Mo Hongfan and his men originally intended to impersonate the Daqi army to enter the city, which would allow them to take Xizhou without any effort. However, Zixuan and his wife were cautious and refused to let them in. In order not to alert the enemy prematurely, Mo Hongfan and his men did not launch a strong attack from the beginning. Now that they have been discovered, they can no longer care about discretion. If they cannot capture Xizhou City quickly, when the victorious Daqi army returns, these fifty thousand men will not even be enough to fill the gaps between their enemy's teeth.
Therefore, outside Xizhou City, the fifty-thousand-strong army launched a simultaneous attack, and the shouts of battle pierced the night sky. The additional thirty thousand men who had been lying in ambush also closed in and joined the attack on the city.
