Li Yuan appointed Li Xiaogong as the governor of Xinzhou to replace Li Jin, and Li Tang also quickly opened up a new situation in Shannan Province. Li Xiaogong dared to let go of his deputy Li Jing, and he himself was good at learning.

Li Jing led 800 elite soldiers and killed Ran Zhaoze in one fell swoop in a surprise attack. The barbarian group was leaderless and quickly routed, and more than 5,000 people were captured. ** Riding on the victory, they counterattacked and regained Kaizhou and Tongzhou in March.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xiaogong continued to attack Xiao Jiti, the king of Dongping, who was deployed by Xiao Mo in Kaizhou, and beheaded him. At this point, the nail behind Xiao Mill's deployment in Xinzhou (Kuizhou) has finally been pulled out, and the worries of ** have been eliminated.

In the fourth year of Wude (621), Tang Gaozu issued an edict to Li Xiaogong and Li Jing to lead the Bashu soldiers down the river, and Li Ming, the king of Lujiang, went out of Chenzhou Road from Xiangyang Road and Qianzhou Thorn Shitian Shikang to attack Xiao Milling with troops. Because they learned from Xiao Liang's rebel generals that Gangneung City was empty and did not have many troops, it was the best time to fight.

Xiao Miao's general Zhou Faming led the four states to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Gaozu immediately issued an edict appointing Zhou Faming as the governor of Huangzhou, went to Xiakou Dao, attacked Anzhou, and captured it. Xiao Mill's general, Lei Changying, surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with Mount Lu.

The footsteps of the Tang Dynasty army were getting closer and closer to Jiangling, and Xiao Mo hurriedly sent his general Wen Shihong to resist Li Xiaogong's attack and fight at the mouth of the Qingjiang River. This scribe Hong was not angry, and after less than half a day of fighting, Li Xiaogong defeated his army and captured 1,000 warships.

Li Xiaogong took advantage of the victory to capture Yichang, Dangyang, Zhijiang, Songzi and other counties, and Xiao Mill's Jiangzhou governor Gai Yan was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he surrendered the city. Then Li Xiaogong and Li Jing approached Jiangling, the capital of Xiao Liang, and Xiao had to pay the price for his stupidity.

At the beginning, in order to deal with those comrades-in-arms who had heavy troops, Xiao Mo released the soldiers and only left thousands of guards. Now that the enemy is present, when Xiao Milling hastily gathered troops and horses, Jiangnan and Lingnan are far away, and they have not had time to help.

Li Xiaogong laid siege to defend it, and a few days later, he broke through Shuicheng and captured thousands of ships. Qiu He, the governor of Jiaozhou, Gao Shilian, and Sima Du Zhisong, originally paid a visit to Xiao Miao, but when they learned that the Liang State was defeated and the defeat was decided, they went to Li Jing's station and surrendered.

As soon as the water city was broken, Gangneung lost the barrier of the arch guard. Xiao Mo expected that the rescuers would not come, so he said to his subordinates: "Heaven does not bless the Liang Dynasty!" If you wait for the strength to be exhausted, you will bring disaster to the people. Now take advantage of the city before it is taken, and surrender first, so as to avoid the scourge of chaos. Why don't you worry about having a monarch? ”

"Your Majesty, no." All the officials knelt down together.

At this time, Xiao Mo neither organized effective resistance, nor did he want to break through, he only thought about surrendering, and he was too far-sighted, among which Cen Wenwen, who had already had dealings with Li Tang, played a decisive role.

Xiao Miao's available troops are limited, and the opponents are Li Jing and Li Xiaogong, who brought ten times his own troops, surrounded Jiangling, a lonely city, and fought to hurt innocent people, and he couldn't bear it.

After careful consideration, Xiao Mo led his men to patrol the city, and then ordered to give up resistance, and the guards of the city all cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, you must not surrender to the Tang Dynasty, otherwise you will be killed by Li Yuan." ”

"In exchange for my death, in exchange for the peace and life of a city, what is the fear of death?" Xiao Mo still hasn't changed his mind.

