Calm and calm.

Just as Chen Ze expected, after receiving his massive withdrawal of troops and abandoning six cities along the way, Ouyang Lixing did not move lightly.

On the contrary, Chen Ze had an argument with the generals.

The subject of the debate is whether they should retreat to Ketan City or launch a defensive posture in Xilong City and use Xilong City as their frontline position.

It is undeniable that Xilong City is actually a city with the level of a main city. Although it was burned down by Zheng Yuanyun, most of the buildings in the city are well preserved. The only weakness is the lack of material supplies.

But this problem can actually be solved by transporting grain from Ketan City.

In other words, Xilong City, which has solved the problem of material supply, can be used for defense with its solid city defense facilities.

In fact, even General Luo agreed with this observation. He also believed that there was no need to abandon Xilong City.

You must know that Xilong City was originally the main city of Nantes Province, so at that time, it was naturally the first line of defense against Anluo Province. Furthermore, considering the geographical location of Xilong City, the moat

If we attack inward from Anluo Province, it will indeed be a huge trouble.

On the other hand, look at Ketan City.

No, even the three main cities in the province of Nantes actually have such a problem.

After the Nantes Province acquired a large amount of territory that was ceded by the Anluo Province, it built these three main cities as the first line of defense against the Anluo Province's counterattack. It was also because of this that Xilong City gradually declined.

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As for why the Zhu Yan Empire built so many main cities here, it was actually because of the geographical location.

Anluo Province withdrew from a large area of ​​territory and chose Bo'an City, which was more conducive to defense, as its stronghold.

I have to say, this is a very smart choice.

Because there were too many flaws exposed in the locations of the three main cities in Anluo Province, Nantes Province found the right opportunity and attacked them in one fell swoop.

Therefore, in order to fill these flaws, the province of Nantes later built three main cities at once to seal all these flaws.

However, the construction of the Nantes Province was naturally based on the Anluo Province as the imaginary enemy. In other words, the so-called flaws were also attacked from the outside to the inside from the perspective of the Anluo Province.

As for from the inside out?

This possibility was hardly considered by the province of Nantes at that time.

Just imagine that the enemy can counterattack the three main cities from within the province of Nantes. Doesn't this mean that the entire province of Nantes has fallen, so what is the point of holding on to these three main cities?

The only possibility that the enemy can appear inside the Nantes province without destroying the three main cities is that there is a problem in the neighboring province.

For example, if Fengqi Province was conquered and the enemy entered Nantes Province from Fengqi Province, then this... can only be said to be a crime other than war.

And when the sight turns to the present.

Chen Ze's decision is to stick to the three major cities, which goes against the original idea of ​​Nantes Province. In this way, whether it is Ouyang Lixing or other generals of the Zhu Yan Empire, they want to counterattack the three major cities from within.

It is actually much easier to reach the city than from the outside, that is, from the direction of Anluo Province.

Of course, Xilong City actually also has such a problem.

After all, the moat is open to the outside world. When the Nantes Province was still dominated by Xilong City, this river caused the Qingyang Empire to suffer a lot. A large number of soldiers from the Anluo Province were buried here.

For the soldiers of Anluo Province, this river is simply a river of death.

So if Chen Ze and the others want to defend Xilong City, the enemies they need to face also come from within Nantes Province, which is obviously in the opposite direction to the moat.

Naturally, Commander Luo and others could see this clearly.

But it is precisely because of this that they believe that they should establish a stronghold in Xilong City for defense.

This is also the first time that General Luo has expressed opinions contrary to Chen Ze's after entering Nantes Province. Of course, as a previous promise to Chen Ze, General Luo did not force him to do this.

But I just put forward my own opinion.

A group of generals headed by General Luo believed that since the three main cities had exactly the same problem as Xilong City, they were both difficult to attack from the outside but could be exploited from the inside.

So……

Why should we abandon Xilong City and retreat to Ketan City?

In the eyes of Luo Zongbing and others, Xilong City can be used as a buffer. There is no need to give up at the beginning. Another point is that if Nantes Province is allowed to take back Xilong City,

And if Anlo Province still wants to send troops to attack Nantes Province in the future, it will have to face the river of death.

Undoubtedly, the loss of this pair of troops will be huge, and Anlo Province may never have the opportunity to invade Nantes Province in the future.

General Luo believed that since the difficulty of defending Xilong City was the same as that of defending Ketan City, why not try to defend Xilong City in case of success?

As long as Xilong City can be firmly established, the initiative will be in the Qingyang Empire's hands, and it will have a head start in both offense and defense.

Chen Ze held different opinions on this, and it was also the focus of debate between the two parties.

It is true that General Luo and others considered it from the imperial point of view that it would be better to defend Xilong City, but Chen Ze did not think so.

First of all, Xilong City is the old main city of Nantes Province. Although it is now in decline and was burned down by Zheng Yuanyun, Xilong City does not hold much weight in the minds of the people of Nantes Province.

It would be too light.

Secondly, from a strategic perspective, the Zhu Yan Empire can also think of what Luo Zongbing and others thought of.

Abandoning the three main cities is already a helpless move, and you want them to abandon Xilong City again?

Once Xilong is lost, the province of Nantes will be like a museum with its door opened. Anyone can walk into the museum calmly, and then plunder or live there.

It can even be said that Xilong City is the bottom line of Nantes Province.

Xilong City is still there, and no matter what happens to Nantes Province, the land that once belonged to Anluo Province will be returned. If Xilong City cannot be saved, then the entire Nantes Province will be conquered sooner or later.

Even if the vitality of Anluo Province is severely damaged due to Zheng Yuanyun this time, and the possibility of attacking Nantes Province is temporarily lost, if the other party holds the door, sooner or later, Nantes Province will face the enemy again.

Invasion of Anluo Province.

This is something no one from the Province of Nantes wants to see.
Chapter completed!