If you really want to expect all this to change, then you can only expect Li Xinchen to be defeated, but how big is this possibility, even Xu Ling, who is far away in Jiankang Mansion, knows very well in their hearts.

Li Xinchen, a young man, has already told the whole world with his absolute achievements that his sensitivity and ability to command the overall situation have been able to defeat the vast majority of generals in the world now.

So now this is just a way to cover up for a while, but I didn't expect Chen Ji to refuse. Maybe His Majesty the Emperor has finally lost interest in completely suppressing Li Xinchen······

Xu Ling and Pei Ji couldn't say that Chen Ji's worries were not right, Li Xinchen's rapid rise was indeed enough to make His Majesty the aging emperor feel the pressure, especially when his next generation was not very competitive.

But the current Nanchen needs Li Xinchen, and the current Bashu war situation is actually completely dependent on Li Xinchen's support.

This is the only explanation that Nan Chen can give to the world, otherwise this Northern Expedition will be a complete failure.

Chen Ji can't accept such a result, how can the government and the opposition and the world accept it?

So in fact, Chen Ji should not only reward Li Xinchen, but even take Li Xinchen as an example, so as to encourage more soldiers to fight hard for Nan Chen.

Of course, Xu Ling knew that this was wishful thinking, and now what he and Pei Ji could do was only to let Li Xinchen take all the credit.

Xu Ling's hand slowly clenched, and he said in a deep voice: "Brother Pei, I still have to bother you to sort out the military report ahead, and the old man will discuss it in detail with the officials in the future and give His Majesty a proper explanation." ”

Pei Ji bowed slightly, turned around and arched his hand: "Please rest assured Xu Xiang." ”

Xu Ling was meeting Pei Ji's gaze and bowed his head solemnly.

At the moment, there is no other choice but to brake quietly and watch the overall situation change.

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Wei Xiaokuan stood on a large rock on the side of the road, and the entrance of Cangxi Valley was right in front of him.

Surrounded by mountains, rocky and covered by trees, the dangerous place certainly does not live up to its name.

This is the second time Wei Xiaokuan has passed through Cangxi Valley, but his mood is very different these two times. The last time I passed through the Cangxi Valley, the army was mighty, the banner was clear, the carriages and horses were like flowing water, the purpose was to rescue Wei Chi Yuan, and then completely beat Li Xinchen down, and since then the battle situation in Bashu has been pacified.

However, this time it was a situation that Wei Xiaokuan had never imagined before, the army was blocked by Tiangongyuan Mountain, and due to the loss of Shu County, it had to retreat from the narrow basin of Langzhong in disarray, and now even the way back was blocked.

Wei Xiaokuan has fought all his life, and defeat has not been encountered, but it is the first time that such a nestish retreat has been encountered. But after all, Wei Xiaokuan has been handsome for many years, and he is not helpless and lose confidence in himself because of this setback.

Now Wei Xiaokuan wants to do not a decisive battle with Li Xinchen, after these battles he has already known very well, compared to himself, Li Xinchen's grasp of Bashu is more comprehensive and thorough, in this mountain, whether Li Xinchen wants to attack or defend, Wei Xiaokuan can not eat good fruit, so his first task is to ensure that the entire road in Cangxi Valley is under control, and then lead the army to retreat to Hanzhong.

Now this exhausted and demoralized army is simply not enough to compete with Li Xinchen, and the previous He Louzi is a good lesson. Wei Xiaokuan was very sad about the loss of his men, but he first had to make sure that he would not follow the mistakes of He Louzi.

"The last general will see General Wei!" Cao Xiaoda walked over briskly with a few guards.

According to Xiao Shilian's words, Cao Xiaoda was really "oiled on the soles of his feet", and after retreating to Liushugou, he almost did not hesitate at all, and waited until dawn the next day to retreat quickly with his soldiers and horses to the main road of Cangxi Valley, and then returned to the southern region.

Of course, Cao Xiaoda was still a step slower after all, and before that, several important checkpoints in the south were all taken by Li Xinchen and completely destroyed.

Cao Xiaoda didn't seem to want to attack, but just held the rest of the passes, completely putting on a posture of life and death, and supported it until Wei Xiaokuan came.

Wei Xiaokuan bowed slightly at him, there are many differences between the official positions and status of the two people, but there is no need for Wei Xiaokuan to return the courtesy, and more importantly, now Wei Xiaokuan is worried, and he can't take care of these small details:

"I heard that Li Xinchen has appeared in the south?"

Cao Xiaoda hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "I can't hide it, we still don't know whether it is Li Xinchen or not, we can only know that the enemy doesn't seem to want to continue the attack, but just eradicate the checkpoints and small camps on our periphery like the northern mountains." ”

Wei Xiaokuan frowned: "So Li Xinchen is still following his original arrangement?" In fact, whether to clean up the south or the north first is not intended to attract us somewhere, but only a matter of his own priorities? ”

Cao Xiaoda was stunned for a moment. Originally, they thought that Li Xinchen chose the north as the target first, mainly because Li Xinchen wanted to attack He Louzigan, but now it seems that this is just Li Xinchen following his complete plan, and He Louzigan is more like he sent it to the door.

However, Cao Xiaoda didn't have the courage to say these words in front of Wei Xiaokuan, not to mention that he also had to weigh whether saying these words would affect the relationship between the two departments.

Now the contradiction between the two departments has not been resolved because of the current predicament, but has become more acute because of Cao Xiaoda's previous retreat in the north without a fight, and Cao Xiaoda can feel that the generals standing behind Wei Xiaokuan are not good.

Regardless of whether he chose to withdraw the army on his own initiative at that time or not, at least he did not save himself in the face of death, and he had already lost morally, not to mention that as we all know, He Louzigan is Wei Xiaokuan's direct confidant, and this time he folded He Louzigan because of his own reasons, so Cao Xiaoda asked himself and did not dare to take the initiative to provoke.

Seeing that Cao Xiaoda just bowed his head slightly and did not speak, Wei Xiaokuan sighed softly in his heart. He also read the battle report of Cangxi Valley, Cui Hongdu and Cao Xiaoda wrote it is actually about the same, they have their own judgments about the previous battle situation, but in the final analysis, they are all "not suitable to take the initiative". Obviously, Cao Xiaoda has always adhered to this principle.

Sending troops to rescue him did it, but the situation at that time was not suitable for Cao Xiaoda to lead the army directly to the top, it can be said that in order to protect the thousands of soldiers and horses under Cao Xiaoda's command, he gave up the rescue of He Louzigan's only remaining hundred soldiers, although cruel, it was a very correct choice.

To be honest, Wei Xiaokuan didn't want to blame Cao Xiaoda.

But Wei Xiaokuan had no way to stop his generals from having different thoughts.

This is the most difficult part of this battle, Li Xinchen only needs to sit quietly and provoke two strokes casually, and Wei Chi's department and Wei Xiaokuan's department are eager to fight.