Yuanding 24th Year, the thirteenth day of the first month.
The war-torn Ningzhou Road was the stage for the most crucial battle since the Rebel Army first swept through.
Under the command of Duke Dingguo Zhang Wei, the Court's army, consisting of thirty thousand armored Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Government Soldiers from various regions, had spent months operating in northern Ningzhou Road. At last, with thirty thousand soldiers from Yunjiang Road and a six-thousand-strong force from the Demon Race cutting off the rebels' retreat, they succeeded in encircling several of the Rebel Army's key strongholds.
Meanwhile, fifty thousand Government Soldiers from Beiyuan Road and Jianglin Road had been deployed to the South Bank of the Nong River to serve as reserves for the main army.
