Combining the above three, Nanliang entered the routine of decline.

In June of the same year (548), Xiao Yan sent an envoy to communicate with the Eastern Wei.

Hou Jing has objections, and Wang Wei also encourages him to oppose them, but it is not so easy to say, as Xiao Yan said:

"Hou Jing is now lonely, and when he comes to my Nanliang, he is fleeing for his life, just like a baby needs to rely on people to feed, with this force, how can he rebel?"

Therefore, rebellion is not so easy as touching the skin up and down.

However, God gave Hou Jing a good emperor.

According to history, Xiao Yan was born in 464, and by 548, he was already eighty-four years old.

I don't know if Xiao Yan is really old and confused, and he has repeatedly indulged Hou Jing, even if Poyang Wang Xiao Fan, Yang Yaren, Yuan Zhen and others have repeatedly reported to Xiao Yan that Hou Jing has traces of reverse, Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi and others ignored it, and even for this matter, Xiao Yan also reprimanded Xiao Fan, thinking that he was troublesome.

After Xiao Fan was reprimanded by Xiao Yan, Xiao Fan wrote a letter about Hou Jing later, but Zhu Yi withheld it and no longer showed it to Xiao Yan.

Hou Jing took advantage of Xiao Yan's mediocrity, Zhu Yi and others' flattery, and his power grew rapidly.

Before going on, I would like to introduce another person who indirectly helped Hou Jing, Xiao Yan's favorite retainer - Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi, a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), was erudite and knowledgeable, proficient in a variety of skills, and had certain achievements in poetry, scripture and history, and Go. Because he was good at catering to the thoughts of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan was negligent in government affairs in his later years, this gave Zhu Yi room to play, greedy for money and bribery, deceived superiors and subordinates, and lived a very luxurious life.

In short, Zhu Yi is a person who is very good at sycophants, rushing at Xiao Yan, rainbow farts one after another, without repeating the same kind of collapse, Xiao Yan is excited, which has also achieved Zhu Yi's right to live for more than 30 years, and the "prosperous world" of "in the court, although the crown prince cannot be flat".

In August 548, Hou Jing rebelled, and in only a few months, Hou Jing grew from a person who looked up to people to a force that could rebel, which can also be seen that Xiao Yan was really mediocre to the extreme.

The reason for Hou Jingqi's counter-attack was that he wanted to kill Zhu Yi and others on the grounds that Zhu Yi was greedy for money and bribery, and deceived the public, and raised troops in Shouchun with 8,000 troops, which was known as the "Hou Jing Rebellion" in history, and because it occurred in the Taiqing period of the Southern Liang Dynasty, it was also called "the difficulty of the Taiqing Dynasty".

Hou Jingdu rebelled, Xiao Yan still didn't take Hou Jing in his eyes, and still smiled:

"What can this do, I beat him with half a horse-driving stick."

Why can you still talk and laugh when it's all the other way around?

Because Hou Jing gave Xiao Yan a table before, he was sparse and domineering, and his words were not inferior, but the court had indulged him for a long time and did not realize that this was a harbinger of rebellion, so Xiao Yan didn't care, even if it was the opposite, he could talk and laugh.

Why do you feel a little chilled when you see this? made disrespectful remarks and did not put Xiao Yan in his eyes, but the court did not care, indicating that this situation was not once or twice, so how far did Xiao Yan indulge Hou Jing!

When he was in the north, Hou Jing had Gao Huan and Yuwentai in town, Hou Jing couldn't make a mistake, since Xiao Yan accepted this wolf, but he didn't restrain it, the bear really didn't know what expression to use to face it, it can be said that caused the situation of "Hou Jing's Rebellion", Xiao Yan is also a great hero, no, no, it should be said that Xiao Yan is the biggest hero, if there is no indulgence and his appeasement, how can Hou Jing have the confidence to jump.

Xiao Yan Zhao Poyang Wang Xiao Fan was the governor of the South Province, Fengshan Marquis Xiao Zhengbiao was the governor of the North Province, Liu Zhongli was the governor of the West Province, Pei Zhigao was the governor of the East Province, and Xiao Lun, the king of Shao Lin, led the army.

Xiao Fan's father, Xiao Hui, is Xiao Yan's half-brother, Xiao Fan is Xiao Fan's nephew, his gentleness and knowledge, sometimes reputation among the people, and will appease the soldiers and win the favor of the soldiers, but Xiao Fan is not a general, not a general, not a soldier who can lead the army to fight.

Xiao Zhengbiao's father, as mentioned in the previous volume, escaped from the battle, causing hundreds of thousands of troops to collapse, history records him: seven feet nine inches tall, broad eyebrows, handsome appearance, but such a handsome person, but ignorant personality, that is, Xiao Zhengbiao is not suitable for commanding the army.

Xiao Lun is Xiao Yan's sixth son, erudite and good at writing articles, the most proud, this is purely a civilian official, why let a pure civilian official lead the army? Incomprehensible, incomprehensible again!

There is a saying:

Emperor Wu of Liang has always been very "loving" to his "flesh and blood". For the sake of "flesh and blood", he can let his brothers and nephews suck the blood of the common people and take advantage of it. As long as it is the "flesh and blood" of Emperor Wu of Liang, even if he escapes from the battle, or even defects to the enemy, he will not be guilty, and he is completely "doting" on his brothers and nephews.

can be doted to ignore the overall situation, can be spoiled to ignore the development of the war situation, can be doted on to ignore the country, Xiao Yan is afraid that he is the most bullish brother and nephew in history, those modern all kinds of devils, have the ability to help Xiao Yan like this, don't stole from wives, husbands, or fathers-in-law, parents-in-law, or anyone close to them.

