そのようにする + Recognizing a compound


そのようにしてこの巨城は、二年の長きにわたってゆっくりと攻略されてきた。

The first thing I had kind of a problem with, is `そのようにして`... I just have no
idea how to translate it.

Also, as for `巨城`, `巨` doesn't have a prefix form, nor there is the work `巨城`
in the dictionary. Therefore, how is this compound read, and how is it
possible to tell?

Thank you!

And once again, this sentence is taken from the novel "sword art online 1".




  1. I think そのようにして(その様にして) is similar in meaning to そんなふうにして(そんな風にして). (The former sounds more literary than the latter to me.)  
Eg: そんなふうにして事故が起こったのです。  
That is how the accident occurred.  
(From
<http://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%E3%81%9D%E3%82%93%E3%81%AA%E3%81%B5%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6>
)  

  2. I think it's read as きょじょう, though I couldn't find きょじょう(巨城) in online dictionaries, 明鏡 nor 広辞苑. (Correct me if I'm wrong... ) 

