Nanzheng is the political center of the land of the three states led by Xiao Xun, the Marquis of Yifeng (the son of Xiao Hui, the younger brother of Emperor Wu of Liang), and the cutting of Nanzheng to Wei is equivalent to indirectly removing Xiao Xun's history of the three states.

From the perspective of the governor's jurisdiction, the three states of Jianbei are in Xiao Yi's defense area and accept Xiao Yi's dispatch, but because Xiao Jing of Yongzhou does not buy it, in fact, Xiao Yi's actual control over the three states across Yongzhou is limited. Although Xiao Xun has not yet openly disobeyed orders like Xiao Jing, Xiao Yi has always been uneasy, once Xiao Xun joins forces with Xiao Jing or Xiao Jing swallows Nanzheng, Yongzhou's threat to Jiangling will be further expanded, which Xiao Yi does not want to see.

It is better to give it to outsiders than to give it to his nephew, Xiao Yi's move not only cut off Xiao Jing's non-divisive thoughts, but also curry favor with Western Wei.

Xiao Xun has been in Hanzhong for seven years, changing customs and customs, winning the hearts of the people, and the people of the state call him a loving father. Now, an order from Jingzhou has come over to let him hand over the country...... How can Xiao Xun listen, besides, heroes in troubled times rely on strength to be on their territory, and once they lose their own territory and live under the fence, they can only look at people's eyes.

The eldest brother Xiao Fan is an example, a lesson from the past, however, Xiao Xun doesn't want to turn his face with Xiao Yi for the time being, after all, the current form really doesn't allow his own people to continue to fight, thinking about it again and again, he repaired the book and politely asked Xiao Yi to revise the order. Xiao Yi didn't care about Xiao Xun's thoughts at all, anyway, he had already given Sanzhou to Western Wei, whether he could take it or not was Xiwei's own business, and he didn't have the ability to take it better, anyway, he had already done a favor ..........

After the affairs in the west were dealt with, Xiao Yi sat in Jiangling and remotely commanded the Baling war, and he ordered Xu Sihui, the assassin of Luozhou, and Du Liang, the assassin of Wuzhou, to lead the army to Baling to assist Wang Sengbian. Hou Jing's general Song Zixian led the vanguard battalion of 10,000 to kill Baling.

In the face of the menacing Hou Jing army, Wang Seng knew that the enemy's morale was high. It's not wise to go head-to-head. He ordered all the armies to concentrate the rice and grain unloading ships on the river in Baling City, and then sink all the public and private ships along the river to the bottom of the river, so that the armies of all roads could hold the city and not fight casually. Just withstand the first wave of enemy attacks. We have a chance to win.

Song Zixian's forward battalion arrived at the mouth of the river, and Wang Seng argued and ordered the armies to stop fighting. The thieves arrived at the city, but seeing that Baling City was lifeless, and there seemed to be no breath of life, could it be that the Jingzhou soldiers had abandoned the city and fled? Song Zixian was full of suspicion and did not dare to enter the city rashly. Then he ordered them to ride to the city and shouted, "Who is in the city overseeing the army?" Someone in the city responded: "The king is here!" "Send a message to you Wang Lingjun, my brigade will arrive soon, so why don't you descend early?"

Wang Seng replied: "If the army only marches towards Jingzhou, this city will not stop it." Wang Shengbian's family is all in Jiangling. How can it be dropped? The thief cavalry was gone, and after a while he came back and shouted, "Our king has arrived." Why didn't Wang Lingjun come out to meet? ”。 …。

It turned out that Hou Jing had arrived, and the two were old acquaintances, and it was Hou Jing who let Wang Seng Debate go back to Jiangling, but at this moment Wang Seng Debate ignored it, and let the city shout. All will be answered in silence.

After a while, the thieves escorted Wang Xun to the city, and Wang Xun persuaded the city to surrender. The city still doesn't ask. There was no way, Hou Jing concentrated the ships in the North Temple, and then divided into the ferry, and the soldiers abandoned the boats and landed ashore, repaired roads and felt houses on the high ground in the east of the city, and built eight roads to Baling City. Siege the city with 5,000 bald soldiers.

There was a commotion in the city, and arrows shot out like a storm. The thieves suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat. That day. The thieves attacked again, and the naval infantry captured the city in ten places. Wood and fire-roasted stones were thrown down the city, and the thieves were stoned to death and burned innumerable.

