Great Xia, Sufeng City.
Outside the city, the Imperial Army of Great Xia had assembled, countless trebuchets set up in a row, while archers were poised and ready.
Inside Sufeng City chaos reigned, as no one had anticipated that the Imperial Army would be able to defeat the combined forces of the great families so quickly and besiege Sufeng City.
Now, their last opportunity was to have the Grandmasters of the great families take action together against the Imperial Army.
Of course, they also anticipated the presence of the Imperial Grandmaster within the army's ranks, so what would follow was a contest between the Grandmasters of the aristocratic families and the Grandmaster of the Court. If the Grandmasters of the aristocratic families could overcome the Imperial Grandmaster, perhaps they of the South still had a glimmer of hope. But if their Grandmasters were defeated, then it wouldn't be long before the Imperial Army could storm the city.