Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie were colleagues and brothers to Li Xinchen, so he had no intention of hiding some considerations from these two people. Now that Li Xinchen had revealed all his considerations, Xiao Shilian naturally understood that he had misunderstood Li Xinchen.
Looking at Xiao Shilian who was shaking his head like a rattle, Li Xingchen chuckled: "Okay, let's get down to business. Bo Qing, how many troops and horses can we still mobilize now? You have always been responsible for the training of troops in Bajun.
You should know better than ."
Xiao Shilian nodded slightly: "There are more than a thousand soldiers training outside the city now. Although these new soldiers are not as good as the old soldiers, they are at least useful. If we add it up, we have a total of five thousand soldiers and horses, and this is not even a total.
There are three to four thousand people on the other side of the state."
This number is a bit more than Li Xinchen expected. After all, Li Xinchen did not include the soldiers who surrendered from the Northern Zhou Dynasty when he calculated the number of people. When he attacked Hezhou, most of the defenders in the mountain cities surrendered without firing an arrow, leaving Li Xinchen's men to surrender.
The number of soldiers and horses suddenly increased a lot, but Li Xinchen mainly planned to use these people to defend the city. What he really trusted were the soldiers and horses who followed him into Shu.
Only after these people were completely integrated into the system could he safely dispatch them to the battlefield, which naturally took time.
"Is it too little?" Xiao Shilian couldn't help but asked tentatively, keenly aware that something was wrong with Li Xinchen's expression.
Li Xingchen shook his head and just paced in front of the sand table. After a long time, he said softly: "That's it, let's take down Zizhou and Suizhou first..."
Seeing the sad look on Li Xingchen's face, Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie glanced at each other subconsciously. It was obvious that Li Xingchen had more considerations, but he just didn't want to tell them. Xiao Shilian stepped forward anxiously: "Shizhong, what are you planning?
Are there any other problems?"
Li Xingchen sighed softly: "What I'm worried about now is not Bashu. Although I can't fully grasp the battle situation here, I at least have tactics and tactics. I'm just worried about Huainan and Jingzhou..."
Xiao Shilian was startled, but Pei Zilie came to his senses first: "Shizhong, are you worried that the real purpose of the Zhou people is Jingzhou or Huainan?"
"Although I have occupied Bajun, I have not yet captured Shujun and Hanzhong. It is just a disease of moss and mustard. Do the Zhou people really just want Bajun when they go to war like this?" Li Xingchen murmured, "The two of them
The general only has 50,000 troops..."
"There is a father in Jingzhou, and there is Sikong in Huainan. What are you worried about?" Xiao Shilian couldn't help laughing, "Look at me, it's better to win the game at hand. If Bashu survives, won't the overall situation of the world also survive?
.With the abilities of Daddy and Sikong, you don’t have to worry. Even if we can’t win, we can always defend the city. Jiangling, Zhongli and Liangjun are all strong cities, so there will be no problem.
of."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly, but sighed in his heart.
Although Xiao Mohe and Wu Mingche are not invincible generals, there is nothing to worry about if they are just defending the city. However, Li Xingchen knows better. Sometimes it is not Xiao Mohe or Wu Mingche who can fight this battle.
decided.
The key lies in Chen Xu and the court. Li Xunchen may not doubt Xiao Mohe or Wu Mingche, but there is no way not to worry about Chen Xu.
His Majesty the Emperor has many merits and demerits, and he cannot be regarded as a completely sage monarch. Sometimes his greed and suspicion will not really bring him a powerful empire.
It will only bring countless hidden dangers.
However, as Xiao Shilian said, the immediate matters are not taken into consideration, and the rest of the battlefields can only be left to Xiao and Wu to wish for themselves. The most they can do is write a letter to persuade and remind them.
Li Xingchen squinted slightly and looked at the sand table. After all, the sand table only included Bashu.
The situation that I can control is still too small.
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After the heavy snowfall, Hanzhong City was sleeping in silence.
However, the military camp outside the city has become lively. Of course, these big-headed soldiers who are far away from home have no relatives to visit, so at most a few close friends can hang out and eat meat and drink on New Year’s Eve. On the morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, the army
We have already started gathering for morning exercises.
The footsteps of the soldiers running formed a sharp contrast with the silent Hanzhong City not far away. When the rural soldiers guarding the city got up in the morning and saw this scene, they could only secretly be speechless. This Yuchi Jiong's subordinate is known as
"Elite team" is indeed not for nothing.
"There's no movement on the island in Xiangyang?" Listening to the loud chanting outside, Yuchi Jiong also had a bit of a smile on his face.
These boys can have such high energy on the second day of the Lunar New Year, which shows that their morale is usable.
Yu Chishun had just come back from outside. While walking to the stove to warm himself, he said respectfully: "Not yet. I just know that they are also stepping up their training. They have not rested peacefully this New Year, and they probably have exhausted their strength."
"We are not the ones dealing with them. Let me tell you, brother, as long as Xiangyang City is defended, our Yuchi family will have done a great job." Yuchi Jiong casually handed a battle report that was rushed from the front to Yuchi Shun, "Look at this.
.”
Yuchi Shun was startled for a moment, then hurriedly took it over, a little surprised: "Li Xingchen wanted to call all the generals and officials for discussion yesterday?"
This news was received years ago, but it was only delivered now due to the heavy snow that closed the mountains, so this means that Li Xingchen's meeting should have ended, and the Nanchen army in Bajun is expected to start taking action.
"Dad, even if Li Xingchen is negotiating, he is probably arranging how to defend the city, right?" Yuchi Shun curled his lips. It's not like he had never dealt with Li Xingchen before. The father and son had a head-on collision at the gate of Zhangshan County.
Blood flow.
Therefore, according to Yu Chijiong's first reaction, Li Xingchen must be on tight guard.
Yuchi Jiong frowned slightly: "Do you really think that Li Xingchen can only defend the city?"
"My child thinks it should be like this." Although Yu Chishun put away the contempt in his words because of his father's rhetorical question, he still answered the question accurately.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple..." Yuchi Jiong stroked his white beard and spoke very slowly, as if he was thinking about something, "I sometimes don't understand what this Li Xingchen is doing.
, is still an abandoned son. If he is a strange move, then it stands to reason that Daoyi should be able to continuously transport soldiers, horses, and food and grass in the future; and if it is an abandoned son... this abandoned son
To be able to make it this far is truly extraordinary!"
Yu Chishun's expression suddenly became serious, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer his father's question.