Xiao Maha raised his eyebrows slightly, not in a hurry to speak, and Zhou did reach out to support the table and wanted to stand up, but before that, Li Xinchen spoke first:

"This is a preliminary plan, as for whether it can be implemented, when it will be implemented, and what the final result will be, there is still no certainty in his heart, but I believe that the general should understand what he means, and when the time comes, the general and Boqing will exchange news, and they will definitely be able to cooperate."

After a pause, Li Xinchen didn't give Zhou Qu a chance to interject at all: "Of course, if you go to Jiankang Mansion this time, you must also present this plan to Your Majesty, and the timing that needs to be grasped to take down several important towns of the enemy in one fell swoop is of course important, but the money, food, soldiers, horses, and personnel necessary for the war are also indispensable, and these require the overall coordination and cooperation of the imperial court, as well as the mutual contact and help between our localities." ”

Zhou did open his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while, Li Xinchen had obviously considered the points he might attack, so he didn't plan to give himself a chance at all. As for whether he will talk about this matter when he goes to meet His Majesty, Zhou does not know.

has worked with Xiao Maha for so long, and Zhou is very clear about Xiao Maha's character and way of dealing with the world.

Xiao Maha is a loyal minister of Nan Chen, and he is also a traditional and bold soldier, once the opportunity appears in front of him, even if there is no permission from the imperial court, he will do it directly.

will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected.

Xiao Maha always did this, because he was loyal to the future of the entire Nan Chen, not to the will that His Majesty or the imperial court might send for a long time. As long as it is beneficial to the dynasty, even if the will is reversed, he will still do it.

Therefore, no matter whether Li Xinchen tells Chen Ji or not, and whether Chen Ji will agree, Xiao Maha will definitely make a move as long as he thinks he should at that time.

But now that Li Xinchen has made up his mind, Zhou Cheng can't say anything even if he wants to.

Obviously, this young boy had already anticipated all this when he came, and he not only took into account Xiao Maha's attitude, but also did not forget his own attitude. Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng sighed softly.

Xiao Maha is now sure that he is undoubtedly Li Xinchen's ally, I don't know how Shen Jungao in the Jiankang Mansion will choose when the time comes?

However, at least Zhou did know that Shen Jungao and Fu Wei were not Li Xinchen's opponents at all, as for Chen Shubao, the master of the East Palace······

Zhou Qu never thought about how Chen Shubao would fight Li Xinchen, because he knew very well that this was not an opponent at the same level at all.

Xiao Maha quietly looked at Li Xinchen in front of him, he was in a trance for a while, he understood what Li Xinchen wanted, and he also knew how ambitious Li Xinchen was. After all, Xiao Maha is not a fool, Li Xinchen has actually been sharp in order to be able to stand on his heels, Xiao Maha has come to this day step by step, but he really only knows how to rush forward with his head stuffy.

But Xiao Maha also knows that although it is not a good thing to seek skin with the tiger, if he wants to open the dilemma in front of him now, seeking skin with the tiger is the only choice.

Maybe Nan Chen will have a chance to counter Li Xinchen in the future, but if Li Xinchen and Northern Zhou join forces now, then Nan Chen will be a lamb to the slaughter.

What is the strength of Nan Chen, and what is the power of Li Xinchen and Northern Zhou, Xiao Maha knows it well. It can even be said that even if there is no Li Xinchen, as long as there is no civil strife in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the internal friction is cleaned up first, then sooner or later one day it will be able to defeat Nanchen by relying on its advantages in money, region, population, and generals.

Even Xiao Maha can be pessimistic to say that if it weren't for Wu Mingche's decisive withdrawal in the previous battle of Luliang, and then Li Xinchen clearly pointed out the main direction of Jingzhou, I am afraid that Nan Chen, who has no main force and even Huainan has lost, has already been a piece of meat in the mouth of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and even the civil strife in the Northern Zhou Dynasty can only watch the excitement from the side and quietly wait for his share to be swallowed by the victor.

In the eyes of others, the battle of Jingzhou was that Nan Chen was fighting outward and gaining the upper hand, but those who knew the details of both sides knew that the reason why Nan Chen was able to take Jiangling was mainly because he was caught off guard by the Western Liang at that time, and then if it wasn't for Li Xinchen's lively fight in Bashu, and the main forces of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were in the north, I am afraid that Jiangling would have already returned to the hands of the Northern Zhou.

So the battle of Gangneung was a struggle for survival by Nam Chen, rather than beginning to expand abroad.

The current Nan Chen, or even the Nan Chen twenty or thirty years later, as long as it is not a miracle, it is difficult to have such strength.

But now Li Xinchen has brought a possible miracle to Xiao Maha.

So even if he knew that Li Xinchen also had bad intentions, and even after that, he still had to meet with swords, Xiao Maha was still willing to believe Li Xinchen at this time.

"Shizhong can rest assured, I can watch this side of Xiangyang." Xiao Maha said lightly, "The capital is going to ask you, it takes a lot of time to go back and forth from here, and it is difficult to explain this matter to Your Majesty······"

"General, don't worry." Li Xinchen smiled slightly and solemnly bowed his hand to Xiao Maha.

Zhou Cheng frowned, he knew that the agreement between Li Xinchen and Xiao Maha had been officially reached, although it was oral, had no effect, and even the only witness was not reliable, but Li Xinchen and Xiao Maha would abide by it.

Xiao Maha is so openly on Li Xinchen's side, coupled with Li Xinchen's possible allies in Beijing, Xu Ling and Wu Mingche and others, it is no wonder that Li Xinchen will be so confident when he returns to the capital this time.

When these people stood up together, they were already half of Nanchen Wenwu, even if Chen Ji really wanted to break Li Xinchen's body into ten thousand pieces, he had to weigh the consequences of doing so.

As if thinking of something, Li Xinchen tilted his head slightly at this time and looked at Zhou Qu, but he didn't say anything more from beginning to end, and Zhou Qu just met Li Xinchen's gaze and squinted slightly.

At this point, he was even a little hesitant, not knowing whether he was an enemy or a friend, or in other words, whether he should be an enemy or a friend.

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Li Xinchen's courtyard in Jiangling is still so big, and although there are not many servants left here, they are also cleaned up.

Now that Li Xinchen is a general in Zhenxi and an upright general, it stands to reason that he should no longer live in this small courtyard, but Li Xinchen does not have many requirements for this, and the place where he used to stay is more comfortable.

Xiao Maha also fulfilled Li Xinchen's wishes, but in addition, several mansions next to him were also vacated for Li Xinchen's attaché to live, after all, Gu Yewang and they were all dignified court officials, of course, it was impossible to squeeze in a few rooms with Li Xinchen.

And Li Xinchen is not polite, as a dignified general of Zhenxi, living in the original house is nostalgic, but it does not mean that Li Xinchen does not pay attention to pomp and circumstance at all. General Zhenxi should have the treatment that is commensurate with it.