Five hundred and ninetieth chapters have their own plans
A ray of setting sun shone in front of the steps, and the Nanchen soldiers on both sides of the steps stood solemnly.
On the horseback, Wei Xiaokuan tugged the horse's reins hard and looked back at Li Xingchen who was on the steps not far away.
Li Xingchen just looked at him quietly, his posture as straight as ever, just like today when Wei Xiaokuan and he first met.
This made Wei Xiaokuan feel a little dazed for a while. He even felt that he had done nothing today, and even felt that he was just chatting casually with a young man full of wisdom.
However, his sweat-soaked clothes reminded Wei Xiaokuan all the time of what a difficult negotiation he had gone through today, and how difficult his opponent, the young man standing on the steps, was to deal with.
If Wei Xiaokuan were asked to evaluate the person who would pose the greatest threat to the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the future, then Li Xingchen would definitely be on the list, and he might even become the number one person.
"General, let's go." Li Xun whispered. Cao Xiaoda, who was on the other side of Wei Xiaokuan, had already gently urged the horse. He seemed to be worried and didn't know what he was thinking about.
Wei Xiaokuan nodded slightly and subconsciously looked back at Li Xingchen again.
Today's humiliation and failure must be taken back in the future.
"Let's go." Wei Xiaokuan just said one word, and then he whipped the horse with the whip in his hand. The horse neighed and galloped wildly.
Li Xun sighed softly and followed Wei Xiaokuan closely.
At the end of the negotiation, Li Xingchen at least won a complete victory on the city's land. At the same time, Li Xingchen's commitment to the Northern Zhou Dynasty allowed him to gain a foothold in Bashu.
Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. Bashu doesn't just come in when you want and leave when you want. Without controlling Hanzhong, it was difficult for Li Xinchen to do anything, so he could only sleep peacefully in Bashu.
Wei Xiaokuan had already given in once, and of course it was impossible for him to give in again in Hanzhong.
It is not that easy for Li Xingchen to leave Jiameng Pass to attack Hanzhong. As for why he did not deploy heavy troops in Hanzhong, that is just Li Xingchen's wishful thinking. Now in Wei Xiaokuan's heart, Li Xingchen is more dangerous than Xiangyang's Xiao Mo
blame.
Li Xun knew very well that he would have many opportunities to "deal with" Li Xinchen in the future.
Of course, at least not now, it is obvious that neither Li Xingchen nor Wei Xiaokuan want to continue competing among these mountains.
It's time for the Battle of Bashu to come to an end. Although this result was cruel to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they could only grit their teeth and accept it first.
"Li Xinchen...sooner or later we will fight back." Li Xun's voice was low. Looking at the surrounding mountains and rivers that no longer officially belonged to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he took a deep breath and urged his horse to catch up with Wei Xiaokuan's back.
Li Xingchen still stood quietly on the steps, not knowing what he was thinking. His eyes followed Wei Xiaokuan's back until he watched Wei Xiaokuan disappear around the corner of the valley.
Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie walked out side by side. Xiao Shilian whispered: "Shizhong, do you really plan to do what Wei Xiaokuan said?"
Li Xingchen made it clear that he would not attack north in a short time, which undoubtedly transferred all the pressure to Xiangyang. Naturally, it was impossible for the Northern Zhou Dynasty court to let the two generals Wei Xiaokuan and Yuchi Jiong continue to stay in Hanzhong. The next step should be
If one person is sent south to support Xiangyang, Xiao Mohe's situation will become even worse.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Xiao Shilian has doubts, after all, this is related to his father.
Li Xingchen did not answer, but looked at Pei Zilie on the other side. Pei Zilie said softly: "The Battle of Xiangyang has been in a stalemate for a long time, and it's time to end it. So Shizhong is not trying to harm the Hussars General, he is even helping.
General."
Xiao Shilian was startled for a moment, and Li Xingchen explained: "The battle of Xiangyang was originally His Majesty's will. The general had no choice but to send troops northward. In order to complete this order, he even sent Lu Guangda to cross the Mian River to attack Fancheng. As a result,
The entire army was almost wiped out..."
If someone else had accused Xiao Mohe in this disguised way, Xiao Shilian would have slapped the table a long time ago, but after all, this came from Li Xinchen's mouth, and Xiao Shilian seemed to know how Li Xinchen viewed the war in Xiangyang.
Li Xingchen then said: "The general can be said to have tried his best. If it were someone else who couldn't think of any other way at that time, the annihilation of Lu Guangda's entire army has proved that attacking Xiangyang is impossible at least now. It's just His Majesty's will.
There, the general had no choice but to fight, and now we are in a stalemate at the foot of Xiangyang City."
"That's true," Xiao Shilian nodded slightly, "The city of Xiangyang is high and deep, and dad didn't have complete preparations. It's not that easy to attack Xiangyang by sending out troops in such a hasty manner, especially since the city of Xiangyang is full of soldiers and horses from Yuchi Jiong's headquarters.
It is not even better than the situation we are facing, and stationing troops under the city at this time is just a waste of money and food."
"But now, apart from Bashu, which Your Majesty doesn't want to take care of, Xiangyang is the only battlefield where our army is still taking the initiative to attack," Pei Zilie said with a smile, "The general knows that he can't do anything, so he can only do it, otherwise Your Majesty will definitely be indispensable by then.
The blame must be laid. Shizhong took this opportunity to let the Zhou people retreat south, and the general could naturally take the opportunity to withdraw his troops. It was originally a matter of killing two birds with one stone and not harmful to the general."
Xiao Shilian opened his mouth. This was indeed something he had never thought of before, so no matter what, he had wrongly blamed Li Xingchen.
Li Xingchen turned around and looked at Xiao Shilian: "Bo Qing, sometimes the overall situation of the world is not as simple as you think, and some successes and failures cannot be determined simply by fighting the enemy bravely. The general has obviously realized this now.
For this reason, in the Battle of Xiangyang, he did not advance as lightly as before, but only used Lu Guangda's army to test. After being frustrated, he stopped advancing, because the general had also begun to think strategically.
Think about it, there are some things that cannot be done and doing it would be a joke to the lives of the soldiers and even the fate of the entire country..."
Speaking of this, Li Xingchen felt a little emotional.
Betting on the fate of the country... The island country to the east likes to bet on the fate of the country every time, and everyone can see where it ends up.
After a pause, Li Xingchen continued: "The general knew that attacking Xiangyang was unrealistic, so he finally gave up. However, his combat style has already impressed many people, so the general has no way to explain to the court now.
, and there is no way to explain it to the following, so doing this...maybe it can be regarded as helping him."
Xiao Shilian stared at Li Xingchen closely, and after a long time, he solemnly nodded.
Li Xingchen was taking on the infamy that should have been shouldered by Xiao Maha, but he was still thinking about how to express his dissatisfaction, which made Xiao Shilian feel even more guilty.