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Mu Ying's progress was relatively smooth.

After all, both the Hanzhong Army and the Ankang Army have already withdrawn to the capital. If the imperial court’s Gyeonggi Forbidden Army does not mobilize at this time, there will be no large forces in the local area. In front of the catapult version of Tianlei, it was useless. In just one month, Mu Ying took down Suizhou and moved towards Luzhou.

Mu Ying's army was in front, and Li Xin and Li Shuo followed Mu Ying with the Ningzhou Army. On the one hand, they received the city that Mu Ying had brought down, and on the other hand, they were doing the work of finishing the aftermath.

Because of Li Xin's words, Li Shuo worked very hard. Tens of thousands of Ningzhou Army recruited soldiers along the way while accepting soldiers. For this reason, Li Shuo specially set up a new barracks to train the recruits.

To be honest, because the time is too short, it is unrealistic to expect these recruits to form too much combat power, but for a normal person with sound limbs, put him in armor and a steel knife, and then train him until he dares to go into battle Killing the enemy, he has a certain degree of combat power.

Anyway, many prefectures and counties were laid down along the way, and Li Shuo also took over the property of many wealthy households and corrupt officials. At this time, there was no shortage of money and food, but at most, there was a lack of enough weapons and armor. While training the recruits, they are busy making swords and armors for them.

Relatively speaking, Li Xin, who was in the Chinese army, would be much more idle. Apart from sitting in the Chinese army tent and looking through military documents every day, he would write letters at his desk and send them to Jincheng or Muying. .

Besides, Li Shuo is said to be taking care of all the military affairs.

On this day, they settled in the city of Suizhou. Li Xin, who had lived in tents for several months, finally moved into the house. There are documents sent back by Muying.

There was a knock on the door, followed by a young man's voice.

"Brother."

Li Xin put down the document in his hand and said, "Come in."

A thin young man opened the door and walked in, bowing his hands to Li Xin.

"I have seen the general."

Li Xin looked at him and asked, "Is the injury healed?"

The person who came in was naturally his brother-in-law Zhao Fang. When Zhao Fang was guarding Jizhou, he was shot in the shoulder by the Xianbei people. He was seriously injured. He finally returned to the southwest to recuperate. Several months have passed by now. up.

Zhao Fang rubbed his right shoulder and said with a wry smile: "Brother, there is no big problem anymore, but the shoulder still hurts occasionally, and I can't use my strength."

Li Xin frowned slightly, and then sighed: "It's a pity that Mr. Qin in Guanzhong was killed by the late emperor. Otherwise, if you invite him to the southwest, maybe you can get rid of the root cause of your disease."

"It's a blessing to be alive."

Zhao Fang bowed his head and said: "My younger brother was ordered by Zhao Jinglue to come to the General's tent to listen to him. Please give orders to the General."

"What do I need from you, Brother You An should have told you."

General Li still frowned.

"Because the imperial court announced that the sixth prince was dead, the Southwest Army encountered much greater resistance than I expected during its eastward advance. We need to gain some right to speak, and we cannot be so passive."

"These days, I have asked Shiliu to investigate some great Confucian scholars, and he will give you the detailed content. You follow Shiliu to watch for a few days, and then you bring some people to persuade these people who believe what they say. Let them speak for Southwest."

Zhao Fang nodded and said: "Don't worry, brother, the younger brother has done everything he can to complete this matter for the elder brother."

Li Xin nodded, and said, "I will leave this matter to you, but remember one thing, don't kill people if you can. Avoid the nose, there are many famous scholars, there is no need to hold on to one person."

Zhao Fang lowered his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that the Northern Zhou family is gone. Those people are the most spineless. If they are here, they don't need to speak at this time. They will spontaneously sing praises for him."

Among the aristocratic families in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, many families existed for thousands of years. The reason why these families were able to decline and not decline is largely because of this kind of superficial temperament.

It's not that they have any moral problems, but for these aristocratic families, there has never been an eternal dynasty, and they have no loyalty or infidelity in their eyes, let alone national feelings, and the family is far greater than the country.

Therefore, it is perfectly normal for them to do nothing for the sake of the family.

These aristocratic families have survived for thousands of years or even longer, controlling a large amount of social resources. It was not until Emperor Wu led the Great Jin to rule the world, and after the imperial examinations were prospered in the Great Jin Dynasty, these northern aristocratic families gradually declined.

