In the general's mansion, Li Xin, who rushed back from the dust, didn't even have time to clean the dust, so he went directly to the bedroom to visit his wife and children. It has been nearly half a month since the child was born, so Zhou Ting is actually recovering well. Mainly because this is the first time to give birth, and she doesn't have any experience, so many things are still very new to her.

"Thank you! It's not good for me, when the child was born, he didn't stay with you! Looking at his wife with a face full of joy, Li Xin couldn't help but feel guilty.

"Why did Lang Jun say this, the big husband is ambitious all over the world, and he should have great ambitions. As the general of the Huashan Army, you naturally have a lot of important things to do, and you have your own concubines in the family, so you can rest assured! Hearing this, Zhou Ting hurriedly said.

The minds of women in this era are still very simple, although deep down they also hope that their husbands can be by their side, but they still prefer their husbands to work outside. The idea of male dominance and female dominance is morally orthodox in this era.

"Now that things are over in the north, I can stay at home for a while. Take advantage of this time to accompany you! Li Xin said with a smile.

All the civil and military officials knew that Li Xin came back this time to have a good reunion with his family, so everyone was very knowledgeable, and if there was nothing particularly important, they generally did not come to disturb him.

In this way, after coming back, Li Xin lived a quiet life for a while.

Every day, he would hold his children and play with them, and anyone could see the doting expression on his face. Every day, I either hold my son or my daughter in my hands, and there is hardly a moment when I stop.

Moreover, most of the time every day, he was by Zhou Ting's side, talking with her, and teasing the children together. Since Zhou Ting was still in confinement, all the diet and daily life were originally taken care of by a special person.

After Li Xinyi came back, he even took over this matter. Zhou Ting felt a little embarrassed a lot of times, after all, there are still so many subordinates in the house, if people see it, wouldn't it become a joke if it is passed out.

However, Li Xin thinks it's nothing, after all, it's not a bad thing to love his wife! The small life of a family of four is very comfortable, and the harmony is like honey blending oil.

Despite this, there are always some small episodes that Li Xin can't deal with, at least, as soon as the two little guys cry, sometimes it really makes his head big. This cry was like a clarion call for attack, and every time it sounded, Li Xin immediately ran over no matter what he was doing.

After seeing this situation, the people in the house couldn't help but secretly praise it, saying that the general is really a great husband who goes out and a good man at home!

But with Li Xin's identity, such a small life can't last too long after all, no matter how many people below don't disturb him, there are still some things that he still needs to make up his mind. Especially on the side of the staff department, there are very few things that can not be reported to him.

On the third day of the first month of November, Tu Qi had to come to him. As soon as Zhou Ting saw him coming, she knew that Li Xin might have something important, so she hurriedly asked people to take the two children away.

"Subordinates, see the general!" After Tu Qi came in, he saluted.

"Say it! What's the news! Li Xin motioned for him to sit down on the side and said.

Tu Qi didn't sit down, and after noticing that the people around him had already left, he said: "There is a lot of news, the first one is General Li and their side. The army has now successfully entered the territory of Xihe County, because of the response of General Liao Chuan, so those Yan troops outside Yanmen Pass have not been able to find a chance to make trouble! ”

"Very good, there shouldn't be any other problems on Daiguo's side, right?" Li Xin nodded and asked.

"On Daiguo's side, since the garrison along the river and strict precautions against us, there has been no new movement. However, with the cold weather in the north, the real risk may lie after the river freezes! After all, once the river freezes, it will be very easy for the soldiers and horses of the country to cross the river! Tu Qi replied.

"We're afraid of them coming, and they're just as worried! In short, it is best for us to maintain a certain tacit understanding with them, and everyone will not invade each other! However, the heart of defense is indispensable! There should still be preparations, and after ordering Li Erhei to rest for a while, he led 10,000 troops to be stationed in the south of the soldiers and horses of the Daiguo, and by the way, restored the old cities of the counties there. In this way, after the spring of the next year, it can be restored in a big way! Li Xin thought for a moment and then ordered.

"Yes, the subordinates will send someone to inform General Li later!"

"Also, let Hu Tian, Peng Lin, and Shao Zisong garrison in Shuofang, Wuyuan and other counties respectively in case of contingencies! Although many of the Northland Hu clan have already surrendered to us, their intentions are unknown, if there is no necessary deterrence, I am afraid it is easy to have problems! In addition, I will ask the household department to quickly allocate a batch of materials from the nearest counties to support the counties of Shuofang! Li Xin continued.

