Book 10: Chapter 35
The soldiers raised the guns in their hands up high, looked to the valley in front and roared. I sat atop my horse as and looked at the fury on their face. I shouted, “Do you still remember the humiliation we suffered a few days ago? We suffered our first night raid. I cannot accept that sort of random defeat. It was our fault for being conceited that time, but that won’t happen this time. Show the barbarians of the North our true strength this time!”
“For the alliance!!”
“Attack!”
“For the alliance!!”
The soldiers began to march, causing the entire valley to quake. The horses neighed as the men forced them to advance. They dragged cannons across the ice and snow to enter the valley.
I looked at the tall mountains on both sides of the valley. The two mountains were the most common snowy mountains in the North. At the top was a thick layer of snow. Below the lower layer of the snowy mountains were dead plants. The two mountains created a narrow space between them, so my army had no means of spreading out, thereby hampering my ability to use my numbers advantage.
The mountains on both sides were extremely steep. I didn’t rule out the possibility of a route allowing one to come down from above, but I couldn’t have my main force use it even if such a route did exist, since it was pointless to send a small team.
However, there was a benefit that we could derive from it. The panthers couldn’t attack us from the rear given those conditions. Of course, I didn’t believe that they would try and use a sneak attack on us with their small numbers. I wouldn’t wait anymore or alter my plan if they did launch a sneak attack. If they attacked us from the rear, I would just concentrate on capturing the wall.
The city doors Ling Yue spoke of finally appeared in front of us. The wall stunned me a bit. The wall was completely wrapped up with vines that resembled Japanese ivy.