With the supplies Xister Kingdom had left behind, the Two Rivers Legion had no chance of running short.
After taking Vorka City, the Two Rivers Legion could strengthen its defenses at leisure and use the city's fortifications to withstand enemy attacks.
Its task was simple: keep the enemy from retreating through Vorka City.
The Xister Kingdom Army then launched a massive assault on Vorka City.
At its peak, the Two Rivers Legion faced eight enemy legions at once, a force six times the size of the defenders.
But numbers did not necessarily mean strength, especially when the Xister Kingdom's forces had little coordination.
Their individual soldiers were still far weaker than those of the Two Rivers Legion. After four or five days of fierce assaults, the walls remained firmly in the defenders' hands. The Xister Kingdom Army could not even gain a foothold on them.
The cost was staggering. Between four days of siege warfare and the earlier attacks, the eight Xister Kingdom legions had lost nearly thirty thousand troops.
Almost fifteen percent of their total strength was gone—a devastating loss for the eight legions.
Even the main Xister Kingdom force, trapped and fighting the enemy, had not suffered casualties on that scale.
When the surrounded main force learned what was happening at Vorka City, its commanders were stunned. They had not expected the assault to make no progress after all this time.
The attackers' losses showed that the Xister Kingdom troops trying to open an escape route were not shirking their duty. They simply could not do it.
That realization gave Prince Yonitsa and Marquis Kayo, who were anxiously awaiting news of Vorka City's fall at the front, a serious headache. Their allies were trying; the enemy was just too strong.
Fortunately, although the surrounded Xister Kingdom main force