Just when Li Xin was busy, Jincheng was not a solid piece.

Although humans are social animals, each person is an independent individual. No matter what group it is, they will inevitably have some small thoughts, even if the Pingnan Marquis Mansion runs the Pingnan Army, which has been run by two generations of people.

In fact, when the Pingnan Army began to raise the flag to support the deposed prince, there were already some different voices within the Pingnan Army. However, at that time, Li Shen's personal prestige overwhelmed everything, and all the discordant voices were overwhelmed by Li Shen himself.

Of course, the flag has been raised now. Whether it is willing to rebel or unwilling to rebel within the Pingnan Army, they are now forced to rebel. Therefore, there is no dispute over whether to rebel or not.

But now there is a new controversy.

Because there was a court army that penetrated deep into the southwest hinterland and even seriously threatened Jincheng. The dispute within Jincheng is whether to send troops to defeat Fucheng and encircle and annihilate this court army in Fucheng.

Even if they cannot be encircled and annihilated for a while, at least they must drive them out of Fucheng and then completely eliminate this great threat in the wild.

The reason for this controversy is of course mainly because Li Shen, who is the backbone of the Southwest, was unable to make up his mind for a while, so there was such a controversy within the Pingnan Army.

The structure of the Pingnan Army is a bit strange, it is a not very standard pyramid.

The spire of the pyramid is naturally Li Shen, who is the Marquis of Pingnan. There is only Li Shen in this position, which means that Li Shen's will can determine the will of the entire Pingnan Army to a certain extent.

There was only one person in the second echelon of Pingnan Army, that is Li Shen’s righteous brother, Li Yan, the second master of Pingnan Marquis’ Mansion.

Li Yan has a very unique position in the Pingnan Army. Because he himself is very brave in war, his prestige is even higher than Li Shen in some aspects. In the entire Pingnan Army Group, Li Yan can completely control it without Li Shen.

Li Xin told Li Shen that when Li Shen stayed in the capital for a year or two, the Pingnan Army might still be the surname Li, but it might not be the Li of Li of Li Shen.

Fortunately, Li Yan is a very loyal minister to Li Shen, or to the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion. He is willing to be the second master forever, so Li Shen can still be the master of the southwest after returning to the southwest.

In addition to these two people, the Pingnan Army had three or four deputy generals, one of whom was Cheng Ping, a fat man Li Xin had met, and Qin Li, who was specifically responsible for infantry, and Li Chuan, deputy general who was responsible for local defense throughout the southwest.

Among them, Li Chuan is a member of the Li family of Zhaojun and has been with the Pingnan Army for more than ten years.

In addition to these deputy generals, Li Shidao, the head of the Li family of Zhaojun, could barely squeeze into the third echelon of Pingnan Army.

Now, Li Shen is a little undecided, and the second-ranked figure of the Pingnan Army cannot escape from Jiange, so there is some controversy within the Pingnan Army now.

Cheng Ping and Qin Li, one was specifically responsible for infantry and the other was responsible for cavalry. Both of them were very hot-tempered as generals who led the troops. After hearing that Fucheng was lost, they immediately wanted to lead troops out to attack Fucheng. Especially Cheng Ping, the deputy general who had received Li Xin, had asked to see Li Shen no less than three times and asked to lead troops to attack Fucheng.

But Li Shen never made any statement.

Therefore, after more than ten days of loss to Fucheng, there was still no movement in Jincheng.

On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Taikang, the weather in the southwest became colder and colder.

At this time, in the study of Li Shen in the Pingnan General's Mansion, a white porcelain teapot was set up on an exquisite copper stove. Li Shidao, the head of the Li family in Zhao County, made tea and poured tea. Not long after, the fragrance of tea filled the entire study.

The backbone of the entire southwest, Li Shen, the General of Pingnan, sat opposite him.

Li Shidao poured a tea on the tea set, and the two teas were poured into the tea cup. He poured Li Shen a cup of tea, and then slowly said: "This tea was brought from Zhao County. It is quite mellow. Jinchen tasted it."

The aristocratic families emphasize that they never tire of food and fine meat. They are also very particular about drinking tea and drinking tea. People like Li Shidao who grew up in aristocratic family are good at all kinds of elegant things.

Li Shen took the tea with both hands and lowered his head slightly.

"Thank you, uncle."

The age difference between the two is actually not very large. Li Shidao is probably only ** years older than Li Shen, but his seniority is here. Even a big figure like Li Shen should be polite in front of Li Shidao.

"I heard that Jin ministers have had many worries recently?"

Li Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then nodded: "No, I'm a little confused."

"Is it about that Marquis Jing'an?"

General Zhu Guo was silent for a while and said, "What is certain now is that he walked through the Yinping Ancient Road, crossed the Motianling Ridge, and then touched Jiangyou Pass."

"The problem is that I don't know how many people they have."

Li Shidao frowned slightly and said, "This kind of problem should have been a problem in the past."

Li Shen is very capable. He was able to make the Pingnan Army run in the southwest for more than ten years, and the power of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion has become increasingly stronger.

It is precisely because of his personal ability that the Northern Zhou clans such as the Li family of Zhaojun, Zheng family of Xingyang, and other northern Zhou clans dared to sacrifice their wealth and engage in such beheading transactions with Li Shen.

On weekdays, Li Shen is very decisive, and he should not be stagnant about such problems.

Pingnan Hou drank another cup of tea and lowered his head and said, "When I came back from Jiange, I asked someone to go to Motianling to investigate. There are so many of them passing by Motianling, and it is impossible for no one to see them at all."

Speaking of this, his brows became deeper.

“They have a lot of people.”

"According to the information I found, more than 20,000 people should have crossed the Motianling Mountains."

Li Shen's hand holding the teacup appeared and the veins appeared.

"If 20,000 people really occupy Fucheng, Jincheng will not be able to advance or retreat."

The original organization of the Pingnan Army was only 100,000.

Although Li Shen was not very honest and raised a lot of people, the combined standing troops could not exceed 150,000.

More than 20,000 people in Hanzhong have lost, and 30,000 to 40,000 people in Jiange cannot move, and Hanzhou also needs 10,000 people to look at the remains of Southern Shu.

In addition, near Jincheng, soldiers and horses must be dispatched in acropolis like Mianzhu.

At this time, the Pingnan Army in Jincheng only had 70,000 to 80,000 people who died, and it was unlikely that all of these 70,000 to 80,000 people would be dispatched.

In other words, if there were more than 20,000 people defending the city in Fucheng, Jincheng would be unable to do anything to them.

What's more, they may not have only 20,000 people!

This is why Li Shen has been stagnant.

It is precisely because Li Xin pierced into the hinterland of the southwest like a nail that Li Shen is now a little difficult to get off the tiger.

dilemma.

Thinking of this, Li Shen took a deep breath.

"At this time, we can only take a look first and see what Li Xin is going to do, and then we can take the next move."

"We move first, and we will act passively."

"Li Xin moves first, and we will have a chance to seize his flaws."

Speaking of this, Li Shen closed his eyes slightly.
Chapter completed!