Liang Xi, the Duke of Lu, benefited his sister Empress Dowager Liang, became a relative of the emperor and an important minister of the imperial court, and after the Sumen case, he was in charge of the border army for nearly ten years. Because of the defeat of Chen Tangyi, Liang Xi was forced by Emperor Chongguan to return the military power and endure in the township, because of the Yellow River to build the embankment of the people, and rose again, cutting Hezhong, Luxi and other places to become a prince, can also be described as a generation of heroes.

In recent years, the Liang clan has almost cut off Luxi and Hezhong and become self-reliant, and its protégés and clan forces have multiplied, and they have the momentum of a prince early on. Even if he rebelled in the past, Yan Hu could not reuse the Liang clan like Yuan Lishan and Chen Zhihu - so the Liang clan would not surrender easily, but it could not protect him from surrendering for his life when the mountains and rivers were exhausted.

The attitude towards Liang's father and son, Huaidong and even Jiangning was divided, first of all, forcing Liang Chengchong to voluntarily give up his efforts to relieve the siege of Dongping in order to protect himself.

For Liang Chengyi, who guarded the Hezhong Mansion, not only Jiang Ning was cautious; The Cao family also stopped troops at Tongguan and put them on strict alert.

Even if the Cao family brazenly marched into Hanzhong and Liangchuan, it was like a rebellion, but there was a tacit understanding on the issue of Liang Chengyi.

Hezhong Mansion (now Luoyang and other places) was the domain of Guanzhong, and Liang Chengyi guarded Hezhong Mansion, which posed no threat to the Cao family; But if Liang Chengyi surrenders to Yanhu, the Cao family will be the first to go out of Tongguan to attack Hezhong Mansion, so as not to become a springboard for Yanhu to attack the pass.

In fact, in the later period, Liang Chengchong gave up the siege of Dongping and led the remnants to retreat to Nanyang, and the Hezhong Mansion was a corner, which had become a tacit situation for all forces. In the end, the life and death of Liang Xi trapped in Dongping City, although the rebellion has nothing to do with the overall situation, its impact is not trivial.

At this time, in addition to breaking through and surrendering, Liang Xi can still survive in Dongping as long as he can hold out until Yanhu's soldiers and horses retreat - Huaidong and Huaixi have heavy troops north of the Huai River, and Yanhu must press the main force to encircle Dongping, which poses great pressure on Yanhu's grain supply on the southern front.

Unexpectedly, Liang Xi finally left the scene in this way, which made people sigh and breathe a sigh of relief, presumably Liang Chengchong would also completely abandon Caozhou and withdraw the last thousands of soldiers and horses to Nanyang.

"Dongping has fallen, and it is not surprising that the main force of Yan Lu will retreat north to Jinan," Ye Junan said, "According to a series of edicts issued by Lord Yan in Shannan and Henan, Yan Lu also intends to rest on the eastern front next, and Xuzhou can almost have a chance to recuperate for a year and a half, which is quite rare for Huaidong, which has been fighting for many years!" ”

"Lord Yan sent Na He Xiongqi out of Dengzhou and Qingzhou, Na He Xiongqi is a veteran, he has dealt with us several times, and he is also an important figure in Yan Lu's advocacy of building a water camp, and Lord Yan's intention to make him guard the Shandong Peninsula is also obvious," Lin Jian said, "And Na He Xiongqi goes to the east, Chen Zhihu is likely to come to the west - Yan Yu is turning from offensive to defensive on the eastern front this time, but when it comes to specific places, the war will still be frequent......

"But when Chen Zhihu is called, Miaozhen is also fearless." Liu Miaozhen said.

At that time, when the Red Jacket Army and the Huaisi Liumin Army were trapped in Huaiyang, they beat Chen Zhihu extremely badly; So far, Ma Lantou, Li Liang and others will have palpitations. There are many rebel generals who have defected to Yan, and Chen Zhihu is probably the most feared one.

