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Li Shen snorted.

"What use are the dozens of people you killed in the entire battle? You are not as useful as fifty Pingnan Army soldiers if you die here!"

Li Shen said coldly while supporting him.

"The next time something like this happens, you just die on the battlefield!"

Chapter 504

Li Yan's injury wasn't serious, but it wasn't serious either. At least he wouldn't be able to go to the battlefield in a short time. Li Shen personally helped him back to Hanzhong General's Mansion, and asked the doctor in the mansion to give him medicine.

After the dressing was finished, Li Yanban sat on the bed, his face pale.

No matter how brave he is, he will inevitably become weak after bleeding so much. The Southwestern fierce general glanced at Li Shen who was sitting next to him, and lowered his head.

"Brother, this Ye Ming is so powerful."

Originally, they ambushed in the city this time, and even Li Yan personally led the team to charge. Naturally, their purpose was to win a victory in the first battle, or even a big victory.

That's why Li Yan is so brave and fearless.

However, the prerequisite for a big victory is that Ye Ming is willing to fight head-on with them in the first wave of battles, but that Ye Shaobao wisely chose to retreat, resulting in a total of Ye Ming's casualties following the short battle just now. No more than 1000 people.

You know, Li Yan's troops also suffered hundreds of casualties.

In other words, this first encounter can barely be regarded as a victory for the Pingnan Army, but it is definitely not a big victory, not even a small victory, because Ye Ming's troops not only did not suffer any injuries. , not even injured.

Scuffs at best.

Li Shen slowly closed his eyes, lowered his eyebrows and said, "No matter what the result of the battle is, we have won after all. When we talk about it to the outside world, we just need to talk more about the results of the battle."

"But let's not stay in Hanzhong. I will leave 2 Pingnan Army here, plus Meng Qi's own [-] people, and [-] people will defend Hanzhong. As long as Meng Qi can't hold on, he should be able to support a few moon."

Having said that, Li Shen glanced at Li Yan lightly.

"I will leave Hanzhong tomorrow and go to Jiange."

"You stay in Hanzhong to recuperate, and when you can move, go to Jiange to find me."

Jianmen Pass is the most important place in the Southwest, and it is also the place that is easiest to defend and difficult to attack. Li Shen never thought that he could stop Ye Ming in Hanzhong. Cui Wei, one man should be the gate of the sword gate that ten thousand men should not open.

From ancient times to the present, this place has hardly been breached from the front. Back then, Li Zhijie had to grind through the Jianmen Pass, which shows that the terrain is dangerous.

Li Yan took a few deep breaths and said, "Brother should be in Jincheng. As for Jiange, I will set off to defend Jiange in a few days..."

Li Shen stood up and glanced at him slightly.

"If the Jiange is lost and Jincheng can't hold it, then what am I going to do in Jincheng? I'm not the emperor who sits in court. Is it possible to go back to Jincheng and wait for death in a daze?"

Li Yan was speechless when asked by these two sentences.

Li Shen left with his hands behind his back. When he walked to the door, he glanced at Li Yan, and then took a deep breath.

"Heal your wounds well, don't think too much."

"Father told me before he died that you are the second child of the Li family, and there is no difference between him and his own son. Since we are a family, I will not bear any grudges against you."

When Li Zhijie was mentioned, Li Yan, who was lying on the hospital bed, immediately became serious.

He was an orphan since he was a child. He was wandering in the dust when he was a child, and he was almost starved to death. People often say that he is brave and dared to kill people at the age of 12. What about stabbing someone with a knife?

At the beginning, Li Yan was also a poor man who couldn't survive several times. Later, he was taken under Li Zhijie's command, and then adopted as a foster son, who was brought by his side to train him. From this aspect, Li Zhijie can be said to be Li Yan's serious father.

"Brother, Li Yan will not let down his adoptive father's grace of rebirth."

He gritted his teeth.

"No matter what, Li Yan must die first."

Li Shen stopped in his tracks, then returned to Li Yan's bed, and gave him a dark and calm look.

"As I said just now, you are not a retainer of the Li family, nor a member of the Marquis of Pingnan. You are the second son of the Li family, the second son of the father."

"Frankly speaking, we don't have a great chance of winning this time. If we fail, I will definitely not be able to escape death."

"But you have to live well."

Li Shen patted his shoulder.

"If I die, you will leave Southern Border. With your skills, you can earn a living wherever you go. As long as you don't go to the capital, you can live well."

In today's Southwest, the chances of winning are indeed slim, and even Li Shen himself has no confidence in himself.

After he finished speaking, he turned and left without stopping.

Li Yan lay on the bed blankly, without speaking for a long time.

……

A day after Ye Ming and Hanzhong first collided head-on, the military report of the battle was finally delivered to Li Xin who was marching. Li Xin opened the letter and read it, then frowned slightly.

"The first collision took only half an hour, and Senior Brother Ye was defeated?"

"This style of play is too unlike the Ye family."

As Li Xin's dog-headed military adviser, Zhao Jia was naturally on the sidelines at this time. He took the military newspaper and looked at it, and then he said with a smile: "It is written in the military newspaper that Li Yan was hidden in Hanzhong City, and he came out suddenly. Barely dispersed General Ye's army, and General Ye retreated decisively, and only a few hundred people died in the end. It seemed that General Ye was defeated in this process, but in fact, not many people were lost. Instead, it was Li Yan who lost his vigor."

"The subordinates have said before that the Pingnan Army must win the first battle. Now that the first battle is over, the Pingnan Army has certainly won, but it is a small victory that cannot be smaller."

Zhao Jia pointed to this military newspaper and said firmly: "So General Ye suffered a loss on the surface, but in fact he took advantage of it. His subordinates deduced that if the Pingnan Army did not do stupid things, General Ye should be able to Hanzhong can be taken in about a month or two."

"A month or two..."

Li Xin put the military report aside, and found the map he had brought along from Ye Ming before, then pointed to Didao's location with his finger, and said in a deep voice, "We're going to speed up the march."

"Before Senior Brother Ye takes Hanzhong, we must reach Didao and prepare to go to Yinping."

Didao is the starting point of the Yinping Ancient Road. From Didao to Yinping, there is a long mountain road.

What Li Xin meant was that while Southwest's attention was all on Hanzhong, they had to get out of Li Shen's sight as soon as possible and reach Didao.

After Jing'an Hou pondered for a moment, he gave the order directly.

"Pass down the order, and from today onwards, march for more than [-] miles every day, without any mistakes, and those who violate the order will do so according to the military law!"

Marching fifty miles a day, even the elite imperial army, would be a bit overwhelming.

Zhao Jia frowned and said, "Master Hou, I feel that the soldiers will complain if they are rushing like this."