On the afternoon of the second day of the first lunar month, reinforcements from Longzhou, Hanzhou, and Fuyu Prefecture had all arrived at Xizhou. Since the Northern Yuan army had only come with thirty thousand troops and had already lost five to six thousand, they could not besiege Xizhou and simply set up camp outside the North City gates. This actually made it convenient for the reinforcements, who directly entered the city through the East City gates.
Zixuan and General Li led their men to cover and welcome all the reinforcements into the city. After introductions were exchanged, everyone became acquainted. This time, Longzhou had sent three thousand troops, Hanzhou two thousand five hundred, and Fuyu Prefecture another two thousand five hundred. Coupled with the less than four thousand troops originally stationed in Xizhou and over ten thousand able-bodied men within the city, the numbers were now fairly even with those of the Northern Yuan troops camped outside.
