Chapter 297 - 174: Crazy Suo Lun, first battle victorious!
At this moment, Tianshui City Territory housed a total of four armies.
The first was the 25,000-strong army assembled by high-ranking samurai lords such as Nurdan, supported by Princess Zhining’s vast wealth of Gold Coins.
The second was the 6,000 elite City Defense Army soldiers who had pledged their complete loyalty to Suo Hanyi.
The third was the 5,000-strong Linhai City army brought by Gui Qinqu.
The fourth was the 4,000 secret elite Black Cloth Army that Zhi Li had planted amongst the rebels such as Nurdan early in the morning.
That is to say, a mere Tianshui City now had 40,000 troops gathered within, roughly two to three times the size of Suo Lun’s forces.
As the attacker, Suo Lun faced the defenders; moreover, his forces were less than half in number than his enemies, making his situation look like an inevitable defeat.
Moreover, Suo Lun’s grand army had traveled thousands of miles and was already utterly exhausted. In contrast, the enemy forces were fully rested and held the fortified city, gaining the tactical upper hand.
Now within Tianshui City, Suo Hanyi had completely won over the hearts of the people.
A few months ago, Suo Hanyi was shamelessly assassinated by an assassin. Tianshui City fell, and the City Defense Army fought to the death to protect Suo Hanyi as they broke out of the city.
One and a half months later, despite his wounds not yet fully healed, Suo Hanyi led a force of 4,000 troops to retake Tianshui City.