Four hundred and fortieth chapters gather together
Whether it was Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie, who were Li Xunchen's right-hand men, or Luo Ya, Dai Cai and others who had been running around in the southern county to deal with common affairs, they were all standing in the meeting hall at this time, looking at Li Xinchen with piercing eyes.
Even Du Qi, the young leader of the Pu people who had just joined Li Xinchen, came, but among a group of generals and officials who were direct descendants of Li Xinchen, he seemed a little restrained. After all, the Pu people were just here for the first time and had not yet fully integrated into the system.
, at least the appearance of Du Qi shows that Puren is still willing to integrate into the system.
At least at this stage, Pu people have such an attitude, and Li Xingchen is already very satisfied. After all, he cannot ask these people who have just emerged from the mountains to completely give up because of his few actions.
"See General!" Everyone bowed their hands and saluted uniformly, with a loud voice. It was Li Xingchen who led them step by step until now, and they also believed that Li Xingchen could definitely come up with a better idea and lead everyone to break this predicament, so
When they see Li Xingchen, they still have respect from the bottom of their hearts.
"Everyone, we still have to come for the Chinese New Year. Thank you for your hard work." Li Xingchen smiled slightly and spoke first to break the somewhat stagnant silence.
Immediately all the generals and officials in the hall smiled and raised their hands in unison: "My subordinates wish the general a Happy New Year."
"Have fun together!" Li Xingchen nodded and walked straight to the sand table, "Although I also know that we have to discuss official matters here during the Chinese New Year, and everyone is unhappy, but we have no choice but to send him off from the front.
Have you all seen the battle report that came back?"
Li Xingchen obviously had no intention of making any more pleasantries and started talking about business directly.
Xiao Shilian, Pei Zilie and others all nodded slightly. The news that Wei Xiaokuan was leading his army south had just arrived two hours ago. At this time, everyone deeply felt the importance of Li Xinchen convening such an important meeting directly on the first day of the new year.
If we wait until this news is received before holding a meeting, I am afraid that by the time everyone has arrived, we will not know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. By then, the Northern Zhou army may have already begun to enter Shu.
Li Xingchen raised his eyes and looked at Pei Zilie: "Master, you have always been responsible for the news from the north in Hezhou. Please introduce the current situation. After all, there are many people here who don't know."
Pei Zilie did not refuse and took a step forward: "Now the Zhou army is divided into two groups. Twenty thousand of them are led by Yuchi Jiong. They have arrived in Hanzhong in advance. They seem to want to take the Jiange Pavilion and go directly south. However, because of the snow,
Therefore, they will not set off for a while. The 30,000-strong army led by Wei Xiaokuan is expected to set off within half a month, so it is possible that Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong will meet up in Hanzhong first."
"Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong have always been at odds with each other. Even if they join forces, I'm afraid they will separate again when they go south, right?" Dai Cai asked in a deep voice from the side. He has been cooperating with Luo Ya in Ba in the past few days.
He traveled around the county. After all, he was the oldest among the surrendered generals of Bajun under Li Xingchen, and he was the one who was most familiar with Bajun. He was bound to hold this position.
This is why Dai Cai looks so dusty, but after all, he is a military general, and he is still keenly aware of the problem.
"Although there are not many roads into Shu, they are all more dangerous and can achieve the effect of surprise," Lu Zhiwu, who had been frowning slightly, couldn't help but say at this time. As a direct general under Li Xingchen, he was not willing to let Dai Cai steal the spotlight alone.
, "Yu Chijun had led his army to pacify Shu before, and he probably knew the way to Shu very well, so the possibility of the two of them dividing their forces and moving forward is very high."
Li Xingchen just said nothing, while the other officials and generals couldn't help but discuss in low voices. This was actually the effect Li Xingchen wanted. After all, it was impossible for him to decide everything by himself. These generals
We should also think more about whether Li Xingchen still expects them to go out and take charge of their own affairs in the future.
"As far as the last general knows, both Yu Chijiong and Wei Xiaokuan are known as 'famous generals'. Although they have different personalities and are on opposite sides in the court, they are by no means ordinary people." Cao Zhong said.
Shi Ye couldn't help but speak. He followed Pei Zilie to guard Hezhou. He had obviously discussed this issue with Pei Zilie and other Hezhou officials before, so when he spoke, Hezhou Captain Zheng Kaiyuan, Chief Secretary Xu Deyan and others all nodded.
Agree.
"General Cao means... Although Yu Chijiong and Wei Xiaokuan have different ideas, they will work together to win this battle for the sake of the overall situation?" Lu Zhiwu asked in a deep voice.
Cao Zhong responded: "Exactly, so my subordinates feel that the two of them cannot afford to conflict for the sake of their generals, so they will inevitably divide their troops."
"Divide the troops..." Li Xingchen gently rubbed his chin.
Although there are many roads in Bashu from the north to the south, most of them are fishing and woodworking paths. There are only three roads that can really allow the army to pass. One is the famous Jiange, which is the most commonly used road, and of course there is Mi
Cang Road is named because this road needs to cross Micang Mountain. You can go directly from Hanzhong to Langzhong by taking Micang Road.
There is another road, the more legendary Yinping Trail. This road is located in the far west and is extremely difficult and dangerous. Originally, it could only be passed by the woodcutter in the mountains. However, due to Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he needed to rely on this road and the Bailong River beside the road for transportation.
Grain and grass go to Longshan, so this road is gradually being valued.
Later, when Deng Ai entered Shu and Yuchi Jiong entered Shu, they both followed this path. They advanced quickly with light troops and could quietly appear on the flanks of Shu County's defense line, thus achieving the goal of winning with one blow.
However, the Yinping Trail crosses the Min Mountain from the west of Shu County. Yuchijiong came to support Shu County, not to attack Shu County. Naturally, there is no reason to repeat the same trick. What's more, taking the Yinping Trail is the battle that made him famous.
, no matter who the opponent is, they will definitely consider guarding against Yin Ping as soon as possible, and will definitely not give Yu Chi a chance to take advantage of him.
Then the only two avenues left are Micangshan and Jiange.
"Starting from Jiange can support Bashu the fastest, and walking from Micang can directly reach Langzhong, thereby blocking the road upstream from Hezhou for our army, so it is inevitable to divide the troops." Chen Zhishen, who had never spoken at this time,
Said slowly.
As the number one general under Li Xinchen besides Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie, after these few months of hard work, Chen Zhishen has obviously become more mature and steady, and even the edges and corners of his face look clearer, quite a bit like one of Li Xinchen's iron-blooded generals.
appearance.
Chen Zhishen's words can be regarded as representing that the military generals have reached a consensus on the other party's strategy.
Li Xingchen just smiled and said nothing, and winked at Xiao Shilian, asking him to express his opinions first.