Li Xin had thought about this matter a long time ago, first of all, the situation in the capital is basically stable now, with the existence of firearms, plus the 100,000 southwest army, no force in the whole world can shake the city's defense, so the hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops outside the capital seem to be a little dispensable.

It is true that these forbidden armies are also a huge force, but at present, they cannot be used by Li Xin, or they cannot be completely used by Li Xin, in this case, it is better to send out some support to Ye Mao and also support Northern Xinjiang.

The two battalions of forbidden armies originally had a total of sixteen Zhichong Mansions, and the previous defense of the city plus some other losses and losses now is about ten Zhichong Mansions left, and four of the ten Zhichong Mansions are transferred, that is, a small half of these forbidden troops outside the city are transferred.

In this way, the forbidden army outside the city only has six Zhichong Mansion left, and it can no longer pose any threat to the southwest army, although far water can not quench the thirst of the near, but the news of the forbidden army going north can somewhat intimidate the Yuwen tribes in the north, and relieve some pressure on Ye Mao, who is struggling to support in the north.

Hou Jingde and He Xiang glanced at each other, then looked at Li Xin at the same time, and asked at the same time: "What does the Metropolitan Governor mean, is it for the two of me to lead the troops north together?" ”

"There are only four Zhechong Mansions, where can I use the two Hou Masters to go together?"

These two people, each of whom had led a battalion of forbidden troops before, even before Li Xin entered Beijing, occupied a pivotal position in the imperial court and military, and it was too overkill for the two of them to rush to the mansion with four folds.

Li Xin said with a smile: "My opinion, let General He lead people to the north to support Chen Guogong, as for Brother Hou was injured before, the injuries on his body have not been healed, so he will continue to lead the rest of the forbidden army to camp outside the city, of course, if the two of you have any opinions, you can say it, the two brothers helped me a lot when they entered the city, no matter what they said, they can be outspoken." ”

Hou Jingde was just silent for a while, and then he spoke: "Dadu Governor, the injuries on the body of the last general were already healed before entering the city, and now they have already healed, in terms of body and bones, I am better than Brother He, and I am also one or two years old in age, according to my meaning, it is better for me to lead the troops to the north and let Brother He stay in the capital." ”

Li Xin's face was calm and looked at He Xiang: "What does General He mean?" ”

He Xiang is a person with a weak personality, and he doesn't talk much, he said silently: "The general has no opinion on who goes north to the last general, but if it can be faster, it should be faster as soon as possible, I'm afraid that Grandpa Ye won't last too long." ”

His voice was a little low: "The eldest son of the old man has gone with him, and he can't even ...... the eldest grandson."

He was born in the Ye family, so he naturally cared more about the Ye family than Hou Jingde, and if Li Xin hadn't shown him the seal of the Chen Guogong Mansion before, he would probably not have taken the risk of helping the Southwest Army enter Beijing.

Li Xin nodded silently and said: "In this case, then it is up to me to arrange, General He, you will start to reorganize the soldiers tomorrow, and strive to lead the troops north within two or three days, and I will greet Shangshutai later and prepare the paperwork for you to transfer the troops." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused, then groped out a seal from his sleeve, handed it to He Xiang, and said: "This is the big seal of the Chen Guogong Mansion that Ye Mao asked me to bring to me before, and I also asked General He to help return it to Ye Mao, in addition, after General He led the troops to the north, if the border pass is not lost, General He might as well lead the troops to guard the Jimen Pass first, and the documents for the imperial court to allow Ye Mao to recruit troops are already on the way. ”

He Xiang took a deep breath, took the seal with both hands, and looked a little excited: "Don't worry, the last general will definitely live up to the trust of the Metropolitan Governor." ”

He himself was a veteran of the Zhenbei Army, and later he was injured before returning to the Chen Guogong Mansion as a general, and it was naturally the best thing to let him go to reinforce Jimen Pass at this time.

This old general, who was already over half a hundred years old, didn't even want to eat after getting the seal, he stood up directly. He bowed his hand deeply to Li Xin: "The governor of the capital, the last general will go to order all the soldiers and horses, and when the documents of the imperial court arrive tomorrow, the last general will immediately set up troops to go north!" ”

Li Xin smiled dumbly: "Don't be in a hurry at this moment, General He will sit down and finish eating before leaving?" ”

"If you can be faster for an hour, Ye Guogong will be less dangerous."

He Xiang's voice was heavy: "Please forgive the general for being rude." "Read a book for a long time

Li Xin shook his head helplessly.

"Since General He is so anxious, then I can't force him to stay, General He will go and prepare manpower, I can guarantee that early tomorrow morning, the documents of Shangshutai, the documents of the Ministry of War and the documents of the Metropolitan Governor will be sent to General He, and General He's trip will never be delayed."

He Xiang bowed deeply to Li Xin: "The last general...... Retirement. ”

After that, General He got up directly, exited the private room, and after leaving the restaurant, he didn't even return home, and ran directly towards the forbidden army camp outside the city.

Hou Jingde looked at He Xiang's distant back, shook his head and sighed: "The Metropolitan Governor is too unfair, why can he lead the troops to the north, and the last general will stay in the capital with the forbidden army?" ”

"In terms of friendship, I have known the Governor for longer than him."

Li Xin picked up his wine glass, toasted Hou Jingde, and said with a smile: "General He is the general of the Ye family, let him go to the north to get closer to Ye Guogong." ”

Hou Jingde raised his head and took a sip of wine, and said with a grin: "The old man of my family was also born and died with Ye Shuai back then, is it not closer than the relationship between He Xiang and the Ye family?" ”

Hou Jingde's father was a pioneer general under Ye Sheng, and because of his outstanding military achievements, he was named a lifelong marquis. It is also for this reason that when the Hou family arrived at Hou Jingde's generation, the official fortune was not very good, Hou Jingde was still a left general of Yulinwei until he was forty years old, if it wasn't for Li Xin, he might be now, that is, Yulinwei Zhonglang general.

Li Xin lifted the wine jug, filled a glass to Hou Jingde, and said with a smile: "There's no need to complain like this, brother, you can rest in the capital for a while, take the forbidden army, and no worse than the military exploits in the north." ”

"When the younger brother is fully in control of the capital, he will never treat the elder brother badly."

Hou Jingde picked up the wine glass and touched it with Li Xin, and then the tall man rolled his eyes and asked Li Xin: "Does the Metropolitan Governor want to reorganize the Forbidden Army and the Southwest Army?" ”

Li Xin looked at him in surprise.

"How does dude know?"

"I've also been an official in the capital for most of my life, so I can guess some."

The big black face raised the wine glass and toasted Li Xin with a glass of wine, and then said with a smile: "Governor, your eldest nephews in my family have been idle every day for all these years, but they haven't found a way out......"

Li Xin frowned slightly.

Hou Jingde himself is in charge of the forbidden army, if he simply arranges the personnel of the forbidden army, and does not need to come to him, then it is very likely that the people of the Hou family will enter the Southwest Army......

As for the matter of the Shenji Battalion, it has only begun to be done now, and it is impossible for Hou Jingde to know.

Hou Jingde is also a person who can read his face, seeing that Li Xin's face is not right, he hurriedly continued: "Don't worry, I don't mean to let them enter the Southwest Army, but I heard that the capital is now re-establishing the three guards, and the Metropolitan Governor will see if you can let my rabbit cubs ......"

"Advanced Yulin Weili...... Asking for an errand? ”