Chapter 673: Xiao Rushui crossed the river to ask for troops
Zhou Luo grabbed the reins of his horse when he heard the sound, turned around and looked fixedly, only to see a person flying out of Jiankang City, and came to his horse in the blink of an eye, bowed down and hugged his fists and saluted: "'Goose's Nest' Great Protector Xiao Rushui See General Zhou." ”
Zhou Luoyu looked Xiao Rushui up and down, and saw that he was about thirty years old, and he looked like a weak scholar, but he kept claiming that he was Xiao Rushui, the great protector of the "Wild Goose's Nest", he couldn't help but be stunned, and then asked in a deep voice: "Since you claim to be the great protector of the 'Wild Goose's Nest', you must have recently returned to Jiangzuo from Jiangbei, why don't you go to Taicheng to meet the current emperor, but instead come from the city to find me?" ”
Xiao Rushui Yuan took people to Yang Jun's mansion that night to rob Sima Luo and Chen, but fell into the trap set by Zhang Heng, and was almost driven by the white-haired Liang Mo all the way to the outside of Jiangling City, captured alive, and injured the opponent with a hidden weapon before escaping. After Xiao Rushui fled alone, he immediately crossed the river and came to Jiujiang to ask the Southern Chen army stationed there to send troops, and the Later Liang clan abandoned Sui and surrendered to Chen.
In this way, no matter how Xiao Rushui persuaded him, Chen Shushen always held an attitude, either Xiao Rushui showed him a strong certificate that showed that he was indeed the great protector of the "Wild Goose's Nest", and he considered agreeing to Xiao Rushui's request, or he asked Xiao Rushui to go directly to Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Chen Emperor, to meet with the Shang Shu Lingjiang General Manager who was now in charge of the affairs of the "Wild Goose's Nest" in the Southern Chen Dynasty, and told him everything.
Xiao Rushui was worried at first that the distance between Jiujiang and Jiankang was also hundreds of miles, and it would take at least ten days and half a month to go back and forth. You must know that in order to plan the anti-Sui action of the Houliang uprising, the entire "Wild Goose's Nest" organization has paid a painful price, and now the success or failure is all on him, Xiao Rushui hesitated for a while, and would rather stay in Jiujiang to continue to persuade Uncle Chen to change his mind than dare to leave Jiujiang easily, resulting in the loss of contact between himself and Xiao Yan and others, resulting in failure.
In this way, Kankan waited in Jiujiang for the New Year's Day of the seventh year of the emperor, but still did not see Chen Shushen have the intention of releasing his mouth and agreeing to send troops across the river, and after inquiry, he learned that after the destruction of the Later Liang State, although Yang Jun, the king of Qin, took over all the troops of the Later Liang, but the Later Liang clan and the civil and military ministers were still preferential, ensuring their freedom of action and property safety as always, and the overall domestic situation in the Later Liang was still stable.
Under this circumstance, Xiao Rushui personally crossed the river, sneaked into Jiangling City, secretly met with Xiao Yan, and told him in person that he would go to Jiankang, the capital of Emperor Nanchen, and ask to see Emperor Chen Shubao of Southern Chen to bring rescue troops to pick up Xiao Yan led by the Later Liang clan to abandon Sui and surrender to Chen, and asked Xiao Yan to wait patiently for his news. At this time, Xiao Yan hated that Sui Gaozu had destroyed Houliang with only a piece of edict, and did not give himself a chance to take charge of the Houliang dynasty, and immediately expressed to Xiao Rushui that he was willing to lead the Later Liang clan and the people to abandon Sui and go to Nanchen in order to have a chance to restore the country.
After getting Xiao Yan's personal promise, Xiao Rushui worked tirelessly to cross the river again, asked Uncle Chen for a pair of customs clearance papers, and rushed to Jiankang to see Mr. Jiang non-stop.
However, what disappointed Xiao Rushui, and even felt like crying without tears, was that when he rushed to Jiankang in the dust, reported his name and identity outside the door of Jiang Zong's mansion, and asked to see Jiang Shangshuling for important things, the servants in Jiang's mansion only looked at him with cold eyes, and put on a look of love and incompatibility with him.
When Xiao Rushui reacted, he bribed the servants of the Jiang Mansion with the only saber he had by his side, and they entered the mansion to convey the news that they had come to see Jiang Zongtong, but only received a reply from the servants who were ordered: "My lord has an order, please show the official certificate of the 'Goose's Nest' Great Protector, and then receive him." ”
Xiao Rushui couldn't cry or laugh when he landed, and deliberately performed light skills, and went straight into the mansion to forcibly ask to see Jiang Zong, and was worried that this would annoy Jiang Zong, so he begged him to send troops to meet the Liang clan's major event of abandoning Sui and surrendering to Chen, so he had no choice but to wait outside the door of Jiang Zong's mansion every day, and saw the opportunity for Jiang Zong's house to go out, and stopped the horse and begged him to meet him and listen to his own explanation.
Within a few days, Xiao Rushui really seized an opportunity, stopped in front of Mr. Jiang's horse, revealed his identity and name, and begged Mr. Jiang to give him a chance to report to him in person.
But it was good that he didn't report that he was Guan Zizai's most powerful assistant, and when Mr. Jiang heard that he was Guan Zizai's right-hand man, he didn't even leave him a chance to report in person, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to pull Xiao Rushui away from his horse, spur the horse, and drove away.
Xiao Rushui could never have imagined that the supreme governor who was now in charge of the affairs of the "Wild Goose's Nest" in the Southern Chen Dynasty would ignore the official affairs of the imperial court because of the old grievances with his immediate boss, Guan Zizi, and in a fit of anger, he also wanted to leave it alone and go to Tiantai Mountain to find his master Dujing Toutuo to return to the mountains and forests together.
At this time, he overheard the news from a passer-by that Zhou Luoyu, one of the four famous generals of the Southern Chen Dynasty, was about to go to Jiujiang to unify the army, so Xiao Rushui chased out of the city from inside the city with the intention of trying his luck, and came to ask Zhou Luoyu for reinforcements.
Zhou Luoyu heard Xiao Rushui report the identity of the "Wild Goose's Nest" protector, so he asked him why he came to Jiankang to see Jiang Zong this time, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for his experience, so he ordered the accompanying soldiers to give up a horse to Xiao Rushui to ride, and asked Xiao Rushui to follow him to Jiujiang to take office, while explaining to himself in detail the reasons why the Liang clan abandoned Sui and surrendered to Chen after coming to Jiankang to move reinforcements.
When Zhou Luoyu learned from Xiao Rushui that Xiao Yan, the uncle of the Later Liang Dynasty, had agreed with him that he would lead at least tens of thousands of people from the Later Liang clan and the people to abandon Chen, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately asked Xiao Rushui to rush to Jiujiang with him, and told Xiao Rushui that he was willing to do his best to complete this victory with Xiao Rushui, and give Yang Sui a powerful counterattack.
Xiao Rushui's back and forth for several days finally got a satisfactory answer from Zhou Luoyu, and he also shook his spirits, and rushed to Jiujiang with Zhou Luoyu.
How do you know that Chen Shushen, the king of Shiling, heard that Zhou Luoyu, the general he specially invited from the court, was going to send troops across the river to meet the Liang clan and the people who abandoned Sui and surrendered to Chen, and shook his head like a drum, insisting that Zhou Luoyu should explain the matter to Chen Shubao in the first chapter, and only after obtaining Chen Shubao's edict could he send troops to Jiangbei, otherwise not a single soldier or soldier would be allowed to send troops to Jiangbei.