Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 564 Fu has distant relatives in the mountains

  The 20th day of the second month of the third year of Taikang, it was the time that Ye Ming and Li Xin agreed on.

   General Ye is at the gate of Jianmenguan, looking at the first heroic city in the southwest.

   Originally, there were more than 130,000 troops in the eight Zhechong houses of the right battalion of the forbidden army. After the two people divided their troops, there were less than 50,000 people on Li Xin’s side, and about 80,000 people here in Ye Ming.

  Last time, in order to cover Li Xin's attack on Mianzhu, Ye Ming stormed Jianmen Pass for three days, and the casualties totaled nearly 10,000 people.

   In other words, Ye Ming's subordinates still have 80,000 combat power.

In Jianmen Pass, only 30,000 people died under Li Yan's command. Although there is such a natural danger as Jianmen Pass, there is no danger of Jiange being lost in a short period of time, but compared with this number of people, Li Yan basically Only passively beaten, there is no room to fight back.

More importantly, Mianzhu, the city of Fucheng behind Jiange, has been lost, and their connection with Jincheng has been cut off. If General Ye has the patience, he only needs to wait a year and a half for the food in Jianmen Pass to be exhausted. This majestic city is self-defeating.

   But Ye Shaobao couldn't wait.

  There is no other way. As a lieutenant general, Li Xin has already made extraordinary achievements. Apart from conquering Hanzhong, he has made no achievements. Moreover, he is also afraid that Li Xin is in the hinterland of the southwest and cannot defend the isolated city of Mianzhu.

   More importantly, he received a letter from Li Xin.

   The letter asked him to send troops to attack Jiange, and Mianzhu would cooperate behind Jiange to pacify the southwest as soon as possible.

   So, on the agreed day, Ye Shaobao waved his hand and gave the order.

   "From today onwards, each of the five Zhechong prefectures will assign 5,000 people to attack the city for one day, and then take turns to fill up the 5,000 people to attack Jiange!"

In ancient times, no matter what period, the overall quality of the soldiers was generally low. In a real war, except for the iron army with abnormal discipline like the Yue family army, as long as half or even 30% of the battle losses, the overall morale of the other armies will be reduced. slump, likely to collapse.

Ye Ming is not like Li Xin, who is a young boy who leads troops at the beginning. He doesn't have so many thoughts of "sympathy for the heavens and people". With his five-five Zhechongfu, he can gather 5,000 people every five days, which will keep the battle damage at a certain percentage forever. , that is to say, as long as he does not call to stop, these banned troops will continue to fight.

  Ci does not command soldiers.

   Ye Ming's department has been parked here for more than two months without any movement. Naturally, it is impossible for them to be completely inactive. In fact, in the past two months, they have built a large number of siege equipment similar to siege vehicles.

   And so, the tragic war began.

  From February 20th, Ye Ming started to attack Jianmenguan one after another frantically, even the kind of attack that did not count casualties. Such a violent attack even made Li Yan, who was stationed at Jiange, a little hard to resist.

   Because of the news of Mianzhu's loss, Li Shen could block the source of information in Jincheng, but the Jiange side was in the front, and there was no way to block it.

   Many Jianmenguan defenders already know that they are no longer their own people behind their butts, so it is inevitable that morale will be low when fighting.

   Coupled with Ye Ming's ferocious offensive, these Jiange defenders inevitably felt a little uneasy in their hearts.

  …………

  The news of Jiange's urgency was immediately spread to Mianzhu, but it had not yet reached Jincheng. The Marquis of Jing'an, Li Xin, was sitting on the tower of Mianzhu City, looking indifferently in the direction of Jincheng.

   Then a Yulin guard came to report.

   "Master Hou, an old man wants to see you at the gate of the city."

   There are four city gates in Mianzhu. By coincidence, this old man was at the city gate under Li Xin’s feet, shouting that he wanted to see Li Xin.

   Lord Jingan stood up from the reclining chair, stretched lazily, and yawned again.

