Though the battles on the Eastern and Western fronts were not shattered at the first touch, they did not develop into a prolonged stalemate lasting most of the day either. Both fronts only experienced a short stalemate, and then the collapse suddenly began.
The Eastern front was smaller and collapsed much earlier. Huangfu Qing abandoned the chase of Bo'e and came to assist Zhao Changhe and others, who could barely hold against the Longevity Heavenly God.
The reason the Longevity Heavenly God was utterly unable to tend to the increasingly dire Western main battlefield was that the pressure exerted by the reinforcement Huangfu Qing could not be underestimated.
