The Blessed (Book 5)

1355 - 1370

1355. Under Siege (2)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad

As early as seven days ago, he had guessed that Qing and Xi would unite, and sent a letter to the northern barbarians early on, asking the Khan to send troops to hold back the Xi Kingdom, so that they could solve the Qing Kingdom and then come back to deal with the Xi Kingdom together. In this way, unifying the world would be just around the corner!

"As long as Your Majesty gave the order, I had it sent to the northern barbarians."

General Chen bowed respectfully. Although they also looked down on the northern barbarians, they were indeed obedient dogs, which was undeniable.

"That's good. It's your show time next."

After receiving a satisfactory answer, Qi Liancheng stopped talking. Tianmen Pass was the first and strongest barrier of the Dong Kingdom. He didn't think that the allied forces of Qing and Xi could break through it.

As long as the northern barbarians sent troops, it would be their turn to attack.

"General Chen and General Xiao, you two go prepare for the war. The rest of you follow me to the city tower to have a look!"

Zhou Sheng nodded and quickly made arrangements. His black eyebrows were tightly knitted into a ball, and his fists were still tightly clenched where others could not see.

"Got it."

The two generals named by the emperor clenched their fists and left with the orders. Qi Liancheng also stood up. Zhou Sheng hurriedly walked around to his front and bowed, "Your Majesty, swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Please stay here and wait for the good news."

Although he had also been a brave general before he ascended the throne, he was now the emperor. And... Looking at the wound on his hand, if he had any accident, they couldn't afford it.

"It's fine. I also want to see how powerful their combined forces are!"

Not accepting his good intention, Qi Liancheng walked straight out of the room, and Zhou Sheng had to follow up with the others after a brief struggling.

The walls of the Tianmen pass were much higher and stronger than ordinary walls. On the walls, thousands of people were waiting for the order to shoot arrows. The armies of the two kingdoms were rapidly and orderly assembled tens of meters away from the city gates. Looking at the blue sky and white clouds, the endless rows of iron-clad lions were in a magnificent and aggressive manner. The commander flags of Yan and Sikong were fluttering in the wind. In the rear of the cavalry camp, Yan Shengrui, Ling Jingxuan, Sikong Cheng and his man and Sikong Hao were all wearing armor and sitting on tall horses. Although they were under the city and should be inferior in their morality than the other side, their momentum gave people a sense of dissonance that they were on the top of the clouds and looking down on all living things! That kind of natural momentum seemed to be imprinted in their bones, radiating from the inside out. The five people's sharp eyes passed through hundreds of thousands of people and directly fixed on the city tower of Tianmen Pass. The general, who took the order to guard the city, felt shuddering.

"How long will it take for the soldiers to gather?"

The reason they had not taken a move was that their hundreds of thousands of troops had not yet assembled. Although the front was densely dotted with their soldiers, the rear troops were still far away.

"At least an hour!"

Yan Shengrui answered without thinking.

Their vanguard and left and right wing troops totaled around 350,000, while Sikong Hao's vanguard troops were 300,000. The combined army was more than 600,000 people, and it would take a lot of time to assemble.