Every dynasty comes to an end, and at the end, the plot is roughly the same.
The ministers headed by Xiao Lang, the internal historian, were still in the palace, urging the emperor to quickly flee south by boat, go to Dongting along the river, and then go to Changsha to try again.
But Xiao Mian had collapsed and cried like a child, but he refused to flee south and vowed to live and die with Jiangling...
At the same time, the chaotic final battle to destroy Liang has begun.
Zhou Faming was eager for revenge and urged the army to move forward with red eyes. He came in a hurry and opened a considerable distance from the main force behind him.
This allowed the Jiangling garrison of Liang State to see the fighter plane. Lv Wenxiu, Minister of War, led general Yang Junmao and others out of the city and met Zhou Faming's troops more than ten miles north of Jiangling City.
There are not as many routines as in romance novels. Zhou Faming did not scold Xiao Mian in front of the battle for being mean, ungrateful, fatuous and cruel. Lu Wenxiu did not say that Zhou Faming surrendered to the enemy before the battle, was ungrateful and shameless.
Zhou Faming led his army to the south and traveled a long distance. After repeated battles, the soldiers were already exhausted. Moreover, they were surrendered troops from the Liang Kingdom and their morale was low.
As soon as the two armies met, Lu Wenxiu launched his army to advance.
There was a melee between the two armies. Zhou Faming's troops were outnumbered and the whole army was defeated. After retreating for more than 20 miles, Zhou Faming gathered some of the remaining soldiers and almost vomited three liters of blood in anger.
Lu Wenxiu led his army to catch up, and then fought with Zhou Faming. Zhou Faming's troops were beaten and fled away. Zhou Faming himself was almost not caught on the spot. The soldiers protected him and fought and retreated. Finally, he was surrounded on a hill.
above.
Just when Lu Wenxiu was about to summon up his remaining courage and drive Zhou Faming to an end, the main force of the Tang army finally arrived. The entire army covered up Liang's army and was defeated. Lu Wenxiu, Yang Junmao and others all died in the rebel army.
Yuchi Gong was stunned and ordered the army to collect the prisoners. When he saw Zhou Faming, who was covered in blood and seemed to be going to see the Buddha at any time, Yuchi Gong could not blame him.
Anyone whose entire family was killed would probably have to be like Zhou Faming, throwing all reason away from the sky, leaving only hatred waiting to be vented.
Rejecting Zhou Faming's request to lead the army to fight again, Yuchi Gong led his army to Jiangling City.
Li Jing, Zhang Lun and others also came along the river, advancing by land and water, preparing to capture Jiangling.
……………………
In mid-September, the two armies of the Tang Army gathered outside Jiangling City. In addition to constantly sending people to the city to persuade them to surrender, they began to cut down trees in preparation for the battle to conquer Jiangling.
Li Jing and Zhang Lun led hundreds of warships across the river, and first had a battle with the navy led by Wen Shihong.
At that time, the wind and waves were calm on the river. The warships of the two armies were crisscrossing each other with arrows flying. The soldiers of the two armies were fighting hard on the boats. Wen Shihong was indeed proficient in water warfare. However, he only had a few thousand soldiers and fought with tens of thousands of Tang troops for more than two hours. Finally, he finally
Unbeatable.
[Collect free good books] Follow v.x [Book Friends Base Camp] Recommend your favorite novels and receive cash red envelopes!
They wanted to retreat to Jiangling City but were unable to do so, so they surrendered on the river. At this point, the Tang army completely blocked the Liang Army's escape path, and the inside and outside of Jiangling City were cut off, leaving no chance of life.
On September 18th, the Tang army invaded the outer city of Jiangling.
Li Jing and Zhang Lun defeated the Liang army who came for reinforcements on the river, and captured more than a thousand ships.
On September 19th, Xiao Xian ordered people to send a letter of surrender. The next day, he led all the ministers of the Liang Kingdom to surrender, and the Liang Kingdom was destroyed.
