Hearing the questioning, Li Xingchen's eyes turned around. The general did not look like a military commander. There were not many traces of wind and frost knife carvings on his upright face with Chinese characters. Instead, he looked like a literati who wrote books. He's a scholar, so it's weird to wear the robes of a military commander.
It seemed that he was also aware of Li Xingchen's doubts. The man immediately raised his hand and said, "I'm Yao Cha."
Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows and cheered up. This Yao Cha was General Rong Zhao, not a high official, but in fact this general was just a false title. He didn't deal with the military very much. His main task was to compile "Liang Shu". The historical "Book of Liang" was compiled by Yao Cha in the end. This shows that this person had a good cultural background, and from what he just said, he obviously had some understanding of the current situation.
What's more important is that this person has a lot of character. He has always been willing to help each other and speak impartially. Therefore, he can be regarded as a peculiar one among the middle factions. When all the grassroots have heard the news and changed their direction, there is only this Yao Chali. The two did not help each other, so generations of monarchs in the Southern and Chen Dynasties appreciated him highly. Otherwise, he would not have been responsible for compiling the history books of the previous dynasties.
"General Rong Zhao, I have long admired your name," Li Xingchen said while returning the salute, "I just don't know how much General Rong Zhao knows about the situation on the front line? Our troops in Huainan, Jiangling and Zitong are all tired from long battles. It is difficult to continue the war, and more importantly, the Zhou Dynasty is in turmoil, but does General Rong Zhao know how turbulent the situation is?"
Yao Cha was at a loss for words. After all, his main job was to write history. He didn't know much about the actual situation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He only got a rough idea from the imperial newspaper. So now Li Xingchen suddenly asked this question, leaving Yao Cha unaware. What to say.
With a slight cough, Wu Mingche said calmly: "There are already many signs of civil strife among the Zhou people. Now that the Zhou people have gradually mobilized their troops to move northward, it stands to reason that it is the right time for us to attack..."
The entire court was even more silent. People were surprised to see Wu Mingche speaking at this time. They thought, shouldn't Wu Mingche be speaking for Li Xinchen? Why did he seem to be opposing Li Xinchen now? Could everything before have been an illusion?
Li Xingchen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Wu Mingche, and Wu Mingche changed the topic: "But what if what is presented to us is more of an illusion? If the civil strife of the Zhou people is not as serious as we imagined, this is just what the Zhou people have done to us What about a trap set? Keeping the green hills intact, we don’t have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as our troops, horses, and food and grass are still there, and they can be more abundant, then we can find more opportunities in the future, but if we act rashly now action, then even if there is an opportunity in the future, I will not be able to seize it."
Hearing this, Li Xingchen sighed softly. It was a pity that Wu Mingche failed to break through in the Battle of Luliang in history. He was captured because of a back disease and was unable to resist. Otherwise, if he was around, Nanchen might be better on various fronts in the future. It was more bearable. After all, compared to Wu Mingche, Xiao Mohe, Ren Zhong and others who later led the army still lacked such overall perspective and leadership ability.
In history, Nanchen was ultimately unable to resist the Sui Dynasty's army. In the final analysis, it was because of the premature depletion of its strength that Nanchen had no ability to send troops when Yuchijiong rebelled and other circumstances, and could only watch helplessly.
Wu Mingche's voice turned back, which was expected by many people, and Yao Cha was thoughtful, and after pondering for a moment, he said loudly: "If as Sikong and General Zhenxi said, we still need to wait, then we should wait
how long?"
Wu Mingche obviously did not intend to answer this question, and simply looked at Li Xinchen. This question was actually the one that Li Xinchen needed to answer the most in the court this time. Everyone wanted to know what to do, and even more, how to do it.
Li Xingchen immediately said in a deep voice: "We need to wait for an opportunity. A Zhou people think that we are not aware of this opportunity for the time being, so we do not plan to go north directly. From now on, Yuchi Jiong in Xiangyang, Wei Xiaokuan in Hanzhong and Huaibei
Although Wang Gui is concentrating his troops, they still retain enough troops on the defense line. With these cities and passes, they can completely block our progress in a short time. In this way, even if we take action, we will not be able to do anything.
Break through the defense line within a month or two, and then you can only wait for the Zhou people to return safely, and the consequences of doing so..."
Li Xingchen's eyes swept around, everyone knew it well.
In this way, it is very likely that the ongoing civil strife in the Northern Zhou Dynasty will be terminated due to the intervention of this external force. After all, the disputes in the Northern Zhou Dynasty are mainly concentrated between Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian, and these two people have to choose between resolving foreign enemies and each other.
Foreign enemies are the most likely.
To control floods, blocking is worse than spreading. To calm down this conflict, transferring the anger to Nan Chen seems to be a good choice. The attacking Nan Chen army is likely to bear the brunt of the attack.
Not to mention success, it is good enough to be able to get out in time without heavy losses.
"So we have to wait until they are in complete chaos." Li Xingchen's voice rose. "At that time, our troops will be divided into three groups and go north at the same time. After breaking through the enemy's defense line, we will go straight to Chang'an and Luoyang! We will be strong at one go, then weaken again, and then all three will be exhausted.
If we want to fight, we must directly take these two most important towns into our hands!"
There were some soft sounds in the hall, and some generals who understood how difficult it was to do this, but how heavy a blow it would deal to the enemy, couldn't help but take a breath. They were surprised by Li Xingchen's appetite. But then they thought, after being dormant for such a long time, they should change
Come to this result.
And those civil servants who didn't know much about the war situation also began to whisper to each other.
Chen Xu clutched the faucet on the armrest tightly. He seemed to finally realize why there was such a big gap between Li Xinchen and himself, because Chen Xu did not want to give up every opportunity, while Li Xinchen was more dormant and cultivated his strength, waiting for the greatest success.
When the opportunity comes, grab it and win with one blow!
I remember that when I was on the battlefield, I was so resolute and decisive, but now I have hesitated because of these things, and I am afraid that if I lose it once, I will never get it again...
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Is it because the Battle of Jiangling during the Huajiao Rebellion failed miserably, or is it because... I am getting old after all?
"Your Majesty, I think what General Zhenxi said is absolutely true." Right servant Yuan Xian stood up and said loudly, "We should focus on recuperating and recuperating, and wait and see how the situation changes."