The forbidden army has been holding on for so long, and the reason why this time there will be four Zhichong mansions and the southwest army is not because they suddenly have the courage, but because the Xiang army in Jiangnan has come to the capital Qinwang, and the intention of the imperial court will be flanked from both sides, even if it can't defeat the southwest army in one go, it will make the southwest army suffer heavy losses, so it will be forced to retreat.

In this regard, Li Xin's response is also very simple, Li Shuo's Ningzhou army is responsible for dealing with the frontal forbidden army, while Mu Ying's Hanzhou army resting in Luzhou is responsible for blocking the local army of King Qin behind the buttocks.

The Ningzhou army has been replenished all the way, and the number has reached 100,000, which is exactly the same as the number of the four Zhechong Prefectures, but Mu Ying's Hanzhou army only had 50,000 people when it came out of Hanzhong, and it consumed a lot along the way, especially when attacking Luzhou, there were a lot of injuries, and now the combat power that can be used is only 30,000 or 40,000.

But the local army that came to King Qin was about 150,000 people!

According to the comparison of numbers, the Hanzhou army is far inferior to the Xiang army in these places, but the difficulty of fighting a war is much easier on the Hanzhou army's side than Li Shuo's Ningzhou army.

First, the army in these places does not have much combat effectiveness, and they basically do not have the ability to deal with firearms, let alone have the confidence of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army to rush forward against firearms.

Therefore, Mu Ying's battle was quite easy.

He even walked out of the city of Luzhou with the Hanzhou army, only 30,000 people, and then faced the local Xiang army that rushed to help.

When the real fight started, it was still the Southwestern Arms Battalion that had already formed a fixed pattern of routines.

The shield soldiers were in front, the throwers were behind, and the fire guns and archers were thicker, and with the help of firearms, these van troops, which were not in a very neat formation, were scattered almost in a single appearance.

Some of the van soldiers who had never seen the world saw the thunder explode around them, and in just an instant, they killed and injured their comrades who were still alive just now, and everyone was so frightened that they were stupid, and some of them were a little smarter, lying on the ground on the spot, and some were even stunned in place, not daring to move.

After a few rounds of firearms, the Xiang army was on the verge of defeat, Mu Ying was wearing black armor, leading the elite of the Hanzhou army, like a tiger into a wolf pack, and rushed into the Xiang army formation.

The black-faced general was like thunder.

"Disarm or kill, disarm or kill!"

More than 100 personal soldiers behind him, following him, shouted on the battlefield: "Disarm and don't kill, disarm and don't kill!" ”

In fact, Li Xin just asked Mu Ying to lead the Hanzhou army to block these local box troops, and did not give him specific combat orders, nor did he let him go to these box troops, but on the way out of Hanzhong to Shu, the Hanzhou army overcame thorns and thorns in front, but the Ningzhou army followed behind and became a "fat man", Mu Ying looked a little red, so he took this opportunity to also think about expanding the number of his Hanzhou army.

These local Xiang troops, the military quality was extremely poor, after being blown up by the thunder, they basically lost their combat ability, and also lost the ability to charge twice, by Mu Ying and others yelled like this, some people threw down their tone on the spot and surrendered on their knees.

Compared with the day-long fierce battle between the Ningzhou Army and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, the collision between the Hanzhou Army and the Xiang Army in these places ended in only two or three hours.

In the end, most of the army broke and fled, a small part died under the bows, arrows, knives and guns of Tianlei and the Hanzhou army, and the other part surrendered on their knees and became prisoners of the Hanzhou army.

Mu Ying won the battle neatly, and then took people back to Luzhou, and after settling down the soldiers under his command, he turned over his horse and instructed the deputy general of the Hanzhou Army to rest the army in Luzhou, and at the same time prevent those scattered box troops from coming again, and he himself rode a horse and rushed to the front line where the Ningzhou Army was located.

Before leaving, he instructed his lieutenant general that as long as he received the news, he would immediately prepare to support the Ningzhou Army and do a good job...... Preparations for the retreat of the Ningzhou Army.

At this time, even Mu Ying, who is very arrogant on weekdays, is inevitably nervous.

The Hanzhou army faced a group of rabble in the back, but the Ningzhou army in front faced the most elite Central Forbidden Army in the entire Great Jin Dynasty!

If the battle on the front line is unfavorable, even if it is only a small loss, it will be an extremely heavy blow to the morale of the entire southwest army, and if the Ningzhou army is defeated, including his Hanzhou army, will have to withdraw to the southwest, this time the eastern crusade will also fall short.

The Ningzhou military camp on the front line, about a hundred miles away from Luzhou, Mu Ying rode a fast horse, and finally arrived at the Ningzhou military camp in the second half of the night, after arriving at the Ningzhou military camp, he first looked at the situation of the Ningzhou military camp, and saw that in the Ningzhou military camp, although there were many wounded soldiers, but there were not many people with sad faces, and many people were still smiling, Mu Ying was somewhat relieved, and under the leadership of Li Xin's personal guard, he entered Li Xin's handsome tent.

At this moment, Li Xin had just been lying down for a short time, and after knowing the news of Mu Ying's arrival, General Li rubbed his eyes, put on his clothes, and got up from the bed sleepily.

Mu Ying, who was dressed in iron armor, bowed down into the handsome tent and saluted Li Xin with a fist: "I've seen the general!" ”

Li Xin stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist again, and then looked up at Mu Ying, yawned and said, "Brother Mu came to the front line so late, something happened in the rear?" ”

"Nothing in the rear."

Mu Ying hurriedly said: "At the end of today, the general will have a battle with those local box troops, and those box troops ...... It's really not the same, compared to the defenders of Luzhou, I don't know how much, only two or three hours to divide the victory and defeat, the last general is worried that something will happen to the Ningzhou army, so I rushed to take a look. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced up at Li Xin and asked cautiously, "General, ...... the Ningzhou Army here?"

"This side also won."

Li Xin pointed to the cushion beside him, motioned for Mu Ying to sit down and speak, and then he spoke: "Today, the Ningzhou army and the forbidden army fought all day, and in the evening, the forbidden army was defeated and returned to the city, and there were casualties on both sides, but the death of the forbidden army was much more than that of the Ningzhou army. ”

When Mu Ying heard this, he grinned: "It seems that General Xiao Li is very good at leading troops, and even the forbidden army is not the opponent of his Ningzhou army." ”

"This battle, if my Hanzhou army comes to fight, most of it will be hanging."

Li Xin also smiled: "You rushed over from Luzhou at night with a black face, did you want to see the joke about the defeat of the Ningzhou army?" ”

"The last general will not dare."

Mu Ying shook her head again and again, and said: "The Hanzhou Army and the Ningzhou Army are both the Southwest Army of the Great General, everyone is in the same breath, the last general is just worried that something is wrong with the Ningzhou Army, so I thought about coming over to see if I can help, the last general of the Hanzhou Army has already given an order and is ready to support the Ningzhou Army at any time." ”

Speaking of this, Mu Ying glanced at Li Xin again and asked, "General, we have won the battle on both sides, so what ......is the next step?"

Li Xin smiled dumbly: "Since both sides have won, then it is not us who should be anxious, but the officials and men in the capital, this battle of the Ningzhou army is very beautiful, if nothing else, many people will take the initiative to contact us in the next few days." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "I still have an old man in the capital, if we can say that he will fall to the side of the Southwest Army, then we don't have to fight with the forbidden army, and we can enter the capital smoothly." ”

"The deceased?"

Mu Ying looked at Li Xin with some confusion and asked, "What does the general mean...... The Ye family? ”

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"One of my old subordinates, to be exact."