In the afternoon, the thieves retreated again, and the king ordered a fence to be erected around the city to isolate the ships. The thieves docked the big ship in the southwest corner of the city, sent people ashore, pushed the toad cart to fill the trench, led the obstacle cart to the city, and lived for two days. …。

The thieves erected sticks on the big ship and set fire to the fence, but the wind was unfavorable, and the fire burned backwards. After a strong attack for several days, Baling City was as strong as ever, and Hou Jingqian's donkey skills were poor and he had no moves. As the days passed, the sky gradually warmed up, and there was an epidemic in Hou Jing's camp, and most of the ......... died of illness and battle.

The battle in Baling fell into a stalemate, Xiao Yi sent the Pingbei general Hu Seng You to lead 2,000 troops to reinforcements, Hou Jing sent Ren about 5,000 soldiers to block, Hu Seng You according to Xiao Yi's arrangement, avoiding Ren Yue and continuing to advance, Ren Yue thought that the Liang army was cowardly, followed the pursuit, Hu Seng You set up an ambush in Chiting, and Ren Yue was captured.

When the news reached Baling, Hou Jing panicked, burned the camp overnight and withdrew, and returned to Xiashou, Hou Jing left Song Zixian and others to lead 20,000 subordinates to garrison Yingcheng, and returned to Jiankang with thousands of soldiers. Wang Seng led the Baling armies to launch a strategic counteroffensive, attacking Lushan, capturing Zhihuaren, breaking Yingzhou, capturing Song Zixian, all the way like a bamboo, and soon entered Jiangzhou. Chen Ba, the assassin of Jiangzhou who started in Lingnan, led an army of 50,000 to the meeting...... Wang Sheng's defense department was short of military rations, and Chen Baxian allocated his 500,000 quintals of rice to 300,000 quintals to support the Western Route Army.

Baling's victory encouraged the forces dissatisfied with Hou Jing in all parts of the Yangtze River, whether they were officials or local tyrants, they raised troops to attack Hou Jing's subordinates, and asked for a good thing in the form of thieves. Xiao Yi ordered Wang Seng Bi to be stationed in Xunyang and wait for the arrival of the army from all walks of life.

When Wang Seng led the armies to start a strategic counteroffensive, Taicheng had another change. Hou Jing's first adviser Wang Wei tried his best to persuade Hou Jing to abolish Xiao Gang and set up another one, it turned out that Hou Jing married Xiao Gang's daughter Princess Liyang, the old husband and young wife were happy, Wang Wei was worried that the princess would wear off Hou Jing's sharpness, and repeatedly persuaded Hou Jing not to be greedy for women, Princess Liyang was very dissatisfied with Wang Wei, Wang Wei was a little scared, so he tried his best to persuade Hou Jing to set up a new monarch ..........

Soon, the puppet emperor Xiao Gang was deposed, and Xiao Yan's great-great-grandson Yuzhang Wang Xiao Dong became the emperor and changed to Yuan Tianzheng. Those who are pro-Xiao Gang are unlucky. More than 20 princes and princes of the Liang clan were killed, and Xiao Gang was killed by Hou Jing shortly after his abdication.

The abolition of Xiao Gang added Hou Jing's crime, Jiangnan people all hated Hou Jing, Hou Jing's defeat was a foregone conclusion, in this case, Hou Jing decided to die again, so Xiao Dong was abolished, and he was promoted from the general of the universe, the governor * the military, and the king of Han to the emperor, and the country name Han, and began the dying struggle of the Hundred Days Emperor.

When Xiao Yi and Hou Jing were dueling, there was a pair of eyes that kept staring at the situation in Jiangnan. At the beginning, Xiao Yi invited the Western Wei Dynasty to send troops to help pacify Hou Jing, but the Western Wei soldiers and horses have not moved. In the final analysis, Yu Wentai didn't want to get involved in Hou Jing's rebellion too deeply, but at this time, he saw that Hou Jing's end was approaching, and thought that Xiao Yi's gift to him had not been received yet, if Xiao Yi attacked Hou Jing. When the time comes, Jiangnan will be unified and the people will return to their hearts, and I am afraid that this gift will not be taken.

Handong's victory gave Yuwentai a taste of sweetness. So he cherished the opportunity that Xiao Yi gave him. In fact, for the Western Wei, this was another opportunity to expand its territory in the name of justice. Yuwentai has coveted the land of Hanzhong for a long time, with Hanzhong, he can plot Shudi, and retreat can shield Chang'an, such a piece of fat Yuwentai will never give up ......... lightly.

