Just when Li Xin was busy working up and down, Jincheng was not monolithic.

Of course, human beings are social animals, but everyone is an independent individual, no matter what group it is, it is inevitable that some careful thoughts will be born, even if it is the Pingnan Army that has been running the Pingnan Hou Mansion for two generations.

In fact, since the Pingnan Army began to raise the flag to support the abolished prince, there were already some different voices within the Pingnan Army, but at that time, Li Shen's personal prestige overwhelmed everything, and all discordant voices were overshadowed by Li Shen himself.

Of course, now that the flag has been raised, whether the Pingnan Army is willing to oppose or not, they are all coerced and have to rebel at this time, so there is no dispute about whether to rebel or not.

But now there is a new controversy.

Because there is an army of the imperial court, which has penetrated deep into the southwest hinterland, and even seriously threatens Jincheng, the controversy within Jincheng is whether to send troops to defeat Fucheng and encircle and annihilate the army of this imperial court in Fucheng.

Even if they can't be surrounded and annihilated for a while, at least they must be driven out of Fucheng, and then completely eliminated this great threat in the wild.

The reason for this controversy is, of course, mainly because Li Shen, who is the backbone of the southwest, can't make up his mind for a while, so there will be this kind of controversy within the Pingnan Army.

The internal structure of the Pingnan Army is somewhat strange, it is a less standard pyramid.

The spire of the pyramid is naturally Li Shen, who is the Marquis of Pingnan, and there is only Li Shen alone in this position, which means that Li Shen's will can determine the will of the entire Pingnan Army to a certain extent.

And there is only one person in the second echelon of the Pingnan Army, that is, Li Shen's righteous brother, Li Yan, the second master of the Pingnan Hou Mansion.

Li Yan is a very unique person in the Pingnan Army, because he himself is very brave in battle, so in terms of prestige, he is even higher than Li Shen in some aspects, and the entire Pingnan Army Group, in Li Shen's absence, Li Yan can completely control it.

At the beginning, Li Xin told Li Shen that when Li Shen stayed in the capital for a year and a half, Pingnanjun might still be surnamed Li, but it might not be Li Shen's Li.

Fortunately, Li Yan is a very loyal minister to Li Shen, or to the Pingnan Marquis Mansion, and he is willing to only be this second master forever, so Li Shen returned to the southwest, and he can still be the master of the southwest.

In addition to these two people, the Pingnan Army also had three or four lieutenant generals, one of whom was Cheng Ping, a fat man whom Li Xin had seen, and Qin Li, who was in charge of foot soldiers, and Li Chuan, an adjutant general who was in charge of the defense of the entire southwest region.

Among them, Li Chuan, a member of the Li clan of Zhao County, has been following the Pingnan Army for more than ten years.

In addition to these lieutenant generals, there is also Li Shidao, the head of the Li family of Zhao County, who can barely squeeze into the third echelon of the Pingnan Army.

Now, Li Shen is a little undecided, and the number two person of the Pingnan Army has no way to get out of the Sword Pavilion, so there is some controversy within the Pingnan Army now.

Cheng Ping and Qin Li, one is specifically responsible for the foot soldiers, the other is responsible for the cavalry, the two of them are the generals who specifically lead the troops, their tempers are very hot, after hearing that Fucheng was lost, they immediately wanted to lead the troops out to attack Fucheng, especially the deputy general Cheng Ping, who had received Li Xin, had asked to see Li Shen no less than three times, and asked to lead troops to attack Fucheng.

But Li Shen never expressed his position.

Therefore, after more than ten days of the loss of Fucheng, there is still no movement on the Jincheng side.

On the sixth day of the lunar month of the second year of Taikang, the weather in the southwest is getting colder and colder.

At this time, in the study of Li Shen in the Pingnan General's Mansion, a white porcelain teapot was erected on a delicate copper stove.

And the backbone of the entire southwest, Li Shen, the general of Pingnan, sat opposite him.

Li Shidao poured a cup of tea on the tea set, and the second tea was poured into the teacup, he poured a cup of tea for Li Shenye, and then said slowly: "This tea was brought from Zhao Jun, it is quite mellow and fragrant, Jin Chen taste it." ”

The family pays attention to not getting tired of eating, not getting tired of fine, and is also very particular about drinking tea and tasting tea.

Li Shen took the tea with both hands and bowed his head slightly.

"Thank you, uncle."

The age difference between the two people is actually not very much, Li Shidao is probably only eight or nine years older than Li Shen, but the seniority is placed here, even if it is a big man like Li Shen, he must be polite in front of Li Shidao.

"I heard that Jin Chen has been worrying a lot lately?"

Li Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then nodded: "Yes, some can't make up their minds." ”

"Is it about that Jing'an Hou?"

General Zhu Guo was silent for a while, and then said: "What can be determined at present is that he walked through the Yinping Ancient Road, crossed over from Motianling, and then touched Jiangyou Pass. ”

"The problem is that I can't figure out how many of them there are."

Li Shidao frowned slightly, and said: "This kind of problem, in the past, it should be difficult for Jin Chen." ”

Li Shen's ability is very sufficient, he can make the operation of the Pingnan Army in the southwest more prosperous, and in the past ten years, the power of the Pingnan Hou Mansion has become stronger and stronger.

It is precisely because of his personal ability that the Li clan of Zhaojun, the Zheng clan of Xingyang and other Northern Zhou clans dared to open up their families and engage in this kind of head-killing business with Li Shen.

On weekdays, Li Shen is very decisive, and he should not be held back on this kind of issue.

Pingnanhou drank another cup of tea, bowed his head and said: "When I came back from the Sword Pavilion, I asked people to go to Motianling to investigate, so many of them have passed through Motianling, it is impossible not to leave traces, and it is impossible for no one to see it at all." ”

At this, his brow furrowed even deeper.

"They have a lot of them."

"According to the information I have found, they should have more than 20,000 people crossing the Sky Ridge."

Li Shen's hand holding the teacup was faintly green.

"If there are really 20,000 people occupying Fucheng, Jincheng will not advance or retreat."

The original establishment of the Pingnan Army was only 100,000 people.

Although Li Shen is not very honest and has raised a lot of people, it is impossible for the standing army to exceed 150,000 combined.

On the Hanzhong side, more than 20,000 people have been lost, and there are 30,000 or 40,000 people on the Sword Pavilion side who can't move, and Hanzhou also needs 10,000 people to watch those remnants of Nanshu.

In addition, near Jincheng, an acropolis similar to Mianzhu also needs to be stationed with soldiers and horses.

At this time, the Pingnan army in Jincheng was only 70,000 or 80,000 people killed, and it was unlikely that all of these 70,000 or 80,000 people would be dispatched.

In other words, if there are more than 20,000 people defending the city on the side of Fucheng, it will be difficult for Jincheng to get them.

What's more, they don't have to be 20,000 people!

This is the reason why Li Shen has been hesitant.

It is precisely because Li Xin has pierced into the hinterland of the southwest like a nail that Li Shen is now a little difficult to ride a tiger.

Between two fires.

Thinking of this, Li Shen took a deep breath.

"At this time, we can only take a look first, see what Li Xin is going to do, and then we can move on to the next step."

"We move first, and then we are passive."

"Li Xin moves first, and we have a chance to catch his flaws."

Speaking of this, Li Shen closed his eyes slightly.

"Now, I can only wait for that Marquis of Jing'an to make a faint move."