"Li Xinchen!" Wei Xiaokuan's fist slammed on the table, his teeth were already clenched, and his expression was a little hideous.

If the whereabouts of He Louzigan were unknown before and Wei Xiaokuan could still accept it, then Wei Shou's death in battle had made Wei Xiaokuan extremely angry.

No matter what kind of mistakes Wei Shou made in the end of this battle, he was Wei Xiaokuan's son after all. Wei Xiaokuan had many sons, but almost all of them were scattered all over the country, either on the battlefield or as local officials.

The only person who really has time to accompany Wei Xiaokuan is Wei Shou, so Wei Shou is the person carefully cultivated by Wei Xiaokuan to inherit his mantle of war.

And this time, Wei Shou invited himself to follow Wei Xiaokuan into Shu as an assassin, which made Wei Xiaokuan feel that he had a good opportunity to experience Wei Shou, so he let Wei Shou lead the army alone when the Sword Pavilion divided the army, after all, rescuing Shu County is not a heavy but very glorious thing, such a good thing Wei Xiaokuan of course wants to hand over to his son

It's just that who would have thought that this battle into Shu would turn out to be a complete fiasco. Wei Shou's decisive retreat from Mianzhu Pass is not a big problem, after all, the decisiveness of attacking Mianzhu Pass at the beginning is enough to prove his ability, and it can be regarded as a rare place in the battle of Bashu this time.

Therefore, even if the imperial court wants to blame it, it is unlikely that Wei Shou will be blamed. He had tried his best to ensure the speed of the rescue, everything was going beyond plan, and even made Pei Zilie very embarrassed for a while. The main responsibility, or all the responsibility, for the loss of Shu County should still lie with the defenders of Shu County.

Who knew that Li Xinchen didn't want Wei Xiaokuan or Wei Chi to leave from here safely, Wei Xiaokuan couldn't have guessed what he said at the beginning, and now not long after, the whereabouts of his cronie He Louzigan are unknown, and Wei Shou, who should have been praised for the battle of Mianzhuguan, has become a corpse.

Wei Shou is dead, and more importantly, the situation in front of Wei Xiaokuan's eyes has become more complicated, and it is difficult to speculate and ponder the complex Wei Xiaokuan.

Li Xinchen has completely cut off the road of Cangxi Valley, Changgu, Beikou and other places have fallen into Li Xinchen's grasp, and even Wei Xiaokuan doesn't know if the Sword Pavilion will also be coveted by Li Xinchen after there are not enough defenders.

And in the surrounding mountains, even Wei Xiaokuan doesn't know how many Ba scouts are wandering back and forth, it can be said that now his every move is under Li Xinchen's control, which is the most uncomfortable place for Wei Xiaokuan.

The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles,

But now it is Li Xinchen who knows himself and the other, and Wei Xiaokuan can't play it at all in this battlefield that Li Xinchen has chosen for him. At this time, Wei Xiaokuan completely understood what kind of battlefield he came to and what kind of opponent he faced.

"Still can't contact Cui Hongdu?" Wei Xiaokuan turned his head and asked in a low voice.

Cui Hongdu is the only force that Wei Xiaokuan can still use in the northern section of Cangxi Valley, but Cui Hongdu's situation should not be good, after all, Xujiagou is located between Beikou and Changgu, and Cui Hongdu is destined to encounter stubborn resistance from Li Xinchen or Xiao Shilian whether he is going north or south. What's more, Cui Hongdu does not have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and the loss of granaries like Changgu makes it difficult for Cui Hongdu to support.

This is also why Wei Xiaokuan didn't take Cui Hongdu's troops into account at all, because what he needed to worry about was how to rescue Cui Hongdu, not what he needed to do.

"I can't find it yet," Cao Xiaoda said in a deep voice, "With the occupation of Changgu by Xiao Shilian, our scouts have no way to rely on the main road of Cangxi Valley to get to and fro, and the various paths in the surrounding mountains, needless to say, are under the control of enemy scouts. It will be difficult for our scouts to break through the blockade of the Pakistanis. ”

Wei Xiaokuan bowed slightly, these were all in his expectation: "How much grain and grass is left?" ”

Cao Xiaoda hesitated for a moment, and replied a little helplessly: "Most of the grain and grass were in the camp of Changgu before, but unfortunately it should have fallen into Li Xinchen's hands now." I'm afraid that the remaining grain and grass can only support the army for ten days, but when General Wei Chi sends the grain and grass over, I'm afraid it should be able to support it for a longer time. ”

"Then what does General Cao think we should do next?" Wei Xiaokuan's voice was still very low, and his eyes were a little wandering.

The surrounding generals all looked at Cao Xiaoda, somewhat resentful.

No matter what, Cao Xiaoda is Wei Chi Yuan's person, but it seems that Wei Xiaokuan's trust in Cao Xiaoda is even above them, which makes these generals under Wei Xiaokuan's command a little dissatisfied in their hearts, is Wei Xiaokuan really planning to cooperate with Wei Chi Yuan?

Cao Xiaoda obviously didn't expect Wei Xiaokuan to ask such a question, but he could also roughly figure out what Wei Xiaokuan meant. Now the war in Cangxi Valley has been eroded to a certain extent, and the 30,000 tired army has not even had 20,000 people left after repeated hard battles, but even so, this is still the elite main force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the most important thing to do now is not how to fight between Wei Chi's troops and Wei Xiaokuan's troops, but how to bring this army away from Cangxi Valley and arrive at the Sword Pavilion safely.

Things have developed to this point, and the goal of defeating Li Xinchen has become unattainable, but whether it is Wei Xiaokuan or Wei Chi Yuan, naturally they can't tolerate so many soldiers and horses being trapped and dying in Cangxi Valley like this.

So now the two departments should join forces after a fiasco, after all, compared to Wei Chi Yuan's department, now Wei Xiaokuan's soldiers and horses have lost about the same, and the two sides have reached a balance in strength that was not there before, which makes Wei Xiaokuan inclined to have an equal dialogue with Wei Chi Yuan.

Compared with the generals under Wei Xiaokuan, it is obvious that Cao Xiaoda has the highest rank and the oldest seniority except for Li Xun, who has already led the forward.

Wei Xiaokuan asked Cao Xiaoda to express his views first, obviously already conveying his goodwill.

Cao Xiaoda hesitated for a long time before he said in a deep voice: "General, a certain thief thinks that he should take Changgu down first, contact General Cui, and at the same time ask General Wei Chi to speed up the journey, fighting in this mountain, we need to maintain enough troops." ”

After a pause, Cao Xiaoda then said: "There are obviously certain problems with our arrangement in Cangxi Valley before······

Speaking of this, Cao Xiaoda paused, looked up at Wei Xiaokuan, and the expressions of the surrounding generals also became unkind, and their eyes converged like knives.

Cao Xiaoda's questioning of this matter has already made them a little dissatisfied, after all, questioning Wei Xiaokuan is also questioning everyone present. If there is a problem with the decision of the commander-in-chief, the rest of the generals will definitely not be able to get out of it.