Because of the tense situation in the southwest, the communication between Li Xin and the Mu family was greatly blocked, so there was not much contact between them, and since Li Xin drove Mu Ying back to the Mu family, the two of them only exchanged three or four letters.

To be honest, Li Xin was a little uneasy.

Even if it is His Majesty the Emperor, there is also a saying that the emperor is far away, and there are still people who act unscrupulously, not to mention that Li Xin and Mu Ying are not the same kind of subordinate relationship as before, and the two are all maintained by the old relationship, and they will be a little uneasy about who will come.

If Mu Ying turns against the water and no longer helps Li Xin, then Li Xin will fall into passivity in the southwest, and may even die in Fucheng!

Therefore, the arrival of this head of the Mu family made Li Xin very happy.

Li Xin led him all the way to the study of the county government, performed the junior ceremony, poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, and then sat opposite Mu Qing with a smile.

"From Hanzhou to here, there are many hardships and dangers along the way, how did Uncle Mu come here?"

Mu Qing smiled: "Master Hou, this southwest has been Nanshu for more than a hundred years, and we, the remnants of Nanshu, may not have any ability now, so we can only hide and survive, but there is no problem where we want to go haha." ”

The southwest has been occupied by the Pingnan Army for more than 30 years, but the Pingnan Army is an outsider after all, and the remnants of Nanshu led by Li Xing have also been active, so the status of the old Nanshu in the hearts of the people of Shu County is still very high, and it is not difficult to bypass Mianzhu from Hanzhou to Fucheng as Mu Qing, if he wants, he can even pass through Mianzhu City and come to Fucheng.

The Marquis of Jing'an was stunned, and then understood the meaning of Mu Qing's words, he gave Mu Qing a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "It's Li Xin who thinks Uncle Mu's ability is too small." ”

Mu Qing didn't dare to slack off, and raised the teacup, half an inch lower than Li Xin.

Li Xin asked with a smile, "Uncle Mu, how is the situation on Brother Mu's side?" ”

"It's done."

Mu Qing put down the teacup and said with low eyebrows: "Now the people who get it from His Royal Highness, Mu Ying can basically have the final say, but the Pingnan Army has always been relieved of us, and sent a partial division to stare at Hanzhou City. ”

Li Xin frowned and said, "How many people are in this partial division?" ”

"I estimate that there are 10,000 or 20,000."

Mu Qing frowned and said: "The problem is not how many people they have, the problem is that it is unlikely that we will clean up these 20,000 people in one fell swoop anyway, as long as they are given breathing space, Jincheng is on the edge of Hanzhou, and we will not be able to win the southern army at that time." ”

In fact, according to Li Xin's calculations, there are absolutely not too many Pingnan troops left in Jincheng, and at most 50,000 people a day will reach the sky, but the 50,000 people a day of this Pingnan Army are very different from the 40,000 or 50,000 people under Mu Ying's hands.

Under Mu Ying's hands, there are indeed 50,000 people, but Nanshu has been dead for more than 30 years, although these 50,000 strong men can gather together under the call of His Royal Highness Li Xing, but they can't be regarded as regular troops after all, at best, they can only be said to be militia.

Although I don't want to admit it, compared to the Pingnan Army, with the same strength, Mu Ying's department has absolutely no chance of winning.

Therefore, Mu Ying's 50,000 people will be Li Shen's 10,000 or 20,000 people, and they will look at Hanzhou City to death.

When Li Xin heard this, he lowered his head and thought for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Uncle Mu, I can help you drag down the main force of the Pingnan Army in Jincheng, how long will it take for you to get rid of the partial division that Li Shen placed near Hanzhou City?" ”

Mu Qing was stunned.

Although I don't quite understand what the young marquis in front of him has the ability to hold back the main force of the Pingnan Army in this situation, but after all, most of what Li Xin said before has been realized, so the head of the Mu family still trusts Li Xin very much, and when he heard this, he thought about it seriously for a long time, and finally replied very seriously: "It will take at least twenty years." ”

Twenty days......

This time it was Li Xin's turn to frown.

He can think of a very simple way to contain Jincheng, that is, to feint to attack Mianzhu, no matter what, Jincheng will divide troops to rescue Jincheng, as long as Li Xin has been pretending to attack the city, then Jincheng's troops must at least be attracted by him to Mianzhu.

However, it is easy to fool for two days a day, but for as long as 20 days, it is impossible to fool the past with the word feint.

Twenty days, no matter what, Li Xin had to attack Mianzhu with a real gun, otherwise there would be no way to attract Jincheng's attention for twenty days.

If you really fight, you will have to die, and more people will die than in Fucheng.

If Mu Ying's department was Li Xin's descendant Yu Linwei, at this time, in the same situation, Li Xin would probably not hesitate to order an attack on Mianzhu and cover for "Yu Linwei", but now the object of this cover is the remnants of Nanshu, which is an uncontrollable factor.

Li was a little hesitant in his confidence, he didn't know if it was right to let the people of the forbidden army go to death and buy time for the soldiers and horses in southern Xinjiang.

After a long time, the Marquis of Jing'an gritted his teeth fiercely.

"Good. Just twenty days! ”

Li Xin was ruthless, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Mu, I will prepare to attack Mianzhu in a short time, and the Pingnan Army will definitely support at that time, and then you will inform Brother Mu and let him take 50,000 sons under his command to kill the encirclement of the Pingnan Army!" ”

These words sounded enthusiastic, but Mu Qing had already passed the age of hot dancing and boiling, he frowned and thought for a long time, and then asked: "Master Hou, after cleaning up this partial division of the Pingnan Army, where should Mu Ying go?" ”

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "At that time, if my side is not defeated, Brother Mu should come over to help me fight Mianzhu together." ”

To be honest, this is a very risky move, after all, Li Xin is now shrinking in Fucheng, even if he can't do anything, at least he can ensure his safety, but if he goes to buy time for Mu Ying, then he will put himself in danger.

Mianzhu is the last gateway of Jincheng, Li Shen must attach great importance to it, and even set up a trap in Mianzhu to wait for Li Xin to get in, if Li Xinzhen goes to feint to attack Mianzhu, or even take the initiative to attack Mianzhu, then it is very likely to be dragged by the tail of the Pingnan army and gnaw hard.

But there is no way.

In today's situation, although Li Xin has taken the initiative, he is still in a stalemate, and there is no way to break the situation without risk, so Li Xin decided to give it a go.

Fortunately, this time he didn't take a big risk, even if there was no way to implement it perfectly, it was impossible for the Pingnan Army to eat his forbidden army and Mu Ying's militia at the same time, at most, Mu Ying couldn't get out of Hanzhou City or Li Xin's side to the point of breaking his muscles and bones.

These two bad endings are within the acceptable range of Li Xin.

He looked at Mu Qing and said solemnly.

"Uncle Mu, my side will help you delay for twenty days no matter what, once Brother Mu gets out of Hanzhou City, he will immediately lead his troops back to Mianzhu, as long as we can take Mianzhu, it will be a big deal!"

Mu Qing's face was also solemn, and she slowly got up and saluted.

"Since Hou Ye can believe in the Mu family so much, the Mu family will live up to Hou Ye's trust in this life!"

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"Don't hide it from Uncle Mu, I don't know the people of the Mu family very well, even Uncle Mu, I haven't seen you many times, but I believe in the Mu family because of my love for Brother Mu."

"Li Xin is willing to believe in Brother Mu!"