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Speaking of this, he paused, and then continued: "And the imperial court will also consume a lot of vitality in the past five years. The prosperous situation that the late emperor managed so easily will disappear. If the current Majesty does not handle it properly, it will even be destroyed Let the fortunes of the country take a turn for the worse and go into decline."

Having said that, Zhao You'an looked up at Li Xin cautiously, and finally said in a deep voice, "Once Lord Hou gets involved, it's beyond my calculations. Lord Hou alone is enough to completely reverse the situation in the southwest."

Li Xin smiled slightly.

"Brother You'an thinks too highly of me."

During the two months on the road, Li Xin met Li Xing three times in total, and Mu Ying's father Mu Qing twice, but the matter of the rebel army has never been discussed. The Grand Highness of Nanshu is not a fool after all. Well, it is impossible for him to hand over the lifeblood of the adherents of Southern Shu to Li Xin so easily.

Therefore, Li Xin's control over the situation in the Southwest is still extremely limited.

Moreover, Zhao Jia didn't know the connection between Li Xin and the adherents of Southern Shu, so what he said just now sounded like flattery.

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin faintly, and finally smiled slightly.

"It's Hou Ye, you underestimate yourself too much."

"At the beginning, the situation in the capital city changed drastically because of Lord Hou. It's just a place in the southwest, which is much smaller than the place in the capital city."

When the two of them were talking, Jingzhou City was already in sight.

Li Xin turned his head and said calmly: "I told everyone to set up camp on the spot and not to go in and out without military orders, waiting for orders."

The orderly who followed nearby immediately conveyed the military order.

On the other hand, Li Xin led Zhao Jia and Mu Ying to find the young father-in-law Ye Mao who was the captain of Zhechong in the army.

The march of more than two months and nearly three months made the little father-in-law look darker. After seeing Li Xin, he quickly lowered his head and said respectfully: "General Li."

No matter what the relationship is in private, you should be called whatever you want in the army. This is a compulsory course for Ye Mao, the little father-in-law who was born in a general family and has a strict family education.

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Get on the horse and go out with me."

"Take you to find your father."

Ye Mao's heart moved, and then he nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll come right away."

On this day, when Li Xin's troops were still outside Jingzhou City, four people including Li Xin rode horses and entered Jingzhou City.

When they got to the base of Jingzhou City, Li Xin and others saw that Ye Ming's army was also stationed outside Jingzhou City. After all, if hundreds of thousands of people flocked into Jingzhou, this not particularly big city must be Can't stand it.

Fortunately, Li Xin had received the news in advance and knew where Ye Ming was now, so he went straight into Jingzhou City and rushed towards the State Shepherd's Mansion in Jingzhou City.

When it was almost noon, the four of them finally arrived at the State Shepherd's Mansion where Ye Ming was.

Because Ye Ming's status is far higher than that of a local official like Zhou Mu, so once he entered Jingzhou City, this Zhou Mu Mansion became Ye Ming's temporary administrative place as it should.

After some briefings by the personal guards, Ye Ming, who had obviously more gray hair, appeared in front of Li Xin. After seeing Li Xin, this uncle Ye was very excited. He stepped forward and took Li Xin's hand, smiling wryly. He said: "Junior Brother Li has indeed come, if you don't come again, I don't even know what to do."

He was only focused on talking to Li Xin, and didn't even look at Ye Mao next to him.

The shadow in the little father-in-law's heart grew bigger, and the eyes he looked at Li Xin became more resentful.

Li Xin smiled and said, "What does Senior Brother Ye mean by that?"

Ye Ming smiled bitterly and said: "Nowadays there are rumors in the Southwest, and some rumors have even spread to the capital. His Majesty will be furious when he sees it. A few days ago, he sent someone to give a note, telling us to destroy the Southwest as soon as possible, the sooner the better." , although my brother wanted to do it, but the logistics were insufficient, so I waited until today."

"The imperial court has escorted 50 shi of grain and grass, and now it has arrived at the outskirts of the city, just waiting for Brother Ye to check it."

Having said that, Li Xin smiled.

"The household department will continue to raise food and grass in the future. Brother Ye can fight against the Pingnan Army in the front. The younger brother will try to ensure the safety of the brother in the later stage."

Having said that, Li Xin glanced at Ye Ming, smiled and said, "Senior Brother Ye, what is the current situation in the Southwest?"

Ye Ming glanced at Li Xin, and finally sighed slowly.

"In my opinion, the best way is for them to die slowly, but obviously, His Majesty will not allow such a method."

General Ye's voice was low.

"If there is no accident, it will be head-on..."

Chapter 481 The middleman earns the difference

The current basic situation is that the Pingnan Army is basically unlikely to take the initiative to come out. In this case, not to mention whether they can win a frontal battle with them in Shu County, or whether they can find their main force is a problem.

If this is a purely military act, it is actually easy to deal with, as long as it takes two or three years, and there are still [-] households in Shu County who are not united with the Pingnan Army. The Pingnan Army will not be able to support it at all. go down.

However, this has risen to a political issue.

"Senior Brother Ye doesn't want to enter Shu?"

Ye Ming nodded, pulled Li Xin's sleeve, and said in a deep voice: "Whether we want to enter Shu or not, we can't let Li Shen see that we are in a hurry, so we have to hold him back in Jingzhou City for a while. "

Li Xin immediately understood.

What Ye Ming meant was that even if he was going to enter Shu in the future, he had to pretend to be dead against the Pingnan Army and put on a good posture.

He smiled and said, "Senior Brother Ye, what do you mean, let my younger brother talk to His Majesty?"

Ye Ming smiled bitterly and said: "It's not easy to talk about this matter alone, Chang'an, you are a trusted person of His Majesty, if you come out to write a letter, His Majesty will most likely agree to it, but don't worry, Chang'an, Brother will not let you go alone For this matter, I will write a joint letter with you."

Li Xin was silent for a while, nodded and said, "How long will senior brother delay?"

Ye Ming answered without hesitation.

"It's best to delay the fight until the end of the year. The longer the time, the better. During this time, I will try my best to send people to find out a detailed map of Shu County, so that even if we really have to use force in the future, we are sure It will be much higher.”

It is normal for a war of this level to be based on a year. Even Li Xin himself has made plans to fight a protracted war in Shu County. You can write a letter with senior brother, but if His Majesty agrees or not, the younger brother will not be responsible."

Ye Ming smiled.

"Chang'an, you are the commander of the Right Battalion of the Forbidden Army, and I am the chief general of this Western Expedition. If you and I write a letter together, His Majesty will agree to anything."

Having said that, he lowered his tone.

"But if His Majesty is happy or not, then I don't know."

In fact, Emperor Gao is not happy, you can know.

Generally speaking, in an expeditionary army, at least one senior general must face the emperor completely, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling the army. As it is now, the No. [-] and No. [-] figures of this "West Expedition Army" are unanimous. The emperor who was far away in the capital was a little uncomfortable.

So as long as this memorandum is handed over, the emperor will definitely hold his nose and agree, but he can't be happy.

Li Xin smiled: "Hand this memorandum up, and from now on, His Majesty will regard the younger brother and the Ye family as one. Although it may not be what will happen, it is absolutely impossible to have this kind of relationship between the younger brother and Senior Brother Ye in the future." A chance to do things together."

Having said that, Ye Ming can naturally understand the meaning of Li Xin's words, but he gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, winning is the most important thing. If the first battle of the new dynasty is defeated here, at least the right battalion of your forbidden army in Chang'an will be defeated." If you lose more than half of it, then the friendship you and the fourth son worked so hard to earn last year, Chang'an, won't last long."