When Emperor Wu sent Li Zhijie and Ye Sheng to fight south and north, Ye Ming was also working as a "quality" in the capital. Unfortunately, he was about ten years older than Li Shen and Emperor Chengde, so he was unable to play together. However, he really knew each other, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was an old friend.

Li Shen shook his head slowly and muttered to himself.

"The little emperor transferred him from the north and came back. The fourth brother of the Ye family should have taken over the Zhenbei Army at Jimenguan."

"The little emperor actually dared to delegate power to the Ye family so much, he was a little more courageous than his father."

Although he called Emperor Taikang and the pseudo-emperor on the surface, he actually recognized the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty. After all, he ascended the throne and became emperor in a serious manner.

In private, Li Shen was unwilling to say those hypocritical words, so he was called the little emperor.

As for the Ye family...

Ye Sheng was imprisoned in the capital for more than 30 years because Emperor Wu and Emperor Chengde were too afraid of the Ye family. The entire Chengde Dynasty and the Ye family did not achieve much development. However, in the Taikang Dynasty, because the Ye family made contributions to the Ye family's throne, Emperor Taikang continued to not maintain the policies of the previous two generations.

Of course, part of this is because Ye Sheng is old enough.

He was so old that he could not go to war, and he was so old that he could not pose any threat to the imperial power. Therefore, Emperor Taikang relaxed the control of the Ye family, allowing the two brothers of the Ye family to control two major military forces at the same time.

Li Shen was as thoughtful as to these so-called emperor's minds.

Then he began to read the letter.

"My brother Taijian of Jin minister."

...

"The last time my brother met with the brothers was still in the old days of Chengde. At that time, the emperor's holy life was in the capital, and it was thirteen years in a blink of an eye."

"A young minister of Jin was granted the title of the state of the country and was proud of the court. In the past, all old friends in the capital were envious. Two generations of people from the Marquis of Pingnan were all grateful for the country's kindness and were all the most powerful ministers. Now, the great Jin Dynasty has been through the four seas for more than thirty years. It is the time to usher in the prosperous era. We should never go against the times and the trends. The interests of Jin ministers have been in the court even deeper, so there should be no need for a foolish brother to elaborate on it."

"The change of the throne is the family affairs of the emperor. The Tian family has been determined, so our ministers should no longer intervene. Jin ministers were confused for a while, but fortunately, the matter was not deep. As long as Jin ministers were willing to send the deposed crown prince back to the capital, my brother can plead for the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion, which is still Pingnan Marquis' Mansion."

...

The content of the letter is very long, but it is roughly the above content.

After reading it briefly, Li Shen threw the thing back to Li Yan's hand, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"Ye Ming is a guy who only knows how to fight and not study, and also learns other people's arrogant writing. It looks very awkward."

Li Yan took the letter paper, looked up and down, and looked up at the calm-looking Hou Pingnan.

"Brother, what does he mean by writing this letter?"

"Can't you understand the words?"

Li Shen said lightly: "One of the time, it is to persuade the surrender. This is probably the meaning of the little emperor. The court doesn't want to be tough with us, so as long as they can get the prince back, they will probably take the initiative for the time being."

"Secondly, this Ye Shaobao wants to be foolish."

Li Shen narrowed his eyes.

"This guy wants to disrupt our morale."

Li Yan had basically never left the southwest and didn't know much about Ye Ming. He lowered his head and hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Brother, this Ye Ming..."

"It's amazing..."

Li Shen sighed slightly and said in a deep voice: "He went to Jimen Pass alone to take over the Zhenbei Army in his thirties. Zhenbei Army is very different from Pingnan Army. It is not the private army of the Ye family, but the army of the court. Ye Ming took over Jimen Pass completely in less than three years. In the next ten years, the Zhenbei Army of Jimen Pass was not defeated in the face of the remnant Zhou."

"Even his father Ye Sheng, I think that's just that."

Speaking of this, Li Shen sighed slightly.

"If he leads his troops, he will not easily enter the mountains of Shu County."

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As Ye Ming's army approached the southwest day by day, Li Xin's "logistics" troops were slowly approaching the southwest.

Because they were escorting food and grass, their speed was somewhat slower than Ye Ming's side. However, Li Xin was not in a hurry. He camped when it was dark, and the sun rose and set off again, heading towards the southwest slowly.

But Mu Ying was very busy.

Because he wanted to help Li Xin contact the remnants of South Shu in the southwest.

At this time, it was already mid-February. This was a season of grass and birds flying. The wild flowers on the roadside stretched out their bodies and bloomed with colorful and beautiful petals. Unfortunately, it had just reached the most beautiful time in life, and was ruthlessly trampled by a group of ignorant people.

A beautiful wild flower has a different body and head.

The culprit was wearing black clothes and two people were following behind him.

The two men were black and white, and the black-faced man lowered his head and said, "Marty, Li Xing, the survivors, is coming to see you."

After several years of official career, Mu Ying has forgotten his identity as a survivor, and now he has been separated from the survivors of Southern Shu intentionally or unintentionally.

This is very normal. No one is willing to be a shameful rebel for the rest of his life. Since he cannot succeed in rebelling, he should follow others honestly.

Li Xin, who was dressed in black, stepped on the head of a wild flower, and then turned around and said to Mu Ying, "When will he come?"

Originally, Li Xin's strategy for the southwest was to use the Mu family to skip work and leverage the situation in southern Xinjiang, but it was a peaceful period. Once the war started, the power of the Mu family would seem to be a little insufficient.

Li Xin needs the help of this Grand Highness of Nanshu.

It just so happened that the remnants of Southern Shu were also a little unhappy with the big banner supported by the Marquis of Pingnan. After all, they had a grudge against the Great Jin Dynasty to destroy the country. How could they support a prince of the Great Jin Dynasty openly?

"I guess I'll set out in just two days."

Mu Ying smiled and said, "Your Highness is probably very anxious now. The more Li Shen plays the loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty there, the greater the pressure he faces."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Give him a letter and tell him to be careful when leaving Shu and don't find out to Li Shen, otherwise the Marquis of Pingnan would not allow him to come out like this."

"Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, Li Xing is a cautious person. Since he is coming to see you, he will definitely be fully prepared."

Li Xin nodded, turned around and continued walking in front of the two of them with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly, Li Xin looked back at Zhao Jia.

"Brother You'an, give me some opinions on the situation?"

Zhao Jia lowered his eyebrows and said, "What do you want to hear from the Marquis?"

"You talk about it, will Ye Shaobao and Li Shen fight immediately, and what will the outcome?"

"I won't fight for the time being."

Zhao Jia's tone was firm.

"Most of the food and grass on Ye Shaobao's side are in the Marquis' place. Logistics do not allow it, so he will not take risks easily. As for the Pingnan Army, they are just fighting against the world with a corner, and they are even less daring to take the initiative to attack. From the bottom, they will not fight until the Marquis and Ye Shaobao meet."

Li Xin said lightly: "If they fight, who will win?"

Zhao Jia lowered his head and hesitated for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's probably the Pingnan Army will win."

Li Xin looked back at the scholar from Duke Chen's mansion and smiled and said, "How can I see it?"

"Because the Pingnan Army cannot afford to lose."

Zhao Jia lowered his head and said.
Chapter completed!