A battle that everyone thought would be evenly matched for at least three to five years changed direction instantly due to the enemy commander's surrender.
Zheng Shoushan flung open the gates of Chuzhou, and the Northern Yong army switched from defense to offense, crossing the Tonghui River. Their iron hooves, like bright swords piercing through the dark night, tore a long gash in the supposedly impregnable, tightly-secured defenses of Li Zongxun's legendary half-million-strong army.
Wen Xingsu ordered Ao Qi, Shi Yin, and Yu Zhong to split their troops into three directions, moving up along the Tonghui River, blocking the ferry crossings and docks, and attacking the Yecheng Army in a pincer movement.
The three veterans moved with exceptional agility and swiftness, like swords swiftly unsheathed, and in just half a month, they gnawed away large swaths of territory from the Yecheng Imperial Court, with Ningcheng, Yun Cheng, and Shou'an falling in succession.
