Li Xin is a person who knows current affairs very well, and he will bow his head and admit it when it is time to admit it.

So when he is arrogant, he naturally has a reason for being arrogant.

At this time, a small half of the Pingnan Army was watched by Ye Ming's department in the Sword Pavilion, and some of them were scattered in various cities in the southwest, and there were nearly 10,000 Pingnan troops watching on the remnants of Nanshu, and the entire huge Pingnan Army had been "dismembered" in a sense, and the most troops that Li Shen could use at this time were seventy or eighty thousand people.

But even if it is these 70,000 or 80,000 people, he will leave half or even more than half of them to guard Jincheng, and there will be no more than 40,000 people who can bring Fu County.

Li Xin also has 40,000 people.

With equal forces, it is almost impossible for the besieging side to win.

And Li Xin's confidence lies in the fact that this time their grain and grass are quite abundant, plus they have won another county seat, at least half a year will be consumed, but the Pingnan Army can no longer afford to spend half a year.

Even if you don't add those remnants of Nanshu, Li Shen has no way to take Li Xin.

Li Shen was silent for a long time, and finally looked up at the young man in front of him who looked six or seven points similar to himself, and finally said slowly: "How many people do you have?" ”

At the beginning, Li Shen thought that if he wanted to climb the Sky Ridge, there could not be too many people, and he gave an estimate of 10,000.

But when he saw the loss of Fuxian, he already knew that he had miscalculated.

It is impossible for 10,000 people to take Fucheng in three or four days.

Li Xin smiled.

"The general might as well guess?"

Li Shen glanced at the Fucheng battlefield behind Li Xin, at this time there were still people burying corpses on the battlefield and cleaning up the battlefield, which was an action that must be done after the war, not for any humanitarianism, but to prevent the plague.

"Twenty thousand?"

Li Xin shook his head with a smile.

"That's not right."

Li Shen didn't guess any further.

Because there's no point in guessing any longer.

As long as the defenders in Fucheng exceed 20,000 people, there is no way for the Pingnan army to take back Fucheng in a short period of time, whether it is Li Shen or Li Xin, they know very well in their hearts.

This general, who has been in the court for decades, felt powerless in his heart for the first time.

At the beginning, he didn't take Li Xin very seriously, at that time, Li Xin could only be regarded as a small trouble in his eyes at most, but I don't know when it started, this trouble became bigger and bigger, and every time it got out of Li Shen's estimate.

Knowing that now, Li Xin has become a big trouble that makes him feel powerless.

Seeing Li Shen's expression, the Marquis of Jing'an smiled even more happily.

"Don't hide it from the general, I have had a very difficult time in the past two months, and the road of Yinping Ancient Road is not a place for people to walk at all."

"Not to mention the mosquitoes and beasts along the road, in order to conceal it, there is no way to make a large-scale fire to make food, and most of us eat dry food for a whole two words."

"For two months, I didn't even take a shower."

As he spoke, Li Xin deepened his right palm, revealing a long scar on his palm.

"See, this was cut when I climbed down the Sky Ridge."

"At that time, I almost gave up climbing from Ferris Ridge."

Ferris Ridge is a very difficult hurdle, not only Li Xin was injured there, but when the soldiers under his command crossed the Ferris Ridge, at least six or seven hundred fell to their deaths there.

Speaking of this, Li Xin changed his words, looked at Li Shen's cold face, and showed a smile.

"However, seeing your current expression, General, I suddenly feel that the hardships I have endured in the past two months have been worth it."

"I know you hate me."

Li Shen was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke.

"I told you earlier that if you are willing to take my place, I can gladly die."

Speaking of this, Li Shen glanced up at Li Xin.

"It's just as useful now."

"Do you really think it's still a personal grudge between you and me?"

Jing Anhou sneered.

"From the very beginning, I am not the only one who is asking you about the Pingnanhou Mansion, it is the imperial court that can't tolerate you, I just take advantage of the momentum of the imperial court, otherwise with a poor boy like me in Qiyang, Yongzhou, how can I pull such a behemoth as the Pingnanhou Mansion?"

"By now, your southwest is in danger."

Li Xin sneered: "At this point, it's not that I can do what I want, but now, I have jumped out of this bureau, and you Li Shen can support it for a few years?" ”

"How many years can the Pingnan Hou Mansion, which you cherish as much as your life, last?"

This time, Li Shen was silent for a longer time, and he didn't know how long it took before he looked up at Li Xin and said slowly, "What do you want?" ”

"In the beginning, I just wanted to live in this world."

Jing Anhou's face was calm.

"But later, I want to ask you General Li for an explanation."

"Before my mother died, she didn't say a word about you to outsiders, and then I went to the capital, and I didn't have any idea of being your son, and then I went to ask you why you didn't look for my mother, does General Li remember what he said?"

Speaking of this, there was some anger in Li Xin's tone.

"You said you forgot!"

He sneered: "Now, I want to ask General Li, has General Li remembered, has he remembered this past?" ”

"After all, you still say that you are entangled in this personal grudge."

Li Shen's face was calm.

"I said, as long as you are willing to recognize it, I can hand over the Pingnan Army to you, and then go to your mother's grave to commit suicide and apologize."

Li Xin still sneered.

"At this time, the general won't say anything big about letting me die in Fucheng?"

Li Xin has already figured out a lot about Li Shen's character, this general of the Zhu State takes feelings very lightly, no matter how inciting he just said, the ultimate goal is to let the southwest get through the difficulties.

No word is credible.

How could such a heroic character commit suicide in front of a woman's grave because of a sentence.

If Li Xin's troops were not enough at this time, Li Shen would not hesitate to lead his troops and horses to Fuxian County.

"General Li still treats me like a child."

A mocking smile appeared on Li Xin's face.

"This kind of nonsense, except for a seventeen-year-old girl who will believe it?"

"If you guess correctly, Senior Brother Ye should have been blocked in the Sword Pavilion, and now Fucheng is also occupied by me, General Li now has only one way to go, that is, let people defend the Sword Pavilion, by the way, gather troops and horses, and storm Fucheng, if you can take Fucheng, you can continue to play in the southwest for a few years, if you can't capture it, wait for the news of Fucheng breaking the city to spread, and General Li's play in the southwest will be finished."

Li Shen said silently: "I talked to you so well, but I didn't want to kill too many people, do you think I can't conquer such a small Fu County?" ”

"You don't know how many people I have, how do you attack the city?"

Li Xin smiled: "Unless General Li is willing to smash all the remaining Pingnan troops in this small Fucheng, I am worried that the general will suffer a big loss." ”

Li Shen glanced at Li Xin deeply.

I have to admit that at this moment, he regretted it.

I regret it.