The Yin Shang army camped outside the city, cooking on the one hand and beheading several generals of Nan City on the other.
Food came first, achievements second. To the uninformed, it would seem they were here for tourism.
While E Chongyu's rebel forces had a city to defend, the Yin Shang's camp in the open had its troops arranged with meticulous care—deer barricades, caltrops, and pits of loose stones. Lu Bei found their defensive preparations before the camp outrageous.
It was already outrageous enough that there were people this year with double stirrups, but the widespread use of engineers and their skilled operations left Lu Bei speechless. With such high productivity and such strict troop formations, why bother with one-on-one combat in front of the formation, and what's the deal with hanging up a truce flag?
For a moment, Lu Bei was tempestuously inclined to write down a book of military tactics named after him.
