Because Li Xin only controls Hanzhou remotely, not directly, the Mu family will have the ideas of the Mu family, and the ideas of the Mu family represent the ideas of the Hanzhou army.

Fang Cai's Mu family's hometown Cook Muqing has already expressed his position in front of Li Xin, his idea is very simple, that is, no matter how Li Xin deals with it this time, he will eventually turn his face with the court in the future, since this is the case, he must prepare early, and he can't just wait quietly for the court to start.

Now, Li Xin is asking Mu Ying what she thinks.

Whether it is the Mu family or the Hanzhou Army, Mu Ying is actually in control now, and his thoughts are much more critical than his father's.

After the black-faced general scolded the Taikang Tianzi who was far away in the capital, he saw Li Xin with a serious face, so the smile on his face gradually subsided.

"Master Hou, father doesn't know you, that's why he said this to you, and I'm different, the two of us were in the capital back then, it was a lifelong friendship, I know what kind of character you are, no matter what you plan to do, I'll just follow you."

It was November, and the weather was getting cold, Li Xin tightened his robe, and let out a breath of white air from his mouth.

"I'll talk about it later, what we have to do now is how to beat Pei Jin, an old boy, hard."

Saying that, he said to Mu Ying: "It's cold here, let's go to your study to talk." ”

Mu Ying nodded, led Li Xin into the Mu family's study, and the two of them lit a stove in the study, moved a low table, and sat on both sides of the low table.

After they all sat down, Mu Ying reached out and poured Li Xin a glass of wine.

"It's cold, warm up."

While pouring the wine, he continued: "These days, I have sent out a lot of people, and the number of the imperial army has probably been figured out, and it is roughly estimated that it is already twelve or thirty thousand. ”

As Mu Ying spoke, she poured herself a glass of wine, and after taking a sip, she continued: "As Hou Ye said, most of these troops are local garrisons in the southwest, some of them are still Xiangyong transferred from various county towns, and there are also Hanzhong troops transferred from Hanzhong. ”

"Except for the Hanzhong Army and the garrison of Jincheng, the others are all rabble."

General Mu narrowed his eyes and said, "I have been in Yulin Wei, if I can give me twenty or thirty thousand Yulin Lang, I will be sure to break these people away!" ”

The Marquis of Jing'an couldn't help but glance at Mu Ying.

"30,000 Yu Lin Wei, thanks to what you said, the entire Dajin Yu Lin Wei will only have 3,200 people!"

"It is to give you 30,000 forest guards, their armor and weapons, and the bows and crossbows consumed by daily training, so that you can ask for food with your bare ass!"

Yu Lin Wei and the internal guard and Qianniu Wei, are the Son of Heaven's pro-army, these Janissaries in the capital, it is quite expensive to raise, take Yu Linwei as an example, each Yu Lin Lang in the Yu Lin Wei is wearing black armor, the cost price is twenty or thirty times, and almost everyone in the Yu Lin Wei is good at shooting, and the bow and arrow consumed by practicing archery every day is a large amount.

Even if it is the Great Jin Dynasty, it only raises three Praetorian Guards, and the total is not more than 10,000 people, if it is 30,000 Yulin Guards, even Li Xin can't afford to raise them, let alone the Hanzhou Mansion, which is not rich.

Mu Ying is because she has been a general in Yulinwei for two years, so she will never forget Yulinwei, an ordinary local general, his subordinates can wear neat clothes, even if the conditions are good.

Mu Ying coughed, and then said with a straight face: "Actually, the training of my Hanzhou Army in the past few years has not fallen, even now, let me lead the Hanzhou Army out and fight to the death with the people of the imperial court, it is not that there is no chance of winning, but the probability of winning is lower." ”

He looked serious.

"In the end, there is a high probability that Pei Jin's department will be hit hard, and then Hanzhou City will fall."

Mu Ying was born in Yu Linwei, and the backbone of the Hanzhou Army was also the two hundred Yu Linwei that Li Xin brought to the southwest from the capital, so most of the training of the Hanzhou Army on weekdays was based on Yu Linwei's training standards. They are actually not much different from Yu Linlang in the capital, but their equipment is far from being as good as Yu Linwei, and their archery skills are far inferior to Yu Linwei.

Li Xin's face was calm.

"If Pei Jin still wants to lead troops to attack the city, I have a way to make him suffer a big loss and turn the tide of the battle, the difficulty now is that if Pei Jin besieges and does not fight, it will be difficult to deal with."

When Mu Ying heard Li Xin's words, she immediately opened her eyes wide and looked at the Marquis of Jing'an.

"Master Hou, what do you mean ......?"

Li Xin didn't answer directly, but just said: "In the past few years, I have arranged a group of people to do things in my hometown Yongzhou, and I have asked them to come here a few days ago, and it is estimated that in a few days, they will be able to go to the vicinity of Hanzhou Mansion, and then you will be asked to take someone out to pick them up into the city." ”

Mu Ying nodded and said, "No problem, you may not be able to beat Pei Jin in a frontal fight, but with my cavalry, it is not difficult to take some people into the city." ”

"About a hundred people."

Mu Ying coughed, still patting her chest.

"Don't worry, Master Hou, there's no problem."

Marquis of Jing'an nodded and said, "Since these people can enter the city, then the next question is how to lure Pei to attack the city." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin knocked on the table with his hand.

"I have an idea."

Li Xin arrived in Hanzhou City from the northern Xinjiang for more than ten days, and along the way, he was thinking about how to break the situation in Hanzhou, and he thought about how to break the siege alone, and he thought of more than a dozen of them, and the idea he wanted to say at this time was carefully considered.

Mu Ying grinned: "Master Hou ordered that the Hanzhou Army must do it." ”

Li Xin coughed and asked, "How long is there enough food in Hanzhou City?" ”

"If you save some food, you can eat for about three months, that is, in February next year."

"Where is the food in the homes of the people of the city?"

"Then it's not clear."

Mu Ying coughed and said, "After Hanzhou was besieged, I let people control these places where rice is bought and sold grain, and used part of their grain as military food, and the other part was kept for porridge after two months. ”

Speaking of this, Mu Ying paused.

"But come to think of it, there shouldn't be too much food in people's homes......"

Marquis Jing'an narrowed his eyes.

"Then from tomorrow onwards, the rice shop will be opened, and the grain will be released to the people,"

Li Xin's face was calm: "Each person per day, the limit is two catties of rice." ”

Mu Ying's face changed slightly.

"But if it goes on like this, at most a month, the Hanzhou army will have no food to eat!"

After five years of being a family, Mu Ying is now more sensitive to food than anyone else, he doesn't even need to calculate carefully, he can estimate how long he can eat food just by feeling.

"Listen to me first."

After Li Xin was interrupted by Mu Ying, his thoughts were confused, and after he sorted out his thoughts, he continued: "In addition to putting grain, we must also spread the news intentionally or unintentionally, just say that the food in the city is enough, at least enough for everyone to eat for more than a year." ”

Mu Ying scratched her head: "And then?" ”

"And just wait."

Li Xin smiled and said: "At this time, there should be many people in Hanzhou City who are acting as eyes and ears for Pei Jin, and when these eyes and ears spread the news, it is not us who are in a hurry." ”