Rumble!
An army too vast to count was besieging a city.
Dense volleys of arrows rained down toward it without cease.
But the city's defensive formation had risen, keeping every arrow outside.
"Kill!"
"Attack! A handsome reward for the first man onto the walls!"
Great rewards always drew brave men.
At once.
The assault grew even fiercer.
"Hold them off! The Imperial Court's reinforcements will be here any moment. These mere rebels cannot breach the city!" Standing atop the walls, Fang Jin gazed down at the densely packed army and raised his arm, shouting to bolster morale.
He could also see the banners raised by the enemy.
The Southwind Army!
The Falling Moon Army!
This was the allied rebel army of Southwind Prefecture and Falling Moon Prefecture. Its strength needed no explanation.
Fortunately.
The Imperial Court had begun preparing as soon as the rebels started gathering troops.
Every city bordering rebel territory had therefore received a heavy garrison, turning them into iron fortresses and leaving no opening for a breakthrough.
However—
Looking at the army below, so densely packed that its numbers were impossible to estimate, Fang Jin had little confidence that he could hold the city.
"Central Province hasn't seen war for thousands of years!"
Suddenly, he sighed.
Central Province had not experienced war in thousands of years.
Many of the troops stationed here had never been tempered by battle either.
Though supplied with abundant resources of every kind, they might not actually measure up to the elite soldiers of other prefectures.
Given the current situation.
Fang Jin was worried, but not enough to lose his composure.
What truly concerned him were the powerful cultivators backing the two prefectures' allied army.
Just then.
The Storage Ring on Fang Jin's finger grew warm. He immediately took out a Communication Jade