Today's Shouyang City has long since lost the majestic appearance of the previous Huainan town.

The walls of Naseong were badly damaged in the previous battles and have not been systematically repaired to this day. The city of Chengdong is in ruins, there is hardly a piece of wood on the wharf, the weir is washed and collapsed by the surging water because of lack of maintenance, and there are many tidal flats on both sides of the river.

In just one year, Shouyang has been dilapidated from the previously lively and prosperous Huainan Dayi, and the destruction of the world by the war can be seen.

Today's Shouyang Luo City is completely disorderly, but there are still many residents and people from all over the world. The reason why they still linger here is not that they have a deep attachment to this city, but that the outside of the city is more dangerous, and there are many strong beam bandits haunting, plundering people and robbing property. Shouyang is still famous, and the general bandits dare not come to commit it, so it has become a temporary shelter for the lonely and helpless people.

In today's Shouyang Jincheng, there are still Hou Jing's cousin Wang Xiangui and Tian Ying, Guo Luo and other generals who fled back from Liyang. Originally, there were more than 3,000 left-behind soldiers, most of whom were recruited from Huainan, but as Wang Xiangui surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty in order to protect himself, many of these soldiers fled for fear of being relocated to Hebei. To this day, there are less than 1,000 defenders in the huge city, and the power can be described as extremely poor.

It is precisely because of the current dilapidated poverty of Shouyang City that after Li Bomu, the assassin of Western Yanzhou who came to the south, took Hefei, he was not even too lazy to move Shouyang, and still stayed in Shouyang Jincheng with Wang Xiangui and his subordinates.

Yang Zhong also had a slight understanding of the changes in the situation on this side of Shouyang, but when he actually arrived here, he found that the ruin of Shouyang was much more serious than he imagined. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel in his heart that Li Tai was shrewd in his calculations, and he didn't regard the defense of Shouyang City as the focus of the battle with Murong Shaozong, and now even if the city is ruined, it will not affect the implementation of the next plan.

"Tell the guards in the city quickly, a certain is the general under the newly awarded by the imperial court to the commander of the Xiahou envoy of Nansizhou, and he will visit the city lord here, so don't hurry up to greet him!"

When Yang Zhong led his troops to Luocheng, a patrol soldier rushed to hear the news, and he pulled his horse under the city and shouted loudly to the soldiers who were standing at the opening of the city wall.

When these soldiers heard this, they made a fuss and went to the city again, and no one even came in to check the authenticity of Yang Zhong and his party's identity.

After more than a quarter of an hour, a general in armor arrived with a dozen of his own soldiers, and because the city gate had been blocked and had not yet been penetrated, a group of people could only continue to communicate through the gap in the city wall.

The general took the lead to make a few questions, and examined the token submitted by Yang Zhong, but still cautiously asked them to stay outside the city temporarily.

"A certain person was persecuted by the Westerners, but he still ran into this warning, and he was tired and dying all the way, and you and the others did not want to be grateful for the return, and even refused to let me go outside the city!"

When Yang Zhong heard this, he immediately glared, and then raised his arms and shouted angrily: "Sons, follow me into the city!" On this day, if there is no supply of beef and mutton to eat, you will kill people and drink blood! ”

As he spoke, a crowd of men and horses poured into the city from the broken part of the city wall. When the guard saw this, he naturally didn't dare to obstruct it anymore, so he could only hurriedly retreat and rush into the golden city to report the news to the chief general Wang Xiangui.

When he heard that tens of thousands of troops in the Western Wei Dynasty were marching towards this place, the wine glasses in his frightened hands rolled to the ground for a while, and his heart was even more bitter, only to feel that he wanted to cry without tears, why did the most unlucky things in the world happen to him?

He followed Hou Jing all the way to Shouyang, and he was a hardcore henchman, and he was arranged to stay in the Shouyang base camp, which also shows Hou Jing's trust in him. But Tian Ying and Guo Luo, two bastards, fled back from Liyang and told him that King Hou was no longer in Jiangnan. When the envoys of the king of Poyang of Southern Liang attacked Shouyang, he surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty to protect himself when he saw that he did not defend him.

But the news that came again was that Hou Jing had taken over the authority of Jiankang, which naturally made Wang Xiangui regret it. wanted to flee south but was afraid that Hou Jing would ask him about the crime of betrayal, and he was trapped in Shouyang and didn't know when he would be summoned to Yecheng and executed.

He himself was already extremely worried about his situation, but he didn't want the Western Wei Dynasty to attack again, with Shouyang's current dilapidated state, how could he defend it? This is simply not leaving him the slightest way to live!

Wang Xiangui was so worried that he almost turned his back on his anger, but he heard the sound of shouting and scolding outside Jincheng, and his thoughts turned to the group of Yiyang defeated troops who entered the city.

After thinking about it, he took the Shouyang general into the city, intending to carefully and carefully understand the situation of the enemy.

Yang Zhong naturally did not go to the meeting alone, and they quarreled with each other for a long time before they were allowed to lead dozens of elite soldiers under his command into the front hall of the state capital to meet Wang Xiangui.

Although Wang Xiangui didn't know Yang Zhong, looking at his tall figure and temperament, he still interrogated a few words, wanting to see if he was a southerner. Yang Zhong was naturally not afraid of such a temptation, and when he talked about the personnel and customs of the Southern Dynasty, Wang Xiangui was stunned for a moment and no longer dared to doubt his identity.

