Li Xingchen was startled for a moment, and then asked: "Is this true?"
The general hurriedly kowtowed to Li Xingchen: "Even if you have a hundred courages, I won't dare to deceive you. I also ask all the old men to show mercy. There are old people above you and young people below. If you...
If you die like this, who will support your family?"
Li Xinchen sneered. He had heard such words too many times, but he did not pity the general. In troubled times, this kind of situation happened too often. Li Xinchen pitied him. Who would pity Li Xinchen?
However, Li Xingchen would not despise this general. After all, in the current war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, everyone is just for fame and fortune, in order to have a place to live in this chaotic war. Everyone has his own way of living, and Li Xingchen does not
He will look down on other people because of their different ways of living.
That's just other people's different choices.
Chen Zhishen also looked over at this time. As long as Li Xingchen nodded, he would kill the general on the spot without hesitation. Compared with Li Xingchen, Chen Zhishen, who was killed in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, turned a deaf ear to such begging for mercy. In this way
Weak enemies don't deserve his respect at all.
"Keep it, just let him lead the way." Li Xingchen waved his hand. Although this person is not a high official, he is somewhat familiar with the situation in Ji Nancheng. It is better to have such a prisoner than not.
"If you dare to think wrong, I will kill you." Chen Zhishen said coldly, taking away the knife from his neck.
The general kowtowed with gratitude, and Li Xingchen impatiently asked Chen Zhishen to take him down, then turned to look at Li Ping: "Pack up, we can go back."
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"It looks like there are a lot of big fish in Ji'nan City." Xiao Shilian held a grass stem in his mouth and looked at the inconspicuous earth city in the wilderness in the distance.
Jinan City was the capital of the Chu State in the Pre-Qin Dynasty. The Chu State used this city as its capital for four hundred years. It was the largest city in the south and the first fortified city at that time. It was a symbol of the prosperity and power of the Chu State. At that time, Jinan City was the capital of Chu State.
It is not called Ji Nan, but has a name that is resounding throughout the pre-Qin period - Yingdu.
However, the city was later destroyed by Bai Qi, and the Chu people moved to Jinan ten miles south, which is now Jiangling City. As a result, the old city was abandoned.
Although Ji Nancheng still maintains its grand scale, it still looks too dilapidated compared to later generations of fortified cities such as Jiangling and Gongan.
Hearing Xiao Shilian's emotion, Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "If that general is telling the truth, then all the big fish in Xiliang are here, and there are only a thousand Xiliang Imperial Guards to protect you. You must have seen this,
They are just a bunch of soft-legged shrimps that have never been on the battlefield, not worth mentioning."
Xiao Shilian spat out the grass stalk in his mouth: "Shizhong, why were you so sure before that there really was a big fish in Ji'nan City?"
At this time, Pei Zilie, who was whispering instructions on the offensive strategy from behind, also turned around. Apparently Xiao Shilian's question also aroused his curiosity.
At the foot of Jiangling City, Li Xingchen's plan was to bypass Jiangling City and go straight to Jinan. After all, whether the Western Liang royal family has really retreated to Jinan City, or whether it will break out from Jiangling to the north in the future, this is the only way to pass.
land.
In order to get here, they also spent a lot of effort. After all, more than 3,000 people bypassing Jiangling City and heading north with such a big fanfare will definitely attract Lu Teng's attention, and as long as Lu Teng is not stupid, he will naturally be able to
After guessing the whereabouts of this army, even if the Xiliang royal family is really hiding in Ji'nan City, they will get the news in advance and retreat.
Therefore, Li Xingchen specially designed a route to go west first and then north. It seemed like a ten-mile road, but they actually went around for fifteen or six miles before reaching this place. For this reason, whether it was Xiao Shilian or Pei Zilie,
, I am still somewhat worried.
Everyone worked hard, but if they got nothing in the end, they had no way to explain it to the people below.
Li Xingchen couldn't help but shrugged: "This Ji Nancheng played an irreplaceable role in the war nine years ago."
"Oh?" Xiao Shilian was startled. Although he did not personally participate in the attack on Xiliang nine years ago, he still knew the details very well. "Yes, at that time, Sikong led his army to Jiangling City. Then Xiao Kui
He took the royal family of Xi Liang and hid in Jinan City, joined the Northern Zhou barbarians who came to support, and was protected as early as possible..."
Nine years ago, after Wu Mingche put down the Huajiao rebellion, his troops arrived at Jiangling City with lightning speed.
In order to prevent the Xiliang regime that was finally built up from being swallowed up by Nan Chen, the famous Northern Zhou general Tian Hong, who was the general manager of Jiangling at the time, discussed with Wang Cao of Xiliang Zhu and selected elite troops to escort Xiao Kui northward and hid in the old city of Jinan.
Later, Jiangling was not captured, and Xiao Kui was able to return to Jiangling from Ji Nancheng.
Pei Zilie interrupted Xiao Shilian: "I have also considered this, but Shizhong, are you so sure that Xiao Kui will come to Ji Nancheng this time?"
Li Xingchen squinted his eyes and looked around: "Jinancheng is located in a wilderness, and there are few roads connecting it. If we didn't have veterans who participated in the war nine years ago, and we had many scouts, I'm afraid we wouldn't think so.
It’s not that easy to find this place.”
After a pause, Li Xingchen continued: "What's more, most of the camps and villages around Jiangling are already empty, and most of them are not protected by city walls. Once you hide in these places, we won't even have a basis for defense after we find them.
, so thinking about the surroundings, Ji Nancheng is certainly the best place."
"That's true. When Ji Nancheng was built, it was built as the capital of the country. The city is high and the pool is deep. Even now, the city wall is not easy to attack." Xiao Shilian said helplessly, "This city wall protects it, but it is not easy to attack.
Ji Nancheng, which is easy to find, is much better than other places."
Pei Zilie also hummed: "Actually, what's more important for Xiao Kui is that Ji Nancheng is not far from Jiangling. If the Northern Zhou army arrives in time to relieve the siege, he can quickly return to Jiangling. Even if Jiangling is really captured by us,
He can also escape to Zhangchuan County or even Xiangyang in time."
Thinking of something, Pei Zilie turned to look at Li Xingchen: "How much time do we have?"
"I asked, and the general said that each of their teams is sent out for two hours. It was fine when we met them just now, and it was only half an hour later. Plus the delay after that, it is estimated that
We have to take action within half an hour so as not to attract the city's attention." Li Xingchen said calmly.
Pei Zilie nodded and said in a deep voice: "Attack!"