Li Yan's injury was not serious, but it was not mild either. At least he could not go to the battlefield in a short period of time. Li Shen personally helped him back to the Hanzhong General's Mansion and asked the doctors in the mansion to apply medicine to him.

After the bandage was finished, Li Yan sat halfway on the bed, his face a little pale.

No matter how brave he is, he will inevitably be weak after he shed so much blood. The southwest general glanced at Li Shen who was sitting next to him and lowered his head.

"Brother, this Ye Ming is so awesome."

Originally, they were ambushed in the city this time, and even Li Yan led the team to rush, naturally, with the purpose of seeking a victory or even a big victory in the first battle.

That's why Li Yan is so fierce and fearless.

However, the premise for a big victory is that Ye Ming is willing to fight with them in the first wave of battle, but Ye Shaobao wisely chose to retreat, resulting in the fact that after a short battle just now, Ye Ming's troops would not suffer more than 1,000 casualties.

You should know that there were hundreds of casualties in Li Yan's troops.

In other words, this first encounter can barely be considered a victory for Pingnan Army, but it is definitely not a big victory. Even a small victory is not considered a serious victory, because Ye Ming's troops not only did not hurt their muscles, but they were not even injured.

At most it can only be considered abrasion.

Li Shen slowly closed his eyes and lowered his eyebrows and said, "No matter what the result of the battle is, we have won after all. Just say more results when talking to the outside world."

"But we don't want to stay in Hanzhong. I will leave 10,000 square meters here, plus Meng Qi's own 20,000 people, and 30,000 people defend Hanzhong. As long as Meng Qi can't stand, it should be able to last for several months."

Speaking of this, Li Shen glanced at Li Yan lightly.

"I will leave Hanzhong tomorrow and go to Jiange."

"You stay in Hanzhong to recuperate. When you can move, go to Jiange to find me."

Jianmen Pass is the most important place in the southwest and the easiest and difficult to attack. Li Shen never thought that he could stop Ye Ming from Hanzhong. The place where the two of them finally played against each other should be Jianmen Pass, which is known as the magnificent and magnificent, and one man should be the pass and ten thousand men can open it.

From ancient times to the present, this place has almost never been compromised head-on. Li Zhijie tried hard to open Jianmen Pass, which shows that the terrain is dangerous.

Li Yan took a few deep breaths and said, "Brother should be in Jincheng. As for Jiange, I will set out to defend Jiange in a few days..."

Li Shen stood up and glanced at him slightly.

"If Jiange is lost and Jincheng cannot be defended, then what am I doing in Jincheng? I am not the emperor who is in charge. Can I go back to Jincheng and wait for death?"

Li Yan was speechless by these two sentences.

Li Shen left with his hands behind his back, looked at Li Yan when he walked to the door, and then took a deep breath.

"You should recover from your injuries, don't think too much."

"Before my father died, you are the second child of the Li family and there is no difference between you and his own son. Since I am a family, I will not hold a grudge against you."

Speaking of Li Zhijie, Li Yan, who was lying on the hospital bed, looked solemn in an instant.

He was an orphan since he was a child. When he was a child, he was almost starved to death. People often say that he was brave and dared to kill people at the age of twelve. But let me ask a twelve-year-old child, if he didn't really survive, who would have stabbed someone with a knife?

At that time, Li Yan was a poor person who couldn't survive several times. Later, he was taken over by Li Zhijie and accepted as his adopted son and brought him with him to train him. From this perspective, Li Zhijie can be said to be Li Yan's serious father.

"Brother, Li Yan will not let down his adoptive father's rebirth."

He gritted his teeth.

"No matter what, Li Yan will definitely die first."

Li Shen stopped, then returned to Li Yan's bed, and looked at him calmly.

"I just said that you are not a retainer of the Li family, nor are you a subordinate of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion. You are the second son of the Li family and the second son of the father."

"To be honest, this uprising, we have no great chance of winning. If the matter fails, I will definitely not be able to escape death."

"But you have to live well."

Li Shen patted his shoulder.

"If I die, you will leave southern Xinjiang. With your skills, you can make a living wherever you go. As long as you don't go to the capital, you can live well."

Today's Southwest has little chance of winning, and even Li Shen himself has no confidence in himself.

After saying this, he did not stop and turned around and left.

Li Yan lay blankly on the bed, not speaking for a long time.

...

A day after Ye Ming and Hanzhong collided head-on, the military newspaper for this war was finally delivered to Li Xin, who was marching. Li Xin opened the letter and looked at it, then frowned slightly.

"The first collision, after only half an hour of fighting, Senior Brother Ye was defeated?"

"This style of playing is not like the Ye family."

As Li Xin's dog-headed military advisor, Zhao Jia was naturally on the side at this time. He took the military newspaper and looked at it, then smiled and said, "This military newspaper wrote that Li Yan was hiding in Hanzhong City and suddenly came out, barely dispersing General Ye's army. Moreover, General Ye retreated very decisively, and only hundreds of people died in the end. In this process, General Ye seemed to have retreated, but in fact, there were not many personnel being damaged. Instead, Li Yan lost his spirit."

"I have said before that the Pingnan Army will definitely seek victory in the first battle. Now that the first battle has passed, the Pingnan Army has won, but it is a small victory that cannot be smaller."

Zhao Jia pointed to the military newspaper and said confidently: "So General Ye suffered a loss on the surface, but in fact he took advantage of it. His subordinates inferred that if the Pingnan Army did not do stupid things, General Ye should be able to take Hanzhong in about one or two months."

"One or two months..."

Li Xin threw the military newspaper aside, took out the geometric map he had come from Ye Ming before, then pointed to Didao's position, and said in a deep voice: "We are going to speed up the marching."

"Before Senior Brother Ye takes Hanzhong, we must arrive at Didao and prepare to go to Yinping."

Didao is the starting point of the Yinping Ancient Road. From Didao to Yinping, it is then a long mountain road.

Li Xin meant that while the southwest's attention is all in Hanzhong, they must leave Li Shen's sight as soon as possible and reach Didao.

After pondering for a moment, Marquis Jing'an directly issued an order.

"If you pass the order, you will march for more than fifty miles a day from today. No mistakes are allowed. Those who violate the order shall engage in military laws!"

If you march fifty miles a day, even the elite imperial guards would be a little overwhelmed.

Zhao Jia frowned and said, "Marty, I feel that the soldiers will complain if they are rushing like this."

"Then it's at least forty miles, try to be fifty miles."

Li Xin was still a very easy-to-talk boss. He said calmly: "If someone can't get this number, let him go back to the capital now. This marquis will give him the travel expenses for his return."

Zhao Jia lowered his head slowly.
Chapter completed!