Since the five chaotic and well-dressed southern crossings, Jingkou has become one of the important towns of Jiangfang, deterring the land of Sanwu internally, and balancing the Huainan Zhufang externally, and thus gave birth to the famous Beifu soldiers, and emerged a generation of heroes such as Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty.

Now the person guarding Jiangling is also a generation of heroes, and even Chen Baxian, whose life experience is quite similar to Liu Yu, is just a little worse than Liu Yu's situation. The people in the country are uneven and constrained everywhere, and there are strong enemies in the outside world who are directly attacking the river, and even the important town of Jiangbei that is on the surface of Jingkou has been lost.

Without the Jingkou where Guangling echoes each other, its strategic value and river defense functions can be said to be cut by half, and there will not be much to do about it, which is intolerable for Chen Baxian, a late bloomer and a heroic man with great ambitions.

Whether it is for the future of himself and his subordinate generals, or the safety of the people of Jiangdong, Chen Baxian also needs to take Guangling to consolidate the defense of the river, and further obtain a large base to enter Huainan.

Therefore, since entering the Jingkou of the town, Chen Baxian has been openly and secretly launching an attack on Guangling, either sending people to rebel against the city sergeants and people, or personally leading the army across the river to besiege the city.

However, due to the lack of positive attitude of the generals of Jiangling, and the fact that Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang did not want to completely fight with the Northern Qi, Chen Baxian was also restrained and could not fully exert himself.

This time, taking advantage of the defeat of Guo Yuanzhen by Wang Seng's army in Hefei a year ago, Chen Baxian also sent people here to successfully rebel against the powerful Dongfang Bai of Jiangbei Supre City, and sent his subordinate Du Seng Ming to the north to defend Supre to further cut off the way to the south of the Northern Qi reinforcements, and then Chen Baxian once again led the army across the river and besieged Guangling City.

At the same time, Yan Chaoda, the assassin of Qinzhou stationed in Qin County, also took the opportunity to launch an attack on Jingzhou, which was occupied by the Northern Qi, and Hou Yao, the assassin of Southern Yuzhou, and Zhang Biao, the Taishou of Wu County, also cooperated with each other, making the counterattack look huge.

But it's just a look, Yan Chaoda's people have been attacked by the Qi army for a long time, although they have fighting spirit but their combat power is limited, and it is difficult to conquer Jingzhou for a long time. Hou Yao and Zhang Biao each had a lot of support, but they were just outside the battlefield and made a strong noise, but they did not participate in the actual war.

For Chen Baxian, there is another fatal problem, that is, the lack of grain and grass. He led the army to cross the river in January and besieged the city for more than two months, because Guangling City was tall and strong, and the Qi army in the city was tenacious.

Zhang Biao of Wu County brought a lot of grain and grass, Chen Ba first asked people to borrow it, but was refused, saying that there were many people in his headquarters, and they also needed enough grain and grass to prepare, but they just waited and watched without fighting but never mentioned it.

Huainan has already suffered many sweeps, and local supplies are simply impossible. In desperation, Chen Baxian could only send people back to Jiangnan to raise grain and grass. However, the Jingkou, Jinling and other places he mastered had also been swept by the chaotic army for a long time, and he had to go south to Wuxing County, his township farther away, and finally relied on his prestige and the support of the township to raise 20,000 stone of grain and grass, which could sustain and continue the war.

However, before the 20,000 stone military rations could be transported out of Wuxing County, they were seized by the Taishou Du Shrine of Wu County, and even his subordinates and several relatives and disciples were arrested, and they were charged with coercing the villagers and robbing the villagers.

Chen Baxian was furious at this, and when he went north from Lingnan, he brought 500,000 stone of military rations, because Wang Shengbi and other armies were short of food, so he directly distributed 300,000 stone of military rations to the armies based on the overall situation. As a result, after the Hou Jing Rebellion was pacified, the generals of Jiangling rejected him on the grounds that he was not a descendant of the military government, and the cronies of Wang Shengbi like Du Gong were not angry with him and repeatedly made things difficult.

If it was a small fight on weekdays, Chen Baxian would have endured it, but the 20,000 stone military rations were urgently needed by tens of thousands of troops in Jiangbei, and Du Gong dared to detain it, which shows his arrogance.

So he ordered his subordinate general Hou Andu to stay here to command the army, and he personally led a group of men and horses to cross the Yangtze River, preparing to teach Du Gong a lesson. As soon as he returned to the town, the left-behind subordinates came to inform Wang Shengbian's son that Wang Xuan's leader had come to visit and was waiting in the city.

Chen Baxian was about to go to find trouble with Wang Sheng's son-in-law, but he didn't want his son to come first, so he brought people in.

"The younger generation of the king awarded, meet Uncle Shi. Before, he was at the general Li of Taiyuan Gong, but he did not have time to accept the teachings in person, and now he has come to worship and beg Uncle Shi to forgive me. ”

Wang Xuan saw Chen Ba successively and bowed respectfully, the two families did not have any friendship before, but they also formed a lot of friendship in the pacification of Hou Jing's rebellion, and there was a marriage contract between each other, but their children have not yet reached the age of weaning, of course, they can't get married immediately, but Chen Baxian is also Wang Xuan's elder, so he wants to meet each other with courtesy.

