Legend of the Great Sage Chapter 1211 - The Million-strong Army

The west wind was fierce, filling the sky with sand and dimming the red sun.

Outside Xuanwu city, the military camp stretched for several hundred kilometers. Soldiers came and went, like ants on an anthill.

Zhang Yuntian stood on the city walls and leaned against the battlements. His gaze seemed to see everything through the sand.

He asked without looking back, “How many soldiers have we gathered so far?”

“Alliance leader, a hundred and fifty thousand,” said the leader of the Abstruse temple.

“It’s not enough. Before the decisive battle begins, we need a million bold warriors.”

“Many people refuse to fight against the hero king. It’ll be difficult to provide them with provisions too.”

“Make the clans and sects think of ideas themselves. Whether it’s through offering great rewards or forcibly recruiting men, I want an army of no less than a million. They have to bring their own provisions as well. It’ll be enough as long as we last through that day of ‘Great Snow’.”

Great Snow—great was synonymous with heavy, so it was the day of heavy snow!

TL: The day of “Great Snow”, which also corresponds to the seventh day of the twelfth month on the lunar calendar, is one of the thirty-six Chinese solar terms. You can read more about them here.

The seventh day of the twelfth month was the day of the decisive battle.

“But if the demon king doesn’t answer the challenge, the million-strong army will be useless.”

The leader of the Abstruse temple’s face was filled with worry. As long as Li Qngshan delayed it by a few days, the army of a million soldiers would immediately collapse due to a lack of provisions. It would even lead to a backlash on Xuanwu city.

“He will come, and he will be neither early nor late!”

Zhang Yuntian gazed at the distant north. For the sake of this day, he had spent sixteen entire years in preparation.

“The Abstruse temple will obviously provide the alliance leader with its full support, but what if the leaders of the other clans and sects object?”

“Threaten them or tempt them. Anything is fine. If that’s not enough, kill

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