The situation in the eastern border was stabilized for the time being.
No one on the enemy side knew that Li Ze was absent from the warzone. Huzhi kingdom despite being aggressive on the first few battles was now backing down step by step.
Most people didn't know why they were doing that. But everyone had a feeling that it was all part of a plan that Huzhi kingdom would withdraw without a fight. Maybe it had something to do with the empress' objective having served its due.
Li Ze's followers who stayed behind knew that the empress had been involved in the past wars and she was secretly supplying the previous enemy kingdoms with armors and supplies.
However this time, her intervention with Huzhi kingdom seemed a bit special. Perhaps because it was the 'last chance' she could ever have in order to scheme something.
"It's strange. They're retreating without a fight," one of Li Ze's lieutenants said in their routine meeting.
