Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

This mindset might seem incomprehensible to the people in the Border Prince’s Territory. However, within the Empire, where there is a stronger emphasis on honor, status, and heritage, it is quite common.

So even if the enemy forces are the powerful Divine Chosen Knights or Champion Knights within the Border Prince’s Territory, in his view, they are just a bunch of lucky useless fools that are no threat to him as the noble Knight Order Leader within the Empire.

As long as their Black Lynx Knight Order launches an attack, victory will be within their grasp!

They were further emboldened by their status as reinforcements, and since entering the Border Prince’s Territory, they constantly displayed such arrogance.

Baron Grant had been vexed by this reckless fellow several times, and immediately said, "Since that’s the case, then you shall go to battle. Setting up a camp on this mountain was your Black Lynx Knight Order’s tactic. Do you not claim to have the ability to trap and kill the enemy on their advance?"

Joseph detected the anger in Baron Grant’s words, but he didn’t care at all. As the Leader of the famous Black Lynx Knight Order, his position could be considered equivalent to that of a Count within the Empire. At least in terms of noble status, many recognized this, with the position of Grand Leader of the Imperial Knight Order being roughly equal to that of a secular lord.

He was entirely indifferent to the attitude of a baron, and said with fervor, "Then dispatch a fleet to take us over! I refuse to believe that an army from a Border Development Territory can manage mountains and seas—do everything. The honor will belong to our Black Lynx Knight Order!"

Soon, Su Li witnessed behind Rapids Castle, where numerous fleets sailed upstream and stopped at the edge of the valley, deploying hundreds of elite knights and a large number of Armed Attendants from their massive warships.

As the territory of the Mannan Church, the Blue Mirror Territory clearly had a well-developed maritime and shipbuilding industry, with an impressive scale of warships, deploying over 20 large ships in one action.

Su Li and Orstein stood on a low hill not far east of the battle line, which was also the camp of the Hesse Territory troops, providing a clear view of the enemy’s actions.

Seeing this, he clicked his tongue and exclaimed, "The enemy truly dares to engage in battle, commendable courage, hahaha."

Regarding outdoor engagements, he had full confidence in the Sun Goddess Church’s knights, naturally welcoming such a situation.

Marshal Orstein also wore a look of delight, saying, "Since we engaged in battle, this fleet has always hidden behind Rapids Castle, featuring in every surprise attack. Perhaps this time, we can seize it in a single stroke, greatly enhancing our maritime capabilities."

As they talked, the battlefield ahead had already erupted into fierce combat.

The battlefield’s scenario was even more fantastical than the war with the Green Dragon, not least because of the latitude of the engagements! Previously, human knights waged war against kobolds and Tree-men mainly on the ground. But this time, the battle raged not only on the ground but also on slopes, highlands, and even cliffs.

In an instant, the battle moved from the plains to the mountains, aligning better with the combat characteristics of the dwarves and the Black Lynx Knight Order.

This excited Su Li greatly, making him realize all the more deeply that humans were by no means the sole protagonists in this world, and even military warfare could not be fixed from a singular perspective.

From a human’s perspective, how could cliffs and precipices be fields of battle?

But based on the ability of the Dwarf Rangers, Combat Rams, and Black Lynx Knight Order, both sides indeed possessed such capabilities. The Black Lynx Knight Order, also known as the Black Mountain Cat Knight Order, excelled not merely in mountaineering but truly in mountain warfare, a simple description doesn’t suffice.

They truly could climb cliffs, maneuver nimbly among steep rocks, and deliver lethal strikes to their foes.

Simultaneously, they did not forsake their advantages as humans. Upon reaching the valley, they immediately divided their forces in two: one attack with their allies on the cliffs against the dwarves and siege engines, while the other directly arranged into formation, a black tide sweeping towards the Religious Holy Image at the mountain’s foot, aiming for a decisive blow against the dwarves’ reinforcements.

Joseph jumped into the river, laughing wildly and arrogantly: "Bastards, today you shall witness the power of our Black Lynx Knight Order. I heard that the dwarfs hold honors in high regard? I’ll shave each and every one of your beards clean!"

His arrogance was justified; the dwarves on the mountain were heavily surrounded, attacked from all sides, besieged on all fronts, perfectly embodying the phrase ’no way to the heavens, no door to the earth’.

The Black Lynx Knight Order didn’t even need to launch a fierce offensive; simply besieging them would suffocate these dwarves.

As the Commander-in-Chief of the Ranger forces, Dorglin also felt his blood boil and shouted, "The blood of the mountains cannot let humans belittle our axes! Those damned mountain cats are betting that we can’t take the camps on the mountains. Now charge with me, storm the camp in one go, the brood of cat pups behind are of little concern!"

With his roar, the dwarves on the mountain let out a resounding battle cry, and over thirty Dwarf Rangers threw off their cumbersome armor, wore only linen, and wrapped their beards around their sturdy waists, roaring as they launched their assault.

They wielded firearms and carried war axes, moving swiftly through the mountains, swinging from ropes several times to reach the Five Miles Secret Gate, the steepest and narrowest passage in front of the Right Bank Camp.