The two sides temporarily ceased hostilities and returned to their respective camps to rest.
Guan Yu ordered Guan Ping and Huo Jun to inspect the defenses and guard strictly against the Yuan Army seizing the pass under cover of night.
However, nothing happened that night.
Early the next morning, Ma Chao once again came before the pass to challenge them.
Huo Jun earnestly advised Guan Yu, "Yesterday's battle was enough to display Your Lordship's tiger-like might. The Yuan Army must be plotting something. Please reconsider, Your Lordship!"
Guan Yu glared and rebuked him, "I gave my word last night. How can I break faith and go back on my promise? Would that not make it seem as though I feared Ma Chao?"
Ignoring Huo Jun after saying this, he donned his armor, mounted his horse, and once again led five hundred Blade Guards into battle, leaving Guan Ping below and Huo Jun above to guard the pass.
"The view from atop Jiameng Pass is completely different from below, huh."
Li Shuyi remarked in the Team Channel.
"Looking down from above, of course it is different. Holding the high ground is especially important for ranged troops."
Bai Xiaowen chatted idly for a moment, then said, "I'll look for an opportunity. Be ready to act at any time."
Both Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi were dressed in the armor of Liu Bei's Army soldiers.
Their position was, astonishingly, atop the battlements of Jiameng Pass! Huo Jun was only a few dozen meters away from them.
The two of them had blended into Liu Bei's Army during the final small-scale melee yesterday evening, when Guan Yu and Ma Chao had fought fiercely.
Bai Xiaowen's plan had been to lure Guan Yu into battle so the Awakened could take the opportunity to infiltrate