Six hours later, Zhao Yang, who had been delayed by the fire at Chidu, flanked the city along with 500 thousand troops, made up from the Northwestern Army and stray troops from the Southwestern Army!
In the meeting hall, Chu Qiao had assumed Cao Mengtong's position. She was dressed in black, sitting upright in his chair while staring at the people in front of her. The familiar faces previously had disappeared. Over ten commanders, who sensed that the situation was not in their favor, fled with their personal armies. The Second Army's commanders were nowhere to be seen, while the leader of the Third Army had surrendered himself to Xia, along with his army of 50,000. The general of Beishuo, Xia An, seeing that defeat was imminent, fled towards the inner mainland of Yan Bei with the defense troops of Beishuo, claiming to chase after the deserters.
