Chapter 151 Chapter 150 Yuan Emperor Xiao Yi

Xiao Yi, styled Shicheng, and Qifu in small characters, is the seventh son of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan.Born in August of the seventh year of Tianjian (508 A.D.), he was named King of Xiangdong County at the age of 6.He once left Beijing to serve as General Ningyuan and Prefect of Kuaiji, and later entered the capital as Shizhong and General Xuanwei.In the seventh year of Ordinary (526 A.D.), Xiao Yichi, who was only 18 years old, was the governor of Jing, Hunan, Ying, Yi, Ning, and Nanliang, and the governor of Jingzhou.In the first year of Taiqing (547 A.D.), he also served as the military governor of Kyushu, general Zhenxi and governor of Jiangzhou.His elder brother Xiao Tong passed away, and when Emperor Wu of Liang appointed his third brother Xiao Gang as the crown prince, Xiao Yi was dissatisfied and had a different intention.

Xiao Yi was clever and handsome since he was a child, and he was able to recite "Qu Li" orally at the age of 5, which amazed all the audience.After becoming an adult, he reads a lot of books, writes and writes, and speaks out.Although Xiao Yi is talented, but as a prince, in order to fight for power and profit, he has almost no feelings of friendship and humility towards his brothers, all he has is indifference and hostility.In the spring of the first year of the Qing Dynasty (547 A.D.), Xiao Yi's fifth brother, Xiao Xu, king of Luling, died of illness while serving in Jingzhou.In the past, because Xiao Xu had reported Xiao Yi's fault to Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yi cut off news from him.Now when Xiao Yi heard that Xiao Xu had died of illness, and that he was ordered to act as governor of Jingzhou on Xiao Xu's behalf, Xiao Yi was so happy that he broke his clogs.

Hou Jing was in chaos, and Xiao Yi, the governor of Jingzhou and the king of Xiangdong, moved to the governor of Xiangzhou, the king of Hedong and other kings to send troops to serve the king.In order to show his initiative, Xiao Yi personally supervised and led an army of 30,000 to march eastward from Jiangling.However, when they arrived in Wucheng, they stopped fighting and waited and watched.In December, Xiao Yi got the news that the reinforcements from all walks of life had arrived in Jiankang, so he ordered Shi Zifang and others to lead 10,000 riders, and Wang Sengbian, the prefect of Jingling, led 10,000 boats to assist Jiankang in two ways.

When Xiao Yi came to aid, the governor of Xinzhou Guiyang Wang Xiaozhen (son of Xiao Yi's uncle Xiao Yi) sent troops to Xixiakou and entered Jiangling City to wait for news.When the order for the reinforcements to return to the town came, Xiao Chen wanted to wait for Xiao Yi to come back to discuss before returning to Xinzhou.Unexpectedly, this lingering caused an internal strife in the Xiao family.It turned out that Emperor Wu of Liang ordered Zhang Yan, the governor of Xiangzhou, to replace Xiao Xie, king of Yueyang, as governor of Yongzhou, and Xiao Yu, king of Hedong, as governor of Xiangzhou.Zhang Yan is proud of his talents, and seeing that Xiao Yu, who succeeded him, was young, he was not very serious in etiquette, and was hated by Xiao Yu. He was afraid of Xiao Yu's revenge, and wanted to go to Yongzhou to take up his post, but also afraid that Xiao Yu would not give up. He had no choice but to decide. Go to Jiangling to seek refuge with Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan.In order to retaliate against Xiao Yu and Xiao Xie, he wrote a secret letter to Xiao Yi, saying that Xiao Yu, King of Hedong, was going to attack Jiangling, and Xiao Xie, King of Yueyang, was also conspiring with him.When Xiao Yi saw the letter, he doubted it.Not long after, Zhu Rong was dispatched to report that the King of Guiyang, Xiao Zhen, was staying in Jiangling and was going to cooperate with the two kings of Hedong and Yueyang.Xiao Yi was shocked when he heard the words, and ordered to sink a boat with more than 100,000 shi of rice and grain into the water, then hurried back to Jiangling, and killed Xiao Yi indiscriminately.

