On the day that Xiao Ju set off to return to Jiankang, Wei Ran reorganized his troops and horses in Xunyang, and in the name of Xiao Ju, left all the grain and grass in Xunyang.

On the same day, Xiao Ju crowned Cui He as the right man of Shangshu and led the history of Jiangzhou thorns.

Wei Ran left Cui He to stay in Xunyang, and he personally led a land and water army of 100,000 to attack Yingzhou.

Pei Tu was seriously injured and did not recover, Wei Ran used Zhao Zeng as the vanguard, Xian Hui led the Slang tribes as the rear army, and himself as the Chinese army, going against the current and attacking Wuchang.

Zhang Ling, the general under Xiao Liang, was in charge of guarding Wuchang at this moment, at this time Zhang Ling's soldiers were not more than 10,000, and his defense was lax, and he was surrounded by Wei Ran in an instant, unable to go out to report the news.

Zhang Ling didn't expect that the Southern Qi army would come from the east, so he hurriedly mobilized men and horses to lead the army to resist.

The siege equipment used by Wei Ran to attack Xunyang had not yet come in handy, so the small equipment was transported ashore by ship and assembled on the spot.

Zhang Ling saw that the Qi army was well prepared and was assembling siege weapons under the city, and he was really shocked and frightened.

Wei Ran looked at Wuchang City from afar and said, "In the past, I raised troops in Jiangling with His Majesty, and Xiakou Wuchang was an old friend. came, and ordered Zhao Zeng to lead the vanguard to attack the city first, trying to see the reality in the city. ”

Xian Hui was puzzled, and hurriedly asked: "The army is coming, and the reloading is being prepared, and now the siege of the city is probably difficult to achieve." ”

Wei Ran only said: "This king naturally knows, but Wuchang is an important city in the direction of Jiangzhou, if there are not enough soldiers and horses here, it means that there are not many defenders in Yingzhou, if there are enough soldiers and horses here, it means that Xiao Liang has completely made full contact with Northern Qin." ”

This is quite meaningful, although Xiao Liang is now called the vassal of Northern Qin, but if Northern Qin does not issue documents for a day, Xiao Liang's main force will not dare to leave Jiangling easily, because Northern Qin already has enough troops in Xiangfan to attack Jiangling.

Sure enough, under Zhao Zeng's attack, he was able to board Wuchang City several times, but he was repulsed.

For this reason, Zhao Zeng was angry, ran to Wei Ran and said: "King Qin is giving 10,000 people to the last general, and the last general will definitely be able to take Wuchang." There are not many soldiers and horses in Wuchang, and it is difficult to stop at all. ”

Zhao Zeng was depressed, he almost broke through the defense of Wuchang with only 20,000 people, which shows the strength of Wuchang, but Erer.

Wei Ran stopped Zhao Zeng and said, "Just after the battle, how much did you lose?" ”

Zhao Zeng said: "More than 2,000 people were killed and more than 3,000 were wounded. ”

Wei Ran nodded slightly, and then ordered Zhao Zeng to go back to the camp to rest first.

Zhao Zeng hurriedly said: "King Qin, the last general is willing to lead the army to attack again." ”

Even Xian Hui couldn't stand this stunned head, so she relieved the siege and said: "General Zhao, don't worry, King Qin already has an idea." Tomorrow, the siege equipment will cooperate with the general, and Wuchang can be captured with the least losses. ”

Zhao Zeng was suddenly embarrassed and hid his face and left.

Wei Ran and Xian Hui looked at each other and smiled, and Wei Ran asked casually: "Madame has been here from Jiaozhou for several months, can you miss home?" ”

Xian Hui said: "Although I am worried, but the current national disaster cannot tolerate such private feelings." ”

Wei Ran sighed in his heart, what a heroine.

Xian Hui quipped: "After all, I am not the king of Qin, and I need to be accompanied by a beautiful woman when I come out to attack the city." ”

Wei Ran naturally knew that what Xian Hui said was that he meant to take Yuan Shu to the west together, so he was ashamed.

After dinner, Wei Ran and Yuan Shu sat by the river, like an ordinary couple.

