Because the situation in the southwest is tense, the communication between Li Xin and the Mu family was greatly blocked, so there is not much contact with each other. After Li Xin drove Mu Ying back to the Mu family, the two of them only wrote three or four letters.

To be honest, Li Xin was a little worried.

Even His Majesty the Emperor has a saying that the emperor is far away. Some people are unscrupulous in their actions. Moreover, Li Xin and Mu Ying are not as good as the previous relationship. The two are all maintained by the old relationship, so anyone will feel a little worried.

If Mu Ying turns against him and no longer helps Li Xin, then Li Xin will be passive in the southwest, and may even die in Fucheng!

Therefore, the arrival of the Mu family head made Li Xin very happy.

Li Xin led him all the way to the study of the county government office, held the junior gifts, poured him a cup of tea with his own hands, and then sat opposite Mu Qing with a smile.

"From Hanzhou to here, there are many difficulties along the way. How did Uncle Mu come here?"

Mu Qing smiled: "Mr. Marquis, this southwest has been in Southern Shu for more than a hundred years. We Southern Shu residents may not have much ability now, so we can only hide and survive, but there is no problem where we want to go."

The southwest was occupied by the Pingnan Army for more than 30 years, but the Pingnan Army was an outsider after all, and the remnants of the Southern Shu led by Li Xing were still active. Therefore, the old Nanshu still had a high status in the hearts of the people of Shu County. With Mu Qing's identity, it was not difficult to bypass Mianzhu from Hanzhou to Fucheng. If he wanted, he could even pass through Mianzhu City and come to Fucheng.

Marquis Jing'an was stunned for a moment, then understood what Mu Qing said. He gave Mu Qing a cup of tea and said with a smile: "It's Li Xin who has seen Uncle Mu's ability very little."

Mu Qing didn't dare to neglect her, so he raised the teacup, which was half an inch lower than Li Xin.

Li Xin asked with a smile: "Uncle Mu, how is the situation with Brother Mu?"

"It's done."

Mu Qing put down the teacup and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Mu Ying can basically say the people he got from His Highness now, but the Pingnan Army has always been worried about us. He sent a side army to stare at Hanzhou City. Once Mu Qing has any abnormal movement, this side army will react immediately and block Mu Qing in Hanzhou."

Li Xin frowned and said, "How many people are this partial master?"

"It's estimated that there are 10,000 or 20,000."

Mu Qing frowned and said, "The problem is not how many people they have. The problem is that no matter what, we are unlikely to clear out these 20,000 people in one fell swoop. As long as they are given room for breathing, Jincheng is next to Hanzhou. We will not be able to defeat the Pingnan Army by then."

In fact, according to Li Xin's calculations, there are definitely not too many Pingnan Army left in Jincheng, with up to 50,000 people per day, but the 50,000 people per day is very different from the 40,0000 or 50,000 people under Mu Ying's command.

There are indeed 50,000 people under Mu Ying's command, but Nan Shu has been destroyed for more than 30 years. Although these 50,000 strong men can gather together under the call of His Highness Li Xing, they cannot be regarded as regular troops after all, and at best they can only be said to be militias.

Although I don’t want to admit it very much, compared with the Pingnan Army, Mu Ying’s troops have absolutely no chance of winning under the same force.

Therefore, only Mu Ying's 50,000 people were seen by Li Shen's 10,000 or 20,000 people in Hanzhou City.

Li Xin heard this and lowered his head and thought for a long time, then said in a deep voice: "Uncle Mu, can I help you hold back the main force of the Pingnan Army in Jincheng. How long can you get rid of the partial army that Li Shen placed near Hanzhou City?"

Mu Qing was stunned.

Although he didn't quite understand what the young marquis in front of him had, and could hold the main force of the Pingnan Army under such a situation, most of what Li Xin said before had been realized, so the head of the Mu family still trusted Li Xin very much. Hearing this, he thought about it for a long time, and finally replied seriously: "It will take at least twenty years."

Twenty days...

It was Li Xin's turn to frown.

He could think that the way to restrain Jincheng was very simple, that was to attack Mianzhu. No matter what, Jincheng would divide troops to rescue Jincheng. As long as Li Xin kept pretending to attack the city, Jincheng's troops would at least be attracted by him to Mianzhu.

However, feint attacks cannot be kept feinted. It is easy to fool these days or two days, but it is impossible to fool them with the word feint attack for twenty days.

In twenty days, Li Xin had to attack Mianzhu with real swords and guns, otherwise he would not be able to attract Jincheng's attention for twenty days.

If you really fight, you will die, and there will be more people in Fucheng than in Fucheng.

If Mu Ying's troops were Li Xin's direct descendants, in the same situation at this time, Li Xin would probably order attacks Mianzhu without hesitation to cover the "Yu Linwei", but the target of this cover is the remnants of Southern Shu, which is an uncontrollable factor.

Li Xin was a little hesitant. He didn't know if it was right to let the imperial guards die and buy time for the troops in the southern border.

After a long time, Marquis Jing'an gritted his teeth.

"Okay. Just twenty days!"

Li Xin was ruthless in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Mu, I will be ready to attack Mianzhu in the near future. The Pingnan Army will definitely support you. At that time, you will notify Brother Mu and let him take his 50,000 men under his command to break out of the Pingnan Army's encirclement!"

These words sounded passionate, but Mu Qing had already passed the age of being hot and hot. He frowned and thought for a long time, and then asked, "Marty, where should Mu Ying go after cleaning up this partial division of Pingnan Army?"

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said, "At that time, if I had not been defeated, Brother Mu should have come and beat Mianzhu for me."

To be honest, this is a very risky move. After all, Li Xin is now huddled in Fucheng. Even if he can't do anything, he can at least ensure his safety. However, if he buys time for Mu Ying, he will put himself in danger.

Mianzhu is the last gateway of Jincheng, and Li Shen must attach great importance to it. He will even set up a trap in Mianzhu and wait for Li Xin to get in. If Li Xinzhen goes to feint attack Mianzhu or even takes the initiative to attack Mianzhu, then he is likely to be grabbed by the Pingnan army and chew it hard.

But there is no way.

In the current situation, although Li Xin took the initiative, he was still in a stalemate. If he didn't do it, he could not break the situation. Li Xin decided to take a try.

Fortunately, he did not take a big risk this time. Even if there was no way to implement it perfectly, it would be impossible for the Pingnan Army to eat his imperial guards and the militias under Mu Ying at the same time. At most, Mu Ying could not leave Hanzhou City or Li Xin's loss was so serious that it was damaged.

These two bad endings are within acceptable range of Li Xin.

He said solemnly to Mu Qing.

"Uncle Mu, I will help you with twenty days no matter what. Once Brother Mu escapes from Hanzhou City, he will immediately lead his troops back to Mianzhu. As long as we can take Mianzhu, the big thing will be done!"

Mu Qing also had a serious expression and slowly stood up to salute.

"Since the Marquis can trust the Mu family so much, the Mu family will live up to the Marquis' trust in this life!"

Li Xin shook his head slightly.

"To be honest with Uncle Mu, I am not very familiar with the people in the Mu family. Even Uncle Mu, I have never seen you many times, but I believe that the Mu family is because of my love with Brother Mu."
Chapter completed!