Choose Xi Prefecture? The Xunzi Household had been established there for years. Dragging a Second Saint Family into the turmoil of war was practically forcing the Xun Household to betray the kingdom and rebel!
What was more, if they lost, the Xunzi Household would become part of Jing Kingdom!
With a Second Saint Family presiding over it, a kingdom's standing would be entirely different.
In the long run, Xi Prefecture mattered more than Fengzhou! A Second Saint Family was not a fat piece of meat, but a vast trove of treasure, an existence capable of strengthening a kingdom's fortune.
Everyone struggled to decide.
"If nothing else works, why not try Yong Prefecture?"
The School of War scholars rolled their eyes again.
Yong Prefecture bordered Qi Kingdom, lying extremely far from Qing Kingdom's capital and very close to Qi Kingdom. In truth, everyone knew Qi Kingdom had infiltrated Yong Prefecture until it was as full of holes as a sieve. If war broke out there, the capital's whip would be too short to reach it.
What was more, Yong Prefecture and Xiang Prefecture lay across Dongting Lake from each other, both south of the Yangtze River. Once war began, Qing Kingdom's navy could sail downstream and use its forces to cut Yong Prefecture into several large sections, then rapidly devour them piece by piece.
Fighting in Yong Prefecture would be the same as handing it over on a platter.
"We must choose either Xi Prefecture or Fengzhou," Grand Marshal Zong Xuan said helplessly.
No one dared speak.
Whoever spoke first now would earn a great household's undying hatred.
"Fengzhou lies along the river, so it is unsuitable for a Battle for Prefectures as well. Only Xi Prefecture is inland, with no major rivers. Jing Kingdom would have no advantage there," a