After a pause, Li Xinchen blinked: "The water master is a good loophole, of course I can't let it go." ”

"Sailor?" Xiao Shilian frowned, "But it is impossible for all the sailor warships to follow you to Jiankang Mansion, plus the warships must reserve a place to carry these soldiers and horses, and the remaining space is even less······"

Li Xinchen just smiled: "How many sailors and soldiers are on the ship, I didn't plan to tell the court, just tell them the number of ships." ”

Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie were stunned for a moment, and Pei Zilie said helplessly: "But as Boqing said, there is not much space left on this warship, even if you count the sailors, how many can you have?" You must know that there can be a court sailor on the river outside Jiankang Mansion. ”

Li Xinchen pondered and said: "You also have a little bit of ability in your hearts about how many sailors the imperial court has on the river, and now the little warships on the river are not enough to see, and now our warships in Bashu have been equipped with five hundred crossbows and trebuchets, and it is naturally easy to deal with these warships, and the warships can advance and retreat at any time, and can even directly attack Jiankang Mansion at a critical time, so this is definitely a force that cannot be ignored." ”

Pei Zilie frowned, this is true, after all, the river is not the key defense target of Nan Chen, and now the sailors of Nan Chen are mainly concentrated on Jingzhou and Huaishui, and there are only some old warships left on the big river, which is not enough to confront the sailors under Li Xinchen.

Otherwise, when Xu Shanxin came to Bashu before, a few envoy ships would not be so shabby, because there were only a few building ships in total, and of course they could not be sent directly into the enemy's mouth.

You must know that when Li Xinchen entered Shu, Xiao Maha was the latest type of warship drawn from the sailors under his command, and Wang Chang was also a brave and warlike general among the sailors, although there were not many sailor warships available under Li Xinchen, but such an elite combination was enough for Li Xinchen's sailors to run rampant on the river without the obstruction of the Jingzhou sailors.

In fact, the same is true in history, after Yang Su's sailors went out of the Three Gorges to defeat Nanchen's sailors in Jingzhou and Xiangzhou, the lower reaches of Nanchen became unsafe, and Xiao Maha and other Nanchen generals directly gave up the Dajiang defense line and deployed defenses around Jiankang Mansion, and did not intend to give full play to the advantages of the Southern Dynasty's consistent sailors.

This shows that the five-tooth ship built by Yang Su does have a fairly strong suppression of Nan Chen's Huanglong giant ship, and it also shows that Nan Chen did not have many sailors downstream, so when facing Yang Guang's overwhelming army, there was no sailor resistance at all.

What's more, now Li Xinchen has begun to build a new shipyard outside the city of Shu County, although he has not yet built his own shipbuilding, but at least the ability to repair ships is still there, coupled with the gradual installation of newly developed crossbows and trebuchets, the combat effectiveness of these building ships is enough to compare with the Huanglong ship on the building ship.

Therefore, Li Xinchen said that he has the ability to guarantee his superiority on the river, and he is not telling a lie.

And Xiao Shilian said in a deep voice: "So you plan to directly open a thousand soldiers and horses?" ”

Li Xinchen waved his hand and smiled slightly: "Of course, it is asking for a price all over the sky and paying back the money on the ground, who knows if the court will make any stupid moves." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie subconsciously glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but shudder.

Li Xinchen's level of strategy and tactics is good, and his ability to fool people is even better, many ministers of the East Palace were dazzled by Li Xinchen, and directly believed all Li Xinchen's suggestions, and then Li Xinchen successfully won the approval of the Tang clan and the Ba people in Xiajiang, and now it seems that it will be Xu Shanxin's turn and the Nanchen court to be unlucky.

Not wanting to continue to dwell on this issue, Li Xinchen changed the topic: "The time for a certain person to leave should not be short, and now all affairs have been arranged, but things have changed, so you must be prepared for emergencies." Remember not to take the initiative to provoke, and what the two of you should do is to hold the current line of defense without an order from so-and-so. ”

If Li Xinchen was still speaking to the two of them in a consultative tone as a colleague before, then now it is naturally an order tone, which is not negotiable and refusal.

Pei Zilie and Xiao Shilian's faces became solemn, the Sword Pavilion and the White Emperor City they guarded were the two gateways of Bashu, facing the Northern Zhou and Nanchen respectively, the Northern Zhou naturally needless to say, no one could say whether there would be a war on Nanchen's side, so everything was based on caution.

And Li Xinchen looked at Pei Zilie: "Dashi, it's not very safe to hand over to Luo Ya from Nanzhong, if you have spare strength, you must take care of it, and the workshops and granaries in Nanjun still play a very important role before the affairs of Shu County are gradually implemented, and they must be protected, and the enemy's spies must be very interested in these workshops." ”

"No!" Pei Zilie hurriedly responded.

Li Xinchen's gaze then turned to Xiao Shilian: "Boqing, the Sword Pavilion is still the top priority of our defense, you and the hussar general must keep in touch more, the battle situation in Xiangyang is unknown, the hussar general's understanding of the battle situation in Xiangyang is definitely above us, if the enemy's main force is still in Xiangyang, then the pressure we have to face may be less, otherwise you must be ready for a skirmish or even a big battle at any time." ”

After a pause, Li Xinchen commanded again: "Once the war starts, we must remember that the Sword Pavilion and Jiameng Pass are indeed rare Xiongguan in the world, but the advantages of geographical advantages are important, but we can't only value the geographical advantages, and we must judge them according to different situations when the time comes." ”

Although Xiao Shilian was a little impatient with Li Xinchen's such nuanced instructions - why did he give a few words to Pei Zilie and say so much to him, but Xiao Shilian also knew that what Li Xinchen said made sense, so he didn't say much.

And Li Xinchen also noticed the change in Xiao Shilian's expression, and said with a smile: "What, Boqing, do you have any opinions?" Now our main opponent is still Zhou Ren, so you have to know how much pressure you have on your side. ”

Xiao Shilian's expression was suddenly solemn, and he nodded solemnly: "Understood." ”

"As for how to arrange and cooperate when a certain person is not there, this will gather you all together to discuss at that time, and now deal with Zhou Renshang, I am afraid there are still some things that you had better know," Li Xinchen looked out of the door as he spoke, "Li Ping, are the guests here?" ”

Li Ping hurriedly made a gesture of please at the door, and a man in white walked in quickly, and when he saw Xiao Shilian and Pei Zilie, who were a little stunned, he solemnly arched his hand: "Hongnong Yang Su of the Yang family, I have seen General Zhenxi." ”

"This?" Xiao Shilian's hand had already fallen on the hilt of the sword, and Pei Zilie also frowned and took a step forward, looking up and down at the comer.