This broad, open plain had originally been nameless. Later, it came to be called the "Blood Plain"—a forbidden place.
In the tenth year of Great Zhou, the Great Zhou Western Expeditionary Army faced off against Great Qin's southeastern allied forces on the Blood Plain. After two days and one night of bitter fighting, all 270,000 Qin soldiers were wiped out.
The plain that served as the main battlefield ran with blood, corpses strewn everywhere. The carnage had reached the utmost extreme.
The Western Expeditionary Army buried the Qin soldiers where they fell and erected a blank stele. That night, even the moon in the sky was red.
For the following decades, the Blood Plain became a forbidden zone, and few dared set foot upon it.
It was said that on nights of the full moon, people saw ghostly figures thronging across the Blood Plain. They were the souls of Qin's fallen soldiers, still fighting desperately.
But their valor became a tragedy before the Western Expeditionary Army's guns and cannons!
The outcome of this battle caused an enormous uproar throughout Great Qin. Qin Qi, Great Qin's god of war, who had been entangled with Ling Zhiyuan in the north, had no choice but to rush back in support, allowing the latter to seize the chance and tear off several hefty mouthfuls of flesh.
But the Western Expeditionary Army had also paid a considerable price, with total casualties exceeding twenty thousand, including more than seven thousand dead!
Under such circumstances, Wang Chen did not continue expanding his gains. He led the remaining Western Expeditionary Army back to Gujin Pass.
His strategic objective had already been largely achieved. There was little point in continuing the fight; it would only sacrifice these battle-hardened elites for nothing.
Wang Chen rested and reorganized at Gujin Pass