Wu Mingche glanced back at Pei Zilie in surprise, and said with a smile: "Taishi Gong once said: People are inherently dead. There is a death and an old age, and when you are old, your body is not good, so it is naturally impossible not to accept old age. ”

Without waiting for Pei Zilie to speak, Wu Mingche continued: "What's more, the old man governed civil affairs in the first half of his life, and later was appreciated by Emperor Taizu Wu, who fought on the battlefield for more than 20 years. Now that people are old, their eyes are not good, their energy is not good, and you also know that they are sick and painful, and they can't walk on the road to becoming an official······"

opened his mouth, but Pei Zilie didn't know what he should say. After all, Wu Mingche's physical condition is really here, it is conceivable that after returning to Huainan, Wu Mingche will go to the book to relieve his armor and return to the field, even if the court does not allow it, he will not be allowed to continue to lead the army, and nine times out of ten he will be transferred back to the court and retire in Beijing.

"But Tuas, you're still young." Wu Mingche's voice raised slightly, and it became more and more solemn, "The old man can disarm and return to the field at any time, but you can't." ”

Pei Zilie exhaled softly: "The Metropolitan Governor means ······"

Wu Mingche turned his head and looked at the big banner of the word "Xiao" that had been fluttering quietly on the dock: "Don't care what others say about you, look at you, don't have too many conflicts and contradictions with General Wu Yi, if you want to go to the next level, you might as well talk to General Wu Yi, you two are straight and cheerful people, you must be able to talk." ”

"The Grand Duke!" Pei Zilie frowned, "General Wu Yi and General Wu Yi ······"

"Do you think the old man didn't know about the contradiction between the two of you before?" Wu Mingche said lightly, "But in the final analysis, that little contradiction is just some trivial and insignificant things." Compete for strikers, compete for merit, if you have been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, you will find that these are nothing? ”

Pei Zilie suddenly fell silent and didn't say a word.

Wu Mingche's words changed: "After the old man leaves, this army will be handed over to General Wu Yi, Xiao Yuanyin's ability and skill must be well known to you, last night was also the old man's final test for him, and he completed it very well."

And Xiao Yuanyin commanded the whole army, and said a big rebellious word, this army will be the world of the Xiao family in the future. Your Pei family originated from Hedong Wenxi, and their Donghai (author's note: now Lanling, Shandong) Xiao family are all Nandu families, and they should have supported each other, not to mention that the Pei family has always had a thin bloodline, and you are the only one who is capable under your father's knees, even if you and Xiao Yuanyin have more conflicts and contradictions, you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the future of your Pei family! ”

Pei Zilie's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked around.

The Grand Governor and General Dianwei are here, but no one who dares to come near.

Wu Mingche gently patted the railing and coughed twice: "Dashi, the old man who should have said it has already been said······ Ahem······ The rest is up to you. In the final analysis, you or the entire Pei family have to decide for yourself. ”

"The last general will be taught!" Pei Zilie solemnly arched his hand.

And Wu Mingche waved his hand to make him retreat, squinted his eyes, and looked at Xiao Maha who was slowly riding his horse with his guards on the dock, and then his eyes swept over the two young people around Xiao Maha who Wu Mingche had a relationship with.

"The tiger father has no dog, Xiao Shilian can help. Coupled with the descendants of Li Cheng, the king of the guns of Shixing, Xiao Yuanyin, the old man is really curious about how much wind and waves you can make. Wu Mingche muttered, "The battle of Luliang, although Yu Dachen won and lost, Huaibei will definitely be the important place for the Northern Dynasty to prevent barbarians in the future, and it will not be so easy to fight another battle of Luliang." How do you ······resolve this impasse?"

Another gust of wind blew, and Wu Mingche coughed as he walked towards the cabin.

It seemed that he was still a little worried, Wu Mingche slowly looked sideways at Pei Zilie, who was rectifying the soldiers on the opposite boat, and then turned to look at Xiao Maha and the three of them who were walking quickly on the boat, and suddenly smiled to himself, and sighed: "In the future, this big Chen army will be the world of young people, and the old man is still worried about what to do so much, so let them do it." ”

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"It's a matter of course to plan ahead." Li Xinchen looked at the dense annotations on the map and said in a deep voice.

The warship swayed slowly on the water, and Xiao Maha and Xiao Shilian both sat on the side of the map, quietly looking at the markings on it. As Li Xinchen said, the Battle of Lüliang was the first large-scale confrontation and confrontation between Southern Chen and Northern Zhou, and the result of the Battle of Lüliang was actually not the best for either the Southern or Northern Dynasties.

The Northern Zhou army suffered heavy losses, and the drawbacks of the redundant army were exposed, while the Southern Chen army finally had to break through and retreat from the land of Luliang after two battles, which exposed the shortcomings of the army's small number, lack of flexibility, and being good at defense but not offensive.

Perhaps for the ordinary soldiers below, they only need to celebrate the rest of their lives after the catastrophe and the hard-won opportunity to repair after that, but for Xiao Maha and other generals, they must consider the direction of the war in the future. After all, time is running out, and it is impossible for Northern Zhou to wait quietly for Nan Chen to come up with a decision after a long period of planning and discussion before reacting.

The struggle between the great powers, especially the beginning of the war, is to make a decision and act immediately, and there is no room for a moment of hesitation and hesitation. If Wang Liang's army had retreated before it was dispatched, the four or five thousand soldiers that Nan Chen had lost in the battle last night would not have been sacrificed.

Therefore, when the soldiers were enjoying the joy and reunion, Xiao Maha, as the future commander of the Nanchen army, had to make a preliminary plan for the next move of the entire Nanchen, at least in Xiao Maha's heart, there must be a preliminary design blueprint.

"It is difficult to make breakthroughs and changes on the Huaishui front." Xiao Maha said in a deep voice, this was the first sentence he said while sitting in this cabin, but in fact, he had summed up the lessons of the Battle of Luliang.

Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian both subconsciously bowed their heads,

Although the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Dynasties have changed endlessly for hundreds of years, the battle line between the two dynasties has been maintained in the north and south of Huaishui, the Northern Dynasties are strong to attack Huainan, and the troops are near the Great River, and the Southern Dynasties are strong to the north and south of Huaibei and the Central Plains, but the two sides are mostly confronted by the Huaishui as the boundary, and a complete defense system has been built along both sides of the Huaishui. There is no way to advance or retreat.

Between the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou wars, the Northern Dynasty was still able to hold back the pace of the Southern Chen's offensive with the strong defense line of Huaibei, which can be seen from its management of Huaibei.