Just as the Beiliang troops outside the border were sending messages back, preparing to launch a real siege.
Inside Tianxiong Pass, within Colonel Palace.
The local Colonels Wei Zhong and Qi Tian, along with their two deputy generals, sat silently in the conference hall, their eyes showing signs of fatigue.
For several days, they had not rested day or night, either stationed on the city wall or in discussion within the Colonel Palace.
The attacks from the Beiliang army just outside had kept them fully on guard, their nerves strained.
As the warfare progressed, they increasingly felt that the conflict would soon escalate.
The probing by the Beiliang army outside the pass would end soon, and a full assault on the city was imminent; then, it would be a real battle of blood.
Yet now, the Heavenly General Qi Tian, who oversees Tianxiong Pass, has not been seen for days.
