The crown prince Xiao Gang had no choice but to go to his father and ask about countermeasures, but at this time, Xiao Yan asked Xiao Gang, "You are the prince of a country, and I am already old, you can just look at these things, why do you have to ask me specifically?" ”

Xiao Gang saw that his father was in charge of the shopkeeper at a critical time, and he had no choice but to arrange everyone to guard it strictly, waiting for the Jing soldiers and horses to be more than 10,000, Jiankang is a famous city that has stood for a hundred years, and it is not difficult to defend and wait for help, but Xiao Gang also made a fatal mistake, he sent two of the most unreliable people to defend the Vermilion Bird Gate in Taicheng. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

These two are the enemy Xiao Zhengde and the talented Yu Xin, Yu Xin is responsible for guarding the outer gate of the Vermilion Bird Gate, and Xiao Zhengde is responsible for the inner gate.

Yu Xin is the most prestigious literati in the Southern Dynasty at this time, although he is famous, he can also write an obscene poem, and he can't be a layman when he fights.

Seeing that Hou Jing's ship was coming, his subordinates asked Yu Xin if he wanted to raise the movable bridge to stop Hou Jing from attacking, but Yu Xin slowly bit the sugar cane in his hand and said: "Hou Jing is just a mouse, what do you have to panic about." ”

At this time, people let people release arrows. The loss happened to rub Yu Xin's shoulder, and this pass by frightened Yu Xinke, he threw the sugarcane in his hand and withdrew his legs......

When the soldier saw that the commander had run away, he could still disperse in a hurry, and this Yu Xin was righteous enough, and when he ran away and passed by Xiao Zhengde, he also shouted to Xiao Zhengde to be careful.

Yu Xin is too worried, Xiao Zhengde is much safer than him, but he is an undercover agent... Xiao Zhengde immediately asked the soldiers to lay down their weapons and raise their flags to greet the scene.

This is the first meeting between Xiao Zhengde and Hou Jing, the two can be described as sympathetic to each other, after meeting and hugging, Xiao Zhengde also married his flowery daughter to Hou Jing, and took out all the family property to support Hou Jing.

Xiao Zhengde has done a lot of murder and goods over the years, and his funds can be described as quite rich, and after taking them all out, Hou Jing was also taken aback.

It is not easy for Xiao Zhengde's traitor to do this part. Of course, Hou Jing can't be too stingy, he said that when the time comes, he will immediately make Xiao Zhengde the emperor, and these two people take what they need, and they are closer than brothers. However, Hou Jing has to call his brother Xiao Zhengde his father-in-law......

Although Xiao Zhengde repeatedly said that Taicheng was empty and hoped that Hou Jing would attack immediately, the lame wolf king was used to playing tricks all his life, and he still didn't believe it, so Hou Jing sent his subordinate Xu Siyu to ask to see Xiao Yan. By the way, take a look at the reality in the city.

Xu Siyu is also a master of art and bold, and he was not panicked at all when he arrived in Taicheng, and asked to see the emperor alone with a comfortable expression, and repeatedly said that he had a big secret start.

Zhu Yi and the others were afraid that Xu Siyu was an assassin, so they persuaded Emperor Wu of Liang not to see him, but Emperor Wu of Liang said: "Just let him in, what is so terrible about a scholar." ”

After Xu Siyu saw Xiao Yan bowing, he said: "The villain has a secret to play, please leave your majesty behind." ”

"Why do you keep asking Your Majesty to withdraw your men, are you an assassin?" Zhu Yi asked sharply.

"I have the secret edict of the king of Henan here," Xu Siyu said, took out the secret edict and prepared to hand it to Emperor Wu of Liang.

"You stand there and don't move, I will go and get it for Your Majesty," Zhu Yi said, and went to get the secret edict in person and handed it to Emperor Wu of Liang.

After reading it, Emperor Wu of Liang was silent for a while and handed it to Zhu Yi. "Let's take a look."

Zhu Yi thought that the emperor still trusted him, and it seemed that the emperor was very satisfied with his loyalty just now, but Zhu Yi picked up the secret edict and was dumbfounded, only to see that the secret edict read: "Zhu Yi and others are playing power tricks to cause trouble in the government, and I led troops into the court, just to get rid of the bad guys around the monarch." ”

Seeing Zhu Yi's strange face, Xu Siyu secretly smiled in his heart and said: "The king of Henan said that he is loyal to His Majesty, and this time it is completely to eliminate traitors, if Your Majesty does not believe it, you can send someone to check on the army of the king of Henan, so that you can immediately distinguish between right and wrong." ”

After Xiao Yan heard this, he sent He Ji, the scholar of the middle school, and Guo Baoliang, the main secretary, to follow Xu Siyu to comfort and wait for the scene. When He Ji saw Hou Jing, he asked, "King of Henan, what are you doing now?" ”

"Nonsense! Of course, in order to be the emperor," Hou Jing said casually.

