Commandant Sun asked, “When do we move out?”0

“What’s the rush? He’s sitting on a large army and convinced we’ll make a play for Wei City, so he’ll lie in wait for the rabbit to hit the stump. He’ll be sitting tight and waiting for us to walk right into his hands.” The man rested his palm on the crenellations. “Let him wait a while. This is just the season for sleeping rough in the open.”0

The generals chuckled. In late autumn on the Panlong Wasteland, nighttime temperatures plunge to -3 to -4°C. Stand watch on the flats all night, and the wind and sand will peel half your face off. If their opponents had come straight from Baling proper, tonight they would get a real taste of how pitiless the wasteland could be.0

Only after roughly four hours did the Gale Army, rested and ready, receive the order to march.0

“Commandant Sun, Commandant Liu, take five thousand men to Wei City. Fly my banner. Be as loud and conspicuous as possible.” The commander finally gave the order. “If you hit stiff resistance, don’t cling to the fight. At that time, fall back to Puxi Gully and hold. He appears to be a firm believer in speed being most important in war, wagering over ten thousand men on catching us off guard. With...0