Xiao Shilian didn't speak, and the expression on his face was not relieved because he knew the contradiction between Wei Xiaokuan and Wei Chi Yuan, and even now he had a deep sense of powerlessness.

As Li Xinchen said, no matter how many frontal enemies come, Li Xinchen has the courage to deal with them, whether it is Wei Chi Hui, Wei Xiaokuan, or these two veterans working together, he Li Xinchen will definitely not retreat easily, it's a big deal for everyone to fight a fish to break the net!

But when someone stabs him in the back, no matter how strong Li Xinchen's ability is, I'm afraid he can't resist it.

The last time Li Xinchen took Ba County, what he was most worried about was not the enemy of Shu County in front of him, but whether the imperial court behind him would blame him for sending troops.

It stands to reason that this is a phenomenon that is basically impossible, and the opportunity on the battlefield is fleeting, and if the generals want to grasp the opportunity, it is naturally impossible to look ahead and look backward. It can be said that Li Xinchen's ability to easily defeat the enemy a few times before has a lot to do with his ability to grasp the opportunity.

However, in Chen Ji's dynasty, because Chen Ji's position was not right, and he himself was suspicious, he did not trust these generals who led the troops outside, which is why at that time in the land of Luliang, it was almost to the point of a dilemma, Wu Mingche still wanted to send someone to ask Chen Ji's opinion, after all, when the time came, he would take the initiative to withdraw the army without a holy decree, and this responsibility was not something that Wu Mingche could easily bear.

Fortunately, whether it was the Battle of Luliang or the later Battle of Bajun, Chen Ji did not really get angry with Wu Mingche or Li Xinchen, but neither Li Xinchen nor Xiao Shilian expected that this Emperor of Southern Chen could eliminate the mustard in their hearts.

After all, the life gate of Jiangnan is in Jingzhou, and the life gate of Jingzhou is in Xiangyang and Bashu, Bashu to Jingzhou, Jingzhou to Jiangnan are all high-rise situations, so Li Xinchen won the land of Bashu, which is not a good thing for Chen Xu.

Chen Ji can control Wu Mingche and the East Palace, but it is difficult for him to control this young man who seems to be completely outside of Nan Chen's entire bureaucratic system from the beginning, but is closely related to all the victories that Nan Chen has achieved in the past year.

Li Xinchen never knew when Chen Ji would have a whim and send someone to take off his top. At least he doesn't have the strength to get rid of Chen Xu's independence now, and most of the soldiers under his command were born in Jingzhou or Jiangnan, and it is difficult to say whether they will shout and fight for Li Xinchen when the time comes.

Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "Over there in Jiankang Mansion, Shizhong, have you gone to believe it?" ”

"I wrote a letter to Duke Shen when I took Hezhou, and I counted the days, and Duke Zhou should have returned to Jiankang Mansion at this time." Li Xinchen chuckled and said, "Haven't you already received the news, the imperial court's envoy to take Ba County last time is about to arrive, and you know that Duke Zhou should be about the same." ”

Xiao Shilian sighed with emotion: "The envoy from the last time only came at this time, and I don't know when the imperial court will send someone to reward us for the credit of Hezhou and Luzhou this time." ”

"It's good to be here," Li Xinchen shook his head, with a look of "can you be content", "It's better than nothing." Let's talk about it first, the messenger who came this time is Lord Guangluqing Gu, no matter how you say it, it is our own family, so you should be polite then. ”

Xiao Shilian nodded, he could still handle this point. He was not so dissatisfied that he vented at his family, it was just the incompetence of a coward: "The court asked Master Gu to come over, obviously because he didn't want to get involved in our affairs anymore." ”

"That's fine." Li Xinchen said softly, "It's better to ignore it than to cause trouble to us, and I don't plan to count on the imperial court." ”

Xiao Shilian's face changed, and he still didn't say anything after all, just nodded solemnly, agreeing with Li Xinchen's words.

Since entering Shu, how they have sacrificed their lives and forgotten to die, and how the court doesn't care, Xiao Shilian has seen it all. Now, as Li Xinchen said, if the court doesn't care about it, don't care about it, this Ba County is the Ba County they knocked down, not the Ba County of the imperial court itself!

And Xiao Shilian didn't know that Li Xinchen squinted slightly at this time and muttered: "Duke Shen, Duke Zhou, Duke Fu······ And Le'er, a certain future is tied to your hands. ”

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"It is difficult to go to Shu Road, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.

Silkworms and fish, the founding of the country is at a loss.

············

The difficulty of Shu Road, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, and look sideways to the west! ”

This letter from Shu thousands of miles away slipped silently from the palm of Princess Lechang's hand. Le Chang quietly looked at the painting on the wall, which was Li Xinchen's "Ai Lian Said".

Splashing ink, iron hooks and silver strokes, chic with strength, just like that man.

Li Xinchen did not hide the situation in Shu from Lechang, as long as Donggong knew, Lechang knew. And at the end of the letter, Li Xinchen did not express a few words of lovesickness as before, but wrote such a long poem!

When he saw that "Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", Lechang's eyes were already moist. She couldn't imagine how much deep meaning was contained in this short sentence, but she felt that she seemed to see those figures moving forward in the blood and fire in her hazy vision, and saw the man who was still howling and fighting in the wind and frost and sword.

This is a strong man, he never said how difficult the situation in front of him is, how heavy the pressure on his shoulders is, and generally just attaches a few poems describing the scenery to the letters, or cares about Lechang's three meals a day, so that Lechang only feels warm in his heart after seeing the letter.

And now it is very different, the man said, the path he is now taking, difficult!

He didn't say more, but it was all in plain sight.

Lechang bent down to pick up the letter, she knew very well what Li Xinchen needed her help to do, she needed to help Li Xinchen continue to stop some of Chen Xu's ideas, and prevent Li Xinchen from finally losing in Bashu.

Thinking of this, Lechang had a ridiculous feeling, what Li Xinchen was most worried about was not a frontal strong enemy, but a threat that could come from behind him at any time.

Lechang never felt that his father's suspicion was wrong, Li Xinchen's ambition had already been revealed, and with his father's keenness, he would definitely be able to imagine what Li Xinchen wanted after sensing the clues.

But the confrontation between the North and the South for three hundred years, there have never been many powerful ministers, which of the Wang Xie family of the year was not a family of powerful ministers who turned their hands into clouds and turned their hands into rain? Therefore, in order to be able to defeat the enemy, the imperial court of course cannot blindly distrust and beware of the ministers, so that even the ministers with no ambition will have to take risks.

Generally speaking, compared to guarding against and suppressing, the best way for the ministers is to channel and imperceptibly corrode his strength, so that he has been unconsciously set up.

How can a courtier who has been set up empty still be called a powerful minister?

This is just a skill that must be mastered in the emperor's mental technique.