Strategic Terrain

The river wind swept across the battlefield, carrying the lingering stench of blood. On the walls of Yingzhou City, a blue lamp suddenly went out.

The Zhao Family's forces had completely withdrawn. At such a young age, Yan Tianxing had already officially stepped onto the stage and begun taking part in this struggle for supremacy.

What made Yan Tianxing resolve to abandon Zhuozhou, the stronghold he had spent years building, and choose Yingzhou instead was, first, that he could trust his sister, Xiao Lingying. The County Princess had cultivated Yingzhou, Mozhou, and Cangzhou for many years, and their foundations were deep.

Their geographical positions were also highly suited to both offense and defense.

The deeper reason was that among all the regions and forces within the Ancient Yan Kingdom Secret Realm, only the people of Cangzhou had continued rotating personnel and cultivating talent throughout these past decades.

The Zhang Family had mainly been the ones persevering in this. The locals elsewhere were still frogs at the bottom of a well. For most people, the world they knew was limited to a single province. Those with broader knowledge merely knew of the Ancient Yan Kingdom Secret Realm as a concept.

The seven cities under the Zhang Family's rule accounted for more than half of Cangzhou's population. They were Cangzhou's most fertile and prosperous region, and they produced talent in abundance.

Not only could these people take on important positions under the Zhang Family, many were also exceptionally promoted and entrusted with important posts by the County Princess's residence.

Therefore, if Yan Tianxing wanted to seize ownership of the Yan Kingdom Secret Realm and participate in this struggle for supremacy within the secret realm, he had to pull the Zhang Family onto his side.

The hearts of the Zhang Family's people were