[There's a lot of time lapse in this chapter.]
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It was the sixth month of the thirty-second year of Yonghe.
A week after the Hang envoy was captured, a letter arrived in the Xie Nation, demanding the envoy's release or that they prepare for war.
However, the Xie Nation did not send any reply, making their firm stance clear. So, after a few days, the Hang Nation took action.
The Hang Nation, along with two other states, declared war against the Xie Nation. To increase their chances of victory, they decided to launch a surprise attack in the dead of night.
Yet the Xie army was prepared.
Instead of catching the Xie army off guard, they were the ones left stunned. The Xie army had already received intelligence and remained on high alert, not lowering their guard even at night, when they were most vulnerable.
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It was the eighth month of the thirty-second year of Yonghe.
