The Hai nation had only the old, the weak, women and children left in the country to support its domestic needs because of the war, and the rising prices caused resentment among the people. Now they finally found a way to vent their resentment. Therefore, Nalan Yuanzhao wanted to recapture the island that had been occupied by the Hai nation for many years and improve its image in people's minds again. The Hai nation caught the imperial court off guard by the Navy of the East Sea, but the Chao nation did not show weakness because of the Thunderbolt Stone, which was specialties of its own country. The two states had fought for more than a month, but each side had won, and the war situation was in a stalemate.
But fighting was not only a matter of tactical and military attainments, the most
