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Hou Jingde was silent for a while, and asked, "How do you plan to deal with me?"

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"Old brother, rest assured to recuperate here. When your injuries are healed, I will send someone to send you back. From the beginning to the end, you have never seen me, and you will not be charged with colluding with a traitor."

Hou Jingde glanced at Li Xin silently, and sighed slowly.

"Brother Li, it's just a matter of loyalty to the emperor when I lead troops out of the city, you..."

Li Xin smiled.

"Old brother is also involuntary, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Chapter 1073 Three Dynasties Veteran

Hou Jingde was arrested by accident, which can only be said to be an episode that was beyond Li Xin's expectations. Li Xin briefly comforted him, told the doctor in Luzhou to treat his old friend well, then got up and left, and returned to his home. In the house in Luzhou, he went to deal with military affairs.

Although Li Shuo is currently in charge of the Southwest Army on the front line, when Li Xin was in the Southwest, he took all military affairs into the General's Mansion. Everything, big or small, will be sent to the General's Mansion, and then the staff at the General's Mansion will handle it, and then select important matters and hand them over to Li Xin's desk.

Every day, Li Xin probably needs to spend an hour to two hours to deal with these military affairs. Fortunately, he is from the army and has led soldiers very early. He is quite familiar with these things. too much pressure.

The reason why he took these matters to himself was not that Li Xin had exclusive power, but that at this moment, he must take all the power into his own hands, otherwise, the Southwest Army might disintegrate internally before the big thing came to fruition.

After finishing the day's errands, Li Xin stretched his waist and walked out of his study room. As soon as he went out, he saw Mu Ying in unlined clothes, waiting at the door.

At this time, Mu Ying and the Hanzhou Army were resting in Luzhou, and this General Mu had nothing to do. He was a restless person, so he often came to find Li Xin for drinks.

Li Xin frowned slightly: "Brother Mu is here, let someone say hello to me, why are you waiting here?"

"It's nothing serious, I dare not disturb the general's handling of military affairs."

Mu Hei said with a smile on his face, "I just have nothing to do, so I came to find the general for a drink."

Li Xin took a look at this guy, and said helplessly: "On weekdays, I drink at night, how can anyone come to find me for a drink at noon? After all, did something happen?"

"It's not a big deal."

Mu Ying paused, and said with a wry smile: "Yesterday, someone from the imperial court contacted me in private, and I drove them back. I didn't sleep half the night last night. After thinking about it, I still have to say hello to the general." Yes, otherwise someone will say that I, Mu Ying, have cheated on the imperial court."

The two talked while walking, Li Xin was walking in front of Mu Ying, and when he heard the words, he turned his head and glanced at this guy, and said with some amusement: "At present, the generals in the Southwest Army have more or less been contacted by people from the imperial court. Houlu, isn't it normal to meet you, General Mu?"

The details of the two parties are there. After all, the Jin court has been established for more than 100 years. If anyone is selected to be an official in the court, he may not be willing to be a rebel. Therefore, in this regard, many generals in the southwest have been rejected by the court. Infiltrating with heavy profits, so that before the Southwest Army set off, nearly [-]% of them served as the court's internal response.

Because of the urgency of the situation, the imperial court was more generous to the senior officials of the Southwest Army. Li Shuo reported to Li Xin more than a month ago that the imperial court had contacted him in private, and the title promised to him was even more than Li Xin's title in the imperial court. higher.

Li Xin asked with a smile: "I don't know what kind of reward the imperial court promised General Mu?"

Mu Ying coughed, and grinned: "Compared to the title of the general in the court, it is much higher."

Li Xin couldn't help laughing: "Duke?"

Mu Ying shook her head, and said softly: "The prince, the hereditary king."

"So generous."

General Li showed a sneer on his face, and said: "My teacher fought for seven or eight years in the northern expedition to Yandu, and survived more than ten times. In the end, he was just a duke. General here, speaking is a prince."

"It's still you, General Mu, who has a big face."

Mu Ying blushed slightly, and smiled awkwardly: "What did the general say? How can I compare with Ye Shuai? What I mean is that if the imperial court can contact me in private, they can contact most of the Southwest Army. General We must take precautions in this regard, and we must not take advantage of loopholes for the people of the court..."

"Can't prevent it."

Li Xin frowned slightly, and said: "It's like doing business. They are a century-old store, and we are still a new store. Naturally, they trust them more than ours. The errands in their store are also better than those in our store. Jingui."

"But it doesn't matter much."

General Li said quietly: "As long as we can keep winning on the battlefield, no matter how many wavering people there are in the Southwest Army, they will be the most loyal soldiers in the Southwest in the end."

"Human nature is such that there is no need to make a fuss."

Speaking of this, Li Xin opened his mouth to look at the sky, and said calmly: "According to the time I discussed with Li Shuo, they will formally attack the capital tomorrow."

Mu Ying lowered her head slightly, her face serious: "General, is there anything our Hanzhou Army can help with?"

"Get ready to respond."

Li Xin looked calm, and said, "I'm not sure what the imperial court's attitude will be in the face of our firearms attack. If the Gyeonggi imperial army comes out in full force, Li Shuo will have no choice but to back off. You have people ready to meet them at any time. "

After Emperor Wu ruled the world, the capital became the center of the world. Therefore, from Emperor Wu to Emperor Chengde, the city walls of the capital were rebuilt. The capital in front of us can be called the most solid city wall in the world.

If Li Xin had artillery, he could still try to attack the city with artillery, but if he only had soil bombs, it would undoubtedly be impossible to use a catapult to blow up the city walls of the capital.

Therefore, attacking the capital is by no means a one-time event, and it cannot be completely attacked from the outside, but must be attacked from the inside of the capital. Among them, the identity of the sixth prince has a lot to do. San'in

Mu Ying bowed and said yes.

"The end general will go down and prepare."

Mu Ying hadn't gone far when a servant from the General's Mansion came over with small steps and whispered to Li Xin: "General, there is news from General Li Shuo that the imperial court has sent an envoy Come here, I want to see you."

"No see no see."

Li Xin shook his head without hesitation, and said in a muffled voice: "Didn't you already ask Senior Brother Ye to come over? If Senior Brother Ye hasn't reached an agreement with me, what's the use of someone else coming?"

The servant bowed his head and said, "General, the news from the Ningzhou Army said that the envoy is an old man whose surname is Gongyang..."

Li Xin was about to turn around and go back to the house, but he stopped immediately when he heard this.

Gongyang Shu... If I remember correctly, this old man is over [-] years old this year, and he can still stand such a toss.

Gongyang Shu was the prime minister in the Chengde Dynasty, and he was the prime minister for almost ten years in the Taikang Dynasty. In terms of age and seniority, he is Li Xin's elder.

More importantly... this old man is the prime minister of Jin Dynasty.

The dynasty era of the Xia Dynasty was not as understood by later generations, where the imperial power was high and ignored all rules. When facing the imperial power, everyone had to prostrate on the ground.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, in most dynasties, the power of the dynasty has been checked and balanced by the power of the monarchy. That is to say, if an official reaches the level of prime minister, he can already be the master of the country in a sense.

Moreover, this old man has been the prime minister for three dynasties, and his disciples and former officials may have spread all over the Jin Dynasty, and he has a very important voice in the court.

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"Invite the old man to Luzhou."

Chapter 1074

They also came to negotiate with Li Xin, but the meanings represented by Gongyang Shu and Ye Lin are quite different.