Chapter 55: Brother and Brother (II)
Why did my father die of depression? How could Xiao Yu forget, he would not forget one thing that his father Xiao Jing still remembered before his death.
Twenty-seven years ago, Liang Guozong's internal war, when Emperor Liang Yuan was forced to join the Western Wei Dynasty, Xiao Jing, with the hatred of his brother being killed, led the Western Wei soldiers south to attack Jiangling, when the city of Jiangling was broken, a general Yin Deyi advised him to take advantage of the time to kill Wei Jiangjin and Yang Zhong and attack the Wei army camp to disarm, taking this opportunity to break with the Western Wei and stand on his own, Xiao Jing did not adopt this suggestion.
He thought that he had already claimed to the Western Wei Dynasty and the other party was quite kind to him, so if he did such a thing, he was afraid that it would be unkind.
Xiao Yan saw that the third brother was silent and shouted loudly: "Father's thought let the Wei army take the people of the city to Chang'an, 100,000 people were hungry and cold all over the way, and when they arrived in Chang'an, they had already died on the road. ”
"That's in the past," Xiao Yue knew what the fifth brother meant when he mentioned the past, but he didn't want to think about it.
"A lesson from the past!" Xiao Yan was heartbroken, and the intention of saying this was already very clear: he was worried that Yu Wenming would follow the old story of more than 20 years ago and move the people of Jiangling Mancheng away and move them into the territory of Xiangzhou or Anzhou.
Now the Anzhou army looks arrogant, but Xiao Yan doesn't think it can be arrogant for long, the Zhou court controls the land of Guanzhong and Yizhou, and the foundation is solid, and the temporary setback does not mean that there is no way to take Anzhou Yuwenliang, and the Western Wei Dynasty was the land of Guanzhong back then, but it was encroached everywhere and laid the foundation of the Zhou State in the future.
With this foundation, the Zhou State leveled the Qi State four years ago and unified the north of the Yangtze River, if it weren't for the sudden illness and death of the wise and martial Yu Wenyong, I am afraid that now the Central Plains would have been almost unified, Xiao Yan thinks that the Zhou State's Shu State Lieutenant Chi Yuan, with the old land of the Qi State that has just occupied four years, wants to fight against Yang Jian, the Duke of the Sui State, who has mastered the basic market of the Zhou State for more than 30 years, for a long time, it is wishful thinking.
If the Anzhou rebels of the Zhou State saw that they could not resist the Zhou court and 'recovered' the Liang State, I am afraid that they would first have to move the people away and leave an empty city. At that time, it was the people who suffered all the way, and it was the Liang State that suffered. The catastrophe more than 20 years ago made Gangneung only now recover, if it were to happen again, what would it be like?
"Official. As long as the Anzhou army can be driven away, Liang Guo will be able to stand on his own feet when he is careful between Yang Jian and Yu Wenliang. "Xiao Yan finally calmed down, and his title to Xiao Yue returned to his normal 'official family'.
"Chase away? I'm afraid that the assassin at the banquet is going to kill Yu Wenming on the spot, and if he kills Yu Wenming, how can Yu Wenliang give up! Xiao Yue is not a fool, although he was kept in the dark beforehand, he was stunned when the incident happened, but he clearly saw the scene of Fang Caiyu Wenming's assassination.
Yu Wenming, as the prince of Qiguo, if he was killed and died, how could Yu Wenliang, the prince of Qiguo, give up, and the revenge of killing his son is not so easy to make up.
"Officials, do big things without being informal. If the Anzhou army was driven away, the court of the Zhou State would forgive him on one side, and Yu Wenliang would not dare to act rashly. Xiao Yan said lightly.
"Do you want to ask the Zhou army to return to Jiangling and station, then why do you say that you are self-reliant?" Xiao Yue couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this idea, what is the difference between this and luring tigers to drive wolves.
Xiao Yan said that the plan did not contact the Xinzhou Governor's Office, and after the matter was completed, the Xinzhou Governor's Mansion came back to his senses, and the situation had been decided.
