Zhao Jie was a bit surprised, surprised that he really hadn't anticipated that Zhao Ji would have the nerve to kill his way back from the Hezhe frontline!
Honestly, this was a variable Zhao Jie hadn't foreseen, because the troops at his disposal truly weren't sufficient to face a pincer attack by two forces.
The troops of Li Mingshun within the city were originally more numerous than Zhao Jie's, so it was impossible for Zhao Jie's forces to break into the city, shut the gates, and hold out for reinforcements.
Zhao Jie's sole reliance was on the continuous arrival of the southern frontline field troops called over from the Shanchong direction.
But what Zhao Jie had, Zhao Ji also had! The troops brought from Hezhe were no less than 300,000, adding the garrisons from Xiajian and Dongqing, the forces Zhao Ji could gather on his way here amounted to nearly 400,000!
