When the news that Guangling had been recovered by Chen Baxian, Wang Sengbian had already led his troops back to Jiankang station.
When the messenger who reported the news came to the hall to report the good news, Wang Sengbian, who was discussing matters with the generals, suddenly stopped his expression, and the Liang generals in the hall started to discuss with a loud bang, his expression and tone were full of surprise.
Bang!
A loud noise suddenly came from the hall, and everyone who was talking suddenly stopped. When they looked in the sound, they saw the Taiwei Wang Sengbianzheng sitting upright slapped his hand on the table with a gloomy expression.
“Don’t talk about things in the hall!”
Wang Sengbian angrily shouted in anger with an irritable tone. Then he raised his hand to take the detailed battle report submitted by the messenger, but did not read it immediately. Instead, he lowered his eyes and looked at Hou Ying, who was kneeling down and begging for guilt under the hall. He said angrily: “Ten thousand powerful troops will be defeated when they see the enemy. The army will be defeated and humiliated. What should Hou be punished?”
Hou Ying bowed to the ground with a look of despair on his face, and said in a stern voice: “The last general knows that his crime is serious, but the Qi army is indeed cunning and difficult to defend. There was a letter before that he reported that he ran towards Zhongli, but unexpectedly appeared outside Xuyi City. The last general and other troops were all in stair formations, and were struggling to attack the city. He was suddenly overwhelmed by the enemy, and he was overwhelmed by the enemy. He was overwhelmed and was not a crime of war…”
It would be better if you didn’t say this. Wang Sengbian’s expression became even more angry when he heard this. He pointed at Hou Ying and scolded him angrily: “The mediocre people are still making excuses! Can the army in Jiangbei be attacked by the enemy? Guangling is also attacked by the enemy. Why can the Jingkou army stand firm and be able to defeat Xiongcheng?”
Hou Ying was also a little embarrassed and angry after hearing this. Although he retreated, he still fought with the enemy, which was better than besieging those troops who returned without success.
Of course, he did not dare to speak directly in front of Wang Sengbian, but he only complained in his heart, but he could not help but lower his head and said, “Chen Sikong is invincible across Lingnan, and he uses military skills to rule the world. He has many talented and brave people under his command. He is ashamed of the generals, and he dares to compare with him!”
Wang Sengbian fell silent again after hearing this. After a while, he said in a deep voice: “This criminal is bound to Jiangling, please punish him and punish him. There is also news that Jiangling has recovered, and please select virtuous people to guard him.”
After hearing this, the generals in the hall all their eyes became alive.
Since the Hou Jing Rebellion, the original military system in the Southern Liang Kingdom collapsed completely. Although Jiangling also organized and developed new armed forces in the process of suppressing the rebellion, these armed forces did not completely obey the Jiangling court, and were mostly private songs of the powerful people from all sides. It is precisely because of this that whoever recovers the city and territory will generally be guarded naturally.
Especially the Guangling was hanging in the north of the Yangtze River, and Chen Ba first recovered the city, many generals also heard of it. Now that I have overcome it, it is a matter of course for him to arrange the defense.. But from what Wang Taiwei said, it seems that there are other thoughts in his heart?
Not to mention that the generals were thinking and planning in their hearts, Wang Sengbian was in a mess at this moment. After dealing with the defeated generals, he was not in the mood to continue discussing the subsequent matters, so he simply signaled the generals to return to the camp.
After everyone withdrew one by one, Wang Sengbian picked up the battle report and read it carefully. He held it in his hand and read it several times. Then he sighed: “Chen Baxian is really brave and decisive, far beyond ordinary people. I had secretly complained that Li Boshan refused to conspire with me, but instead went far away. Now it seems that Li Boshan is indeed good at observing people! From now on, I will be inferior to Baxian.”
Wang Fang, who was standing in the hall, could not help but speak, “Why should my father be more ambitious? How can he be determined for a long time after a mere victory or defeat? What’s more, if General Li had not personally gone to Huainan and killed many Qi troops, making Yu Kou dare not act without authorization, how could Chen Baxian successfully take Guangling?
Chen Baxian was a brigade’s side-in-law, stubborn and greedy for success, and luckily accomplished. But Ah Father needed to take charge of the overall situation and had many concerns. He could not do anything willful. This time, Chen Baxian disobeyed and refused to retreat. If he didn’t make any contribution, he would be a crime. He seemed to be a bit of a lone brave man who could burn his boats. But Ah Father could not be so ignorant of the general situation. It’s a pity that the emperor did not know the accurate military situation in Jiangbei, and suddenly the troubled life made my soldiers dare not continue to strive for progress, and he could only withdraw his troops with regret. “
“Yes, if it weren’t for Jiangling’s order to withdraw troops, it would be not difficult for me to recover Liyang.”
Hearing his son say this, Wang Sengbian’s expression slightly improved, but he soon sighed again: “Ordinary people only see your father’s majestic and majestic, but in fact I am just a sword and artifact in the hands of people. Even if the sword is sharp, it needs to be used by the guardian to be invincible and invincible. Although it is obtained from the times, it is still like a bird in a cage, and its ambition is difficult to show.
Speaking of this, I and Baxian are inferior to Li Boshan. This person has everything. Now he is already in a good position. He seems to have a higher level to reach next year! You have worked under his command, which is also a good relationship. If the situation in Jiangdong is really uncontrollable next year, you can return to Mianbeitou to follow him, and you will not lose a future.”
Although Wang Feng was very eye-opening and benefited a lot during the period of time in Mianbei, he heard his father’s a little lazy and slacking words, he shook his head and said, “General Li is indeed a heroic general, but after all, he is only a general of other countries. My father is now an important minister of the country and is responsible for the country’s destiny. He will live in his family and country. How can he turn to another country?”
Not to mention the sighs of Wang Sengbian and his son regarding current affairs, the news that Chen Baxian successfully recovered Guangling was also spreading rapidly along the river to the west and arrived in Jiangling soon. Before this, the news of Li Tai’s capture of Hefei also spread to Jiangling first, and it had caused an uproar in the city.
“How many methods does Qiangnu have to do?? I used to occupy Badong and now I have captured Hefei again. Do I really want to trap me here? “
The Western Wei people were only one step away from the Gorge, which made Liang Emperor Xiao Yi very nervous. He could only use the reason that the Wei army had no strong sailor, and even if they were in Badong, they would not have too much to do. Now that Xiao Yi was able to find out that Hefei had gained from Li Boshan, Xiao Yi was even more panicked.
Although on the surface, the Western Wei was more friendly to the Southern Liang than the Northern Qi, as an emperor, Xiao Yi naturally would not naively think that there were really jackals in this world who did not eat meat. Especially in the Western Wei, a king of Liang, Xiao Yu, has always been supporting a Liang king, which is equivalent to mastering an alternative that can replace him at any time.
So although the Jiangling people interact closely with Mianbei, Xiao Yi has always been secretly alert to the Western Wei. This vigilance is much greater than that of Northern Qi. Although Northern Qi also took advantage of the situation and was bothered and hated, at least they did not have the idea and plan to replace him.
Although Hefei is still far from Jiangling, Xiao Yi did not intend to die in Jiangling for the rest of his life. The situation is just unstable and he has to stay in Jiangling for the time being. As long as conditions allow, Xiao Yi still hopes to return to Jiankang.