Before Li Xin left the southwest, he had instructed Mu Ying to find a way to take the initiative to fight with the imperial court's garrison in Hanzhong, the main commander of the Hanzhong army would be the old Si Ye Xuan of the Ye family, unless the imperial court had an edict, he would not easily make a move against the southwest, but once the southwest took the initiative to provoke, it would be very different.

After all, there is also a deputy general in the Hanzhong Army, Uncle Xie Jing, with Xie Jing staring at him, Ye Lan can only fight with the southwest army out of the Sword Pavilion, and the result is self-explanatory.

Although the main forces of the two sides did not fight, but their respective vanguard troops touched, but the thunder has never been seen before, the effect on the battlefield is still too amazing, although this kind of thing does not have large-scale direct lethality, but as long as one is thrown into the enemy's formation, the enemy's formation will immediately be chaotic, after a contact, the Hanzhong army has killed hundreds of people, more than 1,000 seriously injured, and more than 2,000 people have been lightly injured.

On the enemy's side, no more than 300 people were killed or wounded, no matter from what point of view, this time the Hanzhong army was defeated.

If this battle was commanded by Ye Luan, Xie Jing could also say that Ye Lan deliberately released water to the southwest, but this time in the local battle, it was the uncle of the country who personally led the team, and he was defeated by the southwest army in only one or two hours and fled back to Hanzhong.

As a last resort, he could only write letters to the imperial court in person.

At the end of the letter, the uncle specially added.

"The southwest is a good weapon, throw it into the pile of people, it has the power of opening mountains and cracking stones, if the number of thunder in the enemy is enough, it is not three times that of the enemy."

After reading this letter, Yuan Zhao Tianzi's face was very unsightly.

It is not three times the enemy, there are about 100,000 people in the southwest at present, that is to say, the imperial court must have at least 300,000 troops before it is possible to take the southwest, this is still a head-on collision, coupled with the danger of Jianmen Pass, it is almost impossible for the imperial court to take the southwest before getting the thunder.

What's even more terrifying is that, aside from those border troops who are beyond the reach of the whip, the imperial court's left and right battalions of the forbidden army in Gyeonggi combined, are only barely 300,000 people, if the southwest kills the capital with this sharp weapon, the forbidden army collides head-on, and it may not be their opponent!

Yuan Zhao Tianzi threw the letter sent by Xie Jing into the brazier and slowly exhaled a breath.

"This teacher of mine still has a lot of skills that I haven't taught me......"

He felt a little powerless in his heart.

The chaos in the capital lasted for several months, and he, the son of heaven, was powerless to suppress it, and as soon as Li Xinfu returned to Beijing, he used thunderous means to deal with the chaos in the capital clearly, and in only three days, there was no longer the voice of the previous emperor in the court.

Yuan Zhao Tianzi originally thought that he was inferior to Li Xin in terms of means, but now that he looks at it, he may not be Li Xin's opponent in terms of strength.

In fact, this is a wrong message given to the Son of Heaven in Xie Jing's letter, that is, "one is three".

First of all, they are not proficient enough in the role of firearms, and at present they are only limited to throwing rudimentary versions of earth bombs, which are very limited in power, and once the formation is scattered, it is almost useless.

Another issue is the issue of yield.

Now, in order to keep it secret, it is Chen Sixteen who is responsible for the "production" of the heavenly thunder in Jincheng, although he has more than a hundred helpers, but the heavenly thunder created at this speed is okay to guard the city, and it is far from enough to be used in a large-scale war.

As long as the Southwest Army dares to go out of Shu, the appearance of the paper tiger will be revealed.

Even so, it did not affect the result of the collision between the Southwest Army and the Hanzhong Army this time, and the results of Mu Ying and others were completely in line with the effect that Li Xin wanted to achieve.

In the eyes of the imperial court, the stronger the southwest, the safer Li Xin will be in the capital, and the louder he will speak.

