On the 7th day of the ninth lunar month in the 16th year of the Yuanping reign, in the Dark Ram Tribe's camp on the Gulang Plains...
There was a huge camp that stretched out for more than ten li next to Mount Qiyun. In the huge camp, tents were set up using the skeletons of giant beasts as support and covered with mottled leather. As soon as one entered the camp, white stretched as far as the eyes could see. It was an extremely terrifying scenery even during daytime. From the first day the camp was erected, a large group of deadly vultures hovered in the sky above at all times.
A lake was beside the camp. The melted snow on Mount Qiyun turned into streams that flowed into the lake. From afar, the entire Dark Ram Tribe looked like a black python entrenched at the foot of Mount Qiyun facing the Gulang Plains with its mouth wide open.
From time to time, the Dark Ram Tribe cavalry would come rushing in and out of the camp.
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