Chapter 919 Reinforcements Arrived (Part One)
Rndounched fierce attacks against the forces of Bright Dynasty stationed at the Dragon Pass
continuously for many days and nights that Shawn started to grow exhausted in dealing with them.
Shawn decided to wait for them to get tired or run out of supplies, but it seemed like it would not
happen, as the morale of the soldiers from the Great Jade Kingdom were at an all-time high, mainly
because their emperor was fighting alongside them.
"General, with the Great Jade Kingdom continuously attacking us, I''m afraid our surviving men will die
of exhaustion, not of war violence," the deputy general said with great anxiety.
Shawn couldn''t be more aware of that. Furthermore, he had already tried to manage what he had: he
divided his soldiers into three teams and ordered them to fight on the battlefield alternately. But even
so, they still couldn''t stand the violent attacks from Rndo''s army. They were going to die if the
attacks didn''t stop.
"General! General! General!" one guard called out as he hurried upstairs. "The reinforcements are
here!"
"Reinforcements are here!" All of them breathed a collective sigh of relief. "How many soldiers came?"
Shawn asked.
"Well—two..." the messenger replied gingerly. He was telling the truth, though—only two people came.
And out of the two, one was a frail schr, who seemed like he would fall unconscious out of the blue
at any time. Such reinforcements were no use to them!
The tone of the deputy general turned from pleasant surprise to unmatched horror. "Wait, I might have
heard you wrong. Can you repeat what you just said? How many reinforcements came?"
"Two."
"What? What the hell! How would two people help us?!" the deputy general bellowed. He massaged his
temples in an attempt to calm his nerves down. "Is His Majesty crazy or what? Did he really send two
people as our support? Doesn''t he know that we are fighting against Emperor Rndo?"
"Who are they? Did you recognize any of them?" Shawn asked curiously. He was sure that his emperor
knew that Dragon Pass was in great danger, so even though only two people came, he felt that they
couldn''t not be underestimated. Somehow, somewhere deep inside him, he knew who the two might
be. He, however, doubted it as his emperor would be heartbroken if any of them was killed.
"A man with a servant by his side. He didn''t tell us who he was. He just asked me to give this note to
the general." The messenger promptly gave the note to Shawn.
Shawn opened it at once and read it carefully. Suddenly, a bemused smile appeared on his face. "I
didn''t expect that he would reallye. Now, we need not worry. With him around, we''ll defend this
ce for at least half a month!"
"What? General, who came?" the deputy general asked in confusion.
"Prime Minister Zack Bu."
Surprise appeared on the deputy general''s face and soon, his previously troubled visage outwardly
became relieved. Zack was an equivalent of a thousand—if not more—soldiers, and his presence
alone could up their morale at an all-time high. Shawn also revealed what was in the letter, saying:
"General Maxwell will arrive soon with a hundred thousand soldiers. Zack is asking us to hold on for a
while, and he is still preparing the weapons that would repeal the enemies."
"Weapons that would repeal the enemies?" At this, the deputy general''s eyes lit up, thinking that the
weapons Zack was referring to must be something like the explosives Shawn used a while back. He
then immediately barked an order, saying, "Jonny, lead a group of people and assist Prime Minister
Zack at once."
"Yes, deputy general."
Benjamin Wu was nowmanding the Great Jade Kingdom''s army towards the city gates in an
attempt to better organize their attacks against Bright Dynasty. His emperor was right—the number of
explosives Shawn had was limited, and it seemed like he had already used all of them up as he hadn''t
utilized it for the past few days. Now, what they needed to do was to sessfully break into Dragon
Pass before Shawn''s reinforcements arrived.
"General, something seems to be happening on the other side of Dragon Pass," Benjamin Wu''s
counsellor suddenly told him. "Do you think their reinforcement have already arrived?"
"That''s impossible. I just got information from our spies that their reinforcements are still hundreds of
miles away. We have already sent people to stop them. There is no way they''d be here this early."
"Is Prince Matthew back here, in Dragon Pass?" the counsellor deduced. He was a very cautious man,
and Rndo appreciated that. Because of that, Rndo ordered him to stay with Benjamin Wu to lend
him his counsel as he was a keen observer and had the ability to perceive even the smallest change in
the battlefield.
"Again, that''s impossible. If Matthew has already arrived, they would have opened the gates and fought
us. Hiding behind their gates like a coward isn''t exactly Matthew''s move," Benjamin Wu responded. He
clearly knew why his enemies were on the defense, stubbornly refusing to have a head-on fight against
them: they wanted to buy more time for their reinforcements. Though he, too, noticed that the enemy
soldiers seemed to be acting more confident abruptly, he believed that it was only because they
thought their reinforcements wereing soon. He wasn''t worried about that one bit, as he was sure
that they were killed before those reinforcements could reach Dragon Pass.
"Let''s wait and see. If there is an emergency, I suggest we withdraw the troops immediately," the
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Benjamin Wu didn''t answer, as he was starting to get annoyed by the counsellor''s abundance of
caution. His army had just positioned themselves below the city gates, ready to bust in any time. There
was no way he would withdraw the attacks they had nned a long time ago.
"Bring out the battering ram and attack the gates!" Benjamin ordered sternly. "Soldiers with armor and
shields, make sure that the ones handling the ram are protected. We will conquer Dragon Pass today!"
"Yes, general!"
The soldiers protected the ram and went straight to the gate. On the tower of the city, arrows were
flying all over the sky in order to prevent the ram from approaching. However, with the soldiers covering
for them, they could not stop the other soldiers holding the ram from moving forward.
The heavy stumps of the ram hit the city gate violently, making a loud noise. The tower suddenly
became quiet, and then buckets of wet things were thrown down from the tower.
"What is it?" "Is it raining?"
"No, it seems to be... The wood oil!"