In the battle of Wulong Mountain, although there were only 2,000 people in the Liang State Hidden Guard, they were all selected from various armies or disciples belonging to the imperial court gangs.

Fortunately, the master of the Bloody Clothes Gate killed his commander and the general banner, hundreds, and thousands of households in each team, so that the opponent's position was suppressed.

After a fierce battle for half a day, Xiao Chaogui and Xu Lai took advantage of the night to break through. Under the mountain, 20,000 Liang troops, the general soldiers Qian Mu and Yang Shan were killed by their own soldiers, and only a few thousand remnants of the army retreated to the south of the city two hundred miles west of the Hongdu city, and 50,000 Jin soldiers besieged the south city.

After Xiao Xian, the king of Zhennan, received the report, the 800-li urgent report was transmitted to the capital, and he immediately ordered the army to be assembled and asked the Jingnan Jiedu envoy and the Shazhou Jiedu envoy to jointly send troops to besiege the Jin army under the Nancheng city, and ordered the counties near the Nancheng to send troops to raid the Jin army.

Nancheng is a grain city, storing one-fifth of the grain of the Liang State, which was specially used by the Liang State for the military rations of the Southern Expedition to the Jin State and the Zhou State.

But the southern city was held for less than a day, and the city gate was opened by careful work, and the military rations of the southern city were destroyed in the raging fire except for part of the Jin army.

Xiao Xian, the king of Zhennan, gathered 60,000 soldiers and horses in half a day, but received the news that the southern city had been broken, and then, another urgent report flew to the capital, the old city of Jianzhou, and Andu.

The firelight illuminates the southern city of half the sky, and the Jin army is gathering.

"Marshal, the southern city has fallen, the grain and grass are destroyed, let's withdraw according to the plan," said the general after saluting.

"This place is only two hundred miles away from Hongdu, and this king wants to take Hongdu in one fell swoop," the old man said.

This old man is Sima Shi, the backer of the Jin Kingdom, the commander of the Jin army on this trip, although he has passed the age of the sixtieth year, he does not have too many vicissitudes.

Although the Jin State removed the emperor's name from the outside world, but still claimed to be the emperor, after Xiao Yan drowned Sima Kang in Poyang Lake, although Sima Shi got the news in advance, but it was too late, and sent the masters of the rivers and lakes to rescue Sima Jun's only surviving five-year-old Sima Kang, who was only five years old, and made him the emperor, and established the country with the land of three states, and now Sima Kang is twenty years old.

Because the Jin State was established with the three counties of Hezhou controlled by Sima Shi, the generals have always looked forward to Sima Shi's horse, and later expanded their territory to 12 counties in Sanzhou.

A young general immediately persuaded: "Lord Wang, Nanyang and Jiangxia counties have sent a number of guerrilla generals to attack our flank, Hongdu still has 50,000 garrisons, there are 30,000 in the surrounding counties, and there are still 20,000 troops in Jingnan and Shazhou. ”

Another general also spoke: "Lord, the southern city has been destroyed, once it is surrounded, we can not hold on, we can only fight on the plains, if we attack Hongdu, our army not only does not have an advantage in numbers, but also has no ladders, siege towers, ballistas, and stone throwers to attack the city. ”

The rest of the generals also wanted to open their mouths to dissuade, but Sima Shi raised his hand to stop him and said: "I know what everyone means, the southern city has been broken, the grain reserves have been destroyed, the purpose of this trip has been achieved, and the troops need to be withdrawn as soon as possible, and they cannot be surrounded by the Liang army." ”

Sima Shi paused, and said: "Our army just burned a grain city and annihilated 20,000 Liang troops, the southern city is destroyed, the Liang State can collect the military rations of the Southern Expedition in three months at most, Xiao Xian still has 80,000 troops in his hands, plus the surrounding five jiedu envoys, nearly 200,000 troops, if they are not greatly injured now, after the Zhao State in Jiangbei retreats, Emperor Liang will inevitably transfer troops from Andu, at that time the Liang State can gather at least 300,000 soldiers and horses, and the land of the three states and twelve counties of my Jin Kingdom, the strength of the whole country, the army is only 120,000, how to stop it?"

