After bitter fighting on the Shukai plains, the Qin army managed to capture the impregnable Gyou, a crucial stronghold of Zhao. But the jubilation is short-lived, for Usen's men have run out of food, and their adversaries are ready to destroy any convoy that tries to supply them. Despite the suffering Shin and his brothers in arms have already endured, they are not yet at the end of their tether... Unless, of course, the brilliant General Ousen has already planned everything.