The war in the north is tight, and the Zhenbei army guards the pass very simply, but compared to the north, the situation in the capital is not easy, after Li Xin returned to Beijing, he was locked up in his Jing'an Hou Mansion, surrounded by people from the imperial court, and he couldn't go anywhere.

During this period, the Son of Heaven had summoned him into the palace three times to talk to him about Tianlei, but the two of them did not talk about it in the end, and the Son of Heaven of Yuan Zhao had the idea of killing the teacher more than once, but fortunately, there were frequent bad news in the southwest and north, and the young Son of Heaven was forcibly calmed down.

On this day, it has entered July, and it is the hottest season of the year, so hot that even in Yongle Fang, there are few pedestrians on the road, and everyone hides at home to escape the heat, but in the afternoon of this day, a purple sedan chair still stopped at the gate of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and Xiao Huai, who was wearing clothes similar to the color of the sedan chair, respectfully invited Li Xin to the sedan chair.

Li Xin walked from the Hou Mansion to the sedan chair in just a few steps, and sweat had begun to be seen on his forehead, fortunately, the petites in the palace had ice in this season, and the temperature in the sedan chair was not too high, but Xiao Huai, who was walking with him, and several internal guards who carried the sedan chair, but they were guilty, and after a few steps, several people were covered in sweat.

Li Xinping Suri usually only takes a carriage and does not sit in a sedan chair, but at this time, he couldn't help himself, he glanced at Xiao Huai, and asked, "Why is Xiao Xiao's father-in-law here today?" ”

Some time ago, the palace sent people to invite him into the palace many times, but Xiao Zheng came in person.

Xiao Huai wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Back to the Hou Ye, the weather is hot, and the godfather is old, so it is difficult to endure this hardship, so the slave and maid came for him." ”

The Marquis of Jing'an closed his eyes and said lazily: "You have filial piety." ”

Xiao Huai lowered his head and wiped his sweat, without saying anything.

While the two of them were talking, the sedan chair had stopped at the gate of Weiyang Palace, and as soon as they got off the sedan chair and walked into Weiyang Palace, a cool breeze came to their faces, and they were suddenly a lot more comfortable.

Xiao Huai bent over to lead the way in front of his head, and it didn't take long for Li Xin to lead Li Xin to the door of a side hall in Weiyang Palace, Li Xin looked up and found that it was the place where the Son of Heaven was eating.

When the Emperor of Chengde was the Emperor, the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty still lived in the Changle Palace, and later after the change of the Renchen Palace, the Emperor of Taikang was a little afraid of living in the Changle Palace, so he moved to the Weiyang Palace.

As soon as he entered this side hall, he saw that a table of wine and food had been set up on the low table in the hall, and the young Yuan Zhao Tianzi knelt on the side of the low table, looking like he had been waiting for Li Xin for a while.

Li Xin walked into the side hall, the Son of Heaven stretched out his hand and waved his hand, retreated from the palace people, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the opposite side of himself, and said, "Teacher, please take a seat." ”

Li Xin sat generously opposite the Son of Heaven, first glanced at the wine and food on the table, and then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't you want to invite me to a severed head meal?" ”

Yuan Zhao Tianzi stretched out his hand and poured Li Xin a glass of wine, and said in a sullen voice: "If this is the case, the teacher will not live today." ”

After saying that, he raised his wine glass and toasted Li Xin, Li Xin lifted the wine glass, touched it with the Son of Heaven, and the master and apprentice drank it all.

After putting down the wine glass, the Son of Heaven was silent and drank another glass himself.

On the contrary, the Marquis of Jing'an took a few mouthfuls of food, and after padding his stomach, he asked: "Your Majesty is so upset, it must be that the situation in the north is very bad?" ”

During this time, although Li Xin lived in the Jing'an Hou Mansion, he was stared at by the palace people sent by the palace, and even when he slept, the palace maids in the palace had to sleep next to him, and there was no chance of contact with outside news at all, and the news of Shen Gang and others could not be passed on to him.

