Gouyao Tianhuang no longer held any hope of holding Chichang City. He was considering how long he could hold out here.
With his younger brother Goushi Tianhuang's crushing defeat, he too would face encirclement. How long could he hold out surrounded by two armies? Moreover, he knew he could no longer receive support from the Vice Minister.
He already knew of the Vice Minister's plan to turn and attack the mainland's heartland, though he also hoped the Vice Minister's actions could draw away the forces besieging him. He wondered whether those forces would withdraw, and whether he could hold out until the Vice Minister launched his attack.
He had no confidence in this whatsoever. As he watched the Allied Army surrounding the entire city outside, his eyes were filled with worry.
He did not know how he could stall until the Vice Minister's surprise attack succeeded.
After mustering his army, Steward Minister Niulang Cheerdan prepared to take the field personally for this surprise attack. He would directly command five hundred thousand troops in the operation.
He also placed two hundred thousand reserve troops under the command of his trusted Mochuan Neiku. He strictly ordered Mochuan Neiku to march on the Mainland Allied Army's Lingxi Mountain base on the third day after his departure.
Defense of the Main Island nominally fell under the Cult Leader's command, but actual command was handed to Divine Envoy Jingbian Jiro, one of his own loyal followers.
Once everything was arranged, Niu Langchedan led five hundred thousand Cult Disciples toward Lingxi Mountain on the mainland.
Before setting out, he dispatched a vanguard of ten thousand cultivators at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm to slaughter every Cultivator and high-level Demon Beast encountered along the way, leaving no chance for even a scrap of intelligence to leak