The previous book only wrote about Ye Mao's actions, and in general, although it was a little different from what was expected before, it was not unexpected by Li Xin, and the Northern Zhou clan would completely decline after this battle.

But the second recital shows that Li Shen really raised the flag and rebelled.

He has already started to depose the crown prince in the name of officially fighting with the imperial court.

It's no different from a declaration of war.

After Li Xin read it for a while, he put down the book in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, has the Pingnan Army left Shu?" ”

"I don't know."

Taikang Tianzi's face was solemn, and he said in a low voice: "At least when this letter is sent to the capital, the Pingnan Army has not yet moved, and the rest of the matter will not be known until the information is sent one after another." ”

Li Xin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Pingnan army will not go out of Shu easily, let's not panic for the time being, even if they go out of Shu, the court will have enough time to react, let's wait for a few days, and wait for the follow-up news from southern Xinjiang to come over, and then make a choice." ”

A smile appeared on the Son of Heaven's face.

"What I mean is that I will first send two Zhichong Mansions to the border of Shu County to watch, so that even if we have the upper hand, whether they can get out of Shu County or not, these two Zhichong Mansions will become a vital force, they are out of Shu, these two Zhichong Mansions can hold them back, if they don't come out, they can also be targeted."

Li Xin thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise." ”

In fact, the idea of Taikang Tianzi is very dangerous, because there are too few people in the two Zhichong Mansions, and there are too many.

If it is found out that there are two Zhichong Mansions at the door of their homes by Southern Xinjiang, Li Shen may come out ruthlessly and eat these two Zhichong Mansions in one go, which will boost morale, and secondly, he can also tell the world that Southern Xinjiang is powerful.

However, at this juncture, Li Xin was unwilling to slap the young man's face, so he simply followed his words.

"Then Chang'an thinks it's appropriate to send whom?"

Li Xin blinked his eyes and said in a low voice: "No matter who it is, the minister thinks that there should be no more people from the right camp of the forbidden army, General Hou controls the left camp of the forbidden army, and the time is longer than the minister, and the minister thinks that these two Zhichong mansions should come out of the left camp of the forbidden army." ”

"As for who to send over, Your Majesty is arbitrary, and the ministers don't dare to say anything."

Although the right battalion of the forbidden army is only Li Xin's temporary generation, he is born with a character of protecting calves, and it is impossible to watch his subordinates take risks.

For example, if you go to intercept and kill the Northern Zhou clan, you can kill a hundred times a hundred times, Li Xin is naturally willing to give out, but if there is a dangerous job, then thank you for not being sensitive.

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "In this way, I will wait and see for two more days, and then let Hou Jingde transfer two Zhichong Mansion from under him and go to the southwest." ”

Li Xin got up, bowed his head slightly, and said: "Since Your Majesty has transferred General Ye to fight in the southwest, it is best to call him to discuss this kind of thing. ”

Li Xin can see that there is danger, Ye Ming can naturally do it, if Ye Ming can persuade the Son of Heaven, then Li Xin has no need to be this villain.

"That's right."

The Son of Heaven nodded and said, "When I go back, I will summon Ye Shaobao into the palace to discuss." ”

Li Xin bowed his head and said, "The minister has one more thing. ”

"Say."

Jing'an Hou bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, now it is Li Shen who is making waves in southern Xinjiang, but Li Shen's funeral in the capital has been completed, Your Majesty can send an edict to the world, just say that Li Shen, the Marquis of Pingnan, has died in the capital, and the one in southern Xinjiang is fake, so let the Pingnan army in southern Xinjiang not fall for the fake Li Shen and take the initiative to surrender to the imperial court." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid it won't work." ”

Li Xin smiled: "It's somewhat useful, and this edict is not only for the Pingnan Army, but also for the people of the world, with this edict, Li Shen will not have much help outside Shu County." ”

The Son of Heaven frowned and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's the truth, I asked Shang Shutai to draft a copy immediately." ”

After he said this, he patted Li Xin on the shoulder again, and his tone was low.

"Chang'an, if we get through this pass, our position will be considered secure."

This sentence means to tell Li Xin that Li Xin is one with his interests.

Li Xin took a deep breath and spoke.

"The Mandate of Heaven is in Your Majesty."

The Son of Heaven shook his head slowly.

"What is Destiny?"

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "The strength is evenly matched, and the big fist is the destiny of heaven." ”

"No matter how Li Shen tosses, His Majesty's fist is bigger than him after all."

…………

When he came out of the palace, it was already afternoon, and Li Xin sat in his carriage, lifted the curtain and looked left and right.

Tomorrow is the death day of the Son of Heaven in Chengde, and at this time there are still many families in the city, in order to remember the deceased Son of Heaven, they have hung white flags at home.

Objectively speaking, the Chengde Emperor who was sleeping in the Emperor's Mausoleum was indeed an impeccable good emperor, and the life of the Great Jin Dynasty has been getting better and better in the past ten years, most of which is because of him.

Even the Pingnan Hou Mansion, which supported the army and respected itself, originally did not resist the imperial court and the idea of rebelling against the Son of Heaven in Chengde, Li Shen originally just wanted to maintain the status quo, and the reason why he came to this point step by step was largely promoted by the Son of Heaven in Chengde himself.

The good emperor is naturally missed, and now many people in the capital still burn incense for the first emperor at home.

After a while, Li Xin returned to the Jing'an Hou Mansion.

A maid ran over and bowed her head to Li Xin and said, Li Xin nodded and said, "Let him wait in my study." ”

"Yes."

The maid withdrew.

Li Xin washed up, took off his court clothes, changed into ordinary clothes, and walked into the study in the backyard.

In the study, Mu Ying, who was dressed in heavy cotton clothes, had been waiting for Li Xinxiao for a long time.

He was sent out of the capital by Li Xin more than a month ago, and the calculated time was actually a little earlier than the time when Li Shen returned to southern Xinjiang, but this season, it was very hard to ride a horse on the road, and the face of this black-faced man was blown out by the wind and frost A few cracks, his lips were cracked, and the whole person looked several years old.

"Master Hou."

He stood up and bowed his head respectfully.

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said slowly, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Mu." ”

"Master Hou is polite."

Mu Ying sat down and said with a smile: "The humble duty is to go home to visit relatives, what is the hard work." ”

Li Xin poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, then moved a stool and sat opposite him, and asked, "Shu County...... What's going on now? ”

"Before the humble post rushed back, Jincheng had just issued a conquest...... His Majesty's Message. ”

Originally, Mu Ying called the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty as "Emperor of the Ji Family", but after being an official in the capital for a few years, he gradually became His Majesty.

Li Xin frowned slightly.

"The imperial court has not issued an edict to conquer southern Xinjiang, and southern Xinjiang has made the first move, is Li Shen really sure that he can deal with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the imperial court?"

Mu Ying shook her head and said.

"There is a lot of momentum in Jincheng, but I didn't see a Pingnan army out of the city, and I stayed in Mu's house for a few days, and I heard that Li Shen once sent someone to find His Highness and asked His Highness to lend him someone."

The Great Highness in his mouth is Li Xing, the Great Highness of the remnants of Nanshu.

Li Xin poured himself a cup of tea and thought for himself.