It is impossible to fight hard, if you can fight hard, Li Xin does not have to go all the way to the southwest, but General Mu's cavalry has suffered heavy losses, and he is quite annoyed at this time, and he wants to take this opportunity to vent the anger in his chest.

There were thousands of people out of the city, Li Xin and others were quickly taken into Hanzhou City, and the Marquis of Jing'an, who was already having sore arms, returned to Hanzhou City, first asked Mu Qing to settle Lin Hu and others, and then he moved a chair and sat on the Chenglou of Hanzhou City, watching the battle under the city from afar.

Although Mu Ying was very angry, but fortunately, he still maintained a considerable degree of rationality, from Yin Shi to Chen Shi, Mu Ying decisively withdrew his troops, and thousands of people advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and slowly retreated into Hanzhou City.

After returning to the city, Mu Ying didn't have time to rest, still wearing an iron armor, climbed up the city tower, and sat next to Li Xin.

"It's a miserable loss."

He gritted his teeth and said: "I have raised cavalry for three years, and I lost most of it at once, and now my heart is simply dripping blood!" ”

Li Xin was almost resting at this time, he reached out and patted Mu Ying's shoulder, and said slowly: "This time I didn't think it through, if they were allowed to enter the city an hour later, Pei Jin's reaction should not be so big." ”

Mu Ying sat on the ground, gasping for breath, and then he looked up at Li Xin.

"Master Hou, these people from your hometown ...... Can you turn the tide of battle? ”

Li Xin's face was calm, and he said slowly: "I know you have a lot of confusion in your heart, but in a few days, you will be able to understand what I did today." ”

Mu Ying trusted Li Xin very much, and when he heard this, he nodded, stopped asking this question, and said: "This time, Pei Jin's reaction is too great, this night, he gathered at least one or two thousand people to surround us, just now I led the troops out of the city, and there are nearly 10,000 people in the imperial army in front of me!" ”

"This guy, did you bury a spy in my Hanzhou city, and knew in advance that we were going out of the city, so you laid an ambush early?"

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, and finally shook his head slowly.

"I don't understand it either."

"But today's matter, although there are quite twists and turns, but on the whole, it is quite smooth, next, let's just wait quietly, this General Pei will come to attack the city."

Mu Ying worked hard all night, and at this time he could finally relax, he lay flat on the ground without any image, reached out and wiped the blood on his forehead with his sleeve, tilted his head and spit out a mouthful of blood saliva.

"Damn, Lao Tzu is also an official of the imperial court, and he has also made meritorious contributions to the emperor, indiscriminately, he sent people to besiege Hanzhou City and kill us!"

General Mu lost his cavalry, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said angrily: "I used to think that when I was waiting for the southwest, I would go to the capital to be an official with Master Hou and enjoy a few years of glory and wealth, but now looking at Ji Laoqi's virtue, Lao Tzu said that he would not go to the capital to do things for their family!" ”

Li Xin sat on the chair and let out a leisurely breath of white air.

"You, have the same idea as your father."

Mu Ying lay on the ground and grinned.

"Don't misunderstand Lord Hou, I'm not persuading Lord Hou to rebel, it's just that the court's approach is too chilling."

Li Xin squinted his eyes and said lightly: "Don't worry, at most after the New Year, I will be able to let you out of this evil breath in your heart." ”

Mu Ying's eyes lit up.

"Really?"

Li Xin sat in his chair and smiled without answering.

………………

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight days have passed since the last time I fought with the Hanzhou anti-thieves, and in these seven or eight days, with the deliberate arrangement of people with intentions, the news of Hanzhou City has come out one after another.

Among them is the news that there is no shortage of food in Hanju City.

There is also gossip that it was a certain official of the imperial court who sent dozens of carts of grain to Hanzhou City, and sent it into Hanzhou City at night, plus the original grain reserves of Hanzhou City, and now the grain in Hanzhou is enough for the people of the city to eat for a year or two.

Regarding this news, Pei Jin has no doubt about him.

After all, he had seen with his own eyes that night, a big car entered Hanzhou City.

As a result, he became more and more anxious.

Before he came, the emperor personally set a deadline for him to take Hanzhou before the beginning of spring, and now it is almost December, and Hanzhou does not move at all, which makes the general anxious.

