Over two million troops from Leiyin Temple were stationed in Yeyun County, making it clear they intended to hold their ground. Hexi couldn't afford to disperse its forces like before, but Hou Yuxiao had already prepared his deployment when he captured Pengkang. His plan was to unite the forces, so this didn't impact him much—the troops still moved according to his arrangement.
Except for Gao Changlong's unit which was sent to attack Jinyang and Pingchuan counties, the scattered forces included Hou Fei's unit west of Jiuchi, Gao Cheng and Gao Hu's unit west of Pengkang, Hou Ying, Hou Cun, Su Li, and Nie Xinliu's units west of the two counties, and Hou Yucheng's unit in Jiuchi County. In total, there were five units.
