Chapter 156
The situation at the eastern border underwent several changes over the past ten years.
When Yang Guanfeng and Han Wang first arrived, they faced bandits attempting to invade the Zhuhu Dynasty – mostly failed rebels from the Eastern Wilderness who lost their uprisings.
By the fourth year, new regimes emerging from Eastern Wilderness’ collapse began stabilizing.
The former Great Prince of the East Wilderness Dynasty claimed the entire eastern territory, while the Third Prince and Seventh Prince divided western lands along a great river, occupying north and south respectively.
The Zhuhu Dynasty shared borders with the Seventh Prince’s entire western frontier and part of the Third Prince’s territory.
With this three-way balance established, rogue soldiers dwindled and border tensions eased.
This allowed Zhuhu’s top officials to consolidate domestic powers, enabling the Yang Family’s rapid growth during this period.
Three years of relative peace followed, with frontline troops experiencing only three minor clashes monthly and fewer than five major battles annually.
But everything changed in the seventh year when sect powers intervened, throwing the border into turmoil.