Jiang Yuanxun is also a veteran. Nearly forty years of fighting career has obviously smoothed his edges and fighting spirit. At this time, he looks more like a kind old man. When he saw Li Xingchen coming over, he smiled at Li Xingchen as a greeting.
But Li Xingchen did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly and solemnly handed over his hand: "General Right Guard, I am polite to you, a junior."
Jiang Yuanxun, who was famous all over the world, was so humble in saluting an old man like himself. Of course, Jiang Yuanxun was very impressed and waved his hand hastily: "General Zhenxi, get up quickly. We are all ministers of the same dynasty, so there is no need to be so polite."
Xu Ling and Wu Mingche in front also heard the movement behind them, and did not speak. They just showed a smile on their faces and moved in unison. Seeing Wu Mingche's body move, Li Xingchen hurriedly made a gesture of invitation. Jiang Yuanxun nodded with a smile.
He quickly followed up. At this moment, it seemed that this old general looked much younger.
The procession passed through the palace gate and entered the main hall.
At this time, when going to court, officials were required to take off their shoes when entering the main hall, leaving only their footwear on. Mats were prepared at different locations according to their official positions, and officials needed to kneel and sit on the mats.
Li Xingchen's position was on the side of the pillar of the main hall, where he could lean back against the pillar more comfortably. He just glanced at it and found that the person next to him was not Jiang Yuanxun, but directly Wu Mingche. Needless to say, he knew that the person in charge of this matter deliberately
The purpose of the arrangement was naturally to make General Zhenxi, who had never been to court before, feel more comfortable.
Jiang Yuanxun also noticed this, but Li Xingchen left a good impression on the old general at the door, so the old general did not feel rude. Instead, he knelt down on the mat, bent slightly, and made a gesture towards Li Xingchen.
The wink obviously meant that sitting like this might be more comfortable.
Li Xingchen nodded with a smile, and at this time the voice of the chamberlain came from the front:
"Your Majesty is here!"
Immediately afterwards, the civil servants headed by Xu Ling and the military generals headed by Wu Mingche stood up together and bowed their hands respectfully in the direction where Chen Xu came from: "See your majesty!"
"My dear friends," Chen Xu's voice was a little low. It can be imagined that the head of the Nanchen family did not have a good rest last night.
Many ministers took their seats, and the chamberlain's voice was a bit sharp: "Today, I am going to court, I will give you a quick report!"
Immediately Xu Ling stood up first and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Bashu has entered our territory of Dachen for several months. Today, General Zhenxi was ordered to come to the court to meet the emperor. He should state the situation of the battle in Bashu. At the same time, General Zhenxi is our great general."
Chen is a rare general among the young generation. The old minister is very interested in General Zhenxi’s views on the current war situation, and he also asked General Zhenxi to give him some advice.”
The main topic of the court meeting this time was this matter. Of course, Li Xingchen came to Jiankang Mansion not to eat, drink and have fun. Everyone knew this. But they didn't expect Xu Ling to talk about it so straightforwardly. This obviously didn't give a damn at all.
The little chance for the rest of the people to buffer directly pushed the atmosphere of the entire court meeting to its most tense and exciting.
Li Xingchen stood up without hesitation and solemnly raised his hand to Chen Xu: "I went from Bashu to Jiankang Prefecture, and there were many frontline towns along the way. In addition, there were also some inland and hinterland along the river, but there was one in these places.
The common point is that there are still people living near the towns, but some wilderness areas are almost full of grass..."
The entire court was completely silent, with only Li Xinchen's voice echoing. Eyes focused on Li Xinchen, they didn't know why Li Xinchen didn't talk about Bashu, but talked about this.
The prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River has only just recovered some of its vitality after the destruction of Hou Jing's Rebellion. However, the tug of war between the two sides in the Jinghu area has been going on for more than 20 years, with major wars such as the Huajiao Rebellion in the middle, and small conflicts and
Small conflicts have never stopped, so everyone knows how common the deserted scene is, even in the clouds.
So although I don’t know why Li Xingchen said this, at least no one will stand up and say that there is something wrong with what Li Xingchen said.
Li Xingchen then said:
"So now our national strength, Da Chen, is actually very difficult to support our sweep across the world. It seems that our Da Chen has enough troops and horses, and we also have a certain amount of food and grass. But anyone who has been to the front line will know that these troops and horses are now facing
There is a danger of having no successors, and these grains and grass can only last for two to three months. The large amount of uncultivated land tells the ministers that there is no way to continuously supply food. Once the granaries are used up, we will
We have to wait for half a year or even a year. If the war really starts, we will probably face the problem of insufficient food in two or three months. And based on the progress of the previous fronts, it will be almost difficult to break through the Xiangyang and Xuzhou defense lines in two or three months.
This means that during this period we have no way to obtain food and soldiers from other places."
Li Xingchen's words were very solemn. Many generals who knew the details had serious expressions. Wu Mingche, who had personally participated in the Battle of Huaibei not long ago, even nodded slightly.
It has been difficult for Nanchen to make breakthroughs on the front line in recent years. In the final analysis, it is actually a problem of insufficient soldiers, horses, and food. Therefore, at the beginning, Nanchen's army often advanced with great success. However, as soon as the enemy's troops were replenished, Nanchen's army
The only option is to retreat voluntarily. Everyone knows what consequences this will have.
When Zhuge Liang left Qishan seven times, he usually had the upper hand at the beginning of the battle. However, once the battle line lengthened and time dragged on, the Shu Han's shortage of food, grass, soldiers and horses were exposed. In the last few times, Zhuge Liang saw an opportunity and took the initiative to retreat.
of.
Now Nan Chen is obviously facing such a problem.
Chen Xu tapped the handrail lightly with a solemn expression. Although he wanted to refute Li Xinchen and disrupt Li Xinchen's current rhythm, he could not find a reason or flaw. Chen Xu, who had been to the Jinghu front line, knew clearly that Li Xinchen said
is true.
During the Huajiao Rebellion, many places in Jinghu were already deserted. After the Huajiao Rebellion, the situation only got worse. Xiao Mohe sent troops to Xiangyang several times but had to retreat. In the final analysis, it was because of the soldiers and horses.
and insufficient food and grass.
Li Xingchen obviously did not give the others a chance to interrupt, and then said: "So we need to fight, but not now. We need enough soldiers, enough food, and enough capital to be able to reverse the original situation in one fell swoop.
A situation of confrontation or even stalemate.”
After a pause, Li Xingchen looked around and said with a deep voice: "Yes, we still need to wait."
A general not far away from Wu Mingche stood up slowly and said in a deep voice: "But the political situation in the north is unstable now. Logically speaking, it is the time when we need to seize the opportunity to take action. If we continue to wait now, will we wait?