In June of the third year of Taiqing (549 A.D.), Xiao Yi claimed to have received a secret edict and summoned all the kings to raise troops to challenge Hou Jing.Xiao Yu, King of Hedong, was furious when he heard the news, and said, "Everyone is the governor, why should I be subordinate to him?" Xiao Yi sent envoys to urge him three times in succession, but Xiao Yu refused to listen to the call.Xiao Yi sent his son Fang and others with 20,000 troops to attack Xiao Yu.As a result, Fang waited to die in battle. Xiao Yi also ordered Wang Sengbian, the prefect of Jingling, and Bao Quan, the governor of Xinzhou, to attack Xiangzhou immediately.Wang Sengbian, on the grounds that his subordinates had not assembled yet, went to Jiangling with Bao Quan to ask for a delay in marching.Xiao Yi suspected that Seng Bian had a wait-and-see attitude, so he put his hand on the sharp sword and slashed at Seng Bian, hitting his left thigh.Wang Sengbian fainted on the spot and was sent to prison after regaining consciousness.Sengbian's mother shed tears and apologized, claiming that she had no way to teach her son, so Xiao Yi calmed down and used good medicine to treat Sengbian's injury.Seeing this situation, Bao Quan didn't dare to say much, and led his troops to attack Xiangzhou alone.

When Xiaoyu, the king of Hedong, heard that Bao Quan was coming, he hurriedly sent an envoy to ask for help from Xiao Xi, the king of Yueyang.Xiao Xi stayed in the army and joined the army. Cai Dabao guarded Xiangyang and led more than 20,000 horses to fight against Jiangling. The purpose was to force Bao Quan to return to the army.Xiao Yi was very frightened because of this, and ordered people to go to the prison to ask Wang Sengbian about the strategy to retreat from the enemy. Under the city of Jiangling, the Thirteenth Battalion besieged the city. Unfortunately, it rained heavily and the water depth on the ground was 4 feet, which greatly reduced the morale of the besiegers.At this time, Xiao Yi secretly made friends with his old friend Xinxing Taishou Du Shanze, and jointly planned Xiao Xi.Du Shanze's elder brother Du An attacked Xiangyang with 500 cavalry.After hearing the news, Xiao Xi rushed back to Xiangyang overnight.

Jiangling rescued the siege, and Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan, heaved a sigh of relief.Because Bao Quan led his troops to attack Xiangzhou for a long time and failed, Xiao Yi appointed Wang Sengbian as the governor, and sent Luo Chonghuan, a family member, to help in the battle.Because of the defeat in the previous battle, Yueyang King Xiao Xi was afraid that he would be weak and unable to survive on his own, so he asked the Western Wei Dynasty for help and expressed his willingness to be a vassal.Yu Wentai, the Prime Minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, answered the letter and agreed, so Xiao Cha sent his concubine Wang and his son Xiao Liao to the Western Wei Dynasty as hostages, requesting to be a teacher.Zi Wentai ordered Kaifuyi and the third division Yang Zhongdu to supervise the military affairs of Sanjing and Fifteen Prefectures, and was responsible for the southern expedition.Yang Zhong's progress was smooth, and soon after he left the army, he had all the lands in Huainan and Jiangdong.

In February of the first year of Dabao (550 A.D.), Yang Zhong took advantage of the victory and went to Shicheng, intending to force Jiangling.Xiao Yi panicked and didn't know what to do.Yu Ke, the Sheren, took the initiative to ask Yang Zhong to retreat, and Xiao Yi hurriedly sent him to the enemy camp to make contact.When Yu Ke saw Yang Zhong, he said, "Xiao Xie's attack on Uncle is inconsistent with righteousness, but your country sent troops to help. How can this make the world return?" Yang Zhong replied: "Our army is here to conquer disobedience, not to help Xiao Xie If the King of Eastern Hunan is willing to submit his surrender, I can return the troops immediately." Xiao Yi sent his son Fanglue as a hostage, begged for peace with humble words, and asked him to be a vassal of the Western Wei Dynasty.Yang Zhong and Xiao Yi formed an alliance and returned.

