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"Where are they positioned?" he asked absentmindedly while drawing line after line on the paper. Wan, fixated on the rapidly forming drawing before her, had to hear the question twice before starting to answer: "They are stationed just outside the capital. There's a large plain where the army spreads out as much as possible. I think they're using the strategy you've already guessed, trying to swamp us with their numbers."
Returning to the blueprint, Yan Xiaobao nodded again. One was completed, and another was being created. Drawing six different blueprints took time, but he was determined to finish them. If the army was stationed outside the city walls, then he was convinced that part of their forces—most likely the strongest units—must be inside the walls, ready to seal the city and turn the battle into a siege.
