"Then who is Li Daochi going to be a guest today?"

In the inner garden of Jiangling, in the evening, Emperor Xiao Yi, who had finished a day's work in government affairs, remembered this annoyance again, so he looked at his henchman Zhu Maichen and asked in a deep voice.

Zhu Maichen was originally a eunuch, because he was a little good, more ruthless and good at welcoming the king, so he was valued by Xiao Yi, and he was given Wuchang Taishou but did not go out of the town, and still stayed in the court.

Hearing the emperor's question, Zhu Maichen hurriedly bowed down and replied: "I heard that today is a banquet on the Zhang Huangmen Mansion. ”

"Yellow Gate, Yellow Gate, Gate of Absolute Heirs!"

Xiao Yi couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, he had always had a bad impression of Zhang Zhang's brother-in-law, so he took away his family property after Zhang Zhang's death, and he was even more disgusted with Zhang Xi, the nephew who was close to him and married the daughter of Emperor Jian Wen.

It's just that he ascended to the supreme position and didn't want to be criticized for being too mean, and Fan Yang Zhang's family was indeed quite famous, so he was appointed again. In the Later Han Dynasty, Huangmenlang and other positions were mostly filled by eunuchs, so Huangmen caused more men's infertility diseases among the people, Xiao Yi deliberately added the position of Huangmen Shilang, and secretly hoped that Zhang Zhang's brother-in-law and Jian Wendi's brother would be cut off here.

That Zhu Maichen was originally a castrated person, and his expression was a little unnatural after hearing the emperor's words.

But Xiao Yi didn't care about his feelings, and still said angrily: "These stupid things, what kind of benevolent gentleman is Li Daochi?" Before the Wei soldiers knocked on my palace, they all rushed to greet me, which is really ridiculous! That Li Daochi is still detained in the state capital by his relatives and friends, and he doesn't care about it, even if there is really a big disaster in Jiangling in the future, how can he take pity on these people who meet in Pingshui! ”

Speaking of this, his mood couldn't help but be even more resentful, he thought that Li Tuo wanted to ask Yao Shengyuan to easily take the other party, let him take the initiative to come to see him, and by the way, solve the previous assassination by the Qi envoy.

As a result, he didn't expect that Li Lian was also a ruthless and lazy person, and nearly a month had passed since he arrived in Jiangling, and he didn't summon him, so he really didn't come to ask for a meeting, but just wandered around the homes of the powerful and famous people in Jiangling City every day, feasting and gathering all night, and letting loose the wreckage, completely ignoring himself, the lord of Jiangling.

In this way, Xiao Yi became passive again, even if he was not in a hurry to negotiate with the Western Wei on the issue of territorial redivision, but the Qi envoy and his party who were detained in the state capital for assassinating the Wei envoy also needed to be dealt with.

From the bottom of his heart, Xiao Yi certainly didn't want to severely punish the Qi envoys, because after all, he still needed to unite with the Northern Qi to put pressure on the Western Wei to force them to make concessions. Moreover, after making friends with the Northern Qi, the confrontation of the Huainan side can also be eased, further easing the pressure on the river defense around Jiankang, and once Jiangling encounters an accident here, it can also take a boat to the east to avoid trouble.

So during this time, he was also very entangled in his heart, not only wanting to negotiate with Li Tuo as soon as possible and turning the page over this matter as soon as possible, but also worried that Li Tuo might force him to severely punish the other party, so the matter has been delayed until now.

After all, he didn't dare to offend the Western Wei, because the threat to Jiangling caused by the Western Wei, especially the Weibei Military Government, was even more deadly. Therefore, he couldn't get understanding from Li Lian, so he didn't dare to let go of the envoy of Qi without authorization.

He was thinking about how to break this deadlock, could he really take the initiative to bow his head and beg for persuasion?

After the idea of subduing softly appeared in his heart, Xiao Yi felt resistant, and just as he was still entangled in whether he really wanted to do this, he suddenly reported that there was a military intelligence from the upper reaches.

What is the urgent military situation upstream?

After hearing this, Xiao Yi was suddenly shocked in his heart, and forced himself to calm down and quickly introduce the messenger into the hall, and what the messenger played after entering the hall directly made him stand up in shock: "Your Lord, the Wei army has been stationed in Xinzhou, and the king of Changsha has led the army to retreat at the mouth of the gorge, may I ask if the lord allows the whole army to directly attack the Wei division?" ”

"The Wei army has already arrived in Shinshu? How can it be so fast? Doesn't it mean that the situation in Bashu is uncertain, rebellions are endless, and the Wei army is trapped and has no time to advance eastward? ”

Xiao Yi's scalp was a little numb from the sudden news, and he asked several questions one after another, and then said angrily: "Hasn't the king of Changsha already led the army into Ba County?" Why retreat to the mouth of the gorge? The erector is not enough to conspiracy, and the armor soldiers who are in vain to benefit me and strengthen their momentum must have fled when they heard the wind, and they dare not fight with the enemy, and now they are asking for instructions, do I allow them to counterattack, and he dares to attack the Wei army directly? ”

Xiao Shao fled to Jiangling in the Hou Jing Rebellion, and because he welcomed Xiao Yi a lot, Xiao Yi also treated him very well, not only letting him inherit the title of his grandfather King of Changsha, but also repeatedly adding great responsibilities.

After the Jiangling army defeated the Shu army of Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, at the mouth of the gorge, because Xiao Shao's father had been in Shuzhong before Xiao Ji, Xiao Yi distributed a soldier to order Xiao Shaoxi to enter Bashu to appease the local powerful forces who were still interested in Liang and unwilling to accept the rule of Western Wei.

