Chapter 94 The Siege of the Capital As the fighting went into eruption, Dou Rong ended slayed. Breaking into the city, Muzha slaughtered the wife of Dou. Those still alive surrendered to the forces of Ziya. Then Jiang Wenhuan, the Duke of the East, led his men to join Ziya. Ziya gathered all the allied troops and commanded a march toward Morning Song. The combined army of the four grand dukes numbered 1,600,000. It surrounded Morning Song and stretched out as far as the eye could see. Meanwhile at the court, King Zhou was apprehensive. He inquired his generals and officials what measures they could perform then. They concluded that the best to do was to shield the capital as well as to enlist skilled men to fortify the army. Three sworn brothers presented themselves to see King Zhou. King Zhou designated them as commanders, but in their first battle they were slaughtered. Next Yin Pobai offered himself to go to dialogue with Ziya, because he was acquainted with Ziya before the conflict, so he wondered that he could persuade him to halt the hostilities. Thus Yin Pobai tried at length to convince Ziya to peacefully withdraw, but Ziya did not pay attention to him. Yin then became exasperated and started to reproach the conduct of Ziya. Seeing this Jiang Wenhuan raised his sword and chopped Yin Pobai into two pieces.
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