In the middle of March of the second year of Taikang.

The vanguard troops led by General Ye Ming finally arrived at the edge of Shu County, but Ye Ming did not continue to advance westward rashly, but stopped at a heavy city outside the border of Shu County.

This is Jingzhou City.

Jingzhou was not the Jingzhou in Dajin, but only a Jingzhou Prefecture. However, the location of this Jingzhou Prefecture is very important. It can basically observe all the paths of Pingnan Army leaving Shu. It is an important portal for Shu County to leave Sichuan. Ye Ming chose to station here.

Then for a whole month after this, he had no other actions except to send people to investigate the situation in Shu County.

As Zhao Jia said, the two sides did not fight.

One month later, it is April.

At this time, the spring flowers were basically blooming, and Li Xin led about 50,000 people to the vicinity of Jingzhou City.

Zhao Jia followed him on a horse and looked up at this big city with Li Xin.

"Brother You'an said it's right, these two people did not fight."

Zhao Jia lowered his head slightly and said respectfully: "Ye Shaobao is very experienced in leading the troops. He can naturally see what we can see, so he did not rashly enter Shu."

Li Xin shook his head.

"If you drag it on hard, the court will have the ability to drag the Pingnan Army to death. After all, it is unlikely that a mere Shu County will compete with the court. However, Your Majesty will not allow him to do nothing in Jingzhou. At most, for a month, Senior Brother Ye will fight if he doesn't want to fight."

Zhao Jia lowered his head and sighed: "I heard that rumors in the southwest counties have become increasingly serious recently. The Marquis of Pingnan is spared no effort to promote the current Majesty that he is usurping the rebellion, and he has the real deposed prince by his side. In this case, it is unlikely that his Majesty will allow Mr. Ye to drag him down like this."

Li Xin suddenly smiled.

"Brother You'an believes that what will the chaos in the southwest end?"

Zhao Jia raised his head, looked at Li Xin meaningfully, and then said, "If the Marquis does not interfere, according to my calculations, the situation in the southwest will continue to be stalemate, but for up to five years, the southwest will no longer be able to support it, and will eventually be beaten to ashes by the court."

Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "And the imperial court would also consume its vitality in the past five years. The prosperous situation that the late emperor had finally managed would be gone. If His Majesty does not handle it properly, it would even cause the country's fortune to take a sharp turn and decline."

Speaking of this, Zhao Youan looked up and looked at Li Xin carefully, and finally said in a deep voice: "Once the Marquis is involved, it is not something I can calculate. The Marquis alone is enough to completely reverse the situation in the southwest."

Li Xin smiled slightly.

"Brother You'an looks down on me too highly."

During the two months of traveling, Li Xin met Li Xing three times and Mu Ying's father Mu Qing twice, but the matter about the rebel army has not been discussed. After all, the Grand Highness of Nanshu is not a fool. It is impossible for him to easily hand over the lifeline of the remnants of Nanshu to Li Xin.

Therefore, Li Xin’s current control over the situation in the southwest is still extremely limited.

Moreover, Zhao Jia didn't know what connection was between Li Xin and the survivors of Southern Shu, so what he said just now sounded like a flattery.

Zhao Jia glanced at Li Xin quietly and finally smiled slightly.

General Ye's voice was low.
Chapter completed!