Chapter 71: I Will Not Monopolize This Glory

Langya was less than three li from the Chishui River.

Because this city was extremely important—destined to become the strategic chokepoint second only to Yongcheng, the capital of Liang Prefecture, once Wuwei inevitably fell—it was exceptionally well-connected by both water and land routes.

The three-li stretch of road from the city gate to the riverside encampment had been built as a broad thoroughfare, paved with stone slabs. As cart wheels rolled over them, they produced a thunderous rumbling like galloping wind and lightning.

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