"What happened to General Xu?"

In the mansion of the city lord of Runan City, Li Tai summoned several doctors to diagnose and treat Xu Wensheng's condition and asked.

After several doctors looked at each other, one of them stepped forward and replied: "This old general is already suffering from the disease of overwork, and now he is attacked by anger and has caused qi convulsion......

The doctor talked a lot, the core of which is that the most important thing in Xu Wensheng's situation is that he needs to properly regulate and recuperate to avoid violent emotional fluctuations, otherwise he may die.

Li Tai himself is not familiar with pathology, and when he heard what the doctor said was more serious, he also seriously told the servants who took care of Xu Wensheng here. As for the emotional aspect, he didn't know how to comfort the other party, but he felt that he still didn't see him recently.

After all, he was so enthusiastic about recruiting Xu Wensheng before, but he still had to resolutely reinforce Baling, but before he left, he was killed by the king of Xiangdong and his subordinates, and he was also denounced as a national thief. This kind of encounter is already a tragedy in the world, and if I see Li Tai again, I am afraid that I will be even more ashamed.

However, Li Tai at the moment does not have much time and energy to comfort Xu Wensheng, he is also a little anxious at this time, and it is the first time that he has been choked on because of eating melons.

First of all, Xiangyang suddenly raised troops to attack Jiangling, which caught Li Tai off guard, and he didn't know what kind of madness this guy from King Liang was, so he was busy sending envoys to inquire about the truth, especially to find out the true intentions of King Liang, whether it was just to scare the King of Xiangdong, or whether he really planned to go straight to Jiangling.

If it is the latter, this means that King Liang is about to get out of control, no matter what happens to Jiangling, and no matter what Li Tai's personal relationship with King Liang is, for the sake of the interests of the Jingzhou Governor's Office and the Western Wei regime, Li Tai has to control Xiangyang as soon as possible. Even if the situation collapses in the future, we must first ensure that the Jingzhou Governor's Office has the ability to overlook the entire Jianghan region.

If it is the former, then King Liang's approach is too inappropriate. Originally, the king of Xiangdong poisoned his brother, and it was indeed the party that was at the loss, but now the main force of the Jiangling army is fighting to the death with Hou Jing's chaotic army in Baling, and as a result, King Liang suddenly came to this set to tell the world that their Xiao Liang clan is not the worst, only worse?

Not to mention blood relatives of the same clan, even a foreign general like Li Tai, under the circumstance that Hou Jing's chaotic army did such evil in Jiangnan, it is impossible for him to collude with him and do such a trick!

In short, regardless of Liang Wang's intentions, this approach exposed his short-sighted and impulsive side, and also made Li Tai a little passive when negotiating with all parties.

However, this approach of King Liang still made some people happy, and when the news spread, Hou Jingbu, who was guarding Yingzhou, sent an envoy to meet him, and sent hundreds of Xiao Yuan's troops who had fled to Jiangxia after the defeat in the diplomatic battle in Runan City, and tested Li Tai's mind by the way.

After all, the situation that King Liang attached to the Western Wei Dynasty and sat in the north of the country is the backer behind it is already known to the world, and now King Xiao Jing of Liang has risen up, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Jiangling, which will inevitably make people feel that it is Li Tai's instructions.

Li Tai naturally didn't bother to meet the envoy of the rebel army, so he just asked Li Yunxin to come forward and send him away, but this incident also gave him some inspiration.

Although King Liang's trip was his own opinion, not out of his own instructions, but looking at the situation now, he can't explain it clearly even if he wants to, but if he thinks about it a little deeper, why should he actually explain it?

Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, was not a person who could deal with normal logic, and now he is indeed facing the most dangerous situation of internal and external difficulties, even if he will not fall into the well and make actual military actions, but he can also use this to exert pressure on the Jiangling side, so as to achieve some goals.

Soon Liang Shiyan, who was sent to Xiangyang, also sent a letter that King Liang's military action deliberately avoided the eyes and ears of their Jingzhou people, and the military force of Xiangyang City itself was not much, and the main use of this time was more than 10,000 men and horses who had been deployed in the south of Xiangyang City to guard against Jiangling.

After Liang Shiyan learned of this situation, he also gathered the Jingzhou soldiers and horses stationed in Xiangyang near the embankment in the north of Xiangyang as soon as possible, so that they could receive the water and land people from the upper reaches of the Han River and the north of the river to enter Xiangyang at any time.

After learning of this situation, Li Tai also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he could not run the monk to the temple, even if King Liang's own behavior was a little out of control, but as long as Xiangyang was still within the suppression range of the Jingzhou army, the situation was still not bad.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to restore effective communication with Jiangling, so that Xiao Lao can withstand 70 million, if Jiangling is crushed and blown up by Hou Jing's chaotic army, then the pressure will completely come to him. At that time, there will naturally be no good thing for Hou Jing to be the king of Qin and rule by dividing the river, and Handong is estimated to become the target of the next chaotic army to loot and feed the war with war.

So Li Tai sent an envoy to Jiangling to explain the misunderstanding slightly, and on the other hand, he led the elite cavalry from Runan City to the Shicheng at the junction of the two sides, and at the same time ordered all the people and horses in the territory to either rush to Shicheng or stay in the border to prepare for changes, and let Linghu Yanbao, Zhu Meng and others lead the naval army to the south along the Han River and enter the northern waters of Xiangyang.

Gangneung Castle has also been panicked recently, and in addition to the military pressure from the outside, there is also an atmosphere of palpitations inside.