"Maybe our rescuers are on the way!" Luo Chuan shouted.

"No, it won't. If there is, this should be the case. Xiao Mo shook his head weakly, "Even if I get a fish to die and the net is broken, what can I do?" ”

"Our Liang country has a vast territory, and it will take time for the army to gather. Your Majesty, persistence is victory. Another lieutenant persuaded.

"I've made up my mind, so let's all disperse." Xiao Mo waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, we are willing to stay with the city and defend Jiangling to the death!" The soldiers chanted together.

"Let's disperse—" Xiao Mo couldn't hold back his tears.

Surrendered without a fight, a great shame, how can there be a king's spirit and demeanor! I'm with the wrong person! Luo Chuan scolded in his heart......

Xiao Mo used the Taigao to sacrifice to the Taimiao, led the officials, wearing filial piety clothes, to the Tang Dynasty's Zhongjun tent, Luo Chuan did not go, he took some soldiers, disguised as ordinary people, and sneaked out of the city at night.

When he arrived at the camp of Li's ** team, Xiao Mian met Li Xiaogong. Xiao Mo handed over the jade seal and sword, handed it to Li Xiaogong and said: "Xiao Mo is the only one who should die, and the people are not guilty, please don't kill them!" ”

"Good. General Ben agreed. Li Xiaogong happily accepted the surrender of Xiao Mill and his party, and in order to avoid unforeseen complications, he quickly loaded Xiao Mill into the prisoner car, and Xiao Mill's family was also escorted and escorted to the direction of Chang'an.

When the prisoner car was getting farther and farther away from Jiangling, Xiao Mo turned back for a long time, and couldn't help but fall into contemplation: After fighting with Li Yuan for so many years, Liang Guo originally had many soldiers and generals, but the more he fought, the weaker he became, the more he betrayed his relatives and left, and he became a prisoner as the emperor, which was really incomprehensible. I don't know what happened to my youngest son and Liniang in Wuyou County? Will Li Yuan'er pass them......

After pacifying Jiangling, Li Tang's soldiers saw that Jiangling was rich, and they all wanted to loot it. They took to the streets and started knocking on doors. For a time, chickens and dogs jumped in Gangneung City.

When the original Xiao Liang Zhongshu Lang Cen Wenwen saw this situation, he felt very bad, and immediately went to Li Xiaogong to report the situation.

Cen Wenwen said: "Since the Sui Dynasty had no way, the people of the world stretched their necks and hoped for a good monarch, and now the Xiao monarchs and ministers, Jiangling fathers and elders, those who are determined to surrender, really hope to be safe when they are in danger." The prince must be plundered by arson, and it is not the intention of the state to be reborn from the suffering, but also to be afraid that the people of the Yangtze River and Lingnan will be depressed. ”

Li Xiaogong thought that he was right, and immediately ordered a ban on looting, and the violators were severely punished. When the soldiers who had robbed the property saw the proclamation, they were afraid of Li Xiaogong's majesty, and hurried to Li Xiaogong to confess their guilt, and Li Xiaogong forgave them and punished them for sweeping the streets for half a month, and there was no one who was not convinced.

As a result, the city of Gangneung was in order, and there was no crime in the autumn, and all the southern states and counties heard the news, and they all looked forward to the wind. Four days later, Xiao Miao's rescue troops finally arrived, with more than 100,000 people, stationed outside Jiangling City, preparing to attack the city, and a big battle was imminent.

Cen Wenwen (formerly Xiao Liang Zhongshu Shilang) was ordered to go out of the city and told Yang Daosheng, the general of the unified army: "Xiao Mo has descended to the Tang Dynasty, and one day on the way to Chang'an, the Liang Dynasty no longer exists." ”

"The general trend has gone, even if we take back Gangneung City, there is no point in it." Yang Daosheng felt powerless to return to the sky, and ordered more than 100,000 rescuers to stop, and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty instead......

