Xu Yang still only shook his head.
"Why, are those two old acquaintances of yours from Dao-Suppressing Pass, Adviser Jiang?"
Then Xu Yang asked the question.
"Yes, more or less."
Jiang Qingran answered with her gaze slightly lowered.
That had happened about half a month ago.
Now, Jiang Qingran was still standing atop the city wall, gazing out at the wilderness beyond it.
Over the past year, Mountain Pass had suffered another seven attacks from the Outer Dao.
None of those seven attacks had been particularly large, and this clearly ran somewhat counter to the patterns of Outer Dao encroachment established over the past three thousand years.
When the human army began showing signs of exhaustion, Outer Dao encroachment would usually grow ever fiercer. Only when the human army put up stubborn resistance, or even pushed the defensive line forward, would the ferocity of the Outer Dao's onslaught ease slightly.
The current situation undoubtedly defied common sense.
"Adviser Jiang."
Just then, an unfamiliar voice suddenly came from behind Jiang Qingran.
Jiang Qingran turned around and found a one-eyed officer standing behind her. He wore gray-silver armor, looked about forty, and had several scars on his face.
His distinctive missing eye quickly told Jiang Qingran who he was.
Shen Ce, deputy commander of the Hundred Battles Battalion of the Far East Army's 4th Composite Legion.
Rumor had it that, during the recent fighting along the Sevenfold Pass front, Deputy Commander Shen had led the rear guard. When confusion and unrest broke out during the army's retreat, he had stubbornly bought them enough time. Almost single-handedly, through his courage and decisiveness, he had ensured the safe withdrawal of a million soldiers.
Shen Ce had also fought with great valor, suffering more than thirty wounds across his body and losing an eye in