After Wan Zan returned, it didn't take long before he sent someone to the palace to report that Zhang Xiu had been killed and his head was sent to the palace.

The reason is simple, because Zhang Xiu had no defense at all.

He thought he had just made a great contribution and thought Xiao Mian would reward him. But who would have thought that Xiao Mian would reward him with a butcher's knife.

In one day, two ministers who started a business with the emperor died in succession, which suddenly caused panic and even made everyone feel in danger...c

There is no one who does not worry about his own head.

Wan Zan was even more worried.

In addition, Xu Xuanche, Guo Hua, Xu Deji and others were also too anxious to fall asleep, fearing that as soon as they closed their eyes, officers and soldiers would rush in from outside the door.

Some people have begun to arrange their own funeral arrangements. But death is not an option, because after the death of Dong Jingzhen and Zhang Xiu, all their property was confiscated and their family members were arrested. It is not yet known whether they are dead or alive.

To make matters worse, they also heard the news that hundreds of thousands of Yan troops had been assembled and would launch a annihilating attack on Liang at any time.

At this time, Li Jing had indeed arrived in Xiangyang and began to command various armies.

However, due to the good confidentiality work, Liang Guo did not receive their specific action plan, and they did not even know that Li Jing had arrived.

As soon as Li Jing took office, he conveyed the order of King Qin Hu of Yan, and ordered Fei Qingnu to lead 2,000 ships to set off from Fengjie, pass through the Three Gorges, sail eastward along the Yangtze River, capture Yidu, Yiling, and take Qingjiang River directly.

Yang Gongshen was ordered to lead two thousand warships out of Qianzhong County and attack Chenzhou of Liang State.

Xu Shao was ordered to march towards Xiakou and prepare to cross the river.

Dong Chun was ordered to garrison the canal, and local Li Zitong rescued Xiao Mian. Of course, Du Fuwei and Li Zitong were also on guard.

The four armies advanced hand in hand, with a total strength of about 300,000 including civilians.

At this time, people in the Liang Kingdom were already panicked and had their own evil intentions. The officials were very slack and failed to do a lot of work. However, Xiao Mian only knew how to worry and doubt, and was indifferent to these things, or even didn't know about them at all.

What corresponding measures should be taken.

Li Jing was overjoyed when he got the news and knew that he was in chaos. At the same time, Li Jing also understood through these things that Xiao Mian had no idea about Yan's military deployment, let alone that they came so fast.

At this time, there were also some disagreements within the Yan army. Fei Qingnu and others agreed that the current surge in water in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River was not suitable for water warfare, and requested to postpone the advance.

However, Li Jing firmly opposed it and ordered: "Because the water has surged, Xiao Mian would not have thought that we would march at this time. The so-called military speed is so important. We took advantage of his unpreparedness and sent out surprise troops. The four-pronged army quickly rushed under Jiangling City.

Assembling, Xiao Mian has no time to mobilize the troops from across the country. By the time these troops arrive, Jiangling City will definitely have been breached. Once this opportunity is lost, it will never come again. Therefore, we must overcome all difficulties and march to the death."

After the generals heard this, they had no objections.

On October 7, the governor of Ezhou offered Lushan to surrender to Xu Shao.

On the same day, Fei Qingnu's 2,000 warships arrived at Jingmen. Because Xiao Mian was not prepared at all, he captured Yidu and entered Yiling County on the same day.

Xiao Mian was still in the dark at that time, but the Qingjiang defense line in Yiling County had always been the border between the two countries, so there were 30,000 naval troops stationed in Qingjiang, commanded by Xiao Mian's general Wen Shihong.

Wen Shihong was quite capable. Although he was not outstanding, he did not run away. Instead, he commanded the thousands of ships to rush forward and block Fei Qingnu.

Fei Qingnu immediately started fighting with them, and everyone suffered injuries that day.

On the ninth day out of ten, Fei Qingnu launched a surprise attack and overwhelmed all 2,000 warships. Scholar Hong was defeated and fled, and Qingjiang fell, killing and wounding more than 10,000 soldiers.

Fei Qingnu captured 300 warships and reported his victory to Li Jing, who ordered him to continue the pursuit.

Fei Qingnu forced Wen Shihong to Bailizhou, a small island in the Yangtze River. A battle broke out between the two sides on the island, and Wen Shihong was killed.

completely annihilated.

Gai Yanju, the general manager of Jiangzhou in the Liang Kingdom, heard the news and knew that the situation was over. He hurriedly led the troops from five states to surrender to the Yan army and gave up all their land.

As a result, the outer perimeter of Jiangling was lost and the barrier was completely lost.

All of a sudden, the four armies of Yan State marched together and stationed outside Jiangling, ready for the final attack at any time.

Xiao Mian only realized his situation at this time, but it was already a bit late.

Because he had not made any preparations before, although there were 400,000 troops, the water far away could not save the fire near.

And his Imperial Guards in Jiangling only numbered 3,000 people.

There was no choice but to immediately send out all the scouts and recruit troops and horses from all over the country to help the king.
Chapter completed!