Ye Shaobao's last sentence was not a mocking Li Shen, because from a military perspective, Hanzhong is indeed not as good as Jiange's geographical location. After all, Jiange has a Jianmen Pass, and Hanzhong is just a city.

This city should not have been dispatched for heavy troops. Li Shen had to fight an unexpected effect before he could increase his troops in Hanzhong. Now this intention has obviously been seen through by Ye Ming, so there is no need to increase troops in Hanzhong.

Therefore, Ye Shaobao's words were made out of kindness.

Of course, since the two sides are going to fight, they must be fighting for life and death. Ye Ming did not give Li Shen any advice. The reason why he said this was to make Li Shen give up Hanzhong City so that he could successfully take Hanzhong.

As for Jiange...

By the time the Western Army pushed to Jiange, Li Xin on the other side probably had crossed Yinping and headed towards Jiangyou. At that time, the inside and outside were in harmony. No matter how many people guarded the Jiange, it would not be a problem.

When you reach Ye Ming's level, sometimes a simple sentence hides countless maneuvers.

Li Shen seemed to have not heard what this brother was saying, and left without looking back.

Seeing this, Ye Shaobao shook his head and smiled, got up from under the pavilion, and went back to his central army tent.

This time the two of them had a dull conversation, and they even had a bit of home-clarity, but in fact they had already had a fight behind their backs for countless times.

First, Li Shen did not see Li Xin, and began to wonder if the young marquis had divided his troops to do something bad. Then Ye Ming used Li Xin to expose Li Shen's scars.

This scar really hurts. The general of the Zhu Kingdom was so cunning that he didn't want to continue talking to Ye Ming, so he chose to get up and leave.

Then, Ye Shaobao just said a few regular words to persuade him to surrender.

At the end of the conversation, Ye Ming did not forget to leave a pit for Li Shen.

In short, the meeting between the bosses of both sides ended with Ye Ming taking a slight advantage, and the big reason why he gained the upper hand was because the two talked about Li Xin.

Marquis Jing'an, as the third generation of the Marquis of Pingnan and even the most outstanding young man in the entire capital, parted ways with Marquis of Pingnan and even had a grudge against each other. Anyone who puts him in the position of Li Shen would feel a little uncomfortable.

Li Shen is no exception.

In fact, he needed Li Xin very much, especially at this time, he really wanted Li Xin to come to the southwest to help him.

This need is not because of the father-son relationship, nor because of guilt towards Xiao Qinglan, but because of Li Xin's current ability and his influence on the remnants of Southern Shu.

Of course, Ye Ming said nothing wrong. It is not completely unhelpful for their father and son to turn against each other. In this way, even if one of them is destined to fail, there will always be a family named Li who survives.

In other words, no matter how much Li Shen loses, he will not lose too thoroughly.

After returning from Shiquan County, after nearly a day of walking, Li Shen returned to Hanzhong Prefecture.

At the door of the Hanzhong General's Mansion, the big man Li Yan and Hanzhong General Meng Qi were waiting by the roadside to greet Li Shen.

Pingnan Hou slowly walked off the carriage.

The two of them stepped forward to greet Li Shen.

Li Shen was a little excited and waved his hand and said, "Ye Ming will arrive in Hanzhong City soon. General Meng will go to check the city defense first. I have something to say with Li Yan."

Meng Qi bowed respectfully, clasped his fists and said, "I'll go here."

After Meng Qi retreated, Li Shen took Li Yan into the study of the Hanzhong General's Mansion.

This place was originally Meng Qi's study, but after Li Shen arrived in Hanzhong, he was naturally requisitioned by General Zhuguo.

Li Shen sat in the main seat, and the big man Li Yan bent over and poured him a cup of tea, and asked, "Brother, what did Ye Ming say to you?"

Li Shen picked up the tea and took a sip, his tone calm.

"He asked us to give up His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so the court will not be bothered with us."

Li Yan's face changed and he said in a deep voice: "This is obviously the court's delaying strategy. Now we are irreconcilable with the court. Even if the court does not pursue the matter now, we will settle the accounts in the future..."

Halfway through his voice, his voice came to an abrupt end.

Because he saw Li Shen looking at him.

"Brother..."

General Zhuguo's tone was calm.

"Will I not understand what you can figure out?"

Li Yan lowered his head, feeling a little afraid of talking.

Hou Pingnan sat in the main seat, closed his eyes and thought for a long time, and finally slowly opened his eyes.

"You listen."

Li Yan immediately lowered his head and clasped his fists: "The last one will be there."

Although the two were righteous brothers, when the military order was issued, Li Shen was the general of the Pillion State of Pingnan Army, and Li Yan would obey the military orders in a regular manner.

"After a while, Ye Ming will lead his troops to attack Hanzhong. At that time, you will lead troops to fight with their vanguard army as planned. At that time, I will give you more people, as before, and win but not lose."

"This first battle is a battle to gain a foothold. We must win a big victory, otherwise we will not have the same eyes as we have."

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "The last general will definitely be sure, and he will not accept the great trust of the general!"

As he said that, he was about to go out and prepare.

Li Shen said lightly: "I haven't finished speaking yet."

Li Yan stopped and turned around and kept looking down to wait for the order.

Li Shen took another sip of tea and said lightly: "After the first battle, you will take all the people we brought back to Jiange. Hanzhong still has 20,000 people from Meng Qi to guard it. He can stay as long as he can."

Li Yan said in surprise: "Why?"

"If the soldiers we bring stay in Hanzhong, there will be no problem with Hanzhong for at least half a year!"

"The plan has been seen through by Ye Ming."

Pingnan Hou said silently: "There is no terrain like Jianmen Pass in Hanzhong. If the first wave cannot hurt Ye Ming, forcing him to stay here is just a waste of manpower. It is better to retreat to Jiange."

Yes, Li Shen accepted Ye Ming's suggestion.

Of course, this and the decision were carefully considered by him. First of all, Hanzhong Prefecture is not as easy as Jiange, and the Pingnan Army should not leave too much manpower to waste it in Hanzhong.

Jianmen Pass is more suitable.

Another thing is that Li Shen felt that there was a traitor in Hanzhong City, and Ye Ming's last words were to speak slander, inciting him to focus on defending Hanzhong.

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I will obey the order!"

Li Shen sat in the study, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally said, "A few days ago, Ye Ming divided into two parts and divided part of the marching. Moreover, this part of the marching was very hidden. On the way, there were cavalrymen to clean up the scouts behind him. His actions were quite suspicious."

"I need to know where this army is going. You told Chen Ping that no matter what the price, help me find this small army that was divided."

Li Yan was a little puzzled.

"Brother, no matter how they divide the troops, they always have to pass through Jianmen. If you spend this energy to find them, what will they do? Brother thinks that the division of the troops in the Western Army has other intentions?"

"I don't know what their intentions are."

General Zhuguo closed his eyes again and said slowly: "But Li Xin is gone."

"Li Xin, who should have been following Ye Ming, is gone, so the small force assigned to this branch is likely to be led by Li Xin."

"Li Xin is a person with too many variables. I must know where he went and what he was going to do..."

Li Yan took a deep breath and slowly lowered his head.
Chapter completed!