Night fell, and the bright moon rose.
Wang Chen stood atop the city wall, gazing into the distance at the scattered bonfires of the Yan army camp several li away. A strange light flickered in his eyes.
He was using the Qi Gazing Technique to spy on the enemy camp.
A moment later, Wang Chen withdrew his gaze and said to Shangguan Wuji, who stood beside him, "It should be tomorrow."
His words seemed somewhat cryptic, yet Shangguan Wuji understood perfectly. "I'll handle Yan Xiaoyun. I'll leave the other two to you, Grand Protector!"
Under the current circumstances, Great Yan had been driven to the edge of a cliff. If they did not wish for their nation to perish and their people to be wiped out, taking Hanhai Pass was their only choice.
And the Yan army, which had come in full force, simply could not afford to drag things out.
Leaving aside supplies and provisions, once the Hanhai Army received support from the inner commanderies, taking this formidable pass would become harder than climbing to the heavens for the Yan army.
Therefore, they had to fight a swift battle and secure a swift victory.
In today's first battle, the Yan army had suffered a crushing loss. There was no way they would fail to learn from it.
Tomorrow, nine times out of ten, would be the day of the decisive battle!
By then, Great Yan's three great Martial Venerables would surely all move out to besiege Shangguan Wuji. As long as they dealt with the Hanhai Army Commander, Hanhai Pass would inevitably fall in a single battle.
Shangguan Wuji could certainly avoid battle. But without him to block those three sixth-tier Martial Venerables, they would be able to sweep across the pass walls and destroy all the siege-defense equipment.