The conversation between Li Xin and Ye Ming was not polite or joking, in fact, the two of them were discussing how to divide the credit.

The war in the southwest has ended, this credit is a big cake, this time the Western Expeditionary Army has a share, according to reason, no matter what the war is, the credit of the main general will always be the greatest, so Li Xin will say that most of the credit will be given to Ye Ming, and the rest will be shared equally with the soldiers of the forbidden army.

And Ye Ming meant that Li Xin accounted for the majority, and the rest of the forbidden army soldiers were divided equally.

In fact, the result of the two people talking does not completely determine the reward on the side of the imperial court, after all, during the war in the southwest, every day's military report is to be sent to the capital, and the son of heaven in the capital knows very well who has the most credit.

But the results of the discussion between the two of them will finally be written into the letter of merit for the expedition to the Western Army, and this letter of merit will affect the rewards issued by the imperial court to a certain extent, after all, the opinions of Li Xin and Ye Ming are in a sense the opinions of the "military", and the court must give some respect.

The two brothers entered Jincheng hand in hand.

Li Xin paid great attention to the details, slightly behind Ye Ming, and did not walk side by side.

After the group entered the Pingnan General's Mansion, Li Xin had already set up a banquet to wash the dust for the general.

After everyone sat down, Li Xin got up to toast Ye Ming, and said with a smile: "This time, I won a complete victory in the Western Army, all relying on the general's strategy and proper command, Li Xinxi is the general of the right battalion of the forbidden army, and I am here to replace the brothers of the right battalion of the forbidden army, thank you to the general!" ”

As he spoke, Li Xin drank it all down.

At this time, the forbidden army under Ye Ming's command had not yet arrived in Jincheng, Ye Ming came to Jincheng by horse, and after hearing Li Xin's words, the general also stood up and sighed.

"Chang'an, you are a brother."

"At the beginning, you and I divided the army, there were more than 47,000 people on your side, and there were more than 94,000 people on your brother's side, and you took these 40,000 people to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop, and there were more than 30,000 people under your command, on the other hand, for brother, there were less than 40,000 of more than 90,000 people left."

Ye Ming's old face turned red, and he raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup.

"I'm ashamed of my brother to the forbidden army."

Li Xin shook his head, and said to Ye Ming: "Senior brother's words are not right, the younger brother is all tricks along the way, the only time he attacked Jincheng head-on, and there was also the help of the righteous army in Hanzhou, and he attacked from both sides, so he forced Jincheng to surrender, which is not a skill, on the other hand, senior brother, all the way from Hanzhong to the Sword Pavilion, and stepped on the Jianmen Pass, which is the real ability." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an said in a deep voice: "It's not that the junior brother is slapping the horse, looking at the entire court, anyone who comes over, he can't move outside the Jianmen Pass at this time, even if Master Ye comes in person, he may not be able to do better than the senior brother." ”

"Senior brother, the general of the country!"

Li Xin's words, of course, have some utilitarian elements, but what he said is basically true, the natural danger of Jianmen Pass, if an ordinary general comes, he is basically helpless, but Ye Ming gnawed it hard, not only gnawed down, but the battle damage was not to the point of unacceptability.

This is the basic skill and hard power of a famous general.

Changing places, doing what Ye Ming did for Li Xin would definitely not be able to do.

Ye Shaobao sighed, silently poured a glass of wine for Li Xin, and at the same time filled it for himself.

"In the battle of the Sword Pavilion, more than sixty or seventy thousand people died on both sides together, if it is in Jimen Pass, I won't say a word for my brother, after all, Jimen Pass is outside the country, and no matter how many people die, it is deserved, but this is the Sword Pavilion, it is the ...... of Shu County."

Ye Shaobao sighed and took a sip of wine.

"On both sides, they are all my soldiers of the Great Jin, and they are all the people of my Great Jin......"

"With the death of the people on your side, I'm afraid that 200,000 people have died in this expedition to the west."

Ye Ming gritted his teeth: "This time, Li Shen has created a heavenly sin!" ”

No matter how ruthless the general is, the ruthlessness is only a appearance, just a mask, everyone is human, no one will be really indifferent in the face of thousands of corpses, especially these people are all from their own country.

