Outside Xunyang City, Xiao Yi looked at the 50,000 horses brought by Xiao Lun, and had to sigh at the sixth brother's poor army, he was able to divide a small part of his troops to stay in Jingnan, which was really outrageous.

Xiao Lun is indeed brutal and unkind, disobedient and unfilial, but this person is not without merits, in the past, he was light on money and loved soldiers, and now he is even more bankrupt to recruit troops, so he has such a force.

On the other hand, Xiao Yi was able to draw out only 30,000 soldiers to participate in the Eastern Crusade.

Xiao Lun thinks that raising troops together is equivalent to brothers partnering to do business, and whoever pays more capital will have to take the lion's share afterwards.

And Xiao Yi felt that his brother had many soldiers but were miscellaneous, and although he only had 30,000 soldiers under his command, he was a strong soldier.

The two tacitly agreed that they did not put forward their thoughts to each other, and they couldn't cause conflicts before they sent troops.

On May 14, 50,000 horses under the command of Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, and 30,000 soldiers under the command of Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong, totaled 80,000 troops from Xunyang and marched eastward.

In terms of Jiankang, Xiao Gang, the son of the Southern Liang Dynasty, originally ordered the veteran Yang Kan to command the soldiers and horses of the Beijing Division to advance westward, but Yang Kan suddenly fell ill and fell ill, and the old general actually died of illness before the war at the age of 56.

Xiao Gang didn't know that Yang Kan was in another time and space, and he should have died of illness in Taicheng during the siege of Hou Jing two years ago.

But the big war is imminent, but there is a change of generals, which really gives Xiao Gang a headache.

Since ancient times, the most taboo thing for the Son of Heaven is that the prince has recruited wings in the army, even Xiao Yan is no exception, and the death of Yang Kan immediately made Xiao Gang face the dilemma of no one available.

At this time, the henchmen of the submersible mansion recommended two people to him, and another person recommended himself.

Mao Sui's self-recommended person is Xiao Dacheng, the eighth son who was sent to guard the enemy, Xiao Dacheng is very different from his father Xiao Gang, and the rest of the brothers, he does not like to read, prefers military affairs, has a rough and fierce personality, and is good at arching horses.

But marching and fighting is not as brave and ruthless as fighting, Xiao Dacheng is only twenty years old, and he has never led a leader in the past, Xiao Gang will pin his hopes for this battle on Xiao Dacheng no matter what.

The two people recommended by his henchmen have failed, one is Xiao Yuanming, who was defeated in Bagong Mountain, Xiao Yuanming has made a lot of achievements in the Northern Qi Navy Division over the years, and is recognized by the world as a famous general in water warfare, but the level of land warfare really makes Xiao Gang unsure.

After all, it can be said that the entire land of Huainan was lost by Xiao Yuanming in the battle of Bagong Mountain, of course, thanks to the praise of the Northern Qi Dynasty, public opinion put the blame on the head of the one-eyed Xiahou.

But in the middle of Bagong Mountain, Xiao Yuanming, as the commander-in-chief, could not escape the blame.

The other was ambushed by Murong Shaozong, Hu Luguang, and Gao Jishi outside Anlu City, and Liu Zhongli, who was also captured by Xiao Yuanming.

Xiao Gang thought about it for a long time, and finally chose Liu Zhongli to lead the troops.

One of them is that Liu Zhongli was too punctual in Ren Jingling, and resisted Hou Jing's invasion several times, and in terms of land combat experience, he still had to defeat Xiao Yuanming a lot.

Secondly, it is a more important point, Liu Zhongli is Xiao Gang's minister, his father Liu Jin assisted Xiao Gang out of the town in the early years, Liu Zhongli served with his father, Xiao Gang was canonized as the prince, and Liu Jin was immediately appointed as the prince Zhan Shi.

Compared with Xiao Yuanming, Liu Zhongli is Xiao Gang's own person, a real confidant.

Xiao Gang knows that since the defeat of An Lu, Liu Zhongli has learned from the pain over the years and has changed his past self-esteem, and the two have been friends for more than 20 years, and they know that Liu Zhongli does have military talents.

