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Li Xin pondered for a while before speaking slowly.

"So, find a way to incorporate Li Shuo's people into the Hanzhou Army."

Chapter 798

Southwest is not a place, but refers to a large area. In a broad sense, it refers to all the land of the old country of Cheng Han. There are dozens of state capitals in this land, including Berkshire, Shu County, and Qian County. , and a large area of ​​southern Yunnan!

This is also one of the reasons why Li Xin once said that the Hanzhou Army will be overwhelmed in the future. With only 5 people, the Hanzhou Army cannot spread its influence throughout the southwest like the Pingnan Army.

This place used to be the land of Cheng Han's homeland, but after all, Cheng Han has perished for decades. Now people in this land dare not say that everyone recognizes the Jin court, but at least they no longer recognize that it has perished It has become a Han Dynasty for two generations.

Therefore, the banner of Cheng Han raised by Mu Ying is not even as useful as the banner of abolished prince raised by Li Shen.

After hearing Li Xin's words, the smile on Mu Ying's face faded, he turned serious, and frowned, "Li Shuo's Pingnan Army is all elite. I saw it when they fought Jiange, and they really fought. The Hanzhou Army may not be their opponent, how could they be willing to join the Hanzhou Army?"

"If you don't want to, you have to."

Lord Jing'an looked calm, and said: "It is impossible for them to continue to live in Tubo, and they will disappear quietly and slowly in a short time. Li Shuo will definitely find someone for these people." There is a way to survive, but it is impossible for him to fight against the imperial court on his own, all he can do is cooperate with us."

Mu Ying smiled wryly and said, "Cooperation is cooperation. Li Shuo handed over military power willingly for no reason. He can cooperate with us on an equal footing."

"Without them, the Hanzhou Army would have been able to defend the Jiange."

Li Xin chuckled: "So Li Shuo has become a dispensable person, and he can't turn against us, so he can only choose to join us."

"I have already discussed with Li Shuo about the general direction in the capital. He agreed to merge the Pingnan Army into the Hanzhou Army, on the condition that the generals of the Pingnan Army continue to be generals. The reorganized Hanzhou Army One is divided into three, and Li Shuo will take one of them."

Speaking of this, Li Xin said with a smile: "The general direction is determined, but how to reorganize, how to break up the Pingnan Army, and how to run in are very cumbersome things. I am too lazy to think about it, so I will leave it to Brother Mu. There are two other brothers, You'an, let's discuss it carefully."

General Mu also showed a smile on his face.

"I'm not very good at this. I will leave it to Mr. You'an to deal with it later. They are scholars who are the best at manipulating people's hearts. With Mr. You'an's help, after the Pingnan Army is incorporated into the Hanzhou Army, it shouldn't be too late. What's the problem?"

Speaking of which, he smiled at Li Xin: "Speaking of which, I would also like to thank Lord Hou for sending Mr. You'an to the southwest, otherwise I would have won Jincheng and Jiange by myself. Southwest, I really don’t know where to start.”

"But Mr. You'an is in Jincheng, so everything is in order."

As he spoke, he put his eyes on Li Xin and lowered his voice slightly.

"To be honest, Lord Hou, although there was a lot of trouble in Hanzhou in the past few months, the power of the Jin court is too strong. Even if it is me, I don't think that Nanshu can really restore the country. At most, it will be in the southwest. It's just to draw the court's attention and help Lord Hou share some pressure, but now..."

He looked up at Li Xin, and said in a deep voice: "Now that you have Mr. You'an, if the Pingnan Army can successfully join the Hanzhou Army, and you are in the southwest..."

"I think those of us may really be able to establish a country..."

He took a deep breath and continued: "We don't want to restore Cheng Han. Anyway, the family name of Cheng Han is Li, and you, Lord Hou, are also named Li. You may as well proclaim yourself emperor in the southwest, and we will not attack the capital of Jin." It doesn't matter, with your ability, Marquis, it won't be a problem to be stable in the Southwest for decades."

Li Xin was drinking, after hearing Mu Ying's words, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, and looked at Mu Ying helplessly.

"You still have to persuade me to rebel."

Mu Ying smiled and said: "It's not rebellion, it's self-reliance as king."

"There is no difference."

Lord Jing'an shook his head slightly, and said, "Brother Mu thinks, if you fight against a country in the southwest, how long can you last?"

Mu Ying said with a smile: "I don't know about others, but if Lord Hou comes to fight, I believe that the imperial court will never win Southwest."

"Why?"

Li Xin looked calm: "I also have one head and two arms, why can I do things that others can't?"

Mu Ying opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end she didn't say it.

Li Xin looked calm, and said, "I know, you want to say it's because of the thunder."

"Indeed, this thing has just been released. With its current strength, it may not be a problem to help us defend the Jiange for five years, or even ten years."

"But what about ten years from now?"

Li Xin put his hands in his sleeves and said lightly: "No matter how powerful the sky thunder is, it is also made by people, and the materials also need people to intervene. It has just come out at this moment, and the court has no way to deal with it. It has also suffered a big loss from it, but the world There is no impenetrable wall, and where there are people, people will be unpredictable, as long as this thing exists in this world, it will leak to the court sooner or later."

"At that time, what should we do?"

Mu Ying let out a breath, and said in a deep voice: "If it takes ten years, the Southwest will no longer be afraid of the court like it is now."

What he meant was that ten years later, it would be impossible for the Southwest to have as few troops as it does now.

Li Xin shook his head slowly.

"The limit in the Southwest is 20 troops. It can only be supported by the military and the blood of the common people. Is 20 people enough to overthrow the Jin court?"

Li Xin looked calm: "Even as Brother Mu said, as long as our generation lives, the Southwest will still be the Southwest, but what if our generation is gone?"

"Can the next generation hold on to the Southwest?"

Mu Yingyuan was not as far-reaching as Li Xin thought. He hesitated and said, "Perhaps the next generation of the Ji family will produce a foolish emperor..."

Li Xin shook his head.

"Not surprisingly, the next generation emperor of the Ji family will be my student. He may not be a wise emperor, but at least he will be a qualified emperor."

Having said that, Li Xin patted Mu Ying on the shoulder.

"This is the general trend."

"The Ji family has only ruled the world for 40 years, and it is the time when the country's fortunes are booming. At this time, no one can overthrow this turbulent trend."

For a unified dynasty, in the first 100 years, the fortunes of the country are often extremely prosperous, and it will slowly turn from prosperity to decline after 100 years.

Although this statement is somewhat superstitious, it is a fact.

The rotation of each dynasty is essentially a process of breaking up the previous dynasty and redistributing the interests of those with vested interests, so as to calm down class conflicts, and then a new dynasty will give birth to a new group of vested interests. When conflicts become too big and have to break out again, they will be overthrown and started again.

Repeatedly.

Today's Great Jin is a nascent empire, and the country's fortunes are in full swing.

Even Li Xin couldn't conquer Jin from the southwest.

So he told Li Shuo earlier that his ambition was not in the southwest.

Li Xin patted Mu Ying's shoulder and spoke slowly.

"Brother Mu, if you want to make a fuss in the southwest, you can only make a king of Shu at most. We have to set our sights higher."

With that said, Li Xin looked in the direction of the capital.