Hou Jing is raising troops, but the other party is often tens of thousands of men and horses, and he has only 8,000 people, how can he fight against tens of thousands? Hou Jing also ran out of ideas, he fought little by little, how long can he hit Jiankang in what year and month, and how long can he consume this little person?

Before the rebellion, Hou Jing got in touch with Xiao Hong's other son, Xiao Zhengde, who had been Xiao Yan's adopted son, as the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs, Hou Jing wanted to rebel, but he found Xiao Zhengde, because Xiao Zhengde also had a rebellion.

In history, Xiao Zhengde secretly raised the dead, and often thought about stirring up trouble.

After Hou Jing learned of Xiao Zhengde's thoughts, he wrote a letter to Xiao Zhengde, saying:

"If today's son is old, and there are traitors who are in turmoil, according to my observation, it will not be long before these people will be defeated. The king was supposed to be the crown prince, but he was deposed halfway, and the righteous people in the world were secretly indignant about it, how could the king only care about his personal feelings and abandon the people of the world? Although Jing is not martial, he will still strive to be the king's pawn. ”

Xiao Zhengde was very happy after reading Hou Jing's letter:

"Hou Jing's thoughts are the same as mine, God help me!"

So the two formed an alliance, Hou Jing was on the outside, and Xiao Zhengde was on the inside.

With this relationship, Wang Wei said to Hou Jing:

"If you can't attack Jiankang directly, the king of Linhe will fight internally, and the king will attack outside, which is not enough to determine the world. Fighting with soldiers, when seeking a quick victory regardless of the clumsiness of the tactics, we must not use the soldiers because of the heavy and cautious, and cause slowness, now, the king must advance, otherwise, the king of Shaoling will fight. ”

Why did Wang Wei mention King Shaoling?

Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, when he was Danyang Yin, Wei Zhendu, the crown prince Xiao Gang selected elite soldiers to defend the palace, and the two brothers had a pimple in their hearts and couldn't get along well, which is already a well-known thing.

So, what is Danyang Yin's official position? How could Xiao Gang, who was the crown prince, be so nervous.

Danyang Yin is the name of the local official, is the governor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty, and the dynasties of the Southern Dynasty after the Eastern Jin Dynasty are all set in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), and Jiankang is subordinate to the original Danyang County.

In order to improve the status of Kyoto and show the respect of the Son of Heaven, referring to the story of Jingzhao of the Two Han Dynasty and Henan Yin, the first year of Emperor Taixing of the Jin Yuan Dynasty (318) changed Danyang Taishou (the governor of Danyang County) to Danyang Yin, that is, Danyang Yin, which is equivalent to Kyoto Prefecture Yin.

Xiao Lun served as Danyang Yin, but he was under the power of Zhendu, which is equivalent to a tiger lying on the side of the prince Xiao Gang's couch, how can Xiao Gang not be nervous, how can he still face Xiao Lun with good words.

Wang Wei mentioned Xiao Lun, I am afraid that he was also shocked by Xiao Lun's prestige when he was Danyang Yin, and even the prince Xiao Gang was on guard day and night, not to mention them.

Hou Jing heard what he said and decided to adopt Wang Wei's method.

In September, Hou Jing set off from Shouchun and said with great fanfare:

"I want to go on a safari! You guys, did you hear that, you are out on a safari! ”

I went to Hefei in an uproar.

However, in fact, it was the main force that bypassed the Southern Liang and attacked Qiaozhou (南鰯州, now Chuxian County, Anhui).

Dong Shao, who served as an assistant defense, took a look:

"Hey, why did you come here?! My temple is small, but I can't accommodate you! ”

Hou Jing laughed:

"Just because your temple is small and easy to bully, the master came! Soft persimmons are not pinched, what are you waiting for?! ”

Dong Shao took a look at it first, oh, this great god, I still have to offer it well.

So, open the door and surrender.

Xiao Yan dispatched Wang Qian, who served as the prince's family commander, to lead 3,000 troops to patrol the river to contain the defense.

Hou Jing continued to attack Liyang (a county under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, located in the eastern part of Anhui Province, on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River).

Taishou Zhuang Tie looked around and sighed:

"Although the god Hou Jing is not very strong, the local god of Liang is weak, and my temple can't stand Hou Jing's toss."

He also surrendered to Hou Jing.

Xiao Yan was shocked when he heard that Zhuang Tie had also surrendered:

"I'll go! Hou Jing is so?! ”

Recruit sheep to ask for advice.

Yang Kanyan:

"From Liyang, quarrying (now southwest of Ma'anshan City, Anhui) must be defended, I implore Your Majesty to give the ministers two men and horses, rush to quarry, and then order the king of Shaoling to attack Shouchun, so that Hou Jing, advance, can not advance, retreat, but lost the nest, a group of rabble, naturally collapsed."

However, Xiao Yan's dear Zhu Yi said:

"Hou Jing has no intention of crossing the river."

I really don't know where Zhu Yi came to this conclusion, or rather, his words once again catered to Xiao Yan, no matter what the reason, Yang Kan's suggestion was not adopted.

Xiao Yan called Chen Qingzhi's son Chen Xin to ask for advice.

Chen Xin also said:

"Quarrying urgently needs to be important, but Wang Zhen's water army is weak, I'm afraid Hou Jing will definitely cross the river."

So, Xiao Yan listened to Chen Xin's words and appointed Chen Xin as the general of the cloud cavalry to patrol the river on behalf of Wang Qian.

At this time, Xiao Zhengde supervised the troops of the Beijing Division, stationed in Danyang County, and first sent dozens of large ships, saying that they were going to load grass, but in fact they were preparing to help Hou Jing cross the river.