When Li Xin received Li Shuo's letter, it was already two days later.

The content of the letter was very simple, he asked Li Xin to send troops to feint to attack Jincheng and create an opportunity for him.

To be honest, this is not excessive, but it is risky.

Today's Li Xin, as long as he guards Mianzhu, is invincible, but if he sends troops out of the city, there will be no such advantage at all.

In case Li Shuo wanted to deceive his main force out of the city and set up an ambush near Jincheng, and Li Xin's department did not have many horses, the Pingnan army chased him out, and there was basically no way to escape.

Therefore, Zhao Jia did not approve of Li Xin's sending troops.

The county magistrate of Mianzhu said in a deep voice to Li Xin: "Master Hou, this Li Shuo...... He is from Jincheng, and his words cannot be trusted. ”

"We don't have to take that risk."

Li Xin nodded with a smile and said, "What Brother You'an said is that I naturally can't let my brothers risk their lives because of his letter. ”

"But this Li Shuo's suggestion is not impossible to try."

Zhao Jia frowned slightly.

"What does Master Hou mean?"

"If you want to divert Li Shen's attention, there is no need to send troops to attack, I have another way."

"Whether it will be successful or not, it is Li Shuo's business, let's just watch quietly."

After thinking of a way to deal with it, Li Xin sent a letter back to Li Shuo, postponing the time by three days.

Five days after Li Shuo agreed in the letter, that is, the third day after Li Xin received the letter, it was postponed by three days, that is, six days later.

After writing this reply, the Marquis of Jing'an sat down again and wrote a second letter.

Both letters were sent to Jincheng.

After asking his subordinates to send the two letters out, Zhao Jia returned to Li Xin's side and lowered his voice: "Master Hou, you ......"

The Marquis of Jing'an squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Now that the Wang Division has come to the city, at this time, as the chief general of the vanguard army, there is nothing wrong with persuading the rebels to surrender, right?" ”

Yes, Li Xin's second letter was addressed to Li Shen.

Now, the four deputy generals of the Pingnan Army, Li Yan is in the Sword Pavilion, the other deputy general Cheng Ping died under the city of Mianzhu, and the other two deputy generals are not the core task of the Pingnan Army, as long as Li Shen is called out of Mianzhu, it will be much more convenient for Li Shuo to do things in the city.

The two letters were sent to Jincheng one after the other.

Of course, the letter to Li Shuo was relatively much more secretive, and it was Li Xin who secretly sent it to Li Shuo, as for the letter to Li Shen, the general of the Zhu State, it was much more open, and it was Li Xin who sent a messenger who swaggered into the city and sent it to the Pingnan General's Mansion.

This messenger, named Wei Jian, is a personal guard from Yulin Wei who followed Li Xin, and he is considered Li Xin's first team, about the same age as Li Xin, but he has been with Li Xin for more than two years.

After Wei Jian reported his origin at the gate of Jincheng, it didn't take long for him to successfully enter Jincheng, and under the leadership of a soldier of the Pingnan Army, he came to the Pingnan General's Mansion in Jincheng.

After waiting in the front hall of the Pingnan General's Mansion for more than half an hour, the guard saw the general Li Shen, who stood up from his chair and did not salute, but took out a letter from his sleeve and held it in his hand.

"On the orders of the Marquis of Jing'an, I came to deliver a letter to Li Shen of the Pingnan Army."

General Zhu Guo frowned.

"What kind of official are you, dare to call Ben Hou by his name?"

Generally speaking, the name can only be called directly by the elders or superiors, and even if it is called by the elders, it is extremely unpolite, and the words are generally addressed among peers.

Calling people by name is no different from pointing at their nose and scolding someone.

Wei Jian raised his head high.

"Don't recruit the eight-rank captain of the Western Army."

Li Shen sneered while taking the letter: "The people brought out by Li Xin don't understand the rules like this? ”

"That's up to who's right."

Wei Jian was neither humble nor arrogant, and said lightly: "If it is to the Pingnan Marquis of the imperial court, Li Shen, the general of the Zhuguo State, will naturally be polite and polite, but unfortunately, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion caught fire two years ago, and the General of the Zhuguo and his wife unfortunately died. ”

Li Shen's face was expressionless.

"Young man, it is true that you can speak freely for a while, but you must know that this is in Jincheng, and your family Jing'an Hou will be behaving when he comes here, because he knows that Ben Hou can kill anyone at any time here."

"Master Hou is a useful person to keep in order to make a contribution."

Wei Jian said with a smile: "It's different in the next, since you are here, you won't be afraid of death." ”

Li Shen glanced at Wei Jian expressionlessly.

If it was the former Pingnanhou, someone talked to him like this, and they talked to him like this on the land of Jincheng, and he was already in a different place at this time.

But now, Li Shen also has scruples about doing things.

He didn't look at Wei Jian again, just reached out and unfolded the letter in his hand.

The content of the letter was very ordinary, to the effect that Li Xin would build a reed tent fifty miles outside Mianzhu City, and invite him to meet him in a few days, with 500 people on each side.

Crossbows are not allowed.

The two sides have always been at war, and this kind of meeting is not unusual, and sometimes when the fight is in full swing, they will talk about it with a reed canopy, and the battle will not be fought.

Of course, there are also people who ambush the knife and axe hands, and there is bleeding under the reeds.

Li Shen was expressionless and continued to read.

He had no interest in going to the appointment, because after meeting Li Xin, the two sides could not talk about anything, and maybe he would be sneered at by the proud young man, and there was really no need to humiliate himself.

But Li Xin mentioned a sentence at the end of the letter, which made the general of the Zhu State pupils shrink.

"If the general doesn't see it, how do you know that Mianzhu Tianlei will not reappear in Jincheng?"

It's a naked threat.

The story of Mianzhu City being blasted open by the "Pure Yang Zhenren" with a thunderbolt has now vaguely spread to Jincheng, at least Li Shen has heard of it, so the meaning of Li Xin's words is particularly obvious.

If you don't come, I'll let the gates of Jincheng be blown open.

Mianzhu's military report, Li Shen read it in detail I don't know how many times.

There is only one sentence written about the destruction of the city in Mianzhu.

On the evening of the 21st of the lunar month, the Mianzhu city gate was suddenly subjected to a huge force, and it was torn apart, and the enemy swarmed up, and it was impossible to do it.

No matter how smart Li Shen was, he couldn't understand something he had never seen before, he couldn't understand what gunpowder was, so he was indeed a little scared.

After all, if the gate of Jincheng suddenly exploded like Mianzhu, then the Pingnan Army would really have no capital at all.

Thinking of this, General Zhu Guo tucked the letter into his sleeve and looked up at Wei Jian lightly.

"Go back and tell Li Xin."

"I'll go see him."