With the recovery of Shuofang, it also means that the Huashan military border has moved northward. Originally, the northernmost line of defense was the line of Wushi, Xiaoguan and Luguan, but from now on, it will become the line of Yinshan of the Yellow River.

In this way, a large number of soldiers and horses originally deployed on the front line of Xiaoguan and Luguan will naturally move north. As the security of these places increases, the future defense will largely be handed over to the local town army to defend it, except for some particularly important passes.

Nowadays, the situation of the Huashan Army is that there are almost as many town troops as the regular army, after all, the regular army is only responsible for guarding the border and defending against enemy troops. As for the town army, it is responsible for internal security, and at the same time, it is also a reserve force.

In this way, as long as Li Xin is willing, the Huashan army can concentrate 200,000 troops at any time. Of course, in this case, the entire territory may be greatly affected.

This is the last way to do it, unless it is the battle of the country, otherwise, Li Xin will not do this.

Compared with the surrounding enemies, the strength of the Huashan Army today is actually not much, just take Shuo Fang's belt, the number of troops deployed by the country is already 50,000, and Li Erhei and their total is less than 30,000.

Fortunately, the Huashan Army has always fought asymmetrical wars and has no intention of competing with the enemy in numbers. Otherwise, it's definitely at a disadvantage. Especially after taking the Shuofang area, you can rely on the natural danger of the Yellow River, and the advantage for defense has been greatly increased.

Although this is the case, in a short period of time, the overall defensive focus of the Huashan Army will not change much. The Yan army in the east will still be the most powerful enemy, and it will be the most important place to pay attention to. But the second one is Daiguo.

In the past, everyone was safe, and for the Huashan Army, Daiguo was not considered an enemy. But now that everyone's territory borders, it is natural to be on guard. Especially Daiguo's strength is much stronger than Liu Weichen.

"Is there any news other than the north?" After finishing speaking, Li Xin asked again.

"Basically, our territory is relatively stable, and Shangdang Yanmen and other places are similar. The reason why this is the case, the subordinates feel that the main reason is that Yan Guo is now in a big war with Jiang Zuo, so he can't spare the energy to attack us at all. ”

"Speaking of Jiang Zuo, how is the battle on Huan Wen's side going now?" After hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help asking.

"That's what my subordinates are going to say. Since Zhuge Yu's defeat in Dong'e in August, Huan Wen has not moved for the time being, and has been preparing for a new round of counterattacks. It wasn't until October, when we were fighting Liu Weichen in the north, that new actions began on his side. This time, Huan Wen sent Xie Wan to garrison Xia Cai County, and Xi Tan to garrison Gaoping, thinking that it was a matter of counterattack. A few days ago, Xie Wan led the army from Wushui and Yingshui to aid Luoyang, Xi Tan retreated to Pengcheng because of illness, as a result, Xie Wan thought that Xi Tan had lost the battle, so he retreated in a panic. As a result, the soldiers were so frightened that they collapsed on their own. When the Yan army saw the opportunity, they took advantage of the situation to march, and now the Jiangzuo defense line has moved south, and the cities of Xuchang, Yingchuan, Qiao, and Pei have all fallen into the hands of the Yan army! Moreover, there is also the intention of going south! Hearing this question, Tu Qi hurriedly replied.

After hearing this, Li Xin was silent for a while.

This Xie Wan is Xie An's brother, a member of the Xie clan of the Jiangzuo clan. Before Yuzhou assassin Xie Yi died, Situ Sima Yu originally wanted Huan Wen's younger brother Huan Yun to take over, but was blocked by Wang Biaozhi to prevent Huan from taking over the military alone.

So, later, Jiang Zuo took Xie Wan as the general of Xizhonglang, supervising the division, Henan, Hebei, and the military of the four states, and the history of Yuzhou's assassination. At that time, no one in the imperial court may have felt that there was anything wrong, but the results of this war showed how serious the disadvantages of cronyism in the Jin court were.

The defeat of this war can be described as the extreme humiliation of the country, and even a large number of states and counties in the Huaishui Valley have been lost.

If it is said that it was a failure after a hard battle, it is reasonable, but it was caused by Xie Wan's incompetence himself. And afterwards, the Jin court just demoted him to a concubine, if this happened in the Huashan army, it would definitely not end so easily.

"It is said that Xie Wan is incompetent, and he has affected the three armies! In my opinion, it is clear that the Jin court is incompetent, and it is only based on the Mendi family. When I first appointed him, I didn't want to think about how critical his position was, and I didn't want to think about whether he could afford to bear this burden! As a result, it led to today's fruit, and so many innocent people lost their lives in vain! After being silent for a while, Li Xin sighed leisurely.