Li Shen and Li Yan came to Hanzhong, they all came quietly, did not reveal their whereabouts, and did not even bring a few people over, it stands to reason that Ye Ming should not know that he was in Hanzhong anyway, but he sent the letter here.

In this way, Li Shen secretly frowned in his heart.

Isn't there something going on around you?

Thinking of this, he put the letter back in his sleeve, and then turned back to Li Yan and asked, "How many people know that we came to Hanzhong?" ”

"A dozen."

Li Yan was also a little surprised, he said in a low voice: "These people are all high-level leaders of our army, if they really want to betray the eldest brother, there is a better way, there is no need to leak the news..."

The top of the army, everyone can lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, Li Yan means that if these people have the intention to betray Li Shen, they can use more drastic methods, and even directly hurt the army's vitality.

Li Yan's implication is that it is unlikely that someone around him betrayed.

Li Shen lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then remembered a possibility, he lowered his eyebrows and said: "Since Ye Ming is going to come to Hanzhong, he may guess that I am coming to Hanzhong, if he guesses, it means that you and I have underestimated this Ye family." ”

Li Yan's face also changed, if Ye Ming relied on calculations, even if Li Shen would appear in Hanzhong at this time, then this opponent would be a little terrifying.

At this time, neither of these two bigwigs in the southwest thought that the reason why Ye Ming could guess that Li Shen might appear in Hanzhong was because he was reminded by a young man.

The young man's surname is Zhao Mingjia.

It was precisely because of Zhao Jia's reminder that Ye Ming was a little vigilant about Hanzhong, but he sent someone to send a letter to Hanzhong, to a large extent, to test whether Li Shen was in Hanzhong.

This kind of temptation has no cost, if Li Shen is not in Hanzhong, then let Hanzhong transfer Jincheng, if Li Shen is in Hanzhong, it will be right.

Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "Big brother, if Ye Ming is tempting us, then we can send this letter to Jincheng immediately, so that Ye Ming can't feel our pulse." ”

At this time, where Li Shen is very critical, because this is directly related to whether Hanzhong will increase troops, and how Ye Ming will fight Hanzhong.

Li Shen shook his head slightly.

"If this letter is sent out as soon as it is sent to Hanzhong, it may be able to confuse Ye Ming, but at this time, it has been sent to this Hanzhong General's Mansion, and the matter will be exposed."

The reason is very simple, as a general of Hanzhong, Meng Qi would never dare to block or overturn Li Shen's letter, if he received this letter, he should immediately send it to Jincheng, and it was too late at this time.

"What do you mean, big brother?"

Hou slowly closed his eyes and said: "Ye Ming has said this, if I don't see him again, I will look down on him, you go and write back to him and tell him that in three days, I will wait for him in Shiquan." ”

When the two sides are at war, if the Lord is going to meet, there must be an unwritten rule, that is, if one of them proposes to meet, the other side is responsible for determining the time and place, and the number of men is usually two hundred men each.

The meeting was proposed by Ye Ming, so the time and place should be decided by Li Shen.

Shiquan is a county seat, about a hundred miles outside the city of Hanzhong, there is no garrison in the city, which is suitable for two people to meet.

Li Yan nodded and said, "Little brother knows, go and order." ”

Li Shen took a deep breath and said: "I can go then, but you don't want to go, he can be in Hanzhong, but he can't find out that you are also in Hanzhong, otherwise Ye Ming will be more and more cautious when he fights Hanzhong." ”

Li Yan nodded.

"Little brother knows."

………………

Three days later, in the early morning, at the gate of Shiquan County, Li Shen, dressed in a simple green coat, sat quietly on his horse and waited.

In this case, both sides will definitely not enter the city, after all, no one knows whether the other party will arrange a knife and axe hand or something in the city, so the place to meet is finally arranged under a pavilion near Shiquan County.

The men and horses on both sides set up positions and imposed martial law on their own.

Li Shen, dressed in green clothes, sat under the pavilion and waited for a while, when there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and an old general with gray hair and still wearing armor jumped off his horse and walked into the pavilion with a smile.

Li Shen, who had been waiting for a while, hurriedly got up and arched his hand: "Brother Li Shen, I have seen Brother Ye Shi." ”

Because the Li and Ye families have made great achievements, they actually don't have any deep friendships, and they don't dare to have deep friendships, but Ye Sheng and Li Zhijie were very familiar before, and Old Man Ye has regarded Li Zhijie alone in his life, so the children of the two of them naturally want to be brothers.

Ye Ming saw that Li Shen was not wearing armor, so he immediately took off the armor on his body very happily, threw it to his relatives on the side, and then returned the salute in a proper manner.

"It's rare that Jin Chen is willing to come out to see me."

Ye Ming walked into this pavilion as he spoke, and he was smiling.

"I remember a few months ago, the foolish brother was still in Jimen as a general, and after being recalled to the capital, he was shocked to hear that Jin Chen's house was running and couldn't come out, at that time the foolish brother felt very sorry in his heart, but he saw Jin Chen, you are still standing here, and the foolish brother is also relieved."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming sighed with some emotion.

"Who would have thought that when I said goodbye in a hurry, goodbye would be like this."

Li Shen's face was calm.

"It's the times that are pressing, and it's not my brother who is willing to do it."

As the two of them spoke, they both sat down under the pavilion, and Ye Shaobao lowered his eyebrows and said, "There is still room for improvement." ”

"Your southwest soldiers are strong and strong, and Your Majesty doesn't want to fight you to the end, as long as you are willing to bow your head and hand over the abolished prince, the foolish brother can guarantee that the imperial court's westward expedition will be stopped, and you are still the general of the imperial court."

"The southwest is still your southwest."

Hou Ye glanced at Ye Ming with a smile.

"Brother Shi, you know better than anyone else in your heart, this time the court may be able to give up, but there will be a next time soon, this time the army still has a chance to fight back, if you wait until the next time, the court has enough momentum, I'm afraid it will hit Jincheng in one go."

Speaking of this, Li Shen's face became solemn.

"How did the current Taikang Tianzi get the throne, the world brother should know better than me, he was originally just a concubine prince, the youngest of the four princes in the capital, if it wasn't for his conspiracy to mutiny, how could he sit in this position now?"

"Thanks to the first emperor who took a fancy to him back then, he was commensurate with his younger brothers, and now that the first emperor is dead unexplained, and his eldest son is in exile, how can Jin Chen bear to let His Royal Highness the former prince return to Beijing to die?"

The general of the Zhu Kingdom, dressed in green clothes, had a heavy face.

"It's amazing to fight for your life, you should only repay the emperor."

At this time, the abolished prince is the most valuable hole card in the southwest's hand, and Li Shen knows this matter better than anyone else, and it is impossible for him to give up the abolished prince at this juncture.

To give up is to drink to quench your thirst.

Ye Shaobao sat opposite Li Shen. With his hands in his sleeves, he sighed helplessly.

"When you say this, even if Li Changan wants to laugh at you here, why bother to use it to prevaricate the foolish brother?"

Hearing Ye Ming talk about Li Chang'an, Li Shen looked left and right, but he never saw any trace of Li Xin, he looked back at Ye Ming and frowned.

"Why don't you see that Marquis of Jing'an?"