In the palace that originally belonged to Dai Cai in the White Emperor City, torches replaced the lanterns that fluttered in the wind, dispelling the faint fog and illuminating the entire mansion extremely brightly.

The generals who came and went were all dressed in the same clothes, and some even had blood on their armor, which made this official office look more like a big tent of the Chinese army in the barracks.

"There are a total of 572 households, 628 houses, more than 2,000 stone of grain in the White Emperor City, 5,000 yuan of money and property in the treasury, and 37 large and small ships, all of which have been delivered," Dai Cai said in a deep voice, handing the booklet in his hand to Li Xinchen, "The damage of the soldiers and horses is unknown, so I dare not report it, and I ask the general to forgive me." ”

Li Xinchen stretched out his hand to take the booklet, looked at it a few times, and then handed it to Dai Cai again: "The leader is only the forward, and the main force of the army will arrive tomorrow, and the accompanying officials may not arrive until the day after tomorrow, so the government affairs in the city in the past two days have to be handled by the lieutenant on his behalf." ”

Dai Cai was stunned for a moment: "The general? ”

At this moment, footsteps sounded, Chen Zhishen, Lu Zhiwu, Cao Zhong and Wang Chang and other generals walked in side by side, everyone still had a little blood on their armor, and their faces were also full of tiredness that could not be concealed, but a pair of eyes exuded a fiery gaze, and as soon as they entered the door, they stared at Li Xinchen tightly, but Li Xinchen was cold.

"The last general will see the general!" The generals said excitedly.

They never thought that with only more than 20 casualties, they would take the White Emperor City so easily.

It's like a dream.

Of course, everyone knows in their hearts that this has a lot to do with the fact that the defenders in the White Emperor City have little defense, but Li Xinchen's strange soldiers are the one step that can really occupy the city. These Northern Zhou soldiers Chen Zhishen also fought with them, although there was a big gap with the elite of the Northern Zhou Dynasty led by Wei Chi Yuan, but they were barely able to compare with the Western Liang army.

If such an army relied on the terrain under the command of Dai Cai to resist steadily, then would it be so easy for them to take the White Emperor City?

"This is Dai Cai, the commander of Yong'an, and everyone will be robes in the future." Li Xinchen introduced Dai Cai, and then introduced the generals under his command.

Dai Cai immediately respectfully saluted everyone one by one, but Chen Zhishen and the others did not dare to slack off and hurriedly returned the salute. Everyone can see that their own general attaches great importance to this general, and they look humble and teachable, so it is difficult for anyone to make things difficult.

Although these people under Li Xinchen's command have their own characteristics and shortcomings, they are not really flamboyant and small-bellied.

"There is too little money and food in this White Emperor City." Li Xinchen frowned and said, directly answering Dai Cai's doubts just now.

There are still 2,000 stone of grain in this city, which may be enough for the defenders, but Li Xinchen has not only more than 1,000 people under his command, but also more than 5,000 reinforcements who are about to rush over.

At present, the army's grain can still be transported from Jingzhou through the Three Gorges, but Li Xinchen must always be on guard against the possibility of a tense war in Jingzhou and a threat to the grain route. It would be great if we could get enough food from Bashu, reduce our dependence on Jingzhou, and reduce the pressure on Xiao Maha's side.

Dai Cai was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "The general doesn't know, this White Emperor City is no longer the most important frontier town in the past, there are not many defenders and people in the city, and the demand for food is not large, so it is generally regularly transferred and transported from Linjiang and Wanchuan in the rear. In addition, we also planted some grain on the slopes of the mountains behind, and the harvest was not much. ”

Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows, what he needs now is nothing more than two kinds, soldiers and food, but now listening to what Dai Cai said, this White Emperor City seems to be indebted to these two.

"But let's talk about grain and grass," Dai Cai pondered as he walked to the side of the map and stretched out his hand, "A few generals, please look here." ”

Chen Zhishen and the others also subconsciously moved forward, and the place where Dai Cai pointed was the southern county between Wanchuan County and Linjiang County, the three counties are located in the upper reaches of Yong'an, located on the southwest side of Baidi City, lined up along the river, and the most important thing is naturally Wanchuan County and Linjiang County, which together constitute the gateway road to Ba County.

"Isn't this southern county the smallest of the three?" Li Xinchen asked in surprise, when he entered Shu, he still knew a lot about the situation around Bashu, especially the three counties that guarded the eastern gateway of Ba County, and he had read a lot of information.

"That's true," Dai Cai nodded, "It's just that the general doesn't know, because this southern county is located between Linjiang County and Wanchuan County, which is convenient for the supply and transfer of grain and grass, so the grain and grass in the surrounding cities are transported to the southern county first, and then transferred to various places from here, so this city is built in a rare open place on the river beach, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and in fact, it is also convenient to store grain and grass." ”

Li Xinchen rubbed his chin gently, this southern county is located between two fortresses, but it is located on the river beach, the city is open, no better than the rest of the Bashu city is surrounded by mountains and rivers, easy to defend and difficult to attack, such a city may even provide a good foothold for the enemy attacking Linjiang County, from the planning point of view, how is it a bit of a snake to add to the meaning, in the later history also gradually integrated into the jurisdiction of the other two counties, I did not expect that there is such a purpose.

The White Emperor City is a fortress, but any fortress often means that it lacks a corresponding economic and cultural system, and depends on the food and grass supply of the larger towns. Therefore, for Li Xinchen, White Emperor City can only be regarded as a bridgehead, and it must not be regarded as a foothold.

His gaze slowly moved upstream along the river, and the real suitable place to stand now was of course Bajun (present-day Chongqing), and then to the north was Shu County (present-day Chengdu), which was located in the land of abundance, and the two cities in the south and north formed the framework of the entire Bashu.

Li Xinchen needs to take Ba County first before he can be qualified to gain a foothold in Bashu, and if he wants to win Ba County, he must take the three counties of Linjiang into his pocket.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, the three counties of Linjiang must be fought.

"Chen Zhishen, Wang Chang!" Li Xinchen's eyes turned and fell on Chen Zhishen.

"The last general!" Chen Zhishen hurriedly responded, he remembered that Li Xinchen had said when he entered Shu before, that there would be a war in the future, and now it seems that this opportunity has fallen on his head. And although Wang Chang was surprised that Li Xinchen only had a thousand soldiers and horses and wanted to attack, he still reflexively responded.

"The two of you led eight hundred soldiers and the corresponding naval warships to attack Linjiang County, if it is best to take Linjiang County, if the other party is alert and holds the city, then you should not fall in love with the war, directly attack the southern county, and be sure to take the grain field!" Li Xinchen said in a deep voice.

As soon as they heard that Li Xinchen's target was really the three counties of Linjiang, Chen Zhishen and Wang Chang immediately cheered up. There are only more than 1,000 people under their command, and it is not so easy to travel along the river to the land of the three counties, so this is an order, and it is also a test for Li Xinchen to them.

And Li Xinchen turned his head straight to look at Dai Cai: "Captain Dai, you may also need your people to cooperate and guide the way." ”