Unparalleled Concubine

"I suggest you go to guard Jiange, you can't guard me if you guard Hanzhong."

Chapter 501 I Want to Know Where He Goes

Ye Shaobao's last sentence was not to ridicule Li Shen, because from a military point of view, Hanzhong did not have a superior geographical location than Jiange. After all, Jiange had a sword gate, while Hanzhong was just a city.

This city should not have been stationed with heavy troops. It was Li Shen who wanted to create a surprise effect to increase the number of troops in Hanzhong. Now that this intention has been clearly seen through by Ye Ming, there is no need to increase the number of troops in Hanzhong.

Therefore, Ye Shaobao's words were really out of kindness.

Of course, since the two sides want to fight, it must be a life-and-death fight. Ye Ming has no reason to advise Li Shen. The reason why he said this is to let Li Shen give up Hanzhong City so that he can take Hanzhong smoothly.

As for the Jiange...

By the time the Zhengxi army pushed to the Jiange, Li Xin on the other side had probably crossed Yinping and headed towards Jiangyou. At that time, the inside and the outside should cooperate, no matter how many people guard the Jiange, it will not be a problem.

At Ye Ming's level, sometimes a simple sentence hides an unknown amount of wit.

Li Shen didn't seem to hear what this elder brother was saying, and walked away without turning his head.

Seeing this, Ye Shaobao also shook his head and smiled, got up from under the pavilion, and went back to his central army tent.

The conversation between the two of them this time seemed unremarkable, even a little homely, but in fact they had confronted each other countless times behind the scenes.

First, Li Shen didn't see Li Xin, so he began to wonder if the young Lord Hou had divided his troops to do something bad, and then Ye Ming took advantage of Li Xin to expose Li Shen's scar once.

This scar really hurts, and the city of the Great General Yizhu didn't want to continue talking with Ye Ming, so he chose to get up and leave.

Then, Ye Shaobao just said a few routine words of persuasion.

At the end of the chat, Ye Ming did not forget to leave a hole for Li Shen.

All in all, this time the meeting between the bosses of the two parties ended with Ye Ming having a slight upper hand, and the reason why he had the upper hand was largely because the two of them talked about Li Xin.

Jing'anhou, as the third generation of Pingnanhou's mansion, and even the most outstanding young man of the younger generation in the entire capital, parted ways with Pingnanhou's mansion, and even became enemies with each other. Whoever puts Li Shen in this position will be in his heart. Will be a little uncomfortable.

Li Shen is no exception.

In fact, he needs Li Xin very much, especially at this time, he really wants Li Xin to come to the southwest to help him.

This need is not because of any father-son relationship, let alone because of guilt towards Xiao Qinglan, but because of Li Xin's current ability and his influence on the survivors of Southern Shu.

Of course, Ye Ming did not say a word wrongly. It is not completely bad for their father and son to turn against each other. In this way, even if one of them is doomed to fail, there will always be a family surnamed Li who survives.

In other words, no matter how much Li Shen loses, he won't lose too thoroughly.

After returning from Shiquan County, after walking for nearly a day, Li Shen returned to Hanzhong Mansion.

At the gate of the Hanzhong General's Mansion, the big man Li Yan and the Hanzhong General Meng Qi were waiting by the roadside to welcome Li Shen.

Ping Nanhou slowly got off the carriage.

The two stepped forward to salute Li Shen.

Li Shen waved his hand and said, somewhat dispirited, "Ye Ming will arrive in Hanzhong City soon. General Meng will go to check the city defense first. Li Yan and I have something to talk about."

Meng Qi bowed his head respectfully, cupped his fists and said: "The last general will go here."

After Meng Qi retreated, Li Shen took Li Yan into the study of General Hanzhong's residence.

This was originally Meng Qi's study, but after Li Shen arrived in Hanzhong, he was naturally requisitioned by General Zhu Guo.

Li Shen sat on the main seat, and the tall Li Yan bent over to pour him a cup of tea, and asked, "Brother, what did Ye Ming tell you?"

Li Shen picked up the tea and took a sip, his tone calm.

"He asked us to offer His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so the imperial court can ignore us."

Li Yan's complexion changed, and he said in a deep voice: "This is obviously the court's plan to slow down the army. Now we are at odds with the court. Even if the court doesn't pursue it now, it will settle accounts later..."

Halfway through his speech, his voice stopped abruptly.

Because he saw Li Shen looking at him.

"Brother..."

General Zhu Guo's tone was calm.

"I can't understand what you can understand?"

Li Yan lowered his head, a little afraid to speak.

Ping Nanhou sat on the main seat, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally opened his eyes slowly.

"Listen now."

Li Yan immediately lowered his head and cupped his fists: "The end is here."

Although the two are righteous brothers, when the military order came out, Li Shen was the Zhu Guo general of the Pingnan Army, and Li Yan would obey the military order in a proper manner.

"After a while, Ye Ming will lead the troops to attack Hanzhong. At that time, you will lead the troops to fight their vanguard according to the original plan. At that time, I will give you some more people. It will still be the same as before. Promise to win but not to lose."

"This first battle is a battle of foothold, and we must win a big victory, otherwise we won't be able to close our eyes."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "The last general will definitely not accept the great general's trust!"

With that said, he was about to go out and get ready.

Li Shen said lightly: "I haven't finished yet."

Li Yan stopped in his tracks, turned his head and continued to wait for the order with his head bowed.

Li Shen took another sip of tea, and said lightly: "After the first battle is over, you take all the people we brought back to Jiange. Hanzhong is still handed over to Meng Qi's 2 people to guard. Stay as long as you want."

Li Yan asked in astonishment, "Why?"

"If the soldiers we bring stay in Hanzhong, there will be no problem defending Hanzhong for at least half a year!"

"The plan has been seen through by Ye Ming."

Pingnan Hou said silently: "There is no such terrain as Jianmenguan here in Hanzhong. If the first wave can't hurt Ye Ming, it's just a waste of manpower to forcibly defend here. It's better to retreat to Jiange."

Yes, Li Shen accepted Ye Ming's suggestion.

Of course, this decision was made after his own deliberation. First of all, Hanzhong Mansion is not as easy to defend as Jiange, and the Pingnan Army should not waste too much manpower in Hanzhong.

Jianmenguan is more suitable.

What's more, Li Shen felt that there were traitors in Hanzhong City, and Ye Ming's last sentence was an irony, urging him to focus on defending Hanzhong.