South of Gangneung City, the same place, the same routine.

Xiao Liang was called the emperor and changed the name of the country to Liang.

Reform of the beginning of the Yuan.

At the same time of amnesty to the world, the civil and military officials were sealed.

This move not only surprised Xiao Ju and Xiao Yin, who were fighting in Nanqi, but even Yu Wenzhi in Xiangfan was also shocked.

The places that Xiao Liang embraced are none other than Jiangling and Yingzhou.

However, although Gangneung is a populous state, it is also a place of four wars.

But Xiao Liang obviously had his own ideas, and on the second day of his proclamation, Xiao Liang sent an envoy to Xiangyang.

At this time, Xiao Liang already knew that Xiangyang was occupied by Northern Qin, so after Xiao Liang's envoy met Yuwenzhi, he said Xiao Liang's true thoughts.

"Your Majesty is willing to claim vassal status to your country for your protection."

Hearing the words of the envoy, Yuwenzhi also understood Xiao Liang's intentions, and used Jiangling and Yingzhou as bargaining chips to gain the support of Northern Qin.

Although in this way, he will become the puppet of Northern Qin, but it is better than falling into the hands of Xiao Ju. What's more, you can also have an emperor addiction.

Yuwenzhi immediately found Sima Linhai and asked Sima Linhai's opinion.

Sima Linhai was scheming and said to Yu Wenzhi: "Wei Ran is now besieging Jiangzhou. Xiao Liang is now arrogating the title of emperor, and the hearts of Jiangzhou people are scattered. Wei Ran will soon be able to conquer Jiangzhou. At that time, troops will be sent to take Gangneung. Therefore, Xiao Liang took the first step and took Yingzhou to occupy a geographical advantage. We have already embraced Xiangyang, and half a year ago we took Xichuan, if we can get the land of Jiangling Yingzhou. It completely cut off the lifeblood of Southern Qi, and the general can agree to this matter first, and the court will be happy if it is such a great achievement. ”

Yu Wenzhi nodded in kindness, so he replied to the messenger and said: "This matter is not for me to decide, but I can send troops to attack Yiyang at the same time." However, in order to show sincerity, before our dynasty has no official documents, Xiao Liang needs to be responsible for our supplies. ”

The messenger nodded repeatedly. He kept saying, "That's nature, that's nature." ”

Xiao Liang, who received Northern Qin's reply, couldn't help but perk up at the moment, and began to recruit troops in Jiangling, ready to cooperate with Northern Qin to attack at any time.

And Xiao Ju, who was looking for the sun, heard the news that Xiao Liang was called emperor, and he was also confused for a while.

It was Cui Huan's words that woke up Xiao Ju and Wei Ran.

"Since Xiao Liang dares to be the emperor, either he feels that his time is running out, and he is addicted to it before he dies. Either it is to seek the blessing of Northern Qin. I expected that it must be the latter, so General Wang Xian would definitely not have been able to take Xiangyang, so Jiangling could be connected to Northern Qin. ”

When Xiao Ju heard this, he almost fainted directly. Fortunately, Wei Ran was quick and helped Xiao Ju.

Xiao Ju said slowly: "If this is the case, our upstream is equivalent to being choked by Northern Qin, Xichuan has fallen, and now Jiangling and Yingzhou are also attached to Northern Qin." Now in the land of Northern Jingzhou, only the Yiyang generation is still in control, but the waterway was strangled to death by Xiao Liang, if the Northern Qin attacked Yiyang at this time, Wang Xian's army would definitely be annihilated. ”

Wei Ran is also at a loss at the moment, and Yiyang is obviously dead. If the army wants to reach Yiyang, it must pass through Xiao Liang's defense area, Xiao Liang occupies a geographical advantage, and it is difficult for the army to pass quickly, and it is extremely unfavorable to Wang Xian for a long time.

Thinking of this, Wei Ran immediately asked people to cross the river to send a message to Wang Xian, and took advantage of Xiao Liang's just ascension to the throne and the lack of soldiers and horses, and immediately raised an army to retreat to the battlefield in Jiangzhou.

