The situation in the capital is deadlocked.

The Southwest Army bombarded the western city wall of the capital with thunder every day, but there was never a large-scale attack, and it was bombed like this, although the forbidden army suffered casualties every day, but it was difficult to make greater progress.

It's not that the Southwest Army doesn't have the ability to attack the capital, with the firearms that Li Xin has stored over the years, at this time, he will do his best and pay some more price, and there is absolutely no problem in opening the western wall of the capital, the question is whether the remaining Southwest Army can win the forbidden army in the capital after entering the capital.

In this way, in a blink of an eye, the Southwest Army has been under the capital for two months, and after two months, the original panicked capital has gradually ceased to be afraid of the thunder of the Southwest Army, although there are still worries about the situation, but compared with the previous month, it has been much better.

However, it is not without good news for the Southwest Army, since the last time the Southwest Army defeated the forbidden army and the local Xiang army, coupled with Zhao Fang's efforts in the rear, public opinion in the world at this time has slowly begun to reverse.

At the very least, almost no one thinks that the Southwest Army is a "thief" now, and everyone thinks that this time the Southwest Army is coming to the capital, but it is just an internal competition for the position of the Ji family, and it is far from the extent that the artifact is overturned.

Moreover, because of the beautiful victory in the last battle, Li Xin won the support of many forces, and many big clans in Jiangnan lost a lot of rich businessmen, and they had secretly contacted Li Xin and provided a lot of money and food to the Southwest Army.

The Southwest Army fought all the way from Hanzhong, and it was obviously unrealistic to rely on Zhao Jia to transport grain and grass in the rear, but fortunately, the Southwest Army was not considered a "royal division", although Li Xin forbade the Southwest Army to plunder ordinary people, but when there was a shortage of grain and money, there was no problem in "borrowing" some grain from local rich merchants and landlords.

"Borrowing" all the time, after all, is not a way, these rich and powerful people who secretly support the Southwest Army have helped Li Xin relieve a lot of pressure.

At this time, Li Shuo led the Ningzhou army, twenty miles outside the capital, and confronted the defenders of the capital, at the same time, the Yunzhou army that rushed to King Qin from the north had been on the road for more than a month, and they would be able to reach the capital in a month at most.

Once the Yunzhou army arrives in the capital, plus there are still about 200,000 troops in the capital, even if Li Xin is capable, the southwest army will be forced to retreat to the southwest.

And when everyone in the boxing world was staring at the capital, Li Xin himself left the Ningzhou military camp and returned to the city of Luzhou in the rear.

Now Luzhou City, is considered the Southwest Army's relatively stable "rear", once the position of the capital can not hold, the Southwest Army can retreat to Luzhou to hold, now the Southwest Army has occupied Luzhou for almost three months, this big city is under the rule of the Southwest Army, and there is not much difference from before, several gates of Luzhou City, and even can enter and exit normally.

At this time, Li Xin was sitting under the gazebo in the back garden of a mansion in Luzhou City, and on the table in the pavilion, there were a few side dishes and a pot of spirits.

Opposite him, sat a tall gray-haired old man, Li Xin personally lifted the wine jug, filled the wine glass in front of the old man, and then said with a smile: "Brother Hou's health is still very good, like that kind of injury, even if he is a young man, it is estimated that he will have to lie in bed for half a year, and it only took more than two months for the old brother to recover." ”

Hou Jingde, who was sitting opposite Li Xin, picked up the liquor in front of him and smiled bitterly: "You don't have to make fun of me, it's just some external injuries, so naturally you can't die." ”

After he raised his head and drank a glass of wine, he looked at Li Xin, frowned, and said: "It is said that your Southwest Army is in a stalemate with the imperial court, at this time, you, the general of the Southwest Army, are not on the front line, how can you have spare time to accompany me to drink with a waste person?" ”

Li Xin raised his glass, toasted Hou Jingde, and said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I have something to discuss with my brother." ”

Hou Jingde also had a black face, frowned slightly when he heard this, and said: "Brother Li, I probably know what you are going to do, but right now, most of the people in the court think that I am dead, maybe the bereavement pension will be sent to my home, at this time, I just want to help you, and I am also powerless." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said slowly: "Besides, my wife and children are all in the capital, and my two grandchildren are only four or five years old, so I can't harm them." ”

Li Xin smiled: "Brother, you entered the left camp of the forbidden army in the early years of Taikang, and since then you have been deeply involved in the left camp for more than ten years, at this time, it is useless for anyone to say that you are dead, as long as you can appear in person in the big camp of the left camp of the forbidden army, it is better than any holy decree, and I don't want you to help my southwest army rebel, I just want you to hold the left camp of the forbidden army for two hours, and after two hours, things will naturally be clear, and the new dynasty will be established in the future, brother, you are a great hero." ”

Hou Jingde frowned and was silent.

Li Xin smiled and continued: "Brother, you have lived with me for more than two months, and at this time you have recovered seventy-seven-eighty-eight, if I don't do anything and send you back to the capital, even if I don't tell anyone where you have been in the past two months, after you return to Beijing, others will ask you, what should you say?" ”

"Will the court believe you?"

"In the future, the southwest army will return to the southwest, and I, Li Xin, will still have a rich life, but once the emperor of Yuan Zhao reorganizes the dynasty, how can he have a good end for your Hou family?"

"When the time comes, brother, your wife and children will be implicated by you."

Hou Jingde looked up at Li Xin, his brows furrowed deeply: "This is something you calculated early in the morning?" ”

"You can't say that."

Li Xin shook his head slightly, and said: "No one can predict everything, for example, I didn't expect that brother, you would personally take the forbidden army out of the city to attack the camp, and it would be a surprise to be able to invite you back, Brother Hou." ”

Li Xin smiled and said, "Brother, think about the changes in Renchen Palace more than ten years ago. ”

More than ten years ago, Hou Jingde was the left general of Yulinwei, and at that time, Li Xin also used this coercion method to trick him into the game and pulled him to the camp of Wei Wangfu.

Hou Jingde frowned.

"More than ten years ago, Brother Li, you dragged me to join the Wei Palace, and now, you are pulling me to rebel, how can it be the same?"

"How is it different?"

Li Xin's face was calm: "It's all gambling on life, there is no difference, today's Son of Heaven is the son-in-law of His Royal Highness King Wei, and the sixth prince is not the son-in-law of His Royal Highness King Wei?" ”

Hou Jingde snorted: "You have a heavy army, and you have successfully entered the capital, where is there anything about the six princes?" ”

Faced with this question, Li Xin smiled and said nothing.

Finally, Hou Jingde couldn't bear it anymore, he looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Brother Li, are you ...... How sure are you? ”

Li Xin smiled: "It's nonsense to say that you are somewhat sure now, but I can assure my brother that as long as you nod your head, you must be more certain than the change of Renchen Palace back then." ”

"Nonsense."

Hou Jingde frowned and said, "Can you control the three janissaries like you did back then?" ”

Li Xin shook his head: "I haven't been in Yulinwei for a long time, so naturally I can't do it." ”

After a pause, he said with a smile: "However, I can control the right battalion of the forbidden army a little. ”

Hou Jingde's face changed slightly.

"How do you control it?"

General Li laughed: "Brother, have you forgotten that my younger brother has been the general of the right battalion of the forbidden army for many years!" ”

Hou Jingde's face was full of sneers: "Your right battalion general, just in name, why did you spend the night in the right battalion in those years?" ”

Li Mou smiled.

"My brother is right, I was just a nominal name in those years."

"But He Xiang has been leading the right camp for more than ten years."