Wang Wei hurriedly stepped forward to cover Hou Jing's mouth, "Zhu Yi and others disturbed the cholera country in the court, we are just to get rid of the traitors around the emperor."

"Yes! Right, right! That's what I mean," Hou Jing knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly corrected him.

"Hey! The lord can't put them back! Wang Wei was helpless when he saw his lord playing like this. Now that Hou Jing's words have been spoken, there is no point in hiding it.

"Forget it! Lock them all up" Hou Jing waved his hand and immediately imprisoned He Ji and the two, and then Hou Jing asked Xu Siyu: "That's right! How is the garrison of Taicheng! ”

"As Xiao Zhengde said, there is a serious shortage of guards, and the interior is very empty, but I see that the general Yang Kan is very well arranged. King, don't underestimate this person," Xu Siyu said.

"Yang Kan is also a famous general, of course we can't underestimate it, since the city is empty, let's attack it immediately, and it will not be far away to unify the south after capturing Xiao Yan alive," Hou Jing said excitedly.

It has been almost fifty years since the establishment of the Liang Dynasty, although the foreign conquests are continuous, but the capital has been as stable as Mount Tai, the officials of Jiankang City do not talk about fighting, and even weapons and armor are rarely seen in peacetime.

Now that the army is coming, the people are rushing to take refuge in the city, and the officers and soldiers are crazy about robbing weapons and armor.

Yang Kan rushed to hear the news, and personally killed several soldiers to curb the riot, and then Yang Kan personally inspected everywhere, arranged defenses, in order to ensure the loyalty of the personnel everywhere, Yang Kan arranged a member of the royal family in each key part.

The army of Houjing approached the city tower, and the people were very panicked, so Yang Kan took out a letter and said to everyone: "This is a letter shot in from outside the city, the letter says that the imperial army has captured Shouyang, and the old nest of Houjing, and now the army is only a few dozen miles away, and it will be able to annihilate Houjing in a few days." ”

Everyone was relieved when they heard the news, the crown prince Xiao Gang was also very dependent on Yang Kan at this time, he knew that Yang Kan was the only one who could be relied on in the city, "It's great that reinforcements are coming, so that the annihilation of Hou Jing is no problem." ”

Yang Kan listened to the prince's words and did not answer, and when he reached a place where there was no one, he whispered in Xiao Gang's ear: "Your Highness! I don't know where the reinforcements are, this letter is a lie I told to appease people's hearts, you must not make it public. ”

Although Xiao Gang was disappointed after hearing this, he didn't dare to leak it, so he could only be silent......

Hou Jing's army besieged the city, and the soldiers were all in cyan robes, and the banners they held were all black. The soldiers and horses lined up outside the city and shouted: "Qing Jun will kill Zhu Yi on the side." ”

Hou Jing shot the letter into the city, stating that he had only come with troops to eliminate the traitors, and that he would withdraw his troops as soon as the emperor killed Zhu Yi.

After hearing this, Emperor Wu of Liang wanted to kill Zhu Yi, and the crown prince Xiao Gang said: "This is just Hou Jing's excuse." Although Zhu Yi should be killed, but now that the villain's wish is fulfilled, it will only make them more rampant, it is better to wait for Hou Jing to be pacified in the future, and then it is not too late to kill Zhu Yi. ”

Hou Jing didn't care if he killed Zhu Yi or not. He was just angry that Zhu Yi collected money and didn't do things for himself before he was angry, and Hou Jing ordered to surround the city, and the army attacked together everywhere, when the war drums were loud and noisy, the scene was grand, and the whole land was shaken.

Although there are many people in Houjing, Yang Kan is not an idle person, and the defensive arrangements everywhere are tight, and the attackers are not given the slightest chance at all.

Seeing that the attack could not be successful, Hou Jing ordered to set fire to the gates everywhere. After attempting to burn down the gate, he went straight into the city.

When Yang Kan saw this, he ordered his soldiers to dig a small hole in the door, then poured water into the small hole to extinguish the flames, and ordered his generals to climb over the palace wall to surprise the enemy troops, and then extinguish the fire at the city gate outside.

Seeing that the fire could not be burned, he sent soldiers to cut down the Dongye Gate with a long-handled axe, and Yang Kan asked the soldiers to stab them with spears or shoot arrows in the holes in the door, and finally drove away the enemy.

Later, when the car hit the city gate, Yang Kan smashed all the cars with stones. Hou Jing made a kind of dome that was very resistant to stone blows, and Yang Kan made a torch to throw at the car and burned it to the ground.

Hou Jing then built a very tall arrow tower and shot arrows into the city from the arrow tower. Everyone was scared when they saw it, but Yang Kan laughed loudly at Hou Jing: "The arrow tower is too high, but the land is too loose, and the chariot will fall down as soon as it comes, don't you Hu people even understand this?" ”

Sure enough, the arrow tower didn't go far before it fell, and Hou Jing was even more blushing and thick-necked by Yang Kan. Hou Jing was furious and distributed all the hundreds of singers in the East Palace to his subordinates, and sent someone to arrest Yang Kan's son, preparing to use him to threaten Yang Kan to submit.

