Amidst this shifting political landscape, tensions between the Great Xia Kingdom and Wulong Country were already running high. Driven by unrequited love turned to hatred, Princess Wu Yarou of Wulong Country had badgered King of Wu Wu Zhentian into declaring war on the Great Xia Kingdom, plunging bilateral relations to a freezing point.
As the story was told last time, this "mock battle" was plagued by one mishap after another. When a rash Wulong Country soldier wounded a Great Xia Kingdom soldier, Li Rufun and Ma Daha hastily framed the incident as a self-inflicted scheme in an attempt to keep the twist-filled "mock battle" going.
Back at the military camp of Wulong Country, Ma Daha was racking his brains over how to explain the situation to Wu Zhentian.
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