"Huaisi and Yizhou, north of Tai'an, Qingzhou, to face Yuan Lishan and Nahe Xiongqi, Chen Zhihu to the west, Liang Chengyi, Liang Chengchong and Dong Yuan will face more pressure," Lin Jian stood under the lake pavilion, looking at the vast mountains and fields, and said, "I don't know what the situation is like when Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu fight?" ”

When Lin Jian said this, Liu Miaozhen, Ye Junan, Li Wei and others were silent. There are not a few Huaidong army generals who are born under Li Zhuo's men, if the Jizhen army is also included, the next war will be more fratricidal, how can people be happy?

"The pressure is really on the Western Front, and I don't know how many years the Cao family will be able to last; Seeing that Guanzhong could not be defended, the Cao family took the initiative to retreat to Liangchuan, Yanhu occupied Guanzhong, Liang Chengyi naturally could not defend Hezhong Mansion alone, Yanhu could go down from Nanyang, and occupy a condescending advantage by breaking Jinghu Lake through Xiangyang, and the situation would be very complicated by time......" Lin Jian frowned.

The Cao family occupies the Guanzhong, the troops are in Tongguan, and the Huaidong troops are in Xuzhou, although Yanhu has a passage through Nanyang and Xiangyang to the south, but this passage is very narrow, and the flanks and grain roads are under the threat of Huaidong and Cao's family.

Once Yanhu expels the Cao family from Guanzhong and occupies it, he can use Guanzhong as a springboard to run Hanzhong and Xiangyang to the south, without worrying that the flanks will be threatened, and Xiangyang is the key point of contention in the future.

"Dong Yuan, according to Huaixi, most of them won't sit and watch Luo Xiancheng lie down on the bed!" Ye Junan said, "In addition, I heard that the remnants of Chen Hansan fled into Huaishan, and Dong Yuan should not stand idly by. ”

The Changhuai army entered Huaixi, and a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses in Huaixi were under the control of Dong Yuan, and Huaidong relied on each other, and it was more than enough to hold the Huaixi defense line. Luo Xiancheng refused to accept Zhao'an for a long time, Chen Hansan's remnants fled west to rely on Luo Xiancheng, and Dong Yuan was not a conservative person, so it was not an accident to fight Luo Xiancheng.

Just as Chen Hansan guarded Xuzhou at the beginning, it was not easy for people to worry, and now Luo Xiancheng is nesting in Xiangyang.

Once the Cao family is leaked, Yanhu soldiers and horses occupy the pass, and the Wuguan is Xiangyang, and Luo Xiancheng will defend or surrender when he arrives, which is really unreassuring, it is better to be exterminated by Dong Yuan at this time.

"Luo Xiancheng is quite cunning, and if Dong Yuan uses troops from the east, it is likely to force his troops to flee south," Liu Miaozhen said. ”

"This is back to the old topic, Jiangzhou really needs Yue Lengqiu to be in charge, but the western front is going to be chaotic, and they are messing around." Lin Jian rubbed his hands and said. After all these years of operation, it is not easy to sort out the eastern front, and for the western front, it is useless for him to worry too much, so he can only wait and see the development of the situation.

"In this world, the counties are fighting and fighting, but there are several back and forth, but it is bitter for the people," Li Wei sighed bitterly, and said, "Liang Xi died, Liang Chengchong led the remnants to retreat westward, Caozhou and other places may have some displaced people in the south, and the lower officials will go back to the city first to make some arrangements...... "Leave now and go back to the city first."

"It's fine." Lin Jian said.

Liu Miaozhen, Ye Junan and Li Wei returned to Xuzhou City.

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Lin Jian returned to Huzhuang and saw Su Yuan and Xiaoman laying down a sacrifice case in the inner house, and thought that he also knew the news that Liang Xi had killed his generals in Dongping and comforted his ancestors.

Qiu Ye supervised the case, trapped the Su family and beheaded the family, Liang Xi and his sister Empress Dowager Liang played a very important role in it, the Empress Dowager Liang survived in Chongzhou, and went with her, Huaidong could not bear the charge of killing the Empress Dowager, and this year I heard that Liang Xi died in Dongping, which was also a very happy thing for the Su sisters.

