However, now Lu Chen is obviously unable to occupy the city on this side of the river. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info even if he is lucky enough to occupy one or two cities. However, without the slightest mountain range or water flow as a barrier, it was difficult for them to hold the city.

If Lu Chen wants to build a stronghold, he must at least have some danger around it. Otherwise, once the war breaks out, with his position, it will definitely be very chaotic. If there is no natural danger, it is difficult to block waves of attacks with only one city wall.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen immediately took out his map. When he began to look for a suitable city to build his base, he first searched on the riverbank. I found a few of the more prosperous cities, and it was also far away from the territory of the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu Envoy.

However, looking at these cities, Lu Chen's face was still slightly furrowed, although the geographical location of these cities was already good. However, there is no danger around at all. In fact, this is normal, after all, in those places crisscrossed by mountains, not only is there a traffic jam, but also a very small floating population. In such an environment, it is difficult to build a large city.

Lu Chen looked at the map worriedly, and his gaze wandered around the territory of the Shannan Dongdao Jiedu Envoy. However, except for those cities that are not safe to defend, the remaining cities are either too small or the geographical location is not satisfied.

His eyes kept roaming the map, and gradually his eyes began to search for the sides of the river. Suddenly, Lu Chen's eyes flashed, and his gaze was firmly fixed on a city on the map, Luzhou City.

Luzhou City is bordered by the Tuojiang River in the north and the Wenjiang River in the south. The Tuojiang River is a large river that winds its way down from the north and finally flows into the Yangtze River. As for the Wenjiang River, not to mention, as the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, how can it be too small?

What's more, the city is close to two large rivers, so the water transportation is very developed, which makes Luzhou also very prosperous. Luzhou City is also one of the top cities even under the rule of the entire Shannan West Road Jiedu Envoy. Moreover, the history of this city is also very long, and it was built in the Xia and Shang periods.

In every respect, this castle is ideal for long-term use. Moreover, after several expansions of the city, the current area of Luzhou is very large, and with the resources of Luzhou, it can be self-sufficient for a long time. Therefore, as long as Lu Chen controls Luzhou City, he does not have to be afraid of the enemy army besieging the city at all.

However, since this Luzhou city is so prosperous, it must not be easy to fight down. Just from the current situation, it can be seen that General Zhang, who cooperated with Lu Chen, specially bypassed this area when he conquered various cities, obviously planning to recover it in the end. It is even unknown whether it can be subdued.

However, now that this city has been targeted by Lu Chen, no matter how strong its city is and how many garrisons there are in the city, Lu Chen will take it down. After all, looking at the territory under the jurisdiction of the Shannan West Daojie Du Envoy, Luzhou City is the most suitable city as a stronghold.

Now that he had made up his mind, Lu Chen no longer hesitated, and immediately turned around and left the vicinity of Yizhou City. This Yizhou City Lu Chen will not fight his idea again in a short period of time. However, when his power becomes stronger in the future, he will definitely come to Yizhou City again, and at that time, it will be more than just a Yizhou City, and his things are not so easy to steal.

Lu Chen ran in the direction of the river bank, and after passing through several cities, it didn't take long for him to find Luo Gong and the others. At this time, Luo Gong had already led more than 1,000 people to capture three cities. However, they are all small cities, and they are not suitable for long-term garrisons.

Lu Chen told Luo Gong about his idea of wanting to enter Luzhou City. After hearing that Lu Chen actually wanted to attack Luzhou, Luo Gong glanced at him with some surprise, and when he saw that Lu Chen didn't mean to joke, he said, "General, this Luzhou is not easy to capture!" At the beginning, Gaozu said that after the establishment of the Governor's Mansion in Luzhou, the strength of Luzhou City has been greatly expanded in a short period of time, and now after so many years of operation, this huge city, not to say that it is an iron wall, but it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack. What's more, even if you attack it, you still have to fight a fierce battle with the large number of soldiers in the city! ”

Hearing Luo Gong's words, Lu Chen also nodded helplessly, and said, "I also know this, but I have observed the surrounding terrain and geographical location before. Only Luzhou City is suitable for us as a long-term stronghold. So, no matter how difficult it is, we have to conquer it! ”

Hearing what Lu Chen said so categorically, Luo Gong stopped persuading. He knew Lu Chen's character, since he had made up his mind, he would definitely not change it easily, not to mention, this Luzhou City was indeed a good place to stick to for a long time.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Gong said slowly, "After we occupied these cities, our strength has expanded to three thousand. However, with the newly added 2,000 people, I did not let them merge with the city guards of the Holy City, after all, these people cannot compare with the city guards in terms of strength and loyalty. I just replaced all their generals with people from our city guards."

Hearing this, Lu Chen also nodded in agreement, and said, "You did a good job, we can't bring these people back to the Holy City." If it really comes to a critical moment, these people will definitely be abandoned, and only the city guards are our foundation."

Speaking of this, he saw that Lu Chen's eyes lit up slightly, and he patted his head and said, "How did I forget Longyan and them." Long Yan is now leading the more than 1,000 remnants of the Shannan West Dao Jiedu to subdue other cities on the other side of the river. When the city is recovered, those officers and soldiers who defend the city, he will definitely take it together. Moreover, even before the Shannan West Daojiedu envoy, most of the troops were pulled to fight the Yizhou Taishou. However, there will still be a part of the army left in these cities to defend it. If these forces are brought together, it will be a lot of force."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen immediately sent someone to the other side of the river to inquire about the situation on Longyan's side.

After sending people out, Lu Chen and Luo Gong stayed in a small city for the time being. After staying here, Lu Chen did not stay idle, but asked people to find some books that introduced the situation of Luzhou City.

For a day, Lu Chen was studying this Luzhou city. With his in-depth understanding, he also had a certain understanding of the strength and defense of this city.

Luzhou City belonged to the domain of Liangzhou in the Xia and Shang periods. And at that time, it was already a big city. After the development of the Zhou, Han and Liang dynasties, Luzhou has become a big city. After entering the Sui Dynasty, because Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty established Luzhou County, Luzhou City was greatly developed again and became one of the only few big cities in the south.

(To be continued.) )