The Prefect of Yuzhang, Wu Che, hastily gathered his troops and conscripted able-bodied men from the city. At that time, there were more than ten thousand Ning soldiers defending the city, but the defense was merely average and even quite vulnerable.
Huang Xuan was leading the siege, at the forefront of his soldiers. After days of relentless assault, it would take another day or two to breach the city.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan didn't assign any tasks to this particular avatar.
Intercepting Shen Qiu's main force was important, but taking Yuzhang was equally if not more critical.
After all, allowing Shen Qiu and his troops to return would mean Ning would only have a few tens of thousands of battered soldiers.
But taking Yuzhang would mean that Ning would lose control of a prefecture, a population of six million, and a crucial source of money and provisions.
All of these were far more significant than mere tens of thousands of soldiers.
