Although Nanliang established the prince early, there was Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, who died early, and Xiao Gang, the grandson of Gao Chengyue, but the princes fought fiercely.

Speaking of the source, it is still Xiao Yan who released the sons and divided the herding side, everyone has their own power, when the prince is not at ease brother, when the prince also covets the treasure, the Southern Dynasty does not lack examples of local vassal kings occupying the position of the Son of Heaven, whether it is the heir, or the army.

Some people say that Zhu Di is the only vassal king who raised troops to take the throne, which is also right and not right, such as Liu Jun, the emperor of Liu Song Xiaowu, who raised troops in Jiangzhou and attacked and killed Liu Shao, the prince who killed his father and stood on his own, Liu Shao reigned for only three months, and was kicked off the throne of the Son of Heaven by his younger brother.

It's just that Liu Shao's act of killing his father was too appalling, and later historians were called 'the culprit', 'thief', and 'anti-Shao', and did not recognize him as the orthodox emperor of Liu Song.

Of course, the difficulty of Liu Jun's ascension to the throne is not the same as that of Zhu Di, although there is a calm command of Li Jinglong, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di is also facing a difficult start to hell, which is the situation of Liu Shao killing his father and the whole world is rebellious.

In the Southern Liang Dynasty, it was not only Xiao Yan's sons who coveted the throne, but also his grandchildren and nephews.

Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, was suspicious of Xiao Yan and died of depression, Xiao Yan felt ashamed of his son, so he gave Xiao Tong's sons the treatment of princes.

As for the nephew's peeping, it's not Xiao Yuanming's business, the Nanliang God of War is now bent on making money and brushing up on military exploits, but Xiao Zhengde.

Many people don't understand why Xiao Zhengde, a side branch, secretly conspired with Hou Jing in a vain attempt to ascend to the throne, which starts with an old story.

Xiao Yan had no children in his early years, probably during the Jianwu period of the Southern Qi Dynasty (494-498), Xiao Yan succeeded Xiao Zhengde, the son of his sixth brother Xiao Hong, and adopted him as an adopted son.

In 500 A.D., Xiao Yan rebelled against Qi, when he was 36 years old, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this must not be considered young, after all, no one knew that he could survive for so long, Xiao Zhengde saw that his adoptive father controlled the court and began to usurp the throne, thinking that he could sit on the throne as an adopted son, Xiao Yan's eldest son Xiao Tong was born in 501.

Even if the adopted son has been raised for several years, how can it be important to have a son, so Xiao Zhengde was sent back to the sect and re-treated Xiao Hong as a son.

When Xiao Zhengde defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty in 525 AD, he left a poem: "The Zhengan is bent to the end, the blue musk deer is gone, and it is the Ice Dynasty that wants to know the day of the charcoal." ’

After arriving in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he claimed to be the deposed prince, and his resentment in his heart can be seen.

It's just that he was suspicious in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and saw that there was chaos in the north, so he fled back to Southern Liang the following year, Xiao Yan felt guilty about this former adopted son, and only reprimanded him with tears, restored his official position and title, and continued to entrust him to reuse.

Until now, Xiao Zhengde has been appointed as the military governor of Beijing, for Xiao Yan, no matter how loyal Yang Kan is, he is also an outsider, and the military power is still in the hands of his repentant nephew.

As for whether Xiao Zhengde really gave up his obsession with the throne, history has already answered, and the reason why he has not acted for a long time is just because he knows that with the current Northern Qi army, if there is civil strife, even if he takes the throne, he will not be the son of heaven for a few days.

Xiao Zhengde was able to contact Hou Jing, that is because Hou Jing is a lost dog, and he only has 8,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he will only introduce the Northern Qi army into Jiankang when he is crazy.

After Gao Cheng was assassinated in Xiangyang, he sent someone to send a secret letter to Xiao Zhengde, saying:

"Now the lord of Liang is unconscious, the decree is reversed, the people are in distress, it is time to abdicate the throne to make Xian, the king of Linhe (Xiao Zhengde) was originally the heir, he was humiliated and deposed, and I am deeply saddened to hear it.

