Due to Liu Heimin's accidental killing, the bandits on the mountain lost their leader, and 10,000 Sui cavalry has also been killed, under the strong deterrence of the Sui army, thousands of bandits on the mountain have come down the mountain to surrender, Su Dingfang in accordance with Zhang Xuan's order, beheaded Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai, Cao Zhan, Gao Yaxian, Wang Xiaohu and other major leaders, and the rest of the bandits were all disbanded. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Heimin's troops were nipped in the bud, and Zhang Xuan's heart disease was removed, Zhang Xuan rewarded the meritorious heroes of this operation, and Liu Lancheng was promoted two levels in a row, from the Eagle Strike Lang General to the Tiger Tooth Lang General, with a bounty of 1,000 taels.

After exterminating Liu Heimin, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered a large-scale elimination of the remnants of the Bohai Society, and offered a reward of 1,000 taels of gold to capture Gao Hui, regardless of life or death.

In just ten days, from Hebei to Qingzhou, from the Central Plains to Xuzhou, from Jianghuai to Jiangdu, sixteen manors were confiscated, more than 200 shops of various kinds were closed, more than 30 officials were arrested, and more than 500 members were arrested, including Gao Hui's Eight King Kongs, confiscated tens of thousands of taels of gold, and more than 300,000 pieces of money.

In this operation, the remnants of the Bohai Society were completely uprooted, but Gao Hui herself escaped the killing because of the negotiation armor with Meng Haigong in Huiji County, and she was so frightened that she hid in Jiangnan and did not dare to show up again.

The time gradually came to the beginning of February, the Sui army's combat preparations began to enter a climax, this time in the battle of Jiangnan, the Sui army took Jiangdu as the rear and Danyang County as the logistics center, mobilized more than 1,000 warships and various ships, 30,000 boatmen, mobilized 100,000 troops, 300,000 stones, 300,000 stones, armor, bows and crossbows, shields, war drums, military weapons, and so on.

Just when the Sui army was in full swing to prepare for war, Ling Jing, a special envoy sent by Zhang Xuan, also arrived in Jingzhou.

Among the major forces in the world, Xiao Milling is the largest of the southern forces, when he was nicknamed Mr. North Mirror, active in the grassland, the formation of the Jinshan Society, when the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty presented, he saw the opportunity, he led the forces cultivated in the grassland to return to the hometown of the Liang Dynasty, and through the relationship of his aunt Empress Xiao, was named the county commander of Luo County, on the one hand, he was the imperial court official, on the other hand, in Luo County to recruit troops and horses, in the secret support of some of the old magnates of the Liang Dynasty, the development is very rapid.

In the thirteenth year of the great cause, Yang Guang was killed in Yangzhou, Xiao Mo immediately officially raised troops, called himself King of Liang, with an army of more than 60,000 people, his power developed very rapidly, in just a few months, his army expanded to 400,000 people, the territory of Liang State south to Jiaozhi, north to Jingzhou, west to the Three Gorges, east to Jiujiang, thousands of miles of fertile fields, even more than Wang Shichong's Zheng State, became the third largest force after the Northern Sui and Tang Dynasty.

Just last year, Xiao Mo officially called the emperor, the founding name was Liang, the year name Fengming, the purchase of hundreds of officials, the establishment of the imperial court, and the entry and exit were according to the Son of Heaven system.

But whether the national strength is really strong, Leng Nuan knows himself, Xiao Mo knows his strength very well, his army is called 400,000, but most of them are improvised rabble, poorly equipped, extremely low combat effectiveness, and the army that can really fight is only fifty or sixty thousand people, which is the foundation he established in the first place.

And the territory is thousands of miles, those Taishou county orders are only superficially accepting his rule, each county is a country within a country, controlled by local wealthy families, in fact, his decrees are only valid for Jiangling County and Yueyang County.