The Yuan Bao Torch, the Great Son of Heaven of the Western Wei Dynasty, died of illness in March. The crown prince Yuanqin ascended the throne, Yuwentai ascended to the throne of Otsuka Zai, and continued to preside over the political situation of the Western Wei Dynasty. In October of the first year of Yuanqin of the Western Wei Dynasty (551 AD), Yuwentai successively sent two roads of men and horses to the south, the general Da Xiwu led 30,000 troops from Sanguan to attack Hanzhong, and the general Wang Xiong went out of the Meridian Valley to attack Shangjin and Weixing.

Don't look at the straight-line distance between Chang'an and Hanzhong. But in the middle lies the Qinling Mountains, which stretch for thousands of miles from east to west, and the climate in the south and north of the mountains is very different, compared with Guanzhong. The climate of the Hanzhong Plain is warm and humid, which is a typical southern climate and is very suitable for rice growth, so Hanzhong is known as the granary of Shannan. …。

There are four roads from Guanzhong to cross the Qinling Mountains, from east to west are the Meridian Road, Fu Luo Road, Bao Slope Road, and Chencang Road, all of which are steep paths that pass through the valleys, and many places are full of cliffs. The road is the so-called plank road.

Chencang Road is at the westernmost end, and it crosses the Huangniu Ridge from the Sanguan Pass. Along the Jialing River valley to Wuxing, the road is tortuous. The farthest around, but this road is relatively gentle, even so, Cao Cao once sighed when he passed through this road to fight Zhang Lu, "Shangsanguan Mountain, how difficult is this road!" Newton couldn't afford it, and the car fell into the valley. ”。 …。

The meridian road starts from Chang'an, passes through the meridian valley, crosses the mountain valley into the Hanzhong Plain, the total length is more than 600 miles, this road is also difficult to walk, when Cao Wei's general Cao Zhen wanted to attack Hanzhong through guò here, catch up with the continuous rainy season, only walked half of the distance in a month, and had to turn back the original way. The road is difficult and the supply is difficult, which is also one of the reasons why Yuwentai has not made up his mind to send troops for a long time. When Da Xiwu sent out his troops, he secretly met with Yuwentai...... Ask Yu Wentai to grant him the privilege of acting cheaply, and if Nan Zheng refuses to surrender, he can decide to bloody Nan Zheng on the day the city is broken.

Among the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty, Da Xiwu was famous for his courage, and the story of Sha Yuan's deep investigation into the enemy camp to listen to the enemy's situation has become a legend in the army, which is also the main reason why Yuwentai handed over this task to him.

However, Da Xiwu was worried that this trip could be described as a thousand-mile attack, the road was far away, the mountain road was rugged, and the soldiers did not talk about fighting, even if they just crossed the Qinling Plank Road, it would be nine deaths and one death. Therefore, if you don't give everyone a little hope, I'm afraid it will be difficult to complete the task.

Allowing everyone to slaughter the city indicates that everyone can loot Nanzheng, rob the gold and silver treasures for their own use, and plunder the children of the Liang people as slaves and maids. Yuwentai's military discipline requirements are very strict, Yang Zhong worked hard in Handong, and almost became a prisoner because of his connivance with his subordinates. Yuwentai pondered for a long time, and finally agreed to Da Xiwu's request. As for Wang Xiong all the way. Yuwentai did not give a special policy, Wang Xiong's goal was Eastern Liang Prefecture, and its purpose was to contain the Liang army in the east to rescue Hanzhong ..........

In winter, there was little water in the river valley, Wang Xiong was luckier than Cao Zhen, and the march was quite smooth, due to the civil strife in Liang, all the states and counties were self-protected according to the state, so the exit of several valley roads was not guarded by troops. Liang State Governor Wei Xing, Shangyong and other eight counties of the military East Liang Prefecture Assassin Shi Li Qianzhe Benshannan Hao clan, Liang was in a semi-independent state after the civil strife, the will to resist was not tenacious, once the battle was unfavorable to surrender Wang Xiong, Yuwentai also used him to appease Shannan, so he was very polite to him, not only pardoned his innocence, but also crowned him as the general of the chariot cavalry. Da Xi Wu army to Wuxing, White Horse.

Wuxing guard general Yang Xian, white horse guard general Liang Shen surrendered to the Wei army, Da Xi Wu Department all the way to the tired, people are sleepy and tired, in the white horse to rest on the spot, at this time Wang Xiong has pacified Shangyong, Hanzhong lost the east aid. Da Xiwu thought that the time had come to attack Nanzheng, so he divided his troops to garrison Wuxing and Baima, and the Wei army marched all the way east, gradually approaching Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong.

