In the thunderous drumming, hundreds of thousands of Jin Army soldiers were arraying themselves just two li from the city walls, on the land nearly packed solid.
At the forefront were the more than two hundred thousand sin and surrendered soldiers. From a distance, Lord of Baihu Palace, Shi Tianze, saw confusion etched on the faces of these soldiers.
Clearly, they couldn't understand why the County Prince Fenyang would have them beating drums and forming up in the middle of the night.
Nevertheless, under the command of their officers, these sin soldiers obediently arranged themselves into neat shield formations.
For two months, the Lord of Baihu Palace had been trying to "use spies" to incite trouble amongst these sin and surrendered soldiers, attempting to disrupt their morale, but all efforts had proved fruitless.
