Chapter three hundred and eighty sixth future opponent
Li Xingchen chuckled: "This is also expected. Bo Qing, think about it, who knows the best about Bashu in the entire Zhou Kingdom?"
Xiao Shilian couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Among the many famous generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were actually very few who had experience in fighting in Shu. The two Northern Zhou generals Yang Zhong and Lu Teng who had previously carried out a killing spree in Bajun, Yang Zhong were already in the army.
He died of illness ten years ago, and Lu Teng died in battle in Jiangling not long ago. Therefore, the only remaining general in the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty who had fought in Shu was Yuchi Jiong, who had pacified Bashu.
Geographically speaking, Yuchi Jiong is located in Xiangyang, and is the closest army to Bashu in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. And unlike the imperial army stationed in Guanzhong, which has to cross the Qinling Mountains to enter Bashu, this army can easily go up the Mian River.
Go up and go directly to Bashu Mansion.
Therefore, no matter from any aspect, Yuchi Jiong is the best choice to lead the army into Shu to stabilize the situation, and he must also be the most difficult enemy for Li Xinchen and others to deal with next.
As Yuchi Jiong led his army to Bashu, although the Northern Zhou Dynasty would continue to accumulate troops in Xiangyang and might even send more generals there, with the current national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was no way to support two wars at the same time.
After all, before the annexation of Northern Qi and then the Northern Expedition of the Five Route Army, the Northern Zhou Dynasty marched non-stop under the leadership of Yuwen Yong. Although they were invincible, there were too many recruits and the problem of insufficient food and grass began to become more and more prominent. Therefore, as long as the Northern Zhou court controlled the government
King Yu Wenxian of Qi still had some brains and would not have made a rash decision to start a war on two fronts.
What's more, Nan Chen has also begun to gather troops in Huainan. The war between these two fronts may evolve into a full-scale war at any time. This is what the Northern Zhou Dynasty, at least the current Northern Zhou Dynasty, does not want to see.
For the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Huainan is the base area where Nanchen has been operating for many years, and Jingzhou has the main force of Nanchen. Therefore, the easiest way to break through and win the victory on the three fronts is naturally the direction of Bashu. Especially now that Nanchen has always occupied the northern Zhou Dynasty's war.
In the upper hand, Yu Wenyun, who had just ascended the throne, Yu Wenxian, Yang Jian, Wei Xiaokuan and others who controlled the government must use a victory to prove their ability, otherwise the snowflake-like impeachment memorial will be enough to make them suffer.
"Yu Chijun..." Xiao Shilian said, patting his palms gently. These three words were enough to bring pressure to him.
"It's just our defeated general." Li Xingchen sneered and looked at Xiao Shilian, "Boqing, you are not afraid of Yuchi Jiong, are you?"
Xiao Shilian suddenly came back to his senses, waved his fist fiercely, and laughed loudly: "Yes, no matter how famous this Yuchi is, he is still defeated by our men. We are afraid of what he will do! When the chief officer comes, we three brothers
I am personally prepared to compete with this Yuchijiong!"
Li Xingchen looked at the high-spirited Xiao Shilian, and the last big stone fell in his heart. Naturally, he did not need to confirm the embryo-killing attitudes of Chen Zhishen and Lu Zhiwu. Now that Xiao Shilian had raised his fighting spirit, Li Xingchen had more confidence.
"By the way Shizhong," Xiao Shilian remembered something, "I don't know when the next battle will be, but we still have to ask the imperial court for instructions on what to do with our achievements in the previous battle."
Soldiers fight for military pay and meritorious deeds. They cannot follow Li Xinchen all the way to the dark side for no reason.
Li Xinchen nodded slightly. Of course, he was not arrogant enough to think that he was the Caotou King of Bashu. Now he needed Nanchen in many places. He took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Shilian. Li Xinchen said lightly:
"X has already been written, please read it first."
Xiao Shilian nodded. He was not interested in writing memorials and battle reports. After Li Xingchen finished writing, he only needed to sign it as a joint signature.
After opening the memorial and just taking a glance at it, Xiao Shilian suddenly frowned: "Shizhong, what do you mean, someone ranks first in the merit book? How about you, why didn't someone see your name?"
Throughout the ages, the commander-in-chief of the army has often made the greatest contribution in a battle, so he is usually ranked first, while the generals below are competing for the second position. In the previous battle of Jingzhou,
Xiao Mohe ranked Li Xinchen as the first, even if it broke the long-standing convention, this is the reason why Li Xinchen became famous both inside and outside China in a short period of time.
And now Xiao Shilian opened his credit book and saw where Li Xingchen's name was on it?
His name, Xiao Shilian, was listed first, followed closely by Chen Zhishen and Dai Cai, the demoted general, and then the names of Lu Zhiwu and others. Resisting the urge to throw the memorial directly to the ground, Xiao Shilian stared at it with wide eyes.
Li Xingchen, this guy must give himself a reasonable explanation today.
Li Xingchen smiled and said: "Don't panic, keep looking down. This person is going to plead guilty to the court, so of course he cannot be on the credit book."
Xiao Shilian was startled for a moment, glanced at the next text in a hurry, and couldn't help but said: "Is it your crime to enter the army without asking for permission?! And this, if you lose the soldiers and have money and food, if you change it to someone else, with the help of
With such a small number of soldiers and horses, I’m afraid I can’t even take down Baidi City!”
As he spoke, Xiao Shilian slammed the memorial on the table and pointed at Li Xinchen's nose: "Li Shizhong, what do you mean? If someone believes you and directly signs his name, then he is not committing himself to injustice.
place?!"
"Okay, okay!" Li Xingchen felt warm in his heart and reached out to push Xiao Shilian's hand away. "I want to ask you, did you not ask the imperial court for permission to enter the army this time?"
Xiao Shilian's lips trembled slightly. It was not unreasonable for Li Xingchen to say this. After all, the entire plan to attack Bashu was required to be top secret. For this reason, Li Xingchen even asked Li Xingchen to set off to Zhangchuan County to make a false shot. Moreover, time was tight at that time, so he had to take it up and down the East Palace.
After making up his mind, he took action directly without asking Jiankang Mansion for instructions.
After all, it took an unknown amount of time for this memorial to come and go from Jiankang Mansion, and it was unknown how many people had to be handled in the process. Who can guarantee that the biggest secret of the East Palace will not be known to outsiders?
"This is a fact, but this is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Father and Duke Zhou agreed to at the beginning. If we really want to discuss the guilt, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape!" Xiao Shilian said angrily, "Stop talking, if you want to plead guilty.
, just remove X’s name from the credit book. X is also an insider and should bear the responsibility together with you!”
Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Boqing, don't be so excited. This matter is not as simple as you think. What's more, do you really think that when someone pleads guilty, you really think that you are guilty?"
Xiao Shilian was startled for a moment, the anger on his face slowly dissipated, and he frowned and said, "That's the truth. Even if you really want to apologize, dad and the others will definitely not agree."
The invasion of Bashu was a decision made by many officials of the Eastern Palace Civil and Military Affairs, and all the power of the Eastern Palace was used. If Li Xingchen pleads guilty, does that mean that all the Eastern Palace civil and military officials since the prince are guilty? Does it mean that half of Nanchen's officialdom will collapse?