Changsha City, Xiangzhou, Hou Jing's camp has been here for almost half a year, compared with the previous indefinite residence in Jiangzhou, the current life is much better, and his main thing now is to accompany Princess Luyang and the child Hou Yi who was born not long ago. Hou Jing's deep residence made his subordinates Song Zixian and Zhang Huaren very disappointed, and they pinned their hopes on Hou Jing to cheer up as soon as possible and lead them back to the Central Plains of Jiankang's Northern Expedition.

Yang Kan's third son Yang Kun was Hou Jing's guard captain at this time, since he was very loyal to Hou Jing, almost all other subordinates had a leg with the enemy, only Yang Kan seemed to be in love with Hou Jing, so Hou Jing gradually arranged for Yang Kun to do many confidential things. This made Song Zixian and the others even more anxious, feeling that Hou Jinghe was no longer a person from the road.

One day, Hou Jing took Princess Luyang and Hou Yu to Qingliang Temple outside Changsha City to escape the summer, and when he passed by the marching camp, he found that Song Zixian, Zhang Huaren, Ren Yue and others had gathered around the sand, as if they were discussing something, Hou Jing asked very strangely and casually: "What are these people doing together?" Yang Kun replied casually: "Doesn't the general know? They are plotting a rebellion. Hou Jing was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, and looked at Yang Kun a little incredulously: "I treat them well, why do you want to rebel?" ”

Yang Kun said: "The general used to be a very popular minister in the middle of the court, and they followed you to enjoy endless glory and wealth, but now we are living in the wilderness, no money and no food, not to mention enjoying the blessings It is not bad not to be caught and beheaded by the official army, these people feel that they have no future with you, so they plotted to rebel." Hou Jing stared at him with a fierce look and said, "How do you know these things?" Yang Kun said expressionlessly: "This is the most basic reaction of people, there is no need to guess, as long as you put yourself in their shoes, you can know what these people think." ”

Hou Jing suddenly lost interest in his heart, turned his head and asked, "You think the same way?" You also want to leave me, and even make peace with Xiao Daoquan and them on the condition of my head? Yang Kun said without changing his face: "General, you think highly of me, if I really want to escape, I had a lot of episodes in Jiangzhou before and sneaked away, and before attacking Jiangling, I could take advantage of the chaos to escape, but I didn't, because I feel that since I followed you, I can no longer be dual-minded, I am not a slave with a third surname and I don't want to be a slave with a third surname, if one day the official army comes to encircle and suppress us, I can take the little boy to escape to the South China Sea as a last resort." ”

Hou Jing didn't speak, a pair of eagle hooked eyes stared at him deadly, for a moment, as if he wanted to see through Yang Kun's heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, after a long time, he rode silently and continued to walk forward, thinking in his heart: "Maybe my son will really rely on this kid to survive in the future?" "He hasn't accumulated any property over the years, and he doesn't have a strong strength now, but he is just surviving in this wild place, and he knows very well in his heart that he has lost the opportunity to compete with Gao Huan.

Thinking of this, Hou Jing looked at Princess Luyang in the sedan chair behind him, he was extremely bitter in his heart, he knew that he had been assisting Emperor Xiao Zhengde in Jiankang at the beginning, and he would not fall to this point with his own ability, but unfortunately things could not go according to people's wishes, his life had many ups and downs, which could be described as ill-fated, but he still had a glimmer of hope, as long as Song Zixian and others continued to assist him and eat the forces around him, he still had a chance to grow up slowly.

Dreams are always beautiful, but the reality is cruel, before Hou Jing's hundreds of thousands of troops fled to Changsha and fled to death, there were less than 40,000 people left, plus they were stationed everywhere, and there were only 20,000 people who could really use it, which was enough to bully and bully the Minyue people and the Western Han Dynasty in Yunnan, let alone fight against forces like Gao Yue or Xiao Duo, this time is different from the past, and the era of Hou Jing is gone.

