In Nianshui City, shouts shook the heavens. The summer's heat was blazing as if setting everything ablaze. Surrounded by nearly ten thousand warriors, a heart-stirring blood-red ceremony ended slowly amidst fervent prayers. The banner of the Black Wolf, after staying in Nianshui City for half a month, finally set off again!
The army marched southward with great momentum, expanding once again. Three thousand defectors from the Nianshui City warriors, and two thousand able-bodied Cimpoali men, were all conscripted into the army. The surging marching troops moved southward like a swarm of ants, swallowing every village in their path.
