Thunder Rain City lay in the southwest of the Thunderfire Plains, forming a triangular balance with Earth Fire City and Moon Slash City that restrained the entire Thunderfire Plains.
The direction Liu Bai had chosen for this campaign happened to be where Thunder Rain City was located, so it would soon become a primary target of the Jiu You Guard.
By now, countless factions had gathered in Thunder Rain City. It could be said that nearly half of the Thunderfire Plains' forces had assembled here. Such a large-scale movement naturally could not escape Jiu You Palace's notice, so the Jiu You Guard army led by Liu Bai had already set up camp a hundred li outside Thunder Rain City.
Inside the main tent, Liu Bai sat at the head of the table. To his left were the Jiu You Guard led by Fang Lei, Qiu Shan, and the others, along with the Lion Tiger Mountain experts led by Liu Shi. To his right were the many Thunderfire Plains factions that had surrendered along the way. However, notably absent from that side were the Moon Slash City experts represented by Ye Yue...
"Commander, there are now a million troops stationed outside Thunder Rain City. Thunder Rain City's Lord Lei Wen, Earth Fire City's Lord Yan Kui, and other experts are holding the city. It seems they are determined to fight us to the death here."
After reading the intelligence gathered by the scouts, everyone's expressions turned grave.
Liu Shi was the first to speak in a deep voice.
"In terms of numbers, we have at most a hundred thousand troops, less than one-tenth of theirs. The disparity between our forces is obvious."
Liu Bai nodded but said nothing.
Their force of one hundred thousand had only been assembled after taking in