The news that Li Zhiyun secretly reported to Li Jing was even more crucial, and it could not be called news.

He quietly brought a team of people.

The Song clan all went out, with "Earth Sword" Song Zhi leading the Song family generals Song Shuang and Song Faliang, and working together with the Song clan masters Song Lu, Song Jie and Song Bang, they silently reported to the command of General Manager Li.

Li Zhiyun also brought with him the leaders of the Panhu Miao people in Badong County, Ran Anchang and his son Ran Rencai.

These two commanded the largest force among the Sichuan barbarians.

Li Jing was overjoyed.

Even though the Great Xia Army was invincible, Xiao Liang was said to have an army of 400,000. Even if there were some water in the army, a hundred thousand soldiers would definitely not be able to defeat them.

Looking at our own side, there are more than 30,000 troops.

Ran Anchang and his son Ran Rencai brought 5,000 well-trained soldiers who were adapted to naval warfare, which was extremely valuable.

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Li Jingjing did nothing during the half year he waited for the opportunity.

With the support of generals such as Dong Jingzhen, Xiao Xin ascended the throne and moved the capital to Jiangling two years ago.

After that, some generals occasionally abused their power and were violent. As the emperor, Xiao Xin was naturally worried that if this continued, the generals would be out of control. His Majesty was smart and issued a decree to suspend the troops so that they could farm, and at the same time dismissed the generals from their military power.

This move aroused the dissatisfaction of Grand Marshal Dong Jingzhen's younger brother, who started a rebellion but his plan was leaked and he was killed.

How can the elder brother escape when his younger brother rebels?

Xiao Xin sent Zhang Xiu to attack Dong Jingzhen. Dong Jingzhen broke through the siege and fled. When he was almost killed by his subordinates... he was rescued by Wang Xin and his men.

Dong Jingzhen was serving under Li Jing at this time.

Li Jing took the opportunity to attack Anshu and other places, eroding the depth of Xiaoliang's defense.

Zhang Xiu, who was proud of his achievements, did not end up well when he returned to Jiangling. Xiao Xin turned around and killed him.

All we can say is that the ministers, generals and Emperor Xiao Xin of Liang were already suspicious of each other.

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Li Jing was calculating the situation in the military tent.

Li Zhiyun had already said goodbye and left, heading to Jiangling to meet up with Commander Wang Xinyi.

Li Xiaogong came in after inspecting the military camp, taking off his raincoat while complaining, "The difference between the north and the south is too big, God is so unfair. The south has plenty of water, and it keeps raining, why doesn't it rain more in our border town?"

Hong Fu handed Li Xiaogong a rag. As they were once servants of the Duke of Tang's Mansion, they were acquaintances.

Lady Hongfu asked, "Is it possible that the flooding in the south is caused by the heavy rainfall in the south?"

Li Xiaogong was speechless, and he changed the subject: "Given the current water level on the river, I think the army will have to wait."

Li Jing seemed to be thinking, "The rain... is heavy?"

Li Xiaogong nodded. He could still get soaked even with a straw raincoat. He tugged at his clothes and said, "Isn't it obvious?"

"How's the water level on the river?"

“It skyrocketed.”

"Go change your clothes."

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As soon as Li Xiaogong left, the psychic hawk soared into the sky from the military camp and flew eastward.

The next day, Li Jing and Li Xiaogong were waiting by the river. The psychic hawk brought back a secret letter from Wang Xin, which contained only four words when translated from the secret script - "stop the soldiers and start farming."

Apparently, Xiao Xian and Li Xiaogong had the same idea, believing that the Xia army would not cross the Yangtze River. Therefore, they took advantage of the situation to "stop fighting and cultivate the land", rest and recuperate, and wait for the decisive battle after the water receded.

The marching commander ordered: "Assemble the assault battalion!"

Li Xiaogong was shocked: "General, I am the deputy general and I should obey you. His Majesty also told me to follow your command in all actions. But what do you want to do? The river water is surging and there is a risk of flash floods at any time. The soldiers should not die in vain."

The decision has been made.

Li Jing was finally willing to explain: "Xiao Liang has the advantage of numbers, the terrain is strategic, and the supply is convenient. No matter when our army launches a decisive battle, it will never be easy. We can only send out surprise troops and suddenly arrive at the city. This is the best strategy in military strategy."

