"Please forgive me, General, please forgive me... I am the grandson of Emperor Wu, the great ancestor of Daliang. My father, my father is the King of Wuling in Yizhou. I, I have been given the title of Marquis of Jiang'an. I am not an ordinary soldier and a slave. Please
General, hold your hand high and do no harm!"
The large-scale battle on the battlefield outside Runan City has ended. The victorious Jingzhou Army knights began to clean up the battlefield. Xiao Yuanzheng, the commander of the Nanliang Army, was also escorted to the city gate. He was no longer as domineering as before.
He kowtowed to Li Tai and begged for mercy.
When Li Tai heard this boy's begging for mercy, he suddenly recalled that when he first met Shu Hui, he wished he could tell the story of his ancestors for eighteen generations, just to gain the other's attention and save his life.
But at that time, Li Tai had just come to this world, and he was completely helpless and helpless. But the son of Xiao Laoba in front of him was just looking for trouble, and he brought the blame on himself.
While the soldiers were still cleaning up the battlefield, Li Tai first had a brief chat with Li Yunxin, who was coming out of the city to meet him, to understand the basic situation, and also briefly interrogated Xiao Yuanzheng.
"You said Xu Wensheng is also in your army?"
Hearing Xiao Yuanzheng's explanation, Li Tai's spirit was suddenly shocked. Xu Wensheng was the general who arranged for Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, to fight against Hou Jing's rebellious army in Yingzhou. Of course, he was very familiar with this name, but he didn't want him to be there.
After the defeat, he did not return to Jiangling, but was detained by his own army by Xiao Yuanzheng.
This also shows that the personnel culture in Nanliang is really not very good. Although Xu Wensheng lost the battle, he was still the leader of the party. However, when he encountered a clan member like Xiao Yuanzheng, he was directly captured, which can be said to be completely devoid of dignity.
If the order in Nanliang still existed, this kind of suppression of bloodline identity would be considered part of the order. However, if the order collapses and everything needs to be supported by force, such an approach will undoubtedly encounter strong backlash.
The reason why Hou Jing's rebellion broke out so violently was also a manifestation of this backlash.
IQ is never directly proportional to status, especially the kind of power acquired hereditarily. Since it lacks a struggle process from low to high, the more arrogant it is, the more ignorant it is. Emperor Hui of Jin is the best among these idiots, because
At least he knows the common sense that people need to eat when they are hungry.
Thinking of this, Li Tai raised his leg and kicked Xiao Yuanzheng until he was bitten by a dog, which was also a way to express his feelings for the warriors in Nanliang who were being despised and suppressed.
He really has little interest in the Xiao family's litter of rice bugs. If it weren't for the officials and people of Nanliang who still recognized the legal status of these guys, making them still have a certain united front value, just based on their own words, they would have caught one
Cutting one and keeping more for another meal is a waste of food.
Xiao Yuanzheng himself broke away from the main army and the main battlefield to pick up bargains. In the end, he lost a lot of money by stealing chickens. The evidence is now conclusive and cannot be quibbled. Li Tai is not worried about the diplomatic consequences that will arise.
There was a dispute, so he ordered that he be detained in the city first, and then his troops were organized into prisoners of war.
Soon some soldiers searched for Xu Wensheng and his soldiers on the battlefield, and led them to the front of the city.
Xu Wensheng was in his early sixties, with gray beard and hair. When he appeared in front of the city, the defeated Jiangling soldiers who had been huddled under the city came forward one after another crying and shouting, which showed that he was very popular among these soldiers.
Xu Wensheng was quite excited when he saw these familiar faces, but now that he has become a prisoner, he has no time to talk to the tribesmen at the moment. After being led to Li Tai, he bowed his head and paid homage.
: "The last general, Xu Wensheng, the governor of Qinzhou, went to the palace of the Grand Prince of Eastern Hunan to pay homage to General Li. The former fought, which was not his original wish..."
