"You are really a virtuous brother like water, how did you become the great protector of the 'Goose's Nest'? You stole this golden needle from Chang'an Daxing Palace to see me, what is the matter? Xiao Yan suddenly heard Xiao Rushui reveal the identity of the 'Goose's Nest' Great Protector, and he inevitably felt a little timid in his heart for a while, and his eyes kept looking at the outside of the hall, nervously thinking about how to get out.

"Brother, don't be afraid, I knew that my brother had a very close relationship with the late King Shixing, and he had long wanted to abandon Sui and join Chen, so I came to see my brother first, and I wanted to do great things with my brother, but I don't know if my brother had any intentions?" Xiao Rushui said, deliberately showing his kung fu in front of Xiao Yan to shock him, so he took the opportunity to put down the tea bowl casually, raised his two fingers, and flicked at Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan only felt a strong wind blowing his clothes, looked down, but saw a red-legged spider that climbed on his clothes at some point has been dropped to the ground by Xiao Rushui through the air, tossed twice, and saw that it was difficult to live.

"Ah, ah, brother, what are your plans, foolish brother is willing to leave the details." Xiao Yan was frightened by Xiao Rushui's flick of his fingers in the air, and tried his best to pretend to be calm and asked.

"You take this pair of golden needles to see Xiao Zong and tell him that the princess of Jin of the Sui Dynasty, his own sister Xiao Er, is willing to be the internal response and cooperate with him to abandon Sui and join Chen. He was asked to immediately raise the country's military strength and start a war with the Sui Dynasty. Xiao Rushui said gloomily.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Xiao Yan shook his head again and again, "Xiao Zong has always been cowardly, and now the Sui Dynasty has not only restored the Jiangling governor, and the garrison has monitored the movements of the Later Liang Kingdom, but is also about to establish Shannan Dao Xingtai Shangshu Province in Jiangling, and deploy heavy troops to defend the surroundings of Jiangling. ”

"Although Xiao Zong is not enough to succeed, don't you still have a brother? Who doesn't know that since the death of the eldest brother Xiao Yue, it is actually you, Uncle Wang, who holds the power in the Later Liang Kingdom. If Xiao Zong is willing to raise troops against Sui, it will be okay, if he is unwilling, then you will kill him with a knife, I will ensure that you will be the lord of Houliang, how about it? Xiao Rushui sneered and forced Xiao Yandao to do so.

"Brother Rushui, please drink tea, please drink tea." Xiao Yan raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and reluctantly smiled to test Xiao Rushuidao, "Did you mean what you just said, or did Emperor Chen Dynasty mean it?" You must know that Yang Jun, the king of Qin, is about to come to Jiangling to take up his post in the near future, but he came with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and with only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the central region of the Later Liang Kingdom, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. ”

"Haha, it turns out that brother, you are worried about this." Xiao Rushui looked up and laughed, "You don't have to worry, as long as Hou Liang fights against Sui, the current emperor will immediately send tens of thousands of sailors to respond, and even if Yang Jun can't be driven away from Jiangling, at least my brother can go to Jiankang safely and enjoy the glory and wealth." ”

"Brother Rushui, forgive me for asking more, what is your position as the 'Wild Goose's Nest' Great Protector in the Southern Chen Dynasty?" Xiao Yan knew that once he agreed to Xiao Rushui and got on Nan Chen's thief ship, it would be difficult to think about it again, so he had to dare to ask more questions at first glance to reassure himself.

"It seems that my brother doesn't know much about the status of the 'Wild Goose' in the Chen Dynasty. To put it simply, the first big leader of the 'Wild Goose's Nest' is none other than the current emperor himself, and the younger brother's identity and status in the 'Wild Goose's Nest are second only to the deputy leader Guan Zizai. Xiao Rushui replied to Xiao Yandao in an almost mocking tone.

