Understand this, a bullet at the right time might take the life of a key enemy commander.
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The day of the attack on the Imperial City of Chilin coincided with the fifteenth of August.
Xiao Changyi and his forces numbered five hundred thousand in total; Xiao Changyi led one hundred fifty thousand to attack the East Gate, Qiao Shouye led one hundred thousand to attack the South Gate, Qi Tengfei led one hundred thousand to attack the West Gate, Liu Buli led one hundred thousand to attack the North Gate, and the remaining fifty thousand stayed in the military camp, ready to reinforce at any moment.
An Jing, acting as a sniper, managed herself and was not under anyone's command.
Because stones were too heavy and inconvenient to transport to the siege location, they couldn't be used in the siege. However, some stones could be brought to break down the city gates, so each commander brought one catapult and a cartload of stones.