After Xiao Yi handled the relationship with the Western Wei Dynasty well, he concentrated on attacking Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu urgently asked Xiao Lun, King of Shaoling, for help.Xiao Lun wanted to save Xiao Yu, but was afraid of insufficient supplies, so he wrote a letter to Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan, urging Xiao Yi to stop fighting.After receiving the letter, Xiao Yi wrote back, repeatedly stating that Xiao Yu's crime was so heinous that it could not be pardoned.He also said that after Xiao Yu was pacified, he went to conquer Hou Jing. In April of this year, Wang Sengbian stormed Changsha, and Xiaoyu, the king of Hedong, led Murong Hua into the city and captured Xiao Yu.Xiao Yu was immediately beheaded and his head was sent to Jiangling.Xiao Yi ordered people to take him back to Changsha to be buried with him. Jin Wang Sengbian was appointed as the general of the left guard and the chief official of Zhenxi.

After Xiao Yi killed his nephew Xiao Yu, he officially held a funeral for Emperor Wu of Liang.In order to show filial piety, the craftsmen were specially asked to carve a statue of Emperor Wu out of sandalwood and put it in the Baifu Hall. When encountering problems, they must pray in front of the statue before deciding to implement it.And because the emperor Xiao Gang was under the control of Hou Jing at that time, he refused to give the title of Dabao, so he still called it the fourth year of Taiqing.After the funeral, Xiao Yi traveled far and near, announcing a large-scale crusade against Hou Jing.At this time, only the two prefectures of Jing and Yi were relatively strong. Yizhou Inspector Wuling Wang Xiao Ji sent Shizi Yuanzhao to lead 30,000 troops under the command of Eastern Hunan King Xiao Yi.When Yuanzhao's army arrived in Bashui, Xiao Yi was afraid that he would make great achievements and would not lose his tail, so he was specially appointed as the governor of Xinzhou, and ordered to garrison Baidi City and not allow him to come from the east.In June, Xiao Yi awarded Chen Baxian the governorship of Yuzhou and the internal history of Yuzhang.In July, Xiao Yi appointed Wang Lin as governor of Xuanzhou.

While Xiao Yi was rectifying his military equipment, Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, also overhauled his armor and declared that he would attack Hou Jing.Xiao Yi was afraid that he would be strong and powerful, which would not be good for him, so he sent the left guard general Wang Sengbian and others to lead the boats eastward to Jiangzhou and Yingzhou in August. He is the land of Xiangzhou.When Wang Sengbian's army went to Yingwu Prefecture, Sima Liu Longhu of Yingzhou and others secretly sent hostages to Wang Sengbian.When Xiao Lun heard about this, he sent his son Weizhenghou Xiao Shizhi to attack Liu Longhu.The dragon and the tiger fled and surrendered to Wang Sengbian.The soldiers under his command scrambled to invite them to fight, but Xiao Lun refused them all. He boarded a boat with Xiao Yu from the warehouse gate and went north, so Wang Sengbian entered Ying Prefecture.Xiao Yi was overjoyed when he saw the news. He promoted Xiao Ke, king of Nanping, to be Minister of State, opened the third division of Yitong, and appointed his son Fang Zhu as governor of Yingzhou.Wang Sengbian was the leading general. Xiao Lun and his left and right ministers rushed to Jianyin Temple in Wuchang by light boat, and the monk Faxin hid Xiao Lun under the cave.Xiao Lun's head Shi Weizhi and others heard about Xiao Lun's residence and welcomed him out as a call. Nine thousand refugees joined him and settled in Qichang.Soon after, he sent envoys to ask Qi for peace, and Qi made Xiao Lun King of Liang.At this time, when Ren Yue invaded Xiyang and Wuchang, Xiao Yi led his troops to resist with Xiao Ying, the king of Luling, and his general You Sheng.Xiao Lun was stationed in a stable 80 miles away from Xiyang (now Huanggang, Hubei), and Ren Yue sent 200 cavalry to attack. Xiao Lun was unprepared and fled alone on his horse.At that time, Xiao Yi had already connected with Qi, so the people of Qi waited and watched, and did not help Xiao Lun.When Xiao Lun traveled to Runan, Li Su, the city lord of Wei Runan, was his old official, so he opened the city gate to welcome Xiao Lun