Northern Dynasties

Fancheng's defenders were so caught off guard that many people couldn't believe it was true.

Li Tai suppressed the joy in his heart, let Linghu Yanbao, who looked more friendly, lead a team with only short soldiers to go out to meet him, and He Ruodun led a team of heavily armed cavalry to go around the front and from the side. Go and take over the gate on the front of Fancheng.

"The sinner, Liu Fanggui, was so stupid in his intelligence and lack of knowledge that he disobeyed the general, stubbornly resisted, and was late in pursuing righteousness. Please forgive me!"

Liu Fanggui, who was stunned, was led close to him, knelt down on the ground a few feet away from Li Tai, and walked forward on his knees, his posture can be described as humble and sincere.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai couldn't help thinking of the scene of Du Youan's surrender before, and couldn't help sighing inwardly, regardless of the piss of these Southern Dynasty officials, but the politeness and posture of the surrender was thoughtful and upright. It makes people feel sorry for me.

"Liu Sima, please hurry up. The former fought with their own principles, but I have no personal grievances with my subordinates. Now that my subordinates abandon defense and treat me with due respect, how can I add crimes."

Li Tai took off his cloak outside his armor, put it on for Liu Fanggui who came out in only single clothes, and said with a smile.

With just such a move, Liu Fanggui burst into tears, and said in a mournful voice: "You are a low-quality talent. In public, you are not valued by your superiors, and in private, you are not loved by the township party. Today, he abandoned his integrity and went to Beitou. I am so sympathetic to you, and I am willing to die for you!"

Li Tai was frightened by this guy's startled howls, and he said a few words of comfort in a gentle voice, and then he ordered Liu Fanggui to send several subordinates who came with him to cooperate with his troops to take over the overall defense of Fancheng. , and then Liu Fanggui was brought into the big tent in the camp to interrogate him carefully about the reason for his surrender.

When it came to this topic, Liu Fanggui had a bitter expression on his face again, and began to explain sadly.Although Li Tai has already guessed the basic context, it is nothing more than suppression by the boss, exclusion from colleagues, etc., but what he said from the mouth of the person involved has enriched many details.

After listening to Liu Fanggui's narration, Li Tai found out that the root cause of this guy's dedication to the city and surrender was not his so-called alienation plan, but the bane planted by the political system of Nanliang early on.

Liu Fanggui is a native of Xiangyang, although he has little wealth and power, he is not so powerful, and it is even more difficult to compare with the deep-rooted tycoons.He has worked in the state government for many years, worked hard and worked hard, and was lucky enough to be the post of the state government. This is because those real rich children have more opportunities to be promoted, and they are lazy in the state and counties. That gave him such a position Chance.

The King of Yueyang, Xiao Xi, entered the town of Xiangyang, and he led thousands of entourages.If these people want power and money, they need to get it from Xiangyang. Liu Fanggui, an old official of the state government, is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

Whenever the King of Yueyang needed to install someone into the state capital, he hoped that Liu Fanggui and other elders of the state capital would arrange them. Two unflattering doormats.

These conflicts have been squeezed for a long time, otherwise Du Youan would not have proposed such a plan after surrendering. While targeting King Yueyang, he completely ignored the life and death of Fancheng defenders.

It can be said that based on Liu Fanggui's background, even without this war, his political future in Nanliang would have come to an end, unless he was involved in greater turmoil.

Opportunities like this don't come often, and they often happen at critical moments of power distribution within the regime, such as regime change, and only one or two lucky ones seize the opportunity to take advantage of the momentum.For example, Zhang Jinger of the Southern Qi Dynasty who rose from Qi Gaodi Xiao Daocheng, Cao Jingzong, the founding father of the Southern Liang Dynasty, etc.

No matter how hard someone works within the system for half his life, the treatment he gets in the end is just to accept the blame at both ends, to take the blame at any time, and even when life and death are in crisis, he is afraid that he will not be generous.And Liu Fanggui said it was pitiful, after all, he was already the governor of the state government, so one can imagine the situation of people with lower social status.

Li Tai also had to sigh with emotion that compared with the lifeless and lack of vitality of the Nanliang regime, the political ecology of the Northern Wei Dynasty was indeed more dynamic.

Although the Eastern Wei Dynasty was stronger, it also took on a greater historical burden. Although the Western Wei Dynasty was weak, it also had more room for reform.Especially under the implementation of the fubing system, the so-called "Tian Shelang in the morning and Tianzitang in the evening" is not a dream. The threshold for entering the ruling class is extremely low, which is even more powerful than the discounts offered by later generations of anchors who bring goods. And even bigger.

When the Jingzhou troops entered Fancheng and hung the flag of the Wei army on the top of the city, the Nanliang defenders on the river immediately noticed something unusual, and the speed of the fleet that was approaching here instantly slowed down.

Several speedboats were put down from the side of the big ship, tentatively rushing towards the water fence on the south side of Fancheng, but before they approached, the shooting pole inside the water fence was already raised, once these warships approached, they would quickly shoot Next, as long as the photo is true, the boat will be destroyed and the people will die!

