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Chapter 556
After receiving Liu Yishou's "hint", Huang Fajiu besieged Poyang County desperately, wishing to use all his energy.

Xiao Jian and others desperately resisted in order to survive, and the battle became fierce from the very beginning, with punches to the flesh.

Ten days later, Xiao Jian, who was short of food and soldiers, and with a low city wall, could not stand up to the wolf-like private army of the chieftain. Poyang County was breached, and the two sides fought in the streets of the city, with heavy casualties each.

There was great chaos in Poyang County, countless soldiers and civilians died in the chaos, and all property was looted.

During the street fighting, Xiao Lun's eldest son, Xiao Jian, and his third son, Xiao Teng, were shot dead by Huang Fajiu in the rebellion!

The second son, Xiao Que, had extraordinary physical strength and tyrannical personal force. With more than a hundred elite soldiers, he rushed out from the east gate of Poyang County to encircle him.

They came to the ferry on the river bank, took a boat along the Po River, and escaped towards Le'an in the east.

The group of people was intercepted by Hu Sengyou's fleet that had been ambushing for a long time on the road. During the scuffle, Xiao Que was shot and killed by Hu Lvxian. The rest of the soldiers saw that the leading feudal king was dead, and they had no reason to continue to resist, so All surrendered.

Xiao Lun's soldiers and horses were all wiped out, and the chaos in Jiangzhou caused by Xiao Xu's sudden death came to an end calmly.

The two vassal kings were originally quite powerful in Jiangzhou. If they unite together and confuse the local wealthy chieftains to make trouble together, it will be very tricky.

Not to mention the rebellion and attack on Jiankang, at least one side can be separated and resist the control of the Jiankang court.

However, from the vigorous ending of the six-nation alliance in the Warring States period, it has clearly told us:
There are more people and more wild minds, but haystacks do not make trees.Come out to hang out, sometimes the more people the better.

With many pig teammates around, let alone winning, it is difficult to protect yourself.

Godly opponents are rare but pig teammates often are, and this has become the easiest problem to encounter when huddling together to keep warm.

That feeling is similar to choosing a famous doctor from a lot of quack doctors. Success or failure depends entirely on face, that is, to see if there will be a thick thigh among the pig teammates to hug.

It's just that most of the time there are no thick legs, and the mantis legs are stubbled one after another, and these mantis legs especially like to block cars when there is nothing to do, and backstab at critical moments.

Although the matter of the vassal king has come to an end, Liu Yishou's strategy for Jiangzhou has just begun!
Bashan County is the only way from Yuzhang County to Luling County (Jian City, Jiangxi Province) in the south. The terrain is relatively dangerous and there are many powerful chiefs.

The people who control Luling County are the outliers of the Xiao Clan who have not had time to clean up after Liu Yishou took control of the center of the Liang Kingdom, and their power is relatively scattered.

After all, the situation in Jiankang was unstable at that time, power was not consolidated, and it was a sensitive period when the vassal rebellion had just been quelled, so it was not suitable for a large army to march south.

Nankang County (Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province), which is further south of Luling County, is controlled by Xiao Bo, the nephew of Xiao Yantang.

Xiao Bo's soldiers are well-equipped with food and supplies, and they are a classic fence-sitting faction.

He did not send hostages to Jiankang, nor raised a banner against Liu Yishou.After Xiao Yan's death, even the land tax paid to the court was withheld.

Anyway, Xiao Bo is definitely not Liu Yishou's own person, and he will be cleaned up sooner or later.

The only difference is when to clean up and how to clean up.

Further south of Luling County is Shaoguan!After Shaoguan is the boundary of Guangzhou (not Guangzhou at this time), there is no danger to defend.

Therefore, Liu Yishou's previous actions in Jiangzhou were not so much about clearing up the local powerful chieftains, as it was aimed at recruiting the soldiers and horses of these powerful chieftains for his own use.

Use the soldiers and horses of the powerful chieftains of Jiangzhou to deal with the Xiao clan vassal and the peripheral clans!
Liu Dudu cherishes Yuyu and is unwilling to raise the butcher's knife against the Xiao family, but those Jiangzhou chieftains are used to being wild, and they will not be merciful.

