After a pause, Li Xingchen blinked: "The navy is a good loophole, so of course I can't let it go."
"Navy?" Xiao Shilian frowned, "But it's impossible for all the naval warships to follow you to Jiankang Mansion. In addition, there must be space reserved on the warships to carry these soldiers and horses. The remaining space can be
Even less..."
Li Xingchen just smiled: "I have no intention of telling the court how many navy soldiers are on board. Just telling them the number of ships is enough."
Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie were startled for a moment, and Pei Zilie said helplessly: "But as Bo Qing said, there is not much room left on this warship. Even if you include the navy officers and soldiers, how many can there be? You must know the Jiankang Mansion.
There may be imperial naval forces on the river outside."
Li Xingchen considered it and said: "You must have some idea of how capable the imperial navy is on the river. The few warships on the river now are not enough to see, and now our warships in Bashu have been equipped with five hundred steps.
It is easy to deal with these warships with crossbows and trebuchets, and the warships can advance and retreat at any time, and can even directly attack Jiankang Mansion at critical times, so this is definitely a force that cannot be ignored."
Pei Zilie frowned. This is correct. After all, the river is not Nanchen's key defense target. Now Nanchen's navy is mainly concentrated in Jingzhou and Huaihe River. There are only some old warships on the river.
It was simply not enough to fight against Li Xinchen's navy.
Otherwise, when Xu Shanxin came to Bashu, the few envoy ships would not be so shabby, because there were only a few high-rise ships in total, and of course they could not be sent directly to the enemy's mouth.
You must know that when Li Xinchen entered Shu, Xiao Mohe was the latest warship selected from the navy under his command, and Wang Chang was also a brave and capable general in the navy. Although the navy warships available to Li Xinchen were
It's not a lot, but such an elite combination is enough for Li Xingchen's navy to sail across the river without the obstruction of Jingzhou navy.
This is actually the case in history. After Yang Su's navy came out of the Three Gorges and defeated Nanchen's navy in Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, the lower reaches of Nanchen became undefendable. Xiao Mohe and other Nanchen generals gave up directly.
The Dajiang defense line was deployed around Jiankang Prefecture, with no intention of taking advantage of the Southern Dynasty's usual naval superiority.
This shows that the five-toothed ship built by Yang Su does have a strong suppression on Nanchen's Huanglong ship. It also shows that Nanchen does not have many naval forces downstream, so in the face of Yang Guang's overwhelming army,
At that time, no naval resistance was used at all.
What's more, Li Xingchen has now begun to build a new shipyard outside Shu County. Although he does not have the ability to build ships by himself, he at least has the ability to repair ships. In addition, the newly developed crossbows and trebuchets are gradually installed.
The combat effectiveness of these building ships is already comparable to that of the Huanglong ship on top of the building ships.
Therefore, Li Xingchen was not lying when he said that he had the ability to ensure his advantage on the river.
And Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "So are you going to ask for a thousand troops directly?"
Li Xingchen waved his hand and smiled slightly: "Of course I'm asking for a high price and paying back the money on the ground. Who knows if the court will do something stupid."
Hearing these words, Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie subconsciously looked at each other and shuddered.
Li Xinchen was good at strategy and tactics, and his ability to deceive people was even better. Many ministers in the East Palace were fooled by Li Xinchen and believed all Li Xinchen's suggestions. Later, Li Xinchen successfully obtained the Xiajiang River.
With the approval of the Tang family and the Ba people, it now seems that it is Xu Shanxin and the Nanchen court's turn to be unlucky.
Not wanting to dwell on this issue any longer, Li Xingchen changed the topic: "Xi's departure should not be short. Now all matters have been arranged, but things are subject to change, so you must be prepared for emergencies. Remember.
Don't take the initiative to provoke. Before you get an order from me, what the two of you should do is to hold on to your current defense line."
If Li Xingchen had spoken to the two of them in a consultative tone as a colleague before, then naturally it was now an ordering tone, which was not negotiable or objectionable.
The faces of Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian became solemn. The Jiange and Baidi City they were guarding were the two gateways of Bashu. They faced the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Southern Chen Dynasty respectively. Needless to say, the Northern Zhou Dynasty would not go into war. Will there be war in the Southern Chen Dynasty?
You can’t tell for sure, so it’s all about being cautious.
And Li Xingchen looked at Pei Zilie: "Master, it's not safe to leave Nanzhong to Luo Ya. If you have spare time, you must take care of it. There are also workshops and granaries in Nanzhong County, and there are various things in Shu County.
Before this matter is gradually implemented, it still plays a very important role, so we must protect it more. The enemy's spies must be very interested in these workshops."
"No!" Pei Zilie responded hastily.
Li Xingchen's eyes then turned to Xiao Shilian: "Boqing, the Jiange side is still the top priority of our defense. You and the Hussar General must keep in touch. The battle situation in Xiangyang is unknown. The Hussar General
The general's understanding of the battle situation in Xiangyang must be better than ours. If the enemy's main force is still in Xiangyang, then the pressure we must face may be less. Otherwise, you must always be prepared for there to be a small conflict or even a big battle.
Prepare."
After a pause, Li Xingchen gave another instruction: "Once the war breaks out, you must remember that Jiange and Jiameng Pass are indeed rare and powerful passes in the world. However, the advantage of geographical location is important, but we cannot only focus on the geographical advantage. When the time comes, we must
Make judgments based on different situations.”
Although Xiao Shilian was a little impatient with Li Xinchen's detailed instructions - why did he just give Pei Zilie a few instructions and say so much to him, but Xiao Shilian also knew that what Li Xinchen said was reasonable, so he didn't say much.
Li Xingchen also noticed the change in Xiao Shilian's expression and said with a smile: "Why, Boqing, do you have any objections? Our main opponents are still the Zhou people now, so you have to know how much pressure there is on you."
Xiao Shilian's expression suddenly became solemn, and he nodded solemnly: "Understood."
"As for how to arrange cooperation when I'm not around, I'll call you all together to discuss this. Now when dealing with Zhou people, I'm afraid there are some things you'd better know," while speaking, Li Xingchen looked towards
Outside the door, "Li Ping, are the guests here?"
Li Ping hurriedly made an invitation gesture at the door, and a man in white walked in quickly. When he saw Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie who were a little surprised, he solemnly cupped his hands: "Yang Su, the Yang family of Hongnong, has met General Zhenxi.
"
"This?" Xiao Shilian's hand had already fallen on the hilt of the sword, and Pei Zilie also frowned and took a step forward, looking at the person coming up and down.