Li Xin sat next to Mu Qing and spoke, "At present, there should be only some garrisons in the southwest of Hanzhou City. None of the 300,000 imperial guards near Jingji were moved, otherwise I would have received the news and reacted."

"These garrisons in the southwest are not very difficult to deal with. With the 50,000 people in Hanzhou City, I may not be sure to wipe out them all, but there is no problem in retreating to the enemy, but it is only limited to this."

Li Xin breathed a sigh and continued, "But the imperial court does not only have these local troops."

"In the capital area, there are nearly 300,000 imperial guards, the northern border has more than 200,000 Zhenbei Army and Zhongjia Army, and tens of thousands of border troops in the northwest that resist Tubo, plus local garrisons in various parts of the Great Jin Dynasty, xiang army, etc...."

Li Xin glanced at Mu Qing and said a desperate number.

"Even if the border troops in the northwest and north cannot move, according to the most conservative estimate, the Jin court can use nearly 500,000 people with all its strength at this time..."

If the Southern Jin Dynasty was still a small dynasty forty years ago, then after two generations of Emperor Wu and Emperor Chengde, this country has become a unified behemoth. Now, the military strength of the Great Jin Dynasty may be inferior to that of Emperor Wu forty years ago, but it is definitely crushing in quantity.

After the Marquis of Jing'an paused, he continued: "And this is just a conventional combat force. In an emergency, the court and the Ministry of War can recruit soldiers urgently. At that time, as long as the food supply is provided, it will not be a problem to recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a few months!"

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked at Mu Qing and asked slowly: "In this way, Uncle Mu still thinks, can we pose any threat to the Ji family's court?"

Mu Qing's face looked a little ugly and he didn't say anything.

Li Xin sighed slightly and continued, "The reason why the emperor today dares to use troops to the southwest while letting me fight north is because he has crushed the absolute power. If he dares to do this, he will think that he may force me to rebel against me, but he still does this, which means he is not afraid."

The Pingnan Army dared to rebel because Emperor Taikang had just ascended the throne and could not control the power of the entire court. Moreover, they had the title of Prince Ji Chi in their hands at that time, so the capital could not restrain the power of the entire country for their own use, so the Pingnan Army dared to rebel.

Once Li Xin rebelled now, he would not only be named Wuming, but also named Wuming. What he would have to face then is this unified dynasty that was still in its heyday.

The fifty thousand people in Hanzhou City will be destroyed in an instant under the huge state machine.

However, if Li Xin rebelled now, he would not have no chance of winning.

First of all, unless the country is destroyed, the Zhong Family Army and the Zhenbei Army will definitely not come to the southwest. Li Xin will at most face the imperial guards and local troops of various places. If he can hold on for a few years, he will choose one of the vassal kings from various places as the name of the righteousness, and then there will be a possibility of counterattacking the court.

But this is just the worst plan...

At least Li Xin was not going to do this before he took his wife and children out of the capital.

After hearing Li Xin's words, Mu Qing remained silent for a long time, then he looked at Li Xin again and asked, "But the matter has become like this, and it is no different from a public fall. How does the Marquis plan to deal with this chaos?"

“It’s very simple.”

Li Xin smiled and said, "The reason why the emperor dared to use troops to Hanzhou so casually is because he felt that Hanzhou was a soft persimmon and could be controlled at will. He even only used some garrisons in the southwest and the Hanzhong garrisons, and wanted to take down Hanzhou City."

The local garrisons in the Dajin Dynasty were very different from the central imperial guards. The local garrisons not only had much difference in food and food, but also had a very different training intensity from the imperial guards. More importantly, in order to prevent the local army from growing, they also selected some outstanding soldiers from various local troops every year to be included in the imperial guards, which led to a huge difference in combat power between the local garrisons and the imperial guards in the imperial guards.

In the entire Jin Dynasty, except for the border troops, there was basically no other army that could compete with the imperial guards.

The reason why the emperor dared to assign this is because the combat power of the "Hanzhou Army" five years ago was also unsightly. After all, it was an army that Mu Ying and others forcibly pieced together. When they confronted the Pingnan Army five years ago, the Pingnan Army only needed to divide 10,000 people to watch the 50,000 Hanzhou Army. It can be seen how poor the combat power of the Hanzhou Army at that time was.

"We only need to let the court stick out the mouth, knock a few teeth off, and even cause them to suffer heavy losses. In this way, when the court wants to attack Hanzhou, it will be more cautious."

Mu Qing pondered for a while and nodded: "How sure is the Marquis?"

"At least 80%."

Li Xin answered without hesitation.

"Before the spring of next year, the siege of Hanzhou will disappear. If it doesn't work, Li Xin will tie himself up to Beijing, and he will be able to protect the people of Hanzhou without any worries."

The implication of this sentence is that the Hanzhou army may not be able to be protected by then.

Mu Qing stood up and bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"The Marquis is also relieved. No matter what the people in Hanzhou will in the future, the Mu family and the Marquis will live and die together."

After saying that, he sighed, "I am old, so I will leave the war to you young people to discuss. But there is a saying, "I am a shameless reminder of Marquis Li."

Li Xin got up and held the ceremony of his juniors.

Mu Qing lowered his head slightly and said, "Mr. Marquis, even if you take this over, it will be a cure for symptoms but not the root cause. As long as the root cause is still there, there will be a next time. The circumference of this is more clear than the old man, and I think the Marquis will have a way to deal with it."

After saying that, he bowed deeply to Li Xin.

"The old man said this not because he was worried about the life and death of the Mu family, but because he was worried about the future fate of the Marquis. The Marquis is a smart man, and even the country is the best in the world, but now it is time to make a living."

"No matter how the marquis chooses, the Mu family in Hanzhou will follow the marquis."

As he said that, Li Xin's elder knelt down in front of Li Xin with a serious expression.

When Mu Ying saw his father kneeling, she didn't dare to stand. She followed Mu Qing and knelt down at Li Xin.

Li Xin was silent for a while, then reached out to help the old man up from the ground, his voice slightly hoarse.

"Uncle Mu Don't worry, Li Xin is not the kind of stupid guy who doesn't know how to live or die. After this incident, let's not talk about whether to rebel or not, but I will definitely give you and my family a future."

After hearing Li Xin's words, Mu Qing nodded with satisfaction, stood up and bowed to Li Xin.

"In this way, the Marquis discussed the war with the dog son. I am old and will not get involved."

After saying that, he left with a cane, leaving only Li Xin and Mu Ying, looking at each other in this small hall.

Li Xin sat down again and glanced at Mu Ying.

"What do you think, just like Uncle Mu?"

Mu Ying also sat down and scratched her head embarrassedly.

"I either want to rebel or I'm not worth it for you."

The black-faced also sat down and opened his mouth to curse in the direction of the capital.

"Damn Ji Laoqi, it's so unauthentic. If it weren't for you, Li Chang'an, he would have been raised as a pig in Gusu. Maybe he's gone to life. Now he's turned against him!"
Chapter completed!