"It's only a matter of time before we fall out with the court. I don't expect the court to reward us honestly this time. I'm already the Marquis of Hanzhong..." Li Xingchen said directly, and then thought of something.
Forgetting to say something sarcastic, "I guess he is one of the rare marquises who regained his own fiefdom, and he is also the general of Zhenxi. If he continues to advance, he will be a prince. Do you think the court will be so generous?"
"Hanzhong should have been the fiefdom of the county prince," Pei Zilie said after careful consideration. "If the court directly removes you, it would be without any sincerity. But if it really wants to reward you, I'm afraid it will be the prince... 2
As a more than ten-year-old county prince, this is clearly telling the world that you will be the master of this great country from now on."
"What you said is totally treasonous." Li Xingchen couldn't help but joked. If it had been half a year ago, or even before coming to Xiangyang, such words would not have been directly uttered by Pei Zilie.
Pei Zilie rolled his eyes and was noncommittal.
And Li Xingchen said with a smile: "So I no longer expect the imperial court, and it is time to set up my own business. Otherwise, it will not be a good thing."
Pei Zilie suddenly shivered and looked at Li Xingchen.
It was inevitable that this day would come, but Pei Zilie didn't expect that it would come so quickly.
Li Xingchen is now a minister of Nanchen no matter what. If he really does something against the Nanchen court, he will inevitably be called "treasonous" in the future. And if Li Xingchen completely establishes his own business, no matter what he does, he will naturally
No one stopped him.
In fact, Li Xinchen now owns Bashu and Hanzhong, and Nanzhong is also actively developing. Xiangyang, Fancheng and Shangyong have also fallen into his hands. As a result, the size of the land in Li Xinchen's hands has even become the same as that of Nanzhong.
Compared with Chen, although in terms of land quality, Nanchen is a water town in the south of the Yangtze River and is most suitable for producing grain, while Li Xingchen's place is just a mountainous area in Bashu, but at least the area has reached the same size.
In many cases, this is enough.
What's more, Li Xingchen didn't say that establishing his own business meant ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.
Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger has always been this guy's specialty.
But even so, there are still many things that need to be prepared, and once Bashu becomes independent, it means that it is likely to face pressure from the south and the north, which makes Pei Zilie even more worried. He is not afraid of war, as a soldier
, just to fight, he is just worried about whether such a newly rising power, whose family background is still weak, can withstand possible difficulties.
After all, Pei Zilie didn't want this group to die in its infancy.
Li Xingchen reached out and handed a battle report to Pei Zilie: "You probably haven't had time to see that Boqing has broken through Yangping Pass, and guard Han Qinhu surrendered. Now the entire Hanzhong is in our hands, and the entire northwest has been in chaos to the north.
As a group, all we need to do is send troops to capture these territories. Except for the area around Chang'an and Sanfu, the northwest is already at our disposal."
Pei Zilie grabbed the battle report and looked at the words on it in surprise.
It can be said that Xiao Shilian created an unexpected miracle. Of course, it is undeniable that the credit behind this is also related to the Long Group.
And this means that the best granaries - Longshang and the Northwest Racecourse have fallen into the hands of Li Xinchen, which can at least solve the problem of lack of food for Li Xinchen's troops in a short time, and fundamentally solve the difficulty of being unable to form cavalry.
The Southern Dynasty never had the upper hand in the battle with the Northern Dynasty. A big factor was that the Northern Dynasty's cavalry was too powerful. As a result, during the battle, the cavalry could often completely grasp the rhythm of the battlefield and completely defeat the enemy through continuous advances.
Moreover, when fighting cavalry, if you do not have strong psychological quality and experience, you may not be able to hold on when you see the cavalry rolling in.
In addition, the people of the Southern Dynasties were shorter in stature, so they were even more panicked when facing cavalry.
However, this does not mean that there were no outstanding cavalry generals in the Southern Dynasties. For example, the white-robed general Chen Qingzhi fifty years ago swept Heluo with seven thousand white-robed light cavalry; another example is the current hussar general Xiao Mohe, who is best at
It is the light cavalry that rushes forward and completely collapses the enemy army time and time again.
The shortcomings of the Southern Dynasties in cavalry mainly fell on the horses. The lack of enough horses made it difficult for the Southern Dynasties to form a large-scale cavalry team that could compete with the Northern Dynasties. The main horse farms were concentrated in the northwest, Monan and other places.
, these are not under the control of the Southern Dynasty.
If Li Xinchen now controls the northwest, then the natural horse farms at the foot of Liupan Mountain and Qilian Mountain will fall into Li Xinchen's sphere of influence, and Li Xinchen will naturally obtain the capital to form a cavalry. This is also what surprises Pei Zilie.
Especially now, the several battles between Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian around Taolinsai have exhausted both sides' physical strength. Yang Jian retreated to Tongguan, and Yu Wenxian closed his troops on the line from Luoyang to Puban, unable to fight anymore. And Yang Jian naturally did not have enough.
The troops turned to the west to deal with Li Xingchen.
After all, Li Xingchen is a tiger, and Yu Wenxian is a poisonous snake. As long as Yang Jian turns around, Yu Wenxian will definitely not mind biting him in the back. Several battles have caused heavy damage, and the two sides have formed a blood feud. Naturally, it is impossible to sit down again.
Reconciled.
In this way, as long as Li Xingchen does not touch the core defensive passes of Chang'an such as Xiaoguan, then Yang Jian will definitely not take the initiative to provoke Li Xingchen.
"Someone will let Bo Qing handle it well. Bo Qing must also know the stakes here." Li Xingchen saw Pei Zilie's expression and guessed what he was thinking, and then said, "Whether we want to establish our own business or not,
This city must be taken down in front of us. After taking Xiangyang, we also extended our hands into Jinghu Lake. To be honest, under this situation, I still hope that the court will take the initiative to surrender. After all, if I want to go out independently, I still want to go out directly.
You have to find a lot of hypocritical reasons..."
Pei Zilie smiled silently.
Of course, what Li Xinchen is worried about is not to find reasons. As long as Li Xinchen decides to take another step forward, there will naturally be unlucky literati who will squeeze their heads to help Li Xinchen write articles and find reasons. However, there is still some confusion in Li Xinchen's group.
Li Xingchen did not dare to act rashly before clarifying the interests among various small groups.
Otherwise, you will just shoot yourself in the foot.
In the final analysis, it is because Li Xinchen's group has expanded too fast during this period, but this is not to blame Li Xinchen, it has already reached this point, and it is impossible not to expand.
"Let's go and have a look in front." Li Xingchen didn't smile, and he didn't know whether it was the establishment of his own business or the three-month promise of Chun Yuliang that gave Li Xingchen enough pressure. (To be continued)