The Mine Outside the City

Meanwhile, after rushing out through the city gate on the opposite side and escaping for some distance, Long Zhantian looked back apprehensively at the border city, whose faint outline was still visible in the distance. His heart was also thrown into a storm of shock.

"Centaurs? Had that gang of mercenaries gotten involved?!"

The appearance of the centaurs had indeed caught him off guard, but the shock it gave him was far less than that of the Three-bow Ballistae, which had instantly blasted apart their wall watchtower and city gate.

Only after successfully escaping did he begin to mull the matter over.

"General, what do we do now?"

Along the way, the troops stationed at the other city gates had also come out to join him.

Although they had yet to conduct a count, he estimated that he now had around five hundred men in hand.

With so few troops, killing their way back was obviously impossible. He did not even dare linger here for long.

"Travel through the night! We must reach the next city as soon as possible!"

Their opponents had Centaur cavalry. The centaur race was not only excellent at pursuit, but also possessed night vision and could fight after nightfall.

At this point, Long Zhantian did not dare stop.

Early the next morning, the interrogation office sent over a report. They had already learned much of the information from Shang Xijun, so this was essentially just a process of verification.

When asked about troop strength, they knew the forces inside this city very clearly. However, the question of the empire's total military strength was obviously beyond their range of knowledge. These ordinary soldiers simply could not answer it.

There was, however, one piece of valuable information in the report.

"They said that twenty kilometers south of