Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 391 Planning (3000)

Although Nanliang established the crown prince early, there was Prince Xiao Tong of Zhaoming who died early, and Gao Cheng's father-in-law Xiao Gang later, but the princes really fought fiercely.

Speaking of the source, it was still Xiao Yan who sent the princes out and divided them into one side. Everyone has their own power. The prince is worried about his brother, and the prince also covets the great treasure. Is it an heir or an army.

Some people say that Zhu Di is the only vassal king who raised troops to rise to power, which is true and not true. For example, Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song Dynasty Liu Jun raised troops in Jiangzhou to attack and kill the prince Liu Shao who killed his father and became self-reliant. Liu Shao reigned for only three months. He was kicked off the throne of the emperor by his younger brother.

It's just that Liu Shao's act of killing his father was so appalling that later historians called him "Yuan Xie Shao", "Thief Shao", and "Ni Shao" and did not recognize him as the orthodox emperor of Liu Song.

Of course, the difficulty of Liu Jun's ascension is not the same as that of Zhu Di. Although Li Jinglong, the Great Ming God of War, commanded calmly, Zhu Di also faced a difficult start in hell. It is not Liu Shao who killed his father and betrayed the whole world.

In the Nanliang Dynasty, not only Xiao Yan's sons coveted the throne, but also his grandson and nephew.

Xiao Tong, Prince Zhaoming, was jealous of Xiao Yan and died of depression. Xiao Yan felt ashamed of his son, so he treated Xiao Tong's princes as princes.

As for his nephew peeping, it has nothing to do with Xiao Yuanming, the God of War of Nanliang is now focused on making money and making military achievements, but Xiao Zhengde.

Many people don't understand why Xiao Zhengde, a side branch, secretly conspired with Hou Jing in an attempt to ascend to the throne. This should start with an old incident.

Xiao Yan had no children in his early years. Probably during the Jianwu period of the Southern Qi Dynasty (494-498), Xiao Yan adopted Xiao Zhengde, the son of his sixth brother Xiao Hong, as his adopted son. Xiao Yan, who was in his thirties at that time, must have saved Xiao Zhengde The idea of ​​inheriting the title.

In 500 AD, Xiao Yan rebelled against Qi. At that time, he was 36 years old. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, he was definitely not young. After all, no one knew that he could survive for so long. Xiao Zhengde saw his adoptive father control the court and set out to usurp the throne , when he thought that he could sit on the throne with his adopted son status, Xiao Yan's eldest son Xiao Tong was born in 501.

Even if the adopted son has been raised for several years, his own son is not as important as his own son, so Xiao Zhengde was sent back to the sect and became Xiao Hong's son again.

When Xiao Zhengde defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty in 525 A.D., he left a poem: "The buckling of the Zhengan is exhausted, and the atmosphere of the orchid musk deer is gone. If you want to know the day of Huai charcoal, it is the Lubing Dynasty." '

After arriving in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he claimed to be the deposed prince, and his heart was not angry, which can be seen.

It's just that he was suspected by people in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and saw the chaos in the north, so he fled back to Nanliang the next year. Xiao Yan felt ashamed of this former adopted son, so he just reprimanded him with tears, restored his official position and title, and continued to entrust him with reuse.

Up to now, Xiao Zhengde has been appointed as the governor of the military forces of the capital. For Xiao Yan, no matter how loyal Yang Kan is, he is still an outsider, and the military power is still safe in the hands of his repentant nephew.

As for whether Xiao Zhengde really gave up his obsession with the throne, history already has the answer. The reason why he did not take any action is that he knew that with the current strength of the Northern Qi army, if civil strife broke out, even if he was in power, he would not be able to hold the throne for a few days. emperor.

Xiao Zhengde was able to contact Hou Jing because Hou Jing was a stray dog ​​with only [-] soldiers under his command. He was crazy to bring the Northern Qi army into Jiankang.

