After the thirteen passes of Canyon Mountain Ancient Road fell, large numbers of nobles and merchants began fleeing east from Liebeck City.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Harvey Goffrey wore a grim expression. In five days, he had summoned the Garrison General eight times to discuss defensive measures.
In less than two months, Canyon Mountain Ancient Road had been completely lost. Given Liebeck City's terrain, easy to attack but hard to defend, he had to make plans early.
"Master, terrible news!"
A Butler rushed into the study, too hurried to bow as he delivered a letter to Harvey.
Harvey took the letter, opened it, and read it. His expression changed drastically.
Ghost Fox Pass was more than two hundred kilometers from Liebeck City. It contained forty-one large and small territories and a population of nearly three million, yet all of it had fallen in less than three days.
"Go summon General Fray."
"Yes, Master."
Before long, a bald, burly man entered the study. He beat his chest in salute and said, "City Lord, what are your orders?"
"General Fray, the enemy army will be at the gates within three days. Do you have any way to deal with them?"
Fray looked up at Harvey and answered, "City Lord, Liebeck City has only thirty thousand defenders, with fewer than ten thousand soldiers capable of fighting. Previously, General Warren, the commander at Canyon Mountain Ancient Road, took nearly a hundred thousand able-bodied young men. There are now fewer than sixty thousand able-bodied men in the city who can be used to defend it."
"Then Liebeck City has fewer than a hundred thousand defenders left." Harvey could not help rising to his feet, his face filled with horror.
Fray felt helpless toward this idiot of a superior, but he maintained a