Eleven years ago, in the tenth year of Liang Jianchang, the second year of Zhou Wucheng, the first year of Qi Tianbao, a battle erupted at the border of Zhou and Liang in Jingzhou. Yao Shi Moke had just ascended to power, leading the Twenty-four Military Mansions southward to attack Liang with a force of 100,000 warriors, thousands of messengers, and countless support soldiers, claiming a 500,000 strong army.
The Emperor of the Liang Kingdom, Shao Hu, was in his prime at the time and personally led an army of 150,000 to confront Yao Shi Moke. This battle lasted from autumn to spring, and both sides withdrew as the weather turned hot. The only evidence of this battle were the tens of thousands of corpses along the Jingxiang line, and the hundreds of thousands of refugees left destitute by the war effort.