Soldiers in mountainous areas in Bashan County and other places are hardworking and resistant to humidity, heat and miasma, and are generally good at fighting in mountains and jungles.With a little training, these people will become good soldiers for the Southern Expedition.

Liu Yishou's focus is on the future, and there is no need to rush to bring the impoverished Bashan County and other places under the full control of the imperial court.Therefore, there is no excessive division into Yu Xiaoqing, Huang Fajiu and others.

Now that it's winter, Liu Yishou recruited both Yu Xiaoqing and Huang Fajiu to Pancheng, rewarded them with a lot of food, grass and cloth, and asked them to take advantage of the slack time to raise their troops. After the beginning of spring next year, the imperial court will also use troops against Linchuan County. Sometimes there are many opportunities to get promoted and make a fortune.

As for the job arrangements promised by the prefect, they didn't mention it again, and Yu Xiaoqing and Huang Fajiu were too embarrassed to ask again.

The two of them now also know well that this time Xiao Lun has fallen by himself, their military exploits are not worth mentioning, and there is no way to ask the court to appoint an official.It can be said that it was almost a waste of time.

Fortunately, he also got a lot of food, grass and cloth from Liu Yishou, and he did not lose money in this battle, but he has no complaints against Liu Yishou.

On the day after Yu Xiaoqing and Huang Fajiu left Pancheng, Liu Yishou summoned Hu Sengyou and others to discuss matters in the government office study, and the moment he opened his mouth, everyone was shocked.

"We have all come to Pancheng, why not go west from the Mishui River to Dongting Lake, and go to Xiaoyi's territory to see how the situation is?"

Liu Yishou put forward a bold idea.

In fact, it is not surprising that he asked this question.

The strength in Xiao Lun and Xiao Xu's hands is almost the same, and the soldiers are few and can't make any waves.Among the vassal kings, Xiao Yi was the only one who was difficult to deal with. Not to mention his strong soldiers and horses, there were also famous generals such as Wang Sengbian, Wang Lin, and the Fan brothers.

There is no doubt that this group of people will be Liu Yishou's next or next target to deal with.

The main waterway from the Yangtze River to Dongting Lake passes through Baling County at the mouth of Dongting Lake. Xiao Yi has heavily guarded and closely monitored this place!Not only does it collect commercial taxes from passing ships, but it also prevents the court's navy from entering Dongting Lake.

However, there is another waterway from Jiangzhou that can directly lead to the hinterland of the east bank of Dongting Lake, that is, enter from the river channel on the west bank of Poyang Lake, first go to Xiushui and then to Gushui, and then you can go directly to Dongting Lake by waterway.

"Xiao Yi is unprepared now. Let's go there just to investigate the enemy's situation. Or if I don't go, you can go too."

Liu Yishou said with a smile.

"Then it will be on the last general."

Hu Sengyou said broadly, and calmly breathed a sigh of relief.

The son of a daughter can't sit still. With Liu Yishou's current status, there is really no need to take the risk of going to the front line to survey the terrain. The disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

At this moment, Yang Xiuzhi hurried into the study without knocking on the door, as if there was an urgent matter.

"Is there an urgent military situation? Why are you so panicked?"

Liu Yishou asked a little strangely.

Now Xiao Lun's family has been put to death. Except for one youngest son of Xiao Xu's family who became a feudal clan in Poyang County, the other eldest son was also sent to Jiankang on charges of treason.

Who else in Jiangzhou would dare to stroke Liu Dudu's beard?
"My lord, please look at this!"

Yang Xiuzhi's muscles tensed, he took out a tiny note from his cuff, and handed it to Liu Yishou.

There were only a few words written on it, but it made Liu Yishou die.

"The Son of Heaven is critically ill, return quickly!"

"It was sent by carrier pigeons, thanks to Xiao Xu raising carrier pigeons."

Yang Xiuzhi whispered.

The vassal princes of various places and their "Beijing Office" in Jiankang are often contacted by carrier pigeons, especially when emergencies occur.

This time the pigeons raised by Xiao Xu were just in use.

"Go, go back to Jiankang now!"

Liu Yishou didn't even think about it, grabbed the saber beside him, got up and left, he didn't even think about who wrote this note.