   "Who?"

   This Yu Linwei bowed his head and said, "Master Hui, who claims to be the head of the Li family in Zhao County, saying that he has a relationship with you..."

   "Because they are the elders of Lord Hou, they dare not neglect, so they came to report."

   "The head of the Li family in Zhao County..."

   "He came by himself?"

   This Yu Linwei shook his head and said, "There is also a boy who is seven or eight years old."

  Li Xin squinted his eyes, thought for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "Go and lead him to my residence, let him wait, and I'll see him later."

"Yes."

   This Yu Linwei immediately went down and went to do things according to Li Xin's words.

  The Marquis of Jingan put his hands together, stood on the edge of the city wall, looked down, and saw a carriage being led into Mianzhu City by his personal guard.

   On the carriage sat an old man and a young man. The old man was in his fifties, with pale beard and hair, but his appearance was very good, and he looked like a fairy.

   As for the boy, he was seven or eight years old, and he was very handsome.

   When Li Xin looked over, the boy seemed to have sensed Li Xin's gaze. He looked up at the tower and saw that the Marquis of Jing'an did not dodge and smiled at the boy.

   The boy shrank his head, not daring to look any further.

   After an hour or so, Li Xincai got down from the tower, rode his horse and headed for the residence.

  After a stick of incense, the Marquis of Jing An appeared in the living room of the residence. He was wearing a wide robe and long sleeves, and his hands were tucked into the sleeves. He smiled and glanced at the two people in the living room.

   "The city is busy, and the two of you have been waiting for a long time."

  The gray-haired patriarch Li Shidao immediately led the boy to stand up, first glanced at Li Xin, and then politely said: "Li Shidao of Zhao County, Li Shidao, I have met the Marquis of Jing'an."

  The little boy also saluted Li Xin in a similar manner, and said crisply, "Li Chengye of the Li family of Zhao County, I have met the Marquis of Jing'an."

  Li Xin smiled slightly: "Two people, in the past, the four characters of Zhao County's Li family were a golden sign, but in the future, don't mention it again."

   "Not long ago, the imperial court had listed Zhaojun Li, Xingyang Zheng, Hongnong Yang and several other families as rebels."

  Li Shidao's expression changed slightly, and he finally sighed.

   "Master Li, your surname is also Li, and you are also from the Li family in Zhao County."

  Jing An Hou Ye chuckled: "I don't dare to have a relationship with the old gentleman. My Li and Li Shen are not Li."

He had broken up with Li Shen for a long time in his life, and he didn't even recognize the Pingnanhou Mansion, let alone the Li family in Zhaojun. Originally, in his situation, he should have changed his mother's surname, but his mother Xiao Qinglan insisted. Let him be named Li, and secondly, he was also called this name in his previous life, so to this day, he is still called Li Xin instead of Xiao Xin.

  Li Shidao looked solemn.

   "Marquis Jing'an, the blood of your ancestors is on you. You can't deny it if you don't recognize it."

   This is the serious poor in the busy city where no one asks, and the rich with distant relatives in the mountains.

In the past, when Li Xin was in despair, even the Pingnan Hou Mansion was reluctant to recognize him, let alone the Li family in Zhao County, thousands of miles away. Now that Mr. Li is rich and noble, these people have something to ask him. , I rushed over to recognize my relatives.

  The Marquis of Jing'an restrained his smile, and gave Li Shidao a light look.

   "If you two have anything to say, just say it directly. If you just say this, Li Xin will accompany you less."

  Li Shidao got up quickly and called Li Xin.

   "Li Houye."

   The old man's tone was a little pleading.

   "The old man came to Mianzhu to see Lord Hou, naturally, not to say these things, but to ask Lord Li for help."

  Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said, "The Zhao County Li family participated in the rebellion, and no one can save you."

   "The old gentleman should go back to Jincheng and let Li Shen give you some ideas."

   (end of this chapter)