"What about Yuwen Wen? He has to settle the problem when he is stationed at the east gate, so why don't he kill him as well? Xiao Yue asked, if the two sons of Anzhou Governor and Qiguo Gongyu Wenliang were killed in Jiangling, it would really be endless.
"When the younger brother arranged it, he had already ordered it properly, just approaching him in the name of sending wine and meat, waiting for an opportunity to take him hostage and bring him into the city to be imprisoned, Yu Wenming was not easy to hold hostage at the banquet, and he could only kill the killer. When the Anzhou army has no leader, the younger brother can use Yuwenwen's life to coerce him to withdraw the army, and after the situation is stable, he will negotiate with Yuwenliang on the conditions before releasing him. ”
Xiao Yue looked at the fifth brother's confident appearance, what else could he say. Previously, when he was in Ji Nancheng, the general Chen Shiwu privately colluded with the Anzhou army to kill the Jiangling governor He Ba Zhonghua forced the palace to ask him to 'anyway', and he had no choice but to obey.
Now his younger brother privately planned to launch a mutiny, killed Yu Wenming, the commander of the Anzhou Army, and then arrested Yu Wenwen and forced the other party to retreat, so far he has no choice but to watch, the mastermind of these two things is saying that it is for Liang Guo, but in fact?
In fact, who cares about him, the son of Liang Guo? The governor of Jiangling of the Zhou State treated him as an ornament, and the general Chen Shiwu, the commander of the Anzhou Army, Yu Wenming, and even his younger brother did not treat himself as an ornament, even Yu Wenwen, who dragged Jiuniang into the palace, did not take himself seriously.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan only felt sadness in his heart, Xiao Yan saw that the third brother was silent, so he didn't say more, in his opinion, his words had already moved, and the other party didn't need to add any more snakes.
"Twenty-seven years ago, the people of Mancheng were moved to Chang'an, and the Wei army took care of it all the way and did not suffer too many casualties, don't mishear rumors!" Xiao Yue suddenly broke the silence and said, "I was only twelve years old that year, and you are still fine!" ”
Xiao Yan was so anxious when he heard this that he blurted out: "How is it possible! Liu Honglu is telling the truth! ”
"Was it the Liu Qing family who instigated you to do these things?" Xiao Yue stared at the eyes of the fifth brother tightly, he had recovered his reason from the initial shock and then discovered a flaw in his brother's plan:
Where did his mutinous soldiers come from? How sure can he be sure that after killing Yu Wenming and controlling Yu Wenwen, he can suppress the counterattack of tens of thousands of Anzhou troops?
Xiao Yan, the king of Anping, is a carefree prince on weekdays, and has neither military power nor important powers, and someone must respond to dare to plan this kind of earth-shattering thing, and if he can control a certain number of soldiers to obey his command, he needs connections, so the Xiaoyao prince, who has always been alone, must have the support of forces behind him if he wants to act.
Then he tried to find out the problem with one sentence: at least one of the masterminds behind the scenes was Liang Guohonglu Temple Qing Liuzhuang.
"Liu Honglu just doesn't want that kind of thing to happen again," Xiao Yan said, saying that his confidence was a little lacking.
"Facial features, you're so confused!" Xiao Yue sighed, Honglu Temple Qing Liuzhuang and Zhou Prime Minister Yang Jian are good friends. In Liang, he is a staunch pro-'Yang' faction. Last year, when Emperor Young of Zhou ascended the throne, Liu Zhuang sent an envoy to Chang'an to celebrate as an envoy of Liang. Due to the unstable situation of all parties, Yang Jian, the auxiliary prime minister of the left, wrote a handwritten letter for Liuzhuang to bring back to Jiangling.
At the same time, Liuzhuang also brought Yang Jian's message, Xiao Yue weighed the pros and cons, did not listen to the generals' invitation to fight, and took advantage of the opinions of the three parties to fish in troubled waters when the army against Yang, and decided to watch from the wall, Liang Guo decided to stand on Yang Jian's side, in which Honglu Siqing Liuzhuang played a great role.
