"When does Dad plan to send troops?" Yu Chishun's eyes turned to the map. No matter how he speculated about Li Xingchen, if he really wanted to find out what kind of opponent he was, the easiest way was to fight him directly.
Yuchi Jiong gently rubbed his chin: "Li Xingchen will never sit still and wait for death. When he was in Jingzhou, he only had more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and he had the courage to directly block Zhangshan County. I don't think he will defend it honestly.
Hezhou. What's more, according to the intelligence from our scouts, the Chen people have not mobilized grain, grass, troops and horses to Bajun. If it is just to defend the city, how long can Li Xingchen defend it?"
"But if he wants to attack..." Yuchishun said hesitantly, "Does it mean that he dares to attack Langzhong directly?"
"Langzhong is indeed a good choice," Yuchi Jiong murmured, "but I'm worried that this guy's ambitions go beyond that."
"Then it depends on whether he has the strength." Yu Chishun's voice turned cold, "Wanting to capture Langzhong is no different from trying to seize food from a tiger's mouth. Do you really not take father and Wei Xiaokuan seriously?
.And if Langzhong cannot satisfy him, then this guy is not ambitious, but just ignorant..."
"Yongping (Yongping's nickname), don't underestimate the enemy." Yuchijiong interrupted his son directly, "What's the situation on the Shu Road now?"
Yu Chishun also noticed that his father attached great importance to Li Xingchen, and he immediately put away his previous contempt. His father had been in the army for many years, and it was rare for him to be so cautious towards any enemy, especially an enemy who was still at a disadvantage.
And if Yuchijiong was asked to explain why he was so cautious and attached to Li Xinchen, I'm afraid it can only be said to be "intuition".
Yuchishun believed in his father's intuition. He knew very well that this intuition was honed after countless bloody battles, and he did not dare to neglect it now:
"Haier has sent out scouts yesterday to investigate. There is not a lot of snow on the Shu Road, so a road should be cleared within three or four days. In addition, Boy has already sent people to find a guide. After all, he is not sure about the situation on the Shu Road.
I don’t understand, so I think I should be more careful.”
"Well, you did the right thing." Yuchi Jiong nodded slightly, which was regarded as recognition of Yuchishun, but before he could speak, a personal guard walked in quickly:
"General, Major General, the letter sent by Kuai Ma from Chang'an is written by General Wei Xiaokuan."
Yuchi Shun glanced at it in surprise, then reached out and handed it to Yuchi Jiong. After taking off the paint, a letter slipped out with only a few lines of words on it.
"Brother, my army is riding alone. It will arrive in Hanzhong in the near future. Please meet with me later."
"This..." Yuchi Shun frowned. Wei Xiaokuan and the Yuchi family have never dealt with each other. Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong jointly led the army. This was the court's decision. Yuchi Jiong had no way to object, but it was obvious that Yuchi Jiong
He had no intention of waiting for Wei Xiaokuan to come.
Firstly, Shu County is still under the threat of Li Xingchen's military front. It is the best choice for Yuchijiong to go to support as soon as possible. Even Wei Xiaokuan can't express any objections here; secondly, once Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchijiong meet,
, even if the two of them can discuss the arrangements, there will inevitably be conflicts among the people below. Therefore, although the two armies have the same combat purpose, it is best not to get close.
Obviously Wei Xiaokuan was also aware of this problem, but in his opinion, the future battle situation between Bashu and Shu required him to discuss with Yuchi Jiong face to face, so he would rather leave the army behind and rush to Hanzhong first.
"Is this Li Xingchen so difficult to deal with?" Yu Chishun couldn't help but murmured.
Yuchijiong raised his head and looked at the map.
Now that heavy snow has blocked the way forward, Li Xinchen can only take the first step. He believes that Li Xinchen will not let go of this rare opportunity.
But what will he do?
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While Yu Chijiong was in a daze looking at the map outside Hanzhong City in the north of Bashu, Li Xingchen stood on the dock in the southern county, looking at the busy construction site with a smile on his face.
Bajun is an out-and-out mountain city, while Hezhou, Luzhou and other places are similar, and they are all located in the mountains. Therefore, although there are many state capitals under Li Xinchen, there are really flat areas where construction projects can be carried out.
There were not many factories to store food, so Li Xingchen could only choose the southern county as his logistics base.
With the gradual resettlement of refugees from the north and the full investment of the Xiajiang Tang clan, the construction of workshops in the southern county began to proceed one after another.
Although it was winter, a group of strong young men simply walked naked, carrying wood and iron tools on their shoulders, as if the biting cold wind did not exist. And neat slogans came from the pier, from upstream and
The ships coming downstream are busy transferring cargo.
Wood from Linjiang County upstream and grain from Baidi City and other places downstream were all gathered in this southern county. For a time, southern county, a small town that was originally just the granary of Bajun, became the busiest among the three Linjiang counties.
one of.
The most indispensable thing here is vitality and vitality.
The army has been prepared outside Bajun City and is preparing to go out. However, Li Xinchen is not in the army, but has come to the southern county. The war is about to begin. What Li Xinchen is really worried about is not how powerful the enemy is, but his own food and supplies for attacking and defending the city.
Are the equipment sufficient?
Ouyang Mo is a master craftsman after all. At least a layman like Li Xingchen can see that Ouyang Mo's workshop is quite well built. Several completed Pili cars have been carefully dismantled and are ready to be sent to Bajun by ship.
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This snow only fell to the north of the Yangtze River. Because the ground temperature was still high, there was no ice on the river. Only some floating ice could be seen in some places on the north bank of the river. This was the most gratifying thing for Li Xingchen.
After all, it would take too much effort for these big guys to transport them by land from Nannan County to Bajun, and Li Xingchen couldn't afford to waste this time now.
"Two bed crossbows and two thunderbolt chariots will be produced today, which should be enough for the general's offensive within a few weeks." Ouyang Mo stood next to Li Xinchen and whispered, "The production method proposed by the general before really works. Let's
The production of the entire workshop has been much faster.”
The so-called production method proposed by Li Xingchen was actually the "assembly line" that was very common in later generations. However, for people of this era, this was an unheard-of production idea.
After all, for so many years in ancient China, the main production idea was for masters to lead apprentices, and the emphasis was on the inheritance of craftsmanship. Therefore, the ability of one person to produce the entire utensil was often emphasized, which made the division of labor not so obvious in many cases.
Now Ouyang Mo mobilized his craftsmen, changing the previous production method where one person was responsible for commanding a trebuchet or crossbow, to one person who was only responsible for a small part of it, thus naturally improving production efficiency.