The prince of Lanling, the leader of the rebel army, meets with Mingyue, the general of the People's Republic of China. Mingyue tells him that the war between the two countries has been going on for a long time, and that the odds are against the Chinese side. The prince tells Mingyue that he knows how reliable he is, because the war doubled the power of China's region. He also tells the prince that he has blocked the way for the Chinese army to reach the port city of Luoyang by using the mountains of shan and jinyong. He says that the reason why they have not lost is because they have blocked the path of the enemy army by using both of these mountains. He asks the prince to lend him his aid, as the people of the wung zilian clan, who were annihilated by the emperor's army from northern qi, will be spared the same fate as the rest of the people. The king of the west, the governor of the province of Yanzhou, says that Mingyue should know better, because he is going to be a member of the imperial family in the near future. He adds that the fourth brother of the emperor is not strong enough to defeat the Chinese forces. He warns the prince not to win too much, because after all, the people who do not follow the emperor will be killed.