A group of people followed behind, Liu Yishou suddenly turned around and said to Hu Sengyou: "You stay in Jiangzhou to train troops, don't return to Jiankang, and don't tell the outside world that I have returned to Jiankang. Just guard the city of Pen, and don't use troops outside. Get through this winter safely.

Sand Sculpture King, come back to Jiankang with me and bring your elite troops.

Yang Xiuzhi, you also stay in Jiangzhou to handle government affairs, small matters can be decided by yourself! "

"Decree!" Everyone replied in unison.

Liu Yishou took Hu Luxian, some personal guards, and the body of Zu Wei, and flew towards Jiankang City on the "thousand-mile boat" that was said to be able to travel thousands of miles in one day.

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All the city gates of Jiankang Taicheng have been closed. Except for the Shangshu Mansion outside the city, all the central institutions in Taicheng have been shut down. The officials of the central government have a vacation in advance and are not allowed to stay in Taicheng for any reason.

The guards on the four walls of Taicheng rotated twice a day, and only half an hour before the rotation did they know how to switch.Yang Kan and his sons take three shifts almost every day to ensure that there are people who can handle military affairs at all times.

However, the situation is rapidly deteriorating.

The king of Danyang, Xiao Xi, led his troops into the outer city of Jiankang and camped in front of the Taimiao at the south gate of Taicheng. Every day he went to the city and cried loudly, saying that the emperor was seriously ill, and his filial younger brother could not enter the palace to serve and take care of his elder brother. How embarrassing he was !

Yang Kan was unmoved, since there was no edict from the palace anyway, even if the gate of Taicheng was tightly closed, you couldn't open it even if you called Potian.

Xiao Xi didn't expect Yang Kan to be obedient this time. Last time, Yang Kan cooperated with Liu Yishou to pay the rebellious big family in Jiankang City, and he had already exposed his position.

Now everyone knows that Yang Kan is Liu Yishou's close henchman, and before he can offer a higher price, he is absolutely loyal to Liu Yishou.

Xiao Xi gathered some of his followers and cried outside Taicheng Taimiao, accusing Liu Yishou of harming the country and the people because he wanted to overthrow the Xiao family.Yang Kan is also a white-eyed wolf from the north, trying to imprison the emperor and cooperating with Liu Yishou in plotting against him.

Soon, Xiao Yu, the second younger brother of the emperor Xiao Huan, set up troops in Guangling and took control of the Jingkou Ferry.Zhou Wenyu guarded the city of Jingkou and was unwilling to open the city to let Xiao Yu enter, and Xiao Yu was too lazy to chat with Zhou Wenyu.

His purpose is to enter the outer city of Jiankang to cooperate with Xiao Xi's momentum!
In principle, the emperor was seriously ill, and it was indeed human nature for the emperor's heirs and brothers to meet with him, and no outsider should stop them.

but!

The situation in Liang Guo is a bit special now.

The emperor Xiao Huan was critically ill and could not get out of bed or speak.If Xiao Xie enters the palace, meet Xiao Huan.After coming out, Xiao Huan breathed his last, and then Xiao Huan announced to the public that Xiao Huan let him inherit the throne. What will happen when Liu Yishou returns to Jiankang?

Kill Xiao Xie, or let Xiao Xie go back to make the other party rebel?

Neither seemed appropriate.

In matters such as the change of imperial power, the cost of spreading rumors is very low, but the cost of dispelling rumors is unimaginably high!

Although Xiao Xi couldn't prove that Xiao Huan entrusted him with the throne, Liu Yishou couldn't prove that Xiao Huan didn't say that either!Anyway, Xiao Xie is also Xiao Huan's brother in etiquette!

Brother and brother, there is still a market these days.

If two people argue, who will the world think is more credible?
It was obviously Xiao Xi's.

In this way, Liu Yishou is very likely to pinch his nose and recognize this puppet emperor!
However, Xiao Huan ignored Liu Yishou's way of reforming Liang Guo without any desire or desire, and he was more happy to get along with his "uncle".

However, Xiao Xi is obviously a master who is unwilling to be lonely.

Yang Kan has seen through this point, so he firmly stops Xiao Xi from entering Taicheng, and strictly guards against it!

