Colonel Bod gazed down from the church bell tower at both banks of the valley, the thick smoke rendering distant scenes into blurry shadows.
But it didn't matter, for the entire battlefield was already mapped in his mind. Tens of thousands of humans and warhorses seemed like a gigantic living creature, and Bod Gates listened intently to its pulse:
To the south, Colonel Gais Adonis's Mont Blanc County forces were advancing triumphantly, with the vanguard Hundred-Men Squad piercing through the river like an awl, successively capturing the enemy-occupied riverside cottages;
To the north, Colonel Skool's Riverside County and Thunder Group County forces were fiercely battling the enemy, Skool's line enveloping the enemy's flank, while the enemy reinforcements similarly enveloped the flanks of the Riverside County and Thunder Group County forces.
