On the third of April, Zhao Che finally officially announced his plan to seize the traitor, Zhao Yang. On the evening of the same day, Zhuge Yue followed suit, and with his enormous army of over 200,000, he headed towards Zhen Huang City.
On the same day, Zhao Yang's personal army, the South West army, under the leadership of some high ranking officers, rushed back to Zhen Huang City via the South West Waterway. He managed to usurp power from the 17th prince, Zhao Yi. Therefore, another 150,000 strong army fell under the control of Zhao Yang.
With that, the struggle of the two dragons that had been brewing for a long time had finally sounded the drums of war.