Ah Jiu stood before the main command tent, gazing from afar at the fortress opposite them—Chitang Pass. Ever since the war began, Beiyan had taken advantage of Prince Wei's "purging the emperor's corrupt entourage," raising troops in the Northern Region to punish Nanyue's Emperor Jiaping, sweeping through Prince Wei's great Northwestern base, and, in concert with the agents long since planted within the Northwestern Army, advancing with unstoppable momentum, morale soaring, taking city after city.
Until now, they had been snarled here, at this Chitang Pass.
Chitang Pass was an important military stronghold; once this pass fell, whether striking south from the north or driving north from the south, a victor could press forward swiftly, and a loser could still rely on mutual support.
Therefore, the one defending this pass was likewise Nanyue's illustrious, famed general—the God of War, Great General Who Stabilizes the Realm, Old General Hong Zhentian.
