How could he face her?
"Even if I die in battle, even if Phoenix City is blown up, I will not compromise."
Cheng Hao said through gritted teeth.
He swung his sword again, killing the soldier who had just climbed onto the city wall.
His face was full of rage, with boundless hatred.
In the months since Xiaoxiao went missing, he organized manpower and brought survivors from nearby cities to Phoenix City, now boasting over forty thousand residents.
Three to four thousand have died in this half-month siege of the city.
They were all new recruits trained by the Patrol Team, which made him feel genuinely reluctant, but the enemy was too numerous, too strong. With massive defensive fortifications and surprise attack tactics, they managed to hold off the enemy for ten days, then delayed three more days with poison and subterfuge, and finally had to hold the walls to the death.
All the men on the walls had their families moved to the underground caves.
