These six divisions were not stationed separately outside the pass as six independent forces, as they had been before.
This time, Dao-Suppressing Pass had given the 1056th Mixed Legion only one order: hold the mountain pass to the death.
The First and Sixth Armies occupied the eastern and western sides of the pass respectively, while the other four divisions were all gathered at its center.
While the Outer Dao had yet to launch an offensive, Huang Cheng's first order was to send the Third and Fourth Armies out of the pass to protect the craftsmen as they repaired and reinforced the defensive works within twenty li of the mountain pass.
These defensive works could provide an excellent buffer for the mountain pass's defenses.
And Huang Cheng knew very well that the most important thing was to fight for every minute and second.
Because no one knew when the Outer Dao might suddenly strike.
Today was the third day of the operation.
The senior commanders of Marshal Headquarters stood atop the walls.
Naturally, Jiang Qingran, the military adviser, was among them.
Outside the mountain pass lay a wasteland.
Although there were no corpses on the ground, from atop the walls, which rose a hundred and twenty zhang high, they could still see the dark red and charred black stains imprinted on the earth.
The dark red was blood.
As for the charred black-
Those were the ashes left behind after the bodies of fallen soldiers had been burned.
This war against the Outer Dao had been raging for more than three thousand years.
No one knew whether these marks on the earth were recent or had been left behind countless years ago.
Gazing into the distance from atop the walls, Jiang Qingran could make out the figures of the soldiers building