After resting for three days in the county seat of Deyang, the Pingnan army began to march towards the next county seat.

As Li Xin expected, the extremely brave Pingnan Army took the county town in just one day, and then the general Cheng sent Li Xin a battle report that could not find any fault as always, and the battle report detailed the battle damage, as well as the loss of materials, and the list of casualties.

In just one month, the five county towns of Deyang, Shifang, and Jintang in Hanzhou were taken down by the Pingnan army, and by the middle of April, the Pingnan army entered the Hanzhou capital and completely swept away the remnants of southern Xinjiang.

So far, the remnants of the rebellion in southern Xinjiang have been quelled in this way.

In this process, Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, did not even show up, only this deputy general Cheng Ping, in just one month, with the "20,000" Pingnan army, defeated all the five counties of Hanzhou Prefecture.

Li Xin and others followed Cheng Ping, and also lived in every county for a few days, and in mid-April, he followed Cheng Ping to the gate of Hanzhou City, where the door was wide open, Li Xin hugged his fist at Cheng Ping, the deputy general who was about the same height as him, and bowed his head and sighed: "The remnants of southern Xinjiang were swept away by the Pingnan Army in January, and the Pingnan Army is really a brave army in the world." ”

Li Xin's tone was sincere, and he couldn't hear the slightest hint of ridicule, but this passage sounded in Cheng Ping's ears, it was full of ridicule, but this Cheng general was very thick-skinned, and he coughed at the moment, with a serious face: "Nanshu has been destroyed for more than 30 years, and the Nanshu royal family still refuses to stop. ”

Speaking of this, the general Cheng sighed: "It's just that this time to quell the rebellion, my Pingnan army is too desperate, so that my own sons and daughters have also suffered heavy losses, and I implore Captain Li to report this situation to the imperial court truthfully after returning to Beijing, so that the imperial court can send the bereavement pension on time." ”

Li Xin squinted his eyes and smiled: "Walking with General Cheng all the way, I didn't feel that it was difficult to suppress the bandits, but I saw General Cheng marching all the way, in my opinion, this Marquis Li doesn't have to rush back from the capital at all, with General Cheng here, isn't Southern Xinjiang impregnable?" ”

Cheng Ping's face changed slightly.

No matter what Li Xin said before, he listened to it as a child's joke and didn't take it to heart at all, but Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, was the absolute core of the Pingnan Army and the lifeblood of the Pingnan Army.

The deputy general of the Pingnan Army said: "Captain Li's words are not in line with military affairs, the most important thing in the battle of the army is the general, although the general did not personally lead the troops to attack the city, but he sat in the rear to command, there is no general in the rear to strategize, overall planning, with Cheng a certain person, how can such a feat?" ”

Li Xin narrowed his eyes.

This Cheng Ping has a strong desire to survive.

The young lieutenant said softly: "General Cheng just said that the Pingnan Army suffered heavy casualties and asked the imperial court to issue a pension, I don't know how many people died in this battle?" ”

Cheng Ping's face was grief-stricken: "Captain Li, in this battle, the officers and men of my Pingnan Army used their lives, and more than 10,000 people were killed, and as for the wounded, there are countless people!" ”

Tut...... What a big appetite.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the bereavement of a soldier who died in battle should be ten guan money, and more than 10,000 people were killed in battle, that is to say, the bereavement money alone will cost more than 100,000 guan money, plus the reward for the merits of this battle, how much should be rewarded for killing an enemy, and the supply of grain and grass, this time, the imperial court must allocate at least more than one million guan money to be enough.

Li Xin's face remained unchanged, and he said: "May I ask General Cheng, the soldiers of the Pingnan Army who died in battle, can you make up for it from the imperial court?" ”

According to the rules, the establishment of the Pingnan Army is 100,000 people, and if some of the people killed in battle, the imperial court must recruit troops to fill the vacancy, because ordinary commanders are not qualified to recruit soldiers.

This time, I asked Cheng Ping's key point.

The number of casualties he reported to Li Xin this time was more than 10,000 people, and if the imperial court made up more than 10,000 people to enter the Pingnan Army, not to mention whether they were exposed or not, these more than 10,000 people would be able to make it difficult for the Pingnan Army to sleep and eat.

If the Son of Heaven transfers 10,000 soldiers and horses, so many people will naturally form a force in southern Xinjiang, and this force is still very small, unless the Pingnan Army officially pulls the flag and rebels, otherwise they really can't help more than 10,000 people.

Even if there is a fight, more than 10,000 people are enough to tear a hole in the Pingnan Army.

Cheng Ping said in a low voice: "Captain Li, this is not needed, the national dynasty is the time to employ people, how can my Pingnan Army waste the talents of the imperial court again?" ”

Li Xin smiled: "You can't let the Pingnan Army lose more than 10,000 people for no reason, right?" ”

Cheng Ping's complexion froze.

"This missing part, my general will naturally write to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to allow my Pingnan army to recruit troops in southern Xinjiang, and the Pingnan army has been like this for so many years, and it has never troubled the imperial court."

Li Xin nodded clearly, and said with a smile: "In this case, General Cheng handed over the military report of the attack on Hanzhou Mansion to the subordinates as soon as possible, and counted a specific number as soon as possible, so that he could return to Beijing to report to His Majesty." ”

Cheng Ping nodded indifferently: "Captain Li rest assured, it will be sent to Captain Li as soon as possible." ”

With that, Vice Admiral Cheng turned around and left.

Li Xin also shook his head and smiled, turned around and walked into the big mansion arranged for them by Cheng Ping, ready to rest.

In a restaurant not far from this big mansion, a noble man in blue clothes was sitting by the window on the second floor, looking at Li Xin and Cheng Ping.

When Cheng Ping left, the wine glass in his hand was calm: "Arrange it, I want to see this Li Xin tonight." ”

This noble son is naturally the eldest son of King Min of Nanshu, His Royal Highness Li Xing.

He was originally in Hanzhou City, and after Cheng Ping "hit" into Hanzhou City, he did not leave Hanzhou, and he was still light and light, he should eat and drink.

After the destruction of the country in Nanshu, King Min escaped by luck and swept away a lot of wealth of the royal family of Nanshu, so that King Min has been living in southern Xinjiang since then, for example, His Royal Highness Li Xing, his life on weekdays is no worse than that of King Min when Nanshu was alive.

Behind him stood a man in blue clothes, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, there are people from the Pingnan Army guarding this person, and it seems that it is not easy to see him." ”

"What do you want you to do if it's easy?"

Li Xing's voice was cold: "No matter what method you use, if you want to see this young man named Li Xin tonight, you can do it, even if Cheng Ping finds out, it doesn't matter, Gu doesn't believe it, in Hanzhou City, what else can Cheng Ping do with Lone?" ”

Calling a lonely widow sounds very forced, but whether it is "lonely" or "widowed", it is a kind of self-humble title for the prince, Li Xing's current identity is the son of Min Wangfu, from this level he calls himself "lonely", there is absolutely no problem.

Moreover, now that he is a descendant of the Nanshu royal family, he may be the only one left alive, and he can be regarded as a true loner.

This subordinate hurriedly clenched his fists.

"Your Highness, I'll go down and make arrangements."