The Wei army traveled through the mountains and mountains, although they were tired, they were still high-spirited, and everyone was looking forward to taking Nanzheng as soon as possible, Hanzhong was rich in products, and Nanzheng was the center of Hanzhong, with a population of tens of thousands. The people were rich, and it is said that the treasury of Pingbei Prefecture was full of gold and silver. However, things didn't go .........well.

Here, Da Xiwu met a powerful opponent, and Xiao Xun was a rare loyal person in the Liang Dynasty's clan. He refused to surrender and held on to the city. One evening not long ago, Xiao Xun was startled when he walked into the bedroom, there was a dog lying on the bed, he didn't just regard this incident as an accident, he thought it was a warning from heaven. It indicates that the Suo Lu in the north is going to attack himself, and the folk call the black otter a scorched pear dog, and the black otter is the word of Yuwentai. Therefore, Xiao Xun began to build a large number of buildings and dig trenches. Repairing the city, raising the towers, accumulating straw, repairing the battle equipment for defending the city, and making Nanzheng City into a steel fortress. …。

Xiao Xun's efforts were not in vain, and Daxi Wudun launched round after round of strong attacks under the city. The Xianbei cavalry was good at field warfare, and siege was never their strong point, but defending the city was the strength of the Han army. Da Xiwu was helpless in the face of Nanzheng, who only had a few thousand soldiers and horses, with tens of thousands of elite horsemen. Nan Zheng became a difficult bone to gnaw, and the war reached a stalemate.

Ten years passed in a blink of an eye, and the generals of the Western Wei Dynasty were a little impatient. Yitong Yang Shao thought that the siege of the fortified city would be protracted, and the food and grass supply would not be able to keep up with it for a long time, and the army would die without a place to bury. He said to Da Xiwu anxiously: Marshal, we can't let the southerners always shrink into the city, we have to lure them out of the city to ..........

Da Xi Wuxin said that this is still needed, you say. He said impatiently: Yang Yitong has a high opinion. Please withdraw the marshal temporarily, and the lower officials are willing to challenge the city. Da Xiwu agreed. The Wei army retreated, leaving Yang Shao's army to continue the siege.

Yang Shao found some sergeants with loud voices, who sat under Nanzheng City every day and insulted them in every way. turned over the eighteen generations of Xiao Xun's ancestors...... The Liang army defending the city was furious and asked for battle, Xiao Xun ignored it at first, but in the end, he couldn't help everyone, so he had to agree to fight. Yang Shao saw that the soldiers and horses in the city were killed, and pretended to retreat, and the Liang army covered up. The Liang army entered the ambush circle of the Wei army, and the ambush soldiers were everywhere, and most of the Liang army was killed and wounded.

After this defeat, Xiao Xun knew that if he continued to stick to the lonely city, he would not be able to last many days, and at this time, it was impossible to ask his direct boss Xiao Yi to save him, he was betrayed by him!

And the Jiankang Imperial Court was controlled by Hou Jing, and the only one who could help at the moment was Xiao Ji from Chengdu, so he sent Sima Liu Fan of Pingbei Mansion to ask Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, for help. King Wuling has been called the emperor at this time, in order to win over Xiao Xun, Xiao Xun for the history of Yizhou Thorn, with the title of the king of Suijun, with Liu Fan as the long history, Xiao Ji because Liu Fan is a famous person in the south of the Yangtze River, has sent eight envoys to summon Liu Fan to Chengdu to serve as a scholar in Chengdu, Liu Fan refused to obey the order. Xiao Xun did not accept Xiao Ji's title to himself, because Liangzhou was under the jurisdiction of the Jingzhou Military Region, so he accepted the .........title of King of Poyang that Xiao Yi added to him.

Now the enemy is present. Liu Fan had no choice but to go to Chengdu. Liu Fan finally came, and Xiao Ji was very happy. But no matter what official Xiao Ji was in, Liu Fan refused and begged to return to Nanzheng, Xiao Ji had no choice but to agree, and at the same time sent Yang Qianyun, the assassin of Tongzhou, to send more than 10,000 troops to Nanzheng to rescue.

When Liu Fan returned to Nanzheng, he was obtained by Da Xiwu, and when Da Xiwu set off from Chang'an, Yuwentai had asked him to pay attention to this person, so Da Xiwu did not dare to slack off. Da Xiwu asked Liu Fan to persuade Xiao Xun to surrender, and Xiao Xun said angrily: You can't die, but you want to be a lobbyist!