In the generation of the Taikang Dynasty, the emperor and Li Xin completely sent the Northern Zhou family to the grave.

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Fang, and said calmly: "You are also from the Northern Zhou family. I remember that your grandfather wanted you to rebuild the Zhaojun Li family in the capital."

Zhao Fang bowed slightly, and said: "The past is all over. After the Great Jin Taizu abolished the nine-rank birth, these families were going to die little by little. Even if the younger brother rebuilt the Li family of Zhaojun, the descendants of the family If a person does not study, he will perish in two or three generations."

"My little brother has already thought about it."

Zhao Fang lowered his head, and said: "In the future, I will have two sons, and I will change one of them back to Li's surname, so I haven't cut off my grandfather's incense. As for what his Li family looks like, it all depends on the descendants themselves. I, or the Li family of Zhaojun, don't have much to do with each other anymore."

If he is an adult born in the Li family of Zhaojun, he can definitely do it, and he is willing to throw his head and blood for the family, but Zhao Fang is different. He is eight or nine years old, and the Li family of Zhaojun is gone. His feelings for the family , and may not even have a deep understanding of the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

Therefore, he can see clearly.

What's more, the southwestern general in front of him personally filled the last piece of soil on the body of the Northern Zhou family and buried the people of the family era. Even if he wanted to rebuild the Li family of Zhaojun, he couldn't do it in front of Li Xin. speak out.

"I'm relieved if you can have this idea."

General Li narrowed his eyes, took out a black iron plate from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said, "This is Anbu's plate, take it to find Shiliu, Shiliu will tell you What should you do next? Muying has already advanced to the vicinity of Luzhou. In the state capital along the way from Hanzhong to Luzhou, there are many celebrities in the official circles, all of whom are within our control. All you have to do is one thing Let them change their mouths to speak for Southwest and the Sixth Prince."

Zhao Fang reached out to take the iron plate, then put it in his sleeve, bowed his head and said: "Little brother must do this for brother."

After saying this, Zhao Fang was silent for a while, then looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Brother..."

"Little brother, will you stay in Anbu to work?"

His arm is half useless, and he is destined not to be a general in the future.

Li Xin frowned and thought for a while, and said, "I just asked you to do something temporarily. Anbu is shameful and not suitable for you. What I mean is that you should try your best to be an official in the future."

He is a young husband-in-law, so it is naturally not good for him to work in the dark for the rest of his life.

"Thank you brother."

Zhao Fang cupped his hands at Li Xin, and said with a smile, "I wish my elder brother will enter the capital as soon as possible, so that my younger brother can also become an official soon."

Chapter 1061 Your Majesty, it's not good!

"Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

At the Great Court Meeting in the Weiyang Palace in the capital city, a doctor from the Ministry of War knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the Southwest rebels have already attacked Luzhou. The rebels have powerful firearms. Luzhou is struggling to resist. It is the third time that we have asked the imperial court for help!"

"If this continues, at most ten days, Luzhou Mansion will be destroyed..."

Luzhou is the last big city to the west of the capital. Once the city of Luzhou is broken, the capital will be fully exposed to the enemy. Before that, in order to prevent Luzhou from falling, Emperor Yuanzhao dispatched two Zhechong prefectures from the forbidden army in Gyeonggi to support Luzhou , There are a total of more than 3 people. Unexpectedly, they still can't stop the Southwest Army's soldiers. In just a few days, Luzhou City is already crumbling.

Emperor Yuanzhao sat on the throne, his face was already very ugly.

His current mood was very complicated. On the one hand, he was a little afraid of Li Xin, and on the other hand, he didn't know what to do next. This hopeless sense of powerlessness made the young emperor feel extremely uncomfortable.

These days, he has heard too much bad news.

Suizhou is in a hurry, Luzhou is in a hurry, the enemy is coming straight to the capital...

Emperor Yuanzhao gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "Pei Jin was ordered to lead [-] Ankang troops to support Luzhou. The Ministry of War will start recruiting new soldiers to support Luzhou from now on. In any case, we must keep the southwestern rebels in the capital. Outside!"

"The number of traitors in the Southwest is small, pass on my order, kill a traitor in the Southwest, and give a reward of twenty coins!"