"Five thousand people, will it be too little?" Pei Zilie hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Xinchen.

After all, Li Xinchen wants to attack not only Badong, if Nan Chen stops when he hits Badong, then he will definitely be counterattacked by the Northern Zhou, so at least he must control the various fortresses along the Dajiang River to ensure a firm foothold in Bashu.

In this way, 5,000 people are indeed a bit insufficient, after all, although there are not many defenders in Bashu in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there must be one or two thousand in the local state capital to maintain order, and the total number of places will be tens of thousands.

Li Xinchen shook his head slightly: "The point of this matter is that suddenly, if our twenty or thirty thousand troops drive over, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the barbarians, not to mention that with the coordinated sailors, we have a lot of troops, which is enough." ”

Seeing Li Xinchen's insistence, Pei Zilie didn't want to say more, and immediately changed the topic: "Then what should so-and-so do?" ”

Obviously, Li Xinchen just mentioned Xiao Shilian just now, which made him a little surprised, could it be that Li Xinchen's westward expansion this time is not counted as himself?

Li Xinchen said with a smile: "Brother Dashi, there are only 5,000 people in total, if it is led by you and me, it will be a bit of a fuss. What's more, compared to so-and-so, the hussar general's side needs your help more. ”

Pei Zilie was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Li Xinchen meant. Li Xinchen led his troops westward, but it doesn't mean that Xiao Maha can sit and drink tea here, the strength of the Southern Chen army after the division of troops is obviously going to be discounted, and Wei Chi Yuan is definitely not able to still hold Xiangyang City after the Northern Expeditionary army has withdrawn one after another, and the loss of Jiangling before can be attributed to the lack of troops in his hands, but now that the troops are sufficient, he will definitely attack south to find the field.

At that time, Xiao Maha will naturally have trustworthy generals around him, and now around Jiangling, Chun Yuliang and Ren Zhong are both veterans, and it is still unknown whether they will obey Xiao Maha's dispatch, and Lu Guangda is a new refuge under Xiao Maha, and it is also unknown what he has in mind, so Xiao Maha's subordinates had better or must have a reliable general who can help Xiao Maha turn the tide when there is an emergency.

Obviously, in Li Xinchen's heart, Pei Zilie is the best choice.

Pei Zilie nodded solemnly: "Then so-and-so won't shirk." ”

And Xiao Maha obviously has no objection to this. Of course, he was not arrogant enough to think that Yu Chi Yuan was just a turtle with a shrunken head, according to Li Xinchen's previous plan of "Snake of Changshan", it goes without saying that the snake's head attacked Bashu, and Huainan, where the snake's tail is located, is the key point of Nan Chen's long-term operation, as long as the Northern Zhou Dynasty is not attacked by the whole country, then there is naturally no danger.

Therefore, the most deadly is actually the fragile snake seven inches of Gangneung. Once the snake body of Jiangling is cut off by Yu Chi Yuan, then Nan Chen can't take care of each other, and there is only one way to die. Of course, Xiao Maha didn't know that in history, when the Sui Dynasty attacked Nanchen, it was the middle road that made the first effort to cut off the connection between the east and west of Nanchen, and then broke it one by one.

So for Xiao Maha, with one more Pei Zilie to help, he is more confident in defending Jiangling.

The big thing is finalized, Xiao Maha then looked at Li Xinchen: "Shizhong, there is one more thing, today in the council hall, except for Luo Ya······"

"The general is talking about King Gu Ye?" Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Maha nodded, with a somewhat worried look on his face: "Although King Gu Ye also made a statement in the end, but he, Guangluqing, is no better than Luoya's loose cavalry, although he is not a real official, but his management of palace etiquette affairs, it will also play a role at a critical time, and more importantly, if the news is ······"

Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie looked at it at the same time, and Gu Yewang's attitude in the council hall was clearly reluctant, but he couldn't let this guy do anything bad!

Li Xinchen smiled and waved his hand: "For this King Gu Ye, the general is too worried. It is not us who should be worried now, but him. After all, this Jiangling City is our territory, and Guangluqing, who has no soldiers and no generals around him, is just an ant in our hands, if he doesn't want to do anything in this Jiangling City for no reason, he will definitely come to express his position, and the general will wait. ”

Seeing that Li Xinchen was confident, Xiao Maha hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, after all, the top priority was not this King Gu Ye: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will travel tomorrow, are you all ready?" ”

This matter is mainly the responsibility of Li Xinchen, Pei Zilie and others, Pei Zilie immediately stood up and said in a deep voice:

"It's all been arranged, Your Highness's car will go to Zhanghua Temple first, and then turn to Huarong Road, we have stationed troops and horses in Huarong and Wulintun, and the scouts have been scattered to ensure the safety of both sides of Huarong Road, and the sailor ships will also wander on the Wulin River, and if there is any accident, they can be answered at any time."

"This is reassuring," Xiao Maha said lightly, "No matter what happens tomorrow, we must ensure the safety of Your Highness, or more precisely, the two Highnesses!" ”

"Will His Highness Lechang also follow?" Xiao Shilian frowned in surprise. Of course, in the will of the imperial court, it will not be said that Princess Lechang will also come to Jiangling with the prince, but of course the existence of Her Royal Highness a princess cannot be concealed, and obviously Lechang has no intention of concealing it.

Li Xinchen smiled bitterly: "With His Royal Highness Lechang's temperament, it is impossible not to follow." What's more, the reason why His Majesty allowed His Royal Highness Lechang to come is probably that he also wants His Royal Highness to take care of some aspects that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot consider. ”

Le Chang is a smart and steady person, of course, he is more thoughtful than the frivolous Chen Shubao in various matters.

"Anyway, we must be careful tomorrow, no matter who has an accident among the two highnesses, we can't afford Your Majesty's anger," Xiao Maha's face became solemn, "Especially since there is no movement on the Yangzhou Thorn History, who knows where that guy's manpower is hidden." ”

"No!" Li Xinchen and the three of them solemnly surrendered their hands at the same time.

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The wind blows the lanterns on the eaves, and the halo swayes.

Chen Shubao paced back and forth in the corridor, not knowing what he was muttering.

"Brother Huang?" Le Chang's voice sounded from the side, "It's late at night, I have to go out tomorrow, why is the imperial brother still here?" ”

Facing Lechang's surprised gaze, Chen Shubao smiled and said, "It's Lechang, you go and rest first, you still have something to think about." ”

Le Chang looked at Chen Shubao in astonishment, suspecting that he had heard it wrong. This imperial brother, who has never put the world's major affairs in his heart, what else does he have to think about, is it possible that he still has to recite poetry at this time?

"Imperial sister, you said that if you can take such a big territory as Bashu, will your father be very happy?" Chen Shubao knocked on his hand, unable to hold back his excited expression.

"Huh?" Le Changxiu frowned slightly, "Bashu? ”