After Ning Xiaochuan led the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion into the Outer City, the Four Old Ancestors of the Sword Pavilion Marquis's Mansion and Chen Jiuxuan left the army, slipping away quietly toward the entrance of the underground secret passage.
The Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion numbered over a thousand men. Four or five people leaving midway would hardly attract any notice at all.
Rumble!
The thunder of hooves rose.
Ning Xiaochuan led the soldiers of the Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion in a mighty advance toward the "Diqian City Region."
The section of city wall breached by the White Fox Old Ancestor was located in the "Diqian City Region."
The Diqian City Region was the entrance into the Imperial City and also the place where rebel forces were most densely concentrated. They had erected camps there, with many rebel experts stationed on guard, precisely to prevent the imperial army from retaking the Diqian City Region.
The imperial army had attacked more than ten times, yet they had failed even to breach the first layer of defenses in the Diqian City Region. Instead, they had suffered countless casualties. Three marquises had even fallen as a result, their heads severed by the rebels and hung atop a tall tower in the Diqian City Region.
To reclaim the Diqian City Region was simply harder than ascending to heaven.
Yet if they did not retake the Diqian City Region, the rebels would continue pouring into the Imperial City without end, placing the Imperial City at an even greater disadvantage.
"The Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion has moved!"
"The Dragon Elephant Divine Martial Battalion has finally moved!"
Cheers like a tidal wave erupted through the streets and alleys of the Outer City. Countless people were wildly excited. The imperial court's strongest military