Xu Deyan was stunned for a moment, then understood what Xu Ling meant, and nodded again.

Now the basic strategy of the Xu family is still not to help each other, not to mention that Xu Ling's every move may cause a major earthquake in the entire Nanchen officialdom at any time, so it is still very important to keep a low profile, at least for the current Xu family.

Xu Deyan arched his hand at Xu Ling's back, turned around and walked to the door, looked at the threshold that was not too high, and took a deep breath.

When he stepped over from here, it also meant that Xu Ling and the Xu family stepped into the whirlpool.

But does the current Xu family have any other choice?

Xu Deyan walked straight across the threshold, and the moonlight was like water, sprinkled on his body.

And when Xu Deyan's footsteps became farther and farther away, Xu Lingfang slowly turned his head again, silently and gently stroked the wrinkles on his hands.

used to gamble with his head for the Xu family, but now that he is old, he has changed to the next generation. It's just a pity that my son Xu Jian doesn't make people worry······

Thinking about it, Xu Ling looked back at Yutu again.

Jingzhou, Jingzhou, does Donggong really plan to invest in Jingzhou?

In this moonlight, how many people are ready to move, and how many people have begun to move forward? This time, he fell into the ground, just to catch up with the first step of others, as for where he will go next, it is not even possible to judge it from far away in Jiankang Mansion.

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Li Xinchen arrived in Shinshu City on the fifth day of the eighth month.

The name of Shinshu is "state", but in fact, there is only one city in the territory of Anshu (northwest of present-day Yichang), which can barely be regarded as a city, and is one of the most remote state capitals in Nanchen. This Anshu city is located on the south side of the exit of Xiling Gorge, and it is an important town that guards the exit of Xiling Gorge.

There are basically garrisons in this city, except for the occasional merchants, there are hardly many people, but in order to avoid being too public, Li Xinchen still did not enter the city, but just let the sailor warships take advantage of the night to anchor on the river outside Qiting on the opposite bank of Anshu City.

First, Li Xinchen can take this opportunity to meet Shinshu Thorn Shi Luoya, and secondly, the sailors can also repair it and prepare to deal with the more dangerous Three Gorges Passage in the future.

"General Dangkou." Luo Ya strode into the cabin and bowed his hand to Li Xinchen.

I haven't seen him for a month, and Luo Ya is no longer what Li Xinchen looked like when he first saw him, not only did his face tan a lot, but he was no longer dressed like an elegant celebrity, his sleeves were rolled up high, revealing his strong and sturdy arms, obviously he had not been affected less this month.

However, it is reasonable for Luo Ya to become like this, after all, Xinzhou Anshu City is not as good as Jiangling City, the city needs to be repaired, the military camp needs to be renovated, the grain and grass need to be transferred, and the equipment and the like need to be rebuilt, none of these jobs are easy.

Li Xinchen smiled slightly: "Brother Luo has worked hard. ”

Luo Ya was stunned for a moment, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. Li Xinchen's "Brother Luo" undoubtedly shortened the distance between the two of them, and his "General Dangkou" just now seemed a little angry:

"Brother Li is polite."

Li Xinchen nodded: "The sailor's stay in Shinshu can't be too long, at most it's past tonight, we have to leave before dawn tomorrow, and strive to arrive in White Emperor City tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow, so we have to worry Brother Luo to introduce the situation quickly." ”

"This is natural," Luo Ya, of course, also understood that Li Xinchen had no time to greet him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and walked straight to the map hanging in Li Xinchen's cabin, and said in a deep voice, "Brother Shizhong, come and see, this Three Gorges twists and turns, from Anshu City to Baidi City, is one of the most thrilling sections on the entire river. ”

After a pause, Luo Ya stretched out his hand and pointed out several dangerous rapids and rapids in the Three Gorges on the map: "Now is the time when the water is full, but there should be no need to worry about running aground, and Yu has prepared hundreds of slender men and boat bosses who are familiar with hydrology, and they will cooperate with Brother Shizhong when the time comes." ”

When the Three Gorges is shallow, a slender man must be used to sail, and this Li Xinchen also knows that it is precisely because he does not understand the specific situation of the Three Gorges in this era that Li Xinchen still conservatively calculated the time to two days later.

After all, now that the Northern Zhou and Southern Chen are at war, the Three Gorges is also the dividing line between the two countries, and of course no one will have the courage to cross the two countries like this, so there is no need to worry about exposing their whereabouts.

These are all problems that Luo Ya can help Li Xinchen solve, and then Luo Ya stretched out his hand to push west, and the rest of the problems can only rely on Li Xinchen:

"Corresponding to our Anshu City, the enemy's fortress at the western end of the Three Gorges is this White Emperor City. Our scouts had also collected a lot of information about White Emperor City before, and Yu had already brought them with him. However, a few brief points can be said first. ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly, the main city of Yong'an City is the famous White Emperor City, if you want to occupy Yong'an, the most important thing is naturally to take the White Emperor City. The city is like a mountain that is difficult to climb, and for so many years it has stood in the way of all dynasties who want to go up the river.

And now, no matter how high this mountain is, Li Xinchen has to climb over it.

Luo Ya glanced at Li Xinchen, and found that this young man's expression was not unusual, and he sighed secretly in his heart, he had been in Anshu City for a month, but he knew very well what the situation was on the side of the Three Gorges and White Emperor City, and he also believed that Li Xinchen could not be ignorant of this, but he didn't seem to be afraid.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and the rising young generation such as Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian are undoubtedly Nan Chen's newborn calves, but I don't know if they will really take Nan Chen to break out of a broad road in the end?

"There is a sailor camp outside the White Emperor City, but there are only a few hundred sailor soldiers stationed there, and there are very few boats, only more than a dozen Mengchong fast boats, and there are no building boats," Luo Ya stretched out his hand and pointed on the south side of the White Emperor City, "And the city is also in disrepair, and there are about two thousand defenders in the city, but most of them are old and weak, lack of training, and it is not difficult to deal with." ”

Li Xinchen didn't have a relaxed look on his face, just nodded slightly. These were already expected by him, because in history, it was not until Yang Su entered Shu that he began to rectify the defense of Bashu and build newer sailor warships to prepare for war, and even if there is an army stationed in Bashu, it is not enough to compete with these soldiers and horses under Li Xinchen.

What's more, now that Nan Chen has launched a new offensive in the direction of Xiangyang, the enemy's attention must have been attracted to Xiangyang, so it is not very likely that the Bashu side will suddenly increase their vigilance and vigilance.

Think about the dilapidated scene on the side of Anshu City, you know that the White Emperor City is like again, in terms of attack and defense against Bashu, the eldest brother of Northern Zhou and Nan Chen can not laugh at the second brother.

Luo Ya then said in a deep voice: "But after all, the White Emperor City is a fortress guarding the entrance to the Three Gorges, and this White Emperor City is backed by high mountains and surrounded by water on three sides, if you want to attack the White Emperor City, you can only attack it from the waterway. But Brother Shizhong, come and see. ”

As he spoke, Luo Ya took out a drawing from his arms: "This is a sketch drawn by Yu based on the news brought back by the scout, and you can generally see the defense of White Emperor City." ”