Mu Ying's advancement process was relatively smooth.

After all, the Hanzhong Army and the Ankang Army have withdrawn to the capital, at this time, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army of the imperial court did not move, and there was no large force to be mobilized locally, and the county towns along the way, even if there were loyal ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty who wanted to desperately block the Southwest Army, in the face of the catapult version of Tianlei, it was useless, and soon it took only a month for Mu Ying to take Suizhou and advance in the direction of Luzhou.

Mu Ying's army was in front, and Li Xin and Li Shuo followed behind Mu Ying with the Ningzhou army, receiving the city that Mu Ying had beaten on the one hand, and finishing up the aftermath on the other.

Because of Li Xin's words, Li Shuo showed great effort, and tens of thousands of Ningzhou troops accepted surrendered soldiers while recruiting soldiers along the way, so Li Shuo also specially built a new barracks to train recruited recruits.

To be honest, because the time is too rushed, it is not very realistic to expect these recruits to form too much combat effectiveness, but as long as he is a normal person with sound limbs, he is clothed with armor and a steel knife, and then trained him to dare to go into battle to kill the enemy, he will have a certain degree of combat effectiveness.

Anyway, along the way, a lot of prefectures and counties were laid, and Li Shuo also received a lot of rich and corrupt officials' family property, at this time there was no shortage of money and food, at most there was a lack of enough weapons and armor, Li Shuo personally recruited blacksmiths in the state capitals, while training new soldiers, while rushing to make swords and armor for them, he was very busy.

Relatively speaking, Li Xin, who followed the Chinese army, was much more idle, in addition to sitting in the Chinese army's tent every day to read military documents, and then writing letters at the desk and sending them to Jincheng or Mu Ying.

In addition, all military affairs are said to be taken care of by Li Shuo.

On this day, they were stationed in Suizhou City, and Li Xin, who had lived in a tent for several months, finally lived in the house, he took a hot bath, and then returned to his study, picked up the lamp and looked through the documents sent back by Li Shuo and Mu Ying.

There was a knock at the door, followed by the voice of a young man.

"Brother."

Li Xin put down the paperwork in his hand and said, "Come in." ”

A thin young man pushed the door open and walked in, bowing to Li Xin.

"I've seen the general."

Li Xin looked at him and asked, "Can the injury be healed?" ”

The person who came in was naturally his brother-in-law Zhao Fang, when Zhao Fang was guarding Jizhou before, he was shot in the shoulder by the Xianbei people, and the injury was not light, so it was easy to return to the southwest to recuperate, and it has been several months now.

Zhao Fang rubbed his right shoulder and said with a wry smile: "Brother Hui, there is no big problem anymore, but the shoulder occasionally has a faint pain, and I can't use my strength." ”

Li Xin frowned slightly, and then sighed: "It's a pity that Mr. Qin in Guanzhong was killed by the first emperor, otherwise if he came southwest, he might be able to get rid of the root of the disease for you." ”

"It's a blessing to be alive."

Zhao Fang bowed his head and said: "The junior brother was ordered by Zhao Jingluo to come to the general's tent to listen to it, and ask the general to give orders." ”

"What do I need you to do, Brother You'an should have told you."

General Li was still frowning.

"Because the imperial court announced the death of the sixth prince, the resistance encountered by the southwest army in the process of eastward advance has been much greater than I expected, we need to get some right to speak, we can't be so passive."

"These days, I have asked Sixteen to investigate some great Confucian celebrities, and he will give you the detailed content, you will follow Sixteen for a few days, and then you bring some people to persuade these people who speak and believe, and let them speak for the southwest."

Zhao Fang nodded and said, "Brother, rest assured, the younger brother has done everything he can to do this for his brother." ”

Li Xin nodded and said: "I'll leave this matter to you, but remember one thing, don't kill if you can, don't kill people, you can use means, but don't be too inferior, you really hit a hard bone, just pinch your nose to avoid it, there are many famous readers, there is no need to hold on to a person." ”

Zhao Fang bowed his head slightly, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that the Northern Zhou clan is gone, those people are the most spineless, if they are here, they don't need their brother to speak at this time, they will spontaneously sing praises for their brother." ”

In the Northern Zhou dynasty, many of them are families that have survived for thousands of years, and the reason why these families have been able to decline and not decline is largely because of the temperament of this wall-headed grass.

It's not that they have any moral problems, but for these families, there has never been an eternal dynasty, and there is no loyalty or disloyalty in their eyes, let alone national feelings, and the family is far greater than the country.

Therefore, it is normal for them to be wall grass for the sake of the family.

These clans have existed for thousands of years or even longer, and they have controlled a large number of social resources, until Emperor Wu led the Great Jin Dynasty to dominate the world, and after the imperial examination was in the Great Jin Dynasty, these northern clans slowly declined.

In the generation of the Taikang Dynasty, the Son of Heaven and Li Xin completely sent the Northern Zhou family into the grave.

Li Xin glanced at Zhao Fang and said indifferently: "You are also a member of the Northern Zhou clan, remember your grandfather back then, and still want you to rebuild the Li clan of Zhao County in the capital." ”

Zhao Fang bowed slightly, and said: "The past is all gone, after the Great Jin Taizu abolished the Jiupin origin, these families were already dying little by little, even if the younger brother rebuilt the Li family of Zhaojun, the descendants of the family did not study, that is, two or three generations died." ”

"The little brother has already thought about it."

Zhao Fang lowered his head and said: "If you give birth to two sons in the future, change one of them back to the surname Li, and it will not be considered that your grandfather's incense has been broken, as for what his Li family looks like, it all depends on the descendants themselves, and it has nothing to do with me, or with the Li family of Zhao County." ”

If it is an adult from the Li family of Zhao County, he must be able and willing to shed his blood for the family, but Zhao Fang is different, he is ** old Zhao County Li is gone, and his feelings for the family may not even be as deep as the Hou Mansion of Jing'an.

Therefore, he was able to see.

What's more, the general of the southwest in front of him personally filled in the last piece of soil on the Northern Zhou clan and buried the people of the Shi clan, even if he had the heart to rebuild the Li clan of Zhao County, it was impossible for him to say it in front of Li Xin.

"I'm relieved that you can have this idea."

General Li squinted his eyes, took out a blackened iron plate from his sleeve, put it on the table, and then said: "This is the brand of the dark department, you take it to find the sixteenth, and the sixteenth will tell you what to do next, Mu Ying has advanced to the vicinity of Luzhou, from Hanzhong to the state capital along the way to Luzhou, there are many famous scholars, all of whom are within our control, what you have to do is one thing, let them change their words to speak for the southwest and for the six princes." ”

Zhao Fang stretched out his hand to take the iron card, then put it into his sleeve, bowed his head and said, "The junior brother must do this for the elder brother." ”

After saying this, Zhao Fang was silent for a while, then glanced up at Li Xin, and asked, "Brother, ......"

"After the little brother, he will stay in the dark to do things?"

His arms are half crippled, and he is destined to not be a military general in the future.

Li Xin frowned and thought for a while, and said: "It's just for you to do things temporarily, the dark department is unsightly, and it is not suitable for you, I mean it is better for you to try to be an official in the future." ”

He is a small husband, so naturally it is not good to work in the dark all his life.

"Thank you, brother."

Zhao Fang arched his hand at Li Xin, and said with a smile: "I wish my brother to enter the capital as soon as possible, so that the younger brother can also become an official as soon as possible." ”