in.Therefore, Ren Yue occupied Xiyang and Wuchang. In November of the first year of Dabao (AD 550), Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, led his troops to Chengdu. Xiao Yi sent a letter to Xiao Ji, expressing the peace of each country, and the correspondence was constant. Xiao Ji received the letter and no longer considered going east. .After a few days, Nanping Wang Xiaoke led civil servants and military generals to pay homage to Biao and deduced that he was the prime minister.In March of the second year of Dabao (551 A.D.), Qi granted Xiao Yi the title of Liang Xiangguo, built Liangtai, and took charge of Baikui.At this time, Xiao Lun had already died in the battle in Runan, and Xiao Yi's opponent went to the two of them, and the internal strife in the Xiao family came to an end. In April of the second year of Taibao (AD 551), Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, took Wang Sengbian as the governor, and led Bazhou governor Chun Yuxing, Dingzhou governor Du Kan, Yizhou governor Wang Lin, and Binzhou governor Pei Zhimo to attack together. Hou Jing.Sengbian's army arrived in Baling, but when he heard that Yingzhou had fallen, he reported to Xiao Yi.When Xiao Yi heard that Yingzhou had been lost, he wrote to Wang Seng to argue: "Since the bandits have captured Yingzhou, they will go west along the Yangtze River. You don't have to travel far to attack, but you can defend Baling and wait for work with ease, and you will surely win." Unsurprisingly, Xiao Yi also ordered Xu Siwei, governor of Luozhou, and Du Shanze, governor of Wuzhou, to lead troops from Wuling to assist Sengbian. Hou Jing ordered Ding He to lead 5,000 troops to guard the base camp. With Song Zixian leading an army of 10,000 troops as the forerunner, he pointed directly at Baling, and Ren Yue led troops to expedition to Jiangling.Under Hou Jing's powerful offensive, most of the city defenses along the river surrendered.Wang Sengbian ordered the soldiers to silence the flags and drums in Baling, as if there was no one there.Soon, Hou Jing crossed the river, and the governor led his soldiers to attack the city with great ferocity.At this time, only the shouts in the city were heard, and the sharp stones flew down like raindrops, killing and injuring countless soldiers, so Hou Jing had to retreat.Wang Sengbian sent Qingqi out of the enemy again, winning more than 10 times.Hou Jing personally wore armor to fight under the city, but Seng Bian was on the city playing music and patrolling the city.Hou Jing couldn't help admiring his courage. When Yueyang Wang Xiaoxi heard that Hou Jing had conquered Yingzhou, he immediately sent Cai Dabao to lead 10,000 troops to occupy Wuning, and sent envoys to Jiangling, saying that he was here to aid eastern Hunan.All the generals thought that Xiao Yi replied that Hou Jing had been broken and there was no need to come for help, so they asked Cai Dabao to go back.Xiao Yi said: "Letting him retreat now is tantamount to urging him to advance quickly!" That is to say, Cai Dabao said: "Yueyang sent letters one after another asking for peace, saying that they would not invade each other. Why did you suddenly occupy Wuning? If you make up your mind I will send Hu Sengyou, the prefect of Tianmen, to lead 25,000 well-armored cavalry to station in Huangshui, and march in time." Xiao Xi heard the news and immediately summoned Cai Dabao to return to his army. Xiao Yi retreated from Xiao Xie, and ordered Xiao Huizheng, the governor of Jinzhou, to lead his troops to assist Wang Sengbian. Huizheng himself lacked strategy and could not bear the great responsibility, so he resigned and recommended Hu Sengyou to replace him.At this time, Hu Sengyou was being imprisoned for disobedience, Xiao Yi ordered his release, made him General Wumeng, and ordered him to help Baling.Sengyou led the troops to Xiangpu, and heard that there was an appointment in front of him, so he avoided the road west.Ren Yue thought that Seng You was afraid of himself, and drove the crowd to Yukou. When Seng You quietly led Ren Yue's soldiers to Chisha Pavilion, it happened that Lu Fahe, the governor of Xinzhou, came to meet him.The two set up an ambush to wait for the appointment.Relying on his bravery, Ren Yue came at a gallop, and two ambush soldiers from Hu and Lu attacked