The combined army composed of Chen Qing, the Taishou of Linhai and Tan Xuan, the Taishou of Huiji, occupied the entire county of Wu County after breaking through Yongshi.

At this point, Huiji County, Linhai County and Wu County have all been under Xiao Ju's control.

When the news reached Jiankang, Xiao Luan, who was in the Humble Administrator's Hall in Taicheng, was hit hard, although many things had a premonition, but when the news came to him, Xiao Luan still felt incredulous.

Once Xiao Ju conquered Dongfu and Jingkou, then the entire Jiankang really fell into Xiao Ju's encirclement.

The expression on Xiao Luan's face suddenly became hideous, and he couldn't help laughing wildly above the main hall, and all the ministers in the audience were too frightened to speak. After laughing wildly, it was Xiao Luan's cold face, he stared at the civil and military officials below, and then said: "Huiji, Wu County is not the place where you Aiqing made his fortune, and now it has only been a few months, and it has been conquered by the thief army, am I really a fool?" ”

The officials of the family in Huiji and Wu County couldn't help but be shocked, and then Xiao Luan's words made several people fall into an ice cave. "Come on, pull Xie Meng, Zhang Xian, and Zhuo Yang out, behead them for public display, and the family members and children in the city will not be left, and they will all be executed!"

"I hope Your Majesty will show me what crime I have committed." Xie Meng took a step forward, then knelt on the ground and said in a humble voice.

Xiao Luan looked at Xie Meng, and the suppressed anger in his heart finally broke out: "You group of people, snakes and rats at both ends. Zhang Xian, your clan is the Jinling Wang clan, a hundred responses, the thief army to the Jinling, the Jinling surrendered without a fight, if there is no consent from you, An will be like this? ”

Then Xiao Luan ignored Zhang Xian, who was like ashes, but walked down the hall and stood in front of Zhuo Yang, who was kneeling on the ground: "Your clan is the Wuxing Wang clan, and the Wuxing County Commander is also a member of your Wu clan, not only Kaicheng surrendered, but also supported the grain and grass equipment given to the rebels, am I wrong?" ”

When Zhuo Yang heard this, he trembled coldly, and he prostrate on the ground and didn't dare to speak.

Then Xiao Luan took the sword from the palace, the sound of the sword out of the sheath made the three of them frightened, Xiao Luan put the sword across Xie Meng's neck, and said: "The most hateful thing is you, while letting me attack Huiji County, and on the other hand, using your Xie clan's influence in Huiji to help the rebels, and I don't know it at all!" ”

The two ends of the scholar clan bet on self-preservation is their way of survival, and the reason why Xiao Luan was the emperor was because Xiao Luan was close to the scholar clan, and Xiao Ju did not believe in the scholar clan, but preferred to reuse the cold door. Xiao Luan couldn't even control half of the country, so he couldn't help but let the scholars adopt the traditional art of betting on both ends, but he didn't expect Xiao Luan to have an exploding mentality at the moment, and he wanted to directly attack them.

"Your Majesty, the three adults have never gone out in the court, and this matter must be the work of the clansmen, and I hope Your Majesty will find out." Lu Ke saw that things were about to get out of control, and hurriedly dissuaded him.

Xiao Luan heard this, and then turned his head to look at Lu Ke, but the sword in his hand gently rubbed against Xie Meng's neck, and Xie Meng's neck showed a trace of blood: "What if I have to kill today?" ”

"I also hope that Your Majesty will put the society first, and killing a few ministers will certainly relieve hatred, but it will put everyone in danger for other officials." Lu Cao was also really scared at this time, and hurriedly knelt down: "I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

"From the day the rebels sent troops from Jiangling, you Aiqing persuaded me to stick to Jiankang to wait for work, and on the other hand, I transferred my property to cooperate with the enemy to protect myself. The treasury is empty, and yesterday I wanted everyone to take out their belongings to reward the soldiers, what about everyone? ”

Seeing that Xiao Luan had already had a showdown, Lu Ke didn't pretend anymore, stood up and said, "I hope Your Majesty won't make mistakes." ”

Xiao Luan moved the sword away from Xie Meng's neck, and then slowly pointed at Lu Ke: "What is Grandpa going to do?" Did you kill me? ”

Seeing the grim smile on Xiao Luan's face, Lu Ke felt a chill in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Your Majesty, the great enemy is in front, does it have to be like this?" ”

"General Yuan? Is everything done? Xiao Luan didn't pay attention to Lu Cao, but asked Yuan Huyi a clueless word.

Yuan Huzhi was dressed in military uniform, and when he heard this, he immediately replied: "Return to Your Majesty, it has been done." The four royal forest armies have all been replaced by cronies and generals, and the soldiers in the city have also been inspired, so they can fight to the death for Your Majesty! The guards of Jianyang Gate and Xuanyang Gate refused to accept it, and the last general made an assertion and killed him for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and asked His Majesty to forgive him. ”

At this time, Lu Cao had completely understood, Xiao Luan had completely distrusted them, everything today was an excuse, the imperial court needed a large number of treasures to reward the soldiers, so it could only take them as a knife.

After listening to Yuan Huzhi's words, Xiao Luan couldn't help laughing: "I now appoint General Yuan as the general, the governor of the rebellion and other military forces, and the commander-in-chief of Jiankang defense. After saying this, Xiao Luan looked at the ministers in the audience with a murderous face: "Xie, Zhang, Zhuo, the three of them, the evidence of collaborating with the enemy has been conclusive, Xie beheaded them of the Yi clan, and the family property was confiscated, do you Aiqing still have any opinions?" ”

The ministers were already heartbroken, so they had to shout Your Majesty's Shengming.

