Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 522 Dilemma

   While Li Xin was busy with his work, Jincheng was not monolithic.

   Human beings are social animals, but everyone is an independent individual. No matter what group it is, it will inevitably give birth to some careful thoughts, even the Pingnan Army, which has been run by the Pingnan Houfu for two generations.

In fact, when the Pingnan Army began to raise the flag to support the abolished prince, there were already some different voices within the Pingnan Army, but at that time, Li Shen's personal prestige overwhelmed everything, and all discordant voices were heard Li Shen covered it by himself.

   Of course, now that the flag has been raised, whether the Pingnan Army is willing to rebel or not, they are forced to rebel at the moment, so there is no dispute about whether to rebel or not.

   But now there is a new controversy.

  Because there is an army of the imperial court, it has penetrated into the hinterland of the southwest and even seriously threatened Jincheng. Now the dispute within Jincheng is whether to send troops to take down Fucheng and encircle and wipe out the army of this imperial court in Fucheng.

   Even if they can't be surrounded and wiped out for a while, at least they must be driven out of Fucheng, and then this great threat will be completely wiped out in the wild.

   The reason for this controversy, of course, is mainly because Li Shen, who is the backbone of the Southwest, can't make up his mind for a while, so there is such a controversy within the Pingnan Army.

  The internal structure of the Pingnan Army is a bit strange, it is a less standard pyramid.

The apex of the    pyramid is naturally Li Shen, who is the Marquis of Pingnan. Li Shen is the only one in this position, which means that Li Shen's will can determine the will of the entire Pingnan Army to a certain extent.

   In the second echelon of the Pingnan Army, there is only one person, that is Li Shen's righteous brother, Li Yan, the second master of the Pingnan Houfu.

Li Yan has a very unique position in the Pingnan Army. Because he himself fought very bravely, his prestige is even higher than Li Shen in some aspects. The entire Pingnan Army Group, in the absence of Li Shen Li Yan can fully control it.

   At the beginning, Li Xin told Li Shen that when Li Shen stayed in the capital for a year and a half, Ping Nanjun might still be surnamed Li, but it might not be Li Shen's Li.

   Fortunately, Li Yan is a very loyal minister to Li Shen, or to the Marquis of Pingnan. He is willing to be the second master forever, so when Li Shen returns to the southwest, he can still be the ruler of the southwest.

In addition to these two people, the Pingnan Army has three or four lieutenants, one of whom is the fat man Cheng Ping that Li Xin had met, Qin Li, who is in charge of infantry, and Li Chuan, the lieutenant in charge of the defense of the entire southwest. .

   One of them, Li Chuan, is a member of the Li clan in Zhao County and has been with the Pingnan Army for more than ten years.

   In addition to these lieutenants, there is also Li Shidao, the head of the Li family in Zhao County, who can barely squeeze into the third echelon of the Pingnan Army.

   Now, Li Shen is a little undecided, and the No. 2 figure of the Pingnan Army has no way to escape in Jiange, so there is some controversy within the Pingnan Army now.

Cheng Ping and Qin Li are two people, one is in charge of the infantry, the other is in charge of the cavalry, and the two are generals who lead the troops. It was Cheng Ping, the lieutenant who had received Li Xin, who had asked Li Shen no less than three times to lead troops to attack Fucheng.

   But Li Shen never made a statement.

   Therefore, after Fucheng was lost for more than ten days, there was still no movement in Jincheng.

  On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month in the second year of Taikang, the weather in the southwest is getting colder and colder.

At this time, in the study of Li Shen in the Pingnan General's Mansion, a white porcelain teapot was set up on a delicate copper stove. Li Shidao, the head of the Li family in Zhao County, brewed and poured tea with flowing water. It didn't take long for the tea Fragrance filled the entire study.

   And the backbone of the entire southwest, Pingnan General Li Shen, sat opposite him.

Li Shidao poured one tea on the tea set, and the second was poured into the teacup. He poured a cup of tea for Li Shen also, and then said slowly: "This tea was brought from Zhao County, and it is quite mellow. Jinchen have a taste."

  Aristocratic clans pay attention to not getting tired of eating and eating finesse. They are also very particular about drinking tea and drinking tea. People like Li Shidao who grew up in a family since childhood are very refined about all kinds of elegant things.

  Li Shen took the tea with both hands and bowed his head slightly.

   "Thank you, Uncle Clan."

   The difference in age between the two is actually not that much. Li Shidao is probably only eight or nine years older than Li Shen, but the seniority is here, even a big man like Li Shen must be polite in front of Li Shidao.

   "I heard that Jin Chen has been troubled a lot lately?"

  Li Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then nodded: "Yes, I'm a little undecided."

   "Is it about the Marquis of Jing'an?"

General    Zhuguo was silent for a while, and then said, "What can be confirmed at the moment is that he walked through the Yinping Ancient Road, crossed over from Motianling, and then touched Jiangyou Pass."

   "The problem is it's not clear how many of them there are."

  Li Shidao frowned slightly and said, "This kind of problem, in the past, should have been difficult for Jinchen."

   Li Shen is very capable. He can make the Pingnan Army's operation in the southwest more and more vigorous. For more than ten years, the power of the Pingnan Houfu has also grown stronger.

  Because of his personal ability, the Northern Zhou clan such as Zhaojun Li, Xingyang Zheng, etc. dared to risk their lives and engage in such a beheading business with Li Shen.

   On weekdays, Li Shen is very decisive, and he shouldn't hold back on this kind of problem.

Marquis Pingnan drank another cup of tea, bowed his head and said, "When I came back from Jiange, I sent people to Motianling to investigate, so many of them have passed through Motianling, it is impossible not to leave traces, and it is impossible to completely No one saw it."

   Having said this, his frown deepened.

   "They have a lot of people."

   "According to the information I found, more than 20,000 of them should have climbed over the Motianling."

   Li Shen's hand holding the teacup had blue veins looming.

   "If 20,000 people really occupy Fucheng, Jincheng will not be able to enter, nor will it retreat."

The original establishment of the   Pingnan Army was only 100,000 people.

  Although Li Shen is not very honest and has raised a lot of people, the standing army together cannot exceed 150,000.

  Hanzhong has lost more than 20,000 people, and there are also 30,000 to 40,000 people in Jiange who can't move. Hanzhou also needs 10,000 people to watch those Nanshu survivors.

   In addition to the vicinity of Jincheng, an acropolis similar to Mianzhu also has troops stationed.

   At this time, the Pingnan Army in Jincheng had only 70,000 or 80,000 people to die, and it was unlikely that all these 70,000 or 80,000 people would be dispatched.

   In other words, if there are more than 20,000 people guarding the city on the Fucheng side, it will be difficult for Jincheng to get them.

   What's more, there are not necessarily only 20,000 of them!

   This is the reason why Li Shen has been hesitating.

  Because Li Xin had plunged into the southwest hinterland like a nail, Li Shen is now a little difficult to ride a tiger.

   Dilemma.

  Thinking of this, Li Shen took a deep breath.

   "At this time, we can only take a look and see what Li Xin is going to do, and then we can move on to the next step."

   "We move first, and then step by step passive."

   "Li Xin moves first, and we have a chance to seize his flaws."

   Having said this, Li Shen closed his eyes slightly.

   "Now, we can only wait for that Lord Jing'an to make a foolish move."

   (end of this chapter)