After bringing Yang Kan's son here, Hou Jing immediately shouted: "Yang Kan Lao'er, you are not young anymore, if you don't want to lose your son when you are old, surrender immediately, think about your ability, but your official position is so low for so many years, don't you feel aggrieved, I will give you a prince after surrendering." ”

"My Yang family is loyal to the country, even if the whole clan is sacrificed, what can I do, let alone a son, you should kill him quickly" Yang Kan immediately replied and shouted.

Hou Jing saw that Yang Kan did not give in and wanted to persuade him again, but he didn't expect Yang Kan to take out a bow and arrow to shoot at his son, if it wasn't too far away, Yang Kan was old, and this arrow might have really hit..

"This old man is really a loyal man" Hou Jing sighed: "Let his son go, how can this kind of person make him the last, don't kill the people of the Yang family when they see it in the future until they have to." ”

Hou Jing failed to make a plan and lied to the city that Emperor Wu of Liang was dead, and persuaded the people in the city to surrender as soon as possible.

Emperor Wu of Liang was an octogenarian, which was a very rare age at that time, and he had been disturbed by the chaos for so long recently, it is not surprising to say that he died with a whimper.

The officers and soldiers in the city were really very panicked after hearing this, and Yang Kan saw that the situation was not good and immediately asked Emperor Wu of Liang to patrol the city, and the people's nervous hearts settled down after seeing the emperor.

Hou Jing grabbed a former servant of Zhu Yi, not only did not make it difficult for him, but also rewarded him with all of Zhu Yi's belongings, and named him the third secretary of Yitong, so that he could show up and persuade the slaves and low-level people in the city to surrender.

The slave had a good voice and shouted directly under the city: "Zhu Yi! You old horseman, you have been an official under Xiao Yan for fifty years, and you have become the leader of the army, I only took refuge in King Hou, and now I am the third division of Yitong."

"Poor brothers in the city, what does the war between the officials and the masters have to do with us, you should quickly surrender and enjoy the blessings, it is really not worth sacrificing for the officials, you look at the horses under my crotch and the silk I wear, and the maids in the house where I live, what do you hesitate about?"

The power of example is endless, under his appearance, the slaves in the city have surrendered out of the city, Hou Jing divided them all in the army, Hou Jing is even more in the place to catch strong men to replenish the troops, contrary to Hou Jing, the soldiers and horses in the city are becoming more and more stretched.

Zhu Yi was almost clicked by Emperor Wu of Liang before, and he was already quite depressed in his heart, and when he heard that a slave had scolded him before, he hated him even more. Zhu Yi gathered more than 1,000 subordinates and prepared to attack Hou Jing to save some face.

When Yang Kan knew about it, he immediately stopped it, and he warned Zhu Yi that this point of attack would not have any effect. It will only frustrate his own spirit in vain, and the city gate is narrow, the pontoon bridge is also small, and it is difficult to come back if the battle is unfavorable.

Zhu Yi superficially obeyed Yang Kan's words and disbanded the troops. When Yang Kan left, he gathered his men to go out of the city to attack, and the result was, of course, the same as Yang Kan said, thousands of soldiers attacked unfavorably, and when they retreated, they fought to cross the bridge, and more than half of them drowned......

Although the city could not be captured for a while, but the rescue armies of the Liang Dynasty were far away, Hou Jing was not very anxious now, he suddenly missed his wife and children, so he wrote a letter to Chen Yu.

"I attacked Shouyang before. I was going to rest more, but I found that Liang Chaoqi was exhausted, so I raised troops to attack Jiankang, and now Emperor Wu of Liang is dead, I also got Jiankang City, although I have made great contributions, but I still miss my hometown and family, I hope that the general can release my family, and I am also willing to guard the south for Wei for generations. ”

Hou Jing's letter is soft and hard, indicating that as long as Chen Yu releases his original family and children. Then in the future, you will still be nominally a member of your Wei Kingdom, and you don't have to tear your face.

Hou Jing thought that if he had territory and soldiers, Chen Yu would give himself some face, and even take the initiative to befriend him. But he still doesn't know Chen Yu's personality.

After receiving the letter, Chen Yu smiled and said, "Hou Jing has lived up to my expectations, and the south has made a big mess, we are ready to take over!" ”

Chen Yuankang said: "Hou Jing was able to capture Jiankang, which is indeed very surprising, and now Shouyang is empty. We just happened to be able to take it down. ”

"Haha! And I thought about it, a piece of territory is a piece! Chen Yu continued to laugh.

"King! What should Hou Jing's family do?" Chen Yuankang continued to ask.

"What do you think?" Chen Yu asked rhetorically.

"People like Hou Jing can't threaten his family when he is imprisoned, so it's better to be a favor and let him go," Chen Yuankang replied......