Yuan Shu looked at Wei Ran's night fishing and said, "Husband, why is he not in a hurry at all, in such a situation, I feel called." ”

Wei Ran was happily fishing for fish, taking a sip of wine from time to time, and said casually: "Why hurry." With the civil war, Northern Qin will inevitably not be without action. This was to be expected. Now that I am in full decline, and the opportunity to destroy Nanqi is in front of me, how can Yuan Shan do it? ”

Yuan Shu suddenly hammered Wei Ran, Wei Ran was unstable for a while, and the fish he had just caught failed to pull up.

Seeing Wei Ran like this, Yuan Shu just laughed.

Wei Ran explained: "Madame doesn't know, now it seems that our dynasty is weak, and Northern Qin is extremely strong, occupying Xiangfan in Xichuan, and opening the gateway to Jiankang in Jiangling. But with such a credit, if Yuan Shan is monopolized, how can Yuan Zhen deal with himself? If the Minguan Group attributed the credit to Yuan Zhen, how could Yuan Shan be convinced? ”

Hearing Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu also looked gloomy at the moment. She put a pair of jade feet into the river water, and said while playing in the water: "My stupid brother, a thirty-year-old person, has become a puppet. But the ability is poor and he doesn't know it, and sooner or later he will be harmed by Yuan Shan. ”

Wei Ran nodded, and then said: "In recent years, I have gradually formed a situation of division between the east and the west in Northern Qin through the secret operation of the relationship. Yuan Shan is in the west like the sun, while Min Guan is in the west to cover the sky with one hand. It's just because of the issue of military power that Wang Qi sent me news that the Tuoba clan of Northern Yan has now joined the Yuanshan camp, which makes Min Guan like a backstab. ”

At this moment, the fish bitten, Wei Ran laughed, took advantage of the situation to catch the fish, and then added: "Tuoba Yuan is now in Xiangyang, this person is also young and ambitious, and now he is competing with Yuwen Zhi and the two tigers, Yuwen Zhi is a human being, and there is no atmosphere." In addition, Tuoba Yuan must also look down on Yu Wenzhi, and if he has the opportunity this time, he will just charge a little interest for Weber. ”

Then Wei Ran packed up his equipment and said to Yuan Shu: "Let's go, let's go back to the camp." ”

On the second day, Wei Ran ordered Zhao Zeng to lead 30,000 troops to attack Wuchang.

Wuchang defender Zhang Ling barely repelled Zhao Zeng yesterday, and today Zhao Zeng made a comeback, with siege weapons such as catapults as assistance, and he was also in a dilemma for a while.

Zhao Zeng ordered the catapult to be covered, and then used the rushing car to storm the city gate, Zhang Ling hurriedly made people resist the city gate, and he personally supervised the battle in the city tower, but Wuchang did not have large equipment, and it was impossible to launch a counterattack against the army camp.

Under the blind passive beating, half a day later, Wuchang City was immediately broken.

Zhao Zeng rushed into Wuchang first and strictly ordered the soldiers not to plunder the people.

Therefore, the people did not resist too much, but also told Zhao Zeng where Zhang Ling was hiding.

Zhang Ling wanted to break through after the city was broken, but there were few capable fighters around him, and he was surrounded on all sides, so he had no choice but to take off his military uniform, change into beggar's clothes, and hide in a bungalow.

But he was betrayed by the people, and was immediately pulled out by Zhao Zeng, and Zhang Ling was captured.

The Xiao Liang rebels, who were still making small resistance in the city, were also wiped out.

With the entry of the Southern Qi army into Wuchang, it was also announced that the first battle against Xiao Liang's regime had been completed.

Wei Ran asked Zhang Ling to bring him up, and when Zhang Ling saw Wei then, he didn't hesitate and surrendered directly.

But Wei Ran did not leave Zhang Ling in the army like Zhao Zeng, but asked Zhang Ling to be sent to Xunyang and handed over to Cui Huan for disposal.

Zhao Zeng was puzzled, and Wei Ran explained: "This time to conquer Xiao Liang, only personal soldiers can be used, outsiders can not be used, a slight difference, everything will be wiped out, the general quickly reorganizes the soldiers and horses, and marches into Xiakou tomorrow." ”