Soo-Ah and her grandfather relentlessly covered the remaining distance. It took them five days and nights to reach the northern reinforced bastion, the end of their road and the beginning of a new life journey.
The imposing construction, atop the mountain, normally housed up to 1000 well-trained military personnel. But the noble houses of the region joined forces and brought more recruits drafted from the surrounding provinces. They counted on 15000 Sillian men and refugees willing to fight for their adoptive country, making up the two legions meant to serve under Great General Min-Jun. From the safety of the mountains, they descended to the lower plains to hold at bay the Tang invaders, in meticulously planned campaigns. When in need they fell back to the mountain citadel to regroup.
