The delegations from the countries participating in the war all made their way toward the Guanhe Platform.
The Qi Country delegation set out from Linzi, headed west through Zheng Country, circled north around Jinguo, and finally crossed Ji Country to reach the Guanhe Platform via Fertility Country.
It is to be noted that Jinguo lies directly west of Qi Country, and the Guanhe Platform is situated further west of Jinguo.
Logically, the quickest route for the Qi delegation would have been to travel straight through Jinguo, heading west.
But, obviously, that was not a possibility...
Not to mention anything else, if the Jinguo officials demanded the Qi mounted army disarm while passing through, would they disarm or not?
What about the series of Jinguo rules and the various Daoist courtesies—would they follow them or not?
After all, each country was among the six strongest in the world, and no one wanted to lose face by yielding to another.
