In the middle of March of the second year of Taikang.

The vanguard led by the general Ye Ming finally reached the edge of Shu County, but Ye Ming did not continue to rush west, but stopped at a major city outside the border of Shu County.

This is Jingzhou City.

Jingzhou in the Great Jin Dynasty is not the Jingzhou of Great Kyushu, but only a Jingzhou Mansion, but the location of this Jingzhou Mansion is very critical, it can basically see all the paths of the Pingnan Army out of Shu, it is an important gateway to Shu County out of Sichuan, Ye Ming chose to camp here.

Then for a whole month after that, he didn't do anything other than send people to investigate the situation in Shu County.

As Zhao Jia said, the two sides did not fight.

A month later, it's April.

At this time, the spring flowers were basically in full bloom, and Li Xin led about 50,000 men and horses to the vicinity of Jingzhou City.

Zhao Jia rode behind him, and together with Li Xin, he looked up at this large city with an extremely important geographical location.

"Brother You'an is right, these two people really didn't fight."

Zhao Jia bowed his head slightly, and said respectfully: "Ye Shaobao is very experienced in leading soldiers, and what we can see, he can naturally see it, so he didn't rush into Shu." ”

Li Xin shook his head.

"If it drags on hard, the imperial court has the ability to drag the Pingnan army to death, after all, it is only a Shu county, and it is unlikely to compete with the imperial court, but Your Majesty will not allow him to do nothing in Jingzhou like this, at most for another month, Senior Brother Ye will fight if he doesn't want to fight."

Zhao Jia lowered his head and sighed: "I heard that the rumors in the southwestern counties have been increasing recently, and that Pingnan Marquis is sparing no effort to preach that His Majesty is a usurper, and he has the real waste prince by his side, in this case, it is indeed unlikely that Your Majesty will allow Uncle Ye to drag it on like this." ”

Li Xin suddenly smiled.

"Brother You'an, what does the chaos in the southwest think will end?"

Zhao Jia raised his head, glanced at Li Xin meaningfully, and then said: "If the Hou Ye doesn't intervene and come in, according to my calculations, the situation in the southwest will be deadlocked, but at most five years, the southwest will no longer be able to support it, and finally be wiped out by the imperial court." ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he continued: "And the imperial court will also be consumed because of the five years of vitality, and the prosperous situation that the first emperor managed so easily will be gone, and if His Majesty does not handle it properly, it will even make the fortunes of the country take a sharp turn and decline." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Youan raised his head and glanced at Li Xin cautiously, and finally said in a deep voice: "And once Hou Ye is involved, it is not something I can calculate, Hou Ye alone is enough to completely turn the situation in the southwest war." ”

Li Xin smiled slightly.

"Brother You'an thinks too highly of me."

In the two months that he was on the road, Li Xin met Li Xing a total of three times, and also met Mu Ying's father Mu Qing twice, but the matter of the righteous army has not been discussed, after all, His Royal Highness of Nanshu is not a fool, he cannot easily hand over the lifeblood of the remnants of Nanshu to Li Xin.

Therefore, Li Xin's control over the situation in the southwest is still extremely limited.

And Zhao Jia didn't know what connection Li Xin had with the remnants of Nanshu, so what he said just now sounded like a sycophant.

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin faintly, and finally smiled slightly.

"It's Master Hou, you underestimate yourself too much."

"At the beginning, the situation in the capital has undergone earth-shaking changes because of Hou Ye, and it is only a southwest, which is much smaller than the field in the capital."

While the two of them were talking, Jingzhou City was already in sight.

Li Xin turned his head and said indifferently: "Tell everyone to camp on the spot, and you are not allowed to enter and leave at will without a military order, and wait for orders." ”

The herald who followed the nearby immediately conveyed the military order.

And Li Xin led Zhao Jia and Mu Ying, and found the little grandfather Ye Mao who served as the captain of Zhichong in the army.

After more than two months of marching and nearly three months, the little grandfather's face looked a little darker, and after he saw Li Xin, he hurriedly bowed his head and said respectfully: "General Li." ”

No matter what it has to do in private, it should be called whatever it should be called in the army, which is a compulsory course for Ye Mao, a young grandfather who was born in a general family and has a strict family education.

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Get on the horse and go out with Ben." ”

"Take you to find your father."

Ye Mao's heart moved, and then he nodded hurriedly: "Okay, I'll come now." ”

On this day, when Li Xin's department was still outside Jingzhou City, Li Xin and the other four people rode horses and entered Jingzhou City.

When they walked to the city of Jingzhou, Li Xin and the others saw that the army under Ye Ming's command was also stationed outside Jingzhou City, after all, if more than 100,000 people poured into Jingzhou, this not particularly large city would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Fortunately, Li Xin had already received the news in advance and knew where Ye Ming was now, so he went directly into Jingzhou City and rushed towards the Prefecture Governor's Mansion in Jingzhou City.

When it was almost noon, the four of them finally arrived at Ye Ming's state pastor's mansion.

Because Ye Ming's identity is far beyond that of a magistrate like the state pastor, as soon as he entered Jingzhou City, this state pastor's mansion should have become Ye Ming's temporary place of governance.

After some personal reports, soon Ye Ming, who had obviously more white hair, appeared in front of Li Xin, this Uncle Ye was immediately excited after seeing Li Xin, he stepped forward and took Li Xin's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Senior Brother Li is really here, if you don't come again, I don't know what to do for my brother." ”

He only cared about talking to Li Xin, and didn't even glance at Ye Mao next to him.

The shadow in the little grandfather's heart was a little bigger, and the eyes that looked at Li Xin were even more resentful.

Li Xin smiled and said, "What does Senior Brother Ye mean by this. ”

Ye Ming said with a wry smile: "Now there are rumors in the southwest, and some rumors have even spread to the capital, Your Majesty will inevitably be angry when you see it, and a few days ago he sent someone over to give a note, let's get rid of the southwest as soon as possible, the sooner the better, although the brother wants to do it, but the logistics are insufficient, so he has been waiting until today." ”

"The imperial court has escorted 500,000 stone grains and grass, and now it has reached the outskirts of the city, just waiting for Senior Brother Ye to check it."

Speaking of this, Li Xin smiled.

"The household department will continue to raise grain and grass in the future, Senior Brother Ye can fight with the Pingnan Army in the front, and the younger brother will try to ensure the safety of the senior brother in the later stage."

Speaking of this, Li Xin glanced at Ye Ming and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Ye, what is the situation in the southwest now?" ”

Ye Ming glanced at Li Xin, and finally sighed slowly.

"I thought that my brother would think that the best way was for them to be dragged to death, but it is clear that Your Majesty will not allow such a method."

General Ye's voice was low.

"If nothing else, it's going to be a head-on ......"