Watching the old man Gu Yewang leave with the momentum of a national warrior, Li Xinchen showed a smile.

And Xiao Shilian couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Shizhong, why did you find such an illusory reason to tell the old man?" ”

In Xiao Shilian's view, Li Xinchen's purpose is nothing more than to let the Ba people serve him forever, and even completely integrate into the entire system, which is not much different from those Shu people who have completely become Han Chinese. Such a purpose is not unspeakable, just explain it clearly to Gu Yewang, why is it so twisted.

Li Xinchen smiled slightly, he actually didn't want to answer Xiao Shilian's question. Saying different things to different people, saying something straightforward to Gu Yewang might not only not make Gu Yewang do this wholeheartedly, but also cause Gu Yewang to be more hesitant and suspicious in his heart.

So it's better to put it another way directly, and it turns out that Li Xinchen's saying this really directly resonated with King Gu Ye and hit the deepest part of his heart, otherwise the old man would not have put on the Pose of the unparalleled national warrior when he left with a wave of his sleeves.

At that moment, Li Xinchen turned his head to look at the sand table: "Boqing, what are the movements of the Zhou people in the north now?" ”

Xiao Shilian didn't have much of a good impression of King Gu Ye, but now when he heard Li Xinchen ask this question, he immediately left Gu Yewang's things behind, how about this old man, in fact, it has nothing to do with him Xiao Shilian, and he doesn't want to care.

Stretching out his hand and pointing on the sand table, Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Shizhong, you see, now the Zhou people are shrinking the defensive line, obviously learning a lesson, and do not intend to consume with us along the way, but began to concentrate troops and hoard grain and grass in Shu County, in addition to the dangerous places in Langzhong, and there are more and more defenders. ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly, Shu County is another core town in Bashu in addition to Ba County, and Langzhong South Lianmianzhu, North Tongjian Pavilion, and Badong are the dangerous places in the rear of Shu County, and it is also the only way for Wei Chi to lead his troops south.

Obviously, in the face of an opponent like Li Xinchen who is accustomed to winning with surprise soldiers, the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty can be said to be very energetic, even if it is on the road behind the side, they do not intend to give Li Xinchen a chance to take advantage of it.

Li Xinchen could only smile bitterly at this, before he was just a white man and a nobody, of course he would not attract attention, and it was easy to win by surprise, but now he is standing in the center of the wind and thunder in this world, which will naturally attract too much attention. Even Li Xinchen suspected that the generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty on the other side were even more familiar with their several battles than the monarchs and ministers in the Southern Chen court.

And now the strategy of the Northern Zhou in Bashu is also very clear, holding the strategic places of Shu County and Langzhong, and waiting for Wei Chi to wave his troops south. At this stage, as long as the Northern Zhou can hold Shu County, it will be a victory.

Although Shu County is on the Tianfu Plain, it is a rare flat and open land in the land of Bashu, but as the ruling center of the entire Bashu, the city of Shu County is high and deep, which is obviously not comparable to Ba County, Hezhou and other places, Li Xinchen wants to take Shu County in a short time, it is not so easy, so the people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty can even believe that Li Xinchen does not dare to attack at all.

Slapped the sand table hard, Xiao Shilian's voice was raised: "Shizhong, if we continue to stalemate like this, it will not be a good thing for us, I'm afraid that after the year, Wei Chi's army will pass through Shu County and kill directly, so we have to ······ anything."

"This battle can't be fought." Li Xinchen knew what Xiao Shilian wanted to do, this was a typical embryo-killing and militant element, so he simply rejected his suggestion, "Don't act rashly now." ”

"But ······" Xiao Shilian frowned, and wanted to say more. At this time, Wei Chi Yu did not lead the army south, after the previous wars, the strength of the two sides was one and the other, and the strength in Li Xinchen's hands was even superior, so it stands to reason that Li Xinchen should take this opportunity to consume more of the living force of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

However, when he saw Li Xinchen's raised hand, Xiao Shilian knew that no matter what he said, it would not have much effect, and it was obvious that Li Xinchen had already made a decision.

"These barbarians have begun to shrink their forces, which shows that they have clearly realized that we are not as easy to deal with as they originally expected, and this should be ordered by Wei Chi Yuan," Li Xinchen said thoughtfully, "Boqing, do you think we should follow Wei Chi Yuan's wishes?" ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a while, and could only stomp his feet: "But if we don't do anything, will we just watch Wei Chi Yi go directly to Bajun City after the New Year?" What's the difference between that and sitting still? ”

Li Xinchen said lightly: "You can rest assured of this." What we need to do now is to train more soldiers and wait until the end of the year to compete with Wei Chi. ”

Xiao Shilian saw that Li Xinchen was confident, so he could only nod. Anyway, he couldn't think of a way, since Li Xinchen could come up with an idea, then he simply chose to listen obediently, at least from Huainan all the way to the present, Li Xinchen's idea is not wrong:

"Now the recruits we recruit, plus the people of the Tang family, can train a total of four or five thousand soldiers and horses after the year." Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice, "But Shizhong, you also know that the combat power of these recruits is not much better than that of those recruits when we entered Ba County at that time, so we are really reliable from the previous veterans." ”

"This one has a certain idea," Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and nodded on the sand table, "At least these soldiers are here, and they can help the rest of the old soldiers guard the city, and in addition, they can pick out some of the ones who have performed well in training and scatter them to supplement them, so that they can also polish and polish more." ”

Xiao Shilian bowed slightly: "This is natural." ”

"Originally, the training was handed over to Chen Zhishen, but now that Chen Zhishen is in Luzhou, the training is in the hands of Lu Zhiwu. Although Lu Zhiwu is not a dry eater, he is not as experienced as Chen Zhishen, so you and I take turns to take a look on weekdays. Li Xinchen followed up with an order, "These are the foundations on which we can still stand here." ”

Xiao Shilian's expression was solemn and he responded solemnly.

And Li Xinchen took two steps forward and patted him on the shoulder: "That's pretty much it, it's about to be the New Year, if you don't have anything important at hand, remember to go home and see." ”

"Shizhong, are you really not worried?" Xiao Shilian couldn't help frowning, Li Xinchen's composure made him not know what he should do.

In such a critical situation, Li Xinchen dared to be so calm?

Li Xinchen was silent for a moment and looked up at the sky outside. I don't know when, the sky was overcast again, and even the courtyard became foggy.

Seeming to feel the curious gaze of Xiao Shilian beside him, Li Xinchen said coldly: "The soldiers will come to block, and the water will cover the earth." Even if it's going to fall on this day, it's just to carry it again! ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned, immediately laughed, and clapped his hands again and again: "Well said, you can't forget so-and-so, we have to carry it together!" ”