As the Three Great Generals and the Twelve Ancestral Dragon-Guards dove down from the northern cliff rim with their weapons blazing, they were completely confident that the two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers camped at the ends of Whispering-Iron Gorge would stay out of their way.
After all, they were the supreme military commanders of the Imperial Capital acting under Emperor Huang Long's personal projection!
However, in their haste to charge down the cliff, General Lei Zhen, General Shi Kui, and General Hun Tian had overlooked one fatal detail about what had been happening in the northern encampment two miles up the gorge road!
