Time moved forward a while.
Several years had passed since Chen Xiaoyue led her trusted followers and surviving partisans straight to the Guangde Army and brought Rongyang City under her rule.
During that time, the surviving noble clans whose bones Chen Xiaoyue had not stripped out had not reacted much.
For one thing, they could not beat Chen Xiaoyue. For another, the problem had been created by the Rongyang Chen Clan itself.
Logically speaking, after the death of the current clan head, Chen Zhiqing, with the first in line, Chen Xiaoyue, absent, Chen Zhiqing's son should have become clan head.
But the Chen Clan elders had done just fine for themselves—they had directly decided the Chen Clan's next clan head behind closed doors, and they had made a complete mess of the relationship between Rongyang City and the garrison at Qianqiong Pass, which concerned the safety of all Beiyan Prefecture, stirring up resentment everywhere.
Chen Xiaoyue stood atop the newly built city wall of Rongyang City, gazing into the distance.
Although the thing beneath Chen Xiaoyue's feet was called a city wall, it was no longer on the same technological level as something piled up from concrete.
Its full name was the Shield Extension Device. It allowed a shield to expand its coverage area without weakening its protective capability.
So after the Shield Extension Device had formed a complete ring around the inner district of Rongyang City, it came to be called the city wall.
"My lord, this is a message from General Guan, who is guarding the Qianqiong Coast Fortress."
Back then, Rus Wang's wave of map-clearing had successfully won Chen Xiaoyue precious time to deal with internal problems after seizing power.
The pass that guarded the land had become a coastal fortress, and the basin had become a