"Pass on my command! The entire army is to accelerate its defensive preparations! All officers and soldiers, take up your battle positions at once! Full alert!"
"String the bows, draw the blades! Prepare to repel the Blood-Clad Army's assault!"
With the command issued, all of Watershed Ridge Pass instantly tightened. The soldiers who had been methodically setting up fortifications immediately hastened their movements. Footsteps, the clash of armor, and the sound of weapons leaving their sheaths intertwined, filling the air with the heavy stench of war.
Luo Qian stood at the highest point of the pass, his brows still drawn tight, his expression grave beyond measure.
The deputy general approached Luo Qian with a dejected look, his tone carrying a trace of despondency. "It seems General Yue Jian's arrangements may come to nothing after all."
"Since the Blood-Clad Army already knows our location and our strategy, they will surely bypass Lulong Pass and send their main force straight for this pass."
"If we had known this would happen, we might as well have relied on Lulong Pass's defenses from the start. At least Lulong Pass has tall, sturdy walls—its defensive advantage far surpasses this pass's."
Luo Qian waved a hand, cutting him off. "More words are useless. Besides, things have not yet reached their worst point."
The deputy general looked utterly baffled and could not help asking, "General, this isn't bad enough? Do you think that after discovering our position, the Blood-Clad Army would still foolishly attack Lulong Pass?"
"How could that be possible? That would be putting the cart before the horse—straining themselves for no gain!"
"There are a full seventy thousand Donghu troops occupying Lulong Pass! Even if they thought with their toes, they would choose to go around it and charge straight at our pass, removing us—the