Chapter 694 Wensheng Nation Thief

Chapter 694 Wensheng Nation Thief

"Please, General, spare your life, spare your life... I am the grandson of Emperor Wu, the great ancestor of Daliang. My father is the King of Wuling in Yizhou. I am the Marquis of Jiang'an. I am not an ordinary soldier and a slave. Please forgive me." 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 the boy's begging for mercy, he suddenly recalled that when he first met Hui Hui, he wished he could tell the story of his ancestors for eighteen generations, just to gain the other person's attention and save his life.

But at that time, Li Tai had just come to this world, and he was completely helpless and passive. 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 Taixian had a brief chat with Li Yunxin, who was coming out of the city to meet him, to understand the basic situation, and also interrogated Xiao Yuanzheng a little.

"You said Xu Wensheng is also in your army?"

Hearing Xiao Yuanzheng's explanation, Li Tai's spirit suddenly shook. 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 expect that he did not return to Jiangling after the defeat, but was detained by Xiao Yuanzheng. In his own army.

This also shows that the personnel atmosphere in Nanliang is really not good. Although Xu Wensheng was defeated, he was still the leader of the party. However, when he encountered a clan member like Xiao Yuanzheng, he was directly captured. It was completely devoid of dignity.

If the order in Nanliang still exists, this kind of suppression of bloodline identity is still 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 was the best among these fools, because he at least knew 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 relying on their own words, they would have caught one Cutting one and keeping more for another meal is a waste of food.

This 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. The evidence is now conclusive and cannot be quibbled with. Li Tai was not worried about any diplomatic disputes this would cause, so he ordered his people to be detained in the city first, and then reorganized his troops into prisoners of war.

Soon, another soldier 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 shows 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. 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 was not willing to fight..."

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 of the general's reputation. If the general had not led troops here to resist the Hou family's rebellion, there would have been no peace between Jiang and Han."

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 troops fled. Fortunately, they were saved by General Li, but they were coerced and could not be kind. After thanking each other, they actually fought with swords..."

"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 one's humiliation."

Li Tai first comforted him, and then said: "As for the battle in front of the city, I also know that it was not caused by General Xu. A mediocre person is rude and brings humiliation to himself. The general also suffered, and now things are over. It’s over, there’s no point in blaming yourself for this.”

"Thank you, thank you so much 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 whole battle in Yingzhou.

When talking about this topic, 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 traveled thousands of miles to go to this place, how can he surrender to the thief..."

Li Tai couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard the sadness in Xu Wensheng's tone. It is said that 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 one left is Xiao Laoqi, which makes the final death even more ugly.

"Book of Liang" tells that Xu Wensheng deeply respected Hou Jing because Hou Jing returned his wife to his wife, so he secretly communicated with the envoys. None of them had any intention of fighting, and everyone was resentful. Such a record is really a bit heartbreaking, and it directly denies Xu Wensheng. . But in fact, those who surrendered to Hou Jing in the final defeat were Du You'an, Wang Xun and other Jiangling generals who were said to have fought and defeated Hou Jing.

Hou Jingrun set out from Jiankang in March, and his 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 retreat. 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 for his resentment, and eventually died in prison, to be honest, it was just a scene of stealing people and killing people. Another person who tried to kill the donkey failed, but was kicked ugly by the donkey. That was Wang Lin.

Not to mention that Xiao Laoqi is not so evil-minded. Xiao Yuanzheng, who was captured just now, fell into trouble all because of a meal at his seventh uncle's house. This one-eyed dragon has a dirty trick, and he is as careless as he wants!

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 traveled 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.

For 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 in the entire Western Wei Dynasty.

He had placed Li Yunxin here before because he wanted to fish in troubled waters, but he did not expect to catch a big fish like Xu Wensheng. Hearing that Xu Wensheng's tone was full of disappointment in the atmosphere of Jiangling King Qin's division, he felt secretly happy, so he kindly invited Xu Wensheng to stay here to rest for two days, preparing to persuade him to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side.

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 him. He is a disloyal and unjust person, and he has ruined General Li's knowledge. Today, the thieves are gathering in Baling, and Wen Sheng is begging for help. If he survives, he will repay General Li well in the future. kindness!"

Hearing that Xu Wensheng still insisted on leaving, Li Tai felt a little unhappy. However, as Xu Wensheng himself said, if he could change his family so easily, to be honest, he would not be at ease and would not dare to commit suicide.

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 Jiangling Group.

However, Li Tai still underestimated the speed with which Xiao Laoqi eradicated his 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 people 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 turned back halfway, and said that Xu Wensheng had defected to the Western Wei Dynasty because he was afraid 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 killing his family 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!