Roucheng has a Ning River that passes through the city, but there are walls on both sides of the river bank. Each section of the city wall is a tall stone bridge built on the river. It is a bridge that can be used to throw stones and crossbows in wartime, and can be used to communicate with each other in normal times.

The city wall extends all the way to the core that is far enough from the north and south ends, but it is a dock surrounded by high walls.

There are high towers around the pier, and more than a dozen powerful crossbows are densely arranged on each tower. The tower is built with double-layered walls on all sides. Their defense is extremely strict. Obviously, this pier is only for official and not civil use.

There is no overpass above the pier. The nearest overpass to the pier is closed. On it is a silver-armored general with his hands on his back. He is staring at the busy crowd on the pier. He has not moved for a long time. It is the current Cangyan general and the general Chen Jingzhi, who is stationed in Anling, a landlord in the county, who is in charge of defense.

When the sun was in the sky, a beautiful woman in white clothes passed the inspection on the wall at one end of the overpass with a token in hand and accompanied by several Chen Jingzhi's personal soldiers and soldiers.

"General..." The leader of the personal soldiers was about to report, but Chen Jingzhi waved his hand to order him to retreat.

He smiled and bowed to the beautiful woman, "Chen Jingzhi took the liberty to disturb Miss Qianxue's cultivation and hoped to atone for his sins."

"It's a matter for General Chen to call me from here, there is no need to do so," the beautiful woman was Qianxue. She didn't polite to Chen Jingzhi. She walked to him and followed his previous appearance and looked down at the dock below. "I haven't congratulated General Chen for his title yet, but I heard that there hasn't been a civilian title for nearly a hundred years from the county. The prefect's office should have rewarded you a lot of money. You have to stay and give some to all the officials and men."

"Jingzhi thanks for the advice of the girl. I should have dealt with it like this," Chen Jingzhi responded casually and looked at the dock and said, "Miss Qianxue has also seen the order sent by the prefect before. He said that if the matter is not done, Roucheng can abandon it. What do the girl think?"

"If Rou City can be defended, who would be willing to lose it? After all, it was all soldiers for their lives," Qianxue said calmly, "But if things cannot be done, it is okay to abandon Rou City for a while to preserve its strength in order to fight again. Didn't your prefect say that the prefect's order? General Chen will decide the gains and losses in the battlefield situation. We will do our best to cooperate."

"Okay," Chen Jingzhi seemed to be waiting for Qianxue's words, and said directly without being pretentious and polite when he heard this, "Then I'll bother the girl and the two seniors. From today on, one senior must guard this pier every day until the war ends."

When he saw Qianxue looking at him, he explained, "Miss Qianxue had also looked at the Anling map before and knew that the Ning River in front of him ran through the north and south of Anling, connecting Roucheng, Chunyangcheng and Nancheng into a line."

"Of course," Qianxue looked at the busy laborers in the dock.

"Once the prefect of the Yan family of Roucheng was unable to connect the entire territory, so they could not benefit from Ninghe Wharf. Now we can use it to connect the north and south, integrate the resources of the three cities in one place. With the power of Roucheng, this city may not be defended. But if the power of the three cities is gathered, Roucheng should not be lost," Chen Jingzhi said, "I have estimated that Guangjun's territory has soared and their army that are not large, even if the Yun family is willing to hollow out the hinterland of Jincheng and launch a large number of troops, the number of its elite troops will not be too large. Roucheng, which connects the power of the three cities, can be defended! Of course, if Roucheng is indeed unavailable, Ninghe Wharf can also become one of our retreats for withdrawing troops."

"Okay," Qianxue said frankly, "Hao Jun has taken action?"

Chen Jingzhi frowned slightly and nodded, "It came earlier than I thought. This morning, there were scouts coming to report, and there were signs of army gathering in Hannan. The army on Shuzhou advanced westward and headed straight for Sichuan City. In this way, the battle in Rou City will not be far away."

Qianxue turned her head to look at Chen Jingzhi again, and said slightly surprised, "The current situation makes you a little uneasy?"

"Why did Miss Qianxue say this?" Chen Jingzhi turned his head and looked at her. After a moment, he smiled and shook his head. "The girl seems to have a kind of power to see through people's hearts, which is really terrible."

He was silent for a while and then said slowly, "I'm not hiding it from the Ninghe River. Chen Jingzhi had the plan to burn the boat," he sighed and said, "The key point is the willow flying catkins."

"Liu Feixu's army is entrenched in Lutou City on the banks of the mountains west of Ninghe. It is similar to Roucheng, Chunyang and Nancheng. It is extremely difficult to break any of these three big cities at this time, but it is not difficult to send troops to cut off the water transportation route upstream and downstream of Ninghe at a critical moment." Chen Jingzhi stretched out his hand and rubbed the hilt of the long sword on his waist and said in a deep voice, "From the news from the dark community, Su Yiming's life in Lutou City is not easy now. Liu Feixu is selling at both ends and waiting for a price, and there is a possibility of turning to the other side at any time. Now it seems that a big factor affecting his decision is probably the battle in Roucheng."

"If we can defend this Rou City in this battle, then the western front of Anling, which is mainly Lutou City, will still be a lonely ghost separated from the Western barbarians by our three cities and one river. He is smarter and may immediately turn to Lijun," Chen Jingzhi sneered. "If we can't defend this battle, he will most likely turn to Guangjun, work with Chuancheng to block the way our army's southward journey, and connect it with Roucheng and Chuancheng at that time, and squeeze the forces of Lijun back to the south of Chunyang City. At that time, it will be even more difficult for us to go north again..."

Qianxue nodded and pondered, "If the battle in Rou City goes well, it is very likely that we can defend Rou City by relying on this Ninghe Road. If the battle in Rou City is not going well, then..." She looked up and asked, "You said that Rou City, which connects the three cities, can be defended. If so, why bother to burn the boat? What are you still worried about not saying?"

Chen Jingzhi was silent again and then said, "Miss Qianxue, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, there are too many variables, but variables are just variables. Most of the time, it is just a thought in the generals' minds. It's okay not to say it, but one thing can be said to the girl, that is Yunbailou..."

"Liu Feixu was indecisive and courageous. Otherwise, if he had devoted all his strength to the counterattack in Nancheng at the beginning, Han Feng would not have been forced to surrender so quickly. This shows that, although there are still variables on the western front of Anling, I am willing to gamble, but Yunbailou is different..." Chen Jingzhi frowned again, "I have studied several battles of this person to capture Hanoi County. He likes conspiracy and is best at pointing out the surface. In order to prevent him from having similar layouts in Rou City. Even if the old order of Rou City was broken in one battle, I was still worried. He worked with the Anling tribe to pull out many nails, and even some people just doubted... they were all cleaned up by me, so that people who still have influence in Rou City are in danger..."

"But even so, this Rou City, which is still unfamiliar to this day, still gives me a sense of danger," Chen Jingzhi sighed, "just like he named the organization "Yin Ling", he will come out from nowhere..."

"I didn't expect that General Chen, who was on the battlefield, was afraid of ghosts," Qianxue snorted and turned away, "Next time, remember to tell me the truth, just ghosts...I'm not afraid..."
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