Although Xiao Xian had decided to surrender to Yang Yuanqing, at the last moment, he became timid. He didn't know what attitude he should use to face the turning point of fate. After thinking repeatedly, he finally took off his shirt, barely, and knelt in front of the Sui army camp.

"The criminal Xiao Xian, come and apologize to His Highness the King of Chu!"

The twenty-four leading generals of the Xiao Liang army knelt down with him, all like Xiao Xian, apologized with their upper body naked. In fact, there was no need for them to apologize so devoutly, but they were all Xiao Xian's confidants. If Xiao Xian wanted to apologize for the crime, they naturally had to follow him.

At this time, hundreds of Sui army generals and personal guards surrounded Yang Yuanqing and walked out of the camp quickly. Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiao Xian up, took off his military robe and put it on for him, and whispered: "Since you are a father-in-law and son-in-law, you don't have to blame yourself like this."

Li Yuanqing urgently ordered his subordinates to give each of the twenty-four generals a brocade robe, and asked Wang Junkuo to lead them into the camp, and set up a banquet to welcome them.

Yang Yuanqing's comforter Xiao Xian relaxed nervously and followed Yang Yuanqing into the camp. The two sat down in the side tent, and the personal soldiers served them tea. Xiao Xian sighed and said, "Xiao Xian does not recognize the general trend and is determined to revive his ancestral property. It was not until today that Xiao Xian is truly enlightened. Xiao Xian is willing to be loyal to His Highness and serve the Great Sui Dynasty."

Since ancient times, no one has not been afraid of death, but some people would rather choose death for the sake of justice. Therefore, there is a poem that says, "Everyone has no death since ancient times, leaving his loyalty to shine in history."

In history, Xiao Xian knew that he would die without a doubt, so he generously stated: "The Sui Dynasty lost its deer, and the heroes of the world chased it together."

But the times change. Once Xiao Xian has hope of life, he will no longer speak generously. He will seek death and cannot be an emperor. He can continue to be his nobleman of Xiaoliang with peace of mind. The weakness of human nature will be fully demonstrated at this time.

But for Yang Yuanqing and Xiao Xian's surrender, it means that his front line will face the Jingxiang Tang Dynasty and gain the most precious time for him to conquer the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he promised to marry Xiao Yuexian and also promised to forgive Xiao Xian.

But how to deal with Xiao Xian? That is a future matter, or Xiao Xian's destiny is in his own hands.

If Xiao Xian could stay in the capital honestly, live in seclusion, and spend the rest of his life peacefully, then Yang Yuanqing could spare him, but if he still wanted to form the Nanhua Society in secret, then there was only a dead end to him.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I can fully understand Liang Gong's sincerity and accept it with pleasure. In the future, I will definitely give Liang Gong enough honor and status to repay Xiao Liangjun's assistance in breaking Li Mi's assistance. I just hope Liang Gong can help me stabilize the situation in the south now."

Xiao Xian hurriedly bowed and bowed, "I wish to serve Your Highness."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Although Jiangdu is broken, people's hearts are unstable. I did not take the important officials to accompany me this time. I have been thinking about who will appease the people of Jiangdu for me and stabilize the situation in Jiangdu."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing glanced at Xiao Xian and said with a smile: "I wonder if Mr. Liang is willing to take on this important task?"

Xiao Xian's heart was thrilled. He suddenly understood Yang Yuanqing's scheming. After talking for a long time, Yang Yuanqing just didn't allow him to return to Yuzhang or Jingxiang again.

After all, he was still afraid that he would retaliate again and regain his troops. Xiao Xian sighed in his heart. Now that he has no choice but to do so.

Can he say he doesn't want to? If he dares to say he doesn't want to, he will not be able to survive today. Xiao Xian had to grit his teeth and agree, "I am willing to share your worries for Your Highness."

"good!"