suddenly, surrounded Ren Yue tightly in the center, captured him alive, and sent him to Jiangling.Hou Jing continued to attack Baling day and night, the food in the army was exhausted, and the epidemic became more common, and the morale of the army had plummeted.Hearing that Ren Yue's army was defeated, he was shocked and turned pale. He burned his camp overnight and fled. Before he left, he left Song Zixian to guard Yingcheng. Xiao Yi took Wang Sengbian as the general who conquered the east and the order of the minister, and Hu Sengyou and others were also promoted to ranks and nobles, so that they could lead troops to the east.Lu Fahe sent Ren to Jiangling, asked to return the town, and said to Xiao Yi: "Hou Jing is already a turtle in a urn, and he will be calmed down soon. But the Shu thief (Xiao Ji, king of Wuling) is coming, so we must guard against it. I will wait for the danger." Xiao Yi thought Fahe's words were very reasonable, so he sent Fahe to garrison Xiakou to guard against Xiao Ji.Wang Sengbian went to Hankou, won the first battle, captured Zhi Huaren alive and sent him to Jiangling.On the second day, they conquered Luocheng in Yingzhou, Song Zixian withdrew to occupy Jincheng, and Seng Bian built fortifications on all sides to attack.Song Zixian was so distressed that he expressed his willingness to dedicate the city of Ying on the condition that he could return to Jiankang alive.Wang Seng pretended to agree, and ordered a hundred ships to show his sincerity.Zixian believed it was true, and set off on a boat. Du Kan led thousands of elite soldiers to chase after him.Song Zixian fought and left. When he arrived at Baiyangpu, he was stopped by General Zhou Tiehu and fought for a while. Zixian and Ding He were defeated and captured, and sent to Jiangling.Xiao Yi learned from the two populations that the eldest son Fang Zhu and the acting Bao Quan had died when the city of Yingzhou was broken. He was so angry that he ordered them to be beheaded. After Hou Jing returned to Jiankang, he knew that time was short, so at the instigation of Wang Wei, he abolished Emperor Jianwen Xiao Gang and appointed a new lord Xiao Dong to take the throne.Liu Shenmao of the East Road Xingtai heard that Hou Jing was defeated and Xiao Gang was abolished, so he vowed to turn against Jing and lived in Dongyang, echoing Jiangling.Wang Sengbian went east from Yingcheng, joined forces with Chen Baxian, the governor of Jiangzhou, in Baqiu, and got Baxian to donate 300,000 shi of grain and rice, which greatly boosted the army's prestige.Seeing the urgency of the situation outside, Hou Jing wanted to taste what it was like to be an emperor as soon as possible, so he forced Xiao Dong to take the throne, proclaimed himself Emperor Han, and was promoted to the altar to be congratulated.Xiao Dong was demoted to Huaiyang King, imprisoned and imprisoned, and the first year of Tianzheng was changed to the first year of Taishi. After Hou Jing proclaimed himself emperor, he ordered Li Qingxu, the governor of the Chinese army, to lead his troops to attack Liu Shenmao.As a result, Shenmao lost consecutive battles and had to beg for surrender.Li Qingxu sent Shenmao to Jiankang, and Hou Jing used a special big file to file it from foot to head, inch by inch. In the spring of the second year of Tianzheng (552 A.D.), Xiao Yi ordered Wang Sengbian to lead an army east to challenge Hou Jing.At this time, Chen Baxian had led 30,000 soldiers and 2,000 boats out of the Nanjiang River.Wang Sengbian joined forces with him in Baimaowan. The two commanders built an altar to drink their blood and read the alliance text together. Soon, Wang Sengbian ordered Du Kan and others to enter Taicheng, and the soldiers plundered the residents, and the people, men and women, were naked and weeping.That night, a fire broke out in the army, and the Tai Chi Hall and the treasured Yu Yi were completely burned.Wang Seng argued for victory in Jiangling, persuaded him to advance, and welcomed Jiankang, the capital.This is the third time to persuade him to come in, Xiao Yi replied to postpone the matter. Hou Jing led the crowd to flee, but was overtaken by Hou Zhen, an old general of Poyang King Xiao Fan, and rushed to kill him. Only dozens of confidantes remained, and they wanted to sail eastward into the sea by flying