One of Hou Jing's captives was named Li Xi, Li Xi was originally ordered to support quarrying, but he didn't want to quarry the quarrying guard Wang Zhen but ran away first, and when Li Xi arrived with his troops, this place had already been occupied by Hou Jing.

Li Xi's lone army was defeated by Hou Jing by surprise, and he himself was captured by Hou Jing, but Hou Jing valued Li Xi very much, and invited Li Xi to drink with him many times, hoping that Li Xi would surrender to him.

Li Xi not only refused Hou Jing's persuasion to surrender with righteous words, but also secretly rebelled against Hou Jing's general Fan Taobang, who guarded him, Fan Taobang secretly released Li Xi under Li Xi's painstaking persuasion, and promised to be willing to raise troops to surrender to the imperial court.

Li Xi told Fan Taobang that if he could kill Hou Jing, it didn't matter if he couldn't kill him, as long as he could abandon the darkness and turn to the light, he would have to be reused by the imperial court in the future, and Hou Jing's subordinates would follow suit, so defeating the thief army would be just around the corner.

Li Xi and Fan Taobang made an appointment to surrender, and prepared to accept Fan Taobang at that time and let him lead the team into the city.

After Li Xi entered the city, Emperor Wu of Liang immediately summoned him happily, and when Li Xi said that he had persuaded Fan Taobang to surrender, Emperor Wu of Liang laughed and said: "It is really fatherless and no dog, tell Fan Taobang, as long as the title of Houjing is his." ”

The crown prince Xiao Gang was worried that Fan Taobang was a fraudulent surrender, and hesitated on this matter, Xiao Yan saw that his son was still hesitant at this time, so he was unhappy and said: "It is normal to accept the surrender of the other party, why are you still suspicious at this time, forget it, now that I have handed over the country to you, you can deal with it yourself." ”

Xiao Gang summoned all the ministers to ask for everyone's opinions, and everyone said that accepting Fan Taobang could make the thieves suspicious, and even if they couldn't take the opportunity to attack Houjing, they could also hinder the momentum of Houjing's attack.

Prince Xiao Gang said: "As long as you stick to the city and wait for reinforcements to arrive, why worry about the thieves and soldiers, you really shouldn't take risks at this time!" ”

Even Zhu Yi persuaded the prince that Fan Taobang would not be a fraud, but Xiao Gang was still hesitant, and on the appointed day, Fan Taobang secretly brought his subordinates forward, but when he saw that the city gate was not open, Fan Taobang shouted:

"I am sincere, why don't you open the city gate, if you still have doubts, I am willing to take off my armor and put down my weapons, and only bring five hundred soldiers into the city."

Fan Taobang didn't expect that after he asked people to take off their armor and put down their weapons, the crown prince Xiao Gang was even more suspicious of him, "You see Fan Taobang entering the city in such a hurry, I'm afraid there must be a plan." ”

Zhu Yi was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "Your Highness! If this opportunity is lost, the country will be finished. ”

The prince was silent when he heard this, but he just didn't let Fan Taobang enter the city, Fan Taobang had no choice but to retreat with people, but he was found by Hou Jing when he went back, Fan Taobang and his men were all killed by Hou Jing, and Fan Taobang was even cut off by Hou Jing......

Li Xi didn't know that Fan Taobang was killed. Under his hard persuasion, the prince finally believed it, and Li Xi went out of the city to prepare to make another appointment with Fan Taobang to surrender, but at this time Fan Taobang had already been killed. Hou Jing has already set a trap and waited for Li Xi.

"It seems that the imperial court only agreed to accept Fan Taobang at this time, but it's a pity that it's too late, he has already become a ghost under the knife" Hou Jing Yinyin said to Li Xi:

"I'll bring someone into the city pretending to be Fan Taobang's team, as long as you're willing to help, it's going to be a big deal. From now on, you will be the prince of the country, otherwise you and your family will die. ”

"Haha! The eldest husband should stand up to the sky and the earth, and to a capricious rat like you, even if he gains glory and wealth, what is the use! If you want to kill, you will kill, why do you need to say more," Li Xi said resolutely.

Hou Jing felt that Li Xi Zhongyi didn't want to kill him, but Hou Jing felt that Li Xi could persuade Fan Taobang and probably persuaded others, so he thought twice and decided to kill Li Xi, and after the famous general, Li Xi, who was brave and resourceful, lost his life in vain.

Because of the indecisiveness of the crown prince Xiao Gang, the imperial court not only lost the opportunity to accept the rebels and weaken the thief army, but also lost a general, which is really sad and lamentable.......

However, there was also good news from the imperial court at this time. Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, the commander who had crusaded against Hou Jing, finally led his troops back to kill.

Among Xiao Yanzhong's sons, Xiao Lun is the most special, not only is his ability mediocre but also his spirit is not good, but this intermittent psychopath is still loyal to the court and his father at a critical time, but his ability and luck are too poor......