As long as Xiao Xi doesn't enter Taicheng, the rumors that Xiao Huan will pass on the throne to him won't spread all over the street!

"Yang Kan, the first emperor treated you kindly. He gave you the position of general in Zhige, rich clothes and food, high officials and rich salary! But how do you repay the first emperor now? Now that your son is critically ill, you are sticking to the palace and not letting me Waiting for the emperor's relatives to enter the city, what are your intentions!"

Under the Sima Gate on the south wall of Taicheng, Xiao Xi pointed at the tower with his sword up. Behind him were his own private army and Xiao Yu's private army. There were a total of 3 people in total.

Liu Yishou's elite soldiers were stationed in Dongfu City, Stone City and other places on standby because they were strictly ordered not to move by Chen Yuankang and Wang Wei.

They discussed with Yang Zhong, and it is best to stand still at this time.

These people don't move, and it's impossible for Xiao Xi to find trouble to conflict with them!
Chen Yuankang and others saw that the emperor had not yet passed away, so they acted hastily, which could easily create the illusion that the whole thing was planned by Liu Yishou.

They thought that after the death of the emperor, it would not be too late to take action later, and then Liu Yishou could directly ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor!
These people will play a big game in Jiankang!Chen Yuankang stayed in the emperor's bedroom every day, almost inseparable.

If Liu Yishou was in Jiankang, it would be impossible for Xiao Xie, Xiao Yu and others to jump out!Wang Wei and the others were also following Zheng Boke's idea, and wanted Xiao Xi to act first so that he could dominate public opinion.

As long as Xiao Xie dared to do something, they could take away the Xiao clan in Jiankang City, saying that those things were all done by Xiao Xie's madness, who can say clearly?
It wasn't that Chen Yuankang and the others were not loyal to Liu Yishou, but that they were too loyal. Seeing Liu Yishou's delay in rebelling, they were more anxious than the person involved, for fear that Liu Yishou would become Huan Wen, who was on the verge of failure.Whenever you encounter a great opportunity, you can't help but think about it in one step.

"My sheep is fed by the emperor. If the emperor has an edict, Yang will open the door. If the emperor has no edict, if you talk about it, the city gate will be closed.

You have brought troops into Jiankang for no reason, and you are conspiring against each other, so you have to retreat quickly! "

Yang Kan shouted loudly towards the city.

"Brother, let's attack the city. It's not too late, otherwise things will change!"

Xiao Yu said to Xiao Yu beside him with red eyes.

"Is it a little anxious to attack the city now?"

Xiao Yu felt uneasy, what is Xiao Huan's situation now, his eyes are smeared, how can he attack the city casually?

They lead troops to besiege the city in the hope of gaining control over the city, but siege is the next best thing to do.

"You are all gathered here, do you want to rebel!"

Just as Xiao Xun was about to speak, he heard the voice behind him that woke him up from nightmares every night!

Xiao Xi and Xiao Yu's army parted ways in the middle, Liu Yishou led Hu Luxian and dozens of personal guards behind him, and walked towards Taicheng boldly.

"Uncle..."

Xiao Xi, who was eloquent just now, is now like a cock strangled by its neck.

"The feudal lord brought troops into the capital for no reason. It is a crime of treason and death. What are you trying to do?"

Liu Yishou stood there, not angry but pretentious, he swept past Xiao Cha and Xiao Yu, no one dared to meet his eyes.

"Let the generals and school under my command bring the private army back to the fief, and you all enter the city with me!"

Liu Yishou yelled with a straight face.

Soon, the teams of Xiao Xie and Xiao Yu dispersed and split into two groups.One headed towards Jingkou, intending to return to Guangling, and the other headed south to Danyang.

The Great Sima Gate in Taicheng also slowly opened, and a tense crisis disappeared without a trace.

How did Liu Yishou return to Jiankang so quickly?

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yu looked at each other, and they both saw the surprised expression on the other's face.

"What are you doing in a daze, why don't you follow me into the city!
You will not forget that this king is a consort, right?The emperor is critically ill, isn't this the king's family business? "

Liu Yishou looked at Xiao Jie and Xiao Yu with a smile on his face and said, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)