Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Leylines Awaken

Pan Xiaogu established Xiguan Township at the node of the Gukou camp.

Xiguan, Wupin, 652 square kilometers, settlement 3\4.

It is a long and narrow territory with a predominantly mountainous and hilly terrain, which just blocks the valley mouth on the north bank of the Panyang River.

Pan Xiaogu established two villages in the territory: the northernmost red copper mine with copper mines, and the south of Linhe, the two villages, one produces Linggu and the other produces Lingcao, both of which are reward buildings, and Pan Xiaogu did not invest more development points except for immigrants.

After the establishment of Xiguan, the nearest node appeared in the south of Xiguan Township, the river was not completely frozen, Pan Xiaogu found a ferry to take people across the river, and established Guannan Township at this node.

After the establishment of Guannan Township, Pan Xiaogu unexpectedly received a system prompt.

"Since you frequently open up the leyline nodes, the leyline activity has entered the awakening period!"

"Leyline Awakening Period: The leyline nodes become more dense, and the origin energy in the leylines leaks to the outside world, affecting the surrounding creatures!"

There is also this kind of operation, which I haven't mentioned before!

The change in the leylines is a mixed blessing for Pan Xiaogu, the good side is that his territory can be built closer together, instead of being like before, several territories are far apart, which is not conducive to management and defense.

On the downside, the leaked Origin Energy may make his potential opponents stronger, and may also give rise to more powerful 'wild monsters' like the Wolf Demon, increasing the 'difficulty of the game'.

However, the negative impact of the change has not yet been reflected, and it needs to be brewed slowly, but the benefits can be enjoyed by Pan Xiaogu in advance.

Around Xiguan Township and Guannan Township, three new territorial nodes have appeared, and two have also appeared in the Great Valley.

So Pan Xiaogu established five more territories in one go, namely Yanggu Township and Guzhong Township in the big valley, close to Xiguan Township, Guanxi Township and Guanbei Township, and the last one is between Guannan Township and Guanxi Township, the territory on the south bank of the Panyang River, which was named Guanjin by Pan Xiaogu.

In this way, Pan Xiaogu established a territory group of seven territories in Persia, and met the conditions of the main quest, but because Persia has not yet destroyed the country, the task has not yet been settled, and Pan Xiaogu has to be careful not to let the territory be taken away by others, which would be too tragic.

Pan Xiaogu got a total of eleven territory vouchers some time ago, and the remaining four Pan Xiaogu are ready to be used in the Wuhe region to connect the first two territories into one.

Especially in Xianyue Township, this territory is still the territory with the highest grade at present, and the highest grade of the newly established territory is only four grades, and the highest level of the settlement can only be promoted to the city level, not the highest level of the capital level, and the development potential is not as good as that of the Xianyue Township.

And then Pan Xiaogu has no intention of withdrawing his troops, now is the weakest period of the two northern states (provinces) of Persia, it is really unreasonable not to take advantage of this opportunity to do something, besides, he already has a servant army of 20,000 people in his hands, he has to find an opportunity to consume some of these cannon fodder...

Pan Xiaogu first selected a few high-grade or strategically important territories among the newly built territories to build a wave, and then led people back to the place where the army was stationed, and gathered the officers above the captain level to plan the next battle plan!

This is not the first time this kind of combat meeting has been held, Cheng Yun and they have also listened to it a few times, but this time Cheng Yun and they did not come, the letter harrier they used to communicate with the family had a problem, and they did not dare to fly over the boundary mountain for some reason, Cheng Yun and they had to return to the other side of the boundary mountain in person and send a secret message to their home.

So this combat meeting became an internal meeting of Rivers Town.

As soon as the operational meeting began, the officers expressed their views on the next operational direction and engaged in a heated debate.

The officers were divided into two main points, the northerners who advocated continuing to attack the steppes for the winter, and the southerners who felt that they should attack the Persian towns on both sides of the Panyang River.

The northward faction was dominated by cavalry officers, while the southward faction was dominated by the naval army, and among the infantry officers, there were both those who supported the northward advance and those who supported the southward advance, and some of them felt that it didn't matter and became the wall-riding faction.

"I think we should continue to sweep those steppe tribes in the next step, according to the Persian register, the total number of Hu people on the steppe is more than one million, and we have swept only one or two of them before, and there are still many targets to attack, there are not many elites in these Hu tribes, and their vigilance is not high, so it is easy to get their hands on." Said a cavalry captain of the Northern Advance Faction

As soon as his words fell, a captain of the Southward Advance faction immediately jumped out to refute

"What's the use of being easy to get, these poor people can't even eat, we still have to feed them after the fight, there is no benefit, it's purely thankless."

"Who said it was thankless, didn't you also capture more than 30,000 horses and so many livestock?" The cavalry captain was not happy

"What kind of seizures are those? Most of the horses were left to those servants for military use, and those livestock, not all of them were left to those Hu people, they pointed to these livestock to survive this winter, if you dare to take them, those Hu people will definitely fight with you! One of the captains of the Marine Corps sneered

"That's better than attacking the city, we have all defended the city, and we have seen how difficult it is to attack the city, if it wasn't for the strategy of Lord Shi, how many people would have died in the siege before?"

The two sides insisted on their own words and kept arguing, but they were always arguing over each other, and their views were always inseparable from the two lower levels of operational difficulty and post-war gains, and no one analyzed them from a better strategic height.

Moreover, the people of both factions have selfish intentions, and the cavalry is of course the main force when they enter the grassland in the north, so most of the supporters are cavalry officers. All the towns along the river will be attacked in the south, and the status of the navy will definitely be improved in order to control the waterway at that time.

Pan Xiaogu sat quietly on the side, watching the two factions arguing

He doesn't care about the selfishness of the two factions, everyone has selfishness, and it is inevitable. He also encouraged an atmosphere of competition among the army, as long as it did not develop to the point where the navy and the army were pulling each other apart, like the imperial army.

Pan Xiaogu was only slightly disappointed, and none of the people under him seemed to have any strategic vision.

Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one will be hard to find!

"Alright, stop arguing!" Pan Xiaogu slapped the table, interrupting the argument between the two factions.

Let's let my brother give you a strategy lesson first.

"First of all, let's make it clear, what is the purpose of our invasion of Persia?" When everyone else was quiet, Pan Xiaogu first asked a question.

"Grab the turf and expand the strength!" An infantry commander shouted first, although his words were rough, but he broke the essence in one word, causing everyone present to laugh, and Pan Xiaogu couldn't help but laugh along when he heard it.

"Yes, grabbing territory to expand our strength is indeed our purpose, and it is the most important purpose. But this is only the surface, and you have to see the deeper meaning. ”

Everyone else quietly shut their mouths and watched the leader pretend.