This is not a test that can be passed casually, and Li Xinchen knows it in their hearts.

Once you win, it is a great achievement, but if you lose, I am afraid it will affect the career of the three people present and even all the generals involved, after all, in such a big battle, it is not a good thing to come up and defeat the battle, at least it will be memorable.

But then again, in order to be able to do what Fan Yi should have done but did not, Xiao Maha had to send a partial division to make a feint. After all, Jiangling's city defense, the Western Liang army's familiarity with Jiangling, and the trickiness of Lu Teng, a veteran of the Northern Dynasty, all made a feint indispensable, otherwise even if Xiao Maha finally won Jiangling, it would inevitably be a disastrous victory.

Under Xiao Maha, Lu Guangda is a newcomer, whether it is for him to be the vanguard and the enemy's attrition, or to do the dangerous tricks of the division, it is not suitable; After all, Ren Zhong is a veteran who is older than Xiao Maha, and Ren Zhong is stable and humble, so it is obviously better for Ren Zhong to attack Chuyang and prevent Wei Chi Hui.

And from another point of view, Ren Zhong just obeyed Xiao Maha's orders, but Xiao Maha didn't know to what extent Ren Zhong's obedience could be obeyed, after all, he and Ren Zhong were really just colleagues before.

What's more, Xiao Maha stepped into this position at such a young age, to say that Ren Zhong, who was much older, didn't have any ideas in his heart, it would definitely be impossible, so Xiao Maha didn't dare to give him such an important task.

In addition to these two people, although there are many miscellaneous generals under Xiao Maha's command, the most familiar among so many people is Pei Zilie, so it is the best person to let Pei Zilie come. At the same time, Pei Zilie is more than stable and not enough unpredictable, so it is reasonable to let Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian, who have always had a lot of ideas on the battlefield, cooperate.

"Boqing, Shizhong, have you figured out how to fight this battle?" Pei Zilie's voice was quite solemn, compared with Xiao Shilian and Li Xinchen, as the main general, he was obviously under more pressure.

"How?" Xiao Shilian said helplessly, "I think the most important thing is to think about how not to be beaten, and hold on until Daddy leads the army to arrive." ”

Pei Zilie frowned, Xiao Shilian has always been a big smug personality on weekdays, but this time even he was a little helpless, is this battle really so troublesome?

And Li Xinchen said slowly at this time: "Although the enemy is outnumbered, but if we really just make a big show and bluff on the south bank, I'm afraid it won't play a big role." After all, it is difficult to hide the movements of the army, even if we can really use two or three thousand people to disguise it as seventy or eighty thousand marching troops, the whereabouts of the other army can be easily detected. ”

In this regard, Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian both bowed slightly, their sentinels were able to find out the situation on the north shore clearly, and the scouts of Northern Zhou and Xiliang obviously also had this ability, even if they were bluffing, they could support it for a while and a half, but it was not so easy to support it for a few days.

"In this case, we have to cross the river." Pei Zilie pondered and said, "No matter how big the movement is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, it is estimated that Lu Teng will not be fooled." ”

"It's not just about crossing the river," the corners of Li Xinchen's mouth raised, "We also have to take seriously as a partial division and compete with the Jiangling defenders in a dignified and honest manner." ”

"Huh?" Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian were both stunned, crossing the river in another direction with two or three thousand people ahead of the main force, it was originally a dangerous thing, according to what Li Xinchen said, and even had to compete head-on with the defenders of Xiliang, this was not a war, but a death without his strength.

Although there were not many armies in the Western Liang and Northern Zhou Dynasty, whether it was Lu Teng and Xiao Yue, or the rest of the Western Liang generals, such as Ma Wu who guarded Chuyang, none of them were easy to provoke, and Li Xinchen could not be like this even if he was a newborn calf.

"Don't forget, who is the replacement of our partial division," Li Xinchen said with a smile, "Since they have already helped him do what he should do, he might as well borrow an identity to use it." ”

Pei Zilie suddenly understood: "Shizhong, you mean? ”

"If the army under the command of Jingzhou Thorn Shi comes to attack, even if there are only two or three thousand people, I'm afraid Xiliang won't dare to underestimate it." Li Xinchen sneered and said, "Let's just use the banner of Jingzhou's assassination history, I don't believe that Lu Teng dares to ignore it!" ”

"This ······" Xiao Shilian suddenly showed a smile on his face, and punched Li Xinchen's shoulder, "Shizhong, it's really you!" ”

And Pei Zilie also breathed a sigh of relief, as Li Xinchen said, maybe a partial division of unknown origin and a small number of people would not attract much attention from Lu Teng - after all, Xiao Maha led the main force of Nanchen in person, and two or three thousand people were really not enough, and it was even possible that the outer camp of Jiangling City could not be taken.

But if he learns that it is Fan Yi's army, I'm afraid Lu Teng will have to think differently.

These two or three thousand people were killed, nine times out of ten it was just the advance, who knows how many people and horses followed behind Fan Yi, you must know that Fan Yi has a total of twenty or thirty thousand horses around Yidu, and these two or thirty thousand horses are enough to threaten Jiangling City, especially when Lu Teng and Xiao Maha are in full swing.

In order to find out what Fan Yi was up to, Lu Teng had to pay more attention to this group of people, and even had to send enough soldiers and horses to block and encircle, otherwise once this group of men and horses could easily enter the hinterland of Jiangling, and then join forces with Fan Yi, then the entire Jiangling would be in danger.

"I didn't expect him Fan Yi to really come in handy." Pei Zilie sneered, "Let's do this!" ”

At this moment, footsteps sounded hurriedly, and it turned out that Chen Zhishen had rushed over with several other generals, obviously they had also heard the news, so they all had some worried looks on their faces. As a dangerous move by a partial division, even a man like Chen Zhishen who is very arrogant and not afraid of heaven and earth is inevitably a little worried.

"See a few generals."

Li Xinchen smiled and said: "Everyone came just in time, I have already discussed with General Pei and Xiao Senjun, and you need to go and buy some things that need to be prepared first." ”

"Business······ Discussed? Chen Zhishen was stunned, looking at Li Xinchen's confident appearance, and suddenly felt that he had heard a fake news, and maybe he really thought that the enemy was too strong?

Pei Zilie also nodded solemnly: "That's right, let's set off in the afternoon and start ahead of the army." Be sure to remember to bring more bows and arrows, as many as you want, and if the baggage side does not agree, return it to us, and we will personally go to the general of the left guard for instructions. ”

"But there is only a limit to what the brothers can bring······ Chen Zhishen suddenly said in embarrassment, "If you bring more arrows, I'm afraid that there will be ······ grain and grass or something."