In the final analysis, Xiao Yi was still reluctant to give up the entire Bashu to the Western Wei Dynasty, so he took advantage of the Western Wei Dynasty's massacre in Chengdu and aroused the indignation and resistance of the Bashu people.

Xiao Shao also did a very good job before, and not long ago, the envoy returned that he had led his men and horses into Ba County, and he was only one step away from the Chengdu Plain in Yizhou, the core of Bashu.

After Xiao Yi received the letter, he still sighed that the Liang family was not talented and the destiny was endless, and there was finally a brave and brave young man who could be entrusted with heavy responsibilities in the clan, but he didn't expect that only such a short time had passed, not only Bajun was gone, but the Wei army even advanced directly to Badong, and Xiao Shao, the king of Changsha, who was supposed to be in the hinterland of Shuzhong, flew back to the gorge.

When such a situation happened, either Xiao Shao was lying about the military situation before and did not go deep into Bajun at all, or this guy was as timid as a mouse, and when he saw the Wei army approaching, he broke all the way and withdrew from Bashu.

In either case, there is no change in the fact that the pressure on the west side of Gangneung has increased sharply. Xinzhou is not far from the fortress of Xiakou, and when Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, went out to the east, he gathered the army of Shuzhong there and marched all the way east.

Xiao Yi needed to mobilize the elite of the entire Jiangling Military Government to stand by, and for this reason, he even did not hesitate to swallow the hatred of being slapped in the face by the rebellion committed by Wang Lin's subordinates, and added that the Western Wei army attacked Shu and copied the back road of the Shu army, which can be regarded as defeating Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling.

I thought I should be able to breathe a sigh of relief, but I didn't expect that the Western Wei people, who were a hundred times more vicious than the Shu army, would advance here again, so why did he toss this time?

For a while, Xiao Yi couldn't help but feel like crying without tears in his heart, and sighed that his old man had become a fine man, how could he not be a ghost, why didn't he bless Liang Zuo, and even all kinds of bad luck befell him!

Zhu Maichen saw that His Majesty the Emperor's face was changing, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The ambition of the Wei people and the wolf son, the intention of the picture is obvious, and this entry into Xinzhou is also a test. If you want to reconcile with you, you really want to fish from the wood. But now the masses in the country are deceived by the desire for profit, and refuse to face the danger, still have delusions, and compete with each other to flatter each other as soon as they enter the city. If the crowd is like this, how can there be a heart to fight to the death?

The minister asked His Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible, quickly kill the Wei envoy, and invite the good things with the heart of the outcasts, and repair the army without losing the strength of a battle! If the Wei army came to invade, it would not be timid to fight. In addition, it is necessary to repair the Qi State, although the Wei State is strong, the Qi State is doubled, and it is difficult to have a feud with each other, both seeing that our country is forced by thieves, it is inevitable that the Wei State will take Jiangling, so it is natural for the soldiers to come to the rescue.

Even if Jiangling is defeated, the lord can still lead the people to retreat downstream, and the only one who loses is Jingxiang, but our country still exists at all. But if Wang Jia continues to stay here, he is afraid that he will be sold by the gangsters, and he will be invited to the north to become rich, and the Liang family's foundation may no longer exist! ”

"Presumptuous! How dare the eunuch scare me with his wild words? ”

After Xiao Yi heard this, he immediately shouted angrily with an angry face, but soon his brows furrowed again, and he sat in the seat and thought silently.

After a long time, the sadness on his face gradually subsided, and he sneered: "I think this is what the Wei people are afraid of, no wonder that Li Daochi refused to come to see me for a long time, it turned out that he wanted to force me with this." But they also underestimate the king's heart, do they really think that entering the state of faith will make me at a loss? The Wei people have never had the ability to be a boat master, and even if they are in front of Dajiang Chen, it is difficult to use. With this coercion, it is just laughing and generous. ”

As he spoke, he summoned a number of henchmen and calmly ordered them to go west with an edict, and asked the powerful and barbarian chieftains among the mountains along the river, as long as they were willing to raise troops against the Wei army, they would be awarded on the spot, and the posts of assassins and generals would be appointed.

The reason why he was so passive when facing the Shu army before was because the main force of the Jiangling Military Government had fought for a long time to suppress the rebellion, the division was tired, and the distant town of Yu Jiankang failed to withdraw in time, and there was a rebellion by Wang Lin's troops in Xiangzhou. All kinds of unfavorable factors accumulated, and the Shu army still failed to break through the Xiakou River defense. When the internal problems were resolved, the Shu army was quickly defeated.

Now the Western Wei wanted to repeat the threat of the Shu army to Jiangling, but they were following the example of the east, attacking long with short blows, and winning everywhere, but in fact there was no real threat, because they simply did not have enough boats and sailors to attack Jiangling downstream.

After figuring this out, Xiao Yi regained his composure, in addition to inciting the barbarian heroes between Bashu to resist the siege of the Western Wei people, he also ordered Ren Yue and other generals stationed on the opposite bank to strengthen the river defense and be vigilant against the enemy in the west.

"You go to Zhang's mansion to meet that Li Daochi and ask him why he doesn't care about the safety of his relatives and friends? If he has a response to the matter, he will leave it to him. ”

After thinking about it, Xiao Yi instructed Zhu Maichen again: "If he advocates severe punishment, he will not even forgive his relatives and friends, how can these stupid things in Jiangling expect to be protected by him?" If he speaks and pleads, it is a foreign country, not only him, but even Li Boshan in the north of the country is not credible, and if he hears about foreign countries, Yuwen Black Otter knows it, and he can rest assured that he will pay it with southeast affairs? ”