The news reached the east bank of the Amber River, and the rebel cavalry immediately detached from the rebel infantry and artillery, leaving only a small number of cavalry to support them, while the majority of the cavalry went directly upstream to Silver Fish Ferry.
Meanwhile, the rebel infantry and artillery besieging Jade Crossing grew increasingly restless.
They even abandoned trench digging, repeatedly attempting to breach the walls and detonate them under unfavorable tactical conditions.
Major Caspar Lobres responded calmly, directing effectively and thwarting the rebel assaults one by one.
With the arrival of reinforcements for the defenders — the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Infantry Battalions — the rebels gradually realized that their hope of capturing Jade Crossing was fading.
Major Lobres even deliberately withheld the display of all his reinforcements' flags for fear of scaring the rebels away.
