If the southwest problem is regarded as a progress bar, if you take Mianzhu City, the progress bar will be at most about 40%. However, the problem is that Mianzhu is the bottleneck of this "progress bar". After Mianzhu takes it, the subsequent part can be said to be unobstructed and can be completed step by step.

In other words, from the perspective of the Pingnan Army, after losing Mianzhu, there was no city in the southwest except Jincheng. Although the imperial court still needed to defeat the Pingnan Army head-on, compared with the background of both sides, this was only a matter of time.

The face of the General of the Zhu Kingdom, who had always been calm, was a little distorted at this moment.

His hand holding Xu Zhen's front collar was trembling faintly.

After a while, Li Shen let go of Xu Zhen's collar. The clothes of the ginseng general had been pulled out by Li Shen.

"Who else knows about Mianzhu?"

Xu Zhen lowered his head and said, "The last general came to see the general as soon as possible. No one except the general knows."

Li Shenmuran said: "Block all news and cannot tell anyone about the fall of Mianzhu."

They were rebelling, and if they were victorious, their morale would naturally rise. However, once they were defeated, they would immediately panic. If the news of Mianzhu's loss spread, the people in the city might tie up Li Shen and then open the city gate to present the city to surrender.

Even within the Pingnan Army, they will lose their fighting spirit.

So this news cannot be spread anyway.

Xu Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "General, you will understand this."

"But the Mianzhu defenders are on their way back to Jincheng, and they can go back to Jincheng the day after tomorrow. There are nearly 10,000 people and many people. It is impossible for the general to let each of them not speak..."

Li Shen had no expression on his face.

"You are now setting up a camp outside the city immediately. When they come back, you will move in. Without the orders of our general, no one is allowed to enter or leave."

Xu Zhen sighed and lowered his head and said, "Since the general insists, let's do it now."

Speaking of this, the general bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "General, the general thought that paper cannot cover the fire. General, so the general should find a way to get Mianzhu back..."

"You don't have to worry about these things."

Li Shen slowly closed his eyes.

"Go and sort out Mianzhu's battle report and give it to me, I want to read it."

Xu Zhen nodded and slowly retreated.

After Xu Zhen retreated, Li Shen did not move for a long time. He turned around and sat down under a pavilion, taking deep breaths.

The Li family has a difficult time starting a business.

The branch of the Marquis of Pingnan was separated from the Li family of Zhao County. Now the head of the Li family of Zhao County is called Li Shidao, Li Shen's uncle and nephew, and is quite polite to Li Shen. This is because the Marquis of Pingnan is now a big family and the Li family of Zhao County is dependent.

However, since the two brothers Li Zhijie and Li Zhili separated from the Li family of Zhao County, it means that they were not the main lineage. At that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was still there, and the Li family of Zhao County was still an official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty for generations. Li Zhijie went south to Jin, starting with a school official and gradually became a general who later led troops to fight.

The hardships are not worthy of being told by outsiders.

Later, Li Zhijie sacrificed his life to take down Nanshu, and was willing to take a strange risk and developed his own foundation in Nanshu, which was then passed to Li Shen.

Among them, only Pingnan Hou, who is the person involved, knows the most.

For this reason, Li Shen regards this family business as more important than anything else, and even far more important than his own life.

He has been busy for more than ten years and has gone through so much hardship, just to preserve this family business and allow the Pingnan Marquis Mansion and the Pingnan Army to continue to exist.

But now, his lifelong wish was slashed hard.

If the Pingnan Hou Mansion looks like a mirror, then Mianzhu is lost, and this mirror is covered with cracks, and it is only a matter of time before it breaks.

At this moment, he felt very uncomfortable, very, very uncomfortable.

Because the foundation that the old Marquis Li Zhijie handed over to him is in danger!

After a while, Li Shen slowly stood up from under the pavilion.

No matter what the situation is, no matter what you have to face, he, the backbone of the southwest, cannot fall down at this time. If he falls at this time, the Pingnan Army will soon collapse completely.

If he can hold on, the Pingnan Army will have a chance.

Li Shen walked slowly to the veil, and his wife, Mrs. Yu, was sitting in the veil, waiting in a manner.

All the big families have their own rules. For example, if your husband is at home, it is absolutely impossible for Mrs. Yu to eat it first.

At this moment, she had already been relieved of the grief of losing her son. When she saw Li Shen coming over, she smiled and said, "Why did the Marquis come? The food is a little cold."

Li Shen's expression was as normal as usual, and a smile was barely squeezed out on his face.

"Nothing, some military affairs require me to deal with."

"Let's have a meal."

General Zhu Guo sat down and was about to pick up the chopsticks. Because he was in a depressed mood, he coughed violently a few times.

Mrs. Yu took out her handkerchief and wiped her mouth, then she saw a touch of red color on the handkerchief.

Obviously, General Zhu Guo vomited blood.

This noble daughter, who was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang, was shocked.

She stood up, reached out and patted Li Shen on the back, her tone so anxious that she was about to lose her voice.

"Mr. Marquis, what's wrong with you?!"

Li Shen took a few breaths and shook his head at his first wife.

"Nothing happens."

"It feels much more comfortable to cough up."

…………

When Jincheng received the news, Ye Ming and Ye Shaobao also received the news from Li Xin. The second generation boss of the Ye family picked up the letter and opened it. He just glanced at it and his eyes were shiny.

The letter Li Xin wrote to him did not say much about the specific details, but he explained in detail the achievements of the young master Ye Mao.

For example, Ye Mao attacked Fucheng, and Ye Mao pursued Pingnan Army and nailed Cheng Ping, the third-person figure of Pingnan Army with a spear.

These are Li Xin's kindness to the Ye family and his answer to the Ye family.

At the end of the letter, Li Xin wrote a sentence lightly.

"Brother, Jiangyou, Fucheng, and Mianzhu have all been broken. I have established a firm foothold in Mianzhu. What will happen next? Please tell me."

Originally, no matter what a big man like Ye Ming did, he should not show his emotions. After all, he could not let outsiders easily see his own thoughts.

But at this time, Ye Shaobao's mouth was almost grinning at the center of his ears.

He laughed heartily.

"What a Li Chang'an!"

"I actually knocked down Mianzhu!"

Ye Shaobao passed on the letter and asked the imperial guards to read it all.

Finally, he summoned all the generals of the imperial guards to the commander's tent.

At this time, General Ye was covered in spring breeze.

He sat in the handsome position with a loud voice.

"You have also seen that Li Xin, the Marquis of Jing'an, has already been in the hinterland of the southwest, and has been in chaos in the Pingnan Army."

"Now, there is only one sword gate in front of us."

"As long as Jianmen Pass is broken, Jincheng can break the city at any time, and then we can return to Beijing."

Speaking of this, Ye Ming smiled slightly.

"But now it's New Year's Day, a great day. It's hard to see blood. After this New Year, we can start to take down Jiange."

“On this great day.”

Ye Ming smiled brightly.
Chapter completed!