Ten miles north of Jiangling, Jinan City, the south side of the city wall was crowded, and the governor of Jiangling in the Great Zhou Dynasty, He Ba Zhonghua, looked at the looming fire in the southern sky surrounded by his entourage.

It was about the vicinity of Jiangjinshu, and it seemed that it had been set on fire by someone after an attack, and according to the information obtained in detail, Jiangjinshu should be the place where Chen Jun was stationed, so it was 'bad news' for the Zhou army who guarded Emperor Liang's temporary residence in Jinan City.

"Chief, could it be the handiwork of the Shinshu reinforcements?" A subordinate general asked excitedly, the Chen army besieged Jiangling for nearly half a month, and the delay in the arrival of his own reinforcements caused everyone's morale to become more and more low.

He Batzhonghua hummed noncommittally and still looked at the firelight, at this time he already had a plan in his heart but couldn't say it: because it couldn't be the Zhou army sent by Xinzhou, the only possibility was that the Anzhou rebels in the east were moving west!

Didn't the imperial court send a large army to the south, how could it allow the rebels to draw their forces to fight Gangneung's idea? This is where He Ba Zhonghua doubted, and an ominous premonition came to his heart, and it was a possibility that people did not dare to think: Could it be that the southern army was defeated?

The court and Anzhou are right and wrong, He Ba Zhonghua knows very well in his heart, he knows what Yang Chengxiang wants to do, but it doesn't matter at all: the world of the Yuwen family, his own children and grandchildren who are not successful are tossing and turning, and they are about to disappear, and the He Ba family has no reason to accompany him to die!

Therefore, doing a good job in the position of Jiangling Governor in the name of protecting the Liang State is actually to monitor the Liang State is a matter that He Ba Zhonghua is very concerned about, and when he is the day when Prime Minister Yang Cheng ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, he can at least keep the glory and wealth of the Heba family with some merit.

At the beginning of June this year, the war resumed, and Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, this 'repeated villain', took advantage of the puppet Zhou Prime Minister Chi Hui to send troops to attack Luoyang, and also took the opportunity to rebel. Now that the calculations are calculated, the two armies should have been separated.

However, the battlefield between the two sides was in the territory of the Jingzhou Governor's Office. The territory of Liang is separated from it by the rebels' controlled Xiangzhou, and there is no news, so I don't know what the situation of the battle will be in a short time. The prime minister's previous order to him was to hold the Liang state.

Specifically, to defend Emperor Liang Xiao Yue and a cadre of princes and important ministers do not let them fall into the hands of Chen Jun, nor can they fall into the hands of Yuwen rebels, and now the attack on Jiangjin Shu shows that the Anzhou rebels have acted, and it seems that Jiangling City will either fall into the hands of Chen Jun or fall into the hands of Anzhou rebels.

Now there is only one way in front of Heba Zhonghua: to 'escort' the monarchs and ministers of Liang to retreat west into the territory of the Great Zhou, and whether Jiangling City can be defended is no longer a priority.

"Governor, General Chen Shiwu of Liang Guo asks to see you." A herald came to give an announcement.

He Ba Zhonghua asked the other party what he wanted to come to meet, and the herald replied that Chen Shiwu saw that there was an abnormality in Jiangjin in the south, so he came to ask Ying to lead his troops south to attack Chen's camp, hoping to get permission from the governor of Jiangling.

"Not allowed!" He Ba Zhonghua did not hesitate to let him go back to the absolute side. This Chen Shiwu came to the outside of the city this evening with reinforcements from Jizhou in the north of Ji Nan City, saying that he wanted to support the defenders, and he sent people to check for a long time before putting them into the city, and now the other party is always a little suspicious to make moves.

"General Chen said that he brought his own troops and horses to the south and did not need the general manager to send troops to assist, because it involved the mobilization of troops and horses at night, and he came to spread the news in order to prevent misunderstandings."

"Spread the news?" He Ba Zhonghua sneered when he heard this, as the governor of Jiangling, his first duty is to monitor the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State, and the second duty is to protect the Liang State, so on weekdays, the monarchs and ministers of the Liang State are all submissive when they see him, if it weren't for Yang Cheng, who is very friendly to Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang, he wouldn't have bothered to pretend in front of him.

Now General Chen's attitude seems to be a little arrogant, and he is not here to 'ask for instructions' but to 'inform', so He Ba Zhonghua decided to let him come over to 'hear and ask for orders' to let the other party know who is the decision-maker.

After a while, Chen Shiwu, the general of the Liang State with a saber on his waist, walked up to the city wall with two retinues led by the heralds, and after they saluted respectfully, Chen Shiwu was about to speak, but was interrupted by He Ba Zhonghua: "Not a single soldier is allowed to leave the city tonight, otherwise military law will be engaged, so wait for you to retreat!" ”

The so-called general of the country of projectiles dares to be disrespectful to the governor of the kingdom of the kingdom of warn!

