Liu Zhang's army gathered as ordered to siege Jiangling. The first wave of attack is already faltering as Sun Quan's army sends more reinforcements from the east.
Shi Difen's army holds a slight disadvantage as his force arrives to reinforce the offensive.
Place a siege tower here to discourage them from attacking our main camp! We move on to take out their external camps first!
The defenders decide to wait for the attackers' arrival as their camps outside the walls fall one by one.
As the siege enters its second week, the attackers' numbers were bolstered by more arrivals.
Second camp is destroyed! Begin the attack!
The defenders made a fatal mistake in letting the camps fall. Each camp destroyed lowers their morale - therefore as soon as one of the attackers set foot on the walls, most of their units cowers in panic.
Take advantage of this weakness! No mercy!
Thousands died as the attackers swelled to 65,000 strong while the defenders shrank to 48,000. Yet the advantage was for but a moment as more reinforcements arrive for the defenders.
Push in and throw open the gates!
As more reinforcements poured in, both sides evened out at 65,000 vs 61,000.
A few of the defenders cavalry units peeled away from the defensive duty to harass the attackers' camp.
No time for that now. Focus on what's in front of you! Ready the flame strategy!
I'll stop them from damaging the camp!
Go. But be careful!
Sending Ninjerk alone is risky, but we cannot spare too many men or we'll lose the advantage.
I want two siege towers deployed! Cut them down! Do not let them escape!
As the blaze spread, the defenders rapidly melted away in panic. Casualties mounted as both sides clash in chaotic melee but the attackers hold the advantage with two siege towers raining arrows from above.
Yet for some inexplicable reason, Lu Bu the commander of the defense remained within his main camp, unwilling to commit into the melee. Had he done so, the melee could've gone differently.
Ninjerk pushed his units as fast as he could to catch up, but as he neared the main camp his heart was gladdened by the arrival of Azira, commanding an unit of 14,000 strong spearmen.
Excellent! With this, the main camp is safe!
Back inside the walls, the defenders are slowly replenishing their numbers with fresh troops. Both sides still throwing bodies at each other within the same kill zone.
As more armies arrived, the combatants totaled more than 140,000 men.