You and I will break off our righteousness, come and shoot this renegade to death for me. The left and right soldiers bent their bows and arrows to aim at Liu Fan, and Da Xiwu hurriedly asked people to hug Liu Fan back to the camp, because Liu Fan was the person named by Yuwentai, Da Xiwu sent someone to send Liu Fan to Chang'an.

Yang Qianyun led the Tongzhou soldiers and horses to Jianbei. The reinforcements gave Nan Zheng hope. The morale of the Liangliang army was greatly boosted. Da Xiwu knew that Xiao Xun was looking forward to Chengdu to save the army, so if he wanted to take Nanzheng, he must first extinguish the hope of the Liang people.

Da Xi Wu ordered the prime minister's mansion Sima Yang Kuan to open the mansion Wang Jie, Helan Yuande led 3,000 elite cavalry to block the Tongzhou army, the two sides met in the white horse, the foot and cavalry intersected, the Shu army was defeated under the impact of the Wei cavalry, Yang Qianyun left thousands of heads and retreated ..........

Da Xiwu placed the heads of the Shu army one by one under the city of Nanzheng to deter the defenders. Anxiety and fear spread in Nanzheng City, and many people heard a rumor that Suo Lu had ordered that Nanzheng would be bloodied once the city was broken, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were panicked, and some people began to secretly plan for themselves.

Liangzhou Zhongzhi soldiers joined the army Chen Yan volunteered to go out of the city to listen to the news, but unfortunately was arrested, he was brave and unyielding, scolded, and was killed by Da Xiwu. Xiao Xun also sent a consultant Yu Xin to bring fat cattle and wine to the Xiwu camp to reward, to show that Nanzheng City had enough food, and there would be no problem at all if he held on for another half a year. Da Xiwu said to Yu Xin in confusion: The Liang Kingdom has been destroyed by Hou Jing, what is the point of the king guarding this lonely city? …。

Yu Xin replied: The king is determined to defend the city to the death and swear to be a severed general, and the deep meaning is not known to us. In fact, Xiao Xun's will to stick to it has been shaken, since there is no hope for reinforcements, the city is broken sooner or later, as Da Xiwu said, the Liang Dynasty has long existed in name only, even if it is loyal to the country, which country is it for? King Wuling said that Emperor Shu made it clear that he wanted to fight for the world, and the king of Xiangdong undertook Jiangling to make black hands to his brothers and nephews again and again, which of them can think about Jiangshan Sheji?

It's really not worth dying for them! Xiao Xun had to plan for Nan Zheng's future...... In order to save the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, he decided to surrender, but he still had concerns, the claim of slaughtering the city was by no means groundless, and who could guarantee that the Suo would not attack us in disregard of morality after we disarmed? There is only one person who can make this guarantee, and that is Yuwentai ........., who is far away in Guanzhong.

After thinking about it again and again, Xiao Xun had a plan, and sent the direct soldiers to join the army, Du Shubi went to Guanzhong to meet Yuwentai. The condition of surrender was for Yuwentai to guarantee that the Wei army would not be disturbed. Xiao Xun also instructed Uncle Du to go to Chang'an to go to Liu Fan for help. Du Shubi secretly went out of the city and hurried to Chang'an with Xiao Xun's mission. Not long after Du Shubi left, there was a civil strife in Nanzheng City.

Du Shubi's brother and two nephews both joined the army, and each led hundreds of people, they firmly supported Xiao Xun, Cao Ce was worried that the Du family would obstruct it, so they thought that if they wanted to think about it, they had to get rid of the Du family and his son. The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. How did Cao Ce know that Xiao Xun and Du Shubi were planning to surrender, and the tragedy of information asymmetry still happened.

Liu Xiao and Cao Ce suddenly attacked, killed the unprepared Du uncle and nephew, and then framed the three of them for rebellion, Xiao Xun put his heart into the Du family's father and son, of course he didn't believe Cao Ce's words, so Cao and Liu were immediately arrested, Liu Xiao was executed, and Cao Ce was pardoned.

After the civil strife, Xiao Xun sadly saw that Nan Zheng was no longer monolithic, and no matter how stubbornly he persisted, I am afraid that there would be people with different intentions, so let's not wait, let's surrender as much as possible. Xiao Xun sent someone to ask Da Xiwu to surrender. (To be continued).