Li Shen and Li Yan came to Hanzhong quietly, without revealing their whereabouts, nor even bringing a few people over. It is said that Ye Ming shouldn't know that he was in Hanzhong no matter what, but he sent the letter here.

In this way, Li Shen frowned secretly in his heart.

Could it be that some spy appeared around me?

Thinking of this, he took the letter back into his sleeve, then turned to Li Yan and asked, "How many people are there who know we are here in Hanzhong?"

“A dozen.”

Li Yan was also a little surprised. He whispered: "These people are all senior leaders of our Pingnan Army. If they really want to betray their elder brother, there is a better way. There is no need to leak the news..."

Everyone in the Pingnan Army can lead more than tens of thousands of troops under their command. Li Yan means that if these people are determined to betray Li Shen, they can use more intense methods, and even directly damage the vitality of the Pingnan Army.

What Li Yan said implies is that it is unlikely that someone around him will betray him.

Li Shen lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then remembered a possibility. He lowered his eyebrows and said, "Since Ye Ming is coming to fight Hanzhong, he may guess that I am coming to Hanzhong. If he guessed it, it means that you and I have underestimated the eldest son of the Ye family."

Li Yan's face also changed. If Ye Ming relied on calculations, even if Li Shen appeared in Hanzhong at this time, then this opponent would be a little scary.

At this time, neither of these two big names in the southwest expected that the reason why Ye Ming could guess that Li Shen might appear in Hanzhong was because he was reminded by a young man.

The young man's surname is Zhao Jia.

It was precisely because of Zhao Jia's reminder that Ye Ming was a little alert to Hanzhong, but he sent someone to send a letter to Hanzhong, which was largely necessary to test whether Li Shen was in Hanzhong.

This kind of test is costless. If Li Shen is not in Hanzhong, then he will ask Hanzhong to transfer to Jincheng. If Li Shen is in Hanzhong, he will be right.

Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "Brother, if Ye Ming is testing us, then we can send this letter to Jincheng immediately, so that Ye Ming will not be able to figure out our pulse."

At this time, it is very important where Li Shen is, because this directly concerns whether Hanzhong will increase troops and how Ye Ming will fight against Hanzhong.

Li Shen shook his head slightly.

"If this letter is sent out immediately as soon as it is sent to Hanzhong, it may be confusing Ye Ming, but at this time it has been sent to the Hanzhong General's Mansion, and the matter will be exposed."

The reason is very simple. As a general of Hanzhong, Meng Qi would never dare to stop or cross Li Shen's letter. If he received this letter, he would immediately send it to Jincheng. It was no longer too late.

"What does the eldest brother mean?"

Pingnan Hou slowly closed his eyes and said, "Ye Ming has said this to this point. If I don't go to see him, I will look down on him. Go and write back to him and tell him that in three days, I will wait for him in Shiquan."

When the two sides are at war, if the main general wants to meet, there must be an unwritten rule, that is, if one of the parties proposes to meet, the other party is responsible for determining the time and place, and the number of people is generally to bring 200 people each.

The meeting was proposed by Ye Ming, so the time and place should be decided by Li Shen.

Shiquan is a county town, about a hundred miles outside Hanzhong City, and there are no garrisons in the city, which is suitable for two people to meet.

Li Yan nodded and said, "I understand, let's continue the order."

Li Shen took a deep breath and said, "I can go then, but you don't want to go. He can be a Li Shen in Hanzhong, but he can't find that you are also in Hanzhong. Otherwise, Ye Ming will become more cautious when he hits Hanzhong."

Li Yan nodded.

"I understand."

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For the current stalemate situation in the southwest, three days passed in a blink of an eye. Three days later, at the gate of Shiquan County, Li Shen, dressed in a simple green dress, sat quietly and waited immediately.

In this case, both sides will definitely not enter the city. After all, no one will know whether the other party will arrange a knife and axe player in the city. So the meeting place was eventually arranged under a pavilion near Shiquan County. Mobile::

Both sides formed a formation and each of them was martial law.

Li Shen, dressed in green clothes, sat under the pavilion and waited for a while, and a sound of horse hooves came from a distance. An old general with gray hair and still armor jumped off the horse and walked into the pavilion with a smile.

Li Shen, who had been waiting for a while, quickly stood up and bowed, "Brother Li Shen, I have met Brother Ye Shi."

Because the Li and Ye families have made great achievements in their own military achievements, they actually have no close friends and do not dare to have close friends. However, Ye Sheng and Li Zhijie were very familiar with each other before, and Old Man Ye only regarded Li Zhijie alone in his life, so their children naturally had to be matched by brothers.

Seeing that Li Shen was not wearing armor, Ye Ming immediately took off the armor on his body very readily, threw it to his relatives, and then returned the gift in a regular manner.

"It's rare that Jin ministers are willing to come out to see me."

Ye Ming walked into the pavilion while talking, with a smile on his face.

"I remember that a few months ago, Brother Yu was still a general at Jimen Pass. After being recalled to the capital, I heard that water was flowing from Jinchen's house and could not get out. At that time, Brother Yu felt very sorry, but when he saw that Jinchen, you were still standing here, Brother Yu breathed a sigh of relief."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming sighed with emotion.

"Who would have thought that after a quick separation and goodbye would be like this."

Li Shen's face was calm.

"It's the current situation that forces people, but it's not my brother who is willing to do it."

As the two of them were talking, they sat down under the pavilion. Ye Shaobao lowered his eyebrows and said, "There is still room for anything."

"You have strong soldiers in the southwest, and your Majesty doesn't want to fight you to the end. As long as you are willing to bow your head and hand over the deposed crown prince, Brother Yu can guarantee that the court will give up this Western Expedition. Jin minister, you are still the general of the imperial court's state."

"The southwest is still your southwest."

The Marquis of Pingnan looked at Ye Ming with a smile.

"Brother Shi, you know better than anyone else. This time the court may be able to give up, but there will be a next time soon. This time the Pingnan Army still has a chance to fight back. If the court has accumulated enough power, it may be necessary to fight to Jincheng in one go."

Speaking of this, Li Shen's face became solemn.

"How Emperor Taikang has obtained the throne now? Brother Shi should know better than me. He was just a concubine prince and was the youngest among the four princes in the capital. If he hadn't been plotting a mutiny, how could he have sat in his current position?"

"I was thanks to the late emperor's attention and was once called to his brothers. Now the late emperor is dead in an unknown way and his eldest son is wandering away. How can the Jin ministers bear it and let His former crown prince return to the capital to die?"

The General of the Zhu Kingdom, dressed in blue, looked heavy.

"It's amazing to fight for your life but your life is just to repay the late emperor."

At this time, the deposed prince was the most expensive trump card in Southwest's hands. Li Shen knew this more than anyone else. He could not give up the deposed prince at this moment.

Giving up means drinking poison to quench thirst.

Ye Shaobao sat opposite Li Shen, his hands were put in his sleeves and sighed helplessly.

"You said this, even if Li Changan is here, he will laugh at you. Why use it to make a fool of me?"

When Ye Ming talked about Li Changan, Li Shen looked around and saw no sign of Li Xin. He turned around and looked at Ye Ming and frowned.
Chapter completed!