After Gao Cheng was assassinated in Xiangyang, he sent someone to send a secret letter to Xiao Zhengde, saying:
"Now the Lord Liang is in a daze, the government orders are reversed, and the people are in poverty. He should abdicate to make way for the virtuous. King Linhe (Xiao Zhengde) was originally an heir, and he was humiliated and deposed. I am deeply saddened to hear that.

""Mencius" said: "If you go out, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish." Today, Qi and Liang are both big countries. Although there are often disputes, the Northern Dynasty has a slight advantage.

"The king of Linhe supervises all the military divisions in the capital, and he may send troops to question the palace. I will have something to do in Jiangling, and all the places in the south of the Yangtze River will come to help.

"King Linhe ascended to the throne calmly, and I also got the land of Jianghan. From now on, the north of the river will belong to Qi, and the south of the river will belong to Liang. There will be no more disputes between the lines drawn by the river.

"If there are people in the south of the Yangtze River who are not ministers, I would like to borrow troops, just like Rouran's room to save Yuan, and I have no intention of encroaching."

Gao Cheng wrote to urge Xiao Zhengde to rebel in Jiankang, but received no response.

It's just that Xiao Zhengde didn't make things difficult for Gao Cheng's emissary, but let him go.

Thinking about it, it took Xiao Zhengde a lot of struggle and hesitation before he could endure this temptation. Maybe even if the Northern Qi was weaker, maybe Xiao Zhengde would agree.

But Gao Cheng was not discouraged. Once Xiao Yan passed away, Xiao Zhengde, who held the military power in the capital, would clash with the crown prince Xiao Gang. With Xiao Zhengde's resume, Xiao Yan could trust him, but Xiao Gang could not rest assured. Xiao Zhengde must have self-knowledge.

Seeing the chaos in Jiankang, the rest of the powerful vassal kings will send troops to get a share of the pie.

When civil strife broke out in Nanliang, and when Northern Qi was cleaning up the mess, Gao Cheng didn't believe that 86-year-old Xiao Yan could survive 29-year-old himself, and longevity must teach some basic laws.

Speaking of Jiangling, Xiao Yi heard that it was Liu Zhongli who came to help, and he also breathed a sigh of relief. Although Liu Zhongli is a member of the prince Xiao Gang, and he is not on good terms with the prince, but if he wants to face the national crisis, he can put aside his past suspicions and join hands to defend against the enemy.

Besides Liu Zhongli is capable, what Xiao Yi is most afraid of is that the imperial court will send a wine bag and rice bag to lead the army.

Before Wang Sengbian, it was Liu Zhongli who was the prefect of Jingling, who had fought against Hou Jing, and often called himself a hero in the world, and Hou Jing was quite afraid of him. can not say it clearly.

However, Gao Cheng, who heard the news, smiled happily. Liu Zhongli is too familiar with him. He is a pioneer in the war, and his father Liu Jin was so angry that he said bluntly, "Your Majesty has King Shaoling (Xiao Lun), and my minister has Liu Zhongli. Loyalty is not filial, how can the Hou thief be flattened? '

This man is now very swollen, but he will lose his courage as long as he is beaten once.

Gao Cheng immediately dispatched Hou Jing to lead [-] troops out of Changning, marching along the west side of the Han River, attacking cities and villages along the way, and ordered Murong Shaozong to still lead [-] infantry, and [-] state and county soldiers to go out. Mausoleum, attacking the cities east and north of the Han River.

The third section of the Han River flows into the Yangtze River from west to east, so there is a saying that Murong Shaozong led the army to attack the cities east and north of the Han River.

Gao Cheng also left [-] soldiers in the prefecture to guard Changning with his father-in-law Wei Xiaokuan to protect his own escape route. He also ordered Hu Luguang to lead [-] cavalry to control Gao Jishi, Murongyan, Chilieping, Pi Jinghe and other generals. Stationed in Jingling, once Liu Zhongli was lured by Murong Shaozong's lone army and crossed the river to find a battle, Hu Luguang led the cavalry out of Jingling, and one man and three horses rushed to Liu Zhongli's department.

As for Jingling City, it was guarded by [-] state and county soldiers led by Yuan Jing'an.

