After the banquet was dispersed that day, Yang Gao immediately ordered the troops to be divided into four routes, Li Siye, Nan Jiyun, and Long Zhi each led 15,000 troops to set up ambushes on the road from Wuling, Guiyang, and Hengshan to Changsha, and he took Xue Rengui, Lai Hu'er, Yu Yunwen, Xu Wei and other civil and military generals and 80,000 troops to enter Changsha, surround but not fight.

And Xiao Mo panicked after learning that Yang Gao's soldiers were pressing the border, and sent twelve handwritten letters in one day, urging the defenders of Wuling, Guiyang, and Hengshan counties to march quickly, and be sure to rush to Changsha within three days.

After receiving Xiao Miao's order to promote the troops, the three county guards did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and go to Changsha.

Due to the tight time stipulated in Xiao Miao's order, the Liang army in the three places could only march day and night, and the soldiers were all exhausted, and some people didn't even bother to set up tents when they stopped to rest, and directly lay on the ground and fell asleep.

Nan Jiyun, Li Siye, and Long Zhi seized this fighter at the same time and raided the Liang army at night.

The Liang soldiers in the three places were already exhausted because of the rapid march in the past few days, and they were almost immediately defeated when they encountered the Sui army's attack on the camp, Nan Jiyun, Li Siye, and Long Zhi all achieved great victories, and the main generals of the reinforcements in the three places all died in the chaos, contributing 20 soul points to Yang Gao.

After receiving the battle reports from Nan Jiyun, Li Siye, and Long Zhi, Yang Gao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the three of them to take advantage of the victory to march and recover the three counties of Wuling, Hengshan, and Guiyang in one fell swoop.

Subsequently, Yang Gao ordered the whole army to march into Changsha and besiege Changsha City on all sides, and at the same time put the heads of the reinforcement generals in Hengshan, Guiyang, and Wuling to lend them to the morale of Xiao Liang's army in Changsha City.

After this, Yang Gao personally wrote a "Letter to the Military and Civilians of Changsha", informing the defenders in the city that the reinforcements they were waiting for in Wuling, Guiyang, and Hengshan had all been annihilated, and asked them to stop making useless resistance, abandon the darkness as soon as possible, and return to the embrace of the Great Sui.

Then, Yang Gao recruited all the scholars and literati in the area of Yueyang and Changsha, and ordered them to copy this letter, and copied more than 100,000 letters in a few days.

Subsequently, Yang Gao used a catapult to throw all the hundreds of thousands of letters into Changsha City, although Xiao Mo ordered all these leaflets to be handed over, in a vain attempt to block the news, but there were still many soldiers who hid these leaflets privately.

Soon, the reinforcements were all annihilated, and the news that Changsha had become an isolated city spread in Changsha City, and in just a few days, it was already known to everyone.

Originally, Xiao Mo also planned to recruit troops in Changsha City, but when Yang Gao put more than 100,000 letters into Changsha City, let alone recruit soldiers, deserters began to appear in the barracks, and the scale was constantly expanding.

Changsha City, inside the lobby of the Liang Mansion.

Xiao Mo held the "Letter to the Military and Civilian Citizens of Changsha" in his hand, his face was pale, his fingers trembled slightly, and he asked Cen Wenwen on the side in disbelief: "Sir, could this be a fraud by the Sui army?" ”

Cen Wenwen shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Qiqi Liang Gong, the Sui army camp has already hung out the heads of Wuling guard general Xu Han, Guiyang guard general Zhang Liansheng, and Hengshan guard general Huang Yuankan, this matter is true nine times out of ten!" ”

"God is going to kill me!"

Xiao Mo sighed helplessly, waved his hand at His Royal Highness's civil and military ministers and said: "Let's go, you all go, Xiao Liang is gone, you don't need to be a funeral, go out of the city and surrender to the Sui army!" ”

"Liang Gong, in the end, I will receive your great favor, even if I can't repay it, how can I do such a betrayal of the Lord?" Xu Xuanche was the first to stand up and said in a straight voice.

"Yes, the last general is also willing to swear allegiance to Liang Gong!" Wan Zan also spoke in line with the Tao.

"We are willing to die with the Lord!" The rest of the crowd also knelt down and said.

"You ... Why do you suffer from this? Xiao Mo said helplessly, "Now there is only a lonely city in Changsha, and it is a matter of time before it falls, why are you so suffering, let's leave quickly!" ”

"Liang Gong's words are wrong!" Cen Wenwen suddenly said: "Although the situation of my Liang is critical at the moment, there are still so many loyal ministers and righteous people, how can you give up lightly, Duke Liang?" ”

Xiao Mo closed his eyes painfully and said: "But now that the Sui soldiers are pressing the border, the soldiers in Changsha City have no fighting spirit, the people have no fighting spirit, and it is a matter of time before the city is broken, so why should I be adding to the killing?" ”

Cen Wenwen smiled slightly, and said: "Liang Gong, who said that it was a matter of time before Changsha City was broken, Weichen has already thought of a plan to help my Liang State tide over this difficulty!" ”

Xiao Mo was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "What is Sir's plan?" ”

"Without him, ask for help!" Cen Wenwen said word by word.

"Asking for help?" Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, "Who do you ask for help?" ”

Cen Wenwen smiled slightly, "Of course, it's to our Great Alliance Leader Li Mi!" ”

Li Mi?

Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something, it was probably not long after he raised his army, Li Mi suddenly sent a messenger over, saying that he wanted to invite him to participate in an anti-Sui alliance, and respected Li Mi as the leader of the alliance.

At that time, he thought that the position of the leader of the alliance was a false name, and it had no practical effect, and it was not wise to offend Li Mi, the Central Plains giant, for the sake of a false name, and the more powerful Li Mi was, the more he could attract the attention of the Sui Dynasty, and he could take the opportunity to accumulate strength. So he nodded in agreement.

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Mo bowed his head and said: "Yes, since Li Mi dares to be the leader of this anti-Sui alliance, then our ally is in trouble, and he, Li Mi, the alliance leader, should send troops to rescue!" ”

"What Liang Gong said is very true, that Li Mi is invincible in the Central Plains, and he has thrown away his armor from the Sui army several times, if he can send troops to rescue, Yang Gao'er will definitely die!" Wan Chan smiled smugly.

"Okay, that's it!" Xiao Mo slapped the table, got up and said: "Sui Yang's tyranny is unpopular with the people, and the lonely revival of Xiao Liang is obedient to the will of heaven and the people's feelings, how can a mere Yang Gao child stop it?" Cen Wenwen, Lone ordered you to be the messenger, go to Wagang in the Central Plains, and be sure to say that Li Mi will raise troops to attack Jingxiang, cut off Yang Gao's children's back road, and solve my Xiao Liang's danger! ”

Cen Wenwen arched his hand and said in a deep voice: "Please let Liang Gong go, his subordinates will definitely do their best to persuade Li Mi to send troops." However, Liang Gong, from Weichen to Li Mi's troops, it will take a month or two, during this time, Liang Gong must hold Changsha, otherwise it will really be the general trend! ”

"Lone understands!" Xiao Mo nodded and said, "Don't worry, although the current situation in Changsha City is not optimistic, it is definitely not a problem to hold on for three months!" ”