Seeing that Wang Xuan was still polite, Chen Baxian's gloomy face also improved slightly, and after a few words of encouragement casually, he turned his gaze to Li Zhen, who had entered the hall with one of them, and after a little look, he asked with a smile: "This Lang Jun is heroic, I don't know which family it is?" ”

Wang Xuan stood up, and hurriedly introduced Li Zhen's identity to Chen Baxian, and Li Zhen also stepped forward to bow deeply to Chen Baxian, and presented the letter that his uncle Li Tai ordered him to hand over to Chen Baxian.

Chen Baxian heard that Li Zhen was actually an envoy from the north, and his face suddenly showed surprise.

Although he fought all over Lingnan invincible, but he did not dare to slack off Li Tai, who defeated a series of famous generals in the north and south such as Murong Shaozong and Liu Zhongli, first politely responded slightly and invited the two to sit in the hall, and then opened Li Tai's letter with a serious face, and after browsing, the look of surprise on his face was even stronger.

"It's really an honor for me to be known to General Li!"

After reading the letter, Chen Ba first put away the surprise on his face, then looked at Li Zhen and said: "General Li has the world in mind, and he is so concerned about the war in Jiangbei. It's a pity that the war here is not going well, and the Qi people are still arrogant and difficult to control, which makes General Li, a famous general in the world, laugh. But why did General Li's army be stationed far away in the north, so why was he eager to intervene in the war here? ”

"Uncle Jia told Chen Sikong that although they are both righteous and evil thieves, after all, they are two countries, and if they only talk about participating in righteous deeds, I am afraid it will not be enough to win trust. Qi thieves and our country, feuds, is by no means a country that can get along amicably. Before, my uncle led the army to kill the thief general Murong Shaozong in Huai, and then he won Yiyang. The eastern thieves often hate this, and even sent an envoy to Jiangling to the west a time ago, rumors to bewitch the son of heaven of the Liang family, intending to conspire to seize our border town......"

Chen Baxian's face changed sharply after hearing this, he was blocked by the hypocritical peace talks of the Northern Qi before he besieged Guangling last time, and this time he had obvious advantages, but he didn't want to encounter this kind of bad thing again, and before Li Zhen finished speaking, he hurriedly looked at Wang Xuan and asked, "Does Wang Taiwei know about this matter?" ”

After hearing this, Wang Xuan shook his head and said: "After the battle of Dongguan ended, my father returned to the town of Jiankang, and there was also a sound blockage between him and Xifu. ”

Hearing this answer, Chen Baxian's face improved slightly, if Wang Seng didn't tell him and let him fight hard in Guangling, it would be really ill-intentioned.

However, the current situation is not optimistic, once the Jiangling court and the Northern Qi reach a collegiate agreement, then his attack on Guangling this time will again regret to withdraw his troops and return in vain.

At present, Li Tai of the north offered to propose that he would attack Hefei and block the Northern Qi reinforcements that might appear in the middle for the Southern Liang, just hoping that Chen Baxian would be able to insist on capturing Guangling City.

This is naturally a great help for Chen Baxian, and it is a good thing that he never dreamed of. He also knew that a few days ago, Wang Shengbi had wanted to cede Hefei and other places, so that Li Tai could send troops to fight the Qi army with him, but he was refused, but he didn't want the other party to take the initiative to discuss this matter with him.

Now the war in Jiangbei has fallen into a stalemate, the army has become tired after a long battle, and Qi reinforcements do not know when they will come. If Li Tai, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty, joined the Huainan battle situation strongly at this time, and stood on the side of helping himself, the morale boost would definitely be huge!

Although it was only the first time they had contact with each other, Chen Baxian couldn't think of any reason for Li Tai to deceive him, even if his army didn't come out, he was just a veteran who retired from the army. On the contrary, if he can't capture Guangling, the northern side may still suffer retaliation from the Northern Qi.

The only thing that is a little difficult to do in this matter is what the Jiangling court means, if His Majesty the Emperor intends to cooperate with the Northern Qi, but he captures Guangling here, it will inevitably destroy the established national policy, and may be questioned by the Jiangling side.

However, this thought only flashed in Chen Baxian's mind, if he still had any ideals in mind when he led the army north from Lingnan to Qinwang before, but now he has seen through it, everything is better than relying on himself!

If you stick to the laws and regulations of Gangneung and tie your hands and feet in everything, you will only sink with the great Liang Guozuo, who has been declining, and there will be no time for revival! And if Guangling can be won in one fell swoop, then the situation in front of Chen Baxian will suddenly become clearer, and Jiangling's reaction is actually not so important.

"Although General Li does not say that I am righteous, but this righteous act is to move the heavens, if I can fulfill my wish, Jiangdong fathers and elders are all grateful to Dade! Ba Xian is a puppet, and he has to be favored, and he should work hard to achieve this scheme! ”

After a little mover, Chen Baxian said directly, and pointed to his head and said to Li Zhen: "Please Governor Li will cross the river with a certain to join the army in the future, after General Li conquers Hefei, if I don't break Guangling and think about returning, please behead this negative head to sacrifice General Li!" ”