Whether it is Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie, who are Li Xinchen's left arm and right arm, or Luo Ya and Dai Cai, who have been running around in Nanfang County and other places to deal with the affairs of the concubine, they are all standing in this hall at this time, looking at Li Xinchen with blazing eyes.

Even Du Qi, the young patriarch of the Pu people who had just joined Li Xinchen, came, but among a group of Li Xinchen's descendant generals and officials, he looked a little restrained, after all, the Pu people were just newcomers and had not yet fully integrated into the system, at least Du Qi's appearance showed that the Pu people were still very willing to integrate into the system.

At least at this stage, Pu people have such an attitude, and Li Xinchen is already very satisfied. After all, it is impossible for him to ask these people who have just come out of the mountains to completely die because of a few of his own actions.

"See the general!" Everyone bowed their hands in unison, and their voices were loud. It was Li Xinchen who led them step by step to the present, and they also believed that Li Xinchen would definitely be able to come up with better ideas and lead everyone to break the current predicament, so when they saw Li Xinchen, they would still have respect from the bottom of their hearts.

"Everyone, we have to come for the New Year, everyone has worked hard." Li Xinchen smiled slightly, and spoke first to break the somewhat stagnant silence.

Suddenly, the generals and officials in the hall all smiled, and they all bowed their hands in unison: "My subordinates wish the general a happy New Year." ”

"Have fun!" Li Xinchen nodded, and walked straight to the sand table, "Although I also know that we have to discuss business here during the New Year, everyone is unhappy, but we have no choice, you have also seen the battle report sent back from the front, right?" ”

Li Xinchen obviously didn't mean to say any more greetings, and talked directly about business when he opened his mouth.

Xiao Shilian, Pei Zilie and others all bowed slightly, the news that Wei Xiaokuan led the army south had just arrived two hours ago, and at this time everyone deeply felt the importance of Li Xinchen directly convening such an important meeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

If you wait until this news arrives before holding a meeting, I am afraid that when everyone arrives, they don't know the Year of the Monkey, and it is possible that the Northern Zhou army has already begun to enter Shu.

Li Xinchen raised his eyes and looked at Pei Zilie: "Dashi, you have always been responsible for the news from the north in Hezhou, you can introduce the current situation, after all, there are still many people present who don't know." ”

Pei Zilie didn't shirk either, and took a step forward: "Now the army of the Zhou people is divided into two routes, of which 20,000 people are led by Wei Chi Yuan, who have arrived in Hanzhong in advance, and it seems that they want to go south directly through the Sword Pavilion, but because of the snow, they will not leave for a while." The 30,000 army led by Wei Xiaokuan is estimated to set off within half a month, so it is possible that Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Hui will converge in Hanzhong first. ”

"Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Hui have always been at odds, even if they join forces, I'm afraid they will be separated again when they go south, right?" Dai Cai asked in a deep voice on the side, he has been cooperating with Luo Ya to run around Ba County in the past few days, after all, he is the oldest and most familiar with Ba County among the generals under Li Xinchen, and he is duty-bound to shirk this position.

This is also why Dai Cai looks full of dust, but after all, he is a military general, and he is still keenly aware of the problem.

"Although there are not many roads to enter Shu, they are all in danger, and they can achieve unexpected effects," Lu Zhiwu, who had been frowning slightly, couldn't help but say at this time, as a general under Li Xinchen's lineage, he was not willing to let Dai Cai be in the limelight alone, "Before Wei Chi Hui led the army to pacify Shu, and he was afraid that he knew the road to Shu well, so the possibility of the two of them dividing their troops was very large." ”

Li Xinchen just didn't say a word, and the rest of the officials and generals couldn't help but discuss in a low voice. This is actually the effect that Li Xinchen wants, after all, it is impossible for him to decide everything alone, and these generals should also think more about themselves, Li Xinchen will still expect them to go out and take charge of themselves in the future.

"As far as the last general knows, Wei Chi Hui and Wei Xiaokuan are both called 'famous generals', although the two have different personalities, and they are on opposite sides in the court, but they are by no means idle people." Cao Zhong couldn't help but speak at this time, he followed Pei Zilie to guard in Hezhou, and obviously had discussed this issue with Pei Zilie and the rest of the Hezhou officials before, so when he spoke, Zheng Kaiyuan, the governor of Hezhou, Xu Deyan, the chief bookkeeper, and others all nodded in agreement.

"What does General Cao mean is that although Wei Chi Hui and Wei Xiaokuan have different ideas, they will also work together to win this battle in order to take into account the overall situation?" Lu Zhiwu asked in a deep voice.

Cao Zhong responded: "Exactly, so the subordinates feel that the two of them can't afford to conflict for the sake of their generals, and they will inevitably divide their troops." ”

"Division" Li Xinchen gently rubbed his chin.

Although there are many roads from the north to the south to Bashu, most of them are fishing and wood-based paths, and there are only three that can really allow the army to pass. One is the famous Sword Pavilion, which is the most commonly taken road, and of course there is the Rice Cang Road, which is named because this road needs to cross the Rice Cang Mountain, and the Rice Cang Road can be taken directly from Hanzhong to Langzhong.

And there is another road is the more legendary Yinping Trail, this road is located in the westernmost part, difficult and dangerous, originally only allowed the woodcutter in the mountains to pass, but because of the later Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, it is necessary to rely on this road and the Bailongjiang River next to the road to transport grain and grass to Longshan, so this road has gradually been valued.

Later, Deng Ai entered Shu and Wei Chi entered Shu, taking this road, advancing with light troops, and could quietly appear on the flank of the Shu County defense line, so as to achieve the goal of winning a blow.

However, the Yinping Trail is from the west of Shu County over Minshan, and Wei Chi Hui is here to support Shu County, not to attack Shu County, so naturally there is no reason to repeat the old tricks. What's more, taking the Yinping path is his famous battle, no matter who the opponent is, he will definitely take precautions against Yinping at the first time, and he will definitely not give Wei Chi a chance to take advantage of it.

Then there are only two avenues left, Micang Mountain and Sword Pavilion.

"Starting from the Sword Pavilion can support Bashu as soon as possible, and from Micang, you can directly reach Langzhong, and then block the road for our army to trace the river from Hezhou, so the division of troops is inevitable." Chen Zhishen, who had never spoken, said slowly at this time.

As the number one general under Li Xinchen except for Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie, after several months of hard work, it is obvious that Chen Zhishen is more mature and stable, and even the edges and corners of his face look more distinct, quite a bit like the iron-blooded general under Li Xinchen.

Chen Zhishen's remark can be regarded as representing the military generals who have reached a consensus on the speculation of the other party's strategy.

Li Xinchen just smiled silently, and gave Xiao Shilian a look, asking him to speak his opinion first.