Thanks to Liang Guo's side with Yang Jian at that time, Xiao Yue broke out in a cold sweat when Anzhou and the Zhou court reconciled: if he decided to send troops to respond to Yu Wenliang at that time, he would be in a dilemma and could only abdicate to apologize, so he didn't have any ill feelings towards Liuzhuang's 'Yang', but now the situation is a little delicate.
"Liu Aiqing has always advocated that Liang Guo stand on Prime Minister Yang's side, aren't you taking a chestnut from the fire!"
"The younger brother has a hand, and the skilled fighters hired are all found by themselves. Liu Honglu originally said that he would delay it for a few days before he started, but his brother advanced it to today. Xiao Yan argued, "The younger brother is also afraid that he will collude with the Zhou army, and will not leave time for the Zhou army to mobilize troops to the city." ”
Xiao Yue smiled bitterly in his heart when he heard this: The skill he is looking for? Where is there a good hand in Jiangling City to be sold at a price, I am afraid that it is a set set secretly set by Liuzhuang! Whether those dead soldiers listened to their younger brother or listened to Liuzhuang's two words, since they dared to kill Yu Wenming, then Yu Wenwen probably wouldn't stay
Only in this way can Yu Wenliang and Liang Guo be forced to die, and Yu Wenliang, who is full of anger, will definitely not keep the monarchs and ministers of Liang if he captures Liang State, so it is impossible for Liang State to lean on Anzhou's side.
As for whether the Zhou army came or not, what difference did it make? If the Anzhou army's counterattack can't be stopped, the palace will definitely be full of blood, if the Anzhou army is driven away and the Zhou army enters the city again, I am afraid that it will have to kill a round of dissidents to stop, and he, the son of Liang Guo, is the meat on the chopping board to be slaughtered.
"That's it." He sighed, "When Wuguan ascends the throne in the future, let my nephews and nieces live." ”
"Official!" When Xiao Yan heard this, he shouted, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed. "The younger brother has no second intentions, he only wants to revive Daliang and has no intention of usurping!" ……
The military camp outside the loquat gate in the east of Gangneung City. Yuwen Wen was dressed all over his body and took the soldiers under his command to leave the gate with murderous spirit and rushed towards the city gate. ”
"There are many killings along the way, the sun sets, the sky is dark, and I don't know how many people are ambushed on both sides of the road, you and your subordinates are not wearing armor, I am afraid that it will be difficult to prevent hidden arrows." Yuwen Wen looked at Lai Hu'er approvingly and said.
If the other party dares to make a move, then there will definitely be a backhand, Yu Wenming went to the banquet in the palace for fear that he would be attacked, and if Yu Wenwen, who was stationed at the east gate, was lucky enough not to die under the hands of the assassins, he would definitely lead the troops into the city, either to storm the palace or to suppress the riots in the city.
Therefore, the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely set up an ambush somewhere in the east of the city to snipe at Yu Wenwen's force, whether it is to shoot him directly or block his soldiers from the palace, he will definitely act anyway.
According to Yu Wenwen's own idea of 'putting himself in his shoes', it is more cost-effective to shoot directly, so it is basically inevitable to be ambushed halfway into the city this time.
"The unified army, it is the time of meritorious service in the new army of Xia and my brothers, please let me accompany the unified army!" Laihu'er knelt down on one knee and clasped his hands into fists and said.
"Very well, then let's go to this troubled water with Ben!"
Somewhere in the east of the city, the windows on the second floor of a two-story small building along the street were slightly open, and several masked black-clothed men with strong crossbows were quietly looking at the street outside.
A middle-aged man leaned against the corner of the room beside them, carefully wiping a knife, and when he heard movement on the street, he opened his mouth and whispered, "Do you remember Yuwenwen's appearance?" ”
"Don't worry, you can recognize it when you turn to ashes!" A crossbowman whispered back.
"That guy thinks he has escaped in the barracks, and he will only be wary of the army blocking him on the way, and I will come to a sharp one in a while!"
"It's okay, if you don't die by luck, I should cut off his head with my own hands!" The man sheathed his long knife, and the dim light of the street outside the window reflected on his wrist as he rolled up his sleeve, revealing a strangely shaped bird-shaped tattoo. (To be continued.) )