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General Zhu Guo was silent for a while, and then said: "What is certain at present is that he walked through the Yinping Ancient Road, crossed Motian Ridge, and then touched Jiangyou Pass."

"The problem is it's not clear how many of them there are."

Li Shidao frowned slightly, and said, "This kind of problem should have been difficult for Jin Chen in the past."

Li Shen is very capable. He was able to make the Pingnan Army run wild in the southwest, and for more than a decade, also made the Pingnan Hou Mansion more and more powerful.

It was precisely because of his personal ability that the Li family of Zhaojun, the Zheng family of Xingyang and other Northern Zhou families dared to sacrifice their family fortunes to engage in this kind of beheading business with Li Shen.

On weekdays, Li Shen is very decisive, and he shouldn't be hesitant about this kind of problem.

Ping Nanhou drank another cup of tea, lowered his head and said, "When I came back from Jiange, I sent people to Motianling to investigate. So many of them passed by Motianling, it is impossible not to leave traces, and it is impossible to completely Nobody saw it."

Having said that, he frowned even deeper.

"There are a lot of them."

"According to the information I found, more than 2 of them should have crossed Motian Ridge."

Li Shen's hand holding the teacup was showing veins.

"If 2 people really occupy Fucheng, Jincheng will not enter or retreat."

The original establishment of the Pingnan Army was only 10 people.

Although Li Shen was not very honest and raised a lot of people, it is impossible for the standing army to exceed 15.

In Hanzhong, more than 2 people have been lost, 4 to 1 people in Jiange can't move, and Hanzhou needs [-] people to look after those Nanshu survivors.

In addition, near Jincheng, an acropolis similar to Mianzhu also needs to send soldiers and horses.

At this time, the Pingnan Army in Jincheng had only 8 to 8 people, and it was unlikely that all of these [-] or [-] people would be dispatched.

In other words, if Fucheng had more than 2 people defending the city, it would be very difficult for Jincheng to deal with them.

What's more, they may not only have 2 people!

This is the reason why Li Shen has been hesitating.

It was precisely because Li Xin had penetrated into the hinterland of the Southwest like a nail that Li Shen was a little bit hard to get off now.

dilemma.

Thinking of this, Li Shen took a deep breath.

"At this time, we can only take a look and see what Li Xin is going to do before we can proceed to the next step."

"We move first, then we are passive."

"Li Xin moves first, and we will have a chance to seize his opening."

Having said that, Li Shen slightly closed his eyes.

"Now, we can only wait for that Lord Jing'an to make a foolish move."

Chapter 523

The New Year's Eve is getting closer.

At this time, the situation in the southwest has been tense for more than a year, and it is becoming more and more tense, but this tension does not affect the people of Jincheng to welcome the upcoming New Year's Eve.

This is normal.

From ancient times to the present, as long as the descendants of Zhu Xia are still alive, no matter how difficult it is, it will not affect everyone's celebration of the New Year. What's more, Jincheng's current situation is very optimistic, and the situation in the southwest has not affected it much.

If there is any impact, it is that the price of food has risen a lot during this period, but the price of food in Jincheng is far less than that in other places in the southwest. Under the influence of General Pingnan's mansion, Jincheng The price of food in the city barely doubled, unlike in Fu County, where it has more than tripled.

Jincheng is the center of the Southwest and the capital of the former Southern Shu. Compared with other places, Jincheng is much richer. Although the rise in food prices will affect their New Year, it will not be difficult.

However, on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, less than [-] days before the Chinese New Year, an urgent report was sent to General Pingnan's residence and delivered to Li Shen.

The content of the military newspaper is very simple.

The imperial army in Fucheng began to attack Mianzhu on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

When Li Shen received this urgent report, he didn't panic, but frowned and thought.

Because he couldn't figure out what Li Xin meant by this move.

No matter how bad Mianzhu is, there are still 1 troops stationed there. Compared to Fucheng, Mianzhu is still a big city. A city of this size cannot be taken down in a short time. If Mianzhu is well defended, It is not a problem at all to hold back an army several times larger than itself.

And now stationed in Mianzhu is Li Chuan, the deputy general of the Pingnan Army. This person is in charge of the defense of the entire Southwest. He may not be very good at attacking, but he is very good at how to defend. Li Xin will want to capture Mianzhu for a while. Basically impossible.

General Zhu Guo frowned as he held the urgent report.

The most frightening thing about leading troops in battle is not how ferocious the opponent's troops are, or how big the disparity in strength between the two sides is.

Now Li Shen didn't understand what Li Xin was going to do. It was meaningless for him to attack Mianzhu at this time.

The person who came to report the letter was a school lieutenant of the Mianzhu garrison. He was quite anxious at this time, half kneeling on the ground and kowtowing: "General, the first wave of the imperial army's offensive has about 5000 people, and the offensive attitude is very strong. Resolute, Lieutenant General Li is worried that Mianzhu will be lost, so he asks Jincheng for help in the future!"

Li Shen put the urgent report into his sleeve, and lowered his eyebrows slowly: "I already know, you go back to Mianzhu first, Jincheng will send troops to support Mianzhu later."

The school lieutenant was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "The general obeys orders!"

After he withdrew, Li Shen opened the letter asking for help and looked at it again. After an unknown amount of time, the Zhu Guo general said to the guard at the door in a low voice: "Call Cheng Ping over."

There was an answer immediately at the door.

"Yes!"

Not long after, Deputy General Cheng Ping, who was somewhat short and chubby, walked into Li Shen's room with a bow, and lowered his head slowly: "The last general, Cheng Ping, has seen the great general."

"The imperial court is concentrating its forces to attack Mianzhu. Mianzhu is the most important acropolis of Jincheng, so there must be no loss."

Having said that, Li Shen paused and continued.

"Now you order 1 people to support Mianzhu."

Fatty Cheng was originally a main fighter, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words. He looked up at Li Shen, and said, "General, the general will invite 2 people. As long as there are 2 people, the general will definitely help the general to take the troops from the imperial court." , Clean it out thoroughly, and let the southwestern hinterland return to peace!"

Li Shen glanced at Fatty Cheng indifferently.

"The general said that he wants you to help Li Chuan defend the city, not to attack."

The general of the Zhu Kingdom spoke calmly, but his voice was resonant.

Fatty Cheng lowered his head and said, "General, you can't just wait for them to attack Mianzhu?"