No matter how the court responded, Ye Ming was always doing his own thing. After he and Li Xin decided on this strategy, he immediately began to prepare to attack Bashu.

The traditional route to breaking Shu is the road that the old marquis Li Zhijie took at that time. He first broke Hanzhong, then had to go out of Yangping Pass, then attacked Baishui Pass, Jiameng Pass, and Jiange. These are the three passes in northern Shu, then Fu County and Mianzhu, and finally got Jincheng. Li Zhijie tried to overcome it all the way back then, and used brute force to break the Southern Shu regime into pieces.

Now that Ye Ming wants to enter Shu, he can only walk the road that Li Zhijie has taken again and again. However, while his main force is attacking, Li Xin will walk from the flank to the ancient road of Yinping into the hinterland of Bashu. With two-pronged approach, he may break through the southwest in a short period of time.

The first place to be fought is Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is the northernmost gateway to Southern Shu and one of the must-pass places to enter Shu. If you want to break through the southwest, the first thing is to open this first gateway.

It is worth mentioning that after the destruction of Southern Shu, Hanzhong did not fall under the jurisdiction of Shu County, but should be under the jurisdiction of the court. The court also sent a number of officials to Hanzhong, but the Pingnan Army claimed that Hanzhong was a gathering place for the rebels in Southern Shu, and occupied this pass.

Nowadays, inside and outside Hanzhong City, there are people from the General's Mansion in Pingnan, and all the officials, including the prefect, are Li Shen's disciples.

Especially after the southwest officially raised the flag to rebel, there were at least 20,000 Pingnan Army defenders in Hanzhong City. This was a very difficult bone to chew and needed General Ye to chew.

Li Xin’s mission is to go from the road that Deng Ai walked to the southwest hinterland, completely disrupting the southwest’s defensive formation.

In order to confirm the details of this combat plan, Ye Ming kept asking Li Xin to discuss the details of the subsequent actions for many days.

The two of them pointed at the southwest geomancy map in the prefecture of Jingzhou. As a junior, Ye Mao could only humbly serve tea and water next to him, which was considered to be an audition.

A few days later, the two finally finalized the specific combat plan.

In the study of the provincial governor's mansion, Ye Ming pointed to the Hanzhong Mansion on the geometric map and said in a deep voice: "It's already been going quickly in June. As soon as June comes, my brother will immediately set off to take Hanzhong. Li Shen is a cautious person. Since he has made up his mind to defend, he will definitely shrink his defense hinterland with all his strength. Although Hanzhong County is important, he will not let too many people in to defend. It is estimated that he can take Hanzhong in at most two months."

"After taking Hanzhong, Brother Wei started to head towards Jiange."

"At that time, the weather was already cold. You can take people from Didao, go around Jiange from Yinping, and reach the vicinity of Mianzhu, and then attack Mianzhu in large numbers, pretending to be the main force of our army."

Speaking of this, General Ye knocked on the table heavily.

"At that time, even if the Pingnan Army could handle it, it would inevitably be in a difficult situation. If we deal with it properly, the Southwest would have the opportunity to pacify before the end of the year."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming's voice became lowered.

"The only dangerous place is that if you go deep into the southwest hinterland of Chang'an, you will likely be besieged by them. If you can't hold on at that time, you will easily be defeated."

Ye Shaobao whispered: "So whether this plan is feasible or not depends on Chang'an to make your decision."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said, "Senior brother thinks that there is a chance of winning if he does this."

"Sixty or seventy percent."

Ye Ming narrowed his eyes and said, "At this time, it depends on whether Li Shen can react. However, even if he reacts, he may not be able to deal with it. Even if he cannot take the Southwest this time, at least he will be sure to seize the Jiange. If Jiange changes hands, it will only be a matter of time."

Ye Ming’s confidence is not that he is much stronger than Li Shen, but that he has a strong foundation behind him, which is the court.

He now has nearly 140,000 people in the Right Battalion of the Imperial Army, but these people are far from the full strength of the court. Even if all the 140,000 people are fought, the court can still organize the next 140,000 people. On the other hand, if there is no such thing as the Pingnan Army, it will be gone. No matter how powerful Li Shen is, he cannot turn people out of thin air.

This is an unequal war in itself.

Li Xin lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally nodded heavily.

"For the sake of the court, my personal life is nothing. This time, according to my senior brother's wishes, I am willing to bring people from the Yinping Ancient Road to Shu."

He said this with great righteousness, but in fact he was already full of joy.

This time, Ye Ming meant that he would take 50,000 people to Yinping into Sichuan. If only these 50,000 people were alone, Li Xin would not be willing to enter Li Shen’s hinterland to take risks. After all, this was a serious war, not a child’s slut. When he went to the battlefield, no one recognized him as a bullshit. If he really fell, he wouldn’t even blink when others killed him.

Li Xin is still very caring about his life.

But by chance, Li Xin still has a force in the hinterland of the southwest!

That is the remnants of Southern Shu brought by Mu Ying!

You should know that the location of Hanzhou Prefecture is just next to Jincheng, and the remnants of Southern Shu are distributed near Hanzhou Prefecture. If they gather in an army, the location should be behind Mianzhu!

If Li Xin could enter Shu from Yinping Ancient Road to Mianzhu City, the main force of the Pingnan Army would have been involved in Jiange by Ye Ming. At that time, Li Xin would have nearly 100,000 troops in his control, and he would have really had the opportunity to take Jincheng!

Taking a step back, even if Li Xin is not capable, he will not be able to break through Jincheng. However, there are 50,000 locals who know the southwest well, at least they can ensure that he survives in the hinterland of the southwest and cause great trouble to Li Shen.

Therefore, the Marquis of Jing'an responded very straightforwardly and was very righteous.

General Ye was very moved.

He patted Li Xin's shoulder heavily and sighed: "For my brother, there are only Chang'an, who is so brave and resourceful."

Li Xin smiled and said, "It's just that the senior brother just submitted a memorial to His Majesty a request for a truce. At this time, he suddenly wanted to fight again. When His Majesty finds out, he will think that his senior brother is playing with him."

"The battlefield is unpredictable, and the fighter's opportunity is fleeting. Brother Wei didn't think of this at first."

Ye Shaobao frowned slightly, then said slowly: "Forget it, I'm just writing another memorial to His Majesty to send it to you. This time you don't need to sign your name in Chang'an, otherwise you and my brothers will be suspected of threatening the emperor."

Li Xin smiled and said, "I will follow the arrangements of my senior brother."

Ye Ming spoke, waved to Ye Mao outside, and then the old general tense his face and said in a deep voice: "From today, you will follow your uncle Li, and you will follow him wherever he goes."

The meaning of this is to let Ye Mao follow Li Xin to enter Shu from Yinping.

Marquis Jing'an looked at Ye Ming in surprise, and then said in a deep voice: "Senior Brother, this dangerous trip should I let Ye Mao follow his senior brother?"

"The Ye family is never afraid of danger, and it's okay to die."

Ye Ming's tone was unquestionable.
Chapter completed!