It's no wonder that Xiao Maha and Zhou Qu and the others are all high-spirited, after all, they are all officials of the East Palace, and they will definitely not quarrel over other things, I am afraid that only the next strategic direction can make them have disputes.

In the end, the main force of Nan Chen's army is now in the hands of Donggong, so this is not so much Nan Chen's strategic direction, but rather the next strategic direction of Donggong.

For the East Palace, it is no longer the East Palace that was calculated by Yangzhou but there is nothing to be done, with Xiao Maha, Shen Jungao and others taking power one after another, the power of the East Palace is expanding rapidly, and this also means that the next plan of the East Palace will be more important and more cautious.

The higher you stand, the worse you fall, everyone knows this.

And Xiao Maha took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "I still insist on my own opinion, although the city of Xiangyang is high and the pond is deep, but the road from Jiangling to the Central Plains is choked by Xiangyang, so if we want to go north from Jingxiang, we must take Xiangyang!" ”

"Xiangyang has Wei Chi Yuan, more than 20,000 barbarian soldiers, and the support of the states and counties in the north of the water, if we blindly attack, we will definitely not be able to take it in the short term, and it may even drag our army into this whirlpool, and it will be difficult to get out!" Mao Xi, the general of the right guard, immediately said without showing weakness, "At that time, not only will Xiangyang not be able to take it, but it may also cause us to lose our troops and lose our generals, and we will not even be able to defend Jiangling!" ”

And Zhou Qu also nodded: "Now with my Da Chen's national strength, there is no way to fight a long-term and doomed difficult battle, so instead of storming Xiangyang, it is better to directly outflank the back road of Wang Rail directly from the line of Suizhou and Gwangju, and then press the Central Plains." ”

"Lord Zhou's words are wrong!" Lu Guangda immediately stood up and said, "Is that Wei Chi Yu so terrible?" Famous generals are also people, and the previous Lu Teng was also known as the 'Old Minister of the Four Dynasties', and in the end, he died in this Jiangling! ”

Mao Xideng frowned and said, just about to speak, but was interrupted by Li Xinchen, who had been silent.

Why did Xiao Maha and Zhou Qu quarrel here, Li Xinchen could already see it clearly. In the final analysis, it is still entangled in Xiangyang.

Xiangyang is the only way to go south to Jingzhou from the Central Plains, holding the key point, and it has always been a battleground for soldiers, so it is obvious that the military led by Xiao Maha wants to take Xiangyang and occupy the last key point of Jingzhou in one fell swoop, so that the northern expedition can be advanced, and the retreat can be held, and there is more room for maneuver.

And the idea of Zhou Qu and others is obviously more idealistic, attacking from the front line of Suizhou and Guangzhou, although it is obviously a circle, but it can bypass Xiangyang, and in this era, the water and water flow are abundant, and it can give full play to the advantages of the Southern Chen Zhou Division.

Although no one had ever done this before this era, Li Xinchen knew that in the last 5,000 years of Chinese history, there were many famous generals, and 700 years later, Kublai Khan once led his army to take this road to the south, bypassing Xiangyang to rush to Ezhou, and almost cut off the Southern Song Dynasty, which had become a "snake of Changshan" posture.

So Li Xinchen has no way to say that there is no way to go down this road. However, if you advance like this, the road is long, the lonely army will advance and other problems will appear, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything, which is why Xiao Maha and others resolutely disagree.

This is tantamount to betting on the survival of Nan Chen's main army, and Zhou Cheng, who has never been in charge of the army, can indeed make such a suggestion, but Xiao Maha and others have to consider the various problems faced by the army during the march.

Regarding the different decisions between Xiao Maha and Zhou Qu, Li Xinchen has no way to comment on which is right and which is wrong, after all, both sides have their own reasons for standing on their own feet, and more importantly, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and often who can succeed does not only depend on their own strategy, but also on what kind of reaction the child and the other party will make.

Li Xinchen's eyes fell on the map, and he said in a deep voice: "My subordinates have a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Zhou Qu, Xiao Maha and the others' eyes fell on Li Xinchen at the same time, if it was said that before the battle of Jiangling, maybe Li Xinchen's words could only be regarded as a suggestion, and even for them, it could be regarded as a deaf ear, after all, Li Xinchen was just a hairy boy who came out of the mountains, and his father was Li Cheng and could not bring him the trust of these civil and military ministers.

But now it is different, in the battle of Jiangling, whether it was the capture of Xiao Yue alive or the death of Zhangshan, Li Xinchen showed a super high level of judgment of the battlefield situation, and it can even be said that the battle of Jiangling can end so smoothly, which has a lot to do with Li Xinchen.

Now his words must not only be listened to, but also carefully considered.

"Shizhong, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Xiao Maha said with a smile, and Zhou Qu also looked forward to looking at Li Xinchen.

Although the time and number of contacts with Li Xinchen were not long, Zhou did also learn a lot about Li Xinchen from Shen Jungao, and knew that this young man would definitely not favor Xiao Maha because he was more familiar with Xiao Maha.

Although Shen Jungao had never participated in court politics before, he had always been arrogant, and being able to get his appreciation showed that this person was indeed extraordinary.

Li Xinchen immediately looked around and said loudly: "My subordinates secretly think that since Duke Zhou and General Xiao are arguing over where to attack north, why don't we change the direction of attack?" ”

"What?" Zhou Qu looked at him in surprise, and Xiao Maha frowned even more.

This sentence sounds familiar.

When Huainan decided on the direction of Nan Chen's next march, Li Xinchen said this, and finally made Xiao Maha make up his mind to attack Jiangling, so that there was the current Jiangling victory. And at this time, the southeast direction and the Jingchu direction are in the hands of Nan Chen, which is nothing more than an attack from Huainan and an attack from Jiangling, where is the rest of the offensive directions?

Li Xinchen also felt the surprised gaze of Xiao Maha and others, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, he still remembered that later generations commented on Xiao Maha, saying that he was the general of the army, but it was difficult to be the commander of the army. Although it is only a one-word difference, the gap in the middle is huge, and the eyes of one are still at the level of tactics and local strategies, while the eyes of the other have jumped to the strategy of the whole front.

Perhaps Maha can command a big battle, but it is difficult for him to make strategic judgments about this big battle and the next big war before and after the war.

Of course, Li Xinchen didn't think that this was because of Xiao Maha's incompetence, after all, Xiao Mahe had followed Chen Ba to fight in the south and north since he was thirteen years old, but for so many years, he has actually been a general, at most leading a partial division.

This battle of Jiangling was the first time he commanded a battle as the commander of a large army, and it was reasonable that there was a gap between him and the previous famous generals Hou Andu, Wu Mingche and others in terms of strategic vision.