Eight hundred and seventieth chapters comers are not good
"As long as you have an idea." Xiao Shilian nodded slightly. He was not interested in this kind of imperial thinking, and it was not his turn to think about it. "Although Yang Jian's main force is still east of Chang'an, it has gradually moved westward these days.
We have accumulated about seven or eight thousand troops in the Xiaoguan area. It is also because of this that I am so anxious to come back this time. We have to discuss and come up with an idea."
Li Xingchen frowned. He hurried to Hanzhong all the way. The news he received was not much, and it was not timely. After all, the messenger who delivered the news could not chase Li Xingchen all the way. Yang Jian was still the first to mobilize troops.
I know this time.
After all, Yang Jian is Yang Jian. From beginning to end, Li Xingchen did not dare to take a look at the person who finally ended this troubled world in history. Such a tycoon does not mean that there is no room for improvement just because he is at a disadvantage. There are no such tycoons in history.
A few people, from Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to Cao Mengde, had their moments of embarrassment, not to mention Uncle Liu Huang who had been running away for most of his life.
Xiaoguan is the northwest fortress of Chang'an, which mainly blocks the road from Chang'an to the northwest. Now Yang Jian is mobilizing troops not to face Yangping Pass, but to the northwest, so Li Xingchen has to be more vigilant.
Xiao Shilian's main force is stationed at Yangping Pass. Even if Yangping Pass was damaged in the previous battle, with the number of defenders at Yangping Pass now, it is not possible to provoke with only seven or eight thousand troops. Li Xingchen believes that Yang Jian also
You should know it well.
But Li Xingchen did not naively think that Yang Jian mobilized troops just to defend the rear. If Li Xingchen wanted to attack Hanzhong, he would definitely not go all the way from Chencang to Xiaoguan, but directly go out of Yangpingguan to attack Sanfu, so
Yang Jian's troops stationed in Sanfu were to prevent Li Xingchen from directly attacking Chang'an, while the troops stationed in Xiaoguan must be aimed at the northwest.
In the northwest, Li Xingchen now only has a team of Hou Mi, plus the militia-like organization of the Guanlong family. The reason why the entire northwest is in a mess is mainly because the Northern Zhou Dynasty's troops in the northwest have long been mobilized.
There are hardly many troops in each city. Even so, the men of the Guanlong Group do not have the guts to attack the city directly.
In this way, it is almost certain that Yang Jian's purpose is to stabilize the northwest. Once the northwest is stabilized, Yang Jian will still be able to have a stable rear area and once again block Li Xinchen in Bashu.
"It seems that the situation in Chang'an is not as simple as we imagined." Li Xingchen frowned slightly, "I'm afraid there are conflicts among the Guanlong family. At least some people support Yang Jian now, otherwise Yang Jian wouldn't be so strong.
We are confident that we can send troops to pacify the northwest."
Xiao Shilian considered it and said: "It is winter now, and it is even bitterly cold in the northwest. Will Yang Jian choose to send troops at this time?"
"Whether it's now or next spring, at least his attitude is here, so we have to be careful." Li Xingchen's voice was low. The northwest must not be discarded, not only because the northwest has excellent war horses, but also because
The people currently in charge of the northwest are the Guanlong family who are inclined to Li Xinchen. If Li Xinchen sits idly by and does nothing about the crisis in the northwest, it may eventually lead to the collapse of the entire northwest war situation.
By then, it is conceivable that the Guanlong Group's trust in Li Xinchen will decline rapidly.
Therefore, Li Xingchen must pay close attention to stabilizing the northwest.
"The person who came here is not a good person..." Li Xingchen smiled bitterly, "After leaving Xiaoguan, Anding and Tianshui are in front of us. Now these two big cities have not fallen into our hands. Once Yang Jian can get through Anding, Tianshui and Xiao
We can ensure the impregnability of these two cities by establishing close contact with each other, and use this as a stronghold to begin to clear out our troops in the countryside, and even push the defense line north to the Great Wall and south to Chencang, so that everything we have in the northwest
All preparations will be in vain.”
Xiao Shilian considered it and said: "This is true, but it may not be that easy to mobilize troops north now. The road from here to Chencang is rugged and difficult. If we attack Xiaoguan directly from Yangping Pass to the north, we will undoubtedly be directly defeated.
The flanks are exposed."
"This heavy snowfall came early this year, and it is expected that the weather will get colder and colder in the future. It is almost unrealistic to mobilize large-scale troops to go north, not to mention that transporting grain and grass in this muddy land is also a headache," Li Xingchen said decisively
nodded, "But it doesn't mean we have no choice."
Xiao Shilian raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"
"Let Cheng Feng go." Li Xingchen said calmly, "Marching in the snow is by no means easy, but these veterans can do it."
"Cheng Feng... only has 800 people." Although Xiao Shilian was not on the Xiangyang battlefield, he knew very well what this army did. "Although they did fight well in Jiankang Mansion and Xiangyang City, after all,
There are only eight hundred people, but their enemies number six to seven thousand, or even more, Shizhong, you have to think clearly."
Li Xingchen immediately said: "You can't say that. Now, the local rural soldiers totaled three to four thousand people, and the 800 people who came to Cheng Feng were also quite large. You must know that these 800 people are not
Ordinary soldiers can compare. More than a dozen of them were your subordinates when they were in Huaibei. They killed every battle without missing a beat. Such old soldiers are what you want."
After a pause, Li Xingchen then said: "Having said that, we can't stand still at Yangping Pass and sit idly by. The defenders of Yangping Pass went to Feng County and set up camp in Hui County. From here, they headed east towards Guanzhong and headed towards the Central Plains.
The north threatens Xiaoguan. I don’t want to attract Zhou soldiers and horses to the south, but as long as Guanzhong does not dare to continue to add troops to Xiaoguan.”
As he spoke, Li Xingchen's hand fell on the map: "Xiaoguan, Tianshui, and Anding, these cities are connected to each other. From Xiaoguan, you can attack Tianshui in the south and Anding in the north. By the same token, if you go out from these two cities,
You can also knock on the door and enter!"
Xiao Shilian's eyes turned to the map: "Liupan Mountain surrounds Longshang. From Xiaoguan to the southwest is Tianshui, and to the northwest is Anding. This pass is not only the choke point leading north to the outside of the Great Wall, but also the connection with the cities in the northwest.
Important town, you are right, Yang Jian can attack the entire Longshang based on Xiaoguan, and we can also mobilize the power of the entire Longshang to block Xiaoguan!"
Li Xingchen nodded slightly: "I'm afraid there is some conflict between the Guanlong family, otherwise Yang Jian would not be so determined to send troops, so going to the northwest... It must not be as simple as imagined. I saw that Shu County also returned
not going."
Xiao Shilian's expression also became solemn: "Are you saying that there may be traitors among the Guanlong family in the northwest?"
"It may not be enough for a traitor to appear, but there will definitely be contradictions." Li Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Since there are contradictions... then there are opportunities for Yang Jian to take advantage of." (To be continued)