Li Xingchen shook his head, such a fight was just a useless waste of time.
Immediately he took a step forward and stood between the two of them: "Okay, you two, stop yelling. Since this idea came from X, X should lead his troops north. Of course, X also knows that you two will definitely not let it go.
If a certain person makes the trip, you two can draw lots."
"Draw lots?" Pei Zilie showed an expression as if he was joking. How could such a life-and-death matter be decided by drawing lots?
"Then draw lots, it's the fairest." Xiao Shilian said hurriedly. He thought that his eloquence was no match for Pei Zilie, and as Pei Zilie said, Pei Zilie was also his boss anyway, and it was indeed against discipline to contradict his boss.
Without waiting for Pei Zilie to answer, Li Xingchen directly tore two pieces of paper, ticked one piece of paper, and then simply folded it into two neat lots. They exchanged them with Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie several times in their hands before turning around.
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Seeing that Li Xingchen had already finished writing, Pei Zilie was reluctant, but he still compromised. Although he was a powerful general and was more than a head taller than Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian, in Pei Zilie's heart he had never really regarded the two because of this.
As a subordinate, since the two of them agreed, he had nothing to say, so he immediately made a gesture of invitation towards Xiao Shilian.
Xiao Shilian took a gentle breath, took a step forward, and was about to make a choice when he saw Li Xingchen's little finger on his right hand move slightly. The hand that originally stretched out to the left immediately withdrew, took the one on the right instead, and directly moved the other hand.
One was handed to Pei Zilie.
"You are so impatient," Pei Zilie shook his head helplessly, opened the lot in his hand, his face suddenly sank, and he shook the paper, "This is a blank piece of paper."
Xiao Shilian chuckled, opened it three times five times two, and found the white paper with the check mark.
Pei Zilie vaguely noticed something and turned his head to look at Li Xingchen, but in the end he sighed and accepted his fate: "Going north to Zhangshan County, I don't know how many enemies there will be, and I don't know how long you will hold out, so a certain
Take two hundred men and go south, leaving all the rest of the brothers to you."
After a pause, Pei Zilie felt that something was still wrong, and then said: "No, I will only bring a hundred people just in case, and the rest will be given to you, just a little bit."
"We don't have to do that at all..." Xiao Shilian just opened his mouth when he was grabbed by Li Xingchen.
"One hundred people, okay?" Li Xingchen's face was quite heavy, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Xiao Shilian wanted to say more, but seeing Li Xingchen's face, he subconsciously closed his mouth.
"No problem," Pei Zilie said with a curt nod, and turned to look at Xiao Shilian, "Boqing, this trip to the north is not a trivial matter. It is definitely not as simple as crossing the river or entering Ji'nan as we did before. When we crossed the river, it was because of Xiliang
All the troops were mobilized, so we accidentally found a loophole, and Ji Nan was even more so. No one would have thought that we would leave Jiang Ling alone and attack Ji Nan, but this Zhangshan County...
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"It means we are definitely facing off against Yuchi Jong," Li Xingchen said calmly, "One more person means more strength."
Xiao Shilian's face twitched slightly and nodded slightly.
"Without further ado, the rain outside has lightened up a lot. I will now send scouts to the front to explore the road and get to Jiangling as soon as possible. Firstly, I can hand over these prisoners to General Zuowei, and secondly, I can go directly to the left.
General Wei asks for help." Pei Zilie grabbed the sword on the table and walked straight outside.
Watching Pei Zilie's figure disappear into the wind and rain, Xiao Shilian just asked the doubt he had been hiding in his heart: "Shizhong, why did you choose someone?"
Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, he already had the answer to this question: "Go to Zhangshan County and defeat the enemy ten times as strong with weak troops. Although it is the way of a good soldier, it is absolutely true."
We are on a dangerous journey, so what I, and more than two thousand brothers, need is a general who dares to fight and charge forward, to lead them in a bloody battle on the front line. You, Bo Qing, are better than X or the great scholar at this point."
After a pause, Li Xingchen then said: "What's more, the master is a powerful general. After asking for help from General Zuowei, General Zuowei can directly allocate enough troops to him, and he will lead him directly to the north, without any worries.
Our official positions are too low and we cannot command so many soldiers, so we have to send other generals."
Of course, Li Xingchen would not tell Xiao Shilian. Another very important reason is that Xiao Shilian is also Xiao Mohe's son after all. If his eldest son is trapped in Zhangshan County by Yuchi Jiong, Xiao Mohe will do his best to save him both publicly and privately.
Even Li Xingchen knew that Xiao Mohe was not the kind of person who would not save someone even if he was facing death, but there was no harm in saving his life.
Xiao Shilian nodded: "Just now, the chief officer said that the rain has eased a lot. Should we also send people to explore the official road to the north to see if it is feasible?"
"That makes sense," Li Xingchen responded, and just as he was about to walk out, Xiao Shilian stopped him again:
"Shizhong, please wait a moment. I have another question I want to ask you."
"what is the problem?"
Xiao Shilian's eyes fell on the wind and rain outside the window, and he said in a deep voice: "Can you tell me the truth, if we go to Zhangshan County, if we really encounter the main force of Yu Chijun's army besieging the city, will we be able to support it until we rescue the siege?"
Li Xingchen smiled bitterly: "I can't answer your question. After all, I am not General Zuowei, nor Yuchi Jiong, nor Lu Teng who defends the city, so I can only make this decision, and the final victory or defeat depends on life and death."
No, or it’s beyond human power.”
Perhaps it was the first time he saw Li Xingchen showing such an uncertain expression. Xiao Shilian frowned, and his heart became a little heavier.
Li Xingchen stretched out his hand to put on his helmet and said calmly: "But since we are going north, we should do our best to compete with Yuchi and the sky. What's more, even if this matter is no longer feasible,
, someone has to do it. We cannot make the same mistake as the defeat at Jiangling City nine years ago."
As he spoke, Li Xingchen took steps and walked into the wind and rain.
Xiao Shilian smiled self-consciously, it was because he had become a mother-in-law. At that moment, he grasped the hilt of his sword and followed Li Xingchen closely.
As Li Xingchen said, if you haven't fought yet, how do you know that something can't be done?
Nine years ago, because Jiangling City was tall and strong, Wu Mingche was focused on attacking the city with all his strength. He did not expect the Northern Zhou army to move south with lightning speed and attack his flank, so he had to retreat hastily.
Now the Nanchen army is besieging Jiangling City again. At this time, an army must continue to penetrate northward and entangle the main force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Otherwise, the old things of nine years ago may not happen again.
Xiao Mohe and Fan Yi are both competing for the fat piece of Jiangling, and someone has to do the job of blocking Yuchi Jiong. Not only to gain some more achievements for themselves, but also for a victory that Nan Chen has been waiting for for a long time.