Even so, when these soldiers saw Li Xingchen's appearance, they still felt like they were seeing a ghost.
After all, no matter which army it is, loving soldiers like sons is just words after all. Especially in these troubled times, all the generals work hard for is fame and fortune. Who cares about the big soldiers who can be replaced as soon as they die?
, not to mention personally inspecting the sentries and even helping the soldiers tuck themselves into bed.
The eyes of the several sentry soldiers who watched Li Xingchen silently complete these tasks were misty. This kind of general who led them to fight hard, led them to make achievements, and even came to see them in person, how many people in the world
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Although in the eyes of later generations, Li Xingchen's approach was a bit clumsy, no one can deny that in this era, or even in any era, these big-headed soldiers who endured hardships, sweated and fought hard were just like this.
Whoever treats them well, they are willing to fight for.
The knotted grass ring seems to be just an empty promise, but in the hearts of these big-headed soldiers, it is truly as important as a thousand pieces.
Because most of the soldiers were resting, Li Xingchen and Chen Zhishen and others gave a few instructions and rushed directly to Xiao Mohe's office. Unexpectedly, Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie arrived first. Obviously, these two guys were even more interested.
No intention of resting.
Soldiers need to worry about how to fight hard, and generals need to worry more about how to make the efforts of their subordinates more valuable.
"This is the latest situation on the front line." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xiao Mohe didn't mean to say a few more words. He pointed directly at the map, "In just half a day, Yu Chijiong attacked the south side of Wuning County.
General Zhengxi's headquarters and the Jingzhou Governor's headquarters stationed in Zhangchuan County launched a crazy attack. Both sides suffered heavy losses. General Zhengxi had been forced to lead his troops to retreat to Zhangshan County, relying on city defense, while Zhangchuan County
We can still defend there."
Li Xingchen couldn't help but frowned. Now that the overall situation has been decided, neither Chun Yuliang, the general who conquered the west, nor Fan Yi, the governor of Jingzhou, had any need to quarrel with Xiao Mohe or passively accept the battle. Therefore, it should not be them who fought such a situation in these two battles.
The two reasons were that Yuchi's attack was too violent.
"Is this Yu Chijiong still dreaming of taking Jiangling?" Xiao Shilian snorted, quite unconcerned.
Not only is the fortified city of Jiangling now completely under the control of Nanchen, reinforcements, food, grass, and equipment are also coming in a steady stream from the rear, but also Mianyang in the southeast of Jiangling, Yidu in the west, and Zhangchuan County in the northwest.
Zhangshan County in the northeast was all under Nan Chen's control.
The defenders from all walks of life in Nanchen are forming a huge network. Unless they break through all the defense lines at the same time, Jiangling City is absolutely safe. With Yuchi Jiong's current strength, it is still stretched to defend Xiangyang. How can we talk about attacking from all directions at the same time?
Therefore, Xiao Shilian's behavior is definitely not underestimating the enemy, but it is the fact.
Pei Zilie said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid Yuchi Jiang did this not for offense, but for defense..."
Xiao Shilian was startled, and Li Xingchen subconsciously looked at the criss-crossed situation on the map and couldn't help but smile bitterly. At this time, Yuchijiong would definitely not attack without overestimating his capabilities, so I'm afraid it was really for defense as Pei Zilie said.
"But even if he can temporarily suppress us, there is still no way to change the current situation..." Xiao Shilian said in surprise, but then he realized something and his voice gradually decreased.
"Although Yuchi Jiong lost a lot of troops, he also forced us to retreat and also suffered some losses," Li Xingchen murmured, "but the ones in front were not the general or anyone present, but the General of the Expedition to the West and the Governor of Jingzhou
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Pei Zilie shook his head slightly: "Although General Zhengxi is not the kind of person who does not pay attention to the overall situation, his subordinates moved from Yingzhou to Suizhou, and then to Wuning County. They marched in a hurry all the way, and they must have been exhausted.
It's unbearable, and the governor of Jingzhou...somewhat selfishly wants to preserve his strength, so Yuchi Jiong's seemingly meaningless counterattack has a big effect."
Li Xingchen and Xiao Shilian both nodded lightly, because this meant that Nanchen's originally good situation of attacking Xiangyang in a pincer-like manner was abruptly resolved. Instead, he turned from offense to defense and fell into passivity.
"This Yuchi Jiong is really quite capable." Xiao Mohe snorted, "We won on the battlefield, but we lost in the hearts of the people."
The three young people present looked at each other subconsciously, showing awe.
Logically speaking, the battle at Jiangling should have been fought happily and smoothly, but in the end it was full of twists and turns, and even ended in chaos. In fact, as Xiao Maha said, he had a good grasp of the thoughts of the Nanchen generals.
Even worse than Captain Wu!
"Although it is unlikely that our army will attack Xiangyang now, it will not be easy for Yuchi Jiong to go south," Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "At least before we attacked Jiangling, we had no plan to capture Xiangyang in one go.
Moreover, compared to Jiangling, Xiangyang was of even greater significance to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. If we rashly attack northward, it would not be a good thing. It might even trigger a more violent counterattack by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so it is not impossible to maintain the current front...
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Xiao Mohe nodded slightly. In fact, before the war, everyone wanted to attack Jiangling with the mentality of avenging shame. Few people really thought about attacking Xiangyang, so it is not unacceptable that Xiangyang cannot be taken now.
Just when Xiao Mohe was about to give other instructions, Chen Yu hurriedly walked in: "General, Mr. Shen has sent a secret report!"
"Oh?!" Xiao Mohe was startled, then reached out to take it, "Didn't Duke Shen's secret report just come out a few days ago?"
According to Chen Xu's intention, this opportunity could be used to allow Chen Shubao, who had never been out of Jiankang Prefecture, to come to Jingzhou to practice and maintain relations with the generals below, so Chen Shubao was asked to be the envoy after this war.
Come and issue the decree.
Although the edict had not yet been issued, Chen Xu had already informed the East Palace to make preparations, so it was a sure thing. Shen Jungao did not hesitate and immediately sent the matter to Jiangling. And this secret report was only sent a few days ago.
Why is there another secret report coming?
"A few of Yangzhou Governor's confidants have disappeared recently?" After just a cursory glance, Xiao Mohe's expression changed slightly. Obviously this was not a good thing. He immediately looked at Chen Yu and asked, "Who sent this secret report?"
of?!"
Chen Yu hurriedly made a gesture of invitation, and a young man reached out to take off his cloak and raised his hands to the people present: "Zunyi has seen all the generals."
Li Xingchen and others looked at this familiar young man in astonishment, and their expressions immediately changed. The man who came was none other than Shen Jungao's son, Shen Zunyi.
Shen Jungao asked his son, who was not yet crowned as an adult, to travel thousands of miles to deliver the news, which shows that the news is not only genuine, but also deadly!