On February 20, the third year of Taikang, the time came to the date that Ye Ming and Li Xin agreed.

General Ye looked at the largest city in the southwest at the close of Jianmen.

Originally, the eight Zhechong Prefectures in the Right Camp of the Imperial Army had a total of more than 130,000 troops to fight westward. After the two divided the troops, there were less than 50,000 people on Li Xin's side, and there were about 10,000 people on Ye Ming.

Last time, in order to cover Li Xin's attack on Mianzhu, Ye Ming attacked Jianmen Pass for three days, and the casualties combined were nearly 10,000.

In other words, Ye Ming still has 80,000 combat power.

In Jianmen Pass, only 30,000 people were killed by Li Yan. Although there were natural dangers like Jianmen Pass, Jiange would not be in danger of losing in a short period of time, compared with this number of people, Li Yan basically had to be beaten passively and had no room for counterattack.

More importantly, Fucheng Mianzhu behind Jiange has been lost, and their connection with Jincheng has been cut off. If General Ye is patient, he will only wait a year or two and wait until the food in Jianmen Pass is eaten up, and this heroic city will be destroyed without attacking.

But Ye Shaobao couldn't wait.

There was no way, as the deputy general, Li Xin had already made extraordinary achievements. He, the main general, had made no achievements except to conquer Hanzhong. He was also afraid that Li Xin would not be able to defend the lonely city of Mianzhu in the hinterland of the southwest.

More importantly, he received a letter from Li Xin.

The letter asked him to send troops to attack Jiange, and Mianzhu would cooperate behind Jiange to pacify the southwest as soon as possible.

So, on the agreed day, Ye Shaobao waved his hand and issued a general order.

"From today, each of the five Zhechong Prefectures will send 5,000 people to attack the city in turn for one day, and then rotate to add 5,000 people to attack Jiange!"

In ancient times, no matter which period, the overall quality of soldiers was generally low. When fighting, except for the iron army with perverted discipline like Yue Family Army, if the other troops lose half or even 30% of the war, their overall morale will plummet and they are likely to be defeated.

Ye Ming is not like Li Xin, who is the young man who has just led the army, and does not have so many "compassionate" thoughts. His five Zhechong Mansions gather 5,000 people every five days, which will keep the damage to the war in a certain proportion. In other words, as long as he does not call for a stop, these imperial guards will continue to fight.

True is not in charge of the army.

Ye Ming's troops have been here for more than two months without any movement, so they naturally cannot have no movement at all. In fact, in the past two months, they have built a large number of siege equipment similar to siege cars.

So, the tragic war began.

Starting from February 20, Ye Ming began to attack Jianmen Pass one after another, and even an attack that was not careful of casualties. Such a fierce attack even made Li Yan, who was stationed in Jiange, a little unbearable.

Because of the news of Mianzhu's loss, Li Shen could block the source of information in Jincheng, but Jiange was ahead and there was no way to block it.

Many Jianmen Pass guards already knew that they were no longer behind their butts, so they were inevitably depressed when fighting.

Coupled with Ye Ming's fierce offensive, these Jiange defenders were inevitably a little uneasy.

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The news that Jiange was in a tight position was immediately spread to Mianzhu, but it had not yet reached Jincheng. The Marquis of Jing'an, Li Xin, sat on the city tower of Mianzhu City and looked faintly towards Jincheng.

Then a Yulin Guard came over to report.

"Marty, an old man wants to see you at the city gate."

There are four city gates in Mianzhu. By chance, the old man was at the city gate under Li Xin's feet, yelling to see Li Xin.

Marquis Jing'an stood up from the recliner, stretched lazily, and yawned again.

"Who?"

The Yulinwei lowered his head and said, "Hurry back, he claims to be the head of the Li family of Zhao County, and he says he has a connection with you..."

"The lowly ranks are afraid that they are the elders of the Marquis, so they dare not neglect them, so they came to inform them."

"The head of the Li family in Zhaojun..."

"He came by himself?"

The Yulinwei shook his head and said, "There is another boy walking with him, who is seven or eight years old."

Li Xin narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "You go and take him to my residence and let him wait. I will see him later."

"yes."

The Yulinwei went down immediately and went to do things as Li Xin said.

After holding his hands in his arms, he stood by the city wall and looked down. He saw a carriage led into Mianzhu City by his personal guard.

There were old people sitting on the carriage. The old man was in his fifties and had pale hair, but his appearance was very good and looked very fairy-like.

As for that boy, he was seven or eight years old and very handsome.

When Li Xin looked over, the boy seemed to sense Li Xin's gaze. He looked up at the city tower and looked up. Marquis Jing'an did not dodge or avoid it, and smiled at the child.

The boy shrank his head and didn't dare to watch it anymore.

After about an hour, Li Xin got off the city tower and rode his horse toward the residence.

After a stick of incense, Marquis Jing'an appeared in the living room of his residence. He was wearing a wide robe and big sleeves, with his hands in his sleeves, and he looked at the two people in the living room with a smile.

"The city is busy, so I'll wait."

The gray-haired head of the family, Li Shidao, immediately stood up with the boy, first glanced at Li Xin, and then saluted in a regular manner: "Li Shidao, Li of the Li family of Zhao County, has seen the Marquis of Jing'an."

The little boy also saluted Li Xin in a pretty good manner and said frankly: "Li Chengye, Li of Zhao County, has met the Marquis of Jing'an."

Li Xin smiled slightly: "Two, the four words "Li Family in Zhao County" used to be the golden signboard, but don't mention it again in the future."

"The court has listed all the families of Li, Zheng, Zheng, and Yang, as well as Hongnong, as robbers, not long ago."

Li Shidao's expression changed slightly, and he finally sighed.

"Mr. Li, your surname is Li, and you also come from the Li family of Zhao County."

Marquis Jing'an smiled and said, "I dare not make a relationship with the old man. My Li and Li Shen and Li are not the same Li."

He had already broken up with Li Shen in his life, and he didn't even recognize the Marquis of Pingnan, let alone the Li family of Zhao County. In his case, he should have changed his mother's surname, but firstly, his mother Xiao Qinglan insisted on letting him have the surname Li, and secondly, he also called this name in his previous life, so he still called Li Xin rather than Xiao Xin to this day.

Li Shidao looked solemn.

"Marty Jing'an, the blood heir of the ancestors is on you, and you can't just say you don't recognize it."

This is the serious poor in the downtown area, no one is concerned about, and rich in the deep mountains with distant relatives.

When Li Xin was in a down-and-out period, even the Marquis of Pingnan was unwilling to recognize him, let alone the Li family of Zhaojun, which was thousands of miles away. Now that Marquis of Li is rich and powerful, these people have something to ask for him, so they come over to recognize their relatives.

Marquis Jing'an smiled calmly and glanced at Li Shidao and the other two.

"You two say nothing. If you just say this, Li Xin will accompany you."

Li Shidao quickly stood up and called Li Xin.

"Mr. Li."

The old man's tone was a bit pleaded.

"I came to Mianzhu to see the Marquis, so of course I didn't say this. I just asked Marquis Li for help if I had something to do."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said, "The Li family in Zhao County participated in the rebellion, and no one can save you."
Chapter completed!