However, this can't be completely blamed on him, you must know that according to the original intelligence of the imperial court, the Hanzhou army in Hanzhou City is a rabble that is not in the climate, at most it is the level of garrisons in the southwest, how do you know that these people are not only not a rabble, but compared to the Hanzhong Army or the Jincheng garrison, they are not worse at all.

"Someone must be secretly supporting this Hanzhou Army!"

Pei Jin gritted his teeth angrily, but he had no choice.

Just when he was hesitant to enter Hanzhou, Xiao Huai, a eunuch sent by the imperial court, hurriedly ran in front of Pei Jin and saluted Pei: "General, my godfather has arrived and is outside to see you." ”

Pei Jin has also been in the court for many years, so he naturally knows who the godfather of the eunuch Xiao Huai in front of him is, his heart sank, and he said in a low voice: "Gonggong Xiao also came to the southwest?" ”

Xiao Huai nodded respectfully: "I just arrived today, the general should go and take a look." ”

Pei Jin tidied up his clothes and walked towards the outside of the camp with Xiao Huai.

Originally, he lived in Jincheng and commanded remotely, but after the last Hanzhou cavalry broke through, he set up camp near Hanzhou City and was ready to command at any time.

At this time, the general followed behind Xiao Huai, and after a while, he walked in front of a eunuch dressed in purple who looked to be in his thirties, and bowed his head slightly: "Pei Jin has seen Gonggong Xiao." ”

The person who came was Xiao Zheng, the eunuch of the Taikang Dynasty.

A celebrity like Li Xin, who is in front of the Son of Heaven, can have an equal relationship with Xiao Zheng on weekdays, and even higher than Xiao Zheng, but this is because Li Xin has a good relationship with the Son of Heaven, and for a foreign minister like Pei Jin, Xiao Zheng represents the Son of Heaven, so he naturally has to respect him extraordinarily.

Xiao Zheng, who was dressed in purple, hurriedly returned the salute to Pei Jin and said, "The general is polite." ”

General Pei stretched out his hand and said, "Father-in-law Xiao, please speak." ”

Xiao Zheng nodded slightly, followed Pei Jin into the handsome tent, the two of them sat down in the handsome tent, Xiao Huai, who was quite arrogant in front of outsiders, was extremely well-behaved in front of Xiao Zheng at this time, and kept pinching Xiao Zheng's shoulder.

After the two of them sat down, Pei Jin slowly spoke: "The Grand Duke has come thousands of miles to the southwest, I don't know if His Majesty has any orders?" ”

Xiao Zheng was drinking tea at this time, and when he heard this, he glanced at Pei Jin with a smile, and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, Your Majesty is not worried about this." Let's come to the southwest to see how the situation is on this side of Hanzhou City. ”

Saying that, Xiao Zheng looked at Pei Jin and asked with a smile, "General, how is the war going here?" ”

With Xiao Huai always in the southwest, naturally he can't lie at this time, Pei Jin was silent for a while, and sighed: "Don't hide it from the Grand Duke, the combat power of the rebels in Hanzhou far exceeds Pei's previous estimate, our department has attacked the city twice, but there is no progress, there is no other good way at this time, but to surround the city of Hanzhou first, and wait for them to run out of food." ”

Xiao Zheng nodded and continued to ask, "How long is the food in Hanzhou enough to eat?" ”

"I don't know."

Pei Jin smiled bitterly: "But according to the grapevine, the food in Hanzhou City is enough to eat for more than a year......

"Then don't fight."

Xiao Zheng took a deep breath and said, "General Pei is ready and ready, and he will return to Beijing to resume his life." ”

Pei Jin's face changed slightly.

"Grand Duke, why is that?"

"Because Hou Ye Li is gone."

Xiao Zheng looked directly at Pei Jin and said slowly: "Hou Ye Li, who was supposed to be the general of Zhenbei in the north, is gone......"

"One year is enough time for him to do too many things, before our family came, His Majesty said very clearly, if there is no way to take Hanzhou before the beginning of spring, he will give up, otherwise not only will Hanzhou not be handled well, but the Northern Expedition will also be dumb."

Xiao Zheng looked directly at Pei Jin.

"If Hanzhou City can really hold out for more than a year, the general can prepare to return to Beijing."