Chapter 497

calm and tranquil.

As Chen Ze expected, after receiving his massive withdrawal and giving up six cities along the way, Ouyang did not move lightly.

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

The theme of the debate is whether they should retreat to Ketan city or launch a defensive posture in Xilong city and take Xilong city as their front line position.

It is undeniable that Xilong city is also a city with the level of the main city. Although it was burned 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 also be realized 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 urban defense facilities.

In fact, even the commander in chief of Luo also agreed. He also believed that it was not necessary to abandon Xilong city.

You know, Xilong city was originally the main city of Nantes Province, so in those years, it was naturally the first line of defense against Anluo province. Moreover, in terms of the geographical location of Xilong City, if the moat attacked from Anluo Province, it would be a great trouble.

In contrast, Ketan city.

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

After Nantes province got a large amount of territory abandoned by anluoxing Province, it built these three main cities as the first line of defense against the counter attack of anluoxing province. It is also because of this that Xilong city gradually declined.

As for why the Zhuyan Empire built so many three main cities here, it is actually because of this geographical location.

Anluoxing province withdrew from a large area of territory and chose Boan City, which is more conducive to defense, as its stronghold.

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

Because of the location of the three main cities before, the province of anluoxing exposed too many flaws, which was attacked by the province of Nantes.

Therefore, in order to fill these gaps, Nantes province will simply build three main cities at one time and block all these gaps.

However, the construction of Nantes province naturally takes anluoxing Province as an imaginary enemy, that is to say, the so-called flaw is also to attack from the outside to the inside from the perspective of anluoxing province.

As for inside out?

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

Imagine that the enemy could counter attack the three main cities from the interior of Nantes province. Does this not mean that the whole Nantes province has fallen, so what is the significance of sticking to these three main cities?

If the enemy can appear inside Nantes province and the three main cities are not broken, the only possibility is that there are problems in the neighboring provinces.

For example, Fengqi province was broken, and the enemy entered Nantes province from Fengqi Province, so this... Can only be said to be a crime of non war.

And when the line of sight turns to the present.

Chen Ze's decision is to stick to the three main cities, so isn't it contrary to the original idea of Nantes province? In this way, it's much easier for Ouyang or other generals of Zhu Yan Empire to counter attack the three main cities from the inside than from the outside, that is, the direction of Anluo province.

Of course, Xilong city also has such a problem.

The moat was always external. When Xilong city was the main city of Nante Province, the river suffered a lot from the Qingyang empire. A large number of soldiers belonging to Anluo province were buried here. For the soldiers of Anluo Province, the river was a river of death.

If Chen Ze wants to defend according to Xilong City, the enemy they need to face also comes from within Nantes Province, which is obviously opposite to the direction of the moat.

Luo Zongbing and others naturally see this clearly.

However, it is precisely because of this that they believe that a stronghold should be established in Xilong city.

This is also the first time that Luo Zongbing put forward the opposite opinion to Chen Ze after entering Nantes province. Of course, as a previous commitment to Chen Ze, Luo Zongbing did not force him to do so, but just put forward his own views.

The generals led by Luo Zongbing believe that since the problems existing in the three main cities are exactly the same as those in Xilong City, they are all an existence that is difficult to attack from the outside, but can be taken advantage of from the inside, so

Why give up 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 Nante province takes Xilong city back, and Anluo province wants to send troops to attack Nante Province in the future, it will have to face the river of death.

There is no doubt that the loss of troops will be huge, and there may be no chance for anlok province to invade Nantes province after that.

Luo Zongbing thinks that since the difficulty of guarding Xilong city is equal to that of guarding Ketan City, why not try to defend Xilong city in case it is defended?

As long as we can stand firm in Xilong City, the initiative will be on the side of Qingyang Empire, and we will take the lead in both attack and defense.

Chen Ze held different opinions on this, which was also the focus of debate between the two sides.

Indeed, Luo Zongbing and others think that it would be better to defend Xilong city from the perspective of Empire, but Chen Ze doesn't think so.

First of all, Xilong city is the old main city of Nantes province. Although it has declined and has been burned by Zheng Yuanyun, Xilong city will not be too light in the eyes of Nantes people.

Secondly, from a strategic point of view, what Luo Zongbing and others thought of, Zhu Yan empire can also think of.

It is helpless to give up the three main cities, and want them to give up Xilong city again?

Once Xilong is lost, Nantes province is like a museum that has opened its door. Anyone who comes can enter the museum frankly, and then plunder it wantonly, or live here.

It can even be said that Xilong city is the bottom line of Nantes province.

Xilong city is still there, and Nantes province is no longer in trouble, that is, the land once belonging to Anluo province will be returned. If Xilong city cannot be maintained, the whole Nantes province will be broken sooner or later.

Even if the strength of anluoxing province is greatly damaged due to Zheng Yuanyun, 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 invasion of anluoxing province again.

This is something that no southerner wants to see.

Therefore, if they stick to Xilong City, it will undoubtedly make the other party blow up, but they will send troops recklessly in order to recover Xilong city!