"Mencius" cloud: 'Out of the invincible foreign patients, the country will perish', today's Qi Liang is a big country, although there are often disputes, the Northern Dynasty has a slight advantage, but the Southern Dynasty has the danger of the river as a barrier, and there is no worry about the country.

"The king of Linhe will supervise the military divisions of the Beijing Division, or he may raise troops to ask the palace, I will have something to do in Jiangling, and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River will come to help, and the army will be restrained by me, and there will be no division of the king of diligence to Jiankang.

"King Linhe calmly ascended the throne of Linxi, and I also got the land of Jianghan, since then the north of the river has returned to Qi, and the south of the river has returned to Liang, and the line is drawn by the river, and there is no dispute.

"If there are people in Jiangnan who are not subservient, I am willing to borrow troops, just like Rouran to save the Yuan Room, and there is no idea of encroachment."

Gao Cheng sent a letter to instigate Xiao Zhengde to rebel in Jiankang, but there was no response.

It's just that Xiao Zhengde didn't embarrass Gao Cheng's secret envoy, but let him go.

Thinking about it, Xiao Zhengde also went through a lot of entanglement and hesitation before he endured this temptation, maybe the strength of Northern Qi was weaker, maybe Xiao Zhengde would agree.

But Gao Cheng is not discouraged, once Xiao Yan dies, Xiao Zhengde, who holds the military power in Gyeonggi, and the crown prince Xiao Gang will have a conflict, Xiao Zhengde's resume, Xiao Yan can trust, how can Xiao Gang rest assured, presumably Xiao Zhengde himself also has self-knowledge.

And the rest of the powerful vassal kings in various places saw that Jiankang was in turmoil, and whether they would send troops to get a piece of the pie.

At that time, the civil strife in Southern Liang will be the time when the Northern Qi Dynasty will clean up the mess, Gao Cheng will not believe that the eighty-six-year-old Xiao Yan can survive the twenty-nine-year-old himself, and he has to talk about the basic law for a long life.

Speaking of returning to Jiangling, Xiao Yi heard that it was Liu Zhongli who came to help, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, although Liu Zhongli is the person of the crown prince Xiao Gang, and he is not on good terms with the prince, but if he wants to come to the country, he can abandon his previous suspicions and join hands to resist the enemy.

Besides, Liu Zhongli is a capable person, and what Xiao Yi is most afraid of is that the imperial court will send a wine bag and rice bag to lead the army.

Before Wang Sheng's debate, it was Liu Zhongli who was too guarded by Jingling, and Hou Jing had a fight, and often called himself a hero in the world, and Hou Jing was also quite jealous of him, of course, Liu Zhongli had a few catties and taels in the gourd, no one could say.

However, Gao Cheng who learned the news smiled very happily, Liu Zhongli was too familiar with him, and he was a pioneer of the war who sat in the house, and his father Liu Jin was so angry that he said bluntly, "Your Majesty has King Shaoling (Xiao Lun), and the minister has Liu Zhongli, who is disloyal and unfilial, how can the thief be peaceful." ’

This man is now very inflated, but if he is beaten once, he will lose heart.

Gao Cheng immediately sent Hou Jing to lead his troops 20,000 out of Changning, marched along the west side of Hanshui, attacked the city and pulled out the village along the way, as the forerunner, and ordered Murong Shaozong to still lead 10,000 foot soldiers, and 20,000 soldiers from the state and county to go out of Jingling, and attack the cities east and north of Hanshui.

The third section of the Han River flows into the Yangtze River from west to east, so there is a saying that Murong Shaozong led the army to attack the cities east and north of the Han River.

Gao Cheng stayed in the county of Zhou with 5,000 soldiers to guard Changning with his father-in-law Wei Xiaokuan, to keep his own way of retreat, and ordered Hu Luguang to lead 30,000 cavalry, control Gao Jishi, Murong Yan, Qi Lieping, Pi Jinghe and other generals, stationed in Jingling, once Liu Zhongli was lured by Murong Shaozong's lonely army, crossed the river to seek battle, then Hu Luguang led the cavalry out of Jingling, one person and three horses rushed to attack Liu Zhongli.

