No matter what the scene is in the capital, the Marquis of Jing'an, who is far away in the southwest, naturally can't feel the malice from afar for the time being, and at this moment he is sitting leisurely on the head of Mianzhu City, looking at Jincheng not far away.

At this time, it is already the Lantern Festival of the new year.

In other words, Li Xin has occupied Mianzhu for more than half a month and nearly a month, and in this half a month, whether it is Sword Pavilion or Jincheng, there has been no movement, and the Pingnan Army seems to have forgotten that Mianzhu has changed hands, or that this incident has not happened.

The Marquis of Jing'an looked in the direction of Jincheng, his eyes were leisurely, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Because Hanzhou can't leave Mu Ying for too long, Mu Lang at this time has been away from Mianzhu for a while, during this time, Li Xin left all the affairs in Mianzhu City to his dog-headed military division, he simply became a shopkeeper, wandering around leisurely every day, when he was free, he would come to the city tower of Mianzhu City, looking at Mianzhu from afar.

To be honest, Li Xin also felt that something was wrong at this time.

According to reason, there should be some movement on the Jincheng side, even if Li Shen did not dare to directly send troops to attack Mianzhu, he should also send troops to pretend to be, otherwise Mianzhu will be lost, and the news that the Pingnan army is unable to take care of it will spread, and the hearts of the people in the southwest will be scattered.

But it's been almost a month, and there hasn't been any action on Jincheng's side.

Even Ye Ming's side didn't make any moves.

However, General Ye sent a letter to Li Xin.

The letter did not ask him to help attack the Sword Pavilion, but only told him to help intercept all the materials of the Sword Pavilion. All the grain and grass military supplies sent to the Sword Pavilion from the rear of the southwest must pass through the area of Mianzhu Fucheng, if Li Xin can block these supplies, then Ye Ming will not have to use his life to storm the Sword Gate Pass, at most in a year and a half, the Sword Pavilion itself will be broken.

Li Xin did not fully agree with this letter.

In terms of overall strength, the Pingnan Army is still on the side that has the upper hand, and Li Xin is now more than enough to hold Mianzhu, but if he wants to control the surrounding areas of Mianzhu, or even block the surrounding areas of Mianzhu, it is a little too taken for granted.

In fact, interception can also be intercepted, after all, there will not be too many people in the grain and grass army, and the combat effectiveness will not be strong, but after a long time, there will be problems.

If Jincheng used this as bait to lure Li Xin's army out of Mianzhu, and the two sides faced each other in the field, Li Xin's troops might not be able to win and draw the southern army at that time.

Therefore, Li Xin's reply to Ye Ming was that everything on his side should focus on guarding Mianzhu, and other things could only be in the back row.

In other words, it's okay to help block supplies, but you can only do it incidentally.

After the division of troops, theoretically Ye Ming is still Li Xin's boss, but the two people each lead an army, in fact, they can be regarded as the two main generals of the two armies, and Li Xin does not need to completely obey Ye Ming's wishes.

Just as the Marquis of Jing'an was sitting on the tower of the city wall and pondering, a personal guard of Yulinwei walked up, bowed in front of Li Xin and said, "General, there is a young man who wants to see you." ”

Li Xin was thinking about things at this time, and when he heard this, he was a little impatient, and said lightly: "The affairs in Mianzhu City will be handled by Zhao County Order, go to Zhao County Order." ”

Ye Ming was the general manager of the southwest march, and the military power of the entire southwest during the war was in Ye Ming's hands, and he could even directly appoint temporary local governors without the approval of the imperial court and the household department.

Although Li Xin did not have as much authority as Ye Ming, he appointed a temporary county order, whether it was the household department or the imperial court, he would not have any opinions.

This Yu Linwei bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully: "General, this young man has gone to see Zhao County Order, he came from the county office, and Zhao County Commander said let the general decide for yourself whether to see or not." ”

Li Xin turned his head slightly and glanced at his personal guard.

"What's the name of this young man?"

"General Hui, his name is Li Shuo."

The face of the Marquis of Jing'an darkened suddenly, he took several deep breaths, and finally snorted and said, "You go, take him to my residence, and I will see him later." ”

Li Xin has now moved out of the Mianzhu County Yali and moved into the house of a wealthy family in Mianzhu City, completely giving up the county government to the temporary county commander Zhao Jia Zhao Xianzun.

This personal guard can follow Li Xin's side, and he is naturally the most trusted person around Li Xin, so he immediately bowed his head when he heard the words, and said, "General, take him with you if you are lowly and take him there." ”

Li Xin nodded slightly.

"Be careful and don't let too many people see it."

This personal guard suddenly turned awe-inspiring, bowed his head and said, "I understand. ”

This guard slowly walked down the tower.

Li Xin stood on the city wall and frowned slightly.

This Li Shuo is his "cheap brother", although he doesn't want to recognize it, but in terms of blood relationship, Li Shuo is indeed his half-brother.

This cheap brother, in the first year of Taikang, that is, about a year and a half ago, when Li Xin was repairing his mother's grave in Yongzhou, he went to Qiyang to see Li Xin once, at that time, the conversation between the two was not very pleasant, and Li Shen didn't give this cheap brother a good look.

After nearly two years, this "cheap brother" has come to the door again.

It's a nuisance.

Li Shuo is a southwesterner, born in the southwest, grew up in the southwest, grew up in the Pingnan Army since he was a child, if the Son of Heaven knew that he met Li Shuo, he was really not easy to explain.

Li was a little hesitant to see him or not.

However, after hesitating for a moment, the Marquis of Jing'an still walked down the city tower with his hands in his hands and got on the mount he found in Mianzhu City.

A moment later, Li Xin dismounted at the door of his residence, he looked down at the ordinary cloth robe he was wearing, and walked in with a blank face.

The personal guard who came to inform Li Xin before immediately greeted him, bowed his head and said, "Master Hou, the person is waiting in the side hall, and he was picked up in a carriage, and no one saw him along the way." ”

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "You have a heart." ”

"Humble duty."

Li Xin nodded and walked into the side hall.

In the side hall, a young man who was also wearing a coarse cotton suit sat on a chair and waited in a regular manner, and when he saw Li Xin walking in, the young man immediately stood up, bowed his head to Li Xin and said, "Brother." ”

"You don't need that name."

The Marquis of Jing'an was expressionless.

"Did you come by yourself, or did Li Shen ask you to come?"

Li Shuo, a much taller but more slender young man who was much taller than two years ago, bowed deeply to Li Xin and spoke in a sincere tone.

"Brother, the younger brother came by himself."

"The younger brother has a few words that I want to say to my brother."