Outside Heaven's End Pass, at the allied forces' encampment.
Though the allied forces had won victory after victory, forcing the Yellow Heaven Army to hole up inside Heaven's End Pass, their military preparations had not slackened in the slightest. Inside and outside the camp, countless armored soldiers stood clad in sturdy armor and gripping sharp weapons, taking shifts around the clock to patrol day and night without the slightest lapse.
Outside the camp, watchtowers had been erected every three hundred meters, stretching all the way to within five li of Heaven's End Pass.
These watchtowers likewise operated in three shifts, with three armored soldiers stationed atop each one to prevent any nighttime raid on the camp.
Indeed, the allied forces had won battle after battle. From any angle, the Yellow Heaven Army did not have the slightest chance to turn things around. But that did not stop Huo Zicheng from treating the enemy with the utmost seriousness.
Huo Zicheng might have been a second-generation scion of power, but he was by no means incompetent. Just like that imperial uncle in the Divine Capital who sought to steal the realm—one could call him disloyal, unkind, and unjust, but never foolish. A fool could not possibly command the court.
Though Huo Zicheng was that man's son, had he been incompetent, he could never have been entrusted with such heavy responsibility.
Thus, even with victory already in their grasp, the allied encampment had still been forged by Huo Zicheng into something as impregnable as an iron barrel.
Yet while the camp's inner and outer defenses were tightly guarded, its very center was filled with daily song and dance.
Ever since the uprising began, whether after a few days or several dozen, grand banquets were always held in the army to entertain the various