Xiao Miao's current enemy is not Wang Shichong, who occupied Xiangyang County, nor Du Fuwei, whose power is expanding rapidly, but another warlord next door to him, Lin Shihong, who was born in **** and has a strong naval army, second only to Northern Sui.

In June last year, Xiao Mo and Lin Shihong started a war in Jiujiang County, and both sides had their own victories and defeats, but Xiao Miao's naval army was defeated, more than 200 warships were all burned, and more than 6,000 people were killed and captured by the naval army.

But a series of Jianghuai battles that took place last autumn caused Lin Shihong and Xiao Mo to cease hostility, and they watched with unease as the Sui army destroyed Du Fuwei and unified Jianghuai, and were horrified to learn that the Sui army had landed in Jiangnan and captured Danyang County.

The two Xiao Lin families, who had always been hostile, began to negotiate an alliance and prepare to jointly deal with the Sui army's southern expedition, and at this time, Zhang Xuan's envoy Ling Jing secretly arrived at Jiangling City, the capital of the Liang State.

In the imperial study of Fengming Palace, Emperor Xiao Mo of Liang was pacing back and forth in the room worriedly, and his prime minister Cen Wenwen stood next to him.

"I have known Zhang Xuan for many years, when he was a small guard, I fought with him, I predicted at that time that this person was by no means a thing in the pool, but I didn't expect him to have today's achievements, I knew this, I would have killed him desperately." Speaking of this, Xiao Mo couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He turned back to Cen Wenwen and asked, "What does Xiangguo think Zhang Xuan has in sending an envoy to Liang State?" Do you want to join forces with us to deal with Lin Shihong? ”

Cen Wenwen bowed down and said: "As Your Majesty said, Zhang Xuan is a far-sighted and unpredictable person, but it is an indisputable fact that he wants to launch the Jiangnan Campaign, so he is definitely not willing to form an alliance with the princes south of the Yangtze River, and it should be his best choice at this time." ”

Xiao Mo didn't speak, their princes from all walks of life in Jiangnan couldn't unite at all, if Jiangnan would come forward to unite, it might be possible to reach an alliance, but he had nothing to do with Meng Haigong at all, and he didn't despise Meng Haigong's cruelty and inhumanity, as for him and Lin Shihong's hatred was too deep, face and face can be done, but it is not realistic to achieve the same mind.

However, it is not bad to take advantage of the opportunity of Zhang Xuan to send people to negotiate to get some practical benefits.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo said: "It is estimated that the envoy has arrived, please ask Xiangguo to receive him for me, probe his tone, and then I will not be too late to meet him again." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

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At the Jiangling Wharf, Ling Jing's boat slowly docked, and several guards protected Ling Jing and walked down from the big boat, Cen Wenwen hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "In Xia Cen Wenwen, I am here to welcome Ling to join the army by the order of His Majesty." ”

Ling Jing said lightly: "Thank you Mr. Cen for coming to greet me, I wonder if Liang Gong is in Jiangling?" ”

Cen Wenwen's face changed slightly, of course he knew that the Northern Sui did not recognize Xiao Mo as the emperor, nor did he recognize the Liang Dynasty, but only recognized the title of Liang Guogong given to Xiao by Emperor Tai, as for his own Xiangguo, the Northern Sui would not admit it.

Cen Wenwen smiled reluctantly, and had to reply: "Of course, my lord is in Jiangling, please join the army and follow me to the VIP post house to rest first." ”

The two got into the carriage and entered the city, Ling Jing saw that most of the pedestrians on the street were poorly dressed, and rarely saw bright silk, of course he knew that this was not Xiao Mill advocating simplicity, but that Xiao Milling wanted to feed an army of 400,000, and the 400,000 army was more than the strength of the Northern Sui, but the population of the south was not as good as that of the north, and Xiao Mill could only compete with the people.