Although Yuan Jing'an belonged to the clan of the previous dynasty, his loyalty to the Gao family had been proven for a long time, and Gao Cheng could use him with confidence.

Gao Cheng himself led [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] state and county soldiers. A total of [-] troops followed Hou Jing to the south. At the same time, Gao Cheng recruited [-] state and county soldiers from the country. It's because they planned to attack Jiangling by force.

The navy continued to go south along the Han River. The Northern Qi navy was severely taught by the Nanliang navy in the Huaihe River, and practiced with Xiao Yuanming. They gained a lot of experience. Although the morale was not very high when they came, they were rewarded for their contributions in Gaocheng. Down, but also cheered up.

Moreover, the 2 people transferred by Shedi Gan were all specially selected elites, so they did not suffer too much in the battle with the Jingxiang Navy on the Han River.

On the third day of the seventh month of the second year of Zhaode (549), perhaps because he saw people whom he looked down upon in the past, such as Peng Le and Gao Aocao, were crowned princes one after another. He personally supervised the army at the front line. Although the troops suffered heavy losses, they finally reached the city of Jiangling.

At this time, Gao Cheng's army was still some distance away from Hou Jing's headquarters. After Wang Sengbian went up to the tower to check, he asked Xiao Yi for orders to go out of the city and attack Hou Jing.

However, when Xiao Yi recalled what happened to Jingling, the Northern Qi Dynasty used the vanguard as a bait to lure Du Yi out of the city and intercept and kill his troops outside the city.

Secondly, influenced by the previous rumors, he did not dare to let Wang Sengbian lead the army out of the city. He was worried that he, a foreigner returning from the north, would rebel against Liang and vote for Qi, so he rejected the proposal.

In the end, he could only watch helplessly as Hou Jing built a fortress outside the city, ushering in the follow-up Gao Cheng's [-] army.

Xiao Yi didn't dare to fight Bei Qi in the field, but someone did. Naturally, it was Liu Zhongli, a self-proclaimed hero and defiant.

Liu Zhongli heard that Murong Shaozong used partial divisions to attack various places, so he thought of annihilating him.

Although Murong Shaozong's troops were comparable to Liu Zhongli's, they were [-] soldiers and [-] soldiers from prefectures and counties, while Liu Zhongli's [-] soldiers were all elite, but Murong Shaozong's soldiers were exhausted all the way, so Liu Zhongli sailed upstream in a boat. On the other hand, it can be said that it is waiting for work at leisure.

Since the rise of the Gao Clan, Nanliang has had few victories in land battles whether against the Eastern Wei Dynasty or the Northern Qi Dynasty. In Liu Zhongli's view, Murong Shaozong is the stepping stone that God gave him to become famous.

Besides, from the beginning of the expedition, Liu Zhongli never thought of entering Jiangling City, but made up his mind to set up a stronghold outside the city to fight with Jiangling. If he just enters the city and defends it, how can he show his level.

Moreover, there was no support outside the city, and it was destined to not last long if he defended the city to the death. Maybe even Gao Cheng, seeing that Murong Shaozong's 3 people had been wiped out, might withdraw his troops out of fear.

Even if Gao Cheng insisted on attacking the city, the morale of the army would definitely be shaken when he heard that the partial division was defeated.

So Liu Zhongli crossed the river in Wuchang County (Ezhou, Hubei) and headed north to Murong Shaozong's troops who were besieging Anlu County (Anlu, Hubei). After leaving Jingling, he hid at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain day and night, and often sent envoys to communicate with Murong Shaozong about the battle plan, and sent people to report to Gao Cheng.

After Gao Cheng learned about it, he was not in a hurry to besiege Jiangling, but assigned General Hou Yuan to lead [-] cavalry to attack Yizhou (Yichang, Hubei) tentatively.

　In fact, I'm fine, the symptoms are very mild, don't worry everyone, it shouldn't affect the update, there will be another chapter in the evening, and there will be another chapter in the early morning.

　　
　
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