After Jinzhou fell, the Jin Kingdom's army had advanced on Huai Prefecture.
If Huai Prefecture fell as well, the gates to the Qin Kingdom's heartland would be thrown wide open, and even the Qin Kingdom's Imperial Capital would face the danger of falling.
At that point, Xiao Mo would have to withdraw his troops and return to the Qin Kingdom.
But the greater trouble would come after his withdrawal.
Once Xiao Mo withdrew, the Chu Kingdom would breathe a great sigh of relief, and the territory he had swallowed up might well have to be spat back out.
The Chu Kingdom might even regroup and launch a counterattack.
With the battle lines contracting and the armies of three kingdoms converging on the Qin Kingdom's heartland, Qin would be in serious trouble.
Yan Liuyun, commander of the Jin Kingdom's army, naturally understood this.
That was why he wanted to take Huai Mountain Pass as quickly as possible, then march into Huai Prefecture and drive straight toward the Qin capital!
However, by the time Yan Liuyun arrived at Huai Mountain Pass, First Prince Qin Jingsu had already reached it as well.
The First Prince had assembled the Qin Kingdom's remaining 550,000 troops.
These were all the forces the Qin Kingdom could currently mobilize. Even seventy percent of the Iron Tiger Army and the Imperial Guard defending the Qin Kingdom's Imperial Capital had been redeployed!
Qin Jingsu knew his objective perfectly well: hold Huai Mountain Pass with everything he had, and trust that Frost King Xiao Mo and King Zhenxi would establish enough of an advantage to come to his aid.
Although some people in the former Wei Kingdom's territory were also looking to loot a burning house, Prince Zhenbei was dealing with them as quickly as possible. Once he finished, he too