Compared with the East Palace, Li Xinchen's team is very young; However, there is no shortage of people such as Gu Yewang who have a high reputation between the government and the opposition, so Li Xinchen can stand on his feet and forge ahead.

Such a group of young and old is the most difficult to deal with. Li Xinchen was able to take down Bashu in just ten months and form such a group, which is really limitless. Therefore, Zhou really knew very well why Shen Jungao and Fu Wei regarded Li Xinchen as the most difficult opponent to deal with and the most important opponent to deal with in advance.

Li Xinchen is indeed worthy of the attention of the East Palace, if it is so laissez-faire, in time, Li Xinchen will definitely be the biggest threat to the East Palace.

Regarding the seemingly unintentional words that Zhou Qu said just now, Li Xinchen couldn't deny it, he just frowned, and seemed to be not very satisfied with Zhou Qu's attitude, but he didn't say anything.

No matter what, Zhou Qu is still an old man worthy of respect, and Li Xinchen doesn't want to have any conflicts with Zhou Qu in this crowded place.

And Xiao Maha vaguely sensed the smell of gunpowder between Li Xinchen and Zhou Qu, and after greeting King Gu Ye behind Li Xinchen, he turned around and made a gesture of please: "Shizhong, it's windy on the dock, let's go back to the city to talk in detail." ”

Zhou did want to say something, but at this time, he could only stop talking first, and Li Xinchen bowed slightly: "General, please." ”

Watching Li Xinchen walk forward with Xiao Maha quickly, Zhou Qu's hand trembled, and he sighed softly, Li Xinchen's attitude was obviously not as good as he imagined, and Li Xinchen didn't seem to want to win over Li Xinchen in the East Palace.

Obviously, Li Xinchen had also felt the East Palace's distrust of him, so he simply kept a certain distance from the East Palace······

Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng couldn't help but shudder, Li Xinchen put aside the East Palace so decisively, indicating that he had found a more suitable partner to work with, of course this person is not Xiao Maha, Xiao Maha himself is also a person from the East Palace, not to mention, and Xiao Maha is in Jingzhou, if Li Xinchen goes to Jiankang Mansion, Xiao Maha can only give Li Xinchen a certain amount of support at most, and it is impossible to be able to help at any time.

Therefore, in the eyes of Shen Jungao and others, the East Palace is obviously the best and only choice for Li Xinchen, and in the capital, only the East Palace can give Li Xinchen the shelter he needs. This is also why Zhou did not take the initiative to show favor to Li Xinchen, and even expressed his loyalty to Nan Chen as if he was nothing.

Because he felt that Li Xinchen would definitely take the initiative to come to the door.

However, now it seems that Li Xinchen does not mean to move directly closer to the East Palace, but is deliberately distancing. This shows that Li Xinchen already has another partner in Jiankang Mansion. That's why he is so fearless.

The most capable person to argue with the East Palace before must be Chen Shuling, the assassin of Yangzhou, but unfortunately Chen Shuling was suppressed by Li Xinchen himself, so Li Xinchen will definitely not use Chen Shuling's strength, so who will be able to choose to stand with Li Xinchen at this time?

While thinking about it, Zhou Qu subconsciously turned around, and happened to see Xu Deyan who was talking and laughing with Gu Yewang.

In an instant, he felt a chill creep up his back.

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Taking a sip of tea, Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "I received news on the road that the Zhou people are sending troops from Xiangyang and Fancheng to the north? Has the defense of Xiangyang become weaker now? ”

Xiao Maha didn't expect that Li Xinchen didn't ask about the situation in Jiankang Mansion, but went straight to the point and directly talked about the battle situation in Xiangyang. To tell the truth, the current battle situation in Xiangyang gave Xiao Maha a headache, for no other reason, the transfer of troops in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was of course a rare opportunity for Nan Chen.

The reason why Nan Chen has not been able to take advantage of the Xiangyang battle situation, in the final analysis, is that the number of soldiers and horses and grain and grass are insufficient, the previous few attacks on Xiangyang failed, one is because Nan Chen's soldiers and horses are insufficient, after all, Xiangyang is the stronghold of the Northern Zhou Dynasty for many years of painstaking management, if you want to take Xiangyang, you naturally have several times or even ten times more troops than the defenders, but in fact, Xiao Maha collected troops and Xiangyang defenders compared with only one or two times the advantage, this kind of military advantage in front of the tall city wall will undoubtedly be offset by little left.

And another reason is naturally that Nan Chen consumed a lot of money and grain in the previous Battle of Jiangling, and for the time being, he simply has no ability to support a battle that takes too long and has many soldiers and horses, in other words, Nan Chen's national strength cannot support Xiao Maha to stay under Xiangyang City for too long.

This is also why Xiao Maha returned in vain in his previous attacks on Xiangyang, or retreated in the face of difficulties.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Maha said in a deep voice: "It is true that the Zhou people drew troops to the north, but it is still Wei Chi Yu who sits in Xiangyang, and because there were many northern soldiers and horses going south last time, the defenders of Xiangyang are not much less than ten months ago, and even much more than our last battle of Xiangyang, even if we have added a lot of soldiers and horses, but there is not much chance of victory." ”

Li Xinchen nodded, Xiangyang is in the hands of the Zhou people, and it is naturally like a fish in the throat for Nan Chen, so if the opportunity is sufficient, Xiao Maha will definitely not hesitate to wave his army north, but now Xiao Maha's grain and grass are all consumed in the previous attack, and the Northern Zhou did not give up control of Xiangyang because of civil strife, at least Wei Chi Hui is still in Xiangyang, indicating that the Northern Zhou's attention to Xiangyang has not weakened.

Li Xinchen had no way to say that Xiao Maha obeyed Chen Ji's will before, rashly attacked, and finally gained nothing, whether it was right or wrong, he could only say that it should be best for the current Xiangyang battle situation to remain stable. Li Xinchen went to Jiankang Mansion this time because he needed to reach an agreement with the Southern Chen court on dealing with the Northern Zhou, and before that, he needed to stabilize Xiao Maha.

Xiao Maha looked at Li Xinchen with some expectation, what Li Xinchen is best at is finding a breakthrough in the deadlock or even headwinds, and finally completely reversing the whole situation, and now Xiao Maha also expects Li Xinchen to give himself a good advice.

"Wait." Li Xinchen's hand lightly tapped on the table, and said in a low voice, "The general needs to wait for Zhou Ren to take the initiative or be forced to show his flaws, this time is the best time for the general to attack, as for when he needs to wait, then there is no way to know, it depends on the development of the situation and the general's own judgment." ”

Xiao Maha's face was a little solemn, and so on is certain, now Xiao Maha does not have enough troops and money and food, he knows this point, and he wants to attack Xiangyang with these strengths is tantamount to a fool's dream.

But how long will it take, and what kind of flaws will the Zhou people on the other side show?

"It won't be long." Li Xinchen Huo Ran got up, walked straight to the map, and put a little more weight on the map, "From Xiangyang to Hanzhong, as long as one part of this defense line collapses, then the rest of the place will be difficult to defend, so we can directly push it under Yangping Pass and Wuguan!" ”