Seeing Gu Yewang, an old man, leaving with the unparalleled momentum of a national scholar, Li Xingchen showed a smile.
Xiao Shilian couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Shizhong, why did you find such a flimsy reason to tell the old man?"
In Xiao Shilian's view, Li Xingchen's purpose is nothing more than to make the Ba people serve him forever, and even completely integrate into the entire system, which is not much different from the Shu people who have completely become Han people. Such a purpose is not unexplainable.
Just explain it clearly to King Gu Ye directly, why is it so round and round.
Li Xingchen smiled slightly. He actually didn't want to answer Xiao Shilian's question. He said different things to different people. If he said it more straightforwardly to Gu Yewang, he might not let Gu Yewang do it wholeheartedly.
It may also cause King Gu Ye to be even more hesitant and suspicious.
So it is better to put it another way, and it turns out that what Li Xingchen said did directly resonate with King Gu Ye and hit the deepest part of his heart. Otherwise, the old man would not be able to show off the national scholar when he waved his sleeves and left.
Unparalleled POSE.
At that moment, Li Xingchen turned his head and looked at the sand table: "Boqing, what are the movements of the Zhou people in the north now?"
Xiao Shilian didn't have much affection for King Gu Ye at first, but now that he heard Li Xingchen ask this question, he immediately forgot all about King Gu Ye. What happened to this old man? In fact, it had nothing to do with him, Xiao Shilian, and he didn't want to care.
Pointing at the sand table, Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Shizhong, you see, now the Zhou people are shrinking their defense line. They have obviously learned their lesson and do not intend to consume us along the way. Instead, they have begun to concentrate their troops in Shu County and hoard food and grass."
, In addition, there are more and more dangerous places in Langzhong, and there are more and more defenders."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. Shu County is the other core town in Bashu besides Ba County. Langzhong is connected with Mianzhu in the south, Jiange in the north, and Badong. It is a dangerous place behind Shu County, and it is also where Yuchi led his troops.
The only way to go south.
Obviously, when facing an opponent like Li Xingchen who was accustomed to winning with surprise troops, the Northern Zhou people were very energetic. Even on the road to the rear, they did not intend to give Li Xingchen a chance to take advantage of him.
Li Xingchen could only smile bitterly at this. Before, he was just an unknown person. Of course, he would not attract attention and could easily win by surprise. But now that he is standing at the center of the storm in the world, he will naturally attract too much attention.
Li Xingchen even suspected that the Northern Zhou generals who faced him were even more familiar with his several battles than the emperors and ministers in the Southern Chen Dynasty.
Now the Northern Zhou Dynasty's strategy in Bashu is also very clear. It is to guard the strategic areas of Shu County and Langzhong, and wait for Yuchi Jiong to send his troops south. At this stage, as long as the Northern Zhou Dynasty can defend Shu County, it will be a victory.
Although Shu County is located on the Tianfu Plain, it is a rare flat and open land in Bashu. However, as the ruling center of the entire Bashu, Shu County has a high city and deep pond, which is obviously not comparable to Ba County, Hezhou and other places.
It was not easy for Li Xinchen to capture Shu County in a short period of time, so the Northern Zhou people could even believe that Li Xinchen did not dare to attack at all.
After pounding the sand table hard, Xiao Shilian raised his voice: "Shizhong, if the stalemate continues like this, it will not be a good thing for us. I am afraid that after the new year, Yuchi Jiong's army will pass through Shu County and kill directly, so we say
Got everything..."
"This battle can't be fought." Li Xingchen knew what Xiao Shilian wanted to do. He was a typical killer and militant, so he simply rejected his suggestion, "We can't act rashly now."
"But..." Xiao Shilian frowned and wanted to say more. At this time, Yu Chijiong did not lead his army south. After several previous battles, the strength of both sides waxed and waned. Li Xingchen even had the upper hand in terms of strength.
, so it stands to reason that Li Xingchen should take this opportunity to consume more of the effective forces of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
But when he saw Li Xinchen's raised hand, Xiao Shilian knew that no matter what he said, it would not have much effect. It was obvious that Li Xinchen had already made a decision.
"These barbarians have begun to shrink their troops, which shows that they have clearly realized that we are not as easy to deal with as they originally expected. Yuchi Jiong should be the one behind this," Li Xingchen said after careful consideration, "Boqing, do you think we should follow Yuchi's instructions?"
What do you mean?"
Xiao Shilian was speechless for a moment and could only stamp his feet: "But if we don't do anything, are we just going to watch Yu Chijiong directly kill Bajun City after the new year? What's the difference between that and sitting back and waiting for death?"
Li Xingchen said calmly: "Don't worry about this. What we need to do now is to train more soldiers, and wait until the end of the year to compete with Yuchi Jiong."
Seeing Li Xinchen's confident look, Xiao Shilian could only nod his head. Anyway, he couldn't think of a way. Since Li Xinchen could come up with ideas, he simply chose to listen to them. At least from Huainan to now, Li Xinchen had come up with ideas.
Nothing wrong yet:
"The new recruits we have recruited now, plus the people from the Tang family, can train a total of four to five thousand soldiers and horses after the year." Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice, "But Shizhong, you also know that the combat power of these recruits is not as good as it was back then."
The new recruits we had when we entered Bajun were much better, so the ones we can really rely on are the veterans from before."
"I know this well," Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and tapped on the sand table. "At least these soldiers are here to help the other veterans guard the city. In addition, they can select some of the ones who have performed well in training and disperse them to join the old soldiers.
Among the soldiers, let them polish more."
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly: "Of course."
"Originally, all military training matters were left to Chen Zhishen. Now that Chen Zhishen is in Luzhou, all military training matters have fallen into the hands of Lu Zhiwu. Although Lu Zhiwu is not a hard worker, he is not as experienced as Chen Zhishen, so you and I take turns to watch on weekdays.
Look." Li Xingchen then ordered, "These are the foundation for us to be able to stand here."
Xiao Shilian looked solemn and responded solemnly.
Li Xingchen took two steps forward and patted his shoulder: "That's about it. Chinese New Year is coming soon. If you don't have anything important at hand, remember to go home more often."
"Shizhong, are you really not worried?" Xiao Shilian couldn't help but frown, and Li Xingchen's calmness made him not know what he should do.
In such a critical situation, Li Xingchen actually dared to be so calm?
Li Xingchen was silent for a moment and looked up at the sky outside. I don't know when the sky became gloomy again, and even the courtyard became foggy.
As if feeling the curious gaze of Xiao Shilian next to him, Li Xingchen said coldly: "The soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. Even if the sky is going to fall, I will just pick it up again!"
Xiao Shilian was startled, then burst into laughter and clapped his hands repeatedly: "Well said, you can't forget someone, we have to carry it together!"