Xiao Lun crusaded against Hou Jing before, and when he heard that Hou Jing was going to attack Hefei, he immediately led his troops to intercept it, but of course he was in a hurry, and Xiao Lun's spirit was not quite right under the anger of Xiao Lun.

Xiao Lun didn't dare to delay leading the troops to Jiankang day and night. Although there was a lot of delay before, the generals saw that the coach was sober and more concerned about the rescue of Jiankang for a while, and everyone was relieved.

But no one could have imagined that Xiao Lun's luck was really too bad, and the army caught up with the storm when he crossed the river. Without encountering the enemy's own soldiers and horses, they lost at least 20 percent......

After crossing the river, Xiao Lun's army marched straight to Zhongshan, but lost its way at night, and the army did not set up camp in the planned station, and walked more than 20 miles before setting up camp, and then went directly to the opposite side of the waiting scene, but the fog was heavy that night. Neither side detected the enemy forces in close proximity.

The next day the fog dissipated, the two sides found that the enemy was close in front of them, Xiao Lun and the others were very nervous for fear of being attacked by Hou Jing, Hou Jing was even more frightened when he saw the sudden appearance of the Southern army, under the stalemate, Hou Jing ordered all the plundered women and treasures to be transported to Stone City, and he was ready to escape......

Seeing Hou Jing's panic, Wang Wei hurriedly persuaded: "Don't panic, my lord, I don't think they know our reality or reality, otherwise they would have started attacking a long time ago, and the fog was heavy last night, and I expected them to camp here by accident." ”

Hou Jing stabilized his mind after listening to Wang Wei's words, and he ordered to divide his troops to attack Xiao Lun in three ways, preparing to test the depth of the opponent.

Although Xiao Lun is frivolous and in bad spirits, he has a son who understands the abnormality of righteousness and bravery, this son is named Xiao Qu, at that time, most of the Southern Dynasty clans were wine bags and rice bags, and occasionally a few were also stupid scholars, but Xiao Qu was both civil and military, and he also learned the art of war since he was a child, which is an alternative to the children of the Xiao family.

Xiao Qu suggested to his father that no matter how many armies Hou Jing had, as long as they held their positions, they would be able to retreat from the enemy, Xiao Qu fought bravely and took the lead, and Hou Jing's three-way soldiers and horses were defeated by him one by one.

Hou Jing lost the first battle and the army retreated, Xiao Lun reorganized his troops and horses to prepare for pursuit, the two sides then opened the formation, put on a decisive posture, it was too late, Hou Jing and Xiao Lun agreed to fight again tomorrow, Xiao Lun agreed, both sides slowly retreated.

Xiao Lun's subordinate Xiao Jun didn't know the situation at the time, he saw Hou Jing retreating, and thought that Hou Jing was going to escape, so he immediately pursued with his headquarters.

When Hou Jing saw it, he thought that the southern army was untrustworthy, so he was furious and ordered the whole army to fight back against Xiao Jun, Xiao Jun originally did not have many soldiers and horses, and was immediately defeated by Hou Jing and fled.

Xiao Lun's main force in the back was about to retreat, and when the soldiers saw that Xiao Jun was defeated in front, they all thought that the army had been defeated, and the original retreat immediately turned into a flight, and the southern army came to another battle with an unexplained defeat, Xiao Lun finally escaped under the protection of Xiao Qu, and when he called his subordinates, he found that the team was only a thousand people......

This unexpected victory boosted Hou Jing's confidence, and he took the captives to the city of Jiankang. shouted to the city: "Xiao Lun died in battle, who can you count on now, surrender quickly." ”

Among the captives, Huo Jun shouted and retorted: "King Shaoling has only encountered a small setback, he has already led his entire army back to Jingkou. The people of the city must hold the city, and reinforcements will soon arrive. ”

Hou Jing's soldiers immediately scolded Huo Jun, and Huo Jun opened his mouth and scolded without showing weakness.

Hou Jing felt that Huo Jun was loyal and righteous, so he let him go, but the traitor and puppet emperor Xiao Zhengde brutally killed Huo Jun.

At this time, the reinforcements from all walks of life in the Southern Dynasty had not yet gathered, but traitors appeared in the ranks. Xiao Zhengbiao, the Marquis of Fengshan in Northern Xuzhou, also secretly hooked up with Hou Jing, and Emperor Wu of Liang's situation can be said to be more and more dangerous......

Prince Xiao Gang had nothing to do at this time, so he could only stick to the city honestly, waiting for the rescue of reinforcements from all walks of life, in fact, at this time, the armies of King Qin in all parts of Liang State were not all idle and had nothing to do.

Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling who had previously gone north, and others were also shocked after Zhongli got the information that Hou Jing crossed the river, and they immediately changed the route of the march and galloped to aid Jiankang; In addition, several large armies, such as Xiangdong Wang Xiao Yi, Hedong Wang Xiao Yu, Yueyang Wang Xiao Jing, Nanping Wang Xiao Ke, and Dangyang Gong Xiao Daxin also actively sent troops from their respective stations.

