During the ten hours of negotiations, the encirclement of the Furnace Fortress remained unchanged, but outside this circle, the Tang Army redefined what advancing speed means in those ten hours.
The 3rd Corps suddenly activated a speeding mode; once the 3rd Armored Army crossed the Port River, they never stopped advancing.
Strauss's troops advanced at an average speed of over 30 kilometers per hour, occupying a series of important cities in a way that nearly scattered the entire unit.
The resistance from the dwarfs has completely collapsed, and the Tang Army encountered no resistance at the dwarf cities they reached. Civilians nervously watched the Tang Army enter the cities, while the Tang Army had no energy to disturb civilians with no resistance intentions.
