Outside the North City Gate of Fengtai County in Hui State, within the camp of Extreme East Ice City.
As Zhangsun Bingquan dragged his exhausted body back along the road, he heard the discussions of the soldiers nearby.
"——That recent matter. Have you heard about it?"
"Is it the marriage alliance between the City Lord and the Infinite Blade Lord? That should be false, nonsense, do you really believe it?"
"No smoke without fire, this rumor has been spreading convincingly. Besides, I've heard that things are in an uproar about it over at Ice City, with many ministers petitioning to make it happen."
"Is it true? But if the marriage alliance is real, it would be beneficial for our Ice City. The Infinite Blade Lord can withstand ten thousand troops, and the City Lord is invincible. The court won't be able to resist, and our armies won't have to be trapped here."
