Chapter 869: Testing Strength
Zhou Xu had been considering the fortress's area for quite some time.
Pingyuan City had ultimately been a city to begin with. After being rebuilt into a fortress, its area was somewhat too large, which would instead increase the pressure on the garrison troops to arrange their defenses.
Reducing it by two circles and cutting down its occupied area would work out perfectly.
As they spoke, Zhou Xu simply pointed at the design plans and began discussing them with the engineering captain right there atop the wall.
"Oh, right. When designing it, set aside a dedicated area for building a farm—one where we can raise livestock and grow crops."
The engineering captain's mind went blank when he heard this. He had no idea why His Majesty wanted to build a farm inside a military fortress.
However, he had grown smarter by now. Whatever His Majesty said, he would simply do. That was all there was to it.
Shi Lei, on the other hand, had a few thoughts after hearing this instruction.
It was just like when he had been stationed in Anling City and Liang Kingdom's main army had surrounded the city. If the city had not had enough food then, he would inevitably have been forced into a passive position when devising tactics.
The situation in New North District would only be more severe.
After all, New South District had ample supplies in the rear, and troop reinforcements could also be dispatched in time.
New North District, by contrast, could now be described as a place where everything was waiting to be rebuilt. It was also some distance from New South District. Before carrier pigeons could be trained, even intelligence could not be relayed promptly between the two regions.
Put simply, if anything happened, they