Wang Sengbian’s rejection of the Northern Qi envoy’s request to return Guangling not only made the Qi lord Gao Yang very angry, but even the generals under Wang Sengbian were puzzled.
“Now that Jiangling fell, the king was robbed, and the family and country were hit hard, we need to recruit all parties to help in order to restore the decline. Although the Qi people are greedy and treacherous, they have been enemies with Wei for many lifetimes. It is certain that their desire to unite with me to resist Wei is true!”
After Wang Sengbian clearly rejected the request of the envoy of Qi, Wang Sengyan, a brother who had been staying in Jiankang to assist him in the management of military and political affairs, said with confusion: “Li Boshan is a talented and stubborn. Brother must know that during the heyday of Jiangling, he did not dare to speak wildly to defeat him. Now Jiangling has fallen, how can we defeat him by relying on our downstream troops?
Although Guangling is also an important city in Jiangping, it is not a matter of life and death with me now. It is better to give up and make strong support quickly, so that we can advance and retreat without failing to make aid!”
After hearing this, Wang Sengbian sighed and said for a while, “The loss of Guangling City and the gains are all the achievements of Chen Situ. If I order to please the people of Qi, I am afraid that I will lose peace with Chen Situ. Besides, Guangling is not in the town now. Even if I want to give up, Chen Situ will refuse to agree, and it will inevitably be disputed internally and untrustworthy outside. The situation will inevitably be worse!”
After hearing this, Wang Sengyan paused and said, “Even if Chen Ba was greedy for the fortress and refused to give up, when the Qi army came south, how long can his troops be defended by his main troops? At that time, not only will the city not be for me, but he will also lose troops and generals, and he will lose peace with Qi people. He will not be able to sign a support to resist the Wei army! What we are talking about now is to bravely go to the national crisis and the troops are trapped in the rear. Can Chen Baxian be ashamed?”
Wang Sengbian’s expression was a little unnatural when he heard this. After a moment, he said, “The fall of Jiangling has become a fact, but the situation is not at its worst. Even if Li Boshan is extremely intelligent, he may not be able to calm down the conflict between Jiangling’s human feelings in a short time. Besides, Wang Lin’s army arrived in Xiangzhou and stood in a confrontation across the rivers and lakes. In a short time, it is difficult for the Wei army to go downstream.
This national crisis is far greater than that of Hou Jing in the past year. It is definitely not possible to save the situation by rushing to several battles. Even if the Qi people formed an alliance with me, what they did was to drive me west to fight with Wei, and Qi took the opportunity to visit our Jiangnan city.
How could Li Boshan be a famous general in the world be rashly defeated? Instead of fighting with urgent needs, it is better to consolidate the fundamental land of our Jiangnan first, and then think about a long-term confrontation after the people and land are full of soldiers and food. Before King An of Jin entered Jiankang, he was better than a quiet movement! “
Compared with everyone who was eager to restore the bad situation, Wang Sengbian is now the pillar of the entire Nanliang. Of course, he should be more comprehensive and detailed in his thinking. Joining with Northern Qi can certainly obtain a strong aid in a short time, but is this strong aid that is so reliable?
Not long ago, Li Boshan, the Western Wei Dynasty, who had always been kind, personally led his troops to Huainan, joined forces with their Nanliang army to make trouble and cooperated with Chen BaxianRetake Guangling. But when he turned around, he led his army to kill their capital Jiangling City and capture their king!
Joining with Northern Qi is just a drinking poison to quench thirst, and the toxicity is very fierce. Those who mix the poison with it are not wine or honey, but simply arsenic. According to the requests made by the Northern Qi envoy, they would consider sending troops to join forces only if they were returned to them to Guangling. Even if Wang Sengbian agreed, it would be impossible for him to recover Guangling at such a huge price, and Chen Ba, who is currently under actual control, would never agree!
Now, Chen Baxian is second only to Wang Sengbian in the country, both his power and prestige. If you want to obtain assistance from Northern Qi, it means you have to lose peace with Chen Ba first. This is equivalent to cutting off one arm first and then hoping that others will rescue you. If there are any other strategies to imagine, Wang Sengbian will not be able to choose this one!
Especially today, although Wang Sengbian nominally commands the army, the chief generals of the army also have their own plans. They even sometimes obey the orders of the Jiangling court. Now that the court has fallen, how much will they obey the orders of Wang Sengbian, the so-called Taiwei?
In fact, Wang Sengbian has lost some control over the situation. During the chaos in Huainan in the middle of the year, Hou Ying and Zhang Biao also led their troops to participate. As a result, Zhang Biao was captured alive by Duan Shao of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and Hou Ying returned home.
At that time, in order to cover up his failure to conquer Liyang, Wang Sengbian was afraid that the Emperor of Jiangling was blamed for their downstream generals to attack Qi without authorization, so he ordered the defeated Hou Ying to Jiangling to let the emperor punish him and vent his anger.
As a result, when Hou Ying arrived in Jiangzhou, he asked someone to offer goods to bribe Jiangzhou governor and Jin’an King Xiao Fangzhi, so he stayed in Jiangzhou and did not continue to go west to Jiangling.
Not long after, Jiangling was attacked by the Western Wei army. Jiangling’s in panic was in trouble and rushed down the river to Jiankang to report the news. Wang Sengbian immediately ordered Pei Zhiheng, Cheng Lingxi, Du Sengming and Wu Mingche from Chen Baxian’s troops to lead their troops to rescue Jiangling.