Not to mention that the current Pingnan Army is hidden in the southwest mountains and the border of Tibet, and there is nowhere to find them, even if Li Xin can find them, it is unknown whether these people will still have combat strength in five years.

More importantly, the Pingnan Army was crippled by Li Xin himself from its heyday, and Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, and his wife both died in the capital, although it was not killed by Li Xin himself, but it was indeed because of him that he died, and now Li Shuo's attitude towards him is still unknown.

Therefore, even if there were difficulties in the southwest, Li Xin never had the idea of seeking help from the Pingnan Army.

He has to rely on his own strength to solve the problem of the southwest.

To tell the truth, the Jing'an Hou Mansion was originally among the major generals in the capital, and the foundation was relatively shallow, the seed family had the Yunzhou Army, the Ye family had the Zhenbei Army, and the Ye family, who was not even a descendant of the generals, also mastered the Qianniuwei and half of the Yulinwei in the capital.

And Li Xin, although he had been in Yulinwei and the forbidden army, but in order to avoid suspicion, he did not go to the forbidden army or the attention of the guards, five years ago he had the opportunity to take Jincheng's Pingnan army for his own use, and finally let it go to Li Shuo.

In the past five years, he listened to Ye Sheng's words, and he was basically in a very honest state, and he handed over most of the power on the surface, even on Yu Linwei's side, he didn't keep anyone much.

Now that the southwest is besieged by the imperial court's 100,000 troops, Li Xin's strength is actually not much, counting the generals of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, as well as the manpower he has buried in the shadows over the years, the total number is less than a thousand, and this number cannot decide anything in the war of more than 10,000 people.

Li Xin was riding on a horse and talking to Mu Ying, and when he raised his eyes, the Mu family was already in front of him, and before he got off the horse, he saw an old man with gray hair waiting for him at the door of the Mu family.

It was Mu Qing, the former head of the Mu family.

Li Xin hurriedly dismounted, took off the black scarf on his face, and clasped his fists at Mu Qing: "Uncle Mu has been in good health for the past few years?" ”

Mu Ying went out early in the morning to "pick up" Li Xin into the city, Mu Qing, who was a father, was not very relieved, so he personally waited at the door, at this time seeing Li Xin himself arrived, he was stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "Master Hou is here in person." ”

"I have to come."

Li Xin sighed.

"If I don't come, Hanzhou City will be broken in half a year at most, and when the time comes, not to mention that Uncle Mu and Brother Mu will have an accident, even I will be in a dilemma in the court."

Li Xin smiled at Mu Qing.

"Helping the Mu family is helping yourself, and the little nephew is still clear about this."

Mu Qing let go of his body and invited Li Xin to his home, and asked, "Master Hou has a plan to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"There are some ideas, but how to do it, we have to discuss it carefully with Brother Mu."

As they spoke, they had already entered the Mu family, Mu Qing brought Li Xin and Mu Ying to the main hall of the Mu family, and retired after serving tea, Mu Qing was an elder, sitting on the main seat, he gave Li Xin a cup of tea, and sighed slowly.

"Five years ago, Hou Ye said that we, the remnants of Nanshu, will have a righteous and bright Dajin identity in the future, and those of us who have died in the country have suffered for thirty years, and we are naturally happy to hear this kind of words, so even if everyone is already a farmer in the field and a hunter in the mountains, they still picked up a hoe and hunting fork, and reluctantly pieced together 50,000 people, advancing and retreating with Hou Ye."

After speaking, Mu Qing glanced at Li Xin deeply.

"Who knows, in just five years, the identity of this Great Jin Dynasty is not easy to use, the emperor of the Ji family still sees us as an eyesore, and does not hesitate to send 100,000 soldiers and horses to get rid of us."

When it comes to this matter, it is indeed not today's son.

Five years ago, when the expedition to the west, it was not particularly smooth, at that time it was Li Xin who made a middleman, so that Taikang Tianzi reached an agreement with these Nanshu remnants, and the two sides agreed that after the fall of the Pingnan Army, Hanzhou City would be autonomous for the remnants of Nanshu, and at the same time give these Nanshu remnants the identity of a Great Jin people, and no longer mention the old things of the homeland.

It was Taikang's three-year affair, and it has only been five years now, and the court has turned its face and denied it.

Li Xin sat next to Mu Qing and sighed deeply: "Uncle Mu is my own person, so I won't hide what I say." ”

He lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said with a wry smile: "Today's Son of Heaven may not be as open-minded as his father, but it will not be narrow to this point, it is impossible to speak five years ago, if you don't recognize it, you won't recognize it, and now the army of the imperial court suddenly besieged Hanzhou City, largely not because of the Nanshu Kingdom that has been destroyed for forty years." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin pointed to his nose and said in a deep voice: "It's because of me." ”

"The Mu family, or the Hanzhou Army, is too close to me, the minister of the court, to the point where the emperor is not at ease, so that today's incident will occur."

"To be reasonable, it was Li Xin who dragged down Hanzhou City, otherwise the imperial court might be on guard against Hanzhou City, but it would never use swords like this."

Mu Qing glanced at her son.

Eventually, the old man looked up at Li Xin.

"The twists and turns in the court of the Great Jin Dynasty, we outsiders can't see clearly, since Hou Ye Li has personally arrived in Hanzhou City today, then the Mu family has been born and died with Hou Ye, Mu Ying and you are brothers, some things he is not easy to speak, I, an old man, will open this mouth for him."

Li Xin's face was solemn.

"Uncle Mu said it directly."

Mu Qing lowered her head and took a sip of tea, then looked up at Li Xin again.

"Hou Ye Li, what are you going to do next?"

The old man had a solemn face.

"What you have done over the years, the old man has learned a lot from all aspects, when he won the heir, Mu Ying was also in the capital, and he told me many of these things, the current Taikang Tianzi of Dajin can be said to be the one who holds the throne of God in one hand."

"After he became the emperor, the throne was unstable, and you controlled the forbidden army and helped him secure his position."

"Five years ago, you swept away the Pingnan Army that had been entrenched in the southwest for 30 years."

"But now, he's done it to you like this."

"Even I, an outsider, feel angry for you at this time."

Speaking of this, Mu Qing looked at Li Xin directly.

"Marquis Li, what are you going to do next, do you continue to be a courtier for their Ji family, or do you want to start another business and do something yourself?"

Mu Qing's words sound like a lot, but they can be summed up in one sentence.

Hou Ye Li, rebellion?

Li Xin himself had considered this question, so he answered it quickly.

He took a deep breath and said, "Uncle Mu, my family is still in the capital. ”

"Your wife is the princess of the Ji family, and as for the child, she also has the blood of the Ji family, if you turn your face with the Ji family, you just don't want it."

Mu Qing's voice was heavy.

"Anyway, Master Hou, you are only in your twenties, and it is not a problem how many children you want to have."

Being able to say these words does not mean how bad Mu Qing is, or how unscrupulous he is, but the values of each era are different.

So in his eyes, these things are important, but they are not inseparable, in fact, many big figures in history have this kind of mind.

Li Xin shook his head slowly.

"Let's put my wife aside and don't mention it, even if I am willing to rebel at this time, we can't be the opponents of the imperial court."