Chapter 193: Friend or Foe

After all, Nan Chen also sent troops from all over the country this time, except for some of the remaining troops on the Huainan front, the domestic combatable troops were all mobilized, and even the recruits who began to be recruited and trained after the Battle of Luliang were being transferred.

With such a big move, the North side is naturally not blind. To a certain extent, the timeliness of war intelligence can completely determine victory or failure, so the confrontation of 300 years has long allowed the North and the South to build a perfect intelligence spy system and network, especially in some places where soldiers must fight, and the scouts and scouts on both sides are bound to be numerous and pervasive.

Xiao Maha didn't think about when he could really hide it, I am afraid that when the army started from Jingkou, the spies of the Northern Dynasty had already sniffed the wind, and when the huge fleet appeared outside the Wuhu dock, the whereabouts of the army were already self-evident.

Therefore, seeing that the armies of the Northern Zhou and Western Liang on the map were also mobilized and prepared, Xiao Maha was not surprised.

"The Jingzhou Thorn History over there in Yidu has already had a confrontation with the Xiliang people." Lu Guangda stretched out his hand and pointed to the west side of the map, where the markings were obviously denser than the rest of the map, and it was obvious that the two sides had fought hotly.

Xiao Maha and others also keenly captured the word "confrontation", the appearance of this word often means that the confrontation between the two sides is no longer limited to scouts and horses - in ordinary days, there are also a lot of friction and even conflicts between the scouts of the two sides, so Lu Guangda will definitely not deliberately emphasize - but really have a fight.

"How's the battle going?" Xiao Maha asked in a deep voice.

Lu Guangda stretched out his hand and nodded in the two altered places: "Jingzhou Thorn Shi led a light army to advance and successfully took several camps set up by Xiliang outside Yidu City, which should be regarded as our advantage." And Xiliang has no intention of counterattacking, and is shrinking his forces. ”

"Isn't this a scareless snake!" Xiao Shilian couldn't help frowning and said.

Hearing this, Lu Guangda raised his eyebrows slightly, but he didn't say anything. And Xiao Maha did not reprimand Xiao Shilian, and looked at Yutu with a gloomy face.

After all, what Xiao Shilian said is very reasonable, as the coach of the partial division, the main responsibility of Jingzhou Assassin Shi Fan Yi is to feint and attack, and he has not yet accepted Xiao Maha's order, so he launched the attack first, giving people the feeling that he is a striker rather than a partial division.

And it is not impossible for Fan Yi to take the lead in attacking, after all, as the assassin of Jingzhou, he has been guarding this place all the year round, and he is more familiar with the terrain of the mountains and rivers here, so there is no need to wait for the unified action of the army, and taking the lead in attacking is also conducive to attracting Xiliang's attention to Yidu's side, but it creates more offensive opportunities for Xiao Maha.

However, this is all under the premise of Fan Yi's continuous attack, and now Fan Yi has just cleared a few small camps outside Yidu City, and then he once again stood still, with a posture that has nothing to do with himself and hangs high, as Xiao Shilian said, it is not "fighting grass and startling snakes".

This is tantamount to telling Xiliang that Fan Yi's task is to deter and threaten, and there is no need to worry too much at all, as long as he goes all out to deal with Xiao Maha's main force.

This Fan Yi really came up and gave a dismount. Li Xinchen sighed and shook his head, but this is also reasonable, after all, Fan Yi, as the assassin of Jingzhou, can only lead the partial division, and Fan Meng's desire to obtain Zhongli's first-line command in Huainan was also vetoed by His Majesty, as the head of the Fan family, Fan Yi, who has been frustrated one after another, must want to vent.

And Fan Yi directly expressed his dissatisfaction with Chen Ji, it is definitely impossible, no matter how powerful the Fan family is, after all, it is just an ant that Chen Yi can pinch to death at will, as long as Fan Yi still has a little brain, he will not really complain to Chen Ji, so his hatred and revenge will naturally be transferred to Xiao Maha's body.

Everyone knows that now Nanchen is attacking Xiliang, and the land of Xiliang is difficult to protect itself without the protection of the Northern Zhou, so this is a big battle that is nine out of ten. Xiao Maha's final victory is easy in everyone's eyes, so everyone, including Chen Ji, must care about what kind of victory Xiao Maha will achieve.

It was a great victory such as when Wu Mingche pacified Huajiao and attacked Huainan, or the disastrous victory in the first half of the Battle of Luliang later. There is a big difference in the middle, for Nan Chen, attacking the small Xiliang and winning a crushing victory, it is no different from failure.

Even if Xiao Maha has the merit of winning Xiliang, he must be responsible for the price he paid. Therefore, what Fan Yi is doing now is to block Xiao Maha, as long as Xiao Maha's attack does not go well, then his goal of revenge will be achieved.

Things have come to such a point, even Pei Zilie, who has always been steady and calm, his face is a little gloomy, no matter what, everyone is a Nan Chen general, Fan Yi is basically announcing a personal vendetta by doing this, and it can even be said that he is joking with the lives of Nan Chen's soldiers.

It's no wonder that Lu Guangda was somewhat hesitant when he talked about the Yidu battle situation just now.

As a comrade-in-arms who fought side by side nine years ago, Lu Guangda asked himself if he still knew a thing or two about Xiao Maha's temper, although Xiao Maha became more and more calm as he got older, but in his bones he was still the fierce general who had a hot temper and always liked to lead troops on a rampage, so saying such a fact is likely to cause Xiao Maha's anger, and even directly make people give orders to reprimand Fan Yi.

It is not a good sign that the main general has just arrived at the front line and has a conflict with the deputy general.

But fortunately, Xiao Maha just frowned, but he didn't say anything, and walked straight to his chair, which also made Lu Guangda quietly breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that all the generals stood up in turns, Xiao Maha said coldly: "Yidu is still some distance away from Baling, and the big river in front of Jiangling is blocked by waterways, so it is inconvenient for news to come and go, and it is not good for Ben Shuai to point fingers at Jingzhou's assassin history. Since Yidu has already started fighting, it means that Jingzhou Thorn Shi should also know it, so let him let go of the fight, after all, as long as everyone does not go against His Majesty's will, this battle will cooperate with each other, and Xiliang will definitely be taken. ”

When Xiao Maha said this, he completely gave up his jurisdiction over Fan Yi. From now on, this may not be a good choice, anyway, the matter has come to this point, Xiao Maha doesn't expect Fan Yi to do more, and the rest of the way is more assured that he will walk by himself.

"Since Brother Quanhua (Lu Guangda) has said one thing, you might as well talk about the other, we know it over there in Yidu, what about Jiangling here?" Xiao Maha then looked at Lu Guangda, and his trust in Lu Guangda was self-evident.

Lu Guangda hurriedly bowed his head, Xiao Maha had taken the initiative to show favor many times since the gate of the barracks, Fan Yi didn't know what he was thinking, but he would not easily give up this opportunity to follow Xiao Maha to fight on the battlefield.