Outside Flying Swallow City

Meanwhile, while Zhou Xu busied himself studying the Words of Truth and making hot-air balloons, Xie Liancheng and the others in Xianyang City had already received two more carrier-pigeon letters from Long Aotian in succession.

Needless to say, they were all cries of misery.

According to Yan Sheng's original requirements, all carrier pigeons were to be held by the imperial court. Privately raising carrier pigeons was a crime equivalent to treason.

Now that Xianyang City had been seized by them and Liu Jiefang had already declared his allegiance, naturally, no one could possibly send Long Aotian any news.

Still unaware that Xianyang City had fallen, Long Aotian guarded the meager food supplies in Flying Swallow City, and with every passing day, the pressure weighing on him continued to mount.

Although the carrier-pigeon letter sent from Xianyang City earlier had mentioned that food and supplies were already being prepared for them,

Long Aotian, who waited and waited without receiving anything, could only grit his teeth and continue sending carrier-pigeon letters.

Regarding this situation, Xie Liancheng followed Zhou Xu's arrangements and soothed him with the excuse, "We're already preparing the food. These are extraordinary times, and gathering supplies isn't easy. You'll have to be more understanding."

This excuse worked. Twelve days passed in the blink of an eye. Traveling from Xianyang City to Flying Swallow City, the main force would take roughly eight or nine days.

Let's count it as nine days. From the moment Long Aotian's first appeal for aid arrived, it would take them roughly twenty-one days to reach the outskirts of Flying Swallow City with their main force.

That was nearly a week beyond the half-month deadline, ensuring that by the time they arrived, Flying Swallow City would be virtually out of food and ammunition.

With this plan in