As for Jingling City, it was guarded by 5,000 soldiers from Yuan Jing'an.

Although Yuan Jing'an is a member of the former dynasty, his loyalty to the Gao family has long been demonstrated, and Gao Cheng can also use him with confidence.

Gao Cheng himself led 20,000 cavalry, 40,000 foot soldiers, 20,000 state and county soldiers, a total of 80,000 troops, followed Hou Jing south, at the same time, Gao Cheng recruited 50,000 state and county soldiers to the country, obviously with the intention of storming Jiangling.

The sailor continued to go south along the Han River, and the Northern Qi sailor was severely taught by the Southern Liang sailor in the Huai River, and practiced with Xiao Yuanming, and gained a lot of experience.

Moreover, the 20,000 people transferred by Wei Digan were all specially selected elites, so the battle with the Jingxiang Sailor on the Han River did not suffer much loss, so the Northern Qi army advanced by land and water, and drove straight in.

On the third day of the seventh month of the second year of Zhaode (549), perhaps it was to see the people he despised in the past, such as Peng Le and Gao Aocao, who were awarded the title of king, and were stimulated.

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At this time, Gao Cheng's army was still some distance away from Hou Jing's department, and after Wang Seng Wei climbed the city tower to investigate, he asked Xiao Yi for orders to go out of the city to attack Hou Jing.

However, Xiao Yi remembered the loss of Jingling, that is, the Northern Qi used the vanguard as bait to lure Du Wei out of the city and intercept his subordinates outside the city.

In the end, he was still affected by the previous rumors, and he did not dare to let Wang Seng lead the army out of the city, fearing that he, a foreign race returning to the north, would rebel against Liang and join Qi, so he vetoed this proposal.

In the end, he could only watch Hou Jing build a camp outside the city and usher in the follow-up Gao Cheng's 80,000 troops.

Xiao Yi didn't dare to fight with Northern Qi, but someone dared, naturally he was Liu Zhongli, who boasted of being a hero in the world and had no one in his eyes.

Liu Zhongli heard that Murong Shaozong was attacking various places with partial divisions, so he had the intention of annihilating him.

Although the troops under the command of Murong Shaozong are equivalent to Liu Zhongli, they are 10,000 soldiers, 20,000 state and county soldiers, and the 30,000 soldiers under Liu Zhongli are all elite, and Murong Shaozong attacked and killed all the way, and the soldiers were tired.

Since the rise of the Gao clan, whether it is with the Eastern Wei or the Northern Qi, the Southern Liang has rarely won land battles, and on this opportunity, in Liu Zhongli's view, Murong Shaozong is a stepping stone to fame given to him by God.

Moreover, from the beginning of the expedition, Liu Zhongli did not think about entering Gangneung City, but made up his mind to set up a village outside the city to fight with Gangneung.

Moreover, there is no aid outside the city, and it is destined to be held for a short time, and even maybe Gao Cheng saw that Murong Shaozong's 30,000 people were annihilated, and it was possible to withdraw his troops under the cold.

Even if Gao Cheng insisted on attacking the city, when he heard that the partial division was defeated, the morale of the army would inevitably be shaken.

So Liu Zhongli crossed the river in Wuchang County (Ezhou, Hubei) and went north, marched to Murong Shaozong's headquarters who was besieging Anlu County (Anlu, Hubei), and quickly transmitted the news to Jingling along the river, Hu Luguang immediately led 30,000 horsemen out of Jingling, hid in the southern foot of Dahong Mountain day and night, and often sent envoys to communicate with Murong Shaozong about the battle plan, and sent people to communicate with Gao Cheng.

When Gao Cheng learned about it, he was not in a hurry to besiege Jiangling, but assigned the general Hou Yuan to lead 3,000 cavalry and try to attack Yizhou (Yichang, Hubei).