Xiao Shilian did not speak, and the expression on his face did not relax because he knew about the conflict between Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong. Even now, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Just as Li Xingchen said, no matter how many enemies come to the front, Li Xingchen will have the courage to deal with them. Whether it is Yuchi Jiong, Wei Xiaokuan, or these two veterans work together, Li Xingchen will never back down easily.
Fight to the death!
But when someone stabs you in the back, no matter how capable Li Xingchen is, he may not be able to resist it.
The last time Li Xinchen captured Bajun, what he was most worried about was not the enemies in Shujun ahead, but whether the court behind him would blame him for sending troops.
Logically speaking, this is a basically impossible phenomenon. Opportunities on the battlefield are fleeting. If a general wants to seize the opportunity, it is naturally impossible to look forward and backward. It can be said that Li Xingchen has easily defeated the enemy several times before, and he can seize the opportunity.
The timing of stay has a lot to do with it.
However, in Chen Xu's dynasty, because Chen Xu was not in the right position and he himself was suspicious, he did not trust these generals who were leading the troops. This is why in Luliang, Wu Mingche was almost in a dilemma.
He still wanted to send someone to ask Chen Xu for his opinion. After all, if there was no imperial decree at that time, he would voluntarily withdraw his troops. This responsibility was not one that Wu Mingche could easily shoulder.
Fortunately, whether it was the Battle of Luliang or the later Battle of Bajun, Chen Xu did not really vent his anger on Wu Mingche or Li Xingchen, but neither Li Xingchen nor Xiao Shilian expected that the Nanchen Emperor could eliminate the hatred in their hearts.
of grudge.
After all, the life gate of Jiangnan is in Jingzhou, and the life gate of Jingzhou is in Xiangyang and Bashu. Bashu has a commanding position over Jingzhou, and Jingzhou has a commanding position over Jiangnan. Therefore, Li Xinchen took over the land of Bashu, which was not a good thing for Chen Xu.
Chen Xu could control Wu Mingche and the East Palace, but it was difficult for him to control this young man who seemed to be completely separated from Nanchen's entire bureaucracy from the beginning, but who was closely related to all the victories Nanchen had achieved this year.
Li Xingchen never knows when Chen Xu will have a sudden idea and send someone to take off his throne. At least he doesn't have the strength to be independent from Chen Xu yet, and most of the soldiers under his command are from Jingzhou or
Whether Jiangnan will cheer and fight for Li Xingchen when the time comes is another matter that is hard to say.
Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Over there at Jiankang Mansion, Shizhong, have you sent a letter?"
"I wrote a letter to Duke Shen as soon as I captured Hezhou, and counting the days, Duke Zhou should have returned to Jiankang Mansion by this time." Li Xingchen said with a chuckle, "Didn't you already receive the news? The imperial court
As for the envoy who announced the last capture of Ba County, I can tell by calculation that the Duke of Zhou will be about the same."
Xiao Shilian sighed with emotion: "The last envoy came just now. I don't know when the imperial court will send someone to reward us for our contribution to winning Hezhou and Luzhou this time."
"It's good that you can come," Li Xingchen shook his head, with an expression of "Can you be satisfied?", "It's better than nothing. Let me talk about it first, the envoy who came this time is Mr. Gu, Guanglu Qing
, after all, they are all members of our family, so you have to be more polite when the time comes."
Xiao Shilian nodded, he could still grasp the importance of this. He was not dissatisfied to the point of venting it to his family, that was just the incompetence of a coward: "The imperial court asked Mr. Gu to come over, it is clear that he does not want any more Get involved in our affairs."
"That's fine." Li Xingchen said softly, "It's better to ignore it than to cause us trouble. I have no intention of counting on the imperial court."
Xiao Shilian's expression changed, but he didn't say anything after all. He just nodded solemnly, agreeing with Li Xingchen's words.
Since entering Shu, how they risked their lives to fight, and how the court ignored them, Xiao Shilian saw it all. Now, as Li Xingchen said, if the court doesn't care, just ignore it. The county is the Ba County they conquered, not the imperial court’s own Ba County!
But Xiao Shilian didn't know that Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes slightly at this time and murmured: "Mr. Shen, Gong Zhou, Gong Fu... and Le'er, my future is in your hands."
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"The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
There are thickets of silkworms and fishtails, how confused the founding of the country is.
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The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the blue sky. I always look to the west and sigh!"
This letter from Shu, thousands of miles away, slipped silently from the palm of Princess Lechang. Lechang quietly looked at the calligraphy on the wall in trance, which was Li Xingchen's " Ai Lian said".
Splashing ink with brushstrokes and making silver strokes with iron hooks, he is both natural and unrestrained, yet possessing strength, just like that man.
Li Xinchen did not hide the situation in Shu from Lechang. As long as the East Palace knew it, Lechang knew it. At the end of the letter, Li Xinchen did not express a few words of lovesickness as before, but wrote such a long poem!
When she saw "The road to Shu is difficult, it is difficult to reach the sky", Lechang's eyes were already moist. She could not imagine how much meaning was contained in this short sentence, but she felt that she was watching in her hazy sight. When I saw the figures moving forward in the blood and fire, I saw the man who was surrounded by wind and frost swords but still howling and fighting fiercely.
This is a strong man. He never talks about how difficult the situation in front of him is or how heavy the pressure is on his shoulders. Instead, he usually just attaches a few poems describing the scenery to his correspondence, or expresses concern for Lechang. Three meals a day made Lechang feel warm in his heart after reading the letter.
But now it is completely different. This man said that the path he is taking now is difficult!
He didn't say much more, but everything was left unsaid.
Lechang bent down and picked up the letter. She knew very well what Li Xinchen needed her help. She needed to help Li Xinchen continue to stop some of Chen Xu's ideas and prevent Li Xinchen from being completely defeated in Bashu.
Thinking of this, Lechang had a ridiculous feeling. What Li Xingchen was most worried about was not the powerful enemy in front of him, but the threat that might come from behind at any time.
Lechang never felt that his father's suspicions were wrong. Li Xinchen's ambition had already been revealed. With his father's keenness, he would definitely be able to imagine what Li Xinchen wanted after noticing the clues.
However, during the three hundred years of confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were always many powerful ministers. Which of the Wang and Xie families at that time was not a family of powerful ministers who could turn their hands into clouds and turn their hands into rain? Therefore, in order to defeat the enemy, the imperial court could not blindly ignore the powerful ministers. Trust and be wary, so that even powerful officials without ambition will have to take risks.
Generally speaking, rather than guarding and suppressing, a better way for powerful officials is to channel and subtly corrode their strength, so that they are unknowingly sidelined.
How can a minister who has become an empty minister still be called a powerful minister?
This is just a skill that the emperor must master.