Seeing everyone's attitude, Xiao Luan was even more proud, and then said: "Then the gold and silver rewards I mentioned, are you Aiqing willing to contribute?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to give their money, which has given the soldiers the heart to struggle." Lu Ke saw that the matter was irreversible, and then took the lead and said.

"Don't bother Aiqing, General Yuan, select the confidant generals to go to the ministers' homes to collect the property in person, Zhong Aiqing will not go home today, I will hold a banquet in the palace."

"Your Majesty, the last general feels that there is a lot of grain in the treasury of your lordship, and you can use this grain to appease the people in the city, and take this opportunity to recruit warriors to expand into the army, and you will definitely win!" At this time, Yuan Huzhi suggested again.

The ministers of the court were about to hate Yuan Huzhi to death at this time, but now there were no soldiers in their hands, and the soldiers were all under Yuan Huzhi's control, and everyone dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

"Accurate!"

At this time, on the Vermilion Bird Bridge, Zhang Gui had already launched an attack, and it was the troops of Gongsun Ao who were guarding the Vermilion Bird Bridge.

The new general Yuan Tanzhi is Yuan Huzhi's brother, and at this time Yuan Tanzhi shouted: "The thief army is tired from afar, but there are only 30,000 people, what are you afraid of?" ”

Then one of Yuan Tan's horses took the lead, leading the cavalry of the guards to rush into the chaos, Zhang Gui saw this and patted the horse to fight, but he did not expect Yuan Tan's courage to be abnormal, after dozens of battles, Zhang Gui was stabbed, Zhang Gui fell off the horse, Yuan Tanzhi was about to result Zhang Gui, fortunately, Zhang Gui's department was quite elite, seeing that Zhang Gui was invincible, he immediately formed a formation to cover Zhang Gui's retreat.

Then the morale of the defenders of the Vermilion Bird Bridge was greatly boosted, and they killed the Vermilion Bird Bridge in one go, and Zhang Gui's troops were defeated, and only more than 1,000 people fled back to Xinting.

This was the first victory of Xiao Luan's army, and when the news came back to Jiankang, Xiao Luan was overjoyed and immediately crowned Yuan Tanzhi as the general of Long Xiang, and since then he has a deeper trust in the Yuan brothers.

And Wei Ran, who was about to arrive in Xinting, couldn't help but feel incredible when he heard the news of Zhang Gui's defeat, especially when he heard that Zhang Gui was seriously injured, he was even more shocked.

"Zhang Gui is the most courageous person in our army, and he was defeated so head-on, Xiao Luan's anger is not exhausted." Wei Ran couldn't help but sigh.

When Xiao Ju heard this, he looked at Wei Ran incredulously: "To make Wei Di feel so emotional, this person must be extraordinary." ”

"I just think that there are a lot of variables in this battle, and they should not be underestimated." Wei Ran sighed embarrassedly.

"Your Majesty, Duke Wei doesn't need to worry too much. Yuan Tan's bravery, why be afraid? Yuan Muzhi disagreed: "The Jiankang rebels have suffered repeated defeats, although Yuan Tanzhi defeated General Zhang in the first battle, but after all, he was a mantis arm as a car. ”

"What's the best way to do it?" After many days of getting along, Xiao Ju also praised Yuan Muzhi, and there was a lot of intimacy between words.

The minister read the report from the front, although General Zhang was injured by Yuan Tanzhi in battle, but the two armies were not at a disadvantage before that. And the number of Yuan Tan's troops is 20,000 more than General Zhang, and General Zhang is the attacker, which is enough to show that the combat strength of the Jiankang army is average. ”

Yuan Muzhi then smiled strangely, looked at Wei Ran and said, "I heard that Wei Gong has never been defeated in a battle? ”

Wei Ran couldn't help blushing, but it seemed to be true, so he didn't refute it.

"Let Wei Gong personally lead the army to meet Yuan Tanzhi, and then whether Yuan Tanzhi can defeat Wei Gong or not, Wei Gong must be defeated."

"Why? If Yuan Tanzhi is not as good as his father, he can be killed, so why bother? Wei Ran was puzzled.

"Now that the Jiankang rebels have finally won, Xiao Luan thieves will definitely pin their hopes on Yuan Tanzhi, if Wei Gong is defeated in successive battles, then Yuan Tanzhi's prestige in the army will be higher and higher, and when Yuan Tanzhi's prestige reaches its peak, what do you think will happen when you kill this fang, Your Majesty, what does Wei Gong think?"

Looking at Yuan Muzhi, Wei Ran couldn't help laughing and said: "In this way, the Jiankang rebels will definitely collapse their morale, and they will never dare to go out of the city to fight in the field again." may even lose the fighting spirit, and Jiankang will be broken in the near future. ”

Xiao Ju couldn't help but glance at Yuan Muzhi a few more times, this son's plan was very exquisite, and it didn't even belong to Weber, and then said: "I admire it, if it takes time, it will not be worse than the king of Taiyuan in Northern Yan." ”

"But I have a question, what if Brother Wei is not sure that he will kill Yuan Tanzhi?" At this time, Xiao Ju thought of a key point, what if Wei Ran couldn't defeat Yuan Tanzhi?

Hearing this, Yuan Muzhi said proudly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, there are many times of fraud, Yuan Tanzhi always has a fever, and when he is hot-headed, it will be the day of death."