Facing Xu Wensheng, Li Tai was not as indifferent as he was to Xiao Yuanzheng. He took two steps forward to help Xu Wensheng up and said with a smile: "Old General Xu, there is no need to be polite. Although I have been in Mianbei for a long time, I have heard about the general's reputation.
If the general had not led troops here to resist the Hou family's rebellion, peace between Jiang and Han would have been lost."
When Xu Wensheng heard this, his face became even more ashamed. He lowered his head and said with sobs: "A defeated general really has no face to boast about his achievements. The army fled. Fortunately, they were saved by General Li, but they were coerced and could not be kind.
Thank you, but the swords and weapons were fighting..."
"An army cannot always win. A temporary loss of power is not enough to determine success or failure. As long as the fighting spirit is maintained, there is always a chance to avenge the past."
Li Tai first comforted him a little, and then said: "As for the battle in front of the city, I also know that the provocation was not caused by General Xu. The mediocrity was rude and brought humiliation to himself. The general also suffered, and now the matter is over
It’s over, there’s no point in blaming yourself for this.”
"Thank you, thank you General Li for your understanding and tolerance!"
After Xu Wensheng heard this, he quickly took a step back and bowed deeply to express his thanks.
Li Tai first asked Xu Wensheng to have a brief conversation with his subordinates in the city to appease the crowd, and then invited him into the city to rest for a while, and asked him about the story of the battle in Yingzhou.
When this topic was brought up, Xu Wensheng had a serious look on his face. He drank a few glasses of wine and then said in a solemn voice: "I used to go to Ningzhou to seek refuge in the national crisis. As long as people share the same heart, it will not be difficult to defeat the thief. But when it comes to real people,
When you are in battle, you realize that the thief in your heart is better than the thief in the river! Xu has traveled thousands of miles to come to this place, how can he surrender to the thief..."
Li Tai couldn't help but sigh when he heard the sadness in Xu Wensheng's tone. As the country is about to perish and monsters are everywhere, Nanliang is lucky that it did not fall immediately in Hou Jing's rebellion. However, the unfortunate thing is that the last remaining ones are actually
Xiao Laoqi was such a bastard that his final death was doubly ugly.
"Book of Liang" tells that Xu Wensheng was deeply in love with Hou Jing because Hou Jing returned his wife to his wife, so he secretly communicated with the envoys, but no one had the intention to fight, and everyone was angry. Such a record is really a bit heartbreaking, and it directly denies Xu Wensheng.
Yes. But in fact, those who surrendered to Hou Jing when they were finally defeated were Du You'an, Wang Xun and other Jiangling generals who claimed to have fought with Hou Jing and defeated him.
Hou Jingrun set out from Jiankang in March, and the army arrived in Xiyang at the end of the month. Soon after, because of the unfavorable battle, he ordered Song Zixian and others to bypass Xu Wensheng's station and attack Yingzhou City in the rear. It only took a few days.
The root cause of Yingzhou's defeat lay in the capture of Yingzhou City as a back-up route. It did not lie in Xu Wensheng's command issues. Instead, it may have been because generals such as Wang Xun made their own decisions and refused to obey orders, which exacerbated the collapse of the army.
Historically, Xu Wensheng was defeated and retreated to Jiangling, but he was still awarded the post of governor of the north of the city. This shows that in the eyes of the King of Eastern Hunan, Xu Wensheng's personal morals were not problematic.
Because at this time, Liang Wang Xiao Qi sent 10,000 troops to occupy Wuning in the north of Jiangling. If Xu Wensheng's moral character was questionable, the king of Xiangdong still entrusted him with this task. Isn't he afraid that he would turn around and sell the entire Jiangling?
It is precisely because Xu Wensheng's character and ability are still reliable, and because Wang Sengbian and other Jiangling troops were trapped in Baling by Hou Jing's army, Xu Wensheng was appointed as the governor of the north of the city to guard against Xiangyang's army.
As for Xu Wensheng, who was dismissed from his post for amassing stolen goods, was convicted out of resentment, and eventually died in prison, to be honest, it was just a scene of seizing people and killing a donkey. Another attempt to kill a donkey failed and was instead
The donkey's kick was quite ugly. It was Wang Lin.
