Changsha, Gongmen, Xunyang King Xiao, gathered with wise men from all over the world and drank and talked happily. After Xiangzhou was pacified, he wanted to lead his army westward to attack Jiangling, so he did not want to leave, and chaos in Xiangzhou would occur again.

Then, the powerful households in various places should be properly appeased and used with both kindness and power.

Well, it means appointing official positions and allowing these local tyrants to serve as assistants to county officials;

Wei means hanging a large row of heads at the city gate, so that the local snakes who entered the city will know how miserable the fate would be if they dare to fight against the court.

It took him nearly half a year to pacify Xiangzhou with the King of Hedong in his hand, which made him quite depressed.

Baling took it without much effort, and it was not bloody. The defending general saw that the King of Hedong was outside the city, so he did not resist.

However, the one who resisted the most intensely and for the longest time was Changsha City. The guard probably hoped that the Jingzhou army would enter Hunan, but he was outside the city without regard for the King of Hedong, and he did not surrender, which took more than three months.

The official army could not capture it for a long time, and finally relied on the inner support to open the city gate before regaining Changsha.

The people who resisted stubbornly had their heads hanging on the city gate to serve as a warning. As for other generals and officials who turned against each other in the battle, they really gave up on the darkness and turned against each other, Daqian Xiao didn't have much time to think about.

But as long as the government forces recover Jiangling next, many people's thoughts on both ends of the head and rat will be cut off.

Half a tour of drinking, Daqian Xiao was not "unable to drink". He was about to continue, but an assistant officer approached him and whispered and whispered in his ears.

Daqian Xiao got up to change his clothes and moved to the back hall. Wang Sengbian and other major generals were already waiting.

Seeing Wang Sengbian's face full of solemnity, he asked what happened. Then, he got bad news: Xiakou, Yingzhou, was captured by the enemy.

"Xiakou is lost?" Xiao Daqian couldn't believe the news, and thought he was drunk and was confused. Wang Sengbian asked the messenger who came to report the news to explain in detail.

Not long ago, on a very normal day, everything in Xiakou City was as usual, and suddenly hundreds of cavalry came from the west. The defenders did not care at that time, thinking that it was Xiangzhou who mobilized cavalry to advance eastward.

After all, Baling is in the hands of the official army, it is impossible for the upstream Jingzhou army to cross Baling and approach Xiakou.

The Yongzhou army upstream of the Han River could not break through the Lushan Mountains in Hankou and cross the river.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are a small group of enemy troops sneaking across the river south on the north shore, but where do so many cavalry come from?

As a result, it was really an enemy.

The hundreds of enemy troops entered the city and headed straight towards the public hall. The governor of Yingzhou, the king of Nanping, Xiao Ke, and many generals were caught off guard and captured by the other side.

Then, Xiakou was in chaos, with generals organizing subordinates to fight back, and some generals turned against each other and surrendered to the enemy.

Not long after, a large number of ships were flowing downstream from the Han River, regardless of the interception of the garrison along the coast, heading straight to Hankou.

Hankou is the entrance to the Han River, which is only one mile wide. The defenders on both sides of the river kept shooting arrows at the fleets in the river, and even wrecked ships to block the waterway. However, the fleet entered the river regardless of casualties and came straight to the river and towards Xiakou on the south bank.

Because Xiakou was in chaos, the navy soldiers stationed outside the city had no intention of fighting and fleeing in all directions. So, the enemy ships berthed on the shore and led the army to the army, Xiao Feng, the king of Yueyang, entered the city and recruited surrenders and rebels.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Xiao Daqian still couldn't believe the news, but whether he believed it or not, Xiakou was indeed lost.

The Yingzhou army, which should have been on high alert and guarded against the Han River, was easily defeated.

"The king, there are tens of thousands of enemy troops. Because the King of Nanping was suddenly imprisoned, the generals fought on their own and could not resist at all..."

The messenger said anxiously, and Daqian Xiao felt a chill on his back: The fall of Xiakou means that the King of Yueyang has made a desperate bet. Next, he was attacked by King Shaoling and King Yueyang from the east and west.

Wang Sengbian asked the envoy to retreat and said to Daqian Xiao with a serious expression: "King, if King Yueyang dares to take such a risk, I am afraid that he has defected to the State of Wei."

"What does the prince mean?"

"King, the thief is desperate to jump over the wall, but if he can attack Xiakou, he must be attacking with all his strength, but he is not afraid that Xiangyang will be taken advantage of. If he dares to do this, he will definitely have some support."

