Since Xiao Shilian passed Wuguan, he began to gradually rotate some tired teams that needed to rest, concentrating on the line from Nanyang to Wuguan, in order to prevent Luoyang's Yuwenxian from attacking Nanyang in the south.

After all, the current cooperation between Dahan and Yu Wenxian is just a paper agreement, and in this troubled world, such a thing as an agreement can be treated as a piece of waste paper at any time, and signing it is just to reassure ordinary people, especially those who need to travel between the north and the south.

In the final analysis, everyone can be tense and calculating with each other, but business still has to be done, and no one will twist their necks to make money, especially between the north and the south There are huge profits, which is also due to the perennial isolation between the south and the north, which leads to the monopoly of many commodities, such as the north needs silk and tea from the south, and the south also needs horses and grain from the north.

And the merchants between the north and the south, there are huge profits, and if the merchants have profits, then the court will have taxes, so wouldn't it be wonderful for everyone to make money together?

Therefore, no matter what you think in your heart, at least now that Dahan and Yu Wenxian do not plan to do it directly, then there needs to be a contract so that the merchants can continue to travel between the north and the south. But in the final analysis, this paper contract is just to reassure the people, and when it really comes to the point where you don't want to abide by it, you can use it to wipe your buttocks.

Xiao Shilian can't hope that Yuwenxian will abide by the contract, Nanyang, a first-class strategic hub, connects the hinterland of the Han Dynasty and the front line of Wuguan, but there is no way to lose.

This is also why Xiao Shilian would rather give up concentrating his forces to fight with Yang resolutely, and first divide his troops to guard the Nanyang line.

Of course, Li Xinchen can probably figure out the little Jiujiu in Xiao Shilian's heart.

Of course, Xiao Shilian can't be too active in this kind of war to destroy the country, especially when Li Xinchen is behind him. It is definitely necessary to wait for His Majesty to rush to the front line and give His Majesty a chance to show his heroic appearance. In fact, as the emperor of the Han Dynasty, it doesn't matter whether Li Xinchen needs to command the battle or not, as long as he stands there, the morale of the Han army is already unshakable.

In many cases, morale can make the difference between winning or losing a big battle.

Of course, Li Xinchen, as the emperor, also needs to stand up and brush up his sense of existence at this critical juncture in the war to destroy the country.

Xiao Shilian didn't dare to directly confront Yang Jian's cavalry, but rather waited for Li Xinchen to arrive.

"There are 30,000 soldiers and horses on board, plus Jing Xiang's 30,000 soldiers and horses, which is enough for ······" Li Xinchen said in a deep voice, and just as he was about to give the order, Li Ping's hurried footsteps interrupted his voice:

"Your Majesty, General Zhengdong has arrived."

Yang Su and Tang Zhong exchanged a look.

This is to say that Cao Cao Cao arrived.

"Xuan!" Li Xinchen raised his eyebrows, Chen Zhishen was not slow to move.

Almost when Li Xinchen arrived in Jiangling, he had already made the decision to go north to Guanzhong and drive the expedition in person, and Jiang Yuanxun who accompanied him only had a total of 20,000 guards, plus the guards and Yulin cavalry, which were 30,000. Even if Xiao Shilian's soldiers and horses are added, they can only make up enough for eighty or ninety thousand, and you must know that the number of Yang Jian's soldiers and horses should be around sixty or seventy thousand.

Even if Yang Su and the others had a convulsion, it would be impossible for Li Xinchen to face such a situation where the strength of the two sides was almost equal. The emperor drove the expedition in person, and what he paid attention to was that he swept with a thunderous momentum, and the advantage in military strength was the most important.

When Yuwen Yong went north to crusade against the Turks, the entire Northern Zhou Dynasty was mobilized, and the army of two or three hundred thousand troops was vigorously mobilized, forming a situation of nine out of ten and nine stable, which was worthy of the prestige of His Majesty the Emperor's personal expedition.

Therefore, Yang Su was very decisive and asked for the Jingxiang garrison. Now Jingxiang is already an out-and-out rear, and Li Xinchen put Chen Zhishen and 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling as the last reserve. Once the war situation in the north collapses, Chen Zhishen will play a role in turning the tide.

And now that the possibility of the collapse of the war situation in the north is almost none, Li Xinchen can naturally send some troops and horses to the north. As the coach, Chen Zhishen will naturally not and is even more reluctant to be absent.

After the Han Dynasty pacified Jiangnan, Chen Zhishen turned to the southeast and swept all the way to Lingnan, and finally cooperated with Li Xun to pacify the south. As the most daring general under Li Xinchen's command at the beginning, he did not have the opportunity to participate in the great cause of the Northern Expedition, so he was naturally depressed. Later, Li Xinchen transferred him to Jiangling, which gave him the opportunity to go further to the north.

But Jiangling is not Nanyang after all, let alone Chang'an and Luoyang, Chen Zhishen is like a fierce tiger, and he can only wait for the war in the north to be tight.

And now that Li Xinchen is driving the expedition in person, it is naturally time for his tiger to come out!

When Li Xinchen gave an order to Chen Zhishen, Chen Zhishen also kept reorganizing the team and selecting the elite, Li Xinchen had only been in Xiangyang for two days, and he even arrived with soldiers and horses, and his desire to fight was self-evident.

"Your Majesty!" Chen Zhishen walked up to the lobby, and as soon as he saw Li Xinchen, he took three steps and made two steps forward to kneel on one knee and salute.

And Li Xinchen stepped forward to help Chen Zhishen up, and laughed: "My tiger general, I haven't seen him for more than a year, but he is still a tiger!" ”

Chen Zhishen hurriedly arched his hand: "Your Majesty praises falsely, and the minister is ashamed." ”

"Keeping you in a cage for too long, isn't it resentful?" Li Xinchen quipped.

"The minister doesn't dare," Chen Zhishen was said by Li Xinchen, his cheeks flushed, "The minister prides himself on being His Majesty's dog wolf, and His Majesty orders the minister to guard the house, and the minister guards the house for His Majesty; Your Majesty orders the ministers to kill the enemy, and the ministers kill the enemy for Your Majesty! ”

"Good, good!" Li Xinchen patted Chen Zhishen on the shoulder, "But you are my tiger, not a dog and wolf!" ”

Chen Zhishen hurriedly bowed his hand to show his gratitude to His Majesty.

"Come, these fellow drivers, you may not know each other, I will introduce you."

Li Xinchen took Chen Zhishen to look around again, and Yang Su and others hurriedly greeted Chen Zhishen. Yang Su, Wu Ping and a few Chen Zhishen in Tang Zhong have still seen them, mainly the remaining young people from the Taiwei Mansion, these are mainly promoted by Li Xinchen after entering the Jiankang Mansion, and Chen Zhishen is naturally not familiar with them.

Looking at these accompanying officials around Li Xinchen, Chen Zhishen also had a rough idea in his heart, these people are mainly from various families, after all, it is impossible for the Han to abandon the family and cultivate talents alone, such as academies and so on are just in their infancy, everything takes time. And among these people, the number of people from the northern family has increased significantly, especially the important figure Yang Su standing next to him.

It shows that Li Xinchen has also made sufficient preparations for going north this time, and the northern family is also taking this opportunity to strive for a turnover.