MTL - Unparalleled Concubine-v2 Chapter 1068 Southwest Emperor

   Chapter 1068 Southwest Emperor

   In order for a power group to run smoothly, it must not be dominated by a single family. This is true of the imperial court, and the same is true of the southwest.

Although Mu Ying is credible, Li Xin has never doubted himself as a brother who has been with him for more than ten years, but the Mu family behind Mu Ying may not be credible. The Mu family was a big family in the middle of Shu when they were in Nanshu. His Royal Highness Wang was able to escape from Jincheng because of the rescue of the Mu family, so that the Mu family later replaced Li Xing and became the real talker in the southwest.

   For a long time, Li Xin was not in the southwest, and the southwest was Mu Ying, or the Mu family had the final say.

   Later, when the imperial court proclaimed the king of Shu, Li Xin also generously gave up this position to Mu Ying's son. For various reasons, the Mu family became increasingly arrogant in the southwest.

Although Li Xin had beaten the Mu family with Zhao Jia before, these were not enough. The reason why the Mu family was arrogant was because of the Mu family's position in the Southwest Army. Li Xin never thought about breaking his arm, but It is not possible to let Mu Ying take all the credit for the Eastern Expedition alone, or else the Mu family will jump out and say that their Mu family has captured the capital. Why should your surnamed Li jump out and talk about it?

  Li Shuo is the one who checks and balances the Mu family.

In the early years of the reorganization of the Southwest Army, if Li Xin had a darker belly, he could directly annex the Pingnan Army. There was no need to give Li Shuo 30% of the troops to be stationed in Ningzhou, but Li Xin was very kind at that time and let Li Shuo lead it. 50,000 people, so that Li Shuo, who was only in his early twenties at the time, became one of the three giants in the Southwest on an equal footing with Mu Ying and Zhao Jia.

   This was held up by Li Xin.

Li Shuo is not the same as Mu Ying. There was also a force behind him, which was the remnants of the Pingnan Army, but later the Southwest Army was reorganized, and these remnants of the Pingnan Army were also incorporated into the Southwest Army. In the past few years, there are still many thorns in these old Pingnan Army units, but after a few years, most of them have fully integrated into the Southwest Army.

   In other words, Li Shuo doesn't have much to rely on right now. In addition to the 50,000 Ningzhou army he can rely on in the southwest, Li Xin is the only cheap brother left.

   Therefore, although the personal relationship between Li Shuo and Li Xin is not as good as the other two of the three giants in the southwest, he is undoubtedly the purest loyal minister to Li Xin, and the reason is very simple. Apart from that, he has no other way out.

   This is precisely the reason. After the troops approach the capital, the Southwest Army will change generals.

   This is a taboo in the military, but it is not particularly taboo for the Southwest Army, because the Southwest Army mainly relies on firearms instead of the main general. If you change the main general, as long as the person is not too stupid, the effect will not be too different.

  After the Ningzhou army was prepared for three or four days in Luzhou, Li Shuo led 50,000 people from Luzhou to the capital. Obviously, these 50,000 people were not the entire force of the Ningzhou army, but only the vanguard.

   On the other hand, Li Xin and Mu Ying were sitting leisurely on the tower in Luzhou, watching Li Shuo's department slowly walk away.

Mu Ying, who had been covered in armor from the southwest to Luzhou, also took off his armor at this time, wearing a blue robe, standing behind Li Xin, and after seeing Li Shuo walking away, he smiled and said: "Look. The army in Ningzhou made a fortune after following my department, and took out a full 50,000 people, but there are still half of the army in Ningzhou left in Luzhou."

   Li Xin chuckled: "Brother Mu, don't worry, it's only a temporary organization. When we enter the capital, the Southwest Army will have to reorganize. It makes no sense to double the number of Ningzhou Army."

  Mu Ying grinned: "The last general didn't mean this, just sighed with emotion."

  He looked out of the city, turned around to look at Li Xin, and asked, "The general... seems to be very confident, and thinks that we will definitely be able to enter the capital."

   Li Xin glanced back at Mu Ying and asked, "Brother Mu has no confidence?"

Mu Ying gave a wry smile and said, "It was naturally there before. Our Southwest Army went all the way from Xiangyang to Luzhou, all the way through. At that time, the generals dreamed that we would take down the capital in three days. The emperor, but after arriving in Luzhou, the last general will not think so..."

After he said the three words "be the emperor", he secretly glanced at Li Xin's reaction, and after seeing Li Xin's expressionless face, the black-faced man sighed and continued: "The first battle in Luzhou City was fought by It wasn't smooth, I fought three times before and after, it was time-consuming and laborious, and it consumed countless firearms, and even our soldiers were damaged a lot."

"Afterwards, I will carefully calculate it. If we calculate the casualty ratio of Luzhou City, we can only barely capture the capital. However, the capital is not the same as Luzhou, whether it is the city wall or the defenders, as well as the determination of the court. They are far better than Luzhou.”

   Li Xin was noncommittal, just squinted his eyes slightly and said, "Brother Mu, look, what if we can't conquer the capital this time?"

   "Then go back to the southwest for now."

   Mu Ying's answer was very straightforward, obviously he had thought about it many times in his mind.

"As long as we go back to the southwest, the imperial court will have nothing to do with us, and even if we are unable to capture the capital, the imperial court will not be able to pursue us, we can retreat calmly, and we can take away a lot of money and food in the prefectures, prefectures and counties along the way. After a few years, we have accumulated enough strength, and it is easy to make a comeback."

   Li Xin gave Mu Ying a serious look, then slowly shook his head.

"Brother Mu is wrong, this is our first time attacking the capital, and it's also the last time, if we can't fight this time, it will be very difficult for us to have another chance in this life, and we can only stick to the southwest and wait for the court to come out. An extremely stupid and faint king, the Southwest may have the opportunity to go out to Shu again."

Having said this, Li Xin pointed to his nose and said indifferently: "The emperor in the capital is only in his early twenties this year, much younger than you and me. Although he is not as good as his father and grandfather, he is far from being called a dazed emperor. , this time I can't beat the capital, I can only have a chance when he dies, and what's worse, the next emperor after him may be even more powerful than him."

   "This time, this is our last chance."

Li Xin looked calm and said, "If we fail, we will retreat to the southwest. The Prince of Shu's mansion will be officially established in the southwest, and the southwest will be taken care of by a few of you. I will lead my wife and children to hide in the deep mountains and become a rural village. Husband, An An will live a lifetime."

This sentence is not a lie, but Li Xin's long-planned retreat. If the Southwest Army can't win the capital, there is little hope for the next time. He doesn't want to be the second Li Shen who has been struggling for decades in the Southwest. It's better to throw the stall in the southwest to Mu Ying and the others, and hide in the mountains without asking about the world.

   With the current military strength in the southwest, as long as those in power are not particularly stupid, there is no problem in forming a country by itself for a few decades. Their family has lived in peace for a lifetime, and it is not a big problem.

   Mu Ying's face changed slightly, and she lowered her head to Li Xin and said: "General, no matter what, the last general will definitely do his best to capture the capital for the general!"

   "If it doesn't work, after returning to the southwest, the general will be the emperor of the southwest..."

  General Mu's voice was hoarse.

   "Apart from you, the southwest will surely be torn apart..."

   Hmmm… make up for yesterday’s…

   (end of this chapter)