Although the deposed prince was really sent to Mianzhu by Li Shuo, Li Xin did not think that Li Shen would surrender like this. With the character of the general of the Zhu Kingdom, it was too difficult to make him bow his head and surrender.

This is an era where news is extremely closed.

Even if the deposed prince is taken back to the capital, even if there is no such banner in Jincheng, Li Shen can still claim that the deposed prince is in Jincheng, and he can even let an obese person pretend to be Ji Ku.

In this era, there was no instant communication, no information explosion like later generations, and not many people knew what the deposed prince looked like.

Bringing Ji Ku back is just the first step.

Li Xin dare not guarantee what will happen to Jincheng next.

But he was not very anxious. For him, as long as he stayed in Mianzhu, he would just go and receive the credit if he opened the city to surrender. If he did not surrender in Jincheng, he would stay in Mianzhu honestly. After Ye Ming came to join the army, he would honestly check in and receive the credit if he was to do so.

After the deposed prince entered Mianzhu, Li Xin arranged him into a mansion in Mianzhu, serving him with delicious food and drinks. Then he was at his residence peacefully and waited for news from Jincheng.

It's the end of January now.

Previously, Ye Ming wanted to attack Jiange on the tenth day of the second month. After being dissuaded by Li Xin, it was changed to February 20th. That is to say, if Jincheng did not move within twenty days, Li Xin would start to attack Jiange with Ye Ming.

At that time, all procedures were followed by the rules of the court. Li Xin had no ability and no excuse to stop Ye Ming from doing things.

Soon, the time came to the seventh day of the second month of the third year of Taikang.

It has been ten days since the deposed prince entered Mianzhu.

Li Xin finally received a letter from Jincheng, but the letter was not sent by Li Shuo, but by the general of the Zhu Kingdom.

The content of the letter was very simple. He also set up a Lu Peng under Jincheng City and invited Li Xin to come over for a while on the ninth day of the second month.

After reading the letter, Li Xin threw it to Zhao Jia, who was beside him, and said with a smile: "Brother You'an, take a look?"

Zhao Jia had the ability to look at it at a glance. He only glanced at the letter and read it. He frowned and said, "Marquis, the Pingnan Army may be in a hurry to jump over the wall. This time, my subordinates should go on a date for the Marquis."

Marquis Jing'an's eyelids were twitching, and he was quite uncomfortable.

"I'll meet you, don't talk about dates."

To be honest, it is normal to use the word "date" to invite a letter to meet. However, after all, Li Xin has experienced another era, so he is a little disgusted with this word.

Zhao Jia didn't understand what went wrong with the two dates, but the boss didn't like to listen to them, so he naturally wouldn't say it again, just changed his words: "I'll go for the marquis?"

Li Xin shook his head.

"I asked him to come over. He came. I didn't know if he asked me to go. If this spreads, where will my marquis put my face?"

Marquis Jing'an smiled.

"Besides, we have nothing to fear him now."

Early in the morning on the ninth day of the second lunar month, Li Xin and others were preparing to set off at the gate of Mianzhu.

Since he was going to the meeting, he had to bring some people to support the venue. To be on the safe side, Li Xin brought his powerful general Ye Mao with him, and brought all the 200 Yulin Guards who followed him. He then selected more than 200 people from the imperial guards. After gathering 500 people, he set out from Mianzhu in a mighty manner.

Because the horses of the imperial guards remained in Didao, even though they occupied Mianzhu, Li Xin still couldn't get together five hundred horses, and only half of them were riding horses.

There is no way, riding a horse on someone else's territory is the minimum respect for the enemy's swordsman, so that when the enemy turns against each other, you can run away as soon as possible.

When Li Shen came to the appointment, there were only 500 riders, all of whom were riding horses.

This Lu Peng is said to be under Jincheng City, but it is still dozens of miles away from Jincheng. If the distance is too close, the Pingnan Army will not lack cavalry, and Li Xin can't escape even if he wants to.

When I arrived at the agreed place, I saw a reed hut from afar.

February has been in now, and it has almost been in spring. The sun is shining and the weather has become much warmer. Li Xin rode on a horse and walked towards the reed under the protection of Ye Mao.

In the Lu Peng, the general of the Zhuguo, dressed in blue and without armor, sat cross-legged behind the table, closing his eyes to rest.

Li Xin walked in slightly lowered and bowed to him.

"I haven't seen each other for half a month, and the general has lost a lot of weight."

Li Shen opened his eyes, looked at Li Xin who was covering his armor, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Marquis Jing'an didn't care at all, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "There's no way, I'm afraid of death."

Li Shen pointed to the opposite side and said concisely: "Sit."

Li Xin untied the sword Aokiji hanging from his waist, threw it to Ye Mao who was guarding the door, and then sat down a little clumsyly.

He was wearing the exquisite armor of the Imperial Army General, and his movements were really inconvenient.

But he still didn't choose to take it off.

At this time, although white clothes were glorious, life was the most important thing. He had been through hardships and dangers until today. There was no reason to die here because of his pretentiousness.

After sitting down, General Zhu Guo personally poured Li Xin a cup of tea.

Li Xin didn't drink it.

If Li Xin was a general of the Pingnan Army, he would do his best to kill him, so Li Xin had reason to believe that the middle-aged man in front of him would want to kill him.

Li Shen had no expression on his face. After Li Xin sat down, he lowered his head and drank a sip of tea, looked at Li Xin deeply, and then said, "Li Xin, you... won."

"Our Pingnan Army agreed to surrender."

"In three days, you can come to accept Jincheng. I will open all the four gates of Jincheng to welcome the royal army of the court."

Li Shen had no expression on his face, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"I can also go to the capital to confess my guilt, or I can commit suicide on the spot, and I can choose whatever I want."

"As long as Jing'an Hou doesn't forget the agreement with Li Shuo."

Li Xin stood up, looked behind Li Shen, and then smiled and said, "Where is Mr. Ling, why didn't he come?"

"I beat him up, and I can't get out of bed yet."

Li Xin smiled and said, "The General is so strict. I remember that the young marquis couldn't get out of bed for several months."

Li Shen had no expression on his face.

Marquis Jing'an continued to ask with a smile: "The family business of the Marquis of Pingnan's Mansion for more than 30 years is gone, and the general is willing to give up?"

"So what if I can't bear to give up?"

Li Shen looked cold: "If you can't bear to leave, will you come and take it?"

"Now that your prince has been taken back by you, it is meaningless to continue to fight. My Pingnan Army is willing to surrender and reduce casualties."

Speaking of this, Li Shen glanced at Li Xin.

"Isn't this exactly what Jing'an Hou wants to see?"

Li Xin smiled: "That's the case, but I don't believe that the general will surrender so easily."

"According to my estimate, there are at least 60,000 Pingnan Army in Jincheng. If I follow the general's wishes, I will enter the city to accept Jincheng in three days and your army will rush forward, wouldn't I fall into the trap?"

Li Shen's breathing became heavier, and he groaned: "What does Jing'an Hou mean?"

"It's not difficult to get me into the city."
Chapter completed!