While the Wu Clan primarily used carrier pigeons to deliver missives, they did have one peregrine falcon that had been trained to deliver letters over vast distances. It was capable of traveling two-hundred forty miles per hour. The Imperial Capital was twenty thousand miles away, which meant it would take around sixty-six hours for the peregrine falcon to reach it.
Taking into consideration how long it would take for reinforcements to arrive, supposing the king even deigned to send them, Wu Jian believed they would need to hold out for at least one week.
One week locked away in this compound as their enemies assaulted them from all sides.
Their prospects weren’t looking good.
Only a few hours had passed since Father and Wu Taohua returned with the rest of their beaten forces. Father w