According to his estimates, by June and July, the attack of the Yuwen Department had lasted for at least three months, and this time should be the most difficult time for the Zhenbei Army.

"It's not just the north."

The Son of Heaven spoke coldly.

"The Southwest Army that the teacher got out in the southwest is so powerful, and in three months, it has killed more than 30,000 people in Hanzhong! Xie Jing, who was beaten, did not dare to go out of the city, so he could only defend according to Hanzhong, and Pei Jin's Ankang army hid in Ankang and couldn't move! ”

Hanzhong and Ankang are both at the gateway of Bashu, and the imperial court uses troops in these two places for the purpose of guarding the gateway to the southwest, but at present, these two roads of soldiers and horses have been beaten and can only shrink their heads, which means that at this time, if the southwest army no longer cares about them, they can drive directly to the capital!

Of course, there is a danger of being surrounded on both sides.

But in any case, the Southwest Army on the southwest side has already occupied the absolute initiative, if it continues to fight like this, the imperial army of Hanzhong and Ankang will suffer heavy losses, and will even be broken through the city by the Southwest Army and directly defeated!

As for the situation in the north, it is even less ideal, since June, the Yuwen Ministry launched a fierce attack on Jimen Pass for a month, and now although all of them have been defended by the Zhenbei Army, but the Zhenbei Army has paid an extremely tragic price, the Zhenbei Army has died more than 20,000, tens of thousands of serious injuries, countless minor injuries, Jizhou City used to disinfect the toast, is no longer enough, the city of defending materials, has also consumed seventy-seven eighty-eight, if the imperial court no more reinforcements rushed to Jizhou, as long as the Yuwen Department fought like this for another month, The gate of thistle will be broken!

However, the 50,000 forbidden troops of the imperial court, because they had to escort supplies, had not yet arrived in Jizhou, and when they arrived in Jizhou, the Zhenbei Army did not say that the soldiers were empty, at least the morale of the army was gone, and when the time came, only these 50,000 people would go to guard Jimen Pass, and they would not be able to guard it for a few months.

However, the Yuwen Department fought like this, it was not completely without a price, this crazy way of fighting led to the Yuwen Department in a few months, the battle was killed and injured more than 50,000 people, the conditions on the grassland were bad, and serious injuries were basically equivalent to death, if it weren't for the people of the Xianbei Department who were not afraid of death, they would have been unable to support the withdrawal of troops.

All in all, the current situation in the imperial court is very precarious, these few days Zhao Tianzi called a few Zai Fu and the Governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion to hold a meeting together, several Zai Fu agreed that once the situation deteriorates a little more, the north and south sides will be broken through the defense line at the same time, and even if the Great Jin Dynasty does not lose the country, the national fortunes will take a sharp turn for the worse, and it will take at least three or four generations of Ming monarchs to recuperate before they can recover.

However, in the imperial era, three generations of emperors were already smoking from the tombs of their ancestors, where would there be three generations of Ming monarchs?

From this morning to now, Ram Shu and several other Zaifu have discussed with the Son of Heaven for a whole day, and the Son of Heaven also told Li Xin's conditions to several Zaifu, but the discussion did not result until the afternoon, and the Son of Heaven could only summon Li Xin into the palace.

Hearing the Son of Heaven say this, Li Xin pondered for a while, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, from beginning to end, the ultimate goal of the southwest is only to restore the homeland of the old Nanshu, the entire southwest plus Hanzhong is already all the land of Nanshu back then, Shu has never had the ambition to compete in the world, I can write a letter to Mu Ying in the southwest, as long as the imperial army's troops withdraw from Hanzhong Ankang, they will not leave Shu." ”

Yuan Zhao Tianzi bowed his head and took a sip of wine.

"What about the teacher's conditions?"

"I'm still on that condition."

Li Xin said in a deep voice: "I want to take Ye Mao out of Beijing together." ”