Since the Southwest Army attacked Luzhou, the imperial court has ordered the Xiang troops from all over the country to enter the Jingqin Wang, and now more than a month has passed, and the Xiang Army in the south of the Yangtze River, which is relatively close to the capital, has rushed to the vicinity of the capital, and these people together have about 1230,000 people, whether it is the quality of personnel or equipment, compared with the Jinggi Forbidden Army, they are too far behind.

At present, the capital is not besieged, that is to say, the news of the capital can be transmitted from the capital unimpeded, and the first order that this army received after arriving near the capital was to attack the southwest anti-thieves with all its strength and encircle the southwest army with the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army.

Although they were suspicious, they were naturally loyal to the imperial court when they were able to rush to the capital as soon as possible, and they did not hesitate, and after a few days of simple rest, they launched an attack on the Southwest Army.

The local box army will regularly select elites to enter the central forbidden army every year, that is to say, the remaining box army in the local area has extremely limited combat effectiveness, in the face of these box army, Li Xin did not even let the Ningzhou army dispatch, but just sent a letter to Mu Ying, asking him to take the Hanzhou army to deal with these box army.

At this time, it should be noted that when the rear box army and the Hanzhou army are fighting, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army will not go out of the city and cooperate with them.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Xiang Army is not high, but the number is here, at least it can entangle a small half of the combat strength of the Southwest Army, and in the case of the small number of people in the Southwest Army, it is difficult for the remaining troops to resist the elite attack of the forbidden army.

At this time, Jiangnan's Xiang Army was about to meet Mu Ying head-on.

And Li Xin and Li Shuo stood on a hillside outside the west gate of the capital, each holding a clairvoyant mirror, looking in the direction of the capital.

Li Xin took the lead in putting down the binoculars in his hand and said: "At this time, Mu Ying has probably already fought with King Qin's army, do you think the people of the imperial court will go out of the city and meet us head-on." ”

"Maybe."

Li Shuo also put away the clairvoyant mirror and said: "Let's stop bombarding the city wall today, most of the people in the court will think that our energy is attracted by the Xiang Army, and the last time the Ningzhou Army sold a flaw according to the general's plan, the current general of the forbidden army, Xuantong, since he is an old general who has led soldiers for decades, it is impossible not to notice it." ”

The so-called flaw is the weakness of the Ningzhou Army in the face of the two Fold Mansions of the Forbidden Army last time.

At that time, it was a night attack by the forbidden army, which was expected in advance by the Ningzhou army, and when the Ningzhou army set a trap in advance, there were almost 30,000 Ningzhou troops, and only more than 20% of them fled back, and the rest, including the main general Hou Jingde, were left behind.

This record looks very gorgeous, but there is a big problem with it, because in the case of heavy casualties of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, the Ningzhou Army also killed many people, and the casualties of the Ningzhou Army that night also exceeded 10,000!

It stands to reason that the Ningzhou army had been prepared for a long time and had firearms to ambush, and in that situation where the situation was almost one-sided, it was impossible to have such a large casualty, but this casualty just appeared, which means that it ...... The Ningzhou Army was actually weak.

There were not many people who managed to escape back that night, and although they had no way to know the exact casualties of the Ningzhou army, they could still give an approximate number, and with this number, experienced generals could quickly estimate the actual combat strength of the Ningzhou army.

This is the illusion that the Li Xin brothers made for the imperial court.

It's not that the two of them deliberately let the Ningzhou army die, but that night, the Ningzhou army that participated in the battle, except for the firearms battalion, most of the rest were recruits "recruited" by Li Shuo along the way, and these recruits did not even include the soldiers they surrendered along the way!

These people, who have only been trained for a few months, have almost no combat experience, and in this case, they fought with the Central Forbidden Army, even if they had an absolute advantage on the scene, but because of their lack of combat experience, they still gave Hou Jingde's troops a lot of "counter-killing".

This is an arrangement planned by Li Xin in advance, so that those recruits can quickly form combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, it is also to hide clumsiness, so that the imperial court can misjudge the real combat strength of the Ningzhou army, and see if it can lead the forbidden army out of the capital.

After the two of them watched on the high slope for a while, a young man in blue clothes quietly walked behind Li Xin, bowed his head and said, "Godfather, Uncle Mu's side has already fought with the Jiangnan Xiang Army." ”

Li Xin's dark department, since Shen Gang was seriously injured, was temporarily taken over by Chen Sixteen, and at the same time, Zhao Jia's son Zhao Yi also temporarily worked in the dark department, which can be regarded as exercising the ability of young people.

Li Xin nodded slightly, looked back at Zhao Yi, and asked, "What did Mu Ying say over there?" ”

Zhao Yi lowered his head and said, "Uncle Mu said that in seven days at most, you can clean up these van troops." ”

"Go talk to him and let him be more stable."

Li Xin squinted slightly: "Don't be so anxious, just don't let those forbidden troops come into contact with the Ningzhou army." ”

Zhao Yi bowed his head respectfully: "The child obeys!" ”

With that, the young man slowly retreated.

After Zhao Yi walked away, Li Shuo looked back at the young man's back, and then said softly: "General Mu and Mr. Zhao's son have both recognized their brother as their father-in-law." ”

Li Xin glanced at him.

"What, your son is going to be my godson too?"

Li Shuo smiled and shook his head: "Then there is no need, they were going to call their brother uncle." ”

General Li's face was calm: "Don't worry, I won't favor one over the other, no matter whether we enter the capital or not in the future, the Ningzhou Army will be left to your family as a family background, and I won't move." ”

Li Shuo smiled and shook his head: "If my brother enters the capital and takes charge of the world, I will not take the Ningzhou army for a day, if we return to the southwest, the Ningzhou army will still be held by the younger brother." ”

The two brothers were chatting, and suddenly Li Shuo frowned slightly, stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the capital, and said in a deep voice: "Brother, look! ”

Li Xin immediately raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked towards the west gate of the capital.

I saw that the west gate of the capital was being slowly pushed open, and after it was completely pushed open, a group of horsemen first poured out of the city gate!

And then there are the black pressed pawns!

General Li's eyes were blazing: "The forbidden army has sent troops." ”

Li Shuo took a deep breath and said, "Brother, the younger brother is going down to arrange the formation." ”

"Go ahead."

Li Xin exhaled slowly, a little nervous in his heart.

"After getting ready, let's see how many people from the forbidden army are out of the city, and if there are more than five Zhichong Mansion, we will avoid it."

Li Shuo respectfully clenched his fists: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

After that, the Ningzhou general rode down the hillside, and after entering the tent of the Ningzhou army, he immediately shouted loudly for the firearms battalion to prepare for formation, and at the same time, the infantry of the Ningzhou army also began to line up quickly, ready to meet the first frontal attack of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army!

This is a very critical battle!

If the war is won, the Southwest Army will be completely divided into advantages, and the future will be unlimited.

If he loses, he rolls up and rolls back to the southwest.

Li Xin stood alone on the hillside, using a clairvoyant mirror to watch the movements in the capital from time to time.

About half an hour later, the gates of the capital were closed, and Li Xin had almost seen the number of enemies.

"Probably...... Four fold houses. ”

General Li muttered to himself.

But soon, in the clairvoyant mirror, he saw some familiar clay pots.

Even Li Xin's breathing was slightly short.

"The ...... of the Imperial Court Thunder! ”