When Boyong raised his banner, All-Under-Heaven answered. Supporters came in droves. It was as though the Divine Continent flew a single banner, all of it becoming Jing's great enemy. Mountains and rivers changed color—everything would be decided in this one stroke.
Once Central Yuan Yang truly went to war, every great power raised its own cause, and Li Yong could scarcely fend for himself... Wei and Song blocking the path to Mount Sumeru instead became powerful support for the people of Jing!
At least the Chu army really had arrived.
But the Qi army had arrived as well.
Zuo Guangshu of Chu marched north with [Red Tassel], while Wang Yiwu of Qi came east leading [Ox Eater]. They met on the south bank of the Long River, east of Chiwen Bridge... and, with mutual understanding, fell into a standoff.
Su Guanying had governed Southern Xia, changing prefectures into commanderies. Its specific administrative structure had already changed greatly, though many of the old names remained in use.
Behind the Qi army lay "Yugu Prefecture." "Yugu" bordered "Changluo"; this was where the Long River's White Dragon came to an end.
The reason their meeting had to be described as "mutual understanding" was that these two mighty armies of hegemon states fought with excessive gentleness.
Their shifting formations were exceedingly complex... War drums beat densely like a frantic tune, banners whirled in a dazzling profusion of color. They advanced and retreated, fought for half the day, and in the end, not a single person lay on the ground.
Since they would be fighting in Yugu Prefecture, Wang Yiwu had specifically summoned a local commander—
Yu Xintian, a native of Yugu Prefecture, formerly of the Old Mountain Iron Cavalry and now a Mounted Cavalry Overseer of the Cold Mountain Iron Cavalry.
Naturally, he had