"Li Xingchen!" Wei Xiaokuan's fist hit the table hard, his teeth were clenched tightly, and his expression was a little ferocious.
If Wei Xiaokuan could still accept that He Lou Ziqian's whereabouts were unknown before, then Wei Shou's death in battle had made Wei Xiaokuan extremely angry.
No matter what mistakes Wei Shou made in this battle, he was Wei Xiaokuan's son after all. Wei Xiaokuan had many sons, but almost all of them were scattered across the country, either on the battlefield or serving as local officials.
Wei Shou is the only one who is really free to accompany Wei Xiaokuan, so Wei Shou is the person Wei Xiaokuan carefully cultivated to inherit his mantle of military art.
And this time Wei Shou asked himself to follow Wei Xiaokuan into Shu as the governor, which made Wei Xiaokuan feel that he had a good opportunity to train Wei Shou, so he let Wei Shou lead the army alone when the Jiange was divided. After all,
Rescuing Shu County is not a heavy but glorious task. Wei Xiaokuan certainly wants to hand over such a good thing to his son.
But who would have thought that the battle to enter Shu would end up being a complete fiasco. Wei Shou's decisive retreat from Mianzhu Pass was not a big problem. After all, his decisiveness in attacking Mianzhu Pass was enough to prove his ability.
This can be regarded as a rare outstanding feature in this battle between Bashu and Bashu.
Therefore, even if the court wants to blame Wei Shou, it is unlikely that Wei Shou will be blamed. He has tried his best to ensure the speed of the rescue, but everything went beyond plan, and even made Pei Zilie very embarrassed for a time. The main responsibility for the fall of Shu County
In other words, the entire responsibility should still lie with the defenders of Shu County.
Unexpectedly, Li Xingchen did not want Wei Xiaokuan or Yuchi Jiong to leave here safely. Wei Xiaokuan could not have guessed what he said at the beginning. Not long ago, his confidant He Lou Ziqian was missing. He should have been missing because of the battle of Mianzhu Pass.
Wei Shou, who had been praised, had turned into a corpse.
Wei Shou is dead, and more importantly, the situation before Wei Xiaokuan has become more complicated. It is difficult for Wei Xiaokuan to speculate and figure out the complexity.
Li Xingchen has completely cut off the road to Cangxi Valley. Changgu, Beikou and other places have fallen into Li Xingchen's control. Even Wei Xiaokuan didn't know if Jiange would also be coveted by Li Xingchen without enough defenders.
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In the surrounding mountains, even Wei Xiaokuan didn't know how many Ba scouts were wandering around. It could be said that his every move was now under the control of Li Xingchen. This was the most uncomfortable part for Wei Xiaokuan.
As the art of war goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
But now it was Li Xingchen who knew himself and the enemy, and Wei Xiaokuan could not perform at all in the battlefield that Li Xingchen had chosen for him. Only then did Wei Xiaokuan fully understand what kind of battlefield he had come to and what kind of opponent he was facing.
"You still can't contact Cui Hongdu now?" Wei Xiaokuan turned around and asked in a low voice.
Cui Hongdu is the only force that Wei Xiaokuan can still use in the northern section of Cangxi Valley, but Cui Hongdu's situation should not be good. After all, Xujiagou is located between the north entrance and Changgu. Cui Hongdu is destined to go north or south.
Encountered a tenacious blockade by Li Xingchen or Xiao Shilian. More importantly, Cui Hongdu did not have many soldiers and horses, and the loss of important granary areas like Changgu made it even more difficult for Cui Hongdu to support.
This is why Wei Xiaokuan did not consider Cui Hongdu's troops at all, because what he needed to worry about was how to rescue Cui Hongdu, rather than asking him to do more.
"We can't find it yet," Cao Xiaoda said in a deep voice. "With Changgu occupied by Xiao Shilian, our scouts can no longer rely on the main road in Cangxi Valley to travel. Needless to say, all the small roads in the surrounding mountains are hidden by the enemy.
It is under the control of the scouts. It is difficult for our scouts to break through the Palestinian blockade."
Wei Xiaokuan nodded slightly, this was all what he expected: "How much food and grass are left?"
Cao Xiaoda hesitated for a moment and answered helplessly: "Most of the food and grass were in the camp in Changgu before. Unfortunately, they should have fallen into the hands of Li Xinchen now. The remaining food and grass can only support the army for ten days, but when Yuchi waits
The general will send food and grass here, I'm afraid it should be able to last a little longer."
"Then what does General Cao think we should do next?" Wei Xiaokuan's voice was still very low, and his eyes were a little wandering.
The generals around him all turned their attention to Cao Xiaoda, feeling somewhat unhappy.
No matter how you say it, Cao Xiaoda is Yuchijun's man, but it seems that Wei Xiaokuan trusts Cao Xiaoda even more than he does them. This makes the generals under Wei Xiaokuan somewhat dissatisfied. Is Wei Xiaokuan really planning to fight with him?
Did Yuchijiong cooperate with one another?
Cao Xiaoda obviously did not expect that Wei Xiaokuan would ask such a question, but he could also roughly figure out what Wei Xiaokuan meant. Now the war in Cangxi Valley has deteriorated to a certain extent, and the 30,000-strong army, which has been exhausted for a long time, has been fighting for two consecutive times.
There are not even ten thousand people left, but even so, this is still the elite main force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The most important thing to do now is not how to fight between Yuchi Jiong's tribe and Wei Xiaokuan's tribe, but how to lead this army safely.
Then leave Cangxi Valley and arrive at Jiange.
Things have developed to this point, and the goal of defeating Li Xingchen has become out of reach, but neither Wei Xiaokuan nor Yuchi Jiong can tolerate so many soldiers and horses being trapped and dead in Cangxi Valley.
Therefore, it is appropriate for the two armies to join forces now after suffering a disastrous defeat. After all, compared to Yuchi's army, Wei Xiaokuan's troops have lost almost the same amount. The two parties have reached a balance in strength that was not available before, which makes it even more difficult for them to do so.
Wei Xiaokuan preferred to have an equal dialogue with Yuchi Jong.
Compared with the generals under Wei Xiaokuan, it is obvious that Cao Xiaoda has the highest official rank and seniority except Li Xun, who has already led the advance.
Wei Xiaokuan asked Cao Xiaoda to express his views first, which was obviously conveying his goodwill.
Cao Xiaoda hesitated for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "General, I thought we should capture Changgu first, contact Manager Cui, and at the same time ask General Yuchi behind us to speed up our journey. Fighting in this mountain, we need to maintain enough strength.
troops."
After a pause, Cao Xiaoda then said: "There were obviously some problems with our previous troop formations in Cangxi Valley..."
At this point, Cao Xiaoda paused and raised his head to look at Wei Xiaokuan. The expressions of the surrounding generals also became unkind, and their gazes came together like daggers.
Cao Xiaoda's doubts about this matter have made them all a little dissatisfied. After all, questioning Wei Xiaokuan is also questioning everyone present. There is something wrong with the general's decision-making, and the rest of the generals are definitely involved.