Pei Zilie guarded Bajun, Xiao Shilian guarded the Sword Pavilion, and guarded the two exits of Bashu to the north and east, which is also Li Xinchen's left arm and right arm that can gain a foothold in Bashu, and what they guard is also the lifeline of Bashu.

Li Xinchen never had the luxury of expecting that Northern Zhou and Southern Chen's attention would always be focused on each other, and never looked at himself, so important towns such as White Emperor City and Sword Pavilion were indispensable, and a heavy general who was completely loyal to Li Xinchen was also indispensable.

Of course, Pei Zilie understands his responsibilities, but now that Li Xinchen is attacking the north, it is likely to be the largest decisive battle with the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the next few years, of course Pei Zilie does not want to be absent, but after all, this is only his personal wish, and even the wish in the case of shaking the entire Bashu defense system, so for a person like Pei Zilie, who has always been steady and responsible, it is of course difficult to speak like this.

Li Xinchen was silent for a moment and said in a low voice: "Want to go north? ”

Pei Zilie did not hesitate this time, and solemnly bowed: "Now Jingzhou is under the control of the hussar general, and the hussar general is advancing and retreating with us, so the defense of the White Emperor City does not need too many soldiers and horses, so the subordinates want to cooperate with the newly trained 3,000 recruits to stay in the White Emperor City, and the remaining 3,000 old soldiers will go north, which can not only ensure the defense of the White Emperor City, but also support the war in the north······"

Li Xinchen looked at Pei Zilie a little strangely, and let Pei Zilie subconsciously suppress his voice, and his eyes drifted to his body from time to time, wanting to see what changes he had. And Li Xinchen said with a smile: "How can you Pei Dashi be able to speak?" The original Master Pei didn't have so many twists and turns. ”

Pei Zilie was stunned for a moment, then smiled to himself, and Li Xinchen said in a deep voice: "When you go, you can't just leave these soldiers here, you must find a suitable commander." What do you think of Xu Xiuyuan? ”

Pei Zilie tilted his head slightly, looked at Xu Deyan, who was talking in a low voice with Zheng Kaiyuan and other generals under his command on the steps behind him, thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Shizhong, you are really calculating, I'm afraid you have already planned to do so before you say your request, right?" As a result, I also asked someone to say the request, as if it was someone who took the initiative to ask for it, so that you fell into a good person! ”

Li Xinchen gave an answer so quickly, indicating that Li Xinchen had such an idea before, but he didn't say it, but let Pei Zilie say it first. However, Li Xinchen revealed his flaws so easily, and obviously did not mean to deceive Pei Zilie, but just joked with him.

"Xu Xiuyuan is also a suitable candidate." Pei Zilie said in a deep voice, "In the previous days, the transformation on his body was clearly visible. ”

Li Xinchen then said: "He is also the first to make a contribution in Jiankang Mansion, and let him be in the White Emperor City, which is also convenient for him to contact the east." At the same time, it can be regarded as a training experience that allows him to take charge of himself. ”

Pei Zilie looked at Li Xinchen and hesitated: "But Shizhong, if this is the case, we will be tantamount to handing over the defense of the east to Xu Deyan, and Xu Deyan ······"

Li Xinchen did not speak in a hurry, he knew Xu Deyan's identity, once Xu Deyan was allowed to guard the White Emperor City, it would be equivalent to acknowledging the important role of the Xu family in Li Xinchen's group, for Li Xinchen, this is obviously equivalent to the official introduction of the power of the Jiangnan family, leaving a place for the Jiangnan family in the group, after all, with the Xu family today, there will definitely be the Wu family in the future, and there will be the rest of the family.

In fact, in Li Xinchen's group, the Jiangnan family originally existed, Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie were both from the Jiangnan family, but now Pei Yi and Xiao Maha are already in Jingzhou, in fact, an independent group has been formed, and the connection with the Jiangnan family is not so close. And with only the two of them, the strength of the Jiangnan family is not strong, and when Xu Deyan also leads the party, this situation will naturally change.

At that time, the Jiangnan family, which has been-for-tat with the Nanchen court, is naturally equivalent to finally establishing a backer, but this is bound to cause dissatisfaction with the local forces, and it is not easy for the Ba people to be recognized by Li Xinchen and integrate into this group, so naturally they will not say much, but they can guarantee that the Xiajiang Tang clan will not have no opinions at all?

Li Xinchen said lightly: "I know, but now that the Tang family in the Xiajiang River is dominant in Bashu, naturally we can't do this, let the Jiangnan family get involved, and I think Tang Yishun and Tang Zhengliang may breathe a sigh of relief." ”

Pei Zilie was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what to say.

This was something he hadn't thought of.

For the Xiajiang Tang clan, it is not a good thing for one family to be dominant, especially when their commander is a figure like Li Xinchen, they have to be cautious. If the family is dominant, it will definitely be cleaned up by Li Xinchen in the future, so if Li Xinchen takes the initiative to introduce a few other forces now, of course, it will be desperate for them.

At least that's how to share success with others, rather than being cunning and lackeying. After all, the Xiajiang Tang clan didn't have much confidence in being able to swallow such a large piece of fat as Northern Zhou in one bite and continue to gain trust from Li Xinchen.

Glancing back at Xu Deyan and the others, who deliberately kept their distance from Li Xinchen in front of them, Pei Zilie exhaled softly. After all, his thoughts and ideas are very different from Li Xinchen, but fortunately, he is not a civilian official, but a military general. This kind of intrigue still gives Li Xinchen a headache, and what he needs to do now is to take the soldiers who have been waiting for this battle for too long to follow Li Xinchen's banner to the north, and continue the victories they won at Mianzhu Pass and in the Sword Pavilion!

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Hanzhong City.

"Xiao Shilian came quickly." Seeing that the news sent by the scout was transformed into graphics and marked on the map one by one, Li Xun's brows tightened.

As the most trusted general around Wei Xiaokuan, he was very clear about Wei Xiaokuan's purpose in keeping himself in Hanzhong, which was the most important flank in Guanzhong at all times. Once Li Xinchen took Hanzhong, then Li Xinchen's troops came to Chencang and Yangping Pass, and it can almost be said that he put his troops on the gateway of Guanzhong and Longxi, and these places are the founding foundation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and they are the richest places that have been operated for many years.

So now there is a lot of pressure on Li Xun's shoulders.

When he came back from Guanzhong, he actually only had more than a dozen guards around him, and the more than 1,000 old soldiers of Wei Xiaokuan's department who stayed here before were not of much use, at most they were asked to assist in defending the city, and the reason why he left them behind was because Wei Xiaokuan did not expect them to participate in field battles or siege cities.