Nine hundred and ninetieth chapters lost the general
Chen Shujian stretched out his hand to help the strange Shu Han envoy up and looked him over. If he had not seen him before and talked to him, he would not believe that the man in front of him was the high-spirited envoy:
"Xu Shanxin?"
"I am dead!" Xu Shanxin's voice was filled with tears.
Chen Shujian subconsciously looked at Chen Shushen. Chen Shushen sighed and turned away. Chen Shujian smiled bitterly and said: "You are not guilty of anything. It is the court that failed you. You did nothing wrong."
Xu Shanxin was the envoy sent to Bashu by Nanchen. Firstly, he was to represent the will of the imperial court, and secondly, he was also an envoy to communicate in the middle. But in the end, he was just a person. Li Xinchen had already been unparalleled in Bashu.
What could Xu Shanxin do as a scholar under the control of the Caotou King? So when Li Xingchen rebelled, this nominal envoy of Nanchen naturally became a prisoner.
Just when the Nanchen court had almost forgotten about the victim they had thrown away, he actually came back with such an identity. More importantly, looking at his haggard expression, you can tell that this person still cares for Nanchen!
Thinking of this, both Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen were heartbroken.
How many loyal people are not appreciated, but villains like Mr. Jiang and Kong Fan are playing tricks on the government!
"Sit down at Xu Qing's house." Chen Shujian personally led Xu Shanxin to sit down in the tower. "Since Li Xingchen asked you to come, you must have something to say."
Xu Shanxin nodded: "It is my subordinate's mission to contact Li Xinchen. Li Xinchen asked his subordinate to come back to show his sincerity. He wants..."
Chen Shujian and Chen Shushen looked over together.
After swallowing, Xu Shanxin said with a wry smile: "He wants the two highnesses to withdraw from Xiangzhou."
Chen Shujian frowned slightly, but Chen Shushen hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Are there any other conditions besides this?"
"No," Xu Shanxin replied hurriedly, "Li Xingchen said that the inner city is mostly occupied by the two highnesses' old subordinates. If it were to be lost here, the two highnesses would not be able to bear it, let alone this small inner city.
The entire situation in Jingnan is no longer important. Your two highnesses should know in their hearts that if they leave at this time with soldiers and horses in hand, otherwise they will all be destroyed..."
His expression became more solemn, and Chen Shujian said nothing. But Chen Shushen murmured: "Withdrawing from Xiangzhou would be equivalent to giving up the entire Jingnan..."
Everyone knows this truth. The line from Xiangzhou to the Public Security Bureau is the Jingzhou defense line carefully built by Nanchen to protect the west. Now the Public Security Area has collapsed and Jiangling has become an isolated city. If even Xiangzhou falls into the hands of Li Xingchen, then the whole river will be destroyed.
In the south, the Jingnan state capitals west of the Xiang River will no longer wait and see which way the wind blows.
Nowadays, Tianmen, Wuling, Yuanling and other places close to the public security system have changed their banners. However, due to the years of war, most of these places have become foreign lands similar to Bashu. What the imperial court can actually govern is
There are only more than ten miles around the city, so there is nothing to fear if these places fall into Li Xinchen's hands.
The original four counties of Jingnan, Wuling, Lingling, Guiyang and Changsha, among which Wuling and Lingling in the west were actually far inferior to Changsha and Guiyang in the east, which were located in river valleys and plains. Therefore, when Liu Bei cut Jingnan
The two southern and eastern counties were given to Sun Quan, which actually showed great sincerity.
The same is true today. Once Xiangzhou falls into the hands of Li Xingchen, it means that Hengyang, Liling, Eastern Hunan and other places on the south side of Xiangzhou will be difficult to hold on to. These places have long been the rear areas of Xiangzhou's defense line, because
Because it is close to the Xiang River, it is rich in products, and there are not many soldiers and horses stationed there. Even if the local officials are still loyal to Nanchen, Li Xinchen may be able to capture the entire rich eastern Jingnan in his hands as long as he sends a partial army.
But if we don't withdraw from Xiangzhou, there seems to be no point. The imperial court has no power to rescue Xiangzhou now. It is good to be able to set up a second line of defense in the Jiangnan and Ganzhou areas. Chen Shujian and the others can see that they are holding on here.
Apart from representing the attitude of the Nanchen court, the above seems to represent nothing.
Even now, with more and more state capitals surrendering, the attitude of the Nanchen court has no symbolic meaning. Everyone sees that Xiangzhou and Jiangling are two isolated cities, abandoned on the chessboard of the world.
Son, it was only a matter of time before Li Xingchen took them in his hands.
In particular, Li Xinchen's attack on Xiangzhou City and the warehouse just now was so powerful that it told Chen Shujian that Li Xinchen was not afraid of sacrifice.
"Li Xingchen wants time, we want soldiers and horses..." Chen Shujian smiled bitterly, "This is indeed a very cost-effective business."
"This is not the first time Li Xingchen has done this." Chen Shushen has studied this opponent carefully since he took office. "He used this method to make a deal with Wei Xiaokuan. Wei Xiaokuan withdrew from Shu, and Li Xingchen asked him to preserve his troops.
Ma. I have to admit that if it weren’t for this large army, I’m afraid Yang Jian wouldn’t be able to hold on anymore.”
Chen Shujian murmured: "But you and me, the King of Changsha and the King of Yueyang, now these two places have to be handed over to others."
Chen Shushen grabbed Chen Shujian's wrist: "Brother, how long has this been, what's the use of talking about this! The battle situation in Xiangzhou has been corrupted, and there is no use for us to defend here. Instead of dying here, it is better to
Retreat these soldiers to the next line of defense, at least we can use this as a basis to continue dealing with Li Xinchen!"
If you lose people and save the land, you can regain it; if you lose the people and save the land, you will lose both the people and the land. What's more, holding on to such an inner city does not mean that the land is saved. Most of the Nanchen troops outside the city have surrendered, and the inner city has already surrendered.
Even if the thousands of soldiers in the city are all elites under Chen Shujian's command, how long can they last?
Chen Shujian nodded slightly, his eyes falling on Xu Shanxin: "Xu Qing's family, I'm afraid they will have to wrong you..."
Xu Shanxin gritted his teeth and stood up: "It is the duty of subordinates to be loyal to the court!"
He was originally an envoy, but at this time, he didn't care so much for the survival of Nanchen Sheji. At worst, he died for the imperial court with this body, which would be regarded as fulfilling his name of loyalty.
And Chen Shujian's eyes subconsciously drifted to the northwest. Li Xingchen raided Xiangzhou, and the Yingzhou area was also attacked from both sides. I am afraid that Chen Huiji, the governor of Jingzhou, would not be able to hold on anymore and was about to retreat, but Jiangling had been completely cut off from his retreat.
City, this time has lost any chance of getting reinforcements...
This king really failed the general by leaving like this! (To be continued)