Yang Kun's great-grandfather was originally a subordinate of Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Southern Song Dynasty, who was captured after a failed war with the Northern Wei Dynasty, and stayed in the Northern Wei Dynasty as an official. His father, Yang Kan, a generation of famous generals, was already overmoved to a general and Shang Shulang before he was twenty years old. Yang Toe has always wanted to return to the Southern Dynasty, and when he was dying, he said to Yang Kan: "Ye Luo wants to return to his roots, I can't go back to my hometown, but I hope that one day you can return to the south and fulfill my wish." ”

Later, a Southern Dynasty named Xu Qi surrendered to Yang Kan, and took the opportunity to persuade him to return to the Liang Dynasty, so he rebelled, and even did not hesitate to meet his cousin Yang Dun sword soldiers. Yang Dun was the assassin of Yanzhou at that time, and he did not show weakness in defending the city and confronting Yang Kan. The emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty knew about Yang Kan's rebellion, not only did he not mean to punish him (in fact, the imperial court did not have the strength to punish him at that time), but instead promoted him in a big way: Hussar General, Situ, and Taishan County Duke.

Yang Kan was unmoved, beheaded the envoy sent by the emperor to show his determination, and sent people to the Southern Dynasty to ask Xiao Yan to surrender, Xiao Yan immediately sent the general Yang Yaren to respond, but unfortunately the Northern Wei Dynasty has been completely angered by Yang Kan, sent Yu Hui as the general, Gao Huan and Er Zhuyang as the deputy general to lead 100,000 horses to encircle and suppress, and soon Yang Kan's men and horses suffered heavy casualties, fled all the way south, and the weapons and equipment were badly depleted, and there were no arrows to shoot at one time.

When they arrived in Huainan, the soldiers sang a sad homesick song, because most of Yang Kan's army were northerners, the reason why he rebelled against his own people was nothing more than because he admired his personality and was impressed by his bravery, at this time, as long as he crossed the Yangtze River, Yang Kan was considered to have fulfilled his father's last wish, but these soldiers were separated from their families since then, Yang Kan couldn't bear it, so he said by the river: "So far, I am very grateful to you, you also miss your homeland, I can't force everyone to follow me, or go or stay for you to decide." , let's break up here. ”

Some soldiers have tears to say goodbye to Yang Kan, Yang Kan crossed the Yangtze River to receive a grand welcome from Xiao Yan, and named him as the envoy, the scattered cavalry, the governor of the Qiu to conquer the military, the general of Anbei, and the history of Xuzhou. The elder brother Yang Mo, the younger brother Yang Chen, Yang Zhi, and Yang Yuan were also appointed as assassins. The real one person attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascended to heaven.

Then everyone knows what happened later, Yang Kan's Northern Expedition failed, Hou Jing rebelled in Taicheng, Xiao Yan died, Yang Kan was imprisoned, and then his three sons followed Xiao Duo and Hou Jing respectively, some people say that this is Yang Kan's exquisite strategy, no matter which of these two forces wins in the future, the incense that can protect the Yang family will continue in the Southern Dynasty, but I am thinking, this is just the choice of future generations, and it has nothing to do with Yang Kan.

Yang Kun has been instilled with loyalty and patriotism since he was a child, but he knows that the family is actually a tortuous and tragic past, for example, most of his father Yang Kan's cousins and nephews are in the Northern Dynasty, only the grandfather returned to the Southern Dynasty, but the Southern Dynasty has their Yang family's ancestral graves and clansmen, so things in the world are sometimes really difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, with black and white as the boundary.

Hou Jing's future Yang Kun is not clear, but he has followed the thief at the moment, and he must be intolerable by Nanliang and the Yang family, and he himself understands this truth, but a major event that happened made him feel that the changes in the world are really too impermanent, and people can't figure out what God's will is.

Song Zixian, Zhang Huaren, etc. are all small officials of the original Northern Wei Dynasty, and have not been taken seriously, and have followed Hou Jing for many years, although they dare not say that they are loyal to him, but they have always been dedicated to assisting, and even did not hesitate to abandon their families and Hou Jing to join the Liang Dynasty in the south, in order to just want to make contributions to the glory of the ancestors, and the earlier life in the Southern Liang was not very comfortable, and then Hou Jing occupied Taicheng and forced Xiao Yan to death, they thought that the world of the Southern Dynasty could finally belong to them outsiders, but unfortunately it was not a year. They were driven out of Taicheng Jiankang.