boat.Hou Jing had two young sons with him before, but now he also pushed into the water to escape.Hou Jing's concubine's older brother, Yang Kun, saw that Hou Jing had nowhere to go, and decided to rebel. Taking advantage of Jing Bai's sleep, he ordered the boatman to turn the rudder and sail to Jingkou.When Hou Jing woke up and asked, Yang Kun drew his knife and cut Hou Jing, stabbed him to death with a spear, and dedicated his body to Jiankang.The monk debated Xiaojing's head and passed it to Jiangling, where the body was displayed in the market. The people fought to eat his flesh, and even Hou Jing's wife, Princess Liyang, also participated in the scramble to eat the meat.Xiao Yi got Hou Jingtou, hung it on the market for 3 days, scalded it with lacquer, and hid it in the arsenal.Then he was rewarded according to his merits, with Nanping Wang Xiaoke as the governor of Yangzhou;Hou Jingbu pardoned Ren Yue and Xie Daren. Until Chen Baxian debated with Wang Seng as the class teacher, and the public and officials once again persuaded him to advance, Xiao Yi was allowed to ascend the throne of Jiangling as requested.On the day of ascension to the throne, Xiao Yi did not ascend to the main hall, but only summoned all the officials in the side hall to salute hastily. When Xiao Yi proclaimed himself emperor, to the east of Jiangling, only the Yangtze River was the limit, and the land north of Jiangling belonged to the Northern Qi Dynasty; to the west of Jiangling, as far as Xiakou, Xishu was guarded by Yizhou governor Wuling Wang Xiaoji, and Lingnan was controlled by Xiao Bo. , Yang obeys Yin and violates, and does not listen to orders. Not a few days after Xiao Yi proclaimed himself emperor, internal strife and foreign aggression arose again.First of all, Wang Sengbian was afraid that he would be blamed for the burning of the Jiankang Palace, so he blamed Wang Lin, who was a high-ranking Marquis of Ping, but did not listen to restraint, and asked Xiao Yi to kill Wang Lin.Xiao Yi wanted to capture him all he could, so he ordered Wang Lin to be the governor of Xiangzhou.Wang Lin was suspicious of her own misfortune, so she sent Chief Shi Luna to lead his troops to Xiangzhou, and then went to Jiangling to thank the king.As soon as Wang Lin arrived in Jiangling, she was captured by the guards and thrown into prison.Xiao Yi sent Xiao Fanglue, king of Shi'an, as the governor of Xiangzhou, with Ting Wei Dong Luohan as the long history, accompanied by Taizhou Qing Zhang Zai, into Baling to appease Wang Lin's subordinates.Lu Na and his soldiers faced Jiankang and cried loudly, refusing to accept orders.Zhang Zai yelled at him sharply, and Lu Na immediately ordered his soldiers to capture Zhang Zai and Dong Luohan, and only released Xiao Fanglue to report to Jiangling.Xiao Yi sent eunuch Chen Yu to persuade Lu Na to disembowel Zhang Zai in front of Chen Min, tie him to the horse's feet, and ride on the horse. Xiao Yi was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately made Xiao Xun, Marquis of Yifeng, the governor of Xiangzhou, and led his troops to challenge Luna, and then recruited Wang Sengbian to lead his troops to discuss it.Wang Sengbian and Xiao Xun joined forces and forced Changsha City to attack for dozens of days.Xiao Yi sent Wang Lin to Changsha and told his followers.Lu Na led the crowd to worship on the city, and cried, "If the court pardons Wang Lang, we are willing to surrender." The monk argued against it and sent Wang Lin back to Jiangling.At that time, Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling, had sent troops from West Shu. Xiao Yi had to pardon Wang Lin in order to stabilize the interior, and was still sent as governor of Huzhou. Lu Na surrendered upon hearing his order.Xiao Yi soon conquered Wang Lin and went west to reject Shu. Xiao Ji, Prince of Wuling, was the eighth son of Emperor Wu of Liang.In the 17th year of Shu, he persuaded farmers and mulberry inside, and communicated with merchants outside, with abundant wealth and armor, and he gradually became emperor.After Hou Jing killed Jianwen Emperor Xiao Gang, Xiao Ji then proclaimed himself emperor, changed Yuan Tianzheng, and led his army eastward the next year.Lu Fahe set up two cities at the mouth of the gorge, locked the river and cut off the gorge, and flew to Jiangling