This stretch of mountain road, every step seemed to extend indefinitely, with the horse hooves clinking and clanking on the stones. Yet, when General Wen Sheng emerged from this part of the road, despite the sweat soaking his back, nothing had happened.
Not until everyone in the troop had exited the valley did anything occur—the sunlight pierced through gaps in the mountains, casting light on the soldiers' faces, gaunt with unease and utterly exhausted.
General Wen Sheng fell into deep thought. By now, pondering the Eastern Border Army soldiers who had led the way was futile; if the enemy possessed such capability, even if those were really Eastern Border Army soldiers, what significance would that have?
Thus, General Wen Sheng immediately decided to reach the Eastern Border as quickly as possible and have the people there notify all the forces of the Wen Family to be wary of this suddenly emerged enemy force.
