The last wave of counterattack of the Pingnan Army ended in failure.

Many things cannot be done with hard work, although these Pingnan troops have already made their own efforts, but as long as the forbidden army does not make fatal mistakes, it is impossible for them to take Mianzhu in a short time.

No amount of people can die.

Even if the Pingnan army in Jincheng is willing to die under Mianzhu City and attack Mianzhu day and night, Mianzhu will have the possibility of breaking the city.

Not to mention that in this case, the Pingnan Army will also fight out, which is not beneficial to anyone, even if Li Shen is willing to do this, this situation is impossible.

The speed of the soldiers of this era cannot reach the point of fighting to the death and not retreating in later generations, as long as the battle damage reaches a certain level, they will immediately break and flee, and it is unlikely that there will be a situation like in later generations, where only one person will fight to the death.

Therefore, after storming Mianzhu for three days, the Pingnan army began to withdraw its troops one after another.

The Marquis of Jing'an stood on the city wall and watched the Pingnan army gradually retreat.

For about half a day, the people of the Pingnan Army slowly disappeared from Li Xin's field of vision, and Zhao Jia, like Li Xin, is now holding a clairvoyant mirror on the city tower to look into the distance, and only after he can't see the figure of the Pingnan Army, he smiled at Li Xin and said: "Hou Ye seems to like standing on a high place." ”

"Stand tall and look far."

Li Xin turned around and smiled at Zhao Jia: "In the past, when I was in a low place, I couldn't see things too far, and at that time I thought that I was inferior to others, but later I stood taller, and I realized that I was not worse than others." ”

In the past, when Li Xin was a small person, no matter what he did, his vision was not enough, compared to Chengde Tianzi, Li Shen and Ye Sheng, the vision of those people was much worse, at that time he thought that his realm was not enough, and later found that he was standing too low.

The current Zhao Jia is actually like this.

Zhao Jia is much better than Li Xin in the subtleties, but in the overall situation, he has always been inferior to Li Xin, which is also because he has not experienced those things, because he is not tall enough.

Zhao Jia smiled and said, "What did Master Hou see? ”

"I see the pattern of the future southwest."

The Marquis of Jing'an took his hand and said indifferently: "After Jincheng is broken, Senior Brother Ye has no way to stay in Jincheng for a long time, and he will soon return to Beijing or Jimen Pass, and then the imperial court will send someone else to take over the affairs of the southwest." ”

"Moreover, this person must be a civil servant."

Li Xin paused and continued: "After this kind of thing of the Pingnan Army, the imperial court will not let a lone army in the southwest again, and even if there is, it will be transferred from a distance to be stationed here in rotation in the future, and this garrison general, the imperial court will definitely take strict precautions to prevent the recurrence of the Pingnan Army." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin narrowed his eyes and continued: "When the time comes, the influence of this garrison army in the southwest will not be particularly large, and the Wenchen who was sent to the southwest, if he is not powerful enough, will not be able to completely control the southwest in a short period of time. ”

"When the time comes, although the imperial court has recovered the southwest, the emperor is far away, and this place will still have its own rules."

Zhao Jia's face changed slightly, and he lowered his eyebrows and said, "What does Master Hou mean?" ”

"I mean, those remnants of the Pingnan Army, as well as the remnants of Nanshu in Hanzhou, may still be able to make a fuss in the southwest."

"But that's all for later."

Li Xin smiled and continued: "What we need to focus on right now is how to take Jincheng as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Jia bowed his head and said: "Although those Pingnan troops have retreated, their vitality has not been lost, and it is not easy for us to take Jincheng." ”

Li Xin smiled.

"Brother You'an, don't worry, someone will come over tonight and tell us how to take Jincheng."

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin thoughtfully, lowered his head and said, "Since that's the case, the subordinates won't ask much." ”

"There are a lot of wounded people in the city these days, and my subordinates have gone down to help."

Li Xin nodded and said: "It's still the same sentence, if you can save it, try to save it, if you need money, food, medicinal materials, etc., just come to me, I'll find a way." ”

Zhao Jia bowed his head and said, "The subordinates obey the order." ”

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It was getting dark very quickly.

After Li Xin went back to have dinner, he continued to stand on this castle tower and wait for people, until it was completely dark, and only a few horses approached in the distance.

The Marquis of Jing'an walked down the city tower, took two or three personal guards, and went out of the city in person.

It didn't take long for them to meet a mile or two away from Mianzhu City.

The Marquis of Jing'an took the lead in turning over and dismounting, and smiled at the visitor.

"It seems that the general is still not convinced, after these three days, is he convinced?"

Li Shen also jumped off the horse, slowly walked in front of Li Xin, and said lightly: "Since you want to make a show, you have to be real, don't die a little bit, you can't fool the emperor." ”

Li Xin smiled and did not debunk the general's lies.

In fact, even if you want to make a show and do it more seriously, thousands of people died on both sides, it is real enough, there is no reason for the Pingnan Army to fight to the death for three whole days, and there is no reason why nearly 10,000 people have been killed and injured and continue to fight again.

Li Shen put his hands in his sleeves and said in a deep voice: "The Pingnan Army should return to Jincheng in three or four days, and you can go to attack Jincheng after you prepare here." ”

"Previously, thirty or forty thousand sets of armor in Jincheng have been sent to Mianzhu, plus thousands of people have died in Mianzhu in the past few days, and now there are at most 10,000 or 20,000 people in Jincheng who can wear armor, so Hou Ye Li should always rest assured to attack Mianzhu, right?"

"If the general says, I am naturally relieved."

Li Xin said lightly: "But when to attack Jincheng, I am not in a hurry, I have made an appointment with the people from Hanzhou, and when the people from Hanzhou City move, I will naturally leave for Jincheng." ”

General Zhu frowned.

"And when will you be able to send troops?"

Li Xin smiled and said, "Why is the general so anxious? ”

"The Sword Gate won't last long."

Li Shen took a deep breath and said, "At this time, most of the materials on the Sword Pavilion have already been consumed, but Ye Ming is still attacking, and if it continues like this, it won't be long before the Sword Pavilion will be broken." ”

Speaking of this, he looked up at Li Xin.

"As soon as the Sword Pavilion is broken, this drama will have no choice but to be decided by Marquis Li."

"Hou Ye Li should send troops as soon as possible and go to Jincheng, when the time comes, everyone pretends to fight, and I will open the city and surrender, and at that time Jincheng can still be decided by Hou Ye Li. Otherwise, when Ye Ming defeats the Sword Pavilion and joins you in Mianzhu, nothing can be done. ”

Li Xin squinted his eyes and smiled.

"It doesn't matter to me whether Senior Brother Ye comes or not, I'm waiting for him in Mianzhu, and I can sell him a good one. so as not to offend him. ”

Li Xin is only the deputy general of the Western Expedition, and Ye Ming is the main general, if Li Xin, the deputy general, wins Jincheng in one go, then Ye Ming, the main general, will have a hard time on his face.

Deng Ai and Zhong Hui were like this back then.

Li Shen's face was furious.

"Li Xin, you must always keep your promise!"