Not to mention how the undercurrent of Yucheng is surging, the southwest boundary, Xichuan Hou also encountered problems at this time.

Under the city of Jingguan, the news that the Duke of Zhenguo led the southeast army to leave had already been obtained, and even a hundred battles immediately drove 500,000 elites to the city of Jingguan.

For more than a month, the city of Jingguan was hung up with a free battle card, no matter how Xichuan Hou provoked and insulted, the city guards were indifferent.

Although Zhen Guogong took away the entire southeast army of two million elites, on the way to the west, all the major garrisons along the Central Plains joined the army of the western expedition.

Even if the city was missing Zhenguo Gong and the entire southeast army at this time, there were still hundreds of thousands of elite garrisons in Jingguan City.

Moreover, this number is still increasing, and among them, there are even dragon guards and powerhouses sitting in Jingguan, leaving the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Hundred Sects with nothing to do.

Because of the departure of Zhenguo Gong, Xichuan has begun to split internally, and the Heavenly Sword Sect has issued a statement strongly opposing Baizong's desire to settle in Xichuan.

The powerful families in Xichuan also had different thoughts about the entry of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Many local families in Xichuan were dissatisfied with the rapid expansion of the Heavenly Sword Sect's large number of troops in Xichuan.

After all, the family and the Jianghu sect belong to two different camps, and the major families have an inextricable relationship with the Xichuan Hou Mansion, and obviously do not want Xichuan Hou to become the puppet of the Tianjian Sect.

Xichuan Houlian Baizhan also didn't want to be set aside, and he didn't want to be a puppet of the Heavenly Sword Sect on the surface, so he also began to secretly collude with the major families to fight against the Heavenly Sword Sect.

At the same time, in the matter of expelling the hundred sects, there is no clear banner to show the attitude of the Xichuan Houfu.

At this time, the Xichuan army stopped under the Jingguan City, neither advancing nor retreating, making it impossible to guess what Xichuan Hou was thinking at this time.

With the help of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Xichuan Houlian entered the ranks of the powerhouses of the Innate Realm as he wished.

For the progress in martial arts, it did not make Xichuan Hou much happy, after all, his innate realm cultivation was mainly forcibly improved by external objects.

Once faced with a real master of the same level, its shortcomings will inevitably be immediately revealed.

As the master of one side, although martial arts are important, in the final analysis, it is only for the power in the hands.

Xichuan Hou is bent on improving his martial arts cultivation, which is not to say that he is so obsessed with martial arts.

The level of martial arts cultivation is just to better control the power in his hands.

After all, ordinary people can never compare with which martial arts geniuses in martial arts.

There are limited achievements in martial arts, and what they can do is naturally do their best to improve their status, in exchange for everything they need and the family behind them.

Now Xichuan Hou has no other ideas, and what he is thinking about is how to maintain the power in his hands and stabilize the stability of the three states and four prefectures of Xichuan.

"Looks like it's time to go back. Looking at the news from all over the place, Lian Baizhan closed his eyes and pondered for a long time before saying in a deep voice.

"Father, if we withdraw our troops like this, what if the imperial court sends a large army to conquer them again?"

In the military tent, as soon as he heard that his father was preparing to withdraw from the army, Lian Qiwu immediately became anxious, and hurriedly persuaded him, wanting to make his father change his mind.

"What if you don't withdraw the army?" Seeing that his son disagreed, Lian Baizhan did not scold, but asked him with interest.

Seeing his father's gentle inquiry, Lian Qiwu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said:

"Why don't you at least take down Jingguan first, Jingguan is the gateway to Xichuan, if it is in the hands of the imperial court, the imperial court can raise a large army at any time to conquer them.

If Jingguan can return to the hands of the people, then it can be attacked and retreated, and even if the court wants to conquer them, it will not be so easy. ”

Regarding what his eldest son said, Lian Baizhan nodded with satisfaction and agreed.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and said:

"Jingguan is the gateway to Xichuan, and it is also the place where Xichuan must pass through to the Central Plains, and its importance is that my father knows it better than you.

If your father is bent on taking the well pass, do you think the imperial court will watch your father's army threaten the Central Plains?

At that time, even if the imperial court does not send troops to conquest, it will inevitably mobilize heavy troops to block the road from Jingguan to the Central Plains.

At that time, in order to ensure that the well pass is not lost, you said that we should arrange how many soldiers and horses on the front line of the well pass.

Although the three prefectures and four prefectures of Xichuan are known as the land of abundance, the internal rebellion has hurt the vitality of many places in Xichuan.

Only if Jingguan is in the hands of the imperial court, and the father continues to openly obey the imperial court with a clear banner, the imperial court may turn a blind eye to them.

Once the Jingguan is taken, even if the imperial court doesn't care about it, will the Central Plains states and counties that are threatened by them turn a blind eye to the danger in front of them.

Hello, look at who are the people sitting in Jingguan now, why has Zhenguo Gong left with his troops, but they still do not retreat, but continue to have the Central Plains garrison to help?

Once they are stuck with the imperial court under the Jingguan City, then their power will be dragged here without limit.

You must know that Xichuan is not only father and son. In addition to the Xichuan Hou Mansion, there are also two evil tigers that eat people and do not spit out bones.

In addition, there are many major local families and sects in Xichuan, once all their strength is concentrated here, they will fight against the imperial court.

At that time, Xichuan will not have the final say on the father and son, and at that time, even if they are sold, they will have to count the money. ”

As soon as his father analyzed this, Lian Qiwu instantly figured out a lot, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but be silent.

As his father said, once his father took down all the wells, the Lian family would threaten the Central Plains.

At that time, even if the imperial court ignores them and their families, the states and counties in the Central Plains will just sit idly by.

The world is not only his Lian family, when the time comes, if Xichuan is in internal and external difficulties, it is difficult to say whether the Lian family can continue to sit firmly in Xichuan.

Although it is very likely that the retreating troops will be requisitioned by the imperial court now, how can the danger of Sichuan be handled with common sense.

There is only one Zhenguo Gong in the world, and not every commander of the Western Expedition can cross the danger of Xichuan.

Without the army of Zhenguo Gong Shangguanxiong's Western Expedition, Xichuan Houlian fought a hundred battles and did not believe that anyone could break through the danger of mountains and rivers in a short time.

Since Xichuan has eliminated Jingguan, there are still countless dangerous passes to complete the city to resist the imperial army, what is there to be afraid of.

Let the imperial court guard the gate of Xichuan, which can not only reassure the heart of the imperial court, but also allow its own forces to be concentrated in order to clean up the last remnants of Xichuan.

As long as the army is in their own hands, no matter how much that force wants to take root in Xichuan and seek development, they will not be able to bypass Xichuan Houfu or his family.

As long as any force is indispensable to the support of the Lian family, then as long as the forces of all parties are balanced, the Lian family will be able to firmly control the land of the three states and four prefectures of Xichuan in their hands.

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