Not to mention that Xiao Laoqi is not so evil-minded. The Xiao Yuanzheng who was captured just now was just because he had a meal at his seventh uncle's house, and as a result, he and his whole family fell into it. Under this one-eyed dragon
When it comes to the evil hand, it means that if you don’t pay attention to it, then you don’t pay attention to it!
Of course, it is also because Li Tai is more interested in Xu Wensheng, so he tends to view him more positively.
Regardless of his personal ethics, Xu Wensheng at least had little interest in playing political tricks. Like Chen Baxian, another Lingnan strongman who came north from Bianzhou to face the national crisis, he did not give Xiao Laoqi any chance to attack his own base.
, and also completed a wonderful counterattack.
When it comes to real talents, Li Tai has always had the humble attitude of a courteous corporal and the patience to win over and show favor. What's more, Xu Wensheng is also a talent who is good at water warfare and is relatively scarce throughout the Western Wei Dynasty.
When he placed Li Yunxin here before, he also wanted to fish in troubled waters, but he did not expect to catch a big fish like Xu Wensheng. Hearing Xu Wensheng's voice full of disappointment in the atmosphere of Jiangling King Qin's division, he felt quite disappointed.
Feeling secretly happy, he kindly invited Xu Wensheng to stay here to rest for two days, preparing to persuade him to abandon the secret and turn to the light.
However, Xu Wensheng had always avoided talking about similar topics, and two days later he still said goodbye to Li Tai: "General Li accepted and appreciated his feelings, and Wen Sheng felt deeply about it. However, he had been living in Liang Lu for a long time, and he often wanted to repay him. It was a national crisis.
It is unjust to abandon them. Those who are unfaithful and unjust have further tainted General Li's discernment. Today, the thieves are gathering in Baling, and Wen Sheng is begging for help. If he survives, he will surely repay General Li generously in the future.
kindness!"
Hearing that Xu Wensheng still insisted on leaving, Li Tai couldn't help but feel a little unhappy. However, as Xu Wensheng himself said, if he could change the family so easily, to be honest, he wouldn't feel at ease, and he might not dare to go to the military commission.
After pondering for a while, he agreed to Xu Wensheng's request. In addition to returning all the thousands of his old troops gathered in front of Runan City, even Xiao Yuanzheng's troops captured in the previous battle were also planned to be delivered to Xu Wensheng to form a group.
More than 15,000 people were led back by it.
It's not that Li Tai is particularly open-minded and generous, but he has slightly changed his thinking. Since you don't want to stay and be my little baby, then simply return to Gangneung to be your troublemaker and add these subordinates to him.
It can also correspondingly increase Xu Wensheng's voice in the Jiangling Group.
However, Li Tai still underestimated Xiao Laoqi's speed in eradicating dissidents. Just as Xu Wensheng was still reorganizing his troops outside Runan City and preparing to set off to support Wang Sengbian who was trapped in Baling, a series of powerful attacks came from the west.
Surprising news.
After the Changsha King Xiao Shao and others who had previously guarded Wuchang with Xu Wensheng returned to Jiangling, they blamed all the defeat of Yingzhou on Xu Wensheng, who had returned halfway, and said that Xu Wensheng had defected to the Western Wei Dynasty for fear of being defeated and punished.
At the same time, Xiao Qi, the king of Liang in Xiangyang, also issued a proclamation against the thieves, accusing Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, of murdering his clan relatives, and called on Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling who was in the middle of Shu, to also send troops to attack, while he himself
He led the troops from Xiangyang into Wuning, and directed his troops towards Jiangling.
Suddenly faced with such internal and external troubles, the King of Eastern Hunan was shocked and furious. The first thing he did was to show Xu Wensheng's relatives and tribes who had stayed in Jiangling to show their heads to the public, and to deprive Xu Wensheng of all his previous titles and titles to punish the traitors!