There is only such a big place in the entire Xiliang, and the biggest achievement is only to capture Jiangling and capture Xiao Yue, and now the latter has been obtained by Pei Zilie and them, and the rest is naturally to take Jiangling City.

This is also why after Fan Yi began to attack violently, Lu Guangda and other generals also had red eyes, after all, the siege of the city step by step may not benefit everyone in the end.

And if Pei Zilie and others escorted the captured Xiao Yue south to Jiangling at this time, no matter what you say, it will have the meaning of showing off her merits, and Xiao Maha, who has not yet set foot in Jiangling City, will not look good on his face. So what Li Xinchen said still has some truth, and it is not a bad thing to wait for a few days from this Ji Nancheng.

"And what about when the rain stops?" Pei Zilie then asked.

At this time, Xiao Shilian also heard the conversation in the room, walked straight in, sat down cross-legged, and looked at Li Xinchen with wide eyes.

This guy obviously didn't have much interest in going south to Gangneung as a spectator, so he also wanted to know if Li Xinchen had any other good ideas.

Li Xinchen walked straight to the map hanging in the room and stretched out his hand: "Now that my Dachen army has surrounded Jiangling, at the same time, General Ren Zhong has surrounded Chuyang, General Chunyu is sitting in Yingzhou, and has occupied various important towns on the north bank of the river, and the battle situation is certainly a triumphant song for us, but it is erosive for the Northern Zhou, so whether it is to defend Xiangyang in the future, in order to be able to go out of Jiangling and compete with us, Wei Chi Yuan, who is sitting in Xiangyang, will definitely not do anything." ”

"This is certain, Jiangling City is lost, and Wei Chi Hui will definitely give Yu Wenyong an explanation." Pei Zilie nodded, "And going south from Xiangyang is nothing more than two roads. ”

Xiangyang, the important town of the Han Dynasty, is one of the "two yangs" on the north side of Jingzhou, and the north of Nanyang is located on the north and south sides of the Nanyang Basin respectively, together to guard the passage from the Central Plains to the south of Jinghu, throughout the ages are the place where soldiers must fight, and it is also the place where the Jiangnan Dynasty must defend.

From Xiangyang south to Jinghu, there are only two roads in total, along the west side of the water can go straight to Jiangling by taking Zhangshan County, and then control the entire Jingzhou, and along the east side of the water can attack Suizhou, and then attack Yingzhou, blocking the waist to cut off the river.

As early as the Three Kingdoms period, Dongwu had been in a tug of war with Cao Wei on the front line of Xiangyang for many years, and for this reason, Dongwu also moved the capital to Wuchang twice, which is now Yingzhou, in order to prevent its upstream from falling into the hands of Cao Wei, so as to completely fall into passivity. Although Cao Wei changed one famous general after another in the direction of Xiangyang, the offensive direction and strategy as a whole always maintained the two directions of Jiangling and Wuchang, and never changed.

Now Yu Wei Chi Hui is also the same reason, if he wants to rush to the battlefield from Xiangyang, he also has these two choices.

"In this way, it is possible for Wei Chi Yuan to go straight from Suizhou to Yingzhou, or it is possible to go south to Jiangling along the water?" Xiao Shilian asked curiously.

"The possibility of attacking Yingzhou is very small." Li Xinchen gave a straightforward answer, "Yingzhou now has the old general Chunyu in charge, plus my Da Chen's sailors are also gathered here, if you want to attack Yingzhou, it is not a moment and a half of effort, and the soldiers and horses under Wei Chi Yuan are not sufficient, and there are only twenty or thirty thousand people who can drive, and it is easy to expose the flanks of Xiangyang when attacking Yingzhou, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Pei Zilie also nodded: "What's more, the main purpose of Wei Chi Yuan's troops is not to really take Jiangling, but only to be able to hinder the momentum of our army going north, so the possibility of taking the western front is very high, so Shizhong, what do you mean?" ”

"As soon as the rain stops, let's not go south, but go north to attack Zhangshan County." Li Xinchen stretched out his hand and pointed directly at the map, "Zhangshan County is located between Xiangyang and Jiangling, relying on the water and the surrounding mountains and rivers, it is a beautiful place on the road, if you can take Zhangshan County, it will definitely hinder the momentum of Wei Chi's southward attack." ”

"Occupy a city with 3,000 soldiers and horses, and block 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers?" Pei Zilie raised his eyebrows, although Li Xinchen's proposal was a good idea, but as the commander-in-chief of the unified army, he also had to consider the feasibility of the plan.

Unexpectedly, Li Xinchen waved his hand directly and simply: "No, we don't have 3,000 men, there must be someone with a small number of brothers to escort these captives south, rush to Jiangling City to hand over to the general of the Left Guard, for the brothers who are fighting under Jiangling City, these prisoners are very important." ”

Xiao Yue and others are also the emperor and imperial relatives of Xiliang in any case, they did not appear on the city wall to command the soldiers to kill the enemy, but appeared in the Southern Chen army, and as prisoners, it is self-evident what impact on the morale of Xiliang.

What's more, going north with so many captives is a bit fantastical, after all, Li Xinchen and they are not going to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to take risks.

After a pause, Li Xinchen then said: "Moreover, Jiangling City is high and deep, and there are veterans like Lu Teng in charge, it is definitely not a day or two to be able to defeat it, it is estimated that this siege will last for at least ten days, and Wei Chi Yuan will definitely not wait for us to defeat Jiangling City before sending troops." ”

Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian couldn't help frowning, the purpose of leading the troops out of Zhangshan County before the army could not be clearer, now that Nan Chen has so many soldiers and horses to take Jiangling City, it still takes a lot of effort, not to mention that after Wei Chi Yu led the army south, Xiao Maha also divided his troops to meet the battle, and even had to lead the main force to fight.

Therefore, if you can stop Wei Chi Yuan in Zhangshan County, even if it is only for two or three days, you can buy more time for Xiao Maha. As long as Nan Chen took Jiangling City, Wei Chi Hui would naturally no longer be able to send his only army to death.

In other words, how long Shouzhangsan County will take is not something they can decide, but it depends on how long it will take for Xiao Maha to attack Gangneung.

This is definitely much more dangerous than the previous battle of crossing the river and the battle of Kinan. After all, these 3,000 people had been killed all the way before, and there were many more surprises than fright, and it could even be said that they had not encountered any decent vicious battles and hard battles at all.

And this time is different, once he goes out of Zhangshan County, it means that he is likely to go head-to-head with Wei Chi Yuan, one of the best generals in the Northern Week.

"Boqing, Shizhong, you two are going south with your headquarters and horses." Pei Zilie made a decision immediately.

Xiao Shilian suddenly frowned slightly: "This is not good, how can you go into battle to kill the enemy without so, and Shizhong is also indispensable to give advice, so Brother Dashi, it is most suitable for you to lead the troops south." ”

"Xiao Boqing, this is a general order!" Pei Zilie suddenly slapped the table fiercely, "You want to disobey?" ”

"Okay, Brother Dashi, don't put on a show, when we first came out, we didn't make it clear who ruled whom, and your generals can not accept it." Xiao Shilian immediately pushed back without hesitation and looked at Pei Zilie provocatively.