The king of Xiangdong is like a beast that has been completely enraged, constantly patrolling his territory, strictly checking anyone who may collaborate with the enemy. And the personnel of the mission who had just returned from Chubei a month ago were subjected to key scrutiny, especially except for the envoy Zongyi, most of the others took the initiative to join it, and some of them secretly let go of Xu Heng, the former official of the king of Shaoling, so they naturally had a great suspicion of collaborating with the enemy.

In the mind of the king of Xiangdong, he had already tacitly acquiesced that Xiangyang's raising of troops was the mastermind of the northern side, so in line with the principle of preferring to kill the wrong and not letting go, all those who made him feel suspicious were put in prison, so as to eliminate the possibility of them colluding with the enemy army and cooperating with the outside. For a time, the prisons in Gangneung City were overcrowded.

However, this kind of high-intensity inspection and cleaning did not make the king of Xiangdong feel safe, but became more and more suspicious and sleepless. When the envoy sent by Li Tai came to Gangneung to say that there was a misunderstanding between them, although the expression of the king of Xiangdong was still majestic and indifferent, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

"Although I believe that Taiyuan Gong is not such a treacherous and inferior mediocrity who takes advantage of people's dangers, but everyone in the world knows that Xiangyang is a vassal of the north, and now Xiangyang is ignoring the national disaster and rebelling against his uncle, if Taiyuan Gong is not enough, wouldn't he be ashamed of the world?"

After learning that Li Tai did not intend to make enemies with Jiangling over this, the king of Xiangdong regained some confidence in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

After hearing this, Li Quji, who was sent here by Li Tai as an envoy, hugged his fists and said: "King Liang entered the dynasty and the country gave special gifts, and my lord Taiyuan gave a public gift to King Liang. In addition, the troops raised by the king of Liang today are only about family affairs, not about current conditions.

The king is the family of the prince of Liang, and the family affairs are not in harmony, and reconciliation and relief are also in the part, and my lord is an outsider after all, so it is inconvenient to put a beak here. This time he sent his servants to complain, because he was afraid that the king would misunderstand and resent, but now the governor's mansion itself is also too busy to take care of himself, and he is deeply trapped, and it is difficult to exert his strength outside. ”

When the king of Xiangdong heard this, his face turned dark, and the bombardment of King Liang's article could be said to have torn his face to shreds, and his uncle and nephew completely turned against him, not to mention that there was no room for reconciliation.

Although Li Quji was just a ridiculous nonsense, hearing that his Jingzhou Governor's Mansion was too busy to take care of himself, the King of Xiangdong couldn't help but ask curiously while breathing a sigh of relief: "What are your worries about today?" Could it be that there is also a military nuisance? ”

After hearing this, Li Qujian nodded, and sighed: "The former's noble mansion Yingzhou is not guarded, so that my Handong is directly exposed to the front of the chaotic army. Our lord Taiyuan Gong urgently led his troops south, and only then did he clear out the rebels a little. But now Hou Jing has made people say, coercing my lord to take advantage of Jiangbei, so that his elite soldiers will drive straight into Jiangling, and if they are not allowed, then his army will definitely enter Handong, so that I will not grow with Lu Yi......"

"Is that so?"

When the king of Xiangdong heard this, he was also shocked, and he was so frightened that he stood up from the banquet, looked at Li Qujian and exclaimed: "Then, did your lord Taiyuan promise the thief's invitation?" Hou Jing's wolf ambitions, conspiring with him, despised by others, Taiyuan Gongren is heroic, presumably he will not make this mistake? ”

"Of course! As early as the beginning of the year, Hou Jing sent an envoy to bribe our lord with goods, and promised to rule by dividing the river and knighting the king of Qin, but my lord sternly refused. How can they be intimidated by it now, and conspire with thieves! ”

Seeing that the king of Xiangdong breathed a sigh of relief, Li went to whirl and said: "But now Yingzhou is lost, Handong is defenseless, and if the thief army advances, it may be difficult to stop it." For the sake of my safety with Lu Shimin, my lord's envoy came to ask the king if he could borrow the rivers and rivers on the north bank such as Xia Shou, Zhuankou, and Xiakou to prevent thieves from being prepared? ”

When the king of Xiangdong heard this, he immediately frowned and shook his head: "You northerners have never been good at water warfare, and there is no boat division in the north, even if you are in charge of Zhujindu, it is useless. What's more, now that all this place is under the control of thieves, even if I have a heart, it is difficult for me to give it away! ”

"Please rest assured that although there is no strong boat master in the north, there are thousands of people who can control the water by the oar, although they can't cross the Yangtze River, but they are still within their power to hold on to a few Jindu."

After Li Qujian heard this, he said with a smile: "My lord has a saying, now the king is the heavy weapon of the Liang family, the first hope of the Jiang and Han families, and the best choice for the chaos and thieves." Even if thieves are rampant for a while, it is difficult to win for a long time. Although Zhudu is in the hands of thieves, he will be able to recapture it soon. But with the promise of the king, my lord will strictly control Jiangbei and not let Yijia bully Jiangling! ”

When the king of Xiangdong heard this, he frowned again, and after a while, he said slowly: "If I refuse to agree, will the Duke of Taiyuan sit and let the rebellious army enter Kou Jiangling?" ”

"How so? The two sides are not good for a short time, and my lord's respect for the king is like the king's long-term harmony and harmony! ”

Li Qujian hurriedly lowered his head and said again, and after the king of Xiangdong heard this, the worry in his eyes suddenly became even thicker.