Ling Jing secretly pondered: "It is rumored that Liang has a heavy tax, and this statement is indeed true. ’

After a while, the two came to your hotel, the house had been arranged, Cen Wenwen was anxious to talk to Ling Jing, so he asked Ling Jing to sit down in the lobby, and said apologetically: "I should have let Ling join the army to rest first, but my lord is still waiting for my reply, I want to ask the army first, what is the purpose of joining the army this time?" If the text is rude, please bear with Ling Senjun. ”

Ling Jing took out a letter unhurriedly, "This is a handwritten letter from the King of Qi of my family to Duke Liang, please ask Mr. Cen to forward it to Duke Liang first." ”

"I'll hand it over!" Cen Wenwen took the letter, but his eyes were still looking at Ling Jing.

Ling Jing smiled slightly and said: "This time I sent Jiangling to Jiangling for two things, one is that His Royal Highness the King of Qi of my family has made it clear that this southern expedition will not involve the land of Duke Liang, and secondly, His Royal Highness the King of Qi wants to remind Duke Liang that the catastrophe of Duke Liang is coming!" ”

Cen Wenwen was taken aback, "How do you say this?" ”

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In the imperial study, Xiao Mo turned around suddenly, and stared at Cen Wenwen fiercely, "Did he say that the Tang Army was about to launch a war against our Liang Dynasty?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Ling Jing said so, and also said that the information is reliable."

Xiao Mo slowly walked to the window with his hands in his hands, looking at the west worriedly, since the Tang army was forced to withdraw from Nanyang, he was very worried that the Tang army would send troops from Bashu, Zhang Xuan reminded him that he was worried, did the Tang army really want to start a war against himself?

Cen Wenwen asked in a low voice, "Didn't King Qi say this in his letter?" ”

"He did not mention it in his letter."

Xiao Mo turned his head and looked at Cen Wenwen, "Does Xiangguo think that the Tang Army will send troops to attack us?" ”

Cen Wenwen hesitated and said: "Weichen has considered this matter, the Tang army has four roads to the east, the northern line and the state have not only been unsuccessful, but also lost Shangdang and Changping two counties, and the middle line is Luoyang, if Zhang Xuan does not support Wang Shichong, then the Tang army will definitely attack Luoyang, but Wang Shichong has formed an alliance with Zhang Xuan, and the two families echo each other, so whether it is Luoyang or Nanyang, these two lines Tang Army will not easily send troops, and the remaining fourth line is us, seeing that Zhang Xuan has captured Jianghuai and is about to launch the Jiangnan Campaign, the Tang Army will not do it again, There is no more in the south, so Weichen also thinks that it may be very big for the Tang army to attack us. ”

Xiao Mo let out a long sigh, "So Zhang Xuan said that he would not attack us, just hoping that we would fight with the Tang Army and weaken the Tang Army for him, and this is what he meant, I know it very well in my heart." ”

"But Zhang Xuan doesn't recognize our Liang State, Ling Jing only calls His Majesty Liang Gong, should we let them recognize Liang Guo first?"

Xiao Mo shook his head, "I'm afraid it's too late in time, and this kind of thing is a small section, don't worry too much about the nominal things, I only care about whether he will support us when the Tang army attacks." ”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there is no doubt that Weichen thinks that Zhang Xuan will definitely support us behind our backs."

"Just say no, Zhang Xuan is waiting for us to express our stance with practical actions."

Xiao Mo sighed lowly, he picked up the letter on the table and said to Cen Wenwen: "Zhang Xuan told me one thing in the letter, there is an iron mine in Wulong Mountain in Jiangxia County that is the property of the Bohai Society, Tang Jun just wants to get pig iron from this iron mine, Zhang Xuan hopes that I will destroy this iron mine, I feel that this is Zhang Xuan's temptation, if I destroy this iron mine by thunderbolt, then the two sides can cooperate, otherwise, he will think that I will join forces with Lin Shihong to fight against his southern expedition." ”

"And what about Your Majesty's attitude?"

Xiao Mo said without hesitation: "I will send troops to completely destroy this iron mine tomorrow!" ”

(To be continued.) )