Head Commander Joe was the first one to arrive at Bayli City, but he did not attack.
He knew how scary a Duchy's city defense could be. Most of his men would be sacrificed if they didn't come up with a concrete plan to forcefully open up a passage.
He would not waste 3000 knights from the Duchy of Tex. Instead, he waited for the city penetration machines and the other duchies to arrive.
When all 3 duchies had arrived, something strange happened. None of them want to attack first.
The Head Commanders knew one thing. They were knights, so penetrating a city was not one of their skills, and the first ones to attack would take the biggest hit.
They had 2 options.
The first was for all 4 duchies to attack together and equally divide the resources within the Bayli City, but there are a lot of problems with this. The 4 duchies were not great friends either. They were all skeptical.