On February 20 of the third year of Taikang, the time came for the day agreed between Ye Ming and Li Xin.

General Ye was at the gate of Jianmen Pass, looking at the first male city in the southwest.

Originally, there were more than 130,000 troops in the right battalion of the forbidden army, and after the two people divided the troops, Li Xin's side was less than 50,000 people, and Ye Ming had about 10,000 people here.

Last time, in order to cover Li Xin's attack on Mianzhu, Ye Ming stormed Jianmen Pass for three days, and the casualties added up to nearly 10,000 people.

In other words, Ye Ming still has 80,000 combat power under his command.

In Jianmen Pass, there are only 30,000 people under Li Yan's command, although there is such a natural danger as Jianmen Pass, and there will be no danger of losing the Sword Pavilion in a short time, but in comparison with this kind of number, Li Yan is basically only passively beaten, and there is no room to fight back.

What's more, the Fucheng Mianzhu behind the Sword Pavilion has been lost, and their connection with Jincheng has been cut off, if General Ye has patience, as long as he waits for a year and a half, and when the food in the Sword Gate Pass is exhausted, this Xiongcheng will be self-defeating.

But Ye Shaobao couldn't wait.

There is no way, as a deputy general, Li Xin has already made a miraculous achievement, he, the main general, has made no achievements except for Hanzhong, and he is also afraid that Li Xin is in the hinterland of the southwest and will not be able to defend the lonely city of Mianzhu.

What's more, he received a letter from Li Xin.

The letter asked him to send troops to attack the Sword Pavilion, and Mianzhu would cooperate behind the Sword Pavilion to pacify the southwest as soon as possible.

Therefore, on the agreed day, Ye Shaobao waved his hand and gave an order.

"From today onwards, each of the five Zhichong Mansions will send five thousand people to attack the city for one day, and then take turns to replenish the five thousand people and attack the Sword Pavilion!"

In ancient times, no matter what period, the overall quality of soldiers was generally low, and when a war really started, except for the iron army with perverted discipline like the Yuejia army, as long as the other armies lost half or even thirty percent of the battle, the overall morale would plummet, and it was very likely to be defeated.

Ye Ming is not like Li Xin, who is a young man who leads the troops for the first time, he does not have so many "compassionate" thoughts, his style of play is five folds and Chongfu gathers five thousand people every five days, which will keep the battle damage at a certain proportion forever, that is to say, as long as he does not call it to stop, these forbidden troops will continue to fight.

Tzu is not in charge of the army.

Ye Ming's department has been parked here for more than two months without any movement, they naturally can't be completely without action, in fact, in the past two months, they have built a large number of siege equipment similar to siege vehicles.

And so, the terrible war began.

From February 20th, Ye Ming began to attack Sword Gate Pass wave after wave, even the kind of attack regardless of casualties, such a fierce attack even made Li Yan, who was stationed in the Sword Pavilion, a little difficult to parry.

Because of the news of Mianzhu's loss, Li Shen could block the source of information in Jincheng, but the Sword Pavilion was in front, and there was no way to block it.

Many of the defenders of Jianmen Pass already knew that they were no longer their own people behind their buttocks, so it was inevitable that they would be demoralized when they started a battle.

Coupled with Ye Ming's ferocious offensive, these Sword Pavilion defenders inevitably felt a little uneasy in their hearts.

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The news of the tightness of the Sword Pavilion was transmitted to Mianzhu as soon as possible, but it had not yet reached Jincheng, and Li Xin, the Marquis of Jing'an, sat on the tower of Mianzhu City and looked at the direction of Jincheng lightly.

Then a Yu Linwei came over to report.

"Master Hou, an old man wants to see you at the city gate."

Mianzhu has four city gates, and by coincidence, this old man is at the gate under Li Xin's feet, shouting to see Li Xin.

The Marquis of Jing'an stood up from the recliner, stretched lazily, and yawned again.

"Who?"

This Yu Linwei bowed his head and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, he claims to be the head of the Li family of Zhao County, and he said that he has a relationship with you......"

"The lowly officials are afraid that they are the elders of the Hou Ye, and they don't dare to slack off, so they came over to report."

"The head of the Li family of Zhaojun ......"

"He came on his own?"

This Yu Linwei shook his head and said, "There is also a boy with him, seven or eight years old. ”

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "You go and lead him to my residence, let him wait, and I will see him later." ”

"Yes."

This Yu Linwei immediately went down and did what Li Xin said.

With his hands behind his back, the Marquis of Jing'an stood on the edge of the city wall and looked down, and saw a carriage being led into Mianzhu City by his personal guard.

There was an old man and a young man sitting in the carriage, the old man was in his fifties, with pale hair, but he looked very good, and he looked very good.

As for the boy, he was seven or eight years old, and he was very handsome.

When Li Xin looked over, the boy seemed to sense Li Xin's gaze, and looked up at the city tower, and the Marquis of Jing'an did not dodge or dodge, and smiled at the child.

The boy shrank his head, and did not dare to look any further.

After an hour or so, Li Xin came down from the castle tower and rode his horse towards his residence.

After a pillar of incense, the Marquis of Jing'an appeared in the living room of his residence, he was dressed in a wide robe with big sleeves, his hands were in his sleeves, and he glanced at the two people in the living room with a smile.

"The affairs in the city are busy, so the two of them will wait."

The gray-haired head of the family, Li Shidao, immediately took the boy and stood up, first glanced at Li Xin, and then saluted in a proper manner: "Li Shidao of the Li family of Zhaojun has seen Jing'an Hou." ”

The little boy also saluted Li Xin in a decent manner, and said crisply: "Li Chengye of the Li family of Zhao County, I have seen the Marquis of Jing'an. ”

Li Xin smiled slightly: "Two, in the past, the four words of the Li family of Zhao County were a golden signboard, but don't mention it again in the future." ”

"Not long ago, the imperial court has listed several families such as the Li family of Zhaojun, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Yang family of Hongnong as anti-thieves."

Li Shidao's expression changed slightly, and finally sighed.

"Hou Ye Li, you are also surnamed Li, and you are also from the Li family of Zhao County."

The Marquis of Jing'an smiled: "Don't you dare to have a relationship with the old gentleman, my Li and Li Shen are not the same Li." ”

He had a long fall out with Li Shen in his life, and he didn't even recognize the Pingnan Hou Mansion, let alone the Li family of Zhaojun, originally in his case, he should have changed his mother's surname, but firstly, his mother Xiao Qinglan insisted that his surname be Li, and secondly, he was also called this name in his previous life, so to this day, he is still called Li Xin instead of Xiao Xin.

Li Shidao's expression was solemn.

"Marquis of Jing'an, the ancestral blood heir is on you, it's not something you can say if you don't recognize it."

This is the poor in the downtown and no one asks, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

In the past, when Li Xin was down, even the Pingnan Marquis Mansion was reluctant to recognize him, let alone the Li family of Zhao County, who was thousands of miles away, but now that the Marquis of Li is rich, these people have something to ask him for, so they ran over to recognize their relatives.

The Marquis of Jing'an smiled and glanced at Li Shidao lightly.

"If the two of you have anything to say, just say it, if you just say this, Li Xin will accompany you."

Li Shidao hurriedly got up and called Li Xin.

"Hou Ye Li."

The old man's tone smacked of pleading.

"The old man came to Mianzhu to see Hou Ye, naturally not to say this, but to ask Hou Ye Li for help if he had something."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "The Li clan of Zhaojun participated in the rebellion, and no one can save you." ”

"The old gentleman should go back to Jincheng and let Li Shen give you ideas."