That day, a cloudless sky stretched for ten thousand miles. The blazing sun hung high, and fierce winds howled.
The Imperial Allied Forces marshaled their banners and drums, then marched in a mighty procession to Tiger Prison Mound outside Jialing Pass. A hundred thousand soldiers stood in orderly ranks and files, a surging sea of heads.
The hundred thousand soldiers surrounded Tiger Prison Mound's gates so tightly that not even a bird could escape.
"Listen up, you remnants of the Spirit Hall Empire on the walls! Marshal Ge Long knows life has not been easy for you and offers you a chance to abandon evil and return to the righteous path! Open your gates and surrender now, and your lives will be spared! If you persist in your folly and refuse to surrender, the day these walls fall will be the day you die!"
Below Tiger Prison Mound, a herald shouted up at the Spirit Hall Empire's soldiers on the battlements.
Clearly, the Imperial Allied Forces understood that Tiger Prison Mound was not far from Jialing Pass. Any siege would inevitably bring reinforcements from the pass, so they intended to try persuading the defenders to surrender first. Otherwise, even if they stormed the walls, they might end up killing a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of their own.
"This! ... What are we supposed to do?"
The Spirit Hall Empire's soldiers on the battlements trembled at the sight of the vast sea of allied troops below. They could not conceal the panic on their faces.
The commander defending the battlements was Cardinal Su Yuntao, and at that moment, he felt rather lost.
Su Yuntao's individual strength was considerable; otherwise, he would not have risen to the rank of cardinal within the past few years. But personal strength