When Chen Sheng arrived leading the troops of the North City Martial Camp, several hundred elite soldiers had already gathered on the vast training grounds.
Due to limited boat capacity, only a little over three hundred soldiers were requisitioned for this expedition, all of them the finest fighters in Changshan County.
One contingent consisted of the North City Martial Camp, under Chen Sheng's command. Another was formed around Wang Yue's West City Martial Camp, supplemented by soldiers from South City and East City who were skilled on the water. The final contingent was the Grand Commander Chuyue Mountain's own hand-picked elites.
These three forces constituted the main body of the anti-piracy campaign.
Chen Sheng ordered Yan Ming to have the men fall in, while he himself, along with a few personal guards, walked straight toward Chuyue Mountain, who stood below the Commanding Platform.