If the gap in identity has loyal ministers become chaotic ministers and thieves, and Song Zixian can accept them, then since Zhang Huaren's death, Hou Jing's inaction disappointed them, and later in Jiangzhou, he was actually bullied by Chen Baxian, Hou Jing did not make too fierce statements, they felt more and more that Hou Jing had lost his former murderous spirit, and the aura of the king on his body was slowly disappearing, and he gradually became an ordinary lame little old man.

This is what makes them feel the most disappointed, for the confusion of the future, and for the regret of the past, Song Zixian and Zhang Huaren, Ren Yue and others began to plot to kidnap Hou Jing, and then with Song Zixian as the main general, lead the army back to Jiankang and recapture everything that belongs to them.

At the beginning of the conspiracy, they were discovered by Yang Kun, and Zhang Huaren originally wanted to win him in, but Song Zixian thought that Yang Kun was now Hou Jing's henchman and couldn't trust him, so Zhang Huaren and Ren Yue gave up.

People must have goals and hopes in order to live, but goals and hopes cannot be set too high, too far, and unrealistic. Especially those who think they are very smart, the lessons of history are always bloody, and the final fate of people like Song Zixian is also miserable.

In the Qingliang Temple outside Changsha City, Hou Jing and Princess Luyang were playing with Hou Yu, and the couple were very affectionate at this time. Hou Jing used to yearn for the life of an ordinary person, but now he realizes that time is running out, he is almost fifty-five years old, and he was relatively old in ancient times. Yang Kun hurriedly ran in from outside and whispered in Hou Jing's ear: "Song Zixian has already led his troops to mutiny. They are on their way here with their people, so hurry up and take the princess and the prince to escape through the back door, don't make a noise, I will be here for you for a while. ”

When Hou Jing heard this, the rattle in his hand fell to the ground, and he couldn't believe that this group of people had really rebelled against the palace. He felt that he was not sorry for these people, but they were fighting against him at this time. This made Hou Jing puzzled. Without thinking about it, he hurriedly got up and said to Princess Luyang: "Your Royal Highness Princess, come with me quickly, I'll tell you on the way when the situation is urgent." ”

Yang Kun also said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, if someone wants to murder you and your son, please go and hide with the general." Princess Luyang looked at the two of them with a stunned and dazed expression, how could she have only lived a comforting life for two days, she finally didn't have to go into the ravine to sleep on the floor, she had something to eat, and she had hot water to bathe, why did someone suddenly want to harm their mother and son now? She even felt that Hou Jing and Yang Kun were playing tricks on her and playing with her.

Song Zixian is also a noble soldier, he asked Ren Yue to hold Changsha City, closed the four gates to prevent Hou Jing from entering the city, and then let Zhang Huaren lead troops to occupy the arsenal and military camp. He led the people of his headquarters to take Qingliang Temple directly, and wanted to capture Hou Jing and kill Princess Luyang and Hou Yu. Speaking of why he wanted to kill the princess, Song Zixian thought that a large part of Hou Jing's self-abandonment was because Princess Luyang was young and beautiful, which confused him, making him reluctant to let his wife and children be hot on the kang, thinking that a woman like Princess Luyang should be executed, as for why Hou Yu should also be executed, Song Zixian thought that since he had killed his mother, this child would definitely seek revenge on himself when he grew up in the future, and Suo Xing would kill him together.

But he never thought that Hou Jing would slaughter them all afterwards?! In short, Song Zixian and his subordinates rushed to the Qingliang Temple outside the city, he came to the gate of the temple first, and the sweeping monk looked bad, so he quickly dropped the broom and ran into the main hall. Song Zixian commanded the men and horses to surround the entire Qingliang Temple, and not even a single bird could fly over. Especially at the back door, he asked his subordinates to send additional people to bite it. Once someone wants to escape, there is no mercy.

Then Song Zixian took people to enter the temple, only to see the presiding abbot with a group of monks to the door of the temple, the presiding officer saw the fierce and vicious soldiers, put his hands together and said Amitabha Buddha in his mouth, and then asked: "I don't know what happened to the generals who broke into the small temple with open fire?" Song Zixian stepped forward and said: "Old monk, it's none of your business here, the general we are looking for, where is he now?" Tell me quickly, or I'll kill you with one sword." (To be continued.) )