With the abandonment of the city and the flight of the king of Nanping, the only fighting spirit of the Nanping army quickly dissipated, and even Wei Lan, the commander of the Nanping forbidden army, became a handsome man who knew the times. When Ma Yun heard the news of the escape of the king of Nanping, he immediately ordered Zhang Wenbiao to lead the only 300 horse troops in Yuezhou to pursue, and at the same time ordered Ding Sijin to take a break and immediately march to Jingmen County. Compared with Xiazhou, the king of Nanping and the Jingmen army were more threatening.

Although Chen Yu had already arranged suspicious soldiers on the way from Jiangling to Jingmen, their number was too small, and if they ran into the king of Nanping, who was desperately escaping, he might suffer a loss.

What's more, if the king of Nanping can be caught, then this political significance will be even greater, and Xiazhou and Guizhou will be even more nameless. If Ma Yun had 20,000 soldiers in his hands, he would definitely set up an ambush on the official road leading to Jingmen and Xiazhou, so that the king of Nanping would be unable to fly. It's a pity that Ma Yun only has 9,000 Yuezhou soldiers in his hands, not even 10,000, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so naturally she can't dispose of the soldiers. Even to deal with the rescue troops in Shaxian near Jiangling City, he asked Qian Qing to suppress the formation and used the captive army that was surrendered in Jianli yesterday.

Now Jiangling has been pacified, and Shaxian has also been pacified. Shishou County in the south, because there is a big river separating it, Shishou's 2,000 garrisons may not know the news of Jiangling, even if they know, Shida still has a thousand soldiers and horses near Shishou, presumably Shishou's guards do not dare to move. The crux of the matter lies in Jingmen in the north and Xiazhou in the west, and they are expected to know about the battle in Gangneung soon. There are 7,000 soldiers and horses in Xiazhou, but the garrisons scattered in the county below have 2,000 people, and the rescue soldiers are like fighting fires, and the Xiazhou guards Gao Baozheng (Gao Congzhi's two sons), Ni Kefu and others may not gather 7,000 people to come to Jiangling to rescue in a hurry, and at the same time, they have not been paid for a long time, and the combat effectiveness of this army is probably not very good. And Jingmen is different, the Jingmen army is an army dedicated to fighting against the Central Plains Dynasty, it has been on the battlefield for a long time, the soldiers are well paid, although the number is not large, but there is still a certain combat effectiveness, and once they learn the news that Jiangling has been lost, they fled west to Xiazhou, which is another tough battle. For Yuezhou, which lacks soldiers and few generals, it is a big disadvantage. Therefore, Ma Yun ordered Ding Sijin to rest for a while, and immediately organize his troops to attack Jingmen County, and at worst, besiege the King of Nanping and the Jingmen army in Jingmen County.

On the other hand, Ma Yun took Li Xiang, Zhao Pu, Wu Ban, Fan Zhen (brought Fan Zhen because Ma Yun wanted to show his personal charm and let Fan Zhen see the elite soldiers and strong generals in Yuezhou) and others accompanied by Cao Yun to Nanping Palace, and saw Li Ergou commanding the sergeant to carry out the body of an old man from the political hall.

Ma Yun was in a good mood and asked, "Who is this person?" ”

Li Ergou stepped forward and arched his hand and said: "Lord Wang, this person is the Xiangguo of the King of Nanping, what is Liang Zhen, I heard the servants of the palace say that after we broke the city just now, this old man has been usurping the King of Nanping and fighting us to the death, and then after the King of Nanping ran away, he hanged himself in the political hall." ”

Ma Yun looked stunned and said slowly: "It turned out to be Liang Xiangguo... ”

Ma Yun was about to say that he would have a good burial, but Zhao Pu next to him suddenly said: "Lord, this Liang Zhen has insulted the prince a lot in the past, and he can't easily bypass it when he dies today, so it's better to whip the corpse to thank the hatred in his heart, and then send troops to arrest his wife and destroy him." After speaking, he quietly gave Ma Yun a look.

Li Xiang and Wei Lan on the side, when they heard this, their hearts jumped. Wei Lan was a little unbearable in his heart, although this old Xiangguo was strict in handling things, he had always been true to him, but the old Xiangguo was fair and stricter in self-discipline, Wei Lan not only did not feel resentment, but admired him very much. Li Xiang secretly wondered that Zhao Pu should not be a person who said such things.

Ma Yun saw Zhao Pu's eyes, glanced at Wei Lan, who had been following him, and said, "Lord Zhao, this is wrong. When Xiao Wang was in Yuezhou, he often heard that Liang Xiangguo loved the people like a son, and when he saw the king of Nanping acting perversely, he often tried his best to persuade him, and he was a good official who loved the people like a son, and Xiao Wang has always admired him. Xiao Wang was ordered to crusade and defeat the unkind with benevolence, how could he do such an unrighteous thing like the king of Nanping. Hey, it's a pity... Xiao Wang wanted to be able to meet his old man and ask him for advice on how to deal with peace. Now that the elder is gone, the moral article is there. Although he is gone, his love for the people is worth learning from. . . . Originally, because of the surrender of Ma Yun, Wei Lan, who had been nervous in his heart, naturally settled down after hearing these words. Since the fifth prince can forgive Liang Xiangguo, who has insulted him, then he will definitely not treat those who surrender to him badly, at least he will not be embarrassed.

Ma Yun continued: "Well, although the old Xiangguo is old, I heard that he has always been in good health, how could he go to the old man's house like this? As he spoke, he looked at Wei Lan with his eyes.

Although Wei Lan is a soldier, he is not an old man like Zhang Liang, and he understands the sophistication of ordinary people, and replied immediately: "The king of Nanping is perverse, tyrannical, the old Xiangguo is, the old Xiangguo is in a hurry, and he has persuaded him many times, but the king of Nanping just doesn't listen." Lao Xiangguo is afraid that he is also dead in his heart. Wei Lan peeked at Ma Yun's expression as he spoke, and the fifth prince had been standing with a smile in his hands, his expression was unusually calm and calm.

Wei Lan secretly swallowed his saliva, and then said: "This time, the prince was ordered to punish the crime, and everywhere he went, he abandoned the secret and turned to the light, invincible, the old Xiangguo must have wanted to persuade the king of Nanping, this... This one... was forced to death by the king of Nanping. Wei Lan wanted to say that Liang Zhen wanted to persuade King Nanping to surrender, but before he could say anything, he couldn't help but think of Liang Zhen's gray hair and righteous face, and he swallowed back his stomach.

Ma Yun's anger seemed to be completely aroused at this moment, and he scolded angrily: "King Nanping, forcing loyal and righteous people to death, departing from morality, and betraying relatives, this is self-isolation from the world." Xiao Wang is begging for thieves, and the king of Nanping is undefeated. ”

Ma Yun adjusted his mood and said: "Now the situation is certain, Brother Zhao, you hurry up and write a notice to appease the people and appease the people, my Dachu is definitely not for the land of Nanping, but to raise soldiers and armor, and fight crimes for the people to relieve the suffering of the people in Nanping." Well, the decrees of the king of Nanping will be abolished from this day onwards, except for adulterers, murder and goods; rumor-mongering, conspiracy and rebellion; Except for hoarding and disturbing people's lives, the rest are not guilty. Mr. Li and General Wei, the two of you will temporarily act as Xiao Wang, appease the sergeants who have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, count the number of soldiers, and do a good job in the casualties and compensation of the sergeants, and the matter of reward and placement. Mr. Wu, you take someone to count the Nanping Wangkufu, well, the armory, and you will also count it. ”