The defenders of Fancheng were so caught off guard that many people couldn't believe it was real.

Li Tai suppressed the joy in his heart, and let Linghu Yanbao, who seemed to be more kind-hearted, lead a team with only short soldiers to meet him, and He Ruodun led a heavily armed cavalry team to bypass the front and take over the gate in front of Fancheng from the side.

"The criminal Liu Fanggui is so wise and reckless that he is so clumsy that he disobeys the general, resists stubbornly, and is too late to seek justice, so he begs the king to forgive his sins!"

Liu Fanggui, who was stamped on his feet, was led to the front, and knelt on the ground and kneeled forward a few feet away from Li Tai, with a humble and sincere posture.

When Li Tai saw this scene, he couldn't help but think of the scene of Du You'an's surrender before, and couldn't help but sigh secretly that he didn't care what kind of urine these Southern Dynasty officials themselves were, but the courtesy posture of this surrender was thoughtful and upright, and it looked like it made people feel that I was pitiful.

"Liu Sima, please hurry up, the former fight has its own upholds, but I have no selfish grudges with my foot. Now that he has abandoned me and treated me with courtesy, how can he add to his sin."

Li Tai took off his robe outside his armor, and put it on his body for Liu Fanggui, who was only wearing a single coat, and said with a smile.

Just such a move, Liu Fanggui howled and cried, covering his face and saying sadly: "Turbidity is talented, not valued by the boss in the public, and not loved by the township party in private. Now he has abandoned Beitou, and in order to make the king have mercy on him, he is willing to make the king's liver and brain smeared to the ground, and he will never give up!"

[In view of the general environment,

Li Tai was frightened by this guy's startled howl, and said a few words of reassurance in a gentle voice, and then ordered this Liu Fanggui to send a few subordinates who surrendered with him to cooperate with his men and horses to take over the defense of Fancheng City, and then introduced Liu Fanggui into the big tent in the camp to interrogate him in detail about the reason for his surrender.

Speaking of this topic, Liu Fanggui had a bitter face again, and explained sadly. Although the basic context Li Tai has already guessed eight or nine, it is nothing more than the suppression of his superiors, the exclusion of his colleagues, etc., which can be told from the mouth of the person concerned, and it enriches many details.

After listening to Liu Fanggui's narration, Li Tai found that the root of this guy's surrender was not his so-called divisive plan, but the bane planted by the political system of Nanliang early on.

Liu Fanggui is a native of Xiangyang, although he has wealth and power, he is not very powerful, and it is even more difficult to reach than the deep-rooted major clans. He has been in the state capital for many years, and he was lucky enough to hold the position of the upper left of the state capital after hard work and gradual seniority, and this is because those real children of big families have more ways to be promoted and are lazy to be subordinate to the state and county, so he was given such an opportunity.

Xiao Jing, the king of Yueyang, entered the town of Xiangyang, and led thousands of followers. These people want power and money, and they all need to be taken from the plate of Xiangyang, and Liu Fanggui, as an old official of the state capital, is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

Whenever King Yueyang needed to install someone to enter the state capital, he hoped that Liu Fanggui and other old people in the state capital would arrange it, but these positions were often occupied by those protégés of the big clans.

These contradictions have been squeezed for a long time, otherwise Du You'an would not have put forward such a plan after surrendering, and while pointing the spearhead directly at King Yueyang, he completely ignored the life and death of the defenders of Fancheng.

It can be said that with Liu Fanggui's background, even if there is no war, the political future in Nanliang has already come to an end, unless it is involved in greater turmoil.

Such opportunities do not come often, and they often occur at the critical moment of the distribution of power within the regime, such as the change of dynasty, and only then do one or two lucky people seize the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. For example, Zhang Jing'er of Southern Qi, who was attached to Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, and Cao Jingzong, the founding father of Southern Liang, etc.

Changed any person, who worked hard within the system for half his life, but in the end, the treatment he received was only to be angry at both ends, to take the blame at any time, and to wait until the moment of life and death crisis, he was afraid and unwilling to give in. And Liu Fanggui is pitiful, after all, he is already on the left side of the state capital, and it can be imagined what the situation is compared to people with lower social status.

Li Tai also had to sigh that compared with the lifeless and invigorated Southern Liang regime, the political ecology of the two Wei in the north is indeed true

More dynamic.

Although the Eastern Wei Dynasty was stronger, it also inherited a greater historical burden, and although the Western Wei Dynasty was weak, it also had more room for reform. Especially under the implementation of the government military system, the so-called "Chao Wei Tian Shelang, Dusk Dengtianzitang" is not a dream, and the threshold for entering the ruling class has been beaten to a very low level, which is even greater than the wolf howl of the anchors with goods in later generations.

When the men and horses of Jingzhou entered Fancheng and hung the banner of the Wei army on the top of the city, the defenders of Nanliang on the river suddenly discovered the abnormality, and the speed of the fleet that was approaching here instantly decreased.

Several speedboats were lowered from the overboard side of the big ship, and they tentatively rushed towards the water fence on the south side of Fancheng, but before they could get closer, the slapping rod in the water gate had already been raised.

Seeing this, several speedboats did not dare to get any closer, so they had to return the same way. The fleet of Xiangyang City patrolling the river could still return directly, but Du's sailors were embarrassed, they did not dare to get too close to Xiangyang to anchor, and it was also very inconvenient to swim upstream, so they could only suspend on the river.

