Ever since a long time ago, the Central Plains had been making plans to wipe out the Iron Mountain. To justify their actions, the Central Plains had used the death of Wei Lingmiao as a reason to attack Iron Mountain.
Wei Song pushed the blame toward the North City's Meng family, but the Central Plains claimed that the mastermind was Bighead Kingpin. Their argument seemed trivial as the forces in Western Region had often accused each other. However, they would not go beyond verbal threats. But this time, the Central Plains had followed up on their threats. On one hand, they had exchanged letters, but on the other hand, they had secretly mobilized their troops.
In less than two months after the death of Wei Lingmiao, five thousand troops were sent to the battlefield on July of this year. Sixteen other vassal nations had also provided the same amount of military support.