Xiao Yan, as the uncle of the powerful Wang in the Later Liang Kingdom, has more or less heard of the secret spy organization of Nan Chen's 'Wild Goose' in recent years, and now he heard Xiao Rushui introduce to him that the first big leader of the 'Wild Goose's Nest' was actually Chen Shubao, the emperor of Southern Chen, he couldn't help but be in good spirits, lowered his head and thought about it, and discussed with Xiao Rushui with a smile: "Hehe, Brother Rushui, do you think this will be successful?" Tomorrow I can come forward to persuade the lord of the kingdom to raise an army against the Sui, but if he refuses to listen, can I ask the Chen Dynasty to send 20,000 sailors to the water near Jiangling to meet him, so that I can take further action. ”

Xiao Rushui knew that Xiao Yan still didn't believe that the Chen Dynasty would send a naval army to meet Hou Liang's troops against Sui, which was bargaining with himself, so he nodded happily and agreed to Xiao Yan's request.

So, two days before Yang Jun arrived in Jiangling to go to Shannan Dao Xingtai Shangshu Ling, Xiao Yan took the pair of golden needles that Xiao Er used to treat people with acupuncture given to him by Xiao Rushui to persuade Xiao Zong, the lord of Later Liang, to abandon Sui and join Chen.

On the surface, he was submissive to Xiao Yan, and he promised to join Xiao Yan to raise the troops of the Later Liang Dynasty to abandon Sui and join Chen, but in fact, at the banquet to personally welcome Yang Jun to Jiangling to take up his post, he privately promised to hand over the existing army of Later Liang to Yang Jun under the command and command of Yang Jun without reservation, and completely become a vassal of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Jun just arrived in Jiangling received such a big gift from Xiao Zong, the lord of the Later Liang State, naturally he was overjoyed, and immediately agreed with Xiao Zong that the two sides would hand over the military power after ten days, and the Later Liang would retain a small number of palace guards, and the other 30,000 soldiers and horses would be handed over to Yang Jun to lead and command.

It's a pity that the news that Xiao Zong wanted to hand over the country's military strength to Yang Jun was heard by an eyeliner placed by Xiao Yan next to Xiao Zong during the banquet that night, and he made a report to Xiao Yan overnight.

When Xiao Rushui, who lived in Xiao Yan's mansion, heard that Xiao Zong was going to hand over the military strength of the whole country of Later Liang to the Sui Dynasty, when he forced Xiao Yan to poison Xiao Zong, Xiao Yan led the army to fight against the Sui Dynasty before the Later Liang handed over military power to the Sui Dynasty.

After talking to Xiao Rushui before, once he was forced to really attack Xiao Zong, Xiao Yan muttered in his heart: After all, he only saw Xiao Rushui alone, if he really killed Xiao Zong, Chen Chao couldn't send troops to respond in time, how should he advance and retreat then?

dragged on like this for two days, and in the end, Xiao Rushui couldn't hold back his temperament, and he didn't greet Xiao Yan, so he sneaked into the Houliang Palace at night, killed Xiao Zong with his own hands, and forced Xiao Yan to lead the army to rise up against Sui in advance.

It is also Xiao Rushui's bad luck, since last year Yang Jun's brother-in-law Cui Hongdu went to Jiangling to serve as the head of Jiangling, he arranged a lot of Sui Dynasty eyeliner in the Houliang Palace, and always prevented changes in the Houliang Kingdom, on the night when Xiao Rushui sneaked into the palace and killed Xiao Zong with his own hands, there was a Sui Dynasty eyeliner in the palace who reported the news that Xiao Zong was killed in the palace to Cui Hongdu.

Cui Hongdu immediately made a report to Yang Jun, who immediately ordered the whole city of Jiangling City to be under martial law, and the Sui Dynasty army was deployed around Jiangling, closely monitoring the movements of the Later Liang army, and exterminating it on the spot as soon as it was found that there was any abnormal movement.

In this way, Xiao Yan's attempt to lead the army against the Sui Dynasty before handing over military power to the Sui Dynasty also came to naught overnight, so he had to swallow his anger and wait for the next opportunity to abandon the Sui and surrender to Chen.