After Xiao Mo was escorted to Chang'an, Li Yuan asked Xiao Mo to kneel, but Xiao Mo refused to obey. Li Yuan calmed down, listed his crimes one by one, and reprimanded Xiao Miao: "Xiao Sanduo, why are you the enemy of my Tang Dynasty?" Do you think that if you have 400,000 elite soldiers, you can defeat my Datang? ”

The arrogant Xiao Mill said awe-inspiringly: "Sui lost its deer, heroes competed, and Milling had no destiny, so it was here." It is also south of the field, not negative Han Dynasty. If you think it is a sin, you are willing to obey it. ”

"What qualifications do you have to talk to me about Destiny?" Li Yuan laughed, "Your pseudo-Liang Kingdom was destroyed by your own hands!" ”

"Li Yuan's old man, what kind of hero are you who are taking this king's soldiers and sending troops to attack this king's Jiangling?" Xiao milled Li Yuan.

"Boy, that's not called a sneak attack, it's a siege. In the battle, once the battle is lost, the winner is justice. Li Yuan quibbled.

"If you have the ability, let this king go back, and this king will fight with your men again!" Xiao Mo was very unconvinced.

Li Yuan picked up a cup of tea in front of the dragon chair, walked down the steps, and directly poured the tea on Xiao Miao's face, showing a disdainful smile: "You don't have a chance, because your Xiao Liang has fallen apart." I only met you because of Uncle Xiao Yu, and I didn't want to execute you...... Looking at it today, Er is reckless! ”

"If you want to kill me, you don't need to fight with tongues to dishonor this king! Give me a knife, hurry up! Xiao Mo held his head high and spit out a sip of tea.

"Xiao Sanduo, as long as you kneel down and confess your sins to me. I will immediately loosen the tie for you and ensure that you enjoy endless glory and wealth......" Li Yuan reflexively walked to the dragon chair and sat down.

"Win and lose. History has always been the ears of the victors. Li Yuan's old son, who was once an old minister of the Sui Dynasty and stayed in Taiyuan, forced Emperor Yang Yu of the Sui Dynasty to take the throne and claimed to be orthodox. Although you sit on the top of the Golden Luan Palace, you are a traitor, how is it different from me? "Xiao Milling doesn't eat soft and hard.

"You ......" Li Yuan, who was sitting upright on the dragon chair, was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but be embarrassed.

After a long time, Li Yuan changed his breath and shouted: "Come on, take Xiao Sanduo down!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Then Xiao Mo was kidnapped by several soldiers and left the Daming Palace. Li Yuan originally wanted to persuade Xiao Mill to be happy and obedient to him, so that Xiao Mill wagged his tail and begged him to let him live, but he was taught a hard lesson by Xiao Mill, and his heart was uneasy and very boring.

On the second day, Li Yuan ignored Xiao Miao's status as a prisoner of war, and suddenly issued an edict to behead Xiao Miao. On the execution ground, Li Yuan personally supervised the beheading: "Xiao Sanduo, I will give you one last chance, I hope you cherish it." ”

"Li Yuan, you don't have any jokes. Since you have issued an edict to kill this king, let's do it quickly! Xiao Mo scolded, "If you kill me today, you will make retribution." ”

"Ridiculous! My country is eternal! Li Yuan was proud.

"Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and you, Li Yuan'er, as the head of a country, have a thirst for killing, and your children and grandchildren will follow suit. For the sake of the so-called throne, even if they don't kill you, they will kill their own brothers, don't believe it, you wait and see. Xiao Mo swore a poisonous oath.

"Xiao Sanduo...... You...... You...... It's nonsense—"

Li Yuan trembled with anger and shouted, "Execution-"

Immediately, Xiao Mo was pulled to the side of the guillotine by the executioners, and with a click, a noble head fell to the ground, his eyes were wide open, and he was still looking at Li Yuan angrily.

Xiao Milling was thirty-eight years old, and a generation of heroes disappeared like this, and Xiao Liang (617--621), who had enjoyed the country for five years, disappeared. Perhaps Xiao Mo understood before he died that sometimes surrender is not the best choice, only to die in battle is the most decent and the most glorious of the king.