Yang Yuanqing said happily: "Then I will appoint Liang Gong as the Jiangdu appeasement envoy and temporarily take over the governor of Jiangdu. Without further ado, please ask Liang Gong to leave in the afternoon."

Xiao Xian stood up and saluted. "Thank you for your kindness, you can leave now."

Yang Yuanqing nodded secretly. Xiao Xian was quite conscious of the current affairs. Since that is the case, he could give him some sweetness first to calm his heart.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "There is another thing. Your uncle is willing to give up the Duke of Liang. I will give you the Duke of Liang. In addition, you will be appointed as the Prince's Young Guardian. As for Yuexian, I will order someone to send her to the Prince of Chu Mansion in Taiyuan first, and everything will be implemented according to my prior promise."

Xiao Xian was overjoyed. Yang Yuanqing was relieved that Yang Yuanqing was able to keep his promise, and his status was not inferior to Du Fuwei. He once again gave a deep blessing, "Thank you for your kindness! Humiliation will set off now."

Xiao Xian took out a white jade arrow and put it on the table, "Your Highness, this white jade arrow can mobilize all Xiao Liang troops, so I will hand it over to Your Highness."

"Haha! Don't worry, Mr. Liang, I will definitely handle your army properly and there will be no accidents."

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered Wei Yunqi to arrange Xiao Xian to take office, and Wei Yunqi led Xiao Xian to another account.

At this time, Wang Junguo quickly walked into the tent and bowed, "Report to your Highness, the twenty-four generals have stabilized."

Yang Yuanqing walked a few steps behind his back, looked at the tent and pondered for a long time. He slowly turned around and said, "No one of these twenty-four people will be left behind, and they will be killed after being drunk. It must be more secret."

Yang Yuanqing was never very relieved to Xiao Xian. He not only wanted to transfer Xiao Xian from Jingxiang, but also wanted to cut off all the possibility of rebellion. The twenty-four generals were Xiao Xian's confidants and could not be left to Xiao Xian anymore.

"I understand, and I will definitely do it clean."

Wang Junguo hesitated and said, "Why didn't Your Highness kill Xiao Xian halfway to Jiangdu to prevent future troubles?"

Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly, "This Xiao Xian has been repetitive in nature. Why don't I want to kill him? But after all, the Lord of Xiao Liang and the nobles of Xiao Liang have had a huge influence in Jingxiang and even the south. Killing him may cause chaos in the south and will not help me stabilize the south. As long as I monitor him closely, he will not have any chance."

Wang Junkuo then suddenly realized, "Your Highness has a long-term vision, and he is not as good as a humble position. Now let's deal with the twenty-four generals."

"Go! Get rid of the twenty-four generals, send troops immediately, and recruit Xiaoliang's army."

"Abide by the order... the army that accepts surrender has always been a difficult problem, because it involves a redistribution of interests. As long as it involves interests, if it is not handled well, there will be big trouble.

For example, when Cao Cao attacked Wancheng for the first time, he failed to handle the interests, which made Zhang Xiu noticed Cao Cao's contempt for him in his bones. He realized that Cao Cao would seize his military power, so he rebelled, almost killing Lao Cao.

Generally speaking, surrendered generals continue to lead troops. For example, Yang Yuanqing asked Sheng Yan's army to continue to lead the Ningjun army and Du Fuwei continued to lead the Jianghuai army, in order not to violate the interests of the main general.

But he seized his military power against Xiao Xian and Yang Yuanqing, which was also because Xiao Xian was almost convinced by Li Mi at the critical moment, which made Yang Yuanqing feel suspicious when he saw his repetitions and was worried that he would have another setback when the Sui army fought against the Jingxiang Tang army. In this case, even if Yang Yuanqing did not kill him, he would never give him military power again.

So on the one hand, Yang Yuanqing transferred Xiao Xian away, and on the other hand, killed Xiao Xian's twenty-four leading generals. This is to completely eradicate Xiao Xian's military interests, but it is not enough. He must fully incorporate Xiao Liang's army and turn them into the real Sui army.

