"What does Shizhong want to do?" Xiao Mohe frowned as he looked at the battle report sent by Li Xingchen from Bashu.
Xiao Mohe maintained an attitude of support and acquiescence in everything Li Xingchen did in Bashu. After all, Li Xingchen was at least fighting under the banner of Nanchen. At least Li Xingchen was still targeting the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the enemy of Nanchen.
Moreover, Xiao Mohe also knew in his heart that the Nanchen court and Chen Xu were disadvantageous to Li Xinchen. Li Xinchen was already very loyal to Nanchen without directly attacking him, so naturally he could not make too many demands. All Xiao Mohe could do was to try his best.
Help Li Xingchen resist the disdain and dissatisfaction coming from Jiankang Mansion, and at the same time do his best to help Li Xingchen gain a foothold in Bashu, at least to survive the battle in front of him.
It can be said that Li Xingchen has done it perfectly, at least beyond Xiao Mohe's expectation. But the fact now is that Li Xingchen does not seem to intend to follow the path everyone imagined. He wants to negotiate with Wei Xiaokuan, and he wants to use this
A way to get what could have been solved through war.
In the hands of Xiao Mohe, although the war was cruel, it was the simplest way to solve the problem from beginning to end. At this time, Li Xingchen proposed negotiations to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although it did not harm the interests of Nanchen at present, it was also asking the Northern Zhou Dynasty to negotiate.
The Northern Zhou Dynasty showed goodwill.
Xiao Mohe didn't know what Li Xinchen was worried about and suspected about things that could be solved in one battle... Of course, perhaps in other words, he knew Li Xinchen's worries, and he also knew that Li Xinchen's worries were definitely not groundless, but
After all, this is a reality that Xiao Maha does not want to accept.
At least in his opinion, the relationship between the imperial court and Li Xinchen is far from out of control. Li Xinchen's actions are tantamount to pushing the relationship that still has room for recovery into the abyss.
Xiao Mohe has been a minister all his life, and he has experienced grievances and setbacks. In his opinion, the court's misunderstanding is normal. After all, no one can guarantee that His Majesty will not listen to one side or believe the other.
There is no villain in the court to slander, and there is no way to guarantee that His Majesty will not make some wrong judgments after learning some one-sided situations.
But in Xiao Mohe's view, these are things that a minister should expect and endure. The world is the world of the people, and it is also the world of His Majesty. Thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king. Sometimes, it is inevitable that your Majesty will do it for the stability of the country.
As long as you can understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts to do anything out of the ordinary due to the inheritance of Jiangshan.
But now what Li Xingchen showed was his dissatisfaction with the imperial court, his rebellion and even his compromise and overtures to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. For Nan Chen, if this continues, there will eventually be no more independent generals, but more.
An enemy even more powerful and irresistible than the Northern Zhou Dynasty emerged.
Compared with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Li Xingchen was younger and understood the shortcomings and deficiencies of Nanchen better. He knew what Nanchen's army was like, and he knew more clearly that the entire court system of Nanchen was actually hard to recover from.
Even Li Xingchen knew that Chen Shubao, the next generation monarch of Nanchen, was destined to never be a sage monarch.
Li Xingchen knew too much, and if he stood on the opposite side of Nan Chen, or even reached a compromise with the Northern Zhou Dynasty through this negotiation, then he would definitely be Nan Chen's most difficult enemy to deal with in the future.
This is what Xiao Mohe doesn't want to see. He can't imagine that he has been fighting for Nan Chen all his life, and in the end he has established such a powerful enemy for Nan Chen. Of course Xiao Mohe knows that he cannot be completely blamed for this, but he can't do it
To have a clear conscience.
Chun Yuliang walked quickly to Xiao Mohe's side. Apparently, the news he had just received made the old general who seemed to have a clear understanding of the battle situation in front of him a little uneasy. He saw Xiao Mohe standing alone on Xian Mountain.
Chun Yuliang knew clearly from the figure on the top of the mountain that Xiao Mohe must be worried about the same thing as him.
These days of coexistence have almost made the contradictions and estrangements between Xiao Mohe and Chun Yuliang disappear. At least Xiao Mohe and Chun Yuliang, the new and old generations of Nanchen generals, have reached an agreement on the strategies and tactics to deal with the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
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If Nan Chen wants to go further, Xiangyang and Huaibei are already impossible. There are enemy cavalry wandering on the north bank of Mianshui River. Not to mention Huaibei, it is now run like an iron wall. Even Wu Mingche, who knows the battle situation in Huaibei well,
If you lead an army and charge forward, the only possibility is to break your head and bleed.
Therefore, Bashu is the most difficult place for Nanchen to reach, but it is also the best breakthrough point, and Li Xinchen is undoubtedly the most correct choice, and since the battle of Bashu, Li Xinchen has proven with his strength that he has this qualification and ability.
If this development continues, the Nanchen army can eventually leave Xiangyang and Bashu at the same time, seize Hanzhong, and advance into Guanzhong. In the final analysis, this is still Zhuge Liang's original plan for Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period, but compared with Liu Bei at that time, Jiangnan and Huainan, etc.
The important ground is also in Nanchen's hands, so there is no need to worry about whether the enemy will outflank the flanks.
It's a pity that the current situation made Xiao Mohe and Chun Yuliang realize that their thoughts were a little too naive and simple. Obviously Li Xinchen was not as loyal as they thought, and the court has not recognized the Battle of Bashu until now.
, it is conceivable to be dissatisfied.
Xiao Mohe said in a deep voice: "There is no movement at all from the imperial court. Shizhong is expressing his dissatisfaction."
"It would be nice if it was just like this," Chun Yuliang could not help but whisper, "I am worried now that Li Shizhong is not just expressing dissatisfaction..."
Xiao Mohe glanced at Chun Yuliang. Although the old fox only spoke half of what he said, he still got to the point. Xiao Mohe understood what he meant.
Li Xingchen took the initiative to negotiate with the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and also conveyed the news in the form of a public battle report, which showed that Li Xingchen no longer took the imperial court seriously. After all, a general on one side was not qualified to negotiate directly with the enemy without the consent of the imperial court.
, even if the incident really happened suddenly, we should have made preliminary contact with the enemy first and waited for the court envoy, instead of looking like it is now that Li Xingchen is responsible for everything.
Originally, this was a lawsuit that should be fought between the two imperial courts, instead of being decided directly by Li Xingchen and Wei Xiaokuan like it is now.
Li Xingchen did this in a very public way. If he just expressed his dissatisfaction, there would be no need for such an extreme method. This shows that Li Xingchen is very anxious to solve other things, and the only ones who can make Li Xingchen do this are him and the Nanchen court.
, or to be precise, it was the conflict between him and Chen Xu, the emperor of Nanchen.
Li Xingchen didn't mind making this conflict public.
He expressed his dissatisfaction, boasted about his achievements, and countered Chen Xu's long-term distrust and suppression of him!