Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 537 Two Generals

If the Southwest problem is regarded as a progress bar, if Mianzhu City is won, the progress bar will be about 40% at most, but the problem is that Mianzhu is the bottleneck of this "progress bar". After Mianzhu is won, the next part can be said It is unobstructed, as long as it is done step by step.

That is to say, from the perspective of the Pingnan Army, after the loss of Mianzhu, there is no city to defend in the southwest except for Jincheng. Although the court wants to win the southwest, it still needs to win the Pingnan Army head-on. But compared to the background on both sides, this is only a matter of time.

   The general Zhuguo, who has always been calm and composed, has a distorted face at this moment.

  The hand he held Xu Zhen's front was trembling faintly.

   It took an unknown amount of time before Li Shen let go of Xu Zhen's shirt. The sergeant's clothes had already been ripped out a few times by Li Shen.

   "Who else knows about Mianzhu?"

  Xu Zhen bowed his head and said: "The last general came to see the general at the first time. No one knows about it except the general."

   Li Shen said, "block all the news, you can't tell anyone about the fall of Mianzhu."

They were originally rebels. If they were victorious, their morale would naturally be high, but once they were defeated, they would immediately panic. If the news of Mianzhu's loss spread, the people in the city might tie Li Shen up and open the city. The gate of the city surrendered.

   Of course, because of the existence of the Pingnan Army, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen.

   But even within the Pingnan Army, the fighting spirit will be lost.

   So this news cannot be spread no matter what.

  Xu Zhen hesitated for a moment, then said, "General, you will be able to understand what you are doing."

   "But Mianzhu's defenders are on their way back to Jincheng. They can return to Jincheng at most the day after tomorrow. There are nearly 10,000 of these people, and the generals can't keep each of them silent..."

  Li Shen's face was expressionless.

   "You set up a camp outside the city right now, and when they come back, you can live in. No one can enter without the order of the general."

  Xu Zhen sighed, lowered his head and said, "Since the general insists, the last general will do it."

   Having said that, the sergeant lowered his head and said solemnly: "General, the last general thought that paper can't hold fire, and the general still has to find a way to get back to Mianzhu..."

   "You don't have to worry about these things."

  Li Shen slowly closed his eyes.

   "Go and sort out Mianzhu's battle report and send it to me, I'll read it."

  Xu Zhen nodded and stepped back slowly.

After Xu Zhen retreated, Li Shen didn't move for a long time. He turned around and sat down under a pavilion, breathing deeply.

  The Li family had a hard time starting a business.

This branch of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion was split from the Li clan in Zhao County. Today, Li Shidao, the head of the Li clan in Zhao Jun, is commensurate with Li Shen’s uncle and nephew, and he is quite polite to Li Shen. This is because the Pingnan Marquis Mansion is now The family has a big business, and the Li family of Zhao County is attached to it.

However, since the two brothers, Li Zhijie and Li Zhili, were separated from the Li clan in Zhao County, it means that they were not the main line. At that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was still in existence, and the Li clan in Zhao County still served as officials in the Northern Zhou Dynasty for generations, and Li Zhijie went south to Jin. He started as a school officer and gradually became a general who later led troops to fight.

   The hardships are not enough for outsiders.

   Later, Li Zhijie sacrificed his life to take Nanshu, and he was willing to take odd risks to run his own business in Nanshu, and then pass it on to Li Shen.

   There are many difficulties and dangers, and only the Marquis of Pingnan, who is the party involved, knows best.

   It is for this reason that Li Shen sees this family business as more important than anything else, even far more important than his own life.

   He has been busy up and down for more than ten years, and I don't know how much hard work he has gone through, just to keep this family business, so that the Pingnan Houfu and this Pingnan Army can continue to exist.

   But now, where his lifelong wish was, he was stabbed severely by someone.

  If the Pingnanhou Mansion is like a mirror, then if Mianzhu is lost, the mirror is full of cracks, and it is only a matter of time before it shatters.

   At this moment, he was very, very uncomfortable.

  Because the legacy that the old marquis Li Zhijie handed over to him is at stake!

   After an unknown amount of time, Li Shen slowly stood up from under the pavilion.

   No matter what the situation is, no matter what he has to face, he, the backbone of the southwest, cannot fall at this time. If he falls at this time, the Pingnan Army will soon collapse completely.

   If he can hold on, there is still a chance for the Pingnan Army.

  Li Shen walked slowly to the front hall. His wife, Mrs. Yu, was sitting in the front hall, waiting in a proper manner.

  Every big family has their own laws. For example, if her husband is at home, it is absolutely impossible for Mrs. Yu to eat it by herself.

   At this moment, she was relieved from the grief of losing her son. Seeing Li Shen approaching, she smiled and said with a smile, "Why did you come here, the food is a little cold."

   Li Shen's face was as usual, and a smile was forced out of his face.

   "It's nothing, I need to take care of some military affairs."

   "Let's eat."

General    Zhuguo sat down and was about to pick up his chopsticks, but he coughed violently because he was depressed.

   Mrs. Yu took out a handkerchief, helped him wipe his mouth, and then saw a bright red on the handkerchief.

   Obviously, General Zhuguo vomited blood.

   This noble girl from the Zheng family in Xingyang was shocked.

   She stood up, reached out and patted Li Shen on the back, her tone so anxious that she lost her voice.

   "Master Hou, what's wrong with you?!"

   Li Shen took a few breaths and shook his head at his wife.

"nothing."

   "It's much more comfortable to cough up."

  …

When Jincheng received the news, Ye Ming and Ye Shaobao also received news from Li Xin, the second-generation eldest of the Ye family, picked up the letter and opened it, just glanced at it, his eyes lit up. .

In the letter    Li Xin wrote to him, he didn't say much about the specific details, but he did detail some of the achievements of the young master Ye Mao.

  For example, Ye Mao attacked Fucheng, for example, Ye Mao chased the Pingnan Army, and the spear nailed Cheng Ping, the number three figure of the Pingnan Army.

   These are all Li Xin's goodwill towards the Ye family, and also his answer to the Ye family.

   At the end of the letter, Li Xin wrote a sentence lightly.

   "Brother, Jiangyou, Fucheng, and Mianzhu have all broken down. I have established a firm foothold in Mianzhu. What will be the next step, please show me."

   Originally, a big man like Ye Ming, no matter what he does, should be happy and angry, after all, he can't let outsiders easily see his mind.

   But at this time, Ye Shaobao's mouth almost reached his ears.

   He laughed heartily.

   "What a Li Changan!"

   "You actually knocked down Mianzhu!"

  Ye Shaobao passed the letter on and let everyone in the Imperial Army read it.

   Finally, he called all the generals of the Imperial Army into the commanding tent.

   At this time, General Ye's face was full of spring breeze.

   He sat in the handsome seat with a loud voice.

   "You have also seen that the Marquis of Jing'an, Li Xin, is already in the southwest hinterland, disrupting the position of the Pingnan Army."

   "Now, in front of us, there is only one sword gate closed."

   "As long as Jianmenguan is broken, Jincheng can break down at any time, and then we can return to Beijing."

   Having said that, Ye Ming smiled slightly.

   "It's just that the New Year's Day is coming soon. It's a good day. It's hard to see blood. After this year, we can start to take down the sword pavilion."

   "On this great day."

   Ye Ming smiled brightly.

   "The substitute will send a letter to Li Yan, telling him the good news of Mianzhu breaking the city."

   (end of this chapter)