Li Xin sat next to Mu Qing and said: "Right now, the people surrounding Hanzhou City should only be some local garrisons in the southwest, and none of the 300,000 forbidden troops near Gyeonggi have not moved, otherwise I would have received the news and reacted a long time ago." ”

"These local garrisons in the southwest are not very difficult to deal with, with the 50,000 people in Hanzhou City, I may not be sure to annihilate them completely, but there is no problem in retreating from the enemy, but it is limited to this."

Li Xin let out a breath and continued: "But the imperial court is not limited to these local armies. ”

"In the Gyeonggi area, there are nearly 300,000 forbidden troops, there are more than 200,000 Zhenbei troops and Chongjia troops in northern Xinjiang, and tens of thousands of border troops in the northwest who resist Tubo, plus local garrisons and Xiang troops in various parts of the Great Jin Dynasty, ......and so on."

Li Xin glanced at Mu Qing and said a desperate number.

"Even if the border armies in the northwest and north can't move, according to the most conservative estimates, the Great Jin Imperial Court can mobilize nearly 500,000 people at this time with all its strength......"

If the Southern Jin Dynasty forty years ago was still a small dynasty in a corner of peace, then after two generations of Emperor Wu and the Son of Heaven of Chengde, this country has become a unified behemoth, and now the military strength of the Great Jin Dynasty may be inferior in quality compared to the period of Emperor Wu forty years ago, but it is absolutely crushing in quantity.

After a pause, the Marquis of Jing'an continued: "And this is just a conventional combat force, in an emergency, the imperial court and the military department can urgently recruit soldiers, and as long as the food supply is up, it is not a problem to recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a few months!" ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked at Mu Qing and asked slowly: "So, Uncle Mu still thinks that we can pose any threat to the Ji family's court?" ”

Mu Qing's face was a little ugly, and she didn't speak.

Li Xin sighed slightly, and continued: "The reason why today's Son of Heaven dares to use troops against the southwest while letting me go north is because in terms of absolute strength, he has already crushed him, and if he dares to do this, he will think that he may force me to rebel, but he still does it, which means that he is not afraid. ”

At the beginning, the Pingnan army dared to rebel because Taikang had just ascended the throne at that time, and he could not control the power of the entire imperial court, and at that time they had the title of the crown prince Ji Yu in their hands, and the capital could not restrain the strength of the entire country for their own use, so the Pingnan army would dare to rebel.

Once Li Xin rebels now, not only will he be nameless, but also nameless, and what he will have to face at that time is this great unified dynasty that is still in its heyday.

The 50,000 people in Hanju City will be wiped out under the huge state apparatus in an instant.

However, if Li Xin rebels now, it is not impossible to win.

First of all, unless it is time to destroy the country, the seed army and the Zhenbei army will definitely not come to the southwest, Li Xin is at most facing the forbidden army of the imperial court and the local army in various places, if he can hold on for a few years, and then choose one of the feudal kings from all over the country as a righteous name, then there will be the possibility of counterattacking the imperial court.

However, this is only the worst-case scenario......

At least before taking his wife and children out of the capital, Li Xin was not ready to do this.

Hearing Li Xin's words, Mu Qing was silent for a long time, and then he looked at Li Xin again and asked, "But things have become like this, and it is no different from a public falling out, how does Master Hou plan to deal with this mess?" ”

"It's simple."

Li Xin said with a smile: "The reason why the Son of Heaven dared to use troops against Hanzhou so casually was because he felt that Hanzhou was a soft persimmon and could be manipulated at will, and he even only used some local garrisons in the southwest, as well as the garrison in Hanzhong, and wanted to take Hanzhou City." ”

The local garrison of the Great Jin Dynasty is very different from the combat strength of the central forbidden army, the local garrison not only has a lot of poor food and food, but also the intensity of training is very different from the forbidden army, and more importantly, in order to prevent the local army from becoming bigger, some more outstanding soldiers will be selected from various local armies every year to fill the forbidden army, which leads to a great difference in the combat power of the local garrison and the imperial forbidden army.

In the entire Great Jin Dynasty, except for the border army, there is basically no other army that can compete with the forbidden army.

The reason why the Son of Heaven dared to assign it like this was because the "Hanzhou Army" five years ago, the combat power was also unsightly, after all, it was an army that Mu Ying and others forcibly put together, and when it confronted the Pingnan Army five years ago, the Pingnan Army only needed to divide 10,000 people to see the 50,000 Hanzhou Army, which shows how poor the combat strength of the Hanzhou Army was at that time.

"We only need to let the mouth of the imperial court stretch out, knock out a few teeth, and even make them suffer heavy losses, so that when the imperial court wants to make a move on Hanzhou again, it will be cautious and cautious."

Mu Qing pondered for a while and nodded: "How sure is Master Hou?" ”

"At least eighty percent."

Li Xin replied without hesitation.

"Before the beginning of spring next year, the siege of Hanzhou will disappear, if not, Li Xin will be bound into Beijing, how can he keep the people of Hanzhou safe."

The implication of this sentence is that the Hanzhou Army may not be able to save it at that time.

Mu Qing got up and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"Hou Ye is also rest assured, no matter what happens to the people of Hanzhou in the future, the Mu family and Hou Ye live and die together."

After speaking, he sighed and said: "The old man is old, and the matter of the war will be left to you young people to discuss, but there is a sentence, the old man has the cheekiness to remind Li Houye." ”

Li Xin got up and held the junior salute.

Mu Qing bowed his head slightly, and said: "Hou Ye, even if this matter is carried by you, but after all, it is a symptom but not a cure, as long as the root cause is still there, there will be a next time, and the twists and turns in it, Hou Ye knows better than me, an old man, and if you want to come, Hou Ye will also have a way to deal with it." ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Xin deeply.

"When the old man said this, he was not worried about the life and death of the Mu family, but worried about the fate of Hou Ye in the future, Hou Ye is a smart person, and he is the best in the world in terms of planning and even seeking the country, but now, it is time to seek his life."

"No matter how Hou Ye chooses, the Mu family in Hanzhou, only Hou Ye is the first to look forward."

Saying that, this elder of Li Xin knelt down in front of Li Xin with a solemn face.

When Mu Ying saw her father kneeling, she didn't dare to stand, so she followed behind Mu Qing and knelt down to Li Xin.

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then reached out to help the old man up from the ground, his voice slightly hoarse.

"Uncle Mu rest assured, Li Xin is not the kind of stupid thing who doesn't know whether he lives or dies, after this incident passes, not to mention whether he will rebel or not, but he will definitely give you and me two families and seek a future."

After Mu Qing heard Li Xin's words, she nodded with satisfaction, got up and arched her hand to Li Xin.

"In this way, the Hou Ye will discuss the war with the dogs, and the old man will not follow when he is old."

After speaking, he left on crutches, leaving only Li Xin and Mu Ying, looking at each other in this small and small main hall.

Li Xin sat down again and glanced at Mu Ying.

"What do you think, the same as Uncle Mu?"

Mu Ying also sat down and scratched her head a little embarrassed.

"It's not that I want to rebel, or I'm not worth it for you."

The black face also sat down, and opened his mouth to curse in the direction of the capital.

"Ji Laoqi of the dog day, it's too inauthentic, if it weren't for you Li Changan, he should have been raised as a pig in Gusu now, maybe his life is gone, and now he turns his face and doesn't recognize people!"