"The old man has been on the horse for more than 20 years, and since he was in his thirties, he began to follow Emperor Gaozuwu to expand the territory and establish the Great Chen Dynasty. Although there are successes and failures in this life, even if you can't win at this age, you can at least see success or failure clearly. ”

Although Wu Mingche's voice was low again, it was very continuous, and the old man seemed to squeeze the last trace of air in his chest to avoid the intermittent cough that had plagued him for a long time and the pain caused by the back sores.

This time, no one interrupted him, and the three pairs of eyes looked at the old man who insisted on straightening his waist.

"This battle of Luliang can't be fought, and the old man doesn't want to be the sinner of this Da Chen, and waste all the family wealth and savings that my Da Chen has accumulated over the years, otherwise what kind of face will he have to face Emperor Gaozu Wu under Jiuquan?!" Wu Mingche said excitedly, the old general's cheeks flushed, obviously he hadn't said this paragraph so quickly and at length for a long time, "But······ Ahem! ”

Wu Mingche finally couldn't speak, and coughed violently, but he tried not to bend over, and a pair of eyes that were already a little cloudy turned to fall on the map in the dark: "But······ But my decrepit body, even if I work hard, I ······ Ahem, there's no way to kill them with the boys······ What's more, even if the old man is still young, how can this barbarian formation be so easy to break through? ”

Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian, two young people, looked at each other.

Before, they thought about how to persuade Wu Mingche to retreat, but they didn't expect Wu Mingche to agree so easily, let alone that the next problem would be also a headache.

Ring after ring of difficulties, even Li Xinchen had a deep sense of powerlessness.

Wu Mingche's physical problems Li Xinchen knows a little, but it is clearly recorded in the history books that Wu Mingche was bedridden at the last moment of the Luliang War due to the long-term continuous wars and back sores in the Luliang area, and it was difficult to command the army to fight, and the dragons were leaderless, which was also a reason why Nan Chen's performance was extremely bad in the later stage of the Luliang War.

Of course, not only Wu Mingche's own illness, but also Wang Rail, who blocked Nan Chen's retreat, was not a good person, this Northern Zhou general built camps and embankments on both sides of Luliang River, just blocking the road for the retreat of Nan Chen's army to Huaishui Ferry, so in the end, only Xiao Maha led the cavalry to tear the hole in the defense line that Wang Rail had not yet completed and retreated, and when Wu Mingche led the infantry brigade to kill him, he had already built a complete defense line, and there was Wang Rail with the help of the cavalry in the rear. Of course, there is no longer any reason to let the enemy pass.

And Xiao Maha took a step forward at this time: "Dadu Governor, the road of the sky is endless, the whereabouts of Wang Liang have been discovered by us, and when the Dadu Governor withdrew the baggage team before, there was no trace of the Northern Zhou barbarian army along the way, which shows that their movements are not as fast as we imagined." ”

Wu Mingche slowly raised his head and directly interrupted Xiao Maha: "Do you want to give it a try?" ”

Xiao Maha Huoran met Wu Mingche's gaze, and the silence that had been accumulated since he walked into the camp seemed to completely explode at this moment: "Give it a try!" ”

However, Wu Mingche did not rush to continue, just looked at Xiao Maha quietly, obviously Xiao Maha was more obvious and resolute than any before, indicating that this General Wu Yi, who was always a little timid in doing things because he had no foundation and team of his own, really intended to take a solid step forward.

It seems that he is still old after all.

Even if he doesn't say it, Xiao Maha will continue to move forward after all. Now with Wu Mingche's physical condition, it is obvious that there is no way to command the army to fight, and the best solution at present is to hand over the power of commanding the army to Xiao Maha. It's just that Xiao Maha has always been timid before, and he didn't even dare to argue in front of Wu Mingche, so even if Wu Mingche really wanted to hand over the military power, he didn't have the courage.

But Xiao Maha, who was standing in front of Wu Mingche at this moment today, with the same resolute expression on his face as when he was charging into battle, was clearly telling Wu Mingche that the next military general of Da Chen had finally grown up.

It's time to hand over everything to him, on the other hand, this battle of Luliang is handed over to Xiao Maha, which can be regarded as a test for him.

Wu Mingche coughed lightly and nodded: "Okay, there is no other feasible plan now, the old man is in poor health, and I will get rid of Yuan Yin with the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers." ”

Wu Mingche's words were filled with intriguing helplessness and emotion, faintly giving people a feeling of helplessness to hand over power when they were forced to the palace.

Hearing Wu Mingche's words, Xiao Maha originally wanted to explain something, but in the end, he just solemnly bowed his hand: "Xiao is not talented, he should also go all out, and he will not be dishonored!" ”

Things have come to this point, and there is nothing to explain. The top priority is to hurry up and bring out this army that is about to be besieged, if Xiao Maha fails because of more delay, it will be the biggest blow to him.

Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian also had solemn looks on their faces. In fact, there is not only one path in front of Xiao Maha, he has two different choices.

One is to take over the military power from Wu Mingche's hands in advance as he is now, and preside over the battle of Luliang. But this is actually a gamble that can be defeated at any time, once the battle of Luliang presided over by Xiao Maha is defeated, then Xiao Maha estimates that there will be no chance to turn over in this life, after all, he is not an old minister like Wu Mingche who has outstanding merits and is suffering from illness, and there are forgivable reasons.

The other, of course, is still his striker, even if Wu Mingche is defeated in Luliang, as long as Xiao Maha can save his life, then after returning to Huainan, he can still sit on the number one position in the Nanchen army, after all, the responsibility for the battle of Luliang should belong to Wu Mingche, and it has little to do with him Xiao Maha, and there is no substitute for Wu Mingche in the Nanchen army except Xiao Maha.

Li Xinchen is very clear that Xiao Maha chose the second path in history, but now he has chosen the first path. Li Xinchen didn't know what kind of changes had happened in Xiao Maha's heart, but he knew very well that the next battle of Luliang would become more turbulent.

If Wu Mingche can't do it, can Xiao Maha do it? Especially at this critical juncture, Xiao Maha can really perform better than Wu Mingche? After all, the predicament of the Nanchen army is really here, even if it is compared to the time opportunity in history, it does not mean that the Nanchen army has an advantage.

It's not easy to get out of this siege······

However, Xiao Maha seemed to have a certain number in his heart, so he just solemnly bowed his hand again and turned around to leave the big tent.

And just when Li Xinchen was about to leave with the Xiao father and son, he suddenly heard Wu Mingche, who had been silent, say slowly: "This young man, the old man still doesn't know your name." ”