The titles and official positions of the commanders of the Liang army are not too similar, and there is no subordination. They were also unable to coordinate at a distance, resulting in a large difference in the speed of the troops and horses from all directions, which also gave Hou Jing the opportunity to break through the enemy army one by one. Xiao Lun arrived one step ahead of the others, and Hou Jing led the army to meet the attack. Xiao Lun obeyed the subordinate general Zhao Bochao (the general who wanted to escape but didn't succeed!) The main force that avoided Hou Jing seized the favorable terrain of Jiang Mountain, so that Hou Jing pounced, turned around and hit Jiang Shan again, and when the attack was unfavorable, he used the strategy of deceitful defeat to lure the enemy, and ordered the troops to retreat.

Xiao Lun's subordinate Xiao Jun was restless. The leader of the army gave chase. Hou Jing reflexively fought back, caught Xiao Jun off guard, and Xiao Jun was defeated. Hou Jing took advantage of the victory and stormed, and the Liang army's deception suddenly turned into a ...... of total rout. Xiao Lun packed up his soldiers and horses, only took ** hundred remnants, and fled......

Xiao Lun was defeated, Xiao Si, the son of Xiao Fan, the king of Poyang, Xiao Fang, the son of Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, Wei Cang, the Hengzhou thorn Shi Wei Cang, the Jiangzhou thorn Shi Dangyang Gong Xiao Daxin, the Sizhou thorn Shi Liu Zhongli, the Xiyuzhou thorn Shi Pei Zhigao, the Xuanmeng general Li Xiaoqin, the Nanling Taishou Chen Wenche and other armies came to Jiankang one after another, with a total strength of about 200,000 regular troops, which was more than double that of Hou Jing's miscellaneous army.

Wei Cang is the son of Wei Fang, the eldest son of Wei Rong. He was quite famous, and at his suggestion, everyone elected his cousin Liu Zhongli as the governor of the capital, leading the reinforcements from all walks of life. If the Liang army can unite as one, share the same hatred of the enemy, encircle Jiankang, and fight Hou Jing's 100,000 rabble, then Hou Jing's situation will be very dangerous.

But God once again helped the lame wolf king Hou Jing, and the Liang army approached the Vermilion Bird Truss, and suddenly a heavy fog fell from the sky, and Wei Cang's team went lost in the fog. Hou Jing's troops happened to discover the other party, so Hou Jing immediately led the elite to attack, Wei Cang, his son and brother were defeated, and all of them died bravely.

Cousin Wei Cang had an accident, and his cousin Liu Zhongli, who was eating, immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks, immediately put on his helmet and armor, and led the troops to the rescue. The two armies intersected, and Liu Zhongli led the main force of the Liang army to immediately break Hou Jing's army and behead hundreds. Originally, he could put Hou Jing to death, but Hou Jing's general Zhi Boren suddenly killed, slashed Liu Zhongli's shoulder from behind, and swept Liu Zhongli off the horse with a knife, and the generals fought desperately to rescue Liu Zhongli.

After this war, Liu Zhongli seemed to suffer from a serious "fear of scenery" and never dared to fight Hou Jing again.

The commander of King Qin's 200,000 Liang army did not want to make progress at all, but instead fought among themselves. After Xiao Lun's team was dispersed, he also mixed with Liu Zhongli with the remnants. Liu Zhongli was arrogant and rude to the generals, Xiao Lun was originally a bad person, and he was very dissatisfied with Liu Zhongli, and he always looked for Liu Zhongli's unhappiness when he had nothing to do. Lincheng Gong Xiao Dalian and Yong'an Hou Xiao, who are also members of the same clan, are indeed not united, they are suspicious of each other, fighting openly and secretly, and the situation of Liang can be imagined.

Of course, the Liang army also acted "in unison", but it was not against Hou Jing, but against the people near Jiankang. Hou Jing robbed the people of the food, causing Jiangdong to ******, and those who survived by luck heard that the officers and soldiers were coming, so they helped the old and the young to greet them, but they were robbed by the Liang army and became destitute.

The reinforcements outside the city have repeatedly failed, and life in the city is certainly even more difficult. The general Yang Kan died of illness due to overwork, and he was only fifty-four years old at the time, and at this time, one of the pillars of Taicheng fell down. A month later, Zhu Yi, the "confidant" of Emperor Wu of Liang, also followed the crane immortal, and the entire Taicheng was filled with a terrifying atmosphere.

At this time, Emperor Wu of Liang was trapped in Taicheng. It's better to live than to die......