After Yuan Zhao Tianzi burned the letter sent by Xie Jing, he sat alone in the Weiyang Palace and was silent for a long time, and after I don't know how long, he spoke: "Xiao Zheng." ”

Xiao Zheng, the great eunuch who had been waiting nearby, immediately bent over and walked over in small steps, and said respectfully to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty orders." ”

"We're in the southwest, how many people are there to use?"

Xiao Zheng was silent for a while, and then spoke: "Originally, the first emperor placed a lot of people in the southwest, adding up to nearly a thousand people, and wanted to get the secret of the southwest, but some time ago they made a mistake in their affairs, and they found their heels, and they were cleaned up a lot, and now there are less than three hundred plum blossom guards in Jincheng, and there are only more than a hundred people who can be assured that they will not be discovered." ”

The Son of Heaven took a deep breath and said, "Spread my will, at all costs, you must also get the recipe of the Southwest Heavenly Thunder!" ”

"There's no money, I'll give it to them from the inside!"

Xiao Zheng nodded a little weakly: "Yes, the slave will order it." ”

The secret note of the plum blossom guard was given to Li Xin, if it weren't for this, the plum blossom guard in Jincheng would not have been discovered, and even none of them would have been discovered, at this time, when it came to this matter, even he, a calm eunuch, would inevitably tremble a little in his heart.

This matter will become the handle of the Marquis Li to control him, and it is a fatal handle, as long as he mentions it lightly, the emperor of Yuan Zhao will take his life, the great eunuch of the inner chamberlain.

Xiao Zheng just wanted to go down to do something, but he didn't take two steps back, and he heard the voice of Yuan Zhao Tianzi.

"Let people, invite Master Li to the palace, and say that I have something to talk to him about."

"Yes, the slave maid will immediately send someone to invite Marquis Li into the palace."

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Yongle Fang is very close to the capital, less than an hour, Li Xin was invited into the palace by Xiao Huai, the young eunuch of the inner chamberlain, after entering the Weiyang Palace, Li Xin bowed and saluted, and then took out a roster from his sleeve, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the list of the chaotic parties arrested in Beijing yesterday and today, a total of fifty-seven people, all of whom are court officials, and now all of them have been taken to the Jingzhao Mansion Prison, and now several trial directors borrowed from the Criminal Department are interrogating them in the Jingzhao Mansion Prison, and more than a dozen of them have admitted to colluding with Shen Kuan, intended to change the day. ”

The Son of Heaven glanced at Li Xin deeply, and then said, "The teacher is hard. ”

"It's not hard work."

Li Xin's face was calm, and he said with a smile: "Actually, it was Xie Lang who was taking Yu Linwei to do things, and the minister just followed them, standing on the field, and didn't make any effort." ”

"If the teacher can stand with him, it's a lot of strength."

Li Xin's recital was presented, and the Son of Heaven flipped through it casually, and found that most of them were officials of the fifth and sixth grades, and occasionally there were a few big fish of the fourth grade, but none of them were the key to the yamen.

After roughly flipping through it, he looked up at Li Xin and asked, "Teacher, among these people, can anyone say that he has contact with my sixth brother?" ”

The Marquis of Jing'an was stunned, and then spoke: "Your Majesty, the six princes have the same father and mother as Your Majesty, and the father and mother are the same, except for the Shanyin Xie family, no one will support the six princes, and Your Majesty is still here, and the Shanyin Xie family will not have any second thoughts." ”

"Shen Kuan and others want to set up the six princes, most of them are a delaying tactic, and they want to borrow the identity of the six princes, not to collude with each other."

"As for the other princes......"

Speaking of this, Li Xin paused, and then continued: "The minister thinks that this matter should stop at the minister, and should not involve the clan, and everything will not be mentioned until the situation is stable." ”

"Then it's up to the teacher."

Yuan Zhao Tianzi stood up from the dragon chair and glanced at Li Xin.

"The teacher has worked hard this time, if it weren't for the teacher, I'm afraid I would have been kicked out of this position."

The Son of Heaven looked sincere.

"How about I get a promotion to the teacher?"