Xiao Xian's 45,000 troops were stationed west of Chilonggang, a camp covering an area of ​​about 100 acres. In addition, hundreds of large ships of the Xiaoliang naval army were moored in Liyang Port 30 miles southwest.

It was getting late, and the soldiers were ready to rest early. There was a big battle last night. The soldiers did not sleep all night, and everyone was exhausted. After dinner, they fell asleep.

The camp was dark, and the lights were still on in Cen Wenben's tent. In the tent, Cen Wenben was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking a little uneasy. He was indeed a little nervous. Liang Gong led the twenty-four generals to the Sui camp to carry the thorns and apologize. He has not come back yet. There is no news at all.

Cen Wenben was very worried that they would have an accident, and even more worried that Yang Yuanqing would go back on his word and kill Xiao Xian. After all, Xiao Xian's performance was not firm enough this time, which was easy for people to suspect, but Cen Wenben hoped that Yang Yuanqing could let Xiao Xian go.

This is not just a matter of keeping promises. It also involves Yang Yuanqing's lack of mind and vision. He comforted Xiao Liang and comforted Jing Xiang. Emperor Wen Yang Jian accepted Xiao Liang's surrender and was able to stabilize Jing Xiang. He did not believe that Yang Yuanqing did not even have this political vision.

Cen Wenben admired Yang Yuanqing very much, won over the Shandong gentry, unify the north, and stabilized the Central Plains. In just a few years, he quickly laid the foundation for the general trend of the world and made the unified powerful dynasty appear again.

Cen Wenben was very willing to serve Yang Yuanqing, but he was worried that Yang Yuanqing would do something against his reputation, which made him unacceptable.

At this moment, a soldier guarding the camp at the door nervously reported: "I have reported to the Chief Secretary, there is something abnormal outside the camp. Please go and take a look."

"What happened?" Cen Wenben asked strangely.

The soldiers guarding the camp gate whispered: "It seems that the King of Chu is coming, and there are still many cavalrymen!"

Cen Wenben was shocked. Yang Yuanqing was here. Where is Liang Gong? Where is Liang Gong?

He became nervous and walked quickly outside the camp gate... Outside the camp, the night could not hide the dense cavalry group, with tens of thousands of cavalry, but these were only the Sui cavalry at the East Gate, and there were 10,000 people distributed in the other three directions, almost surrounding the Xiaoliang army. The leader general was the golden helmet and iron armor, which was the King of Chu Yang Yuanqing. He was patiently waiting for the appearance of Cen Wenben.

Soon, Cen Wenben walked out of the camp and stepped forward with a little uneasy to give a deep bow, "Cen Wenben met His Highness the King of Chu!"

"Chen Changshi Cen doesn't have to be too polite."

Yang Yuanqing seemed to understand his nervousness and smiled at him, "Mr. Liang has been appointed by me as the Jiangdu Pacifier. He has given me the military power."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing raised a white jade arrow. This is Xiao Xian’s white jade arrow to exercise military power. Cen Wenben felt relieved and bowed quickly and said, “I wish to listen to your order!”

"Let's open the camp gate first!" Yang Yuanqing said lightly.

Cen Wenben knew that the Sui army rushed into the camp gate easily, and Yang Yuanqing just didn't want to make things worse. He quickly turned around and ordered: "Open the camp gate!"

The gate of the military camp creaked and opened, Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and said, "Enter the camp!"

Ten thousand cavalry followed him slowly into the Xiaoliang army camp. Cen Wenben did not know Yang Yuanqing's purpose and asked anxiously: "Your Highness is this... Yang Yuanqing looked at a group of Sui cavalry occupying all the key parts of the barracks, and then said to Cen Wenben: "Tonight I will officially take over Xiaoliang army, so I ordered officers above the lieutenant to gather in the Central Army's tent and listen to my lectures... (To be continued)

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