Li Xinchen did not show a displeased look because of Chen Zhishen's hesitation. In fact, he was happy to see his subordinates raise objections and questions about his arrangement.

After all, Li Xinchen didn't want these of his cronies or quasi-cronies present to become puppets who only knew how to obey their orders, and now there were still few soldiers and horses under their command, but when Li Xinchen's command gradually grew stronger in the future, they would have to lead an army alone sooner or later.

So now Li Xinchen doesn't need them to have their own independent thinking and only know how to obey orders, but what about later?

Taking precautions, Li Xinchen had to prepare for the future from now on, because he didn't know how many such opportunities he would have on the bumpy road in the future, and there was no military academy in the real sense of the word and people who could really explain these military theories and thinking in a decent way in this era, so he could only rely on Li Xinchen himself.

"Boqing." Li Xinchen didn't care about Chen Zhishen, who turned around and retreated, and turned to look at Xiao Shilian, "A certain will lead a thousand soldiers and horses under the command of Lu Zhiwu to rush to Xinzhou first, and then take advantage of the night to set up a naval warship and go up the river, and the rest of the soldiers will probably have to ask you." ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Li Xinchen to just give him a task for the queen of the palace, and suddenly a displeased look appeared on his face: "Shizhong"

"Lu Zhiwu, did you hear so-and-so's order?" Li Xinchen looked straight at Lu Zhiwu.

Lu Zhiwu was also a little flattered to be able to get Li Xinchen's personal command, because when the time came, his subordinates would definitely have his merits, so he hurriedly handed it over. And Li Xinchen said directly: "The order is like this, without further ado, you go down and prepare quickly!" ”

knew that Li Xinchen would definitely have something to say to Xiao Shilian alone, so all the generals should surrender at the same time and retreat first. Without waiting for Chen Zhishen's back to disappear behind the tent curtain in the end, Xiao Shilian said dissatisfiedly:

"Shizhong, what do you mean by that?"

Li Xinchen smiled bitterly: "Boqing, come and see, the most important thing in this Badong land is Yong'an." After Yong'an, Linjiang County (now Zhong County) and Wanchuan County (now Wan County) are in the upper reaches of the south of the Yangtze River and the other in the lower reaches of the north of the Yangtze River. ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Li Xinchen meant. The reason why he was dissatisfied was mainly because Li Xinchen only gave him a task to break off, how could this make Xiao Shilian, who likes to rush to the front, happy?

And now Li Xinchen directly explained his strategic goals and plates, naturally telling Xiao Shilian that now we are only going to attack Yong'an, and there will be a battle for you to fight after that, what are you anxious about?

"But" Xiao Shilian was still a little reluctant to argue about something, after all, for him, it was a pity that he did not serve as the main attacker in this first battle.

After a pause, Li Xinchen then said: "The use of troops this time is still on a 'strange', so there is not too much need for soldiers and horses, two thousand people plus a warship with the cooperation of the sailor is actually enough." The remaining 5,000 soldiers did not actually need to participate in the war, and their main task was to defend and further attack later. ”

Xiao Shilian bowed slightly, he understood this, because these 5,000 soldiers and horses were not Li Xinchen or his Xiao Shilian's descendants after all, and more importantly, these soldiers who can be called elite soldiers in name are actually only recruited and trained for a long time, and the only major battle they have really participated in is the Battle of Jiangling.

Xiao Maha also has no way, he can't take out all his forces to support Li Xinchen, firstly, these forces are not all in his hands, whether it is Ren Zhong or Chun Yuliang, it is impossible to be so generous, and secondly, if Xiao Maha wants to gain a firm foothold in Jiangling, it is impossible not to have a reliable army in his hands.

Being able to give Li Xinchen these 5,000 soldiers and horses is already good. It's better than those reorganized Xiliang soldiers and recruits who were temporarily recruited later and didn't even train for a few days.

Li Xinchen said slowly: "These five thousand men and horses can't be relied on for a while, but after all, we must use the strength in the future, so Boqing, who do you think will command them to make a certain rest assured?" ”

Xiao Shilian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Now Li Xinchen's subordinate Chen Zhishen and others are either not prestige enough, or their official positions are not enough, coupled with the lack of experience in commanding large troops to fight and transfer, of course, they are not the best choice, obviously only Xiao Shilian can be qualified for this task.

Let him lead these 5,000 people, not only is it not Li Xinchen's dissatisfaction with him, but Li Xinchen's greatest trust and reliance. Thinking about this, Xiao Shilian was a little ashamed on his face, because he was silently talking about unswervingly supporting Li Xinchen just now, but he almost embarrassed Li Xinchen in front of the generals when he turned his head.

Li Xinchen walked to Xiao Shilian's side, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "Boqing, I am waiting for you in Yong'an." ”

Xiao Shilian laughed: "Yong'an is given to you, and you can't miss a certain share in the future, otherwise even if you kid is majestic in this big tent, Lao Tzu will have to beat you up!" ”

Li Xinchen snorted: "If you cause any trouble, don't blame the ruthless military law!" ”

The eyes of the two people intertwined, Xiao Shilian restrained his smile, and arched his hand:

"Shizhong, take care."

Li Xinchen bowed slightly, and also arched his hand: "Take care." ”

If you go, you are fighting for your life.

Seeing Xiao Shilian leave, Li Xinchen turned to look at Li Ping, who had been standing at the door of the big tent, and said loudly: "Let's go, let's get ready to leave!" ”

"Li Shizhong and Xiao Boqing have left?" The sparkling waves of the water made Ren Zhong squint slightly, and his voice carried the stability accumulated over the years of battle.

"The news I just got should have gone south by now." The adjutant general next to him hurriedly replied, he didn't dare to look up at Ren Zhong directly, and his words were full of respect for the old general.

Ren Zhong didn't speak, but looked at the east slightly, a few faint shadows on the river had appeared, obviously the Northern Zhou sailors in Xiangyang did not intend to watch their upstream blocked by Ren Zhong.

And there is smoke and dust rising at the end of the earth, as a veteran, Ren Zhong can see at a glance that this is the opponent's cavalry, and there must be a lot of people, two thousand can't run. I just don't know how many foot soldiers are behind this.

"Report, the enemy cavalry has been found!"

"Report, the enemy has been spotted on the Clippers!"

The meteor scout horse galloped into the center of the large array in the next moment.

Ren Zhong Huo Ran drew his sword and roared angrily: "Beat the drums, the whole army is arrayed, prepare for battle!" ”

"Prepare for war" The guards shouted loudly to pass the order to the next person.

And looking at the whole large array that came to life after a while, Ren Zhong took a deep breath.

How many years has it been since this feeling of fighting on the battlefield and wantonly on the battlefield? In a trance, I felt that I had returned to the time when I was confronting Hou Jing decades ago.

At that time, he was still a young man, just like Li Xinchen