Chen Shiwu wanted to say something, but looked at the cold face of Chief Horba, and swallowed back the words that he was about to say. He stiffened for a few breaths and bowed with difficulty: "The last general will take the order." ”

The entourage around He Ba Zhonghua looked at the general Liang Guo in front of him, who didn't know what to do, and also showed disdain, in their opinion, there was no difference between tossing this small country general and manipulating a subordinate.

The cold light flashed, and the blood splattered. Chen Shiwu, who was still respectful, suddenly drew his knife and slashed at He Batzhonghua, who was close at hand, He Bata Zhonghua was hacked to death with a knife before he could dodge, and another cronie also died under Chen Shiwu's knife.

"Your Majesty has a decree to kill the traitor Yang Jian's henchman He Ba Zhonghua!" Chen Shiwu pointed at everyone present with a bloody saber, and many soldiers with bows and crossbows poured out of the dark shadows under the city wall and shot the Zhou army on the city head to the ground, and under their cover, some soldiers armed with knives and guns rushed along the steps to the city head.

"The Liang State is a subject state of the Great Zhou, not his Yang Jian's vassal state! Your Majesty has received the grace of the first emperor, and will never be the same as the traitor! Chen Shiwu looked coldly at the crowd in front of him, "If you don't want to die, raise your hand and surrender!" ”

The light torches in the city converged into a series of fire dragons and rushed towards the emperor's palace, and there was a faint sound of people and horses neighing in the procession, and the generals of the Zhou army were shocked when they saw this: "You dare to rebel!" ”

"It's the traitor Yang Jian who rebelled!" Chen Shiwu looked at them with murderous intent on his face, and when he saw that his ambush soldiers had rushed to the city and came to his side, he shouted: "Since you don't surrender, then don't leave any of them, kill!" ”……

In the dormitory, the forbidden army is confronting several times the number of soldiers, the two sides are holding torches, sword rattling, looking at each other angrily, there are many corpses lying on the ground, among which there are soldiers who attack the dormitory, but more are Zhou soldiers who assist in the defense.

"What kind of benefits did the thief Chen promise to wait, but he was so mad that he dared to rebel!" The general of the forbidden army pointed at the soldiers who tried to storm the dormitory and cursed.

The periphery of the palace has been broken through by the other party, because the incident suddenly caused casualties to the Zhou army in charge of the perimeter defense, and now His Majesty is hiding in the palace with the harem maidens and princesses and princesses, and there is no way to escape. As Emperor Liang's guards, they are determined to fight for their lives.

The soldiers in front of him seemed to be reinforcements brought by General Chen Shiwu from Jizhou in the north this evening. After some inspection outside the city gates, they were put inside. I thought it was a loyal and brave man who wanted to be His Majesty, but I never thought that I would storm the dormitory now.

A man in a brocade robe carrying a treasure knife came to the front row surrounded by several close attendants, and he looked around at the soldiers who were attacking the palace in front of him with a calm face and said: "I am the Son of Heaven, why did you collude with the thieves Chen to destroy my Liang Heshan, such an evil deed is worthy of the anti-enemy soldiers and civilians in Jiangling City!" ”

The soldiers watched the Emperor of Liang State silently, neither advancing nor retreating, and Emperor Xiao Yue of Liang was about to continue to influence the 'chaotic soldiers' when he saw this, but saw that the crowd on the other side suddenly separated, and a young general in armor came to the front row of the soldiers along this temporary passage.

"Officials, foreign ministers are not thieves." The young general clasped his fists and saluted and said slowly, Now the emperor's titles include His Majesty, Supreme, Son of Heaven, Official, Official, Lord, etc. Among them, 'official' is suitable for the title of the courtiers of other countries, and 'foreign ministers' is the self-title of the courtiers to the sons of heaven of other countries.

"Foreign minister, it must be from Anzhou. Xiao Yue secretly said in his heart, he remembered all the main generals of the Liang State, but he had no impression of the person in front of him, so the other party should not be from the Liang State.

"Who is the general?"

"Official, foreign minister, Great Zhou Xiangzhou assassin Shi Yu civilization." The young general saluted again, "In the past, when the first emperor was in peace, he feasted His Majesty in Yecheng, and the foreign ministers had the honor to serve the first emperor and saw the scene of harmony and dancing. ”

Four years ago, the Great Zhou Dynasty was destroyed in one fell swoop, and Zhou Tianzi Yu Wenyong met with Xiao Yue, the emperor of Liang who came to congratulate him, and Yu Wenming, as a member of the clan, served as the emperor's guard and guarded the banquet at the banquet.