Li Jing looked directly at Li Xiaogong, "Speed ​​is of the essence in war, and the opportunity cannot be missed. Xiao Liang hastily recruited troops and has no way to fight the enemy, so this will definitely be captured."

As Your Majesty said, even if the casualties are non-combat, some sacrifices must be made.

Li Xiaogong looked back at Li Jing's eyes. The general's eyes were firm and there was no sign of hesitation.

Being able to defeat the Turkic cavalry with a small force, Li Xiaogong nodded vigorously: "I will obey your orders."

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The difficulty of military struggle is to use the circuitous route as the direct route and to use danger as benefit. - "The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Military Struggle"

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On September Bingxu, Li Jing and Li Xiaogong led more than 2,000 flat-bottomed warships and rushed into the Three Gorges in the storm, regardless of life and death.

Li Jing's decision was very correct. Although the Daxia army suffered many casualties, most of the soldiers successfully crossed the river.

The Liang army rushed into battle, and before the soldiers had time to pick up their weapons, the Xia army had already captured the two important towns of Jingmen and Yidu.

By the time the main force of the Liang army heard the news and left Qingjiang, the offensive and defensive situations in the two towns had already changed, and the Xia army had occupied the land strongholds.

Li Xiaogong was full of fighting spirit and immediately asked for a fight.

Li Jing rejected it without hesitation.

Li Jing held his ground and refused to come out. The Liang army was large in number, but without the advantageous terrain on land, it could not confront the Xia army for long.

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Li Xiaogong stamped his feet anxiously on the city wall.

Wen Shihong, a famous general of Xiao Liang, surrounded the Great Xia Army for several days, rushed over in one go, and provoked them again and again. The Great Xia Army was not at all invincible as the legend said.

No one responded to the challenge.

Lacking a good land stronghold, Wen Shihong was helpless and could not hold out against the Xia army for long, so he had to divide his troops and retreat.

Waiting for you to withdraw.

Led by Li Jing, Li Xiaogong, Hong Funu, Cheng Zhijie, Qin Shubao and others, each led a team of troops and rushed forward like a tiger out of the cage!

The Liang army was defeated by a surprise attack from behind. The Xia army chased all the way to Bailizhou, and the two sides fought again. In the land battle, the former border town army, now the Great Xia army, was invincible in the world, not to mention that there were many brave generals under its command, and the Liang army was defeated again.

Li Jing did not give the enemy any chance to breathe and pursued them relentlessly all the way to the city of Jiangling.

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Li Jing and his men advanced rapidly on the front line, while generals such as Zhou Hu, Dong Jingzhen, Ran Anchang, and Ran Rencai led their armies in pursuit.

Zhou Hu came from the Prince's Mansion and once served as the leader of the Qin King's personal guards.

When Li Jing led his army to Jiangling, he had only 5,000 soldiers. When Zhou Hu led the army to join the alliance, he still had less than 40,000 soldiers.

Jiangling "dismissed soldiers and started farming", and the garrison was no more than 10,000 people. However, once the more than 100,000 troops of Xiaoliang arrived in Jiangling, they would surely encircle the Xia army.

Li Jing used his imaginative combat thinking.

He scattered the more than a thousand Liang State warships captured along the way into the river and let them drift down the river.

Several generals trembled with heartache.

Warships are so precious these days.

Li Jing usually doesn't talk much, but he was clear when he had to explain: "Xiaoliang occupies a large area, and the reinforcements from various places are huge. When they see the Liang army's ships, they must suspect that Jiangling has been conquered. At this time, the Liang army generals will not continue on their journey, but must first inquire about the military situation. It will take ten days to go back and forth, and our army will surely be able to capture Jiangling!"

The key to this plan is that Xiao Xin had previously been very suspicious of his generals, and they would not fight to the death. If Your Majesty is surrounded, the former Border City Army will definitely rush forward regardless of life and death.

But Liang Jun wouldn't.

As for Xiao Xin himself, he was just like Gao Hongde, he was badly lame and he seriously lacked military qualities.

As expected, on October 20th, Xiao Xin, who had been waiting for reinforcements in vain, completely collapsed and surrendered by leaving the city.

Daxia captured Jiangling and Liang was destroyed.

At the end of the month, more than 100,000 Liang troops from all over the country arrived in Jiangling. Liangdi couldn't react in time, let alone the King of Nanyue?

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