But when talking about the enemy's situation, Yang Zhong's words were like a hammer smashed on Wang Xiangui's heart. For example, Yiyang City Gao Chikuo and his lord Xiahou Qiang had more than 10,000 people, but they were still defeated by the Western Army, and the Western Wei army tore apart the city defense, slaughtered the city for several days, and so on.

When Wang Xiangui heard the end, he only felt that all thoughts were discouraged and his face was as bleak as paper, and Yang Zhong said in a deep voice after seeing this: "My city has been defended, but I am not willing to join the Westerners. The general is a hero from the north and the south, holding the Xiongcheng of Shouyang, and he should shake his spirit and fight in the city, can he still be killed? ”

After hearing this, Wang Xiangui opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, although he was desperate in his heart, he didn't want to show his cowardice in front of Yang Zhong, a stranger, just silent.

Yang Zhong still said to himself: "My lord has already surrendered to Murong Xingtai, the Duke of Yan, who is sitting in the hanging gourd, but because it is difficult for the southerners to get the trust from the north, Murong Xingtai has not been able to come to the rescue. Now that the general is already a celebrity in the north, it is timely to invite Murong Xingtai to save him. I am also willing to follow the general to defend this city, defeat the Western Army and avenge my lord! ”

"You brute, what do you know!"

When Wang Xiangui heard this, his eyes lit up first, and then he sighed with a wry smile. Now he is looking forward to the arrival of strong reinforcements from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but he is afraid that the Eastern Wei Dynasty will insist on him to go to Yedu to ask for the guilt.

After Yang Zhong heard this, he sneered: "What the general is afraid of is nothing more than the Eastern Dynasty's pursuit and punishment of the former subordinate to the Hou Wang, but even I, an outsider, can see it clearly, the Hou Wang is bigger than Jiangnan, and if he holds the authority of a country, his henchmen will definitely be stronger." If it fails in the coming year, it will be difficult for its disciples to tolerate Jiangnan, and they will join the Eastern Dynasty in the north. If the Eastern Dynasty severely punishes the generals, it will block the road for the masses to go north, and the tall generals are decisive and wise, how can they be so unwise? If the general is really not allowed, why should the general continue to guard Shouyang? ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiangui's face suddenly showed excitement, and he pointed at Yang Zhong and laughed: "I have many mediocre disciples under my account, and I can't share my worries." There is the courage of Xiong Zhen at his feet, and the wisdom of using words and deeds is not inferior to Wang Wei, the disciple of King Hou! ”

It's just that after a while, he sighed again: "I really don't have any affectionate relationship with Murong Shaozong, and now Shouyang is in dilapidation, even if I send a letter for help, he may not be willing to come!" ”

"Shouyang is the capital of Huainan and the party that controls it, and the general has submitted a letter to Murong Xingtai, how can he not be tempted?"

When Yang Zhong said this, his expression became a little strange, and he took a deep breath before continuing: "If the general is afraid that Murong Xingtai will not be able to rescue in time, it is better to submit a letter to tell him that the Hou Wang has been defeated by Jiankang and is poor and does not know where to go, but a few of his cronies are sent to the general by the jade seal of the Southern Liang Dynasty." If Murong Xingtai heard this, he would definitely rush to the rescue day and night! ”

"The jade seal of the country, what is that?"

Yang Zhong originally thought that Wang Xiangui would be amazed at the clever plan when he said this statement that even his jaw was almost dropped, but he didn't expect Wang Xiangui to look at him blankly and ask: "Not to mention that King Hou has not been defeated, even if there is such a thing, why does Murong Shaozong have to come to the rescue?" ”

"This, this ......"

After Yang Zhong was stunned for a short time, he patiently explained the origin of the jade seal of the country and the significance of it to a regime, and now that the tall general is trying to usurp the country, if he can get the blessing of the jade seal, he will definitely be expected to return. And if Murong Shaozong knew this but didn't come to the rescue, he would definitely be severely punished by the tall general.

It is still very difficult for an ignorant person to understand the meaning of a thing beyond the scope of his cognition in a short period of time, Wang Xiangui still shook his head and sighed after listening to Yang Zhong's explanation: "The tall general is a humble species, even if he wants to be the emperor, he is also the son of the captive family." As you said, the first emperor of the Wei family was able to command the world without this jade seal, and you and other Han family idiots believe in these virtual things! In my opinion, it is better to prepare more gold and silver gifts to bribe and plead. ”

"Be sure to add the matter of uploading the jade seal of the country!"

Yang Zhong knew that only by adding this section could Murong Shaozong rush to Huainan impatiently, without this, Wang Xiangui might not be able to have such strength even if he cast himself into a golden statue and sent it over.

"Just a little more ink!"

Wang Xiangui snorted coldly when he heard this, but when he saw Yang Zhong insisting so much, he said in a deep voice: "If Murong Shaozong enters the city and doesn't see this thing, you barbarian can't try to escape the blame!" ”

"If Murong Xingtai doesn't come, the general and I will both lead our necks to death. Only when reinforcements arrive in time can there be hope of survival. But if I can defeat the enemy army, I will die without regrets, so why am I afraid of Murong Xingtai's crime! ”

When Yang Zhong heard this, he said with a generous face.

Wang Xiangui saw that he was so heroic, and he was quite heartbroken for a while, and even if he summoned the Chinese officials of the government to write a letter, he waited until Yang Zhong saw that it was correct, and then arranged for the messenger to carry a lot of goods to Huaibei and go to Hanglu for help.

After the messenger departed, Yang Zhong suddenly had a lot less scruples, and took advantage of the banquet hosted by Wang Xiangui to control the people in charge of the gathering mansion, and summoned the subordinates outside the city into the city, quietly waiting for Murong Shaozong's arrival.