Over time. . . This settlement became known to more people. . More caravans are coming. . .
Popularity is booming. . The demand around there is even greater. . . More fields, more fishing grounds, etc. . .
There are also some businessmen who go here specifically. . . Since it is a transit station. . I simply sell my goods here. . They are all for sale anyway. . . It doesn't matter where you sell it. . .
So the size of this settlement is compared to the original one. . Expanded more than ten times. . . . It became a huge city. . .
But the empires are not worried either. . . No matter how big it is. . It’s just a city. . . It won't cause any trouble. . .
But this city is developing too fast. . Those few thousand people at the beginning. . It seems that the population is relatively small. . . Therefore, the so-called "army" in this city has less than 300 people. . .
Apart from the usual duties of standing guard and patrolling, these people are basically saturated. . . Some places may not even be visible in a day. . .
This gives some bandits and robbers an opportunity to take advantage of them. . .
The name of this city. . It's not just these caravans who understand. . . Some bandits and robbers around also knew about it. . . Because this is a transit point. . Almost in a year. . It expanded ten times. . . Not enough funds. . . But this cannot be done. . . At the same time several empires surrounding the city recognized its importance as a transit point. . So these empires all helped to participate in the construction. . .
This is a city with abundant funds and few guards, and many of them are still half-guarded. . In the eyes of these bandits and robbers in such a place. . . That's just a big piece of fat. . . .
So there were several gangs of bandits. . To rob this big city. . An agreement was reached directly. . A makeshift alliance of bandits. . . Together they number nearly 1,500 people. . .
These gangs of bandits made an agreement with each other. . . A temporary coalition was formed. . . Attack the city together. . . Wait until the attack goes in. . Then each grabs his own. . Withdraw individually. . Do not interfere with each other. . .
Although there are also bandits to worry about. . This city is the heart of several surrounding empires. . . Many of their caravans transit to other countries through here. . . Will this offend the surrounding empires? . .
Let alone these empires joining forces. . It's just an empire that steps in to wipe them out. . It's more than enough. .
These words caused laughter from the other bandits. . . They all said that if they were afraid, they would be bandits and robbers. . . Just go back and be a citizen. . .
Let’s talk about why they think this way. . It's not a sudden thought. . . Some of them have done on-the-ground consideration. . . The reason why that city can become a transit point. . Just because the relative distance is a bit far. . . The distance each empire traveled to get there. . It will take at least half a day. . The longest journey to Holy Light City takes one day. . . . This was enough time for them to launch an attack. . .
And there are very few guards in that city. . There are not even enough people to stand guard and patrol the city. . Not to mention that there will be patrols patrolling the areas outside the city. . . Wait until they are close. . Directly surround the entire city. . . It directly makes people unable to get in or out. . . Even the surrounding empires have extraordinary abilities. . It is impossible to predict the future. . . Wait until they get the message. . Then organize people to come to the rescue. . . By that time, they had already run away without even a shadow. . . The Soaring Dragon Continent is so big. . Wherever they go to search. . .
So they considered this robbery to be foolproof. . .
The bandits discussed this. . Decided to choose early tomorrow morning. . . . Because it is far away from the surrounding cities. . So it doesn't matter day or night. . . The view is better during the day. . And those caravans didn't set off either. . This way you can grab more. . .
They are ready. . . Had a good night's sleep. . At dawn the next day, these bandits had already set off. . .
Soon there were nearly 1,500 of them. . . We came to the vicinity of that city. . . The journey went as they expected. . . There were no patrols around at all. . . And because it gets dark too early. . There were no caravans on the road either. . . Therefore, their actions were carried out without anyone noticing. .
The leading bandit said: "According to the tasks assigned yesterday, go to each city gate separately, and don't let out even a bird! Once the siege is complete, you will send a signal... When the signal is complete... we will attack directly!"
With that said, the bandits divided into four groups. . On average, there are nearly 380 people in a group. . . Each group is led by two bandit leaders. . .
These bandits directly led the team to charge over. . . And when the sentries on the city wall discovered them. . It's already too late. . They divided into four teams and were almost at the city gate. .
The sentries hurriedly sounded the alarm. . But there is still no time at this time. . . All four doors were tightly blocked. . .
There are less than 300 guards in the city. . . Not even as large as a group of bandits. . . What's more, nearly one-fifth of the garrison is due to insufficient numbers to completely make up the numbers. . . There is almost no combat experience. . . When I saw these bandits riding tall horses, holding sharp blades and wearing armor, each of them looked fierce. . They were all too scared to walk. . . Not to mention fighting them heroically. . .
The people in the city quickly started to move. . Begin to organize resistance. . . Even if all the adult men are gathered together. . There are less than 800 people. . . Among these 800 people are many farmers, craftsmen, fishermen, etc. . No way of using weapons at all. . . He has no experience of going into battle to kill the enemy. . .
However, some caravans living in the city also sent out all their guards to assist in the battle. . . They know very well the meaning of death and coldness. . . If the city is captured. . Sooner or later, they will become the victims of these bandits. . . In this way, we managed to gather less than 1,000 people. . .
They were also divided into four groups. . . Responsible for guarding at the east, west, south and north gates respectively. . . The number of each group was more than 30% less than the bandits who came to attack the city. . .
But right now this is the only way. . . Because they found out. . The four entrances and exits of the entire city have been surrounded by bandits. . There's no way to escape now. . . There was no way to get the message out. . .
In other words, the surrounding empires have no idea that they are surrounded by bandits. . . They can only rely on themselves in this battle. . . They could only pray silently. . It was hoped that the caravans traveling between them could see what they were going through from a distance. . Then go and report the news. . . Hope it's not too late. .
The first group of bandits arrived at the south gate. . . That's the door in front of the river. . . This city wall is just over 3 meters. . . The city gate is barely enough to reach 2.5 meters. . . Because there are not many people there. . Therefore, it was not built into a fortified city. . .
After this group of bandits arrived at their destination. . . Among them was a bandit with his bow and arrow ready. . An arrow was shot directly into the sky. . .
"Squeak!!!!" The loud arrow flew directly into the sky. . . The whole sound echoes here. . .
