Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 202: Roadblock Robbery
Three armies were simultaneously led by three famous generals; General Liu Jian of Divine Might commanded eighty thousand troops to attack the left flank; General Yang Lie of Heavenly Might led eighty thousand troops to strike the right flank; and General Chen Yuhua, the Loyal and Brave General, commanded one hundred thousand troops to charge down the center!
The three armies, under the command of three great generals, mobilized a total of two hundred and forty thousand soldiers at once. This military action by Great Zhao was indeed enormous, especially since it was early winter, and the weather had suddenly turned bitterly cold. The military actions of Great Zhao could be described as reckless!
Iron Cloud Venus City and Cross Cloud Pass both sounded alerts! Battle reports came rushing in!
However, this time, due to the death of Tie Shicheng, Iron Cloud was engulfed in grief, and the military actions of Great Zhao ignited a wave of fighting spirit within the Iron Cloud Nation!
The people's desire for battle was unprecedentedly fervent!
Iron Dragon City, stationed at the border, couldn’t return for the funeral! Under the immense pressure from Great Zhao, they were busy mobilizing troops and resources.
Amidst the surging public sentiment in Iron Cloud City, the funeral of their monarch, Tie Shicheng, approached!
Cheng Yunhe felt a sense of desperation: when one reaches the end of the road, hope appears unexpectedly.
Tie Shicheng's death shocked Cheng Yunhe, leaving him unprepared; he knew that with Tie Shicheng gone, the plans with Diwu Qingrou were thoroughly disrupted, and everything had to be redeployed from scratch.
But there was also a major advantage: he could finally leave the city!
The blockades during these past few days had left Cheng Yunhe feeling suffocated. Unable to send messages or leave the city, he watched anxiously as days passed. Yin Wufa, after using the Dream Soul Elixir, was like a corpse sitting there, driving him to despair!
With multiple searches occurring several times a day, Cheng Yunhe not only dared not act but, out of necessity, had to kill the invisible falcons he used for communication. Because… the slightest flutter of their wings could endanger his life and the lives of everyone with him!
Losing contact was better than losing his life!
Now, with Tie Shicheng's death, the curfew had finally been lifted.
Cheng Yunhe finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to apply for a leave to exit the city. After arriving, he specifically purchased many local specialties of Iron Cloud, particularly those that had a short shelf life and were prone to spoilage.
Almost all the officials of Iron Cloud City were too busy with the monarch's funeral to care about such trivial matters. Cheng Yunhe's application to leave the city was, indeed, approved. Without wasting a moment, he quickly gathered everyone, escorting a long train of horse-drawn carriages, and left through the South City Gate.
He was finally out!
As Cheng Yunhe stepped out of Iron Cloud City, he couldn't help but look up and take several deep breaths of the snowflakes still drifting down from the sky. During these past few days in Iron Cloud City, he felt as if he was suffocating. It was almost unbearable.
Now, stepping outside the city felt like a bird flying free from its cage.
From now on, as long as Chu King of Hell is in Iron Cloud City, I will never return!
Cheng Yunhe silently vowed!
Starved of opportunities, but Chu King of Hell had completely blocked every path for him! He had directly sealed off all routes!
When Cheng Yunhe arrived in Iron Cloud City, the Dark Demon Clan had already been used up by Chu King of Hell and had left.
He had swung a fist at nothing. As for finding other officials to leverage connections... Cheng Yunhe didn’t even dare to think about it. From the moment he arrived, he could tell that every official in Iron Cloud City was anxious and fearful. Once their identities were exposed, they might not even need Chu King of Hell's order to be torn apart by those officials, only to have their bodies offered to Chu King of Hell as a declaration of loyalty...