Before dawn, Zhao Zhu's cook army had already started digging stoves and cooking meals. After eating and donning armor, they were ready to attack Miyun County once more.
This time, not only did he get the five hundred Fire Crow Army that had been transferred, but he also asked for another three thousand troops and horses from the right-wing general, Zhou Liang. Combined, he had five thousand troops and horses under his command, marching with large banners, forming a dark mass as they advanced towards Miyun County.
The defensive force of Miyun County numbered only about a thousand, even with the forcibly conscripted laborers added; it was only about three thousand. Facing the well-armored and armed Food Protection Army of five thousand, the disparity was significant.
