Not only the East Sea but also Xingyang County next to it fell to the fierce attacks from the four routes of Chu soldiers. The county city was lost, and more than half was occupied.
The reason why only more than half was occupied, rather than the entire territory falling into enemy hands,
was mainly because Xingyang County was on the frontier, bordered by the Wei State to the west. Apart from the latter, Liang had stationed a hundred thousand border troops here and three Inborn Grandmasters to bear witness.
Overall, the military strength of the county was quite impressive.
Faced with the invasion, emergency conscription of civilian workers helped cobble together an army. Mustering two hundred thousand soldiers and horses was not impossible.