"This time, with the help of the Bloody Clothes Gate, we quietly raided the territory of Liang State, so this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

After thinking about it, the generals clasped their hands into fists and saluted: "Please command, the prince will give us the order that we will shroud the body of the horse leather and kill the thief." ”

"Drum beating. ”

After the rapid sound of drums, in less than a quarter of an hour, more than twenty generals stood on the command platform of the city wall, lined up on both sides.

"Okay, everyone, this marshal has decided to take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, and it is best to go straight to Hongdu in one fell swoop and take the four states in the south of Liang State. ”

The generals talked about it in an instant, and a general on the left hand said: "Dashuai, there are 17 counties in the four states in the south, and there are more than 80 large and small counties, which are larger than my Jin country, and it is difficult to control such a large territory with the national strength of my Jin country. ”

"General Liu is right, but our army has a total of 50,000 horses, and if it is too scattered, it will be broken one by one," Sima Shi said.

The generals agreed, bowed their hands and said, "Please also ask the prince to show it." ”

Sima Shi drew his sword, walked to the map in the middle of the generals, and pointed: "Nancheng has been destroyed, and the surrounding terrain is flat and not suitable for battle, now it is necessary to capture Nanyang County to tempt the Liang army." ”

Liu Ziye said: "Dashuai, have you taken a fancy to the mountains northeast of Nanyang City?"

"Yes, but this piece of mountain land is yours. ”

"Sima De, Sima Jin. ”

"Nephew here," the two replied.

"Order the two of you to be the main and deputy strikers respectively, lead the front army and the left and right armies, you must take Nanyang within half a day, the defenders in Nanyang City are no more than 3,000 people, leave the east gate, and the other three gates attack at the same time. ”

"Yes. ”

"Wang Xuan, Wang Huan. ”

"The end will be. ”

"The two of you each led 5,000 infantry from the Chinese army to attack Pei County, and after taking Pei County, Wang Xuan led 3,000 men and horses to retreat to Nanyang, and Wang Huan led 2,000 men and horses to defend Dou Xiao's army in Jingnan Jiedu in Pei County. ”

"Liu Ziye, Shi Jian. ”

"The end will be. ”

"General Liu, this king will hand over 5,000 cavalry to you, you need to rush to Xiaocheng County with great fanfare, let the other party scout report to Xiao Xian, let Xiao Xian think that our army has retreated the main force to Xiaocheng, after dark, General Liu needs to return to Nanyang in the starry night, remember to be hidden, General Division, you lead 3,000 infantry to guard the enemy army from Shazhou, Xiaocheng is the only route for us to retreat to the Jin Kingdom, so the division general must hold it, there are still 1,000 defenders of my Jin Kingdom, and it should not be a problem to hold it for three days. ”

"Yes, the last general will not fail in his mission. ”

The two replied.

"These two Jiedu envoys are separated from the Liang court, as long as we defeat Xiao Xian's army, they will not attack too desperately in order to preserve their strength. ”

"Yes," the two replied.

"Hongdu is two hundred miles away, and its vanguard can reach it in less than two days, so, General Liu, you must return to Nanyang within one day and hide the cavalry in the mountains, Sima De, Sima Jin, you must not take Nanyang City in one day, Wang Xuan, you must return to Nanyang City in two days at the latest," Sima Shi reminded the generals one by one.

"Yes. ”

The crowd replied.

"Okay, let's go down and get ready. ”

"Yes. ”

After Liu Ziye came out of the account, he said in his heart: This old prince really has two hands, no wonder he was able to block the seven attacks of the Buddha Kingdom and the Liang Kingdom with 70,000 or 80,000 weak soldiers back then, and also won three counties from the Buddha Kingdom.