"If only you had a good idea." Xiao Shilian bowed slightly, he was not interested in this kind of imperial mental technique, and it was not his turn to ponder, "Although Yang Jian's main forces are still east of Chang'an, they have gradually transferred their troops to the west these days, and they have hoarded about seven or eight thousand men and horses in the area of Xiaoguan. ”

Li Xinchen frowned, he hurried to Hanzhong all the way, and the news he received was not much, and it was not timely, after all, it was impossible for the herald who delivered the news to chase Li Xinchen all the way. Yang Jian's mobilization of troops was the first time he knew.

Yang Jian is Yang Jian after all, Li Xinchen never dared to underestimate the person who finally ended this troubled era in history, such a hero will not mean that there is no room to turn over because he is at a disadvantage now, there are not a few such heroes in history, from Han Gaozu to Cao Mengde, everyone has been embarrassed, not to mention Uncle Liu Huang, who has been running away for most of his life.

Xiaoguan is the northwest fortress of Chang'an, mainly to block the road from Chang'an to the northwest, and now Yang Jian is mobilizing troops and horses, not facing Yangping Pass, but facing the northwest, so that Li Xinchen has to be vigilant.

Xiao Shilian's main force was stationed at Yangping Pass, even if Yangping Pass was damaged in the previous battle, with the current number of defenders in Yangping Pass, it was not seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses that could provoke it. Li Xinchen believes that Yang Jian should also know this.

But Li Xinchen was not naïve enough to think that Yang Jian's mobilization of troops was simply to defend the back road. If Li Xinchen wanted to attack Hanzhong, he would definitely not go all the way from Chencang to Xiaoguan, but directly out of Yangpingguan to pounce on Sanfu, so Yang Jian's troops stationed in Sanfu were to prevent Li Xinchen from directly attacking Chang'an, and the purpose of the soldiers and horses in Xiaoguan must be in the northwest.

The reason why Li Xinchen, who is now in the northwest, is only a team of people with Hou Mi, coupled with the organization of the Guan Long family similar to the militia, the reason why the entire northwest can be messed up is mainly because the forces of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the northwest have long been exhausted, and there are almost no troops in the various cities. And even so, now those people of the Guanlong Group do not have the courage to directly attack the city.

In this way, it is almost certain that Yang Jian's purpose is to stabilize the northwest, and once the northwest is stabilized, Yang Jian will still be able to have a stable rear, and once again block Li Xinchen in Bashu.

"It seems that the situation in Chang'an is not as simple as we imagined." Li Xinchen frowned slightly, "I'm afraid there are contradictions in the Guanlong family, at least some people are supporting Yang Jian now, otherwise Yang Jian wouldn't be so confident that he can send troops to pacify the northwest." ”

Xiao Shilian pondered and said: "Now that it is winter, and the northwest is even more bitterly cold, will Yang Jian choose to send troops at this time?" ”

"Whether it's now, or the beginning of spring next year, at least his posture is here, and we can't help but be vigilant." Li Xinchen's voice was low, the northwest must not be lost, not only because there are excellent war horses in the northwest, but also because the Guanlong family that is now presiding over the northwest is inclined to Li Xinchen, if Li Xinchen sits idly by and ignores the crisis in the northwest, then it may eventually lead to the collapse of the entire northwest war situation.

At that time, it is conceivable that Guanlong Group's trust in Li Xinchen will decline rapidly.

Therefore, Li Xinchen must pay close attention to stabilizing the northwest.

"It's not good······" Li Xinchen smiled bitterly, "Out of Xiao Pass, Anding and Tianshui are in front of us, now these two big cities have not fallen into our hands, once Yang Jian can open up the communication between Anding, Tianshui and Xiao Pass, he can ensure that these two cities are impregnable, and use this as a base to start clearing our soldiers and horses in the countryside, and even re-push the defense line north to the Great Wall and south to Chencang, so that all our preparations in the northwest will be burned." ”

Xiao Shilian pondered and said: "This is true, but now if you want to move troops to the north, I'm afraid it is not so easy, not to mention the rugged road from here to Chencang, if you attack Xiao Pass directly from Yangping Pass to the north, it will undoubtedly directly expose our flanks." ”

"This year's heavy snow came early, and it is estimated that the weather will only get colder and colder after that, and it is almost unrealistic to mobilize troops to the north on a large scale, not to mention that transporting grain and grass in this muddy place is also a headache," Li Xinchen nodded decisively, "But it doesn't mean that we have no choice." ”

Xiao Shilian raised his eyebrows: "Huh? ”

"Let Cheng Feng go." Li Xinchen said lightly, "Marching in the snow is by no means an easy task, that is, these veterans can do it." ”

Cheng Feng······ Only eight hundred people. Although Xiao Shilian was not on the battlefield in Xiangyang, he knew very well what this army had done, "Although they did fight well in Jiankang Mansion and Xiangyang City at the beginning, after all, there were only eight hundred people, and their enemies were six or seven thousand, or even more, Shizhong, you have to think clearly." ”

Li Xinchen immediately said: "I can't say that, this time, the local township soldiers add up to three or four thousand, and the eight hundred people who cooperate with Cheng Feng are also quite a lot, you must know that these eight hundred people are not ordinary soldiers can be compared, more than ten of them were under your command when they were in Huaibei, and they didn't miss a single battle in this battle, and such old soldiers are unwanted." ”

After a pause, Li Xinchen then said: "Having said that, it is impossible for us to stand still in Yangping Pass, and sit idly by and ignore this, the defenders of Yangping Pass went out to Fengxian and Huixian to set up camp, where they went east to Guanzhong and threatened Xiaoguan to the north. I don't want to be able to attract the Zhou people to Nangu, but as long as Guanzhong does not dare to continue to replenish troops and horses to Xiao Guan. ”

While speaking, Li Xinchen's hand fell on the map: "Xiao Pass, Tianshui, Anding, these cities are connected to each other, from Xiao Pass, you can attack Tianshui in the south and Anding in the north, the same reason, from these two cities, you can also knock on the pass!" ”

Xiao Shilian's gaze turned to fall on the map: "Liupan Mountain surrounds Longshang, from Xiaoguan to the southwest is Tianshui, and to the northwest is stability, this pass is not only the throat road to the north, but also the important town to connect the cities in the northwest, you are right, Yang Jian can attack the entire Longshang based on Xiaoguan, and we can also mobilize the power of the entire Longshang to block Xiaoguan!" ”

Li Xinchen bowed slightly: "I'm afraid that there is some contradiction between the Guan Long family, otherwise Yang Jian would not have sent troops so firmly, so he went to the northwest······ It must not be as simple as imagined, and you can't go back to Shu County. ”

Xiao Shilian's expression also became solemn: "You mean that there may also be traitors in the Guanlong family in the northwest?" ”

"It may not be enough to have a traitor, but there will inevitably be contradictions." Li Xinchen said in a deep voice, "Since there is a contradiction······ Then there is an opportunity for Yang Jian. ”