The wait dragged on for half a day. The Eight Banners troops neither attacked nor retreated, lingering lazily in place, some even falling asleep. Not only were the garrison troops baffled, but Wu Sangui was also at a loss. What was the meaning of surrounding the city without attacking?
In the blink of an eye, the sun began to set behind the western mountains. Under the gaze of tens of thousands of Guanning Army soldiers, the Eight Banners troops slowly pulled back. Before long, they vanished into the gathering gloom of dusk.
The thousands of Guanning Army soldiers on the ramparts looked at one another, stunned by such irrational behavior from the Jiannu.
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