A touch of slanting sun sprinkled in front of the steps, and the Nanchen soldiers on both sides of the steps stood tall.

On horseback, Wei Xiaokuan tugged on the reins of the horse fiercely, and looked back at Li Xinchen on the steps not far away.

Li Xinchen just looked at him quietly, his posture was as straight as ever, just like when Wei Xiaokuan and him first met today.

This made Wei Xiaokuan a little dazed for a while, and even felt that he had done nothing today, and even felt that he was just chatting with a rising generation full of wisdom.

However, his sweat-soaked clothes reminded Wei Xiaokuan all the time of what a difficult negotiation he had experienced today, and how difficult his opponent, the young man standing on the steps, was to deal with.

If Wei Xiaokuan is asked to evaluate the person who poses the greatest threat to the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the future, then Li Xinchen will definitely be on the list, and may even become the first person.

"General, let's go." Li Xun said in a low voice. On the other side of Wei Xiaokuan, Cao Xiaoda had already gently urged the war horse, he seemed to have something on his mind, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Wei Xiaokuan bowed slightly, and subconsciously looked back at Li Xinchen again.

Today's humiliation and defeat must be brought back in the future.

"Let's go." Wei Xiaokuan just said one word, and then the whip in his hand whipped the war horse, and the war horse neighed and galloped wildly.

Li Xun sighed softly and followed Wei Xiaokuan closely.

At the end of the negotiations, Li Xinchen won at least a big victory on the land of the city. At the same time, Li Xinchen's commitment to the Northern Zhou allowed him to gain a foothold in Bashu.

Of course, there are pros and cons, Bashu doesn't come in if you want to, and you can go out if you want to. Without controlling Hanzhong, it was difficult for Li Xinchen to perform, so he could only lie dormant in Bashu with peace of mind.

Wei Xiaokuan has already conceded once, of course, it is impossible to continue to concede again in Hanzhong.

Li Xinchen wanted to attack Hanzhong out of Jiameng Pass, but it was not so easy. As for why there are no heavy troops in Hanzhong, it is just Li Xinchen's wishful thinking, and now in Wei Xiaokuan's heart, Li Xinchen's danger is even more dangerous than Xiao Maha in Xiangyang.

Li Xun knows very well that he will have many opportunities to "deal" with Li Xinchen in the future.

Of course, at least not now, obviously Li Xinchen and Wei Xiaokuan don't want to continue to compete in these mountains.

It's time for the battle of Bashu to come to an end, although this result is very cruel to the Northern Zhou, but it can only be accepted first by gritting its teeth.

Li Xinchen ······ Sooner or later we'll be back. Li Xun's voice was low, looking at the surrounding mountains and rivers that no longer officially belonged to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he exhaled deeply, urging the war horse to catch up with Wei Xiaokuan's back.

Li Xinchen was still standing quietly on the steps, not knowing what he was thinking, his eyes followed Wei Xiaokuan's back until he saw Wei Xiaokuan disappear around the corner of the valley.

Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie walked out side by side, Xiao Shilian said in a low voice: "Shizhong, do you really plan to do what you said to Wei Xiaokuan?" ”

Li Xinchen made it clear that he would not attack north in a short period of time, which was undoubtedly equivalent to transferring all the pressure to Xiangyang. Naturally, it is impossible for the Northern Zhou Imperial Court to let Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Hui continue to stay in Hanzhong, and then they should send one person south to support Xiangyang, and Xiao Maha's situation will be even worse at that time.

Therefore, it is no wonder that Xiao Shilian has doubts, after all, this is about his father.

Li Xinchen didn't answer, but looked at Pei Zilie on the other side, and Pei Zilie said softly: "The battle of Xiangyang has been stalemate for a long time, and it's time for a break. So Shi Zhong didn't want to harm the hussar general, but even helped the general. ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and Li Xinchen explained: "The battle of Xiangyang was originally His Majesty's will, and the general had no choice but to send troops north, and even sent Lu Guangda to cross the water to attack Fancheng in order to be able to complete this order, but the whole army was almost wiped out······"

If others accused Xiao Maha in such a disguise, Xiao Shilian would have already slapped the table, but after all, this came out of Li Xinchen's mouth, and Xiao Shilian also seemed to know how Li Xinchen viewed the Xiangyang war.

And Li Xinchen then said: "The general can be said to have tried his best, if he can't think of any other way at that time, the annihilation of Lu Guangda's entire army has proved that attacking Xiangyang is impossible, at least for now." It's just that His Majesty's will is there, and the general can only bite the bullet, so that now he is deadlocked under Xiangyang City. ”

"This is true," Xiao Shilian bowed slightly, "Xiangyang City is high and deep, Dad is not fully prepared, so he sent troops in such a hurry, it is not so easy to break through Xiangyang, especially Xiangyang City is all garrisoned by Wei Chi Yuan's headquarters, and it is not even as good as the situation we are facing. ”

"But now, except for Bashu, which Your Majesty doesn't want to take care of at all, Xiangyang is already the only battlefield where our army is still taking the initiative to attack," Pei Zilie said with a smile, "The general knows that he can't do it, but he can only do it, otherwise His Majesty will definitely blame it at that time." Shizhong took this opportunity to let the Zhou people withdraw and go south, and the general could naturally take the opportunity to collect his troops, which was originally a matter of killing two birds with one stone and not being harmful to the general. ”

Xiao Shilian opened his mouth, this was indeed something he hadn't thought of before, so no matter what he said, he blamed Li Xinchen for it.

Li Xinchen turned to look at Xiao Shilian: "Boqing, sometimes the overall situation in the world is not as simple as you imagined, and some successes and failures cannot be decided just by killing the enemy bravely. The general is obviously aware of this now, so in the first battle of Xiangyang, he did not advance lightly as before, but only used Lu Guangda's army to go forward to test, and after being frustrated, he did not advance, because the general has also begun to consider from a strategic level, and some things cannot be done are originally a joke about the lives of the soldiers and even the fate of the entire country······"

Speaking of this, Li Xinchen was a little emotional.

Gambling on the fortune of the country······ The island nation in the east likes to gamble on the fortune of the country every time, and everyone can see what it will end up in the end.

After a pause, Li Xinchen then said: "The general knew that it was unrealistic to attack Xiangyang, so he finally gave up, but his combat style has already impressed many people, so the general has no way to explain to the imperial court now, and there is no way to explain to the following, so do this······ Maybe it's a help to him. ”

Xiao Shilian stared at Li Xinchen tightly, and only nodded solemnly after a long time.

Li Xinchen was bearing the infamy that Xiao Maha should have bore it, but he was still thinking about how to express his dissatisfaction, which made Xiao Shilian feel more and more guilty.