Different growth environments will directly and indirectly cause different personalities, and different personalities will naturally make people think about problems in different ways and methods.

For the matter of peace talks alone, Pei Zilie thought of why Li Xinchen did this, and it was easy to think of the contradictions and entanglements between Li Xinchen and the Nanchen court, and he could understand Li Xinchen's judgment from this aspect.

Correspondingly, Xiao Shilian thinks more about the present, or whether this war has lasted so long and sacrificed so much, after all, there must be a satisfactory result, and after all, he must be worthy of those soldiers who have sacrificed their lives to fight for themselves in conscience.

Li Xinchen has no way to say who has a wide vision and whose vision is narrow, because whether it is Li Xinchen's lawsuit with the imperial court or the relationship with the soldiers under his command, Li Xinchen urgently needs, no matter which one is not considered, he has no way to completely gain a firm foothold.

Looking back at Xiao Shilian, Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "Boqing, do you think that if this battle continues like this, the soldiers will be willing?" ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and pointed to the battlefield in front of him: "There are too many people who have fallen in this land, and there is no need to pay so many sacrifices." So many good sons and daughters should not fight the enemy here, but should become the driving force and support for us to rebuild and develop Bashu in the future. ”

"But······ It's a little unwilling. Xiao Shilian couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

And Li Xinchen glanced at him: "I am unwilling······ Are you not confident that someone will be able to win this negotiation? ”

Xiao Shilian looked at him in surprise, and Li Xinchen reached out and patted him on the shoulder: "The bloody battle that belongs to us is over, what we still want next, I will reach out and take it from the negotiation table, believe me······"

After a pause, Li Xinchen looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky: "I will not let the soldiers sacrifice in vain, nor will I let our hard work go to waste." ”

Xiao Shilian didn't say anything this time, just responded solemnly.

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Wei Chi Yu sat opposite Wei Xiaokuan, didn't say a word, just quietly looked at the map on the table, the mountains and rivers outlined on the map were so familiar, but Wei Chi Yu knew very well that these places would inevitably no longer belong to the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the near future.

Or that he is no longer under the control of Bei Zhou now, but if he wants Wei Chi Yuan to actually admit it, his heart is still a little uncomfortable.

Wei Xiaokuan said in a low voice: "Brother Wei Chi, the matter has come to this, we should discuss what to talk about with Li Xinchen and how to talk about it." ”

Wei Chi Zhen smiled bitterly, he knew that the chips in their hands could really be said to be very few, and the whole situation was completely at a disadvantage, especially Li Xinchen's stubborn defense in Changgu told Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi that there was no room for maneuver in this battle, and it was their only choice to sit down obediently and accept the harsh conditions that Li Xinchen might offer.

"The hero is short of breath." Wei Chi sighed, it was too late to regret at this time, "Brother Wei, what Li Xinchen wants must be Langzhong and Sword Pavilion, only in this way can he ensure the integrity of the entire Shu County defense, and be able to compete with our army in Hanzhong." ”

Wei Xiaokuan bowed slightly: "This is reasonable, Langzhong is already Li Xinchen's, and the area of Sword Pavilion and Zitong is ······."

The Sword Pavilion is majestic and Cui Wei, guarding the throat of Shu Road, it has always been a place for soldiers to fight, and the Sword Pavilion and the nearby Zitong, Jiameng Pass, Chaotianmen and other places together form the barrier on the north side of Bashu. However, the problem is that although Xiongguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it cannot be defended simply by having soldiers and horses.

The Shu road is difficult, and the grain and grass transfer is the most difficult, so the grain and grass supply of the defenders in Sword Pavilion and other places is generally transferred by Shu County, in other words, the main purpose of Sword Pavilion is to defend against the enemy from the north to the north, but it is difficult to resist the enemy from the south with this Xiongguan alone.

This is somewhat similar to the situation in Mianzhuguan.

If Li Xinchen insists on cutting off the Shu Road - just like cutting off the road in Cangxi Valley - then the defenders of the Sword Pavilion and Zitong and other places are likely to fall into the same situation as Wei Xiaokuan and the others now, and then this Sword Pavilion Xiongguan will not have to be handed over.

Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi were also at a loss for this, and could only say that the Liangzi formed by the Northern Zhou and Ba people at that time was really fatal, and Li Xinchen completely grasped this contradiction.

The mountains belong to the Ba people, so Wei Xiaokuan and others can only be controlled everywhere. It is only now that Li Xinchen realizes the most critical strategic advantage that Li Xinchen has mastered, and it is too late.

"Li Xinchen is shrewd, it will definitely not be so easy for Sword Pavilion and other places to attack strongly, but he also knows that the northern gate of Bashu cannot be in our hands," Wei Chi said lightly, "Otherwise, they would not want to negotiate with us at this time." ”

Wei Xiaokuan knocked lightly on the table and said, "If this is Li Xinchen's idea, then we will know his bottom line, and we can test it when the time comes." ”

"But what can he give us, just to let these tens of thousands of troops retreat safely?" Wei Chi Zhen frowned and said, "Use the Sword Pavilion and other places in exchange for these soldiers······ I really know that I will suffer a loss, but I can't disagree······"

Wei Xiaokuan's face was a little more bitter, and he understood what Wei Chi Yuan meant. Now there are rumors of peace talks in the army, and if he and Wei Chi Hui resolutely maintain their opposition, I am afraid that there will be some chaos in this army.

is already demoralized and short of food and grass, if there is any more rebellion, Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Hui may not be able to suppress it even if they have the skills to reach the sky.

This is also why Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi are not so resistant to peace talks, because instead of being forced by these soldiers to go to peace talks, it is better to negotiate with Li Xinchen as soon as possible.

"I'll go to Changgu tomorrow, and I'll leave the affairs of the army to General Wei Chi." Wei Xiaokuan said in a deep voice, "Li Xun and Cao Xiaoda are both stable people, and I want to carry the two of them as my left and right deputies, I don't know what Brother Wei Chi thinks?" ”

Wei Chi Yu frowned, after all, the news of this negotiation was conveyed to Wei Xiaokuan by Li Xinchen through Cui Hongdu, and it must be Wei Xiaokuan who presided over the negotiation, but it is definitely impossible for Wei Chi to say that there is no dissatisfaction in his heart, after all, whoever presides over the negotiation is tantamount to acquiescing in the higher commander-in-chief position among the two armies.

Of course, the current commander-in-chief position does not seem to be a good thing, after all, this defeat is doomed, and the commander-in-chief must bear the brunt of the blame.

And Wei Xiaokuan is not just himself, Li Xun is Wei Xiaokuan's cronies, and Cao Xiaoda is Wei Chi Yuan's person, so Wei Xiaokuan's choice of these two people can be regarded as taking Wei Chi Hui into account.

"It's okay, then there's Brother Lauwe." Wei Chi Yu stood up and solemnly bowed his hand.

Wei Xiaokuan bowed slightly, but the solemn look on his face did not fade at all.