If Chief Yang gathers his army to fight Zhu Yunwen, then Lan Yu and Feng Sheng can lead their troops to encircle and raid the homes of several chieftains from the rear.

This is the loss suffered because the opponent's troop deployment strategy was not anticipated.

So, the chieftains' troops gathered in one place the following day and headed towards the border between the southwest and Huguang regions, along the river city.

Soon, these troops gathered at Yanhe City.

Outside the city along the river, the river is wide and very long.

Across from us is Sanjiang County, where Zhu Yunwen is stationed.

Sanjiang County and Yanhe City stand on opposite sides of the river.

The head of the Yang family immediately sent out spies to find out about the troops that Zhu Yunwen had brought this time.

After all, Zhu Yunwen arrived far too quickly this time, and the Yang family head didn't even have time to react.

Based on past experience, if Zhu Yunwen hadn't mobilized the surrounding armies but instead brought troops from the imperial court, it would have taken at least half a month to a month.

But this time, Zhu Yunwen arrived in just six or seven days.

This caught the chieftains off guard, leaving them unprepared to understand Zhu Yunwen's troops and other matters.

Unbeknownst to them, Zhu Yunwen had already dispatched two armies to launch a pincer attack from the northwest and southwest.

So when the scouts returned that evening and reported to Chief Yang and the other chieftains, Chief Yang was stunned to hear that there were only 100,000 troops stationed on the other side of the river.

He said, somewhat incredulously:

"Impossible. The information I received was that the imperial court was going to send 200,000 troops, which should be about the same number as us. How come there are only 100,000 troops stationed outside Sanjiang County? Where did the other 100,000 troops go?"