At this time, Hou Jing came up with a plan to delay the army, and sent his generals Ren Yue and Yu Ziyue into the city to ask for peace. The crown prince Xiao Gang took two options and put them in front of Emperor Wu of Liang, and Emperor Wu of Liang roared very angrily: "It's better to die than to be peaceful!" ”

Emperor Wu of Liang was really ruthless this time, he had lived enough. Don't be afraid of death! But others don't think so. Xiao Gang immediately tried his best to persuade: "Hou Jing has been besieging the city for a long time, and the reinforcements are full of troops without fighting, so it is better to agree to peace talks before making plans." ”

Emperor Wu of Liang hung his head weakly and muttered for a long time. threw a very intriguing sentence to Xiao Gang: "You can do it yourself, don't let future generations make fun of it!" ”

Xiao Gang was so resolute in rejecting Fan Taobang's true surrender at the beginning, but now he is extremely active in accepting Hou Jing's false peace, the crown prince of Liang State is like this, and the result can be seen in a small way.

Of course, Hou Jing's all this was just a delaying tactic, he saw that Xiao Gang agreed to the peace negotiation so easily, and felt that he should suck a few more mouthfuls of blood, so he simply opened his mouth and put forward various conditions, Xiao Gang just wanted to drive this mourning god away first. At this time, regardless of the needs, Hou Jingti agreed to all the hostages.

It's just that the hostage Xiao Daqi was replaced with a large sum of money from the third son Shicheng Gong Xiao and sent outside the city.

So the two sides sent representatives to the west of Taicheng to make an alliance. After the alliance was completed, Hou Jing did not have the slightest intention of leaving, and Hou Jing continued to surround Taicheng on the grounds that the ships were not ready, which was to play a trick and not leave.

Xiao Huili, King of Nankang, Hou Xiao Hui of Xiangtan and others led 30,000 troops to enter Ma Weizhou on the river north of the city, Hou Jing was very worried that the other party would go up the river, so that he would be destroyed again, so Hou Jing salivated and soothed the court. He demanded that the army from the north be gathered on the south bank of the Qinhuai River, and that his retreat to the north could not be blocked.

After waiting for five days, he said again: "Chen Yu has obtained Shouyang and Zhongli in Huainan, and the fiefdom cannot be gone for a while. He asked to borrow Guangling and Qiaozhou in the north of the river from the imperial court for a temporary rest, and asked to cross the river from Jingkou downstream. Xiao Gang expected Hou Jing to withdraw as soon as possible, so without saying a word, he approved all the conditions. “”

The reinforcements obeyed Taicheng's orders and could only assemble all on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. Xiao Lun's son, Yong'an Hou Xiao, couldn't help this evil breath. and Zhao Bochao's son Zhao Weifang jumped in front of the camp fence and shouted to Hou Jing: "Although the Son of Heaven has made an alliance with you, we will arrest you sooner or later!" ”

Hou Jing was afraid that Xiao Qu was brave and good at fighting, and shamelessly asked the city to summon Xiao Qu and Zhao Weifang into the city, and claimed that this was the last condition.

Xiao Gang was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and so many conditions were agreed, which was naturally not a problem, and he immediately ordered these two people to enter the city to accept officials. Xiao was indeed reluctant to enter the city, and said: "Hou Jing said that he wanted to withdraw, but he did not relieve the siege, and his intention can be seen." Summoned me into the city, and I didn't see any good! ”

Everyone else advised him that this was a holy decree and should not be disobeyed, but Xiao did not listen. Daddy Xiao Lun was angry and said to Zhao Bochao: "You kill him for me and take the head into the city!" Zhao Bochao drew his knife and threatened Xiao Qu: "Zhao Bochao knows the prince, but my knife doesn't recognize it." Xiao was really helpless, so he entered the city with tears.

In this way, Hou Jing kept increasing the conditions, and the long enclosure outside Taicheng lasted for more than half a month. For more than half a month, the rebels successfully transported all the grain and grass from Dongfu City into Stone City. The plan to delay the army finally succeeded, Hou Jing immediately turned his face and did not recognize anyone, Hou Jing went to the city, announced the ten major mistakes of Emperor Wu of Liang, and launched a new round of onslaught on Taicheng in 100 ways......

Emperor Wu of Liang was ashamed and angry, scolded Hou Jing for betraying the alliance, and ordered the whole city to fight back. But now Taicheng is already in turmoil, how to fight back, there is a shortage of supplies here, and the plague is epidemic. Even Emperor Wu of Liang himself was forced to break the meat ring that had been the same for decades and ate the eggs that Xiao Lun sent to offer.

At this time, there were less than 4,000 defenders in the city, and they could only hunt rats and horses for food, and there were more and more sick people, and there was no way to fight back, and the only hope was reinforcements from outside the city.

What was happening outside the city at this time? Everyone outside the city had their own ghosts, and they all made up their minds not to be the first bird. Xiao Jun instigated Xiao Lun to divide his troops into three ways to save him, but Xiao Lun was mentally ill and ignored it at all. Now that the princes have such an attitude, the nominal governor Liu Zhongli certainly knows what to do, so he simply recruited the young lady, drank and had fun, and came to a drunken party......

