The supply lines were severed, enemies surrounded us on all sides.
Without a doubt, Zheng Kingdom's backstabbing hit the Yangxia Expeditionary Army's vital point.
With Zheng's containment, Chu forces had to dedicate most of their strength to deal with the threat from the direction of Zheng.
The more Zheng took on over there, the less pressure Liang forces naturally had to bear.
Therefore, Yan Yunqing, seeing that Chu forces truly could not spare any troops, made a decisive call, leaving only three hundred thousand troops to defend the two major cities in Jiaodong Prefecture.
He then led the main force of seven hundred thousand troops back to attack Donglai and Jiaoxi Prefectures, teaching a lesson to those arrogant Tang forces.
At the same time, the Liang messenger went to Xu State, requesting troop support to alleviate the pressure from Tang.