"Yecheng." Xiao Yue seemed to remember a past incident and couldn't help but lose his mind.

That year. As the emperor of the Great Zhou Domain, he went to Yecheng, the capital of the former Qi State, to meet Yuwen Yong, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Later, after several conversations, Yu Wenyong changed his attitude and became close to the emperor of this vassal country, and at a banquet, he talked very happily, and Yu Wenyong even played the pipa himself to present a song for Xiao Yue.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven of the Sect Leader Country surrendered his identity like this, Xiao Yue naturally didn't dare to be careless, and quickly got up and danced to the pipa music, lest Zhou Chenjin say that he was disrespectful afterwards, since the other party talked about it, then it should indeed be the son of the nobles of the clan who guarded the Son of Heaven.

"It turned out to be Yuwen Envoy, I don't know why he led the army to attack the palace?" Xiao Yue calmly looked at the person in front of him and said, to be honest, he had no impression of this person, but as soon as he heard the name, he knew what the other party was from.

Yu Wenming is the eldest son of Yu Wenliang, the Duke of Qiguo, and is currently the assassin of Xiangzhou in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Yu Wenliang, Yu Wenming, and Yu Wenwen are now raising troops against the auxiliary prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui.

"The foreign minister was ordered by Yu Wenliang, the governor of Anzhou, to lead his troops south to help Liang repel Chen's army." The young general said calmly, as if he was stating a matter of course: "Our army has no malicious intent, just to eliminate the traitor Yang Jian's henchmen alarmed the official family, and the foreign minister will not give up." ”

"Adultery? Why is the king so disrespectful? ”

"Yang Jian received the favor of the first emperor and did not want to serve the country, but he took the opportunity of the auxiliary government to control the government and slaughter the clan as a foreign relative, with bad intentions, does Your Majesty think that this person is a loyal minister of the Great Zhou?"

This is purely a boring battle of words, of course Xiao Yue knows what Yang Jian, the auxiliary minister of the Zhou State, wants to do, but what can he do with a small vassal emperor, the general trend of the Liang State is gone, but it is just a matter of lingering.

Yu Wenyong, the male lord who was about to unify the world, but suddenly died of illness in the prime of life a few years ago, and the succeeding prince Yu Wenyun and his wise and martial father, on the contrary, can be called absurd and unreasonable, and the good and decent Zhou State made people's hearts scattered.

In May last year, Yuwenyun's 'Dragon Controls Bintian' Zhou Guo was turbulent for a while, and the generals of Liang State secretly asked for orders to send troops to deal with the anti-Yang Wei Chi Hui and Yu Wenliang, one can be loyal to the Great Zhou, and the other can seize the opportunity to expand the territory for Liang State.

But Xiao Yue knew that Yang Jian, the Duke of Sui, was not a thing in the pool, and he thought that Wei Chi Yuan, Yu Wenliang, and Wang Qian were no more powerful than the powerful ministers who controlled the Great Zhou Zhengshuo to occupy Guanzhong, so the little Liang State couldn't afford to play fire.

coincided with the fact that Yang Jian sent an envoy to send a letter, which was quite threatening, so Xiao Yue finally suppressed the opinions of the generals and decided to sit idly by, but the progress of the war was beyond Xiao Yue's expectations, except for the defeat and death of Wang Qian in Yizhou, the foreign ministers, Zhou Wei Chi Yuan, and Anzhou Yuwenliang actually stood firm and fought against the Zhou court.

The two elephants fought, and the unlucky thing was the grass under their feet, and Liang Guo was the grass, Xiao Yue knew that Guangda Liang Guo was already a flower in the moon mirror in the water, so he just wanted to maintain this projectile country, and if he could maintain it for one more year, it would be worthy of the ancestors of Liang State.

Yang Jian is quite friendly to Liang Guo, presumably after he takes charge of the world, the Guozuo of Liang State can be extended for a few more years, but this Yuwenliang, the Duke of Qi Guo and the governor of Anzhou, has no idea whether Liang Guo is good or bad, but now the situation is no longer acceptable.

"What does Yuwen Envoy want?" Xiao Yue went straight to the point, he was a monarch of a small country and now he was a fish on the anvil.

"Official, the foreign minister led the troops south to attack the thief Chen this time for the righteousness of the whole monarch and the ministers, and please also ask the officials to also be the righteousness of the whole monarch and the minister!"

The monarch and the ministers, the Great Zhou is the suzerain, the Liang State is the vassal state is the minister, the Great Zhou protects the Liang State is the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and the loyalty of the Liang State to the Great Zhou is also the righteousness of the monarch and the minister. (To be continued.) )