This is the choice to abandon Xiao Yuanming and use Liu Zhongli.

Xiao Gang worshiped Liu Zhongli as the governor of the capital, and the governor of the military of Gyeonggi, and ordered him to lead his troops to meet the rebels.

He also ordered Xiao Yuanming to lead the water division to respond.

But this time Yi Shuai really delayed a lot of time, and Liu Zhongli took up his new position, and the soldiers and generals were not familiar with each other, and their prestige was not established.

The soldiers don't know the generals, the generals don't know the soldiers, Liu Zhongli didn't dare to attack rashly, and after expressing his concerns to Xiao Gang, he proposed to garrison Liangshan, and at the same time reorganize the army, he waited for work at ease and engaged the rebels.

After Xiao Gang thought about it, he also knew that what Liu Zhongli said was reasonable, so he allowed him to be stationed in Liangshan to defend against the enemy.

At the same time, he was secretly relieved that he was entrusted with no one.

After the defeat of An Lu, Liu Zhongli was indeed much more cautious, if he wanted to change to the past, how could he care about these things when he regarded the heroes of the world as nothing.

The Liangshan invited by Liu Zhongli is not Shuibo Liangshan, that place is in the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but Dongliang Mountain, also known as Bowang Mountain, located in the southwest of Guyu (Dangtu, Anhui) more than 30 miles, and the Xiliang Mountain on the other side of the river is called Tianmen Mountain.

'The gate of heaven was interrupted and the Chu River opened, and the blue water flowed eastward to this point. The green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite each other, and the lonely sail comes by the sun. ’

Li Bai's poem was written about the scenery here.

During the reign of Liu Song and Yuanjia, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty topped the Yangtze River and threatened to continue to go south, so Liu Song set up a garrison in Dongliang Mountain for defense.

After Liu Zhongli led the army to Liangshan, while rectifying military discipline and establishing prestige, he ordered his soldiers to lock the iron and cut off the river road to prevent a small group of rebel troops from going down the river at night and attacking Jiankang.

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At the same time, he strengthened Bo Wangshu's defenses, and made up his mind to let Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi's coalition army run into a bloody encounter at the foot of Dongliang Mountain.

At this time, in Liu Zhongli's army, there was a general named Wu Mingche, who was the son of Wu Shu, the general of the right army, who lost his father at a young age and lived in poverty, and when his father died, he even had no place to be buried.

But he was unwilling to be poor, worked hard, and was favored by Xiao Yi when he became an adult.

Wu Mingche has a strategic mind and a good plan, but because Xiao Gang is the crown prince, he is afraid of causing Xiao Yan's jealousy and cannot install too many henchmen in the army, so now Wu Mingche is forty-seven years old, but he has not experienced a war, but because he often helps his neighbors, he has won the name of benevolence.

Xiao Gang knew his talent, but he was worried that he had no experience in leading troops, so he took Wu Mingche as his deputy general and assisted Zuo Liu Zhongli.

Because Hou Jing did not cause trouble in Jiangnan, Wu Mingche, who was Xiao Gang's confidant, was never idle, let alone met Chen Baxian in Jingkou, who was the first general of Southern Chen in the original time and space, is now doing his best to assist Zuo Liu Zhongli and reorganize the army in Dongliang Mountain.

On the other hand, after Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi raised troops, they learned the lessons of many predecessors in history, and knew that the rebellion of the Southern Dynasty was important in speed.

After the two joined forces out of Xunyang, due to the imperial army stationed at Bowangshu in Dongliang Mountain, the coalition army did not suffer too many obstacles along the way, and arrived to the west of Dongliang Mountain on the fourth day of the sixth month.

The coalition army built a camp on the spot, and in the face of the heavily garrisoned Bowangshu, Xiao Lun and Xiao Yi both started their own small calculations.

Everyone knows that Bo Wangshu is a hard stubble, and the 70,000 troops under Liu Zhongli are stationed here, so it is not easy to take it.

They all want each other to fight each other and Liu Zhongli to consume each other, and enjoy the success themselves, after all, when they enter Jiankang, it is impossible for the brothers to really share the world.