Inside the city lord's mansion of Xiangyang City, four people sat opposite one another, their expressions extremely heavy.
These four were Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Wang Ming, and Lü Wende, the pacification commissioner of Xiangyang City. They were discussing countermeasures for this coming battle, though to be precise, only two people were actually discussing it; Lü Wende only wanted to abandon the city and flee, while Wang Ming had no desire to discuss anything at all.
With the garrison troops of Xiangyang City adding up to barely over ten thousand men, counting old, weak, sick, and wounded ones alike, even if Han Xin and Bai Qi were reborn in the flesh, they still wouldn't be able to turn the tables.
Seeing that the others could not come up with any sensible plan either, Wang Ming lost interest in wasting time with them and spoke up, "How are the sets of armor I ordered the city's military craftsmen to forge for me coming along?"
Lü Wende immediately said with a fawning manner, "By gathering all the craftsmen of the city to rush the work with all their might, they are already finished."
Wang Ming calmly replied, "Good! Let's go take a look."
With that, Wang Ming walked out of the main hall of the city lord's mansion. Having not witnessed Wang Ming's display outside the city walls, Lü Wende had initially shown him a great deal of disrespect. But Wang Ming was no honest fool like Guo Jing, and had directly struck Lü Wende's acupoints, leaving him laughing continuously for half the day until he almost laughed his breath away. Now, Lü Wende was terrified the moment he saw Wang Ming.
Seeing Lü Wende's fawning attitude and his constant attempts to persuade Guo Jing to lead troops to break through the