At the beginning, Li Xin was struggling in the capital, and at that time, in order to get ahead, he could only sharpen his head and drill into the officialdom, but Li Xin at that time planned for the future.

He knew very well that if he chose to be a civil official, not to mention whether he would have the opportunity to ask the Pingnan Marquis Mansion for an explanation in this life, at least there would be no way to ask Li Shen for an explanation in person.

So at that time, he chose to join Yu Linwei and became a military attaché.

Becoming a military attaché, it is inevitable that his hands will see blood, which Li Xin is mentally prepared for, but after Xiao Chen Ji killed nearly forty brothers, he still can't accept it.

Xiao Chen Ji took place in the summer of the eighteenth year of Chengde.

And now, it is the end of the second year of Taikang, and more than two years have passed, and today's Li Xin doesn't know how much more resolute than the original Li Xin, but this time the battle of Mianzhu is still a little difficult for this young Jing'an Hou to accept.

Too many people died.

In only half a day, He Song's 5,000 people were killed, and when the sun set and Li Xin ordered the withdrawal of the army, Mianzhu City was already full of scarlet!

Li Xin was on a high ground and witnessed the war with a clairvoyant mirror.

Because there weren't too many catapults, He Song's department could only rush with a ladder.

Both sides knew very well in their hearts that it was impossible for this first wave to rush down Mianzhu City, but it was not meaningless to rush like this, as long as Li Xin was willing to die, he had 40,000 close to 50,000 people under his command, and he could attack again and again for a month.

If every day is an attack of this level, at most half a month, as long as Jincheng does not send reinforcements, then Mianzhu should be attacked like this.

Throughout the ages, many generals have done this in siege cities.

It stands to reason that Li Xin should not have any psychological obstacles in doing this.

But after all, he was not a native of this world, he was not a young man who grew up in Jiangmen, and no one told him from a young age that he would not be in charge of the army.

His worldview is different from most people in this world.

As night fell, Li Xin sat alone in this place not far from Mianzhu City, stunned.

Until Zhao Jia, who was holding a torch, found him.

Zhao Youan didn't say anything, just threw the torch aside, and sat on the ground like Li Xin.

He sighed.

"Master Hou, that's what the war looks like, Uncle Ye attacked the Sword Pavilion over there, and more people died."

"The Sword Pavilion is much more difficult to fight than Mianzhu, Uncle Ye attacked for three days in one go, and the forbidden army suffered nearly 10,000 casualties."

Li Xin was still sitting on the ground, ignoring him.

Zhao Jia smiled reluctantly.

"Besides, Hou Ye also said that the forbidden army is not Hou Ye's descendant, Yu Linwei is."

Seeing that Li Xin ignored him, Zhao Jia smiled bitterly: "And there is no way to do it, there is always a death in war, we can't always be trapped in Fucheng and do nothing, right?" ”

Li Xin, who had been in a daze, turned his head and glanced at Zhao Jia, and then slowly exhaled a breath.

"What if there was a way not to kill so many people?"

Zhao Jia was stunned.

"What?"

Li Xin repeated.

"What if I say that I have a way to lay down a bamboo without having to kill so many people?"

Li Xin stretched out a finger and said word by word: "With my method, at most one day Mianzhu can break the city, at that time, although it is still necessary to fight in close combat, it is still necessary to fight head-on, or to die." ”

"But it won't be like now, where one or two thousand people died, and they couldn't even touch the city gates."

The besieging side is always the one who suffers, and the one who suffers the big loss.

When you charge into battle, you still have a shield in front of you, but when you climb the tower, you are basically in a state of indefensibility, that is, you are a target.

Generally speaking, unless the enemy surrenders the city, the casualties of the siege are very large.

This is also the direct reason why many generals ordered the slaughter of the city to retaliate after breaking the city.

Like this battle of Mianzhu, it seems to be tragic, but He Song's department only barely touched the root of Mianzhu's city wall, and there was no fatal threat to Mianzhu at all.

Zhao Jia was stunned and said: "Hou Ye has an internal response in Mianzhu City? ”

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"No, if there were, I would have used it a long time ago."

He slowly closed his eyes.

"Brother You'an, if I have a way to directly open the gate of Mianzhu and save the soldiers from these unnecessary casualties, but I hide it because of some selfishness, will you think I'm a wicked person."

Although Zhao Jia didn't understand what Li Xin could do, he still understood this sentence, and he slowly exhaled a breath when he heard it.

"Master Hou, I grew up in Chen Guogong's Mansion since I was a child."

"From top to bottom of Chen Guogong's Mansion, Old Man Ye naturally doesn't need to say much, even those parts of Guogong Mansion, and also my uncles, are all people who don't treat human life as human life."

"If it were Old Master Ye, or Uncle Ye, or even Pingnanhou Li Shen here, they wouldn't frown in the face of this situation."

"Hou Ye is a compassionate person, if Hou Ye really has any way to hide it, his subordinates also believe that Hou Ye has more important uses."

"I know this, so I'm different from them."

Li Xin's face was expressionless.

"I'm probably not very good at leading troops."

The Marquis of Jing'an stood up, looked at Mianzhu in the night, and lowered his eyebrows: "In half a day, how many people have we died, a thousand or two thousand?" ”

Zhao Jia bowed his head and said, "More than 1,400, and there are many wounded." ”

Saying that, Zhao Jia slowly lowered his head: "He Song He Duwei, he was also injured, the little grandfather Ye Mao was clamoring to see you in the barracks, saying that his Zhichong Mansion was attacking the city, why didn't he call him, his subordinates were afraid that he would disturb the Hou Ye, so they didn't bring him here." ”

Li Xin snorted and did not speak.

He continued to look at the night of Mianzhu, and finally made a decision and slowly closed his eyes.

"Tell them to suspend the siege tomorrow."

"The wounded brothers in the army will all use Zhurong wine to clean their wounds, and if they need any medicine, they will go to Li Jie, and ask them, if they can't give it."

Speaking of this, the Marquis of Jing'an's face was a little hideous.

"If you can't give it, let them go to Chong Mianzhu!"

Zhao Jia smiled bitterly, bowed his head and said, "Master Hou, your subordinates know that you are distressed, but we still have to cover Captain Mu in Hanzhou, we can't let those remnants of Nanshu face Jincheng alone, right?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm more anxious about them than you."

The Marquis of Jing'an had already made a decision at this time, and his mood was a lot more relaxed, and he said resolutely: "General Chuanben ordered that the whole army rest and recuperate, and be ready to attack at any time." ”

The light of the torch flickered, illuminating Jing'anhou's slightly young face.

A hideous smile appeared on this face.

"We won't wait for Mu Ying and them, we'll take Mianzhu ourselves!"

Zhao Jia was silent for a while, then bowed his head and said, "That subordinate, this is going to give an order?" ”

Li Xin nodded calmly.

"I didn't talk to anyone."

Zhao Jia nodded, turned around and left.

Li Xin added.

"Tell Ye Mao, let him take it honestly, and if he makes another mistake, I will send him back to his father immediately."

Zhao Jia stopped and said helplessly: "Master Hou, you better go and say it yourself, except for you, we people can not talk about the little grandfather." ”

Li Xinchang stood up and strode to catch up with Zhao Jia.

"Then let's go back together."

"Tomorrow night, Ben will take you to see Mianzhu City!"