Chapter 34
“Now?” Xi Ning asked somewhat surprised.
“Yes, now. If we stall any longer then they might find out our presence and we won’t be able to surprise them anymore.” Zhang replied.
“I shall go ready the men my lord.” Xi Ning said as he jumped on to his horse and sped back into the fortress.
A short while later Xi Ning returned and behind him marched ten thousand fully armored soldiers. These men had all been bandits so they were somewhat proficient in combat. Xi Ning could not recruit from Red Mist city or the villages under its influence or else the city lord may catch on to what was happening.
The original five thousand men he had were not fully armed so the city lord did not care too much about them. Red Mist city had roughly one hundred thousand active soldiers so five thous