"So the officials thought that the traitors might have the help of the Wei army to attack Xiakou. The hundreds of cavalry who stole the city might have circled the boundaries of Jingzhou, arrived at the north shore, and crossed the river secretly."

"Even, there are Wei troops stationed in Xiangyang, so the rebels have no worries and dare to come out in full swing. The Wei troops assist in the war can only succeed in the sneak attack on Xiakou."

It’s not that Wang Sengbian looked down on the strength of the official army, but that many official army performed very poorly.

Previously, it was difficult for the imperial court to deal with the rebels that Hou Jingbing pieced together. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Xiakou defenders were suspiciously attacked by the elite Wei army participating in the war and were defeated at once.

Of course, the governor of Yingzhou and King Xiao Ke of Nanping were so useless that Wang Sengbian felt unbelievable: It’s just a guard, you can’t even defend it well! It’s simply a bucket of money!

"Then, our army must advance east immediately! Otherwise, he will go down the river to attack Xunyang..." Xiao Daqian became anxious, "Even, go down smoothly and attack Jiankang, what should I do!"

Wang Seng defended and persuaded: "What the king said is very good, but our army should not attack rashly."

After learning the bad news with several generals, he discussed countermeasures. Now seeing Daqian Xiao is in a hurry to return to help, he has to remind him:

"King, if the thief really wants to attack Jiankang, he may be coming to Jiangzhou at this time. Even if our army sets off immediately, it will be too late."

"The Jiangzhou Army should be able to block it. If our army is in a hurry to attack, if we encounter a hiding halfway... King, the rebels may not have to attack Jiankang immediately, and they may also ambush our army first and then join forces with Jingzhou."

"Since the traitor dares to make a gamble, I'm afraid that Jingzhou will take action next time, so the officials thought that the most urgent task was to immediately station troops in Baling and guard against the enemy coming from the upper reaches."

"What if the Jiangzhou army cannot intercept it?" Xiao Daqian looked anxious, "Once the thief goes downstream, regardless of whether he is ignoring Jiankang, the official army along the way will not have time to intercept it!"

Wang Sengbian was afraid that the nobles like Xiao Daqian who were in trouble would do whatever they wanted, so he quickly advised: "Don't worry, if the traitors attacked Jiankang, they would have to die. What can they do when the gates of Taicheng are closed?"

"At that time, the surrounding officials gather, and the rebels cannot advance and retreat, and they will inevitably be defeated. But if our army easily advances eastward, once the invasion is in trouble, Xiangzhou will be lost again, and the rebels join forces to advance eastward again, that would be a big deal."

"Besides, it is not that easy for the rebels to break through in Xunyang in Jiangzhou and the Fengcheng Naijiang defense."

Daqian Xiao gradually calmed down and thought about what Wang Sengbian said carefully, and felt that it really made sense.

So what if Xiao Xu led his troops to attack Jiankang on a boat?

The news of Xiakou's fall had spread to Changsha, so it must have been spread to Jiankang. Even though his father had no time to mobilize troops from all over the country to Beijing to serve the king, Jiankang himself had a garrison.

If it really doesn't work, I can only hold on to each gate of Taicheng for several months. When Hou Ni besieged Taicheng for several months, he could not break it. How could Xiao Xun break it?

Xiao Xunruo went downstream to Jiankang, but the city along the way was not taken down. When he arrived at Jiankang, he suddenly had troops under the strong city, and there were no reinforcements or retreats. Once the troops and horses gathered, the morale of the army would inevitably be in chaos.

Then, if the opponent's idea is to attract the Wei soldiers to help the war, take all the places in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and then be in a separatist position, it is a good choice.

Xiao Daqun felt that once Jing, Xiang, Xiang, Ying, Jiangzhou were held by the uncle and nephew of King Shaoling and King Yueyang, the court might not be able to do anything at that time.

Then, the tens of thousands of troops in his hands are the key. As long as he guards Baling and blocks the Jingzhou army's way eastward, he can attack Jiangling with his eighth uncle Wuling King from east to west.

You can also advance east at any time to recover Xiakou, so that the situation will not worsen.

The second brother Xiao Daxin is in Jiangzhou and has elite soldiers and generals. As long as he blocks Xiao Xudong's progress, it doesn't take too long for his father to calmly mobilize troops and annihilate him.

Daqian Xiao thought it through and immediately ordered: "Tomorrow, we will dispatch troops to Baling. We must guard the Jianglu Road and prevent the thief from succeeding the plot!"
Chapter completed!