"General Wang should advance by land and water, and the army can return to Yiyang directly, but the ships are all on the north shore, and they must be on the other side of Yingzhou. In a hurry, he immediately ordered Wang Xian to lead the army to retreat, and as for the people, how much could they withdraw. ”

Seeing that Xiao Ju also gave the order to withdraw the troops, everyone no longer hesitated.

At the same time, Wei Ran passed the news of Xiao Liang's proclamation as emperor to Xiao Yin and Hengzhi in the city.

After Hengzhi got the news, the whole person was stunned.

Xiao Liang's claim to be the emperor means that he will not rush to the aid of Jiangzhou, and Xunyang is already a lonely city.

Even if Xiao Liang united with Northern Qin to launch an offensive against Southern Qi, it was after the end of this battlefield that they took the opportunity to attack.

knew Xiao Liang's behavior of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but Hengzhi didn't know what to do at the moment.

On the contrary, Xiao Yin was quite calm at the moment, and seeing the anxious Hengzhi in front of him, Xiao Yin got up and said, "Grandpa doesn't have to be in such a hurry, we just descended." ”

Hearing Xiao Yin's words, Hengzhi immediately said: "How can Your Majesty talk so nonsense, how can there be an emperor in the world who surrenders." ”

Xiao Yin walked to Hengzhi's side with a wry smile at this moment, pulled Hengzhi up and said, "Grandpa, do you think I am the emperor?" Am I the Son of Heaven? At the beginning of the throne, I was just a pawn in your hands, but now that the general trend has gone, Northern Qin is eyeing the tiger, if I am fighting with Xiao Ju here, wouldn't it be cheaper for Northern Qin. At that time, the mountains and rivers will be shattered, and the Great Qi will perish, how will I face the first emperor? ”

Xiao Yin then walked out of the hall, didn't look at Hengzhi behind him, but said with emotion: "In this way, what is the difference between me and Xiao Luan?" ”

Hengzhi didn't care about anything else at the moment, knelt on the ground and said, "Yin'er, it was my grandfather who hurt you." ”

Xiao Yin sat on the steps, kneeling Hengzhi beside him, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected beside the two of them.

"Xiao Ju is indeed more suitable to be an emperor than me, in fact, although Xiao Ju has touched the interests of you and the vassal king, he will not kill innocents indiscriminately."

Hearing Xiao Yin's words, Hengzhi immediately said: "Although Xiao Ju is a Ming Jun, but he reuses a villain like Wei Ran, what should the country do in the future?" ”

"I knew that Grandpa was going to talk about Wei Ran, but how could we decide this kind of thing? At least on the battlefield, we can't beat this Qin King Wei Ran, can't we? ”

Hengzhi lowered his head in shame, Tianhu started the game, but now it is about to end hastily, their military ability is indeed far from Wei Ran.

But thinking of the dead Heng Xuan, Heng Zhi felt unwilling.

How many buildings are in the smoke and rain, like a dream in the next world.

For more than half a year, not only did he gain nothing, but he also lost countless of his cronies and generals, and even his own son.

Hengzhi's heart is constantly struggling and entangled.

Until Xiao Yin's words shattered the defense line in Hengzhi's heart.

Xiao Yin said softly: "Grandpa, do you care about our Great Qi or your Heng clan's status?" ”

These words were like a thunderbolt, completely breaking Hengzhi's psychological defense.

Hengzhi hid his face in pain and said to Xiao Yin: "What Yin'er said is very true, I am stunned. ”

At this moment, Heng Zhi realized that no matter how generous he was, in the final analysis, he just didn't want to give up his status as a member of the Heng family, that's all.

Hengzhi looked at Xiao Yin's back, and after a long time, Hengzhi said to Xiao Yin: "Then let's go down, grandpa can only do the last thing for you." ”

Xiao Yin didn't understand the deep meaning of Hengzhi's words at first, until a scream suddenly came.

Xiao Yin turned around sharply, only to find that Hengzhi had crashed to death on the stone wall.

Xiao Yin until, Hengzhi was using his death to give himself an excuse to surrender, so that Xiao Ju would let him go.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yin couldn't help but burst into tears, and kept saying, "Grandpa, although I don't want to rebel like this, I don't blame you." ”