Audrick City, North Sea Province, Kingdom of Skelly, had high walls and treacherous terrain, making it easy to defend and hard to attack.
Three hundred thousand Kingdom of Skelly troops had spent three months launching seventeen fierce assaults. After suffering tens of thousands of casualties, they still failed to take the city, and had no choice but to besiege it instead, forcing the fifty thousand Parambria Kingdom troops defending the city to come out and surrender.
On the city wall, Elad, legion commander of the Parambria Kingdom's Losa Legion, stood on the lookout platform, watching the endless stretch of camps in the distance with a grave expression.
The crushing defeat eight months ago had cost them the initiative in the war.
Now their million-strong army could only remain trapped in North Sea Province and Noir Province, waiting for support from within the kingdom.
But the Kingdom of Skelly's navy was no pushover either. Though a third of its naval forces had been annihilated at the start of the war, it had soon recovered and regrouped, using surprise attacks to constantly wear down the Parambria Kingdom's transport ships.
"How much food is left in the city?"
Hearing this, the deputy general standing at his side answered, "Legion Commander, the food in the city can still sustain our army for one month."
"What if we follow the lowest standard?"
"It can last another half month."
Hearing that amount of time, Elad fell silent.
"General, this subordinate has a method that can increase our military rations." A thin young officer stepped forward, bent, and saluted.
Elad's gaze was still fixed on the distance as he said, "Speak."
"Use the Skelly people in the city as food. We can hold out for at least another six months. By then, the kingdom will surely have