Soon, the news of Fancheng's surrender reached Xiangyang City, and King Yueyang was furious when he learned the news: "Liu Fanggui dog thief dares! Isn't he afraid that his whole family will die because of this?"

Now is not the time to think about this matter, the real fatality is still the Du Shi navy suspended on the river, if they do not eliminate the disagreement between each other as soon as possible, it may further deteriorate the situation.

Therefore, the king of Yueyang hurriedly wrote a letter in person, saying that he would never believe in the enemy's divisive plan, appeased the Du brothers and hoped that they could cooperate in defense to prevent the war from further spreading to Xiangyang City.

However, the Du brothers are not blind obedient people, and even the plan to expel King Yueyang has been discussed within their family, but now that it has been exposed by the enemy, it is inevitable that they will be thieves and dare not believe King Yueyang's words.

However, of course, they did not dare to attack Xiangyang brazenly, and the enemy army made it clear that they were unwilling to cooperate with them, and a few thousand naval troops alone were not enough to shake the defense of Xiangyang City, not to mention that Fancheng on the north bank had fallen. They were sandwiched between the two cities in this Hanshui River, and they were in danger themselves, so how could they dare to use force.

Therefore, after receiving the letter from King Yueyang, the brothers were overjoyed and began to put forward various conditions, such as the need for a separate land and water camp to garrison the troops, and the need for the state capital to provide military funds for their divisions and brigades.

The two sides argued for a long time, and in the end, Xiao Jing, the king of Yueyang, was more worried about the collapse of the situation in Xiangyang and took a step back, and basically agreed to the request of the Du brothers, opening the downstream Danshan Weir as a place for the Du army, and allocating a part of the military rations and materials.

The internal personnel had to be appeased for the time being, and King Yueyang had time to take care of the rest.

He first led a group of armor soldiers, and came to the courtyard where Li Tai's father Li Xiao was detained in the palace, and when he saw Li Xiao coming out to greet him under the corridor, he was even more angry, pointing at the other party and angrily reprimanding: "Li Renluo, I thought that the old clan of your family in the north should know etiquette and kindness. The former sent an envoy to the north, and he already intended to be reconciled, but your son ignored this situation and still accepted me as a traitor, which is really hateful!"

Li Xiaogang was in a mood of excitement when he met Li Quji, who had crossed the river to the south and learned how his son was doing, and when he heard the questioning voice of King Yueyang, he replied: "Our country's righteous path is in decline, so that the flesh and blood have been separated for a long time, but fortunately, under the protection of the king, father and son can hear each other. This grace is unforgettable, how dare you forget?

The reason for this debate between the two countries is different, and the provocateur is not the king. The dog is young and strong, greedy for merit, and unstable, and he is not well aware of the situation in this township and is eager to bring the army to fight, which is really not thorough.

Xiao has not lived in Xiangyang for a short time, Yang Cheng Wang also cares for a lot, please go north for the messenger to persuade peace, if this son is still strong and does not retreat, and refuses to stop repairing, a certain should return here, from the king to fight together!"

King Yueyang came with a full stomach of shame and negative anger, and when he heard Li Xiao's words, he was a little embarrassed, put away his aggressive posture, and then said, "Staying here is not to coerce the enemy generals, nor to force Li Jun's father and son to turn against each other. You should know that when I didn't know that your son Li Dadu was the governor before, I had already summoned the palace as a guest and treated you with courtesy......

This is not true, King Yueyang was already fond of recruiting talented people, and he was killed soon after arriving in Xiangyang

The disciple was knowledgeable and recruited Li Xiao as a guest, of course, at that time, he didn't know that Li Xiao had such a son.

"Because of this, now that Xiangyang is in trouble, it is incumbent on him to relieve the difficulties for the king!"

The more Li Xiao expressed his attitude so kindly, the more unnatural King Yueyang became, and it was not good to speak ill of each other again, but he did not rashly agree to Li Xiaowei's request, but just said, "Li Jun, please live here for the time being, I really can't bear to see your father and son lose harmony because of this. When the matter is settled, he will be sent out of the country as a gift, so that the father and son can be reunited."

When King Yueyang said goodbye and left, Li Quji, who had been standing aside, stepped forward and said, "No matter how the situation changes, the lord is just amiable, don't lose peace with the nobles here. Although it is inconvenient to stop for the time being, it must be a time to return."

Hearing Li Quji's comfort, Li Xiao sighed with relief: "In the past, you were just an ignorant young apprentice, but now you have a long history and wisdom, and you can calmly deal with yourself in the enemy country, which is really gratifying!"

"The lord praised him like this, and the servant was really ashamed. All the words are taught by Ah Lang before the trip. If you say that you are wise in history, Ah Lang is truly wise and strong! If it weren't for Ah Lang's leadership, I am afraid that the people would have already been displaced in Kansai and have little vitality, and they would have the illustrious scenery they have now!"

Li Qujian heard the lord's praise for himself, so he hurriedly said again.

After Li Xiao heard this, his heart was sour, and he pulled Li Qujian and said, "You can tell me about Apan's journey to the west again, and nothing will be missed, I want to hear how hard my son has worked to become majestic today!"