The next day.
The Xi River tribe outside the city didn't attack again.
Instead, they dispersed their troops and set up camps in the four directions—east, west, south, and north—around Po Yang County, forming a siege.
If the city could not be taken by storm, a siege would also be useless.
To encircle an enemy must be done with a gap, leaving them a survival path, forcing them to abandon the city and flee was a classic tactic in siege warfare.
The barbarians' relentless pressure would only force the people within the city into a cornered beast's fight.
But at this critical moment, Po Yang City Commander Xiang Tingchun disappeared.
"Mr. Chen, you...what do you think happened?!"
Ji Guangxian paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, "Out of the blue, how could a grown man just vanish?"
At his side, an old slave practicing the refining organs skill quietly waited.
"I do not know."
Chen Sansi speculated in his heart.
