That night, Sun Yuantai spent the first half pondering where the road ahead lay. It was not until the latter half of the night that he finally fell into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile, after Zhao Cheng issued the military orders, the Heaven-Answering Army continued as it always had, no different from before in the slightest.
Naturally, this was to numb the enemy's vigilance.
As for information leaking from within, the current Heaven-Answering Army was as solid as an iron plate. After the orders were given, the camp's defenses had invisibly tightened severalfold. Even if there truly were spies at such a time, they would never dare make a move.
In such a special period, even the slightest suspicious action would result in immediate arrest, whether one was a spy or not.
In the latter half of the night, all the soldiers in the camp rose, yet did not leave. Instead, they silently ate and drank within the camp.
Afterward, they rested for more than half an hour. Only after replenishing their strength did they follow the ranks and quietly slip out of the camp.
By the time the soldiers on watch at Heaven's End Pass discovered the Heaven-Answering Army, the army was already only five hundred meters from the city.
Thus, as the ear-piercing clang of bronze gongs rang out from the walls, every defender stationed atop them was immediately mobilized.
At the same time, the Heaven-Answering Army had already pushed its cannons to the front, directly using firepower to suppress the enemy, leaving the defenders on the walls unable to even raise their heads for the moment.
Meanwhile, the siege ladders began advancing toward Heaven's End Pass.
In truth, during this period of siege warfare, it was not the first time the Heaven-Answering Army had climbed the walls. But