to beg for help.Xiao Yi was terrified, and hurriedly sent envoys to persuade Xiao Ji to retreat, and also sent envoys to Western Wei, please send troops to help Xiao Ji.Wei Sui sent troops to attack Chengdu. Xiao Ji ignored Xiao Yi's advice and decided to move eastward. Xiao Yi released Ren Yue from prison and was appointed King Sima of Jin'an to help Lu Fahe resist the enemy.Soon after, Xie Daren was used as the infantry captain to lead the troops to help in the battle, and he wrote to Xiao Ji again, advising him to stop the army immediately, so as not to hurt his brother's peace.Xiao Ji did not answer the letter, but continued to attack.Reluctantly, the army has been held for a long time, and every battle is not good. It is also heard that the Western Wei army has surrounded Chengdu, and was forced to send Du Zhishang Shule Fengye to Jiangling to seek peace. Please return to Shu according to the previous letter.However, at this time Xiao Yi knew that Xiao Ji would be defeated, so he was not allowed to seek peace. In the autumn and July of this year, Fu Kai, a commoner in Padong, surrendered to Wang Lin, the lord of the gorge, and surrendered to Wang Lin;Fan Meng, the guerrilla general, surrounded Xiao Ji and attacked Xiao Ji fiercely. The Shu army was defeated and soon killed Xiao Ji and his young son Yuanman.Lu Fahe also took Prince Yuanzhao and three brothers and sent them to Jiangling. Xiao Yi imprisoned Yuanzhao and Yuanzheng, and died of a hunger strike. After Xiao Yi got rid of his eighth younger brother, he ordered all the troops to return to their towns.Xiao Yi himself wanted to return the capital to Jiankang, so he summoned the ministers to discuss, but none of them dared to speak first.Xiao Yi also knows the sorcerer Du Jinghao's divination, and the divination is inauspicious.Because Jiankang withered and Jiangling was in full bloom, according to Hu Sengyou and other words, Wang Sengbian was ordered to return to Jiankang, and Chen Baxian returned to Jingkou. After cooking, Xiao Yi sent his servant Wang Chenshan to the Western Wei Dynasty, and Yu Wentai from the Western Wei Dynasty also sent his servant Yuwen Renshu to Liang to ask questions.When Renshu arrived in Jiangling, he met the envoy of Qi and saw that Xiao Yi did not treat him as well as the envoy of Qi, so he went back and told Yu Wentai.Yu Wentai just smiled and said nothing.Soon Xiao Yi sent envoys to the Western Wei Dynasty to ask for the re-definement of the border according to the old territory.Yu Wentai said coldly to the envoy Liang: "Do you still want to expand the territory? But you are lucky if you can keep Jiangling."Yu Wentai said to the left and right: "The ancients said, who can revive what is abandoned by the sky? Isn't this what Xiao Yi is talking about?"Liang Wang Xiaoyu heard about this, sent Yuwentai a big gift, and repeatedly asked for the date of graduation.Wei Jiang Ma Bofu was originally a Liang minister. He heard the news and sent someone to send a letter to Liang. Xiao Yi didn't think it was true and ignored it. At this time, there was Xiao Bo, the governor of Guangzhou. Because Chen Baxian recommended him instead of Xiao Yi's appointment, he felt uneasy and asked to enter the court.Xiao Yi moved Xiao Bo to be the governor of Jinzhou, and let Wang Lin, a powerful member of the tribe, be the governor of Guangzhou.Wang Lin was friendly with Li Ying, the chief secretary, and said to Li Ying in private: "It's better to use Lin as the governor of Yongzhou and guard Wuning. I will release my troops to garrison the fields and defend the country from insults. The monarch and ministers have the same virtue, and there is no worries inside and outside. Isn't it a good policy? " Li Ying obeyed Lin's words, but did not dare to play Xiao Yi, so Wang Lin left with his majesty's resignation. In October of the third year of Chengsheng (554 A.D.), the Western Wei Dynasty dispatched Changshan Gong Yujin, Zhongshan Gong Yuwenhu, and General Yang Zhong, who led 50,000 people from Chang'an to invade Jiangling.In November, Xiao Yi personally rode out of the city on horseback, and the warlord set up a wooden fence, with a surrounding area of ​​more than 60 li.He also ordered the leading general Hu Sengyou to supervise the military forces in the east of the city, and the right servant of