There weren't many enemy troops on the north gate side. They probably intended to launch a surprise attack at first, but they didn't expect that there were people on guard day and night. After the guards saw them, they sounded the alarm, alerting the entire city to take precautions.

The north gate remained tightly closed, leaving the Northern Di people with no choice but to move most of their forces to the east gate to continue attacking it, while leaving a small number of men to keep shooting arrows at the city walls.

Ma Ming hadn't expected to meet Xu Di here. After dealing with the few Northern Di people under the city gate, he smiled and asked in a low voice, "Young master, are you scared?"

Xu Di shook his head and said, "We have already encountered a small group of Northern Di people at the manor, and we wiped them out."

Upon hearing this, Ma Ming looked at the little boy, who was barely taller than his shoulder, in surprise and said, "Wow, you really are worthy of being our head coach." Xu Di said proudly, "That's right. Since I'm going to be your coach, I have to set an example myself. I'm just young now, but once I'm older and train properly, I'll be just as good as you guys."

Ma Ming said, "Instructor Xu, what do you think we should do?"

Xu Di said, "Don't be fooled by their fierce attacks. They're probably just testing the waters. But I don't want them to leave like this. We need to keep them here. I have a plan, but I'm hesitant to implement it because I have too few men. Since you all are here, let's discuss it properly. My idea is to lure them into the woods and use our advantages to turn the tables. What do you think, Brother Ma?"

Ma Ming said, "That's a good method, but how can we expect them to listen to us?"

Xu Di said, "I estimate that the Crown Prince will arrive with a large army soon. These Northern Di people will probably retreat from the valley in the east. We'll make our move there and block the valley. I don't believe they won't try to climb the mountain if the road is blocked. Let's go and make arrangements first. I'll leave two people behind. When the Crown Prince arrives with a large army, I'll have my men lead them up the mountain. Even if they throw stones from the mountain, they'll kill them on our side. When they come over, we'll have to be able to stop them."