Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 540 Life and Death Brothers

   How did Mianzhu break down?

   To be precise, how did Mianzhu break the city within four days, and when the casualties of the Imperial Army were not particularly large.

   Not only Mu Ying wants to know this question, but at this moment, Li Shen, Ye Ming, and Emperor Taikang, who is in the capital and is about to receive news from the Southwest, will all want to know.

   This is beyond their knowledge of this era.

   Originally, Li Xin didn't want to tell anyone about this kind of thing. No matter who asked him, he would say that a Taoist priest led a thunderbolt to blow up the city gate.

   But Mu Ying was the first brother who followed him, and Li Xin didn't really want to hide it from him.

   Lord Jingan frowned and was about to speak.

   This black-faced man from the southwest saw Li Xin's hesitation, and immediately waved his hand and said with a smile, "I just ask this casually, and if you don't want to say it, you don't need to say it."

   He smiled honestly.

   "Anyway, I know clearly in my heart that Lord Hou is a person with ability and means. As long as he does things with Lord Hou, he will never be wrong."

   "There is no need to speak yin and yang."

   Li Xin glared at him.

   "It's true that I opened the gate of Mianzhu with a method. As for the method, I can't say for the time being."

   Having said that, Li Xin glanced at Mu Ying.

   "It's not that I'm hiding it from Brother Mu, I didn't tell anyone about this."

   Muying's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands excitedly.

   "Master Hou means that this method ... can it be used a second time?"

   He originally thought that Li Xin used some kind of alienation and persuasion to persuade the city to open the gate of Mianzhu, but listening to Li Xin's words, he opened it by other means.

  Li Xin was speechless.

   The two right-hand men under his own hands, when asked this question, actually asked the same question in unison.

   That is whether this method can be used a second time.

   Li Xin was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slightly.

   He and Mu Ying are brothers of life and death. Zhao Jia knows about 60-70% of the details about gunpowder, so there is no need to hide it from Mu Ying.

   More importantly, for Li Xin, the 50,000 people in Hanzhou are much more important than the primitive gunpowder that has not yet been applied.

   Muying's eyes brightened.

   His voice almost trembled.

   "In other words, Jincheng... can also be opened in the same way?"

  Li Xin shook his head slightly.

   "Jincheng can't do it."

   "Firstly, Jincheng is too big, and secondly, Jincheng should be left to Senior Brother Ye to fight. It makes no sense for us to be a partial teacher, climb over Motianling, and eat the whole of Southwest."

   "Besides, we may not be able to eat it."

  Li Xin said with his fingers clasped: "According to conservative calculations, the Pingnan Army in Jincheng still has at least 50,000 people. Even if they don't have the city gate and city wall, it's not something we can eat."

   "Even if we can eat it, we will have to pay the nearly 40,000 people under my hands, and the 50,000 people in Hanzhou will have to pay it up and die."

Today's Pingnan Army, although it is no longer the Pingnan Army that gnawed down Nanshu more than 30 years ago, according to the ten years in the army, at least two or three generations have been replaced in the past 30 years, but whether it is Li Shen or Li Yan, the army is very strict, and the Pingnan Army has naturally maintained a very high combat effectiveness until now.

   In addition, there are many veterans who retired from the Pingnan Army in the southern border. Li Shen raised his arms, and these people may not be able to put on their armor again.

   All in all, Li Xin is not ready to gnaw on the bones of Jincheng.

  It is thankless, even if Li Xin did his best and really won Jincheng by himself, not only General Ye, the main general, would not look good at that time, but the emperor in the capital did not know what to think.

The two people around Li Xin, Mu Ying and Zhao Jia, are considered top talents in their respective fields, but their political sensitivity is far inferior to that of Li Xin. .

  This is the way of the world. Many times, people who have the ability may not be able to stand out, and those who have a lot of heart can eat well.

   Muying grinned.

"Previously, the subordinates took out all the soldiers in Hanzhou, and the old man and Li Xing were still behind the backs. The news that Mianzhu broke the city a few days ago passed, the two of them were dumbfounded on the spot, and they didn't dare to say more. said."

   Having said that, Mu Ying laughed heartily.

   "Master Hou, you didn't see that Li Xing's face, I'm so relieved."

  The Marquis of Jing'an smiled and said, "That Li Xing, will it be difficult for you after handing over power?"

   "It's not difficult to talk about."

  Mu Ying shook her head and said, "It's just that he is somewhat uncomfortable. When he is doing things in a lowly position, he will come to Mu's house and talk to my father, which makes people a little annoying."

   "But the old man bought his account, but he didn't pay much attention to him. During this time, he has been honest a lot, especially after the news of Mianzhu breaking the city, Li Xing has no threat."

   "It's a scourge after all."

  The Marquis of Jing An frowned slightly and said, "If Brother Mu is inconvenient to start, I can help Brother Mu to get rid of this scourge."

Li Xin is now, on the surface, a celebrity in the Great Jin Dynasty, but he is like a duckweed without roots. His real foundation is in the southwest, in Hanzhou, where there are 50,000 people, any threat to Hanzhou People in the army are all Li Xin's mortal enemies.

  Li Xin doesn't mind killing this person by any means.

Mu Ying felt Li Xin's strong murderous aura, he quickly waved his hand, shook his head and said, "Master Hou, no matter what Li Xing says, he is also the only blood descendant of His Royal Highness King Min. There are still 100,000 survivors of Nanshu in the southwest. If he is like this The only blood descendant is gone, all the blame will be directed at the Mu family, and the situation will be worse than the current situation."

Li Xin thought about it for a while, then nodded and said, "Brother Mu can handle the matter in Hanzhou. If necessary, this Li Xing is not dead, we can make a fake Nanshu Highness. "

   Mu Ying nodded again and again, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

   "Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will handle the matter in Hanzhou. If there is any difficulty, I will definitely inform Lord Hou."

  Jing'an Hou patted Mu Ying on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Mu, don't be so nervous, you and I are still the brothers and sisters in the former Yulin Weili. Brotherhood is more important than anything else."

  When the two of them were in Yulinweili, Li Xin was a nameless son in a dangerous situation, and Mu Ying was a rebel who went to the capital. The two met in that environment and went all the way to today.

   Frankly speaking, Li Xin did regard Mu Ying as a brother of life and death, otherwise, he would not trust Mu Ying with matters such as Hanzhou, which was related to his life.

  Mu Lang Jiang lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Of course I know this."

   "Master Hou, Mianzhu has been broken, what should I do next for the Hanzhou Army?"

   "Wait."

   "Wait for what?"

  Jing'an Hou smiled and said, "When Senior Brother Ye's troops are under Jincheng, wave the flag and shout."

   "At that time, I will be able to find a way to give the 100,000 households of Nanshu survivors an identity that can see the light."

   (end of this chapter)