Seeing this, several speedboats did not dare to approach any further, so they had to go back the same way.The fleet patrolling the river in Xiangyang City could return directly, but Du's navy was embarrassed. They did not dare to park too close to Xiangyang, and it was also very inconvenient to swim upstream, so they had to stop on the river.

Soon, the news of Fancheng's surrender spread to Xiangyang City, and King Yueyang immediately became furious after hearing the news: "Liu Fanggui is a thief! He is not afraid that the whole family will die because of it?"

Now is not the time to care about this matter, the real death is the Du family's navy suspended on the river, if the rift between each other cannot be eliminated as soon as possible, the situation may be further deteriorated.

So King Yueyang hurriedly wrote a letter himself, expressing that he never believed in the enemy's alienation plan, comforted the Du brothers and hoped that they could cooperate in defense to prevent the war from further spreading to Xiangyang City.

However, the Du brothers were not blind listeners, even the plan to expel King Yueyang had been discussed within the family, and now that it was exposed by the enemy, it was inevitable that they would be guilty and dare not trust the words of King Yueyang.

But of course they did not dare to attack Xiangyang brazenly. The enemy made it clear that they would not cooperate with them. A few thousand sailors alone were not enough to shake the defense of Xiangyang, let alone Fancheng on the north bank had surrendered.They were sandwiched between the two cities in the Han River, and they were already in danger, so how could they dare to force them.

So after receiving the letter from the king of Yueyang, the brothers were delighted and began to put forward various conditions, such as the need for a separate land and water camp to station the troops, and the need for the state government to provide them with troops to set off. Military funds and so on.

The two sides wrangled for a long time, but in the end it was Yueyang King Xiao Xi who was more worried about the collapse of the situation in Xiangyang and took a step back. He basically agreed to the request of the Du brothers and opened the downstream Xianshan Weir as a place for Du's garrison, and allocated some military supplies.

The internal affairs are temporarily appeased, so that King Yueyang has time to take care of other things.

He first led a group of armored soldiers, and came aggressively to the compound where Li Tai's father Li Xiao was detained in the palace. I originally thought that your old family in the Northland should know etiquette, kindness and righteousness. The former sent envoys to the north with the intention of repairing it, but you ignore this and still accept me as a traitor, it is really hateful!"

Li Xiaogang met Li Quji, who came across the south of the Yangtze River, and learned about his son's current situation. He was very excited. When he heard King Yueyang's questioning, he bowed and replied: "The righteous way of our country is declining, so that the flesh and blood are far away. Fortunately, the king Benevolence, father and son can hear each other. This kindness is unforgettable, how dare you forget it?

The reason for this debate between the two countries is different, and the provocateur is not the king.Gouzi is young and greedy for meritorious service and lacks prudence. He is eager to lead troops to fight without knowing the situation in this town, which is really not comprehensive.

It has not been a short time for Xiao to live in Xiangyang, and he has received a lot of care from the king. Please go to the north to persuade him to make peace. "

King Yueyang came here full of embarrassment and anger. Hearing Li Xiao's remarks, he felt a little embarrassed. It's not to force Li Jun and his son to turn against each other. You should know me, when I didn't know your son Li Dadu was in charge before, I invited the mansion as a guest and treated each other with courtesy..."

This statement is not false, the King of Yueyang liked to recruit capable people and strangers, soon after he arrived in Xiangyang, he recruited Li Xiao as a disciple because of his family background knowledge, of course he didn't know that Li Xiao had such a son at that time.

"Because of this, now Xiangyang is in trouble, and it is my duty to relieve the king's troubles!"

Li Xiaoyue expressed his position so generously, the more unnatural it was for King Yueyang to speak harshly to each other, but he did not lightly agree to Li Xiao's envoy's request, he just said: "Mr. Li, please live here temporarily, I really can't bear to see Your father and son are at odds because of this. Choose someone else for the envoy, and when the matter is settled, you will be sent out of the country so that you and your father can be reunited."

When King Yueyang left, Li Quji, who had been standing by the side, stepped forward and said: "No matter how the situation changes, my lord is just to be friendly, and it is enough not to lose peace with the nobles here. Although it is inconvenient to stop, but There must be a time to return.”

Hearing Li Quji's comfort, Li Xiao sighed with relief: "In the past, when we parted, Quji and you were just ignorant young disciples, but now you have gained wisdom through experience, and you can calmly live in the enemy's country. Rejoice!"

"My lord praises me so much, this servant is really ashamed. All the words I said were taught by Alang before I left. If you say that you are wise through experience, Alang is the real talent and majesty! If the servants and other panicked people were not led by Alang, they would have been exiled by now. Kansai, with little chance of survival, has the splendor it has today!"

When Li Quji heard the lord's praise for him, he hurriedly said again.

After hearing this, Li Xiao felt sore in his heart, pulled Li Quji and said again: "Tell me about Apanxi's deeds again, without missing a single thing, and I want to hear how hard it was for my son to leave Only then did he become majestic today!"