Originally, in Li Xin's opinion, it would take at least a day for the Ningzhou army to enter Xiangyang City, who knew that only half a day later, Li Shuo not only entered Xiangyang City, but even took half of Xiangyang.

So much so that just after the afternoon, Li Xin and Mu Ying were already standing on the tower of the west city wall of Xiangyang City.

General Li put his hands behind his back and looked at this Xiongcheng condescendingly, and after a long time, he sighed: "I remember that when I read the codex of my predecessors in the capital more than ten years ago, I mentioned Xiangyang City, saying that the family of the seed family stayed in Xiangyang City and resisted the tyrannical Northern Zhou Dynasty for decades. ”

There was a period of time in those years, the disparity in strength between the Southern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty reached a certain extent, and the arrogant Xianbei people were going south to invade the Great Jin Dynasty at every turn.

It is precisely for this reason that no matter how careful the emperor of the Ji family is, he always has no suspicion of the two families, this is the treatment that the family members have fought for with dozens or hundreds of lives, whether it is the Pingnan Hou Mansion or the Chen Guogong Mansion, which was more successful in the later war, the status in the Great Jin Dynasty is far inferior to the seed family.

Speaking of this, Li Xin sighed: "But in a few decades, it will be very different. ”

"Xiangyang City is still the same Xiangyang City as before, but the people who defend the city are no longer the original breeders."

Mu Ying lowered her head and smiled: "If they are willing to die and carry the thunder thrown by our catapult, no matter how big the casualties are, they will not allow the Ningzhou army to climb the city tower so easily, and hold the first wave, it will take at least three days for the Ningzhou army to break the city." ”

"And the generals who defend the city in Xiangyang City are really too unreasonable, and they actually let go of the city wall like this, losing their biggest support."

Mu Ying has been immersed in the army all these years, and his vision and knowledge are not comparable to the Mu Lang general in the capital back then, he said in a deep voice: "It's that the Hou Ye didn't make a firecracker, as long as the Ningzhou army enters the city, there is enough thunder, and it can also advance slowly in the city calmly, and now with the firecracker, the Ningzhou army will only advance faster." ”

Li Xin's face was calm, and he said, "Brother Mu, it seems that how long will Li Shuo be able to take the entire Xiangyang?" ”

"I can't say for sure."

Mu Ying bowed her head slightly and said: "If Xie Jing is smarter, try to avoid the street at this time, fight with the Ningzhou army in the alley, and retreat while fighting, it is estimated that General Li will have to fight hard for five or six days or even longer before he can drive out the Hanzhong army and the Ankang army, and he will have to bear a lot of casualties." ”

"If Xie Jing is stupid and has to come out to fight the Ningzhou army head-on, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Hanzhong army will completely rout and flee, and the entire Xiangyang will fall into the hands of the general tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"The generations of the Ji family are all cronyism."

Li Xin snorted: "With Xie Jing's kind of goods, relying on the nepotism of the Empress Dowager Xie, he can also be praised to this height by the Ji family, even if the little emperor replaces Xie Jing with Xie Dai, it will be a lot more difficult for us to do things in the southwest, this Xie Jing will rely on his identity as an uncle of the Son of Heaven, and he will be stupid all the way, and he will be successful all the way!" ”

In this regard, Li Xinli is naturally a little resentful.

In the midst of the Renchen Palace Change, although he didn't have any capital at that time, he was undoubtedly the one who contributed the most, and he was also the one who risked his life to gamble, but after the fact, Li Xin did not get the status and trust he deserved.

What's even more excessive is that Xie Dai, who was still a noble son in Shanyin at the time of the Renchen Palace Change, was quickly transferred to the capital and gained far more trust than Li Xin.

Yu Linwei can't defend the Forbidden Palace, but Qianniuwei led by Xie Jing can.

It is precisely because of this distrust of "outsiders" that the situation has gradually become what it is today.

For more than ten years, Li Xin has always looked down on Xie Jing, the uncle of the country, and it is still the case until now.

Mu Ying bowed his head slightly and said: "General, the current situation is already very favorable to us, do you want the last general to lead troops to help General Li, so that there will be no more risks, and soon the general can take the entire Xiangyang." ”

"Not for now."

Li Xin frowned and said: "Li Shuo has been training for so many years, but he has never fought in a real war, and it is a good thing to train him to practice, after all, taking Xiangyang is just the beginning, and there is still a longer way to go after Xiangyang." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin suddenly remembered something and said: "Now let someone send a message to Li Shuo on the front line, telling him that he doesn't need to rush to kill everything, if there is a court army willing to surrender, our department is also willing to surrender, Brother Mu, you send some people to follow behind the Ningzhou army and accept the surrender." ”

Today's Southwest Army, although its military quality has not reached the peak of this era, it is not much inferior to any army, but the Southwest Army also has the Achilles heel of the Southwest Army, that is...... The number of people is too small.

More than 100,000 troops rule the southwest, naturally there is no problem, but if you want to enter the capital, it is a bit of a fool's dream, so no matter who raises troops, the most important thing is to quickly expand their ranks in the process of raising troops, or recruit troops, or accept surrenders, in short, as soon as possible, one person under his command into ten people.

Li Xin is not the same as those who raised troops in history, he has his own "basic plate", but this does not prevent him from accepting such surrendered troops as the Hanzhong Army, which is not weak in the first place, and can quickly form combat effectiveness after being reorganized by the Southwest Army, which is a rare source of high-quality soldiers.

Mu Ying immediately lowered her head and said in a deep voice: "The last general will do it." ”

"You don't need Brother Mu to go in person, just send a deputy general to do it."

Mu Ying immediately lowered her head, turned her head and called a subordinate of the Southwest Army, and after giving the order, she stood behind Li Xin again.

At this moment, Li Xin was using the clairvoyant mirror to look at the scene in the distance, but the houses in the city were criss-crossed, and he couldn't see it very clearly, he took the clairvoyant mirror back into his arms, glanced back at Mu Ying, and said lightly: "Brother Mu has also been with Huzi for a few months, tell me your opinion." ”

Li Xin's restrained smile was a little serious.

"Can this firebolt be used?"

"Available."

Mu Ying quickly gave an answer, but after a pause, he continued: "But although this thing is novel, it is not particularly powerful, according to the last general, our department and the Ningzhou army will each have two or three thousand people, and no matter how much it is useless." ”

This is a very pertinent observation.

To put it bluntly, although the musket is a thermal weapon, it is not a musket after all, it has too many shortcomings, the reloading speed is slow, the power is not strong enough, and sometimes it will explode, and more importantly, it will ......

This era is not without long-range attack weapons.

The destructive power of an old crossbowman is far greater than that of a firecracker.

In fact, in another world, neither the musket nor the musket have completely replaced the position of the crossbow.

Li Xin nodded and did not continue to talk about this topic.

"When we take Xiangyang, the big flag can be erected."

(End of chapter)