Ye Shaobao's last sentence was not to ridicule Li Shen or anything, because from a military point of view, Hanzhong is indeed not as advantageous as the Sword Pavilion, after all, the Sword Pavilion has a Sword Gate Pass, and Hanzhong is just a city.

This city should not have been stationed with heavy troops, it was Li Shen who wanted to fight a surprise effect before he would increase his troops in Hanzhong, and now this intention has obviously been seen through by Ye Ming, so there is not much need to increase troops in Hanzhong.

Therefore, Ye Shaobao's words are really out of kindness.

Of course, since the two sides want to fight, it must be a life-and-death fight, Ye Ming did not give Li Shen an idea, the reason why he said this was to make Li Shen give up Hanzhong City, so that he could successfully take Hanzhong.

As for the Sword Pavilion......

By the time the Western Army pushed to the Sword Pavilion, Li Xin on the other side had probably crossed Yinping and headed towards Jiangyou.

At Ye Ming's level, sometimes a simple sentence hides I don't know how many edges.

Li Shen didn't seem to hear what this brother was saying, and walked away without looking back.

Seeing this, Ye Shaobao also shook his head and smiled, got up from under the pavilion, and went back to his Chinese army tent.

The conversation between the two people this time looks bland, and even has a bit of a homely taste, but in fact, they have fought behind the scenes I don't know how many times.

First of all, Li Shen didn't see Li Xin, and began to wonder if the young Hou Ye had divided his troops to do something bad, and then Ye Ming used Li Xin to ruthlessly expose Li Shen's scar.

This scar was indeed very painful, and the city government of the Great General of the Pillar Kingdom didn't want to continue to talk to Ye Ming, so he chose to get up and leave.

followed, Ye Shaobao just said a few words of conventional persuasion.

In the end of the conversation, Ye Ming did not forget to leave a pit for Li Shen.

All in all, this time the meeting between the bosses of the two sides ended with Ye Ming's side having a slight upper hand, and the reason why he had the upper hand was largely because the two of them talked about Li Xin.

Jing'an Hou, as the third generation of the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and even the most outstanding young man of the younger generation in the entire capital, has parted ways with the Pingnan Hou Mansion, and even enmity with each other, anyone who puts Li Shen in this position will feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Shen is no exception.

In fact, he needed Li Xin very much, especially at this time, he very much wanted Li Xin to come to the southwest to help him.

This need is not because of the relationship between father and son, let alone out of guilt for Xiao Qinglan, but because of Li Xin's current ability and his influence on the remnants of Nanshu.

Of course, Ye Ming didn't say a wrong thing, their father and son turned against each other, and it was not completely without benefits, so even if one of them was doomed to fail, there would always be a family surnamed Li who would survive.

In other words, no matter how Li Shen loses, he will not lose too completely.

After returning from Shiquan County, after walking for nearly a day, Li Shen returned to Hanzhong Mansion.

At the gate of the Hanzhong General's Mansion, the big man Li Yan and the Hanzhong General Meng Qi were waiting on the side of the road to greet Li Shen.

Pingnanhou slowly stepped out of the carriage.

The two of them stepped forward to salute Li Shen.

Li Shen was a little excited, waved his hand and said, "Ye Ming will soon arrive in Hanzhong City, General Meng will go to inspect the city defense first, and I have something to say to Li Yan." ”

Meng Qi bowed his head respectfully, hugged his fists and said, "The last general will go here." ”

After Meng Qi retreated, Li Shen took Li Yan into the study of the Hanzhong General's Mansion.

This was originally Meng Qi's study, but after Li Shen arrived in Hanzhong, he was naturally requisitioned by General Zhuguo.

Li Shen sat on the main seat, and the big man Li Yan bent down to pour him a cup of tea, and asked, "Big brother, what did Ye Ming say to you?" ”

Li Shen took a sip of tea and said in a calm tone.

"He asked us to sacrifice His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so that the court could not worry about us."

Li Yan's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "This is obviously a delaying tactic of the imperial court, and now we are inseparable from the imperial court, even if the imperial court does not pursue it now, it will settle accounts in the future......"

He was halfway through his sentence when his voice stopped abruptly.

Because he saw Li Shen looking at him.

"Big Brother......

General Zhu Guoda's tone was calm.

"What you can figure out, I can't figure out?"

Li Yan lowered his head, a little afraid to speak.

Pingnanhou sat on the main seat, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally slowly opened his eyes.

"Listen up."

Li Yan immediately lowered his head and clenched his fists: "The last general will be." ”

Although the two of them are righteous brothers, when the military order came out, Li Shen was the general of the Zhuguo State of the Pingnan Army, and Li Yan would also listen to the military order in a proper manner.

"After a while, Ye Ming will lead the troops to attack Hanzhong, and when the time comes, you will lead the troops to fight their vanguard army according to the original plan, and I will give you more people at that time, or the same as before, Xu Sheng will not be defeated."

"This first battle is a battle for foothold, and we must win a big battle, otherwise we will not close our eyes to existence."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "The last general must not accept the general's trust!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to go out and prepare.

Li Shen said lightly: "I haven't finished talking yet. ”

Li Yan stopped, turned around and continued to bow his head and wait for orders.

Li Shen took another sip of tea and said lightly: "After the first battle, you can bring all the people we brought back to the Sword Pavilion, and the 20,000 people from Hanzhong are still handed over to Meng Qi to guard, and he can hold it for as long as he can." ”

Li Yan was stunned and said, "Why? ”

"If the soldiers we bring stay in Hanzhong, there will be no problem in Hanzhong for at least half a year!"

"The plan has been seen through by Ye Ming."

Pingnanhou said silently: "There is no terrain like Jianmen Pass here in Hanzhong, if the first wave can't hurt Ye Ming, forcibly guarding here is just a waste of manpower, it's better to retreat to the Sword Pavilion." ”

Yes, Li Shen accepted Ye Ming's suggestion.

Of course, this and the decision were carefully considered by himself, first of all, Hanzhong Mansion is indeed not as easy to defend as the Sword Pavilion, and the Pingnan Army should not leave too much manpower wasted in Hanzhong.

The Sword Gate Pass is more suitable.

Moreover, Li Shen felt that there were traitors in Hanzhong City, and Ye Ming's last sentence was a backword, which provoked him to focus on defending Hanzhong.

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Li Shen sat in the study, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally spoke: "A few days ago, Ye Ming was divided into two and divided into a part, and this branch army was very hidden, and there were also cavalry guards on the march to clean up the scouts behind him, and his behavior was quite suspicious. ”

"I need to know where this army has gone, you tell Chen Ping, no matter what the cost, help me find this small army that has been separated."

Li Yan was a little puzzled.

"Big brother, no matter how they divide their troops, they always have to pass through the Sword Gate, what do you do with this energy to find them, do you think that this division of the Western Army has other intentions?"

"I don't know what their intentions are."

General Zhu Guo closed his eyes again and said slowly: "But Li Xin is gone." ”

"Li Xin, who was supposed to be by Ye Ming's side, is gone, so it is very likely that this small force that has been divided is Li Xin with him."

"Li Xin, this person is too variable, I have to know where he went and what he is going to do......"

Li Yan took a deep breath and slowly lowered his head.

"I'll do it."