Chapter 415 - Defending the City (2/2)

The other four nations surrounding the Xiaoyao Lake, nadoms, had fordoeneral to marshal its troops while its prince remained with the other soldiers Before they even reached the border of the Stone Kingdo Dou, anted to defect

It just happened that the three of they

The general felt that he had too few soldiers and that did not suit his troops to take the capital of the Stone Kingdoe at their border in usual battle formations and to spread the news that the coalition forces would give the king of the Stone Kingdom special treat the surrender of their eneeful He felt that the Stone Kingdo to the royal fa clan Now that it was forcibly taken away from him, he wanted to use all means necessary to seize it back—even if it ca pro that the citizens of the Stone Kingdo lost their sense of loyalty toward the royal fa clan in the city; if the coalition forces attacked quickly enough, they would be able to seize the capital without even fighting, as the city gates would be opened for thedo about the Princess of the Stone Kingdom As such, he did not wish to transfer rulershi+p of the Stone Kingdodo e its mind and allow hiht of the Kang Kingdom

The three of the the prime opportunity to attack They finally came to a conclusion that they would divide the army into two: one half of it would attack the capital while the other seize the other towns and settley that was eventually proven to be co

When the first half of the army advanced to a spot about more than 15 kilodoates not opened to welcome the arrival of the coalition forces, the defenders were standing guard over the city walls and their strength increasing everyday As of now, they nu that of the invaders

Yang Dou was extremely disappointed at the turn of events and therefore personally wrote dozens of letters urging the supporters of the Yang clan toarchers to attach theht

He got his answer the nextout of the city; the victi clan as well as people ere known publicly to be its supporters

After that incident, Yang Dou’s standing in the coalition army diminished to ‘dispensible’

The other half of the coalition ardom and noticed that all the toere uninhabited; the citizens only left their houses and bulky ite soldiers realized that there were no riches for thean to burn down all the infrastructure they encountered

News of the invaders’ actions spread to the capital and gave Zhong Heng’s cause a huge boost as the citizens of the Stone Kingdo a wait and see attitude, developed a coht up the idea of surrender again

As both sides were evenly e their enemy in a decisive battle outside the castle walls, in the hope that they could crush the invaders in one blow

Zhong Heng h the arrown in nuh and there was a low possibility of theed their enemy brashly If they lost the battle, the ht would iround and ordered his troops to maintain their defensive posture

It took an entire ed to meet up By that tidom did not have any plans to surrender to thein to attack the city

The siege lasted for more than half a year

Once news of the de and the entire ardo did not allow himself to believe that He decided to place all his stakes on his hunch and miraculously, his resoluteness moved many people The citizens of this small piece of land were the only ones in the entire Western Region to fir was still not dead and that he was gatheringback to rescue their nation

During the siege, there were many instances whereby the coalition forces had the intention to retreat, but the Golden Roc Fort was on an unstoppable raion and the speed of its expansion caught everyone by surprise As such, the other four kingdo the Xiaoyao Lake knew that their status as the Supre’s allies would soon be di his slaves; even their eventual sovereignty, albeit in naround

The fact that the coalition forces were no longer fighting to get more benefits for their respective nations but on behalf of the Supreers, but it was also for this reason that they did not dare to surrender for no good reason

Life was not rosy inside the city as well As the war dragged on, the supplies of the defenders grew lesser and provisions had to be rationed out everyday Even so, it only kept them half full and their morale had also hit rock bottom It was only because of their Prime Minister’s iron fist that none of them dared to surrender

After a fewsent a new Coe He sue waves of attacks

It got harder trying to defend the capital and even Zhong Heng began to doubt that the Stone Kingdoan to think that the Dragon King was either dead or never returning back to the Western Region again

It was at this moment that the new Co a letter It ritten with unprecedented civility and friendliness towards the defenders, praising the tenacity of Pridoenerous terates and surrender now, the Stone Kingdo would also be guaranteed to remain in his current post by the Golden Roc Fort As for the citizens of the Stone Kingdos and not receive any punishment

These were incredible ter the King and the Prime Minister Once the contents of the letter were ‘unintentionally’ er from the coalition forces, support for i iotiations

Meanwhile, news that the Dragon King was leading his arion was kept under a strict gag order by the coalition forces outside the city walls