…………………………
It only took more than three months from the time when the Tang army raised its troops to the time when the Liang Kingdom was overthrown. This was something that almost no one expected.
When the army entered Jiangling, Yuchi Gong and others were overjoyed that they had succeeded in destroying the country. Everyone was smiling and imagining the grand scene of showing victory in the future.
Li Jing and Zhang Lun also went ashore and were greeted respectfully by Yuchi into the city.
After a brief discussion, several people put Xiao Mian, his close ministers, and concubines under house arrest in the palace. In addition, in accordance with the usual practice, they ordered not to kill and plunder wantonly, and to strictly prohibit intrusion on the people. They also sent people to check various granaries.
Government offices and other key points.
This is not the first time for everyone to do these things, but it is quite orderly.
At night, Yuchi Gong, Li Jing, Zhang Lun, Zhang Liang, Zhang Shigui and others gathered in the city with their exhausted bodies. Yuchi Gong originally wanted to send someone to invite Zhou Faming over, but was told that Zhou Faming fell ill.
After everyone heard this, they went to visit him together. When they learned that Zhou Faming was in good health, they all said a few words of comfort. There were still many things to do. Zhou Faming couldn't be angry to death, otherwise he would have to spend a lot of time and effort.
A few people gathered in the army again and put on the dishes. Everyone was not used to Jiangling's food. After finishing it, they began to discuss how to finish it.
Everyone is relaxed and the atmosphere is pleasant.
Yuchi Gong talked about Xiao Mian and asked everyone jokingly, guess what the Supreme Lord would do with this person.
Zhang Lun scratched his beard and laughed, "What else can I do? I can just reward him with an official title and live in Chang'an. I heard that this is what the previous emperor of Nanchen did. I think Emperor Xiao is the same."
Zhang Shigui's meritorious service this time was not small, and he said happily: "That will be an advantage for him. I heard that he killed many people before, and now there are many people in Jiangling City who want to eat his flesh and blood."
Yuchi Gong nodded, "Then we have to be more careful in the future. If we only offer a human head when we show victory, our glory will be a little less."
One sentence made several other people laugh.
Only Li Jing said quietly: "I don't think so... Xiao Mian was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and his grandfather was Xiao Yan, the king of Anping. When Xiao Yan came to Chen, the Lanling Xiao family was greatly burdened by Xiao Yan... Now I'm afraid.
There are some people who are not willing to let Xiao Mian return to the court..."
Several other people were a little confused after hearing this. The first thought that came to their mind was who was Xiao Yan? How could he drag down the Xiao family? What does this have to do with Xiao Mian?
Seeing everyone looking over with confusion on their faces, Li Jing twitched the corner of his mouth and thought to himself that these guys are really ignorant...
He could only explain patiently, "Xiao Yan was from the Western Liang royal family. After surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, he rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and surrendered to Nanchen. Later, the Sui destroyed Nanchen and Emperor Wen killed Xiao Yan. Many of the Xiao family's children were implicated.
Xiao Cong, the last emperor of the Western Liang Dynasty, was Xiao Yan's nephew. Xiao Yan rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, and Xiao Cong was almost killed. Today, Xiao Yu, the minister of Zhongshu, and Xiao Cong have a close relationship...
And during the Daye period, Xiao Cong was demoted to a commoner because some people said that Xi Liang was in the ascendant... In view of this, Xiao Yu would not let the story happen again."
With such a complicated relationship, several other people who heard about it had their eyes drawn. They looked at Li Jing who was talking with some admiration, and most of them said in their hearts, he is indeed...the emperor's father-in-law.
Li Jing was chatting and couldn't hold him anymore. After years of ambition, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent.
"Besides, the Supreme Being doesn't necessarily want to see Xiao Mian..."
That's all I said before. Now when I heard this, the generals' backs straightened up a little, and they all became worried.
