Chapter 470: Cat and Mouse Game
Tiangongyuan Mountain, Council Hall.
"This kid!" Li Xinchen looked at the news sent by Xiao Shilian to hurry up and send a horse, and couldn't help laughing and scolding.
What is "fed up with the siege" is just a meaningless excuse, obviously Xiao Shilian just doesn't want Li Xinchen to continue to take the biggest risk.
At the beginning, the attack on Luzhou City was certainly a big challenge, but at that time, Xiao Shilian had neat soldiers and horses in his hands, sufficient baggage, and the morale of his opponent was not high, so he actually did not encounter many obstacles, and in the end, Xiao Shilian and Chen Zhishen also easily took the city.
After Luzhou, Li Xinchen did not let Xiao Shilian attack any more cities, so there was no way to talk about this "fed up".
"General, General Pei of Shishan County came to report that the defenders of Shu County sent 1,000 troops to Mianzhu in the north, guarding the road passes along the way." A herald rushed to the council hall and said loudly, "General Pei asks about the next arrangement. ”
Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows slightly, and subconsciously looked at the map. Obviously, the defenders of Shu County had received the news, but they did not come to support Langzhong, but only divided their troops to guard the choke points on the Sword Pavilion Road such as Mianzhu Pass······
"General, the enemy troops on the other side of Shu County must have received the news." Cao Zhong couldn't help but say worriedly on the side, "Otherwise, once Langzhong falls into our hands, it will be like a sharp blade against the throat of Sword Pavilion Dao, and the enemy will definitely not sit idly by." ”
Although he said this, Cao Zhong did not say why. The other two people in the hall, Du Qi and Li Xun, subconsciously glanced at each other with awe-inspiring expressions. They knew that Cao Zhong didn't know, but he didn't want to tell this cruel reality.
"It means that Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Yu are about to arrive." Li Xinchen squinted slightly, he didn't mean to deceive himself, "Otherwise, the enemy would not have been able to arrange it like this." It's just that X needs to consider now whether XX's plan has been seen through by these two people. ”
Li Xinchen's arrangement of the entire Bashu battle situation is actually very simple, Chen Zhishen, Pei Zilie and Li Xinchen, although the number of soldiers and horses is not large, but as long as they can grasp the time and occupy the pass fortress before the arrival of Wei Chi Hui or Wei Xiaokuan, such as Langzhong, then they can use the advantage of geographical advantages to make up for the lack of numbers in one fell swoop.
Li Xinchen never naively thought that they would not be able to see his plan at all, so he arranged too many changes and follow-ups.
Langzhong is only the main direction of attack when Li Xinchen praises, if Wei Chi Hui and Wei Xiaokuan troops press the border, Li Xinchen will definitely not attack Langzhong stupidly, but rely on the Tiangongyuan Mountain defense line that has been taken to retreat step by step, although the peaks in the southern mountains of Langzhong are generally low, but they are not without danger to defend.
At this time, Pei Zilie and Chen Zhishen, who were watching the wind on the other two sides, would definitely move when they heard the wind and directly aimed the spearhead at Shu County, and Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Yuan, who were caught in Langzhong Mountain, must have lost their time advantage again.
After all, although the road from Langzhong to Shu County is close, it is a mountain road. And attacking from Zizhou or Suizhou, there are rivers to rely on, especially when the weather warms up in two days, Nanchen's sailors can even directly rush to the city of Shu County.
Therefore, before figuring out what Wei Chi Hui or Wei Xiaokuan were thinking, Li Xinchen did not dare to easily decide the real direction of attack. And now it is obvious that Wei Chi Yu is about to come out of the rice cang mountain, and Wei Xiaokuan's target should be the Sword Pavilion.
There is no problem with this arrangement, these two Northern Zhou armies can be horns for each other, and they can cover each other when they retreat, even if Wei Chi Hui and Wei Xiaokuan are not in harmony, they still know what the overall situation is, Li Xinchen has not yet expected that these two veteran generals who have fought on the battlefield for most of their lives will deliberately lose the battle because of political discord.
"General, then we ······ now" Li Xun's voice was full of worry.
In any case, it is certain that Wei Chi's army is about to arrive, but now Li Xinchen has only taken the Tiangong Courtyard, and it is still far from controlling the entire Langzhong in his hands. Therefore, it is impossible for Li Xun and others not to worry.
They only have a general understanding of Li Xinchen's plan, and they don't know how sure Li Xinchen is in his heart, after all, in the eyes of most people, Li Xinchen's arrangement is not only the most helpless arrangement, but also the most daring arrangement.
Chen Zhishen on the West Road is only a partial teacher, and it will not affect the overall situation, and Li Xinchen and Pei Zilie, who are destined to face Wei Chi Hui or Wei Xiaokuan, are the most dangerous. As long as there is a problem in either of these two ways, the whole battle situation will also collapse.
Of course, on the other hand, if one of the soldiers and horses can hold back the opponent's main force, then the other can naturally create miracles.
Everyone who figured out the key here looked at Li Xinchen together, and at this time they could only sigh secretly in their hearts, when Li Xinchen asked Pei Zilie to attack Shishan County as a striker, many people were still surprised, and now it seems that letting Pei Zilie be responsible for the threat and even attack of Shu County is Li Xinchen's real purpose.
Langzhong, Shu County······ At this time, everyone realized how big the appetite of their own general was. He doesn't want to be able to swallow the whole Bashu in one bite, he just wants to be able to bite off a piece of meat fiercely!
But after thinking about it, I can also be relieved, from Jingzhou to Ba County, whether this guy is giving advice or fighting alone, his appetite has never been small.
"See this," Li Xinchen stretched out his hand on the map, "Scatter all the scouts, and give a certain person a good idea of the sword pavilion to the sky, and here, the Ba people are good at coming and going in the mountains, I believe that this task should be completed, right?" ”
Du Qi and Li Xun subconsciously glanced at each other, Li Xinchen pointed at the important passes around Shu County and Langzhong, connecting these points, and invisibly forming a big net, covering the entire Shu County and Langzhong!
"No!" The two hurriedly agreed.
At this time, they didn't want to figure out Li Xinchen's thoughts, because they found that at least now they should not be able to figure it out, so it was better to do what Li Xinchen had arranged.
"Cao Zhong!" Li Xinchen then shouted.
Cao Zhong hurriedly arched his hand: "The end will be." ”
"Xiao Boqing left three hundred people outside the city of Panlong County to watch, and now he has handed over all the remaining soldiers and horses to you, adding up to nearly two thousand people, do you dare to fight this Panlong County?" Li Xinchen asked in a deep voice, whether he fights or not, he must put on this posture.
Cao Zhong was stunned for a moment, and immediately responded solemnly: "Dare not obey your fate!" ”
Nodding, Li Xinchen rubbed his chin slightly. There is no news from Wei Chi Hui so far, and he doesn't even know whether Wei Xiaokuan has set off or not, these two old generals are really more difficult to deal with than imagined.
This is a cat and mouse game, but the difference from ordinary cat and mouse games is that in this big battle, whoever finds the other party first is the cat, and whoever exposes the intention first is the mouse!