling stretched out her hand and touched Chang Yujie's forehead, sharing the picture she saw with him.

Leo's team has not yet reached Asedo Village. They are at least two or three kilometers away from the village, but the Imperials are ambushing in the mountains and forests in front of the village.

When they passed through a narrow road, a large number of arrows suddenly shot out from the mountains and forests on both sides, and then a large number of beast warriors rushed out of the forest and pounced on the guards who stretched like long snakes. If this were on Earth, any ambushed army would probably be stunned by such tactics, but this is a world with magic.

Leo's troops seemed to have been prepared. They stretched out into a long line and instantly raised three shields from the front, middle and back to block all the arrows. At the same time, several mages released group acceleration and weight reduction magic. The guard cavalry, which were not very fast, began to speed up at the same time. The whole team rushed forward at lightning speed. 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. Before being hit by the seawater on both sides, they passed through nimbly and gracefully.

However, the imperials organized an interception in front. Nearly a hundred beast warriors holding spears and extremely strong bodies, led by a dozen black guards, rushed out of the forest and wanted to form a spear formation in front of the guards. The leader was the Black Guard's Great Knight Lennit.

However, the speed of the guards' breakthrough was several times faster than they expected. Before these warriors could gain a foothold and form a formation, crystal grenades and attack magics covered their heads.

Because several black guard mages in the formation had not had time to hold up shields for them, those black guards and beast warriors could only rely on their personal strength to resist. Those black guards could still resist a little, but the beast warriors could not resist such a strong attack at all, and they collapsed after a short time.