Chapter two hundred and forty seventh such as tarsal yin spirit
Roucheng has a Ning River running through the city, but there are city walls on both sides of the river embankment. At intervals of the city wall, there are tall stone bridges built over the river, which can be used for throwing stones and setting up crossbows during war.
It can be used as an overpass for communication.
The city wall extends all the way to the core, which is far enough away from the north and south ends, but it is a dock surrounded by high walls.
There are high towers around the pier, and dozens of crossbows are densely arranged on each high tower. The towers are surrounded by double-layer walls. Their defense is extremely tight. Obviously, this pier is only for official use, not civilian use.
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There is no overpass above the pier. The overpass closest to the pier is closed. Standing alone on it is a silver-armored general with his hands behind his back. He is staring at the busy crowd on the pier. He has not moved for a long time. It is Cang Yan today.
The guard general was Chen Jingzhi, the general stationed in Anling from Lijun to take charge of the defense.
When the sun was high in the sky, a beautiful woman in white on the city wall at one end of the overpass passed the inspection holding a token and came to his side accompanied by several of Chen Jingzhi's personal soldiers.
"General..." The leader of the soldiers was about to report, but Chen Jingzhi waved his hand and ordered him to retreat.
He smiled at the beautiful woman and cupped his hands and said, "Chen Jingzhi took the liberty of disturbing Miss Qianxue's spiritual practice, and I hope to atone for my sins."
"There is something wrong with General Chen calling me from here. It doesn't have to be like this." The beautiful woman was Qian Xue. She was not polite to Chen Jingzhi. She walked to him and imitated his previous appearance and looked down at the pier, "I haven't congratulated Chen yet.
The general has been knighted, but I heard that no common people have been knighted in Li County in the past hundred years. The prefect's mansion should have rewarded you with a lot of money and silk. You have to stay and give some to each of the court officials.
That’s good.”
"Thank you very much, Miss, for your advice. This is how it should be handled," Chen Jingzhi responded casually and then looked at the dock and said, "Miss Qianxue has also read the order sent by the prefect earlier. He said that if something cannot be done,
Roucheng can be abandoned, what do you think, girl?"
"If Roucheng can be defended, who would be willing to throw it away? After all, the soldiers paid for it with their lives," Qianxue said in a calm tone, "But if things cannot be done, there is nothing wrong with temporarily abandoning Roucheng to preserve our strength in order to fight again.
, didn’t your edict say that all the gains and losses on the battlefield will be decided by General Chen himself, and we will try our best to cooperate."
"Okay," Chen Jingzhi seemed to be waiting for Qian Xue's words. He said directly without being pretentious and polite, "Then I would like to trouble you to tell the two seniors that from today on, there must be one person at this pier every day.
Senior, we will guard the place until the end of the war."
When he saw Qianxue looking at him, he explained, "Miss Qianxue has seen the map of Anling before and knows that the Ning River in front of her runs through the north and south of Anling, connecting Roucheng, Chunyang City and Nancheng."
"Of course I know," Qianxue said, looking at the busy workers at the dock.
"In the past, the edict of the Yan family in Roucheng could not penetrate the entire territory, so sitting on the Ninghe Pier could not fully benefit. Now we can use it to connect the north and the south, integrating the resources of the three big cities into one place, and using Roucheng
The city may not be defendable with the power of one place, but if the power of three cities is combined, Roucheng should not be lost," Chen Jingzhi said, "I have estimated that Guang County's territory has increased rapidly and their army is not large.
The Yun family is willing to dig out the hinterland of Jincheng and raise a large number of troops. The number of their elite troops will not be too many. Roucheng, which is connected with the power of the three cities, can defend it! Of course, if Roucheng cannot be defended, Ninghe Wharf can also be defended.
Become one of our retreat routes."
"Okay," Qianxue said crisply, "Has Guang County already taken action?"
Chen Jingzhi frowned slightly and nodded, "It came a little earlier than expected. This morning, scouts came to report that there were signs of troops gathering in the direction of Hannan, and the Shuzhou army marched westward and headed straight for Sichuan City. In this way, Roucheng was
The battle is not far away."
Qianxue turned to look at Chen Jingzhi again, slightly surprised and said, "The current situation makes you a little uneasy?"
"Why did Miss Qianxue say this?" Chen Jingzhi turned to look at her. After a moment, he smiled and shook his head, "The girl seems to have the power to see into people's hearts, which is really scary."
He was silent for a while and then slowly said, "To be fair to you, girl, Chen Jingzhi had the intention of building a north-south river transport route through the Ning River." He sighed softly, "The key point is that
Liu Feixin."
"Liu Feixu's army is entrenched in Lutou City on the bank of the mountains to the west of Ninghe River. It is close to Roucheng, Chunyang and Nancheng. It would be extremely difficult for him to attack and break any of these three big cities at this time, but
It is not difficult to send troops to cut off the water transportation upstream and downstream of the Ning River at the critical moment." Chen Jingzhi stretched out his hand and stroked the handle of the long knife beside his waist and said in a deep voice, "According to the news from the secret service, Su Yiming is now in
Life in Lutou City was not easy. Liu Feixu was selling at both ends, and there was a possibility of him switching to the other side at any time. But now it seems that a big factor that influenced his decision was probably the Battle of Roucheng.
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"If we can defend this Roucheng in this battle, then the Anling Western Front, dominated by Lutou City, will still be a lonely ghost isolated between the Western Yi by our three cities and one river. He who is smarter will
"Maybe he will fall to Lijun soon," Chen Jingzhi sneered, "If we can't defend Roucheng in this battle, he will most likely fall to Guangjun, join forces with Sichuancheng to block our army's way south, and fight with
At that time, Roucheng and Sichuan City were connected in a line, completely squeezing the power of Lijun back to the south of Chunyang City. By then, it would be even more difficult for us to go north..."
Qianxue nodded and thought deeply, "If everything goes well in the battle of Roucheng, then we have a great chance of defending Roucheng relying on this Ninghe waterway. If the battle in Roucheng goes wrong, then..." She raised her head and spoke again.
Asked, "You said earlier that the power of Roucheng, which connects the three cities, is enough to defend it. If that's the case, why do you need to say that you have to burn the boat? What worries do you have that you haven't mentioned yet?"
Chen Jingzhi was silent again, and then said, "Miss Qianxue, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. There are too many variables. Variables are just variables. Most of the time, they are just a thought in the minds of the generals. It doesn't matter if you don't say it, but there is one thing you can tell the girl clearly.
, that is Yun Bailou..."
"Liu Feixu is indecisive and lacks courage. Otherwise, if he had used all his strength in the Nancheng counterattack from the beginning, Han Feng would not have been forced to surrender so quickly. This can be seen from this. So although there are still variables on the Anling Western Front
I am also willing to take a gamble, but Yun Bailou is different..." Chen Jingzhi frowned slightly again, "I have studied several battles in which this person captured Hanoi County. He likes conspiracy and is best at breaking the surface.
In order to prevent it from having a similar layout in Rou City, even if the old order of this Rou City is broken in one battle, I still don't worry, so I worked with the ANBU to pull out many nails, and some people even just suspected...
...They were all cleaned up by me, so that everyone who still has influence in Rou City is in danger..."
"But even so, this still unfamiliar Roucheng still gives me a sense of danger," Chen Jingzhi sighed softly, "just like the name he gave to the organization 'Yin Ling', I don't know
It will come out from nowhere..."
"I didn't expect that General Chen, who roams the battlefield, is actually afraid of ghosts," Qianxue snorted and turned away, "Next time, remember to tell me the truth, it's just ghosts... I'm not afraid...