lotr_fan

I've recently installed Age of the Ring, and I'm trying War of the Ring for the first time. I really like all the new territories, but I noticed something strange. 

I had Isengard (the faction) start at Isengard the territory. On my second turn (I'm using the Lothlorian faction), I initiated combat with them in that territory and destroyed them in realtime. I've torn down Orthanc, I've destroyed all of the walls, I've destroyed all of the wooden scaffolds, etc... There was no shrowd on the map for reasons unknown to me, but this allows me to know that there are no enemy units hidden somewhere on the map. I still have the game playing, trying to think of anything to vanquish them entirely. Any ideas would be appreciated. I'm reluctant to forfeit, but I guess I could if it's the only way to return things to normal.

Is it behaving like this by design? Have I done something wrong? Or, is this a defect of some kind?

Edit: I'm noticing this is a problem on any fortress territory. When I tried in on Edoras, the same thing happened. I'm able to workaround the problem by doing autoresolve, but that's less than desirable, because I have little control on the outcome.

Specs:

Age of the Ring 7.3.1

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

CPU: AMD 5950x (16 core, 32 thread)

GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 ti

RAM: 64GB (2 x 32GB) running at 3334 MHz

Installation Drive: 2TB Samsung 980 Pro

Though I think the AI adjustments are cool in theory, when I just want to play to relax, the Peasant difficulty is far too intense. Would it be possible to tone it down substantially to something much closer to the EA's original easy difficulty. I really appreciate all the creativity that's been put into this game: the powers, the factions, the campaigns, etc... It's really a great thing you all have accomplished.

I've been playing this for nearly 20 years, but as my free time has lessened, my desire for intense battles has subsided. I just want to chill, but find the enemies get too big, too fast, and too early.

If there is no hope of this request being fulfilled, please let me know that so that I'm not wondering about it.

Alternatively, if you tell me which file and attributes to change, I could change the attributes myself because I have the BIG file editor and can do it. I only play offline alone. Again, this is something that I use to unwind with at the end of the day. I'm not a competitor.