Everyone knows that you Xiao Maha has just married his youngest daughter to Li Xinchen's right-hand man Pei Zilie, not to mention that your eldest son Xiao Shilian is in Li Xinchen's army, and Li Xinchen directly handed over all the war against the north to Xiao Shilian, and the trust is naturally self-evident.

In addition, your family is inextricably linked with Li Xinchen, so anyone can say to be vigilant, you Xiao Maha am afraid that you can't, if Your Majesty hadn't considered that there is no one who can take your place now, and you really don't have any obvious faults, I'm afraid you would have been replaced a long time ago.

Although thinking like this, of course Zhou Cheng couldn't say it explicitly, and immediately said in a deep voice: "This is true, should our sailor also return to the river, and if he continues to wet the water, I am afraid that Li Xinchen will have a chance to take advantage of it." ”

It is true that the Jingzhou Sailor is powerful, but in order to support the war in Xiangyang, he has been watering all the time, and now it is time to return to Dajiang.

In fact, Li Xinchen's sailors were also drawn from the Jingzhou sailors under Xiao Maha, but it is obvious that the Jingzhou sailors are not even as good as Li Xinchen's sailors in terms of military exploits, because Wang Chang led the sailors to take down Shu County last time, and when the Jingzhou sailors attacked Xiangyang, they only broke through the enemy's water village, and in the end they did not threaten the city, let alone break through.

But having said that, the Jingzhou Sailor is still the most powerful Sailor in Nanchen now.

Xiao Maha didn't know what Li Xinchen wanted to do, so there was nothing wrong with letting the Jingzhou Sailor here, at least this guy didn't make any trouble on his own turf.

As for the capital, Xiao Maha didn't want to get involved too much, he knew very well that he was not good at intrigue in officialdom, and he could even be said to know nothing, otherwise he would not be calculated everywhere when he was in Jiankang Mansion.

Now Li Xinchen has the courage to participate in it, Xiao Maha does not stop him, but he does not interfere, it is best to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, he asked himself if he is not a fierce tiger, but he can't afford to wade into the muddy waters. And once there is any irreconcilable contradiction between Li Xinchen and the imperial court, Xiao Maha will find the right time to intervene, so that although he can't get the most benefits, he will not suffer because of his status.

At least for now, Xiao Maha is still optimistic about Li Xinchen.

The dying Nan Chen is obviously not Li Xinchen's opponent, and Xiao Maha doesn't think it's a good choice to stand directly on the opposite side of Li Xinchen, especially now that Li Xinchen has also shown goodwill towards Nan Chen. Even if you really want to fight, at least wait until the common enemy between the two sides is defeated.

I can roughly guess what Xiao Maha means, and Zhou did want to speak for a while. The East Palace originally wanted to roll up his sleeves and compete with Li Xinchen, so as the former pillar of the East Palace and now the most important minister, Zhou Cheng certainly needs to shoulder the responsibility of wooing and persuading Xiao Maha.

However, soon Shen Jungao and Fu Wei's attitudes changed because of the change in Li Xinchen's attitude - in the end, everyone knows what kind of tricky role Li Xinchen is, coupled with the previous very pleasant experience of working together, everyone does not want to easily tear their faces with Li Xinchen.

This naturally made Zhou Cheng very hesitant, whether he should continue to adhere to his original position, and Xiao Maha's increasingly impenetrable measures showed his ambiguity, or did his heart have gone to Li Xinchen's side?

Zhou was about to say something, but an attendant rushed in quickly: "My lord, Jiankang Mansion, Your Majesty's will!" ”

Zhou Qu and Xiao Maha were stunned for a moment, and at the same time looked at the eight-hundred-mile express report.

Now that the war on Xiangyang's side has subsided, there is no need to think about it to know that His Majesty's will is conveyed in such a hurry, and it must be about Li Xinchen.

Taking a light breath, Zhou Qu and Xiao Maha stood up at the same time.

His Majesty has been struggling for some time, and now it's time to announce the results.

"Your Majesty's decree ordered Li Xinchen to lead 800 soldiers into Jiankang Mansion to praise Gong, accompanied by 30 ships of the sailors."

Zhou did read the news out in disbelief, but he didn't expect His Majesty to compromise in the end, but correspondingly, the soldiers and horses under Li Xinchen's command were also reduced to 800 people, although everyone knew the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, but Li Xinchen only relied on these 800 people, I am afraid that there would be problems if he wanted to protect himself, let alone stir up any storms.

But in fact, there is an obvious omission in this will, that is, Chen Ji did not clearly indicate what type of sailor warships Li Xinchen carried, and how many sailors and soldiers there were correspondingly.

This shows that His Majesty did not directly force Li Xinchen into a corner after all, leaving Li Xinchen with a little room for maneuver, and it also shows that His Majesty still knows the trouble that Li Xinchen may bring.

However, those who are familiar with Chen Ji can only helplessly spread their hands on this, His Majesty is notoriously good at the hand, nine years ago in the Huajiao Rebellion, Chen Ji made a plan to attack Jiangling, and as a result, he almost buried Wu Mingche and the main force of the Southern Chen army there, and then the Battle of Lüliang and the recent full-scale attack on the Northern Zhou Dynasty is also a good example.

Chen Ji feels that what he is confident about may not necessarily succeed.

In the final analysis, this time it still depends on Li Xinchen.

"It is estimated that Li Shizhong will not be delayed for too long." Zhou Qu muttered, "I'm afraid I'll see him in a few days." ”

Xiao Maha nodded cautiously, after all, Li Xinchen wanted to unite with Nan Chen, and he would definitely be more active, which means that he should see Li Xinchen soon.

I don't know how Li Xinchen will face these people in Jingzhou?

"General Qiyu, part of the defenders of Xiangyang City were transferred to Fancheng overnight." Chen Yu walked over quickly and frowned and said, "There are quite a few people, more than two or three thousand. ”

Xiao Maha's face suddenly became serious, two or three thousand people is not a small number, especially for the defenders of Xiangyang, after all, Xiangyang is the first line facing Nan Chen, and although there are many troops in Xiangyang City, they are not easy to mobilize.

More importantly, the Xiangyang garrison is a descendant of Wei Chi Yuan, and the mobilization of Xiangyang soldiers and horses, and it is a transfer to the north, shows that the struggle between Yang Jian and Yu Wenxian has become more and more intense, and it has even reached the time when they have to mobilize front-line troops.

Knowing this, Xiao Maha and Zhou Qu glanced at each other and couldn't help but take a light breath.

This time is a godsend for Nan Chen and Li Xinchen, if they can seize it, I am afraid that the Northern Zhou will inevitably be torn apart, and correspondingly, if they can't catch it, then Nan Chen and Li Xinchen may have to face a more difficult opponent.