Finales, Part II

Wu Yong’s unit wasn’t the only one that had set up explosives underneath a major street. Hou Jingshu had worked with Yu Chenguang and several others to choose the best places to collapse the street. Most of the places they chose were major streets. They were wide and allowed a lot of foot traffic, meaning several soldiers could stand shoulder to shoulder and fight. Since their goal was to limit how many forces the Ming Province and Zhou Kingdom could bring to bear at any given time, they had decided to collapse all the major streets and leave only smaller side streets for the armies to pass through.

None of the explosions went off at the same time. They were staggered due to a lack of communication from each unit. There was no way they could communicate with each other--not that communication was needed. Everyone was using their own best judgement.