557 Problem with Consonance City (1/2)

”Let's talk about Yunnan City-State, what's its flaw?” Ouyang Shuo asked.

More than half of the prefecture's territory boundary was a border. The north side was Tibet, which was harder to access than the Shu Lands. Moreover, it was easy to defend and hard to attack. The only threat to it would be Consonance City and Shanhai City.

One could say that the Yunnan City-State did not have much to worry about.

Of course, with pros, there would definitely be cons.

Such an excellent geographic location would also definitely restrict their ability to expand.

Hence, since the establishment of the Yunnan City-State, they had the goal of protecting their own land. Similar to the other few city-states, they were formed with defensive goals in mind.

As they said, one could become austere if they lacked selfish desires.

It seemed that the only viable option to take on the Yunnan City-State was to forcefully attack it.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo had already placed the bulk of his attack focus next year on the Yunnan City-State.

”They have two weakness.” Zhang Yi was still unfazed, ”Firstly, they lack someone like Yuanping or West Gate Big Official to lead them. Secondly, in terms of geography, there are not connected like the other three city-states, so they are utterly alone.

Ouyang Shuo noticed that Zhang Yi chose the word weakness instead of flaw.

It was obvious that to Zhang Yi, Yunnan City-State was also a tough nut to crack.

”I actually do not feel that these two points are their weaknesses.” Ouyang Shuo shook his head, as he presented a different idea, “If we looked at this individually, it might seem like a problem. But combining the two, it becomes their strength instead. An individual alliance needs to be ruled by many. Only then can they maintain stability and not change any set strategies.”

”The Lord is wise!” Zhang Yi was impressed once more.

”Toward the Yunnan City-State, the Honglu Temple can increase its attention. However, we should leave the specific strategies to Consonance City. We do not need to care too much.” Ouyang Shuo instructed.

Ouyang Shuo still needed to give his ally Bai Hua sufficient respect.

No matter what, Kunming Prefecture was the one that was truly connected to the Yunnan City-State. As for how to deal with them, Bai Hua had probably thought of some answers.

Hence, Shanhai City could not jump past Consonance City and directly start acting in the Yunnan Province. If that were the case, their interests would clash, and it would make it difficult for Bai Hua.

At most, both parties would work together.

As for the Dragon Legion housed on the west side, they were first there to collect intel. Secondly, during the real war, they would help Consonance City attack the Yunnan City-State.

In the future, the problem of how to deal with the Yunnan City-State would be one that both sides would definitely have issues and disagreements on.

News had spread of Shanhai City occupying Zhen An Prefecture and eating up the ninety thousand west army prisoners. Within Consonance City, there were already people that were unhappy.

After all, from their point of view, they had paid a huge price to block the west army. In the very end, they made the sacrifice but did not gain any benefits.

On the contrary, Shanhai City just made one sneak attack and plucked all the fruits from this tree.

If Luo Shixin's division did not help Consonance City swiftly take down Kunming Prefecture, giving them a peaceful home, these unhappy emotions would be much more intense.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not feel guilty about this point, it was enough to raise his wariness.