Li Xinchen's strategy is, in the final analysis, one word, "fast". Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses came out of Jiameng Pass, and Xiao Maha's soldiers and horses came out of Jiangling, one in front and one behind, one left and one right, like two huge pliers sandwiching the entire Xiangyang and Hanzhong in it!

Xiao Maha's side is not Li Xinchen's turn to worry, Li Xinchen can give Xiao Maha's general offensive direction and guidance, but he can't stand by Xiao Maha's side and point fingers, with Xiao Maha's arrogant temper, of course, he can't bear Li Xinchen's behavior, and Li Xinchen naturally doesn't have so much free time to look at Xiao Maha.

Obviously, the war that may break out first on the Bashu side at any time is more important to Li Xinchen than the Xiangyang side. From beginning to end, Bashu was the breakthrough point chosen by Li Xinchen.

Li Xinchen's strategy was like this, and so was his actions, the fleet actually only stopped in Jiangling for two days, and then went directly up the river and returned to Bashu, which also made Zhou Qu and others who were still in Jiangling breathe a sigh of relief. It is needless to say that Xiao Maha is on Li Xinchen's side, which is a fact that everyone knows in their hearts, but in the final analysis, everyone is not willing to watch Li Xinchen completely join forces with Xiao Maha.

Obviously, this time, Li Xinchen did not stay in Jiangling and became Xiao Maha's staff, or simply directly commanded Xiao Maha's service for him.

His focus is still in Bashu, obviously he doesn't want to be subject to Xiao Maha, after all, this doesn't make much sense to the current Li Xinchen, he doesn't need Xiao Maha's pedal, of course, Li Xinchen doesn't want to take over the power directly from Xiao Maha, obviously Xiao Maha's control of this army is still useful for Li Xinchen, and the Nanchen court will definitely not allow its army with the most soldiers and horses to fall into Li Xinchen's hands.

Maybe this is the last line of contact between Li Xinchen and Nan Chen, at least for now, the two sides are still willing to maintain this last contact, although they hate Li Xinchen to the core, but Chen Xuan should still know that in dealing with the Northern Zhou, Nan Chen and Li Xinchen are highly consistent.

Li Xinchen's arrival made Zhou Qu in Jingzhou and those officials who began to wait and see the wind beat in their hearts, but fortunately, Li Xinchen walked quickly, and it seemed that he only met Xiao Maha in a hurry. For Zhou Qu, Shen Jungao and Fu Wei on the side of the East Palace of Jiankang Mansion had just left, leaving a mess, and I don't know if Mr. Jiang and Kong Fan, the two villains who flattered the upper positions, could be competent, so for a while, Zhou Qu didn't have time to go against Li Xinchen - in fact, if Zhou Qu was chosen, he would also give in to Li Xinchen step by step.

After all, this Jingzhou is already half of Li Xinchen's territory, and Zhou is about to pat his ass and leave, of course, he will not take the initiative to provoke Li Xinchen.

And those centrist officials were actually ready to come to visit Li Xinchen, but apparently Li Xinchen did not intend to meet them, and when they arrived, all they saw was the back of Li Xinchen on the boat.

However, unlike the reaction from Jiangling's side, Pei Zilie, who was guarding Ba County, seemed to have expected that Li Xinchen would come back as quickly as possible, so he had already rushed to White Emperor City in advance to greet him.

When the warship docked on the dock of White Emperor City, looking at the crowd of people greeting on the pier, Li Xinchen stood on the bow of the ship, and he was a little emotional for a while.

Originally, he thought that the war and the conspiracy and struggle above the court had hardened his heart, but when he saw that group of familiar and strange people, Li Xinchen had a sense of intimacy.

"Shizhong!" Pei Zilie laughed and greeted him.

And Li Xinchen stepped off the pedal in three steps and two steps, and the two hugged tightly.

When parting, Li Xinchen patted Pei Zilie's shoulder, and Pei Zilie said with a smile: "Welcome home." ”

In an instant, Li Xinchen was stunned, and his hands trembled slightly. And Xu Deyan, Gu Yewang and the others behind him subconsciously glanced at each other, and their eyes were a little moist.

The man doesn't flick when he has tears, but when he thinks of the fear and sleepless nights in Jiankang Mansion in the past few months, he talks too much about bitterness and tears. And only now stepping on the land of White Emperor City, stepping on this piece of land that he has personally beaten, can he have a sense of intimacy of going home.

Here, you don't have to worry about someone even pulling a knife directly on the street, and you don't have to worry about a colleague standing next to you with a friendly smile ready to stab you in the back. This is Li Xinchen's territory, and here, Li Xinchen is the king who is supported by everyone.

Pei Zilie looked at Li Xinchen in front of him, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time, and I haven't seen you thin, it seems that the food in Jiankang Mansion is also good." ”

Xu Deyan and Gu Yewang and the others subconsciously glanced at each other. Now in the entire Bashu, those who have the courage to talk to Li Xinchen like this are probably only Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian. Especially Li Xinchen, the official was promoted by one level at this time, and he was already the de facto king of Bashu.

"Thanks to my father-in-law's hospitality, it's very good." Li Xinchen spread his hands, seemingly a little helpless.

There was silence on the docks, but moments later were swept away by laughter.

At least as a minister of Nan Chen, if he has the courage to make fun of Chen Ji like this, I am afraid that only Li Xinchen will be left. But the smiles on the faces of Xu Deyan and others were somewhat bitter, and in retrospect, Chen Xu's "hospitality" was really unforgettable.

Pei Zilie made a gesture of please, and looked around while climbing the stairs: "Last year, it was about this time, and a certain person was also walking on this step, but he didn't expect that there would be today." ”

Li Xinchen was stunned for a moment, at this time last year, he had just entered Ba County, and Pei Zilie, who was the follow-up army, also arrived in White Emperor City, at that time, Ba County had a local snake like Zhang He, and no one knew what kind of threat there would be in the north.

But now Zhang He has long been their defeated generals, and even Wei Chi Hui and Wei Xiaokuan have already fallen in front of Li Xinchen, and now what they need to do is to go north from here and take the entire northern land into their hands.

"I'm looking forward to what it will be like a year from now, and where we will be." Li Xinchen smiled and said, "Dashi, we have to look ahead, there is still a long road ahead." ”

Pei Zilie couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Speaking of this, Boqing must be the fastest runner, he has already received the news yesterday, and this guy can't help but do it." ”

"It's almost time," Li Xinchen was not surprised by this, "Otherwise, XX would not have rushed over in such a hurry, but I was worried that when XX arrived at Jiameng Pass, this guy was already waiting outside Hanzhong City." ”

Pei Zilie nodded, and then paused: "Shizhong, this battle is together, and then there will be a decisive battle between us and the Zhou people, so there is a reluctant ······."

Li Xinchen didn't speak directly, but tilted his head slightly, of course he knew what Pei Zilie's reluctant invitation was.