Da Chen Taijian ten summer, mid-June.

Jingzhou, Jiangling.

The sun shines on the streets, and the sun of 1,500 years ago is not as hot as in later generations, and the wind blows the weeping willows on both sides of the street, and thousands of wisps sway with the wind.

Perhaps the coolness of this summer breeze is the only compensation that can be given in this era of the Xiaoice River after bringing endless wars to generations.

Although it is still cool, but after all, it is still summer, and the people in the city are somewhat lazy, although the doors of the shops are open, but the guys in the shops are invisible, only the shopkeepers are bored and leaning on the counter.

And the small merchants and vendors who walked the streets and alleys also found a shade to nap at this time, and they were not afraid that the goods around them would be taken away by others.

There are also neighbors who have nothing to do, holding a fan while fanning the wind, and they don't know what to say with a smile in the shade.

The whole city is in a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, if you don't know, I'm afraid you think you've come to a paradise.

If it weren't for the occasional cavalry in armor galloping through the streets, and if it weren't for the fluttering banners on the city not far away, which were still stained with blood and dust, no one would have been able to imagine that this city had just experienced a bloody battle.

"At that time, I saw that I couldn't hold it, and Lu Teng was not stupid, and directly threw this outer city to us, otherwise this piece of house would have to be burned down in half, and at that time, there was no room for so many people to be lazy and idle." Xiao Shilian rode slowly on the street, and couldn't help but sigh to Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie beside him.

Pei Zilie's mood was obviously not bad, and he shook his head with a smile: "You person, why can't you see others?" Everyone is struggling to get their lives in this troubled world, and in such weather, it is reasonable to be lazy, and you have a lot of opinions. ”

Xiao Shilian smiled. And Li Xinchen quietly looked at the people on both sides of the street, and the eyes of the people came over from time to time, curiously looking at these young generals who were a little too young, and also at the guards behind them with straight waists and sonorous steps.

It is most common to have soldiers on the streets these days, but such elite soldiers are really rare, and at a glance, you can know that they are soldiers polished by blood and fire on the battlefield.

Li Xinchen pursed his lips slightly and was silent. In this troubled era, the common people of China will be satisfied as long as they can get food and clothing, but few dynasties have been able to do this for so many years.

"Go ahead and you'll be in the inner city." Xiao Shilian pointed the horsewhip in his hand, and was about to speak, when he saw an oncoming group of people, hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a smile, "Uncle Yu, why are you here, but is there anything important that you need to do in person?" ”

It was Xiao Maha's personal guard commander Chen Yu who came to meet him, and although Li Xinchen and others were not familiar with each other, it was not the first time that the two sides had met, and more importantly, everyone was a complete "family member", so there was a sense of intimacy when they met.

Chen Yu said with a smile: "You boys are really happy to be in the dark, and the injured General Zuo Wei and a certain are really worried." Now that you are triumphant, General Zuo Wei is still discussing the next layout with several generals in the mansion, and he has no time to get out, so he can only let a certain person come to greet him. ”

Li Xinchen, Pei Zilie and others glanced at each other, the overall situation has been decided, what other layout can be studied at this time?

Chen Yu also seemed to sense their doubts, and explained: "After Wei Chi Hui withdrew to Xiangyang, he was really not idle, and now their scouts are still wandering around Zhangchuan County and Wuning County, and the battle situation in Huaixi is also a little unfavorable. ”

Li Xinchen and the three of them glanced at each other, Nan Chen's troops in Huaidong and Huaixi were still insufficient after all, if Wang Liang sent part of the main force to reinforce Jingxiang, Fan Meng who guarded Huaixi and Lu Zicai, Wu Huijue and other generals who guarded Huaidong would also have more than enough strength but not enough.

Before Nan Chen was able to take Jiangling in one fell swoop, in the final analysis, it still accounted for an unexpected situation, and now that the Northern Zhou has come to his senses, even if the main force of the army is still facing the Turks in the north, relying on the armies of Huaibei and Xiangyang alone, it is not without the power of a battle.

"But this is just a speculation, as for how much courage Wang Liang still has to throw away Huaibei to reinforce Xiangfan, it is still unknown." Chen Yu said with a smile, "You have just experienced a hard battle, and you have gone all the way back, it is when you are tired, the general has already ordered, take you directly to the mansion to rest, and then report to him when you are full of energy." ”

Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie glanced at each other, it is impossible to say that they are not tired, these hundreds of miles back and forth, even if the two of them just ran away, they are still a little unbearable, not to mention Li Xinchen and others who have fought bloody battles in the city. The previous few hours of rest in Zhangshan County were obviously not enough to recover.

Obviously, Xiao Maha also didn't want them to be exhausted.

"Then there is Uncle Lao Yu." Li Xinchen said politely.

Chen Yu laughed and took the lead in riding into the city, while Li Xinchen and the others hurriedly followed.

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In the previous Gangneung Siege and Defense Battle, although part of the inner city was burned down, after all, it was only the southeastern part of the inner city, and there were still a large number of official residences in the southwestern part.

After all, no matter what, this is the capital of Xiliang, and there are mansions of large and small officials and imperial relatives in Xiliang in the inner city, how can Lu Teng burn it clean with a fire. Except for the palace city on the north side, which was sealed, the rest of the mansions naturally did not pay so much attention, and Xiao Maha also generously arranged for it to be distributed to the generals below.

There are dozens of officials in the Western Liang Dynasty, plus the emperor's relatives and relatives, there are already a hundred people, and the generals who participated in this battle in Nan Chen, there are actually only a few people above the miscellaneous generals, even if you add the civil officials sent by the imperial court to take over the city and manage the order, there are only twenty or thirty people, and there are still many more people in these mansions.

Therefore, Xiao Maha was completely generous, and even young generals like Li Xinchen, who was only a small battle lord at least for now, were assigned to a small mansion.

Of course, Li Xinchen's mansion is close to the original Jiangling Governor's Mansion of the Northern Zhou Dynasty where Xiao Maha is located, although the scale is not large, it is the residence of Xiao's fourth son, King Xiao, of Linhai.

It is said that the carved beams and painted buildings and the winding corridors of the mansion are second to none in Gangneung Fortress in terms of its exquisite structure. Assigned to this mansion, Li Xinchen did not lose money.

However, most of the generals gladly accepted the distribution method of Xiao Maha who was obviously "favoritic". After all, this is Li Xinchen's great credit for capturing Xiao Yue alive and defending Zhangshan County, so they dare not guarantee that they can do both at the same time.

What's more, don't look at the current Li Xinchen is just Xiao Maha's staff and a small battle master, but everyone knows that these two great achievements are enough to send him to the first place in the merit book, and the rewards and exceptional promotions on His Majesty's side must be indispensable, even if it is for a miscellaneous general!