Lin Jian came back, saw Su Mei and Xiaoman sitting on the futon in front of the sacrificial table, their eyes were red and swollen, they must have cried once, cleaned their hands and went to the sacrificial table to insert incense and worship, brought a futon and sat down, and said: "Compared with the Sumen case, the mountains and rivers are broken and the people are dying, which is a greater sin they have created. ”

"It's not just that I heard that Liang Xi's old thief was dead, so I put a sacrifice here to comfort ......," Su Mei said.

"Oh, what's the good thing?" Lin Jian asked.

Xiao Man blushed, grabbed Su Mei's shirt and said, "This is just a reaction, and I can't be sure!" ”

"Ah, I'm pregnant!" Lin Jian asked happily.

Sun Wenwan happened to come in, and when she heard what was being said, she said, "Please ask Doctor Wu to check the pulse, but the little lady won't let us tell you......"

"It's only been a month, and the pulses are all slight, how can you count?" Xiaoman lowered his head and said, with joy hidden between the corners of his eyebrows.

Lin Lian happily held Xiao Man's slightly chilled little hand, and said, "How cold are your hands, you have to wear more clothes...... " Xiao Man went to the side courtyard and sat down, and couldn't help but say triumphantly, "Look at my hard work these days, it's finally useful, right?" ”

Miss Sun Wenwan's family couldn't hear this kind of words, so she blushed and walked out first, letting the Su Mei sisters accompany Lin Jian to mess around here.

Xiaoman was thin-skinned, seeing that Sun Wenwan was ashamed to leave, and seeing that Lin Lian was still talking nonsense, he blushed with shame, smiled and wanted to pinch Lin Lian's cheek, made trouble for a while, and then fell into his arms, and said softly: "The concubine wants to raise a fetus, and the body is inconvenient, so let my sister serve her husband in the future!" ”

Although Xiaoman's voice was thin, Su Mei sat on the couch together, and also listened to it, blushing from the root of his ears to his neck, and scolded with a smile: "How can there be a bastard sister like you, turn around and sell your sister?" "If you want to flee in shame, just get up and catch Lin Tie.

Lin Jian asked Su Mei to snuggle into his arms and said: "I want to be poor and destitute back then, and I have no other wish, I just want you and Xiaoman to be by my side; Now that the events of the year are in front of you, I can't give you a name today, do you feel wronged in your heart? ”

"In this life, I only want to be by my father-in-law and sister's side, and I have nothing else to ask for," Su Mei looked up at Lin Lian's eyes, put his backhand around his waist, and bowed his head to his waist, and said, "You want a concubine, and the concubine is full of love, how can you feel wronged?" He added, "Wen Wan came along, and she didn't expect to ask for any name, but you can't chill her heart!" ”

This recalls that Jun Xun asked Sun Wenwan to follow him to the north, and set Sun Wenwan's identity, Su Mei knew that if the inner house wanted to be peaceful, he couldn't laugh and sit in the cold room while the other family sits. She had the courtesy of Zhou Gong with Lin Lian, so she couldn't leave Sun Wenwan aside.

"Hehe, I have to rest for a few days in the future, and I am also happy to have you by my side," Lin Jian said with a smile, "Although I don't want to make a big splash, but double happiness is coming, if I really don't make a sound, I am not afraid of wronging you, and I also have the regret of walking at night in brocade." Pick a good day to make a big gift, okay? ”

"It's good if you say it's good, but Wen Wan has an elder in Xuzhou, so she always has to ask him to come forward as a witness." Su Mei said.

Sun Jingtang was in Xuzhou, Lin Jian scratched his head, and said with a bitter face: "No matter how thick-skinned I am, it is not good to run directly to Sun Jingtang and say: 'I will take your niece into the room in two days, and now I will say hello to you!'" 'What kind of business do you think that?' ”

Su Mei and Xiaoman giggled, but in the end, Xiaoman took the idea and said, "Invite Mr. Jun'an over tomorrow, and I will come forward to ask Mr. Jun'an to be a Chinese ......."

At this moment, there was a strange sound outside the courtyard door, a figure almost fell down, and then there was a sound of footsteps hurriedly walking outside, Lin Jian asked, "Who is outside?" ”

The waitress outside the courtyard gate replied: "General Sun has been eavesdropping for a long time, and he has just left ......."

Lin Lian laughed, knowing that Sun Wenwan was even thinner-skinned, and he didn't chase her.