Nanking, The Kingdom of Xi'an
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"Your Majesty the theologians have lay siege to Shen!" Shouted a general, running to catch up with the emperor

"Your tone is concerning general" Ling said emotionlessly 

"It seems they focused all their forces on Shen your Majesty. We manages to kill tens of thousands, but their force is bigger than we anticipated"

"Any word from Lhasa?"

"No your Majesty. It seems their king wasn't foolish enough to split his force, opting for a concentrated attack on Shen."

Ling stopped walking as he thought, his face unreadable. This was indeed bad news. Shen only had a defense force of five thousand demons, because he'd never imagined a whole army would go after a small city on the fringes of the Kingdom. Even counting humans the city at best had 15,000 to fight the remaining army. 

"General what resources would we lose if we lost Shen?" He finally asked

"Well the forests would allow them to build proper siege weapons, and Shen also controls our major coal supplies. But, nothing we can't afford to lose."

"Very well then. Order Lord Chung to evacuate the city and come to Nanking. His men's mission is to buy enough time to get the citizens to safety and burn the supplies they don't take with them. The earth demons are to destroy the city walls before leaving."


"Yes my emperor." The general said, bowing before running to find the court telepath to relay the message