However, Ye Ming actually miscalculated, the number of people who died this time was far less than 200,000, because the Marquis of Jing'an released water, and many Pingnan soldiers died on the "books".

Li Xin accompanied him for a drink, patted the general's shoulder, and said with relief: "Senior brother, if this chaos is not limited to Shu County, it will be a big trouble in the future, and there will be far more people than these, at least this time there are basically no civilians who died in the southwest, and the senior brother can be regarded as making a merit." ”

The two brothers were talking while drinking, and the little grandfather Ye Mao knelt on the side, pouring wine for the two of them in a proper manner, and sat up straight.

After the two of them talked for a while, Li Xin began to explain in detail how his side successfully won Jincheng.

From the beginning of crossing the Sky Ridge, all the way to Li Shen's surrender of Kaicheng.

After listening to it roughly, Ye Ming frowned deeply, he turned his head to look at the little grandfather Ye Ming, and then whispered to Li Xin: "Chang'an, Ye Mao, he has so much credit?" ”

Li Xin said with a smile: "Senior brother, don't worry, these will be genuine credits, there is no moisture, Ye Mao has disregarded his life many times along the way, and the little brother can't pull it, this is all the credit he has worked so hard to get, it is very clean, there is no dirty thing." ”

The little grandfather heard Li Xin's words and puffed up his chest high.

Ye Ming sighed: "I know that you won't cheat in Chang'an, but there are many things in this, except for Ye Ming, other people can do it, and there are many things that he doesn't need to do." ”

"Chang'an, you took three Zhichong Mansions out, in addition to Ye Mao's Fangshan Zhichong Mansion, there are two other Zhichong Mansions, and the other two Zhichong Governors."

"According to what you just said in Chang'an, the merits of the other two Zhichong Lieutenants and Zhichong Mansion together, they are inferior to Ye Mao alone, I don't know how much, you can't lead troops like this, it's too biased."

Li Xin said with a smile: "You always have to help your own family, don't you?" ”

"Those two Zhichong Mansions, since they follow you, they are also your family."

Ye Ming's face was serious, and he said solemnly: "Chang'an, you lead the troops like this, it's okay once or twice, after a long time, these people will become more and more dissatisfied in their hearts, if something happens, or the war is not going well, when they fall behind, it is possible to bomb the camp or even mutiny!" ”

Ye Ming's words can be regarded as an old general's bitter teaching to the new general.

He looked serious and said solemnly: "For the general, the most important thing is to have a bowl of water flat, so that you can win the hearts of the people, and the soldiers can be willing to use their lives for you, otherwise you will never be able to bring out a strong army if you only care about the difference between relatives and relatives." ”

Li Xin's expression was serious, he got up and arched his hand at Ye Ming and said, "Thank you senior brother for your teachings, the junior brother has written it down, only this once, not for example." ”

Ye Ming shook his head.

"This time, Ye Mao's credit will be distributed to the other two Zhechong Mansions, so that after returning to the capital, they will not be psychologically unbalanced."

"Those people under Ye Mao's command are following the death force, it's not good to take the credit from them, how should it be calculated, what do you think of Chang'an?"

Li Xin frowned and said, "I'm afraid this is a little unfair to Ye Mao." ”

Ye Ming glanced back at Ye Mao, and then smiled dumbly.

"Ye Mao, he wants to take credit, it's useless, he will come from Chen Guogong, Chang'an still wants the court to give him a different surname?"

Li Xin was stunned, thinking about it.

Others may care about these things, but for the little grandfather, it is nothing.

He doesn't need to.

Ye Ming said a few more words to Li Xin, and then suddenly became serious again, looked at Li Xin, and asked in a deep voice.

"Chang'an, I have something to ask you for my brother."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Senior brother, but what he said, the younger brother must know everything." ”

This Ye Shaobao stretched out his hand and poured Li Xin a glass of wine, then raised his head and looked directly at Li Xin.

"Chang'an, you tell the truth with Brother Wei, what is going on with those so-called Hanzhou rebels?"