Dai Cai hurriedly said, "This is no problem. ”

Thinking of something, Dai Cai immediately suggested: "Why don't the general use some of the soldiers under the command of the last general as the vanguard and open the gate of Linjiang City?" ”

Stunned for a moment, Li Xinchen hesitated, he believed in Dai Cai, but it didn't mean that he also believed in Dai Cai's subordinates, if those people turned against him at that time, then I am afraid that Chen Zhishen and them would be really dangerous.

And Chen Zhishen and the others also looked at Dai Cai with suspicion, compared to Li Xinchen, they didn't have much trust in Dai Cai who surrendered, but because of Li Xinchen's face, it was not easy to say it in public, and according to what Dai Cai said before, this person should still have use value, but now let them believe in Dai Cai's subordinates, it would be too much.

Dai Cai's face suddenly showed an embarrassed look, and the eyes of Chen Zhishen and the others all fell on him, giving Dai Cai a hot and burning feeling. But he also knew that since he had chosen this path, there was naturally no other way to go, and if he wanted to go down this path, he had to try his best to integrate into the group.

No matter which group you integrate into, it is bound to be a difficult process, not to mention that Li Xinchen, the most important group of Li Xinchen is a proud soldier.

"General Qiyu, the last general has been in Yong'an for more than ten years, and there are still people loyal to the last general under his command, and the last general will select ten people, led by a general, and do not carry a blade, and obey the dispatch of the two generals Chen and Wang." Dai Cai arched his hand and said in a deep voice, "Please also ask the general to believe in the last general." ”

Chen Zhishen, Wang Chang and the others subconsciously glanced at each other, and the hostility on their faces dissipated a lot.

"Zidong (Dai Caibiao), it's not that I don't believe you," Li Xinchen's face also softened, and he smiled slightly, "Don't think about it too much, between the mountains of Bashu, the city is scattered, and if you want to conquer the city, you can rely on Zidong more." ”

Li Xinchen did not call him "Du Wei" as before, but called him by his cousin, which naturally expressed his closeness and trust in Dai Cai. Dai Cai's heart suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and he respectfully bowed his hand: "The last general will live up to the general's trust." ”

And Li Xinchen then turned his head to look at Chen Zhishen and Wang Chang: "What else do you two have to say?" ”

Chen Zhishen and Wang Chang were not stupid, and hurriedly surrendered their hands at the same time: "The last general will not be dishonored." ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly: "The focus of this battle is to achieve a quick victory, and only when the enemy is unprepared can the attacker be able to take these places." ”

And Dai Cai also followed up and said: "As far as the last general knows, Linjiang City is adjacent to Ba County, and there are still more garrisons, there should be about 1,000 troops, while Nanfang County and Wanchuan County are not as good as Yong'an City, with a total of only a few hundred old and weak soldiers and dozens of servants. ”

Chen Zhishen and Wang Chang subconsciously glanced at each other, this is a very important piece of information, of course, they will not take the enemy lightly because of this, but it is estimated that this battle should be much easier than imagined.

Li Xinchen stood quietly and watched Chen Zhishen and Wang Chang turn away, no matter what, this is the first time to let these two generals act alone, without Li Xinchen's command and the cooperation of many troops, Li Xinchen doesn't know if what he gets will be a victory or a defeat, but he must train these generals to let them grow faster in blood and fire.

Let the rest of the generals retreat, Li Xinchen turned to look at Dai Cai, the only one left: "Zidong, there is one more thing." ”

Dai Cai was stunned for a moment: "General, but it doesn't hurt to say." ”

Li Xinchen rubbed his chin and said in a deep voice: "Presumably Zidong, you also know that my Da Chen is fighting with the barbarians in Jingzhou, so in addition to the seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses brought by a certain person, it should be difficult for the imperial court to give more help to a certain person." ”

Dai Cai only heard this, and already understood what Li Xinchen meant: "Does the general want soldiers and horses?" ”

Li Xinchen was silent for a moment and nodded solemnly.

It is true that he is anxious to solve the problem of grain and grass now, but what really bothers Li Xinchen is not grain and grass, but the source of soldiers.

If you fight, you will die, but now for the entire Nan Chen, the most important thing is the lack of soldiers and horses, where does he have to find so many soldiers to supplement his losses and further control the entire Bashu region?

Dai Cai smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid this will disappoint the general, since the fall of Shu Han, Bashu has lacked management for many years, plus there have been many battles, so the people's livelihood is withering, just look at the situation in the White Emperor City, the general may know a thing or two." As for the Bashu defenders, there are even many of them left behind when Wei Chi Hui attacked Bashu, otherwise they would not be so vulnerable. ”

Li Xinchen paced back and forth in front of the table, this situation he expected, in fact, not only after the fall of Shu Han, but also Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and then Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, in the Shu Han period, in fact, the entire country of Tianfu was almost wiped out, and after that, the north and south competed, the focus was on the line from Huainan to Jingzhou, and there was naturally a lack of attention and management for Bashu, so it is reasonable that the once rich Tianfu became like this.

There is a lack of enough Ding Zhuang in the Southern Chen Army, and the entire leadership class is biased towards aging, but in fact, how can this problem not exist in the Northern Zhou Dynasty?

In recent years, the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi have been fighting endlessly, and there are frictions with the Southern Chen, which have a large number of casualties, and the Northern Zhou compared with the Southern Chen, there is also a Bashu that belongs to the semi-rear, so it is still possible to make up for the losses of the army by constantly drawing young Bashu defenders and continue to occupy the advantage.

It's just that no matter how you look at this supplementation method, it also has the taste of drinking to quench your thirst, so the Bashu defenders who are now presented in front of Li Xinchen have almost no strength to fight.

Dai Cai's subordinates Li Xinchen have also seen it, and only two or three hundred people can be selected to supplement the army, and the rest are at most used as government servants or laborers, Li Xinchen does not dare to take such an army to the battlefield.

And Dai Cai's words changed: "General, in fact, there are few people in Bashu, but there are few Han people, I don't know if the general has ever heard of Bai Weibing?" ”

How could Bai Xian soldier Li Xinchen not know that this was Liu Bei's personal guard during the Three Kingdoms period, which one of Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi and others who led this army was not famous? In fact, Bai Weibing really had a complete structural framework, or after Liu Bei entered Shu and stabilized.

At that time, the source of the Bai Wei soldiers was similar to that of another legendary army of Shu Han, the Wudang Fei Army, and they were not from the Han people. In addition, in the era of the rapid decline of the Han population in the Three Kingdoms, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, especially the remote Shu and Wu kingdoms, the main sources of their soldiers were actually not Han people, and the Wu people came from Shanyue, and the Shu people were ······

"You mean the Ba people?" Li Xinchen frowned.

To put it mildly, it is called "Ba people", and according to the more common saying of this era, it should be called "barbarian".