Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 558 Li Xin's Conditions

  Although the abolished prince was really sent to Mianzhu by Li Shuo, Li Xin did not think that Li Shen would surrender like this. With the character of the great general of Zhuguo, it was too difficult to make him bow his head and surrender.

   This is an era of extremely closed news.

   Even if the abolished prince is taken back to the capital, even if the banner is gone in Jincheng, Li Shen can still claim that the abolished prince is in Jincheng, and he can even let a fat person pretend to be Ji Kui.

   In this era, there is no instant messaging, and there is no information explosion like the future generations, and not many people know what the life of the aborted prince looks like.

   Bringing Ji Kuo back is just the first step.

   What action will Jincheng do next? Li Xin can't guarantee it.

But he is not in a hurry. For him, as long as he stays in Mianzhu, he will take the credit when Jincheng surrenders. If Jincheng does not surrender, he will be honest in Mianzhu. Wait, wait for Ye Ming to come over to join the army, and honestly check in and get the credit.

  After the abolished prince entered Mianzhu, Li Xin arranged him into a mansion in Mianzhu, where he served delicious food and drink, and then he peacefully stayed at his residence, waiting for news from Jincheng.

   It is now the end of January.

Previously, Ye Ming wanted to attack Jiange on the tenth day of the second lunar month. After being dissuaded by Li Xin, he changed it to February 20th. That is to say, if there is no action from Jincheng within 20 days, Li Xin will start to attack Jiange with Ye Ming. .

   At that time, everything was done according to the rules of the imperial court. Li Xin had no ability or excuse to stop Ye Ming from doing things.

   Soon, the time came to the seventh day of February in the third year of Taikang.

  It has been ten days since the abolished prince entered Mianzhu.

  Li Xin finally received a letter from Jincheng, but the letter was not sent by Li Shuo, but by the general Zhuguo himself.

The content of the    letter was very simple. He also set up a reed awning under the city of Jincheng and invited Li Xin to visit for a while on the ninth day of the second lunar month.

   After reading the letter, Li Xin threw it aside to Zhao Jia and said with a smile, "Brother You An, take a look?"

Zhao Jia has the ability to read the letter with only one glance and ten lines. He frowned and said, "Master Hou, Ping Nanjun may be in a hurry, and this date is still a subordinate. Go for Lord Hou."

  Jing'an Marquis's eyelids twitched, feeling a little uncomfortable.

   "Meet and meet, don't say date."

   Honestly, this kind of behavior of letters and invitations to meet is perfectly normal, but Li Xin has experienced another era after all, so he is a little disgusted with this word.

   Zhao Jia didn't understand what went wrong with the two dating, but the boss didn't like to hear it, so he naturally wouldn't say it again, he just changed his mouth and said, "This subordinate will go for Lord Hou?"

  Li Xin shook his head.

   "I asked him to come, and he came. I didn't dare to go if he told me to go. If it spreads like this, where would Ben Hou's face be?"

   Lord Jingan laughed.

   "Besides, we don't have anything to fear him now."

   In the early morning of the ninth day of February, Li Xin and others were at the gate of Mianzhu, ready to set off.

Since he was going to the meeting, he had to bring some people over to support him. To be on the safe side, Li Xin brought his brother Ye Mao, the fierce general, with him. More than 200 people were selected here, and after gathering 500 people, they set off from Mianzhu in a mighty manner.

  Because all the horses of the imperial army were left in Didao, even though they occupied Mianzhu, Li Xin was still unable to gather 500 horses. Of the 500 of them, only half of them were on horseback.

   There is no other way. When you go to someone else's territory, riding a horse is the least respect for the enemy's knife and axemen, so that when the enemy turns his face, he can run away as soon as possible.

   When Li Shen came to the appointment earlier, he had five hundred cavalry, all of them on horseback.

  This Lu Peng is said to be under Jincheng City, but it is still several dozen miles away from Jincheng. If the Southern Army is not short of cavalry, Li Xin can't run away even if he wants to.

   When we arrived at the agreed place, we saw a reed awning in the distance.

It's already February, it's almost spring, the sun is shining down, and the weather is much warmer. Li Xin rode on a horse, under the protection of Ye Mao, and walked towards this reed awning. go.

  In Lu Peng, the Great General of the Zhu Kingdom, dressed in azure clothes and without armor, was sitting cross-legged behind the table, closing his eyes and resting.

  Li Xin walked in slightly short and cupped his hands at him.

   "I haven't seen you for half a month, the general has lost a lot of weight."

  Li Shen opened his eyes and glanced at Li Xin who came in armor, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  Jing'an Marquis didn't care, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "No way, I'm afraid of death."

  Li Shen pointed to the opposite side and said concisely: "Sit."

   Li Xin untied the sword Qingzhi hanging from his waist, threw it to Ye Mao who was guarding outside the door, and sat down awkwardly.

   He was wearing the fine armor of a custodian general, and it was really inconvenient to move around.

   But he still didn't choose to take it off.

   At this time, the fluttering white clothes certainly appeared to be graceful, but life was the most important thing. He had gone all the way to this day.

After    sat down, General Zhu Guo personally poured a cup of tea for Li Xin.

  Li Xin did not drink.

   If Li Xin was the general of the Pingnan Army, he would do everything possible to kill himself, so Li Xin had reason to believe that the middle-aged man in front of him would also like to kill himself.

   Li Shen was expressionless. After Li Xin sat down, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea, gave Li Xin a deep look, and said, "Li Xin, you... won."

   "I agree to surrender to the Southern Army."

   "Three days later, you can come and receive Jincheng. I will open the four gates of Jincheng to welcome the king of the court."

   Li Shen's face was expressionless, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

   "I can also go to the capital to confess my guilt, or I can lie down on the spot, and I can choose from the Marquis of Jing'an."

   "As long as the Marquis of Jing'an don't forget the agreement with Li Shuo."

  Li Xin stood up, looked behind Li Shen, and said with a smile, "Where's Young Master Ling, why didn't you come?"

   "I was beaten, and I can't get out of bed now."

   Li Xin smiled and said, "The general is very strict with his tutor. I remember that the little Marquis didn't get out of bed for several months."

  Li Shen's face was expressionless.

  The Marquis of Jing'an smiled and continued to ask: "The family business of the Marquis of Pingnan for more than 30 years is gone, so the general is willing?"

   "What if you are reluctant?"

   Li Shen's expression was indifferent: "If you can't bear it, you won't come to pick it up?"

   "Now that His Royal Highness has been taken back by you, it is meaningless to fight again. I am willing to surrender to the Southern Army to reduce casualties."

   Having said that, Li Shen glanced at Li Xin.

   "Isn't this exactly what the Marquis of Jing'an wanted to see?"

   Li Xin smiled: "That's what I said, but I don't believe the general would surrender so easily."

   "According to my estimate, there are at least 60,000 Pingnan troops in Jincheng. If I follow the general's intention and enter the city to take over Jincheng in three days, and your troops will swarm up, am I not throwing myself into the net?"

  Li Shen's breathing became heavier, and he groaned, "Then what does the Marquis of Jing'an mean?"

   "It's not hard to get me into town."

   Li Xin said with a smile: "The general handed over 100,000 pairs of armor, 20,000 crossbows, and 50,000 pieces of swords and guns to Mianzhu, and the Marquis immediately sent someone to take over Jincheng."

   (end of this chapter)