When the news of Nan Chen's national funeral came, the civil and military officials of the Shu Han Dynasty who were resting in Xiangzhou and arranging matters in Jingnan almost all breathed a sigh of relief.
Many of these officials were from Nanchen. For them, Chen Xu almost meant "invincible." If Chen Xu hadn't been old and gradually disappeared from sight, it would be difficult for them to muster the courage to directly
Face to face with Chen Xu.
And even for the rest of the people, Chen Xu also means the best among the previous generation. Yu Wenyong in the north is dead, and the only one who can represent the previous generation of heroes is Chen Xu. Now Chen Xu
If Xu is dead, I am afraid that no one in Nanchen will be able to have enough ambition and skills to clean up the broken mountains and rivers.
In the eyes of many people, the only one who can really compete with Li Xinchen is Chen Xu. And after Chen Xu leaves, who in Nanchen will still be Li Xinchen's opponent?
Li Xingchen is already unstoppable.
After Chen Xu left, ministers such as King Gu Ye who were born in Nanchen shook their heads and sighed with a sense of relief. However, ministers like Tang Zhengliang who were not born in Nanchen wanted to go to the streets to celebrate.
Li Xingchen was not as happy as his ministers, because he knew very well what happened next in Nanchen in history.
In front of Chen Xu's coffin, Chen Shuling, who had not obtained the title of prince from Chen Xu in the end, directly raised his sword to pursue Chen Shubao, but Chen Shujian stepped forward to block Chen Shuling. Chen Shuling failed to assassinate him and turned around to escape and returned to the mansion.
He wanted to make a comeback with his dead soldiers, but was defeated by Xiao Maha who mobilized the imperial army, and his success fell short.
But now history has been changed beyond recognition by Li Xingchen. Xiao Mohe is not in the capital, and even Chen Shujian has just set off from Ganzhou for the funeral. In what direction will history evolve? Could Chen Shuling really be able to sit on the throne?
Li Xingchen found that he was completely unable to control all of this.
"Anyway, if something goes wrong in the Chen court, it will be an excellent opportunity for His Highness," Gu Yewang just arrived today. After all, he is old and can't bear the fatigue of long journeys.
Lu Zhongsu, the governor of Xinzhou, also got up. "Especially, your highness can take this opportunity to clean up the territory we have occupied, and at the same time, we can start to test the Ganzhou area. After the late emperor Chen Xu left, people's minds changed, and we must hurry up."
Already."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "I'm afraid I will trouble Mr. Gu about this matter."
"It is my duty to serve His Highness." King Gu Ye agreed without hesitation. He originally thought that he had reached the age of retiring and returning to his hometown, but this trip to Jiangnan obviously aroused his ambition again.
The Gu family in Wu County can be considered a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River. At first, the family complained about King Gu Ye's direct defection to Li Xingchen. Now King Gu Ye is waiting for the army to sweep across Wu County, return home in glory, and tell them what talents they have.
is correct.
In fact, the mentality of King Gu Ye is not the mentality of the others. Originally, in the eyes of many people, it was impossible for the Shu Han to devour Nanchen in one go. They could only do it step by step. Now they can advance the front to Xiangzhou.
This is already pretty good. If we continue to move forward, we will inevitably encounter more fierce resistance from Nan Chen.
The centipede is dead but not stiff.
If a war of attrition really breaks out by then, the newly established Shu Han may not be the opponent of Nan Chen. This is why Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian in the north are still free to fight internally regardless of this, because in their view, Li Xingchen and
Sooner or later, Nanchen will evolve into what they are now. It is not a bad thing for them that the south falls into civil strife. Only after the world is divided into four parts will everyone have more opportunities.
But things are different now. Chen Xu has passed away. Chen Shubao, Chen Shuling and others, who were already full of contradictions, are doing well if they don't get into trouble. For Li Xingchen, naturally he can no longer stop at Xiangzhou and must take advantage of the opportunity.
When the situation in Nanchen Dynasty was in turmoil, he quickly swallowed up Nanchen.
When Li Xingchen controls Jiangnan, Jingzhou and Bashu, no one in the world can be his opponent.
So now even old people like Gu Yewang feel full of motivation and are getting closer to Li Xingchen's goal of dominating the world, let alone the young people below.
"Pei Zilie is ordered to capture Jiangling within this month; Xiao Shilian is ordered to advance to Yanguan within ten days!" Li Xingchen said decisively, "I will leave the matter of stabilizing Jingnan to Lu Qing's family, and I will promote Lu Qing's family as the governor of Jingzhou.
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Lu Zhongsu was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly stood up and raised his hands.
Li Xingchen turned to look at Cheng Feng: "The military situation in Ganzhou must be investigated clearly. You are personally responsible for it and there must be no mistakes!"
Scouts were originally responsible for spying on military intelligence, but now Li Xingchen actually asked Yu Linqi to go into battle in person, and Cheng Feng did not dare to neglect. This shows that Li Xingchen is determined to launch an attack on Ganzhou in the near future.
"The rest of the ministers will each perform their duties." Li Xingchen stood up suddenly.
"promise!"
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The sudden change of the original plan made Li Xingchen somewhat uneasy. After all, the newly formed army had just started training for a few days, and a large number of stone bullets and arrows had been consumed in the previous battles. The navy had not yet finished replenishing them.
Many of the warships are still under repair, and more importantly, Pei Zilie has not captured Jiangling yet.
Of course, Li Xingchen knew that it was not Pei Zilie's fault. Jiangling City was strong, and Xiao Mohe was determined to defend it. There was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, so Pei Zilie could only surround the city first, and then divide his troops to cooperate with Chun Yucen in attacking Ying.
State, and drove away Chen Huiji, who had few troops.
Anyway, Jiangling is now an isolated city, but since Li Xingchen wants to coordinate the army to go to the south of the Yangtze River, every soldier is a force that cannot be ignored. Of course, Li Xingchen cannot leave the main force of Pei Zilie behind, let alone allow Jiangling to act like this.
A nail is embedded in the center of the back.
You must know that the south of Jiangling City is the river. Now the river is completely the lifeline of Li Xinchen's army. Once the river is cut off, Li Xinchen's army will be unable to advance or retreat.
As for Xiao Shilian, Yan Pass is the choke point from Jingnan to Lingnan. If we can break through Yan Pass and enter Lingnan directly, it will be equivalent to directly capturing the Longxing land of Nanchen, and also locking Nanchen's last line of retreat.
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While wondering whether he should continue to send more troops to Xiao Shilian, Li Xingchen walked through the corridor. It was already dark. Because of Chen Xu's death, Li Xingchen also spent the whole day in circles, mainly discussing countermeasures with Gu Yewang and the others.
Of course, the morale of the army was fluctuating, and there were many calls for war in the army, so Li Xingchen had to be comforted. What surprised Li Xingchen even more was that some craftsmen and merchants accompanying the army were also requesting war. These craftsmen were mainly responsible for the use and maintenance of various equipment in the army.
, while merchants are responsible for transporting grain and grass. (To be continued)