"When is Daddy going to send troops?" Wei Chishun's gaze fell on the map instead. No matter how you speculate about Li Xinchen, if you really want to figure out what kind of opponent this is, the easiest way is naturally to fight him directly.

Wei Chi Zhen rubbed his chin slightly: "Li Xinchen will definitely not sit still, when he was in Jingzhou, he only had more than 2,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he had the courage to directly block Zhangshan County, the old man didn't think he would honestly hold Hezhou." What's more, now according to the intelligence of our scouts, the Chen people have not mobilized grain, grass, soldiers and horses to Ba County, if it is simply to defend the city, how long can this Li Xinchen defend? ”

"But if he wants to attack······ Wei Chishun hesitated, "Could it be that he dares to come directly to fight Langzhong?" ”

"Langzhong is indeed a good choice," Wei Chi Yu muttered, "It's just that my father is worried that this guy's ambition is more than that. ”

"Then it depends on whether he has the strength to do so." Wei Chishun's voice also turned cold, "If you want to take Langzhong, what's the difference between it and snatching food from the tiger's mouth, don't you really take your father and Wei Xiaokuan seriously." And if Langzhong can't satisfy him, then this guy is not ambitious, but he doesn't know what to do······"

"Yongping (Wei Chi Shun table), don't underestimate the enemy." Wei Chi Yu directly interrupted his son, "How is the situation on the other side of Shu Dao now?" ”

Wei Chishun also noticed that his father attached great importance to this Li Xinchen, and he put away his previous contempt at the moment. His own father has been fighting horses for many years, and it is really rare for him to be so cautious about which enemy, especially the enemy who is still at a disadvantage.

And if Wei Chi Yuan is asked to explain why he is so cautious and attaches importance to Li Xinchen, I am afraid it can only be said to be "intuition".

Wei Chishun believes in his father's intuition, he knows very well that this intuition is honed after I don't know how many bloody battles, and he doesn't dare to slack off at the moment:

"The child has sent scouts to investigate yesterday, and there is not a lot of snow on the Shu Road, so it should be possible to clear a road within three or four days, and the child has already sent someone to find a guide, after all, he doesn't know the situation of the Shu Road, so the child thinks he should be careful."

"Well, you did the right thing." Wei Chi Zhen bowed slightly, which was regarded as a recognition of Wei Chi Shun, and before he could speak, a personal guard walked in quickly:

"General Qiyu, Major General, the letter sent from Chang'an Kuaima is written by General Wei Xiaokuan."

Yu Chishun glanced at it with some surprise, reached out and handed it to Yu Chi Yuan. After unwrapping the paint, a letter slipped out, with only a few lines on it.

"The army of the younger brother is coming alone, and it will arrive in Hanzhong in a few days, please meet my brother later."

"This ······" Wei Chishun frowned, Wei Xiaokuan and their Wei Chi family have always been at odds with each other, Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Hui jointly led the troops, this is the decision of the imperial court, and Wei Chi Hui has no way to object, but it is obvious that Wei Chi Yu did not plan to wait for Wei Xiaokuan to come.

First, now that Shu County is still under the threat of Li Xinchen's troops, it is the best choice for Wei Chi Hui to go to support as soon as possible, even if Wei Xiaokuan is here, he can't say any objections; Second, once Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Yu meet, even if the two of them can discuss the arrangement, there will inevitably be conflicts between the people below, so although these two armies have the same combat purpose, it is best not to get close.

Obviously, Wei Xiaokuan is also aware of this problem, but in his opinion, the future battle situation in Bashu needs to be discussed by him and Wei Chi Hui face to face, so he would rather leave the army behind than rush to Hanzhong first.

"This Li Xinchen, is it so difficult to deal with?" Wei Chishun couldn't help muttering.

And Wei Chi Yu raised his head and looked at the map.

Now the heavy snow is blocking the way forward, so he can only let Li Xinchen take this first step, and he believes that Li Xinchen will definitely not let go of this rare opportunity.

But what will he do?

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When Wei Chi Yu was in a daze outside Hanzhong City, north of Bashu, Li Xinchen stood on the dock in Nanfang County, looking at the hot construction site with a smile on his face.

Ba County is an out-and-out mountain city, and Hezhou, Luzhou and other places are similar, and they are all located in the mountains, so although there are many state capitals under Li Xinchen, there are not many places that can be leveled to build workshops and hoard grain, so Li Xinchen can only choose his logistics base in the southern county.

With the gradual resettlement of refugees from the north and the full commitment of the Xiajiang Tang clan, the construction of the workshop in the southern county began one after another.

Although it was winter, a group of strong young men simply walked bare-chested, carrying wood and iron tools on their shoulders, as if the biting cold wind did not exist. The sound of neat slogans came from the docks, and ships coming from upstream and downstream were nervously transferring goods.

The wood from Linjiang County in the upper reaches and the grain from the White Emperor City in the lower reaches all gathered in this southern county, and for a time, the small city of Nanjun County, which was originally only the granary of Ba County, became the most lively one among the three counties of Linjiang.

What is lacking here is vitality and vitality.

The army has been prepared outside the city of Ba County, ready to go on the expedition. Li Xinchen was not in the army, but came to the southern county. The big war was imminent, and what Li Xinchen was really worried about was not how strong the enemy was, but whether his food and grass and the equipment used to attack and defend the city were sufficient.

Ouyang Mo is a master craftsman, at least Li Xinchen, a layman, can see that Ouyang Mo's workshop is built at a certain level. Several of the thunderbolts that had already been built had been carefully dismantled and ready to be sent to Ba County by boat.

This snow only fell to the north of the river, because the ground temperature is still high, so there is no ice on the river, but you can see some floating ice in some places on the north bank of the river, which can be regarded as the most gratifying thing for Li Xinchen.

After all, if these big guys want to transfer from the southern county to Ba County by land, it takes too much effort, and now Li Xinchen can't afford to delay this time.

"There will be two more bed crossbows and two thunderbolts produced today, which should be enough for the general to attack in a few weeks." Ouyang Mo stood beside Li Xinchen and whispered, "The production method proposed by the general before really worked, making the production of the entire workshop a lot faster. ”

The so-called production method proposed by Li Xinchen is actually an "assembly line" that is very common in later generations, but for people in this era, this is still an unheard of production idea.

After all, for so many years in ancient China, the main production idea was that the master led the apprentice, and the inheritance of craftsmanship was emphasized, so the ability of one person to produce the entire artifact was often emphasized, which made the division of labor not so obvious in many cases.

Now Ouyang Mo has mobilized his craftsmen to change the production method of one person being responsible for directing a trebuchet or bed crossbow to one person who is only responsible for a small part of it, thus naturally improving the production efficiency.