Shangshu shot Zhang Wan as his deputy; he ordered the left servant to shoot Wang Baodu to supervise the military forces in the west of the city, and Zhi Yuanliang, the leader of the four chambers, as his deputy.Below the other princes, each has its own duties.Soon after, Prince Yuanliang was ordered to inspect the city towers and asked the residents to help transport wood and stone.At the beginning of the defense, the army of the Western Wei Dynasty has arrived.Zhu Maichen, the prefect of Wuchang, and Xie Daren, the prefect of Hengyang, went out of the city to fight, and each suffered casualties.It's a dead end. Xiao Yi thought of Wang Lin at this time, and re-conquered Lin as the governor of eastern Hunan, so that he could bring in troops to help, but the journey was far away, and there was no emergency at all.Yu Jinling, the commander-in-chief of the Western Wei Dynasty, set fire to the fence, affecting 25 towers and thousands of civilians.When Xiao Yi went to the burnt city tower, he saw Wei Jun crossing the river and building a long fence, but he sighed, not knowing what to do.A few days later, Xu Shipu, the governor of Xinzhou, and Ren Yue, king of Jin'an, built a fortification at Matou in the south of the Yangtze River, responding to Jiangling. When the Western Wei Dynasty was attacking the city with all its strength, someone secretly opened the west gate to welcome the Wei army.Xiao Yi brought the crown prince, Wang Bao, Xie Daren, and Zhu Maichen back to Jincheng, and took Dafeng, the king of Runan, and Dayuan, the king of Jinxi, as hostages, and asked Yu Jin for peace, but Yu Jin refused.At that time, the south of the city was broken, but the generals in the north of the city were still fighting hard.At night, Wencheng fell and gradually dispersed.Knowing that the general situation is over, Xiao Yi enters the Bamboo Hall of the East Pavilion and orders his family member Gao Shanbao to burn 140,000 volumes of ancient and modern books.Xiao Yi held a grudge and ordered Yushi Zhongcheng Wang Xiaosi to submit a letter of surrender.Yu Jinzheng took the prince as a hostage, and Xiao Yi sent Wang Bao to escort the prince.Yu Jin's son gave him a pen and paper to write a line because of Wang Bao's good calligraphy, but Wang Bao actually wrote "Wang Bao, a slave of Changshan, Zhuguo" without thinking.Yu Jin ordered Wang Bao to summon Xiao Yi to meet him, but Xiao Yi removed his feathers and went out of the east gate on a white horse in plain clothes to the north of the White Horse Temple. Hold its back with your hands.Encountering Yu Jin on the way, he forced him to kneel down and worship, while Xiao Xi also reprimanded him, Xiao Yi had no choice but to swallow his anger.Yu Jin took Xiao Yi to Longquan Temple and released the two princes and grandsons of Wuling and Hedong from prison. You treat them so cruelly, how can you be a monarch?" Xiao Yi blushed, unable to answer. Xiao Yu, king of Liang, asked Xiao Yi to be taken care of by him, and Yu Jin agreed.Xiao Xi brought Xiao Yi back to the camp and was imprisoned under a black curtain, and Xiao Yi was extremely humiliated.A few days later, Yu Jin ordered Kaifu Yi and Sun Jian, the chief of the third department, to enter Jincheng.Changsun Jian went to see Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi said to him, "A thousand jin of gold is buried in the city, and I want to give it to you." Changsun Jian took Xiao Yi into the city. As I said just now, I have no choice but to deceive my step, is there an emperor who buried gold?" Changsun Jian put Xiao Yi in the main clothes storehouse. In December, Yu Jin sent someone to compel Xiao Yi to write a letter and summon Wang Seng to argue, but Xiao Yi refused to speak.Xiao Yi asked Changsun Jian to ask the courtiers Wang, Xun and his youngest son Xishou, and Changsun Jian agreed to his request.At this time, Yu Jin was planning how to deal with Xiao Yi. After Xiao Xi knew about it, he resolutely requested to kill Xiao Yi, and sent Shangshu Fu Zhun to prison, and crushed Xiao Yi to death with a soil bag.He was 47 years old.Xiao Xie ordered the corpse to be wrapped in cloth, covered with a thin mat for external use, and buried in straw outside Jinyang Gate.In April of the following year, he was posthumously named "Emperor Xiaoyuan" and the temple name was "Shizu".