Liu Zhongli's father, Liu Jin, commanded the city defense in Taicheng, and originally hoped that his son would come to the rescue. Seeing that there was no movement now, Liu Jin was in a hurry, climbed the castle tower, and shouted: "Your monarch and your father are in great trouble, and you don't try your best to save them, are you still human?" ”

Unexpectedly, after calling for a long time, Liu Zhongli just hid in the camp and did not answer. Liu Jin went back and cried and said to Emperor Wu of Liang: "Your Majesty has King Shaoling (Xiao Lun), and the ministers have Zhongli, and the two sons are disloyal and unfilial people, how can they deal with Hou Jing?" ”

A few days later, there was a traitor in the city, Xiao Lun's son Xiao Jian guarded the Sun Gate in the south of Taicheng, the enemy is current, he only knows how to drink and gamble all day long, he does not reward the meritorious officers, and the soldiers are sick and do not pay compensation, and the soldiers are all indignant. Shuzuo Dong Xun and Xiong Tanlang opened the city gate at night to welcome Hou Jingjun into the city and killed Xiao Jian.

At this time, only Xiao was fighting on the city tower, but he was also alone, and fled into the palace from the small gate to report the news. After holding on for 136 days, Taicheng was finally captured.

Emperor Wu of Liang had just fallen asleep, and Xiao Qu rushed in without hesitation, shouting as he ran: "Taicheng has been captured!" ”

Emperor Wu of Liang lay on the bed and asked motionlessly, "Can you fight again?" ”

Xiao Qu shook his head: "People's hearts are sluggish, and they can't fight ......"

Emperor Wu of Liang sighed and left behind the famous saying that has been passed down through the ages: "If you gain it by yourself and lose it by yourself, you can not hate it!" ”

After Hou Jing captured Taicheng, he sent Xiao Daqian to issue an edict outside the city to disband the reinforcements from all walks of life. The reinforcements who had no fighting spirit dispersed, and the foreign military horses of Xiao Lun, Xiao Dalian, Xiao Fang, Xiao Si, Xiao Hui and others returned to the town respectively, leaving Liu Zhongli, Yang Yaren, Wang Shengbi, Zhao Bochao and other generals to open camp and surrender.

Hou Jing coerced Emperor Wu of Liang and the crown prince Xiao Gang, and ordered Liu Zhongli and other generals, and his career reached the top. Hou Jing, as a famous general of the Northern Dynasty, has followed Gao Huan for a long time, and watched Gao Huan "coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes" achieve hegemony, and now he also plans to be a Southern Dynasty version of Cao ****.

The meeting between Hou Jing and Emperor Wu of Liang was not pleasant, of course, this is also conceivable, Hou Jing did not want to see Emperor Wu of Liang again, put him under house arrest in the palace, and gradually neglected. Emperor Wu of Liang was so angry that he couldn't eat. In May, Emperor Wu of Liang, who had not eaten water and rice for many days, came to the last moment of his life in the Jingju Palace. Because of the bitterness in his mouth, he shouted for honey, and the hall was empty, and this year, Emperor Wu of Liang was eighty-six years old.

When he was young, he was eloquent and strategic, rebelled against the local inferior troops, and broke through Jiankang City in one fell swoop to achieve a hegemony, and since succeeding to the throne, Emperor Wu of Liang defeated 300,000 elites of Wei in Zhongli, which greatly injured the vitality of Wei, and the first half of Emperor Wu of Liang is enough to describe it with great achievements.

It's a pity that after a person is old, after losing ambition, it will inevitably go downhill, will make mistakes, making mistakes is not terrible, what is terrible is to make mistakes one after another, Emperor Wu of Liang only ate one meal a day in his later years, the food is very simple, all vegetarian and very little, as a monarch he only changed a set of quilts for a few years, and it is not close to women, as far as the emperor of Chinese feudal society is concerned, these virtues are almost invisible, you must know that Wu Zetian is still raising a little white face when he is seventy or eighty years old, although she can no longer play.

Although Emperor Wu of Liang has been deaf and has no insight into people, he is unwilling to give up the emperor's throne, of course, more importantly, Liang does not have a good heir, Prince Zhaoming is indeed a rare perfect person, and it is precisely because of his early death that there is no successor to Liang State, and it is also because of the death of Prince Zhaoming that Xiao Yan's sons and nephews have the ambition to compete for the throne, which makes Liang have so many careerists and madmen.

One of the sons of Emperor Wu of Liang also had 100,000 soldiers and horses in Shu, but he kept his troops until he heard that his father Emperor Wu of Liang died, and he was gathering troops and horses to prepare to attack Hou Jing, and he was Xiao Ji, the actual controller of Yizhou.

Since the death of Prince Zhaoming, Xiao Ji has also begun to dream of the emperor, of course, thanks to the instigation of Sima Ziru, who came to take refuge, at this moment Xiao Ji is actively preparing for war, and his goal is very simple - the throne of Jiankang. (To be continued.) )