Five hundred and sixtieth chapters to static braking
If you really want to expect all this to change, you can only expect Li Xingchen to be completely defeated. However, how likely this is is, even Xu Ling and others who are far away in Jiankang Mansion are very clear in their hearts.
Li Xingchen, a young man, has told the whole world with his absolute record that his acumen and ability to command the overall situation have been able to defeat the vast majority of generals in the world today.
So now this is just a temporary way to cover up. Unexpectedly, Chen Xu did not refuse. Maybe the emperor has finally lost interest in completely suppressing Li Xingchen...
Xu Ling and Pei Ji had no way of saying that Chen Xu's concerns were not correct. Li Xingchen's rapid rise was indeed enough to put the elderly emperor under pressure, especially when his next generation was not very successful.
But now Nanchen needs Li Xinchen, and the current Bashu war situation actually relies entirely on Li Xinchen for support.
This is the only explanation Nan Chen can give to the world, otherwise this Northern Expedition will be a complete failure.
Chen Xu could not accept such a result, how could the government, the public, and the world accept it?
So in fact, Chen Xu should not only reward Li Xinchen, but also follow Li Xinchen as an example, so as to encourage more soldiers to fight and sacrifice their lives for Nanchen.
Of course, Xu Ling knew that this was wishful thinking, and all he and Pei Ji could do now was to make sure that all of Li Xingchen's contributions could be realized.
Xu Ling slowly clenched his hands and said in a deep voice: "Brother Pei, I have to trouble you to sort out the military reports ahead. I will discuss them in detail with the officials later and give His Majesty a suitable explanation."
Pei Ji nodded slightly, turned around and cupped his hands: "Please rest assured, Mr. Xu."
Xu Lingzheng met Pei Ji's gaze and nodded solemnly.
At the moment, there is no other choice but to remain calm and watch the overall situation change.
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Wei Xiaokuan stood on a big rock on the side of the road, with the entrance of Cangxi Valley right in front of him.
Surrounded by mountains, rugged rocks, and covered by trees, the dangerous place certainly lives up to its reputation.
This was Wei Xiaokuan's second time passing through Cangxi Valley, but his moods were very different these two times. The last time he passed through Cangxi Valley, the army was vast, with clear flags, and chariots and horses. Their purpose was to rescue Yuchi Jiong, and then completely defeat Li Xingchen.
Get down and calm down the war between Bashu and Bashu.
However, this time it was a situation that Wei Xiaokuan had never imagined before. The army was blocked by Tiangongyuan Mountain. Due to the loss of Shu County, it had to retreat from the small basin of Langzhong in embarrassment. Now even the way back was blocked.
Wei Xiaokuan has been fighting all his life, and has encountered failure before, but this is the first time for him to retreat in such a useless way. But after all, Wei Xiaokuan has been in the army for many years, and he is not helpless and loses confidence in himself because of this little setback.
What Wei Xiaokuan wants to do now is not a decisive battle with Li Xinchen. After these contests, he has clearly understood that compared to himself, Li Xinchen has a more comprehensive and thorough grasp of Bashu. No matter whether Li Xinchen wants to attack or defend in this mountain,
Wei Xiaokuan couldn't get any good results, so his first task was to ensure that the entire road in Cangxi Valley was under control, and then lead the army to retreat to Hanzhong.
Now this army that is exhausted and has low morale is not enough to compete with Li Xingchen. The previous He Lou Zigan is a good lesson. Wei Xiaokuan is very sad about the loss of his men, but he must first ensure that he will not
Follow the same path as He Louzi did.
"I will see General Wei at last!" Cao Xiaoda walked over quickly with several personal guards.
According to Xiao Shilian's words, Cao Xiaoda really "greased the soles of his feet". After retreating to Liushugou, he hardly hesitated at all. Waiting until dawn the next day, he quickly retreated to the main road of Cangxi Valley with his troops, and then
Return to the southern region.
Of course, Cao Xiaoda was still a step too late after all. Before that, several important checkpoints in the south were all captured by Li Xingchen and completely destroyed.
Cao Xiaoda didn't seem to have any intention of attacking by force. He just defended the rest of the passes and maintained a life-and-death attitude until Wei Xiaokuan came.
Wei Xiaokuan nodded slightly at him. The official positions and status of the two people were very different, so there was no need for Wei Xiaokuan to return the favor. More importantly, Wei Xiaokuan was so worried now that he couldn't care about these small details:
"I heard that Li Xingchen has appeared in the south?"
Cao Xiaoda hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "To be honest, we don't know whether it is Li Xingchen or not. We can only know that the enemy does not seem to want to continue the attack. They are just trying to eradicate our peripheral checkpoints and small camps like the northern mountainous areas."
Wei Xiaokuan frowned: "So Li Xingchen is still following his original arrangement? In fact, whether to clean the south or the north first has no intention of attracting us. It is just a sequence decided by himself?"
Cao Xiaoda was startled. Originally, they thought that Li Xingchen chose the north as his target first, mainly because Li Xingchen wanted to attack He Lou Ziqian, but now it seems that this is just Li Xingchen following his complete plan, and He Lou Ziqian
It's more like it was delivered to your door.
However, Cao Xiaoda did not have the courage to say these words in front of Wei Xiaokuan, not to mention that he had to weigh whether saying these words would affect the relationship between the two departments.
Now the conflict between the two departments has not been resolved by the current predicament. Instead, it has become more acute because of Cao Xiaoda's previous retreat in the north without a fight. Cao Xiaoda could feel that the generals standing behind Wei Xiaokuan had unkind expressions.
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Regardless of whether his choice to withdraw the troops was right or not, at least he did not save his troops and was morally defeated. What's more, as we all know, He Lou Ziqian is Wei Xiaokuan's direct confidant. This time, He was defeated because of his own reasons.
Lou Ziqian, so Cao Xiaoda felt wrong and did not dare to take the initiative to provoke.
Seeing that Cao Xiaoda just lowered his head slightly and did not speak, Wei Xiaokuan sighed softly in his heart. He also read the Cangxi Valley battle report. What Cui Hongdu and Cao Xiaoda wrote was actually similar. They each had their own judgments about the previous battle situation, but in the final analysis
They all say "it's not appropriate to take the initiative." Obviously Cao Xiaoda has been adhering to this principle from beginning to end.
He did it by sending troops to rescue, but the situation between the enemy and ourselves at that time was not suitable for Cao Xiaoda to lead his army directly. It can be said that in order to save the thousands of troops under Cao Xiaoda's command, he gave up the rescue of He Lou Ziqian's remaining 100 soldiers, although it was cruel.
But it's the right choice.
To be honest, Wei Xiaokuan didn't want to blame Cao Xiaoda.
But Wei Xiaokuan had no way to stop his generals from having other ideas.
This was the most difficult part of this battle. Li Xingchen only had to sit quietly and provoke a few random moves, and Yuchi Jiong and Wei Xiaokuan were eager to fight.