Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1262 The Emperor of Chu Please Enter the Court

Jiangxi, Yuzhang.

An envoy came from Luoyang, bringing the emperor's edict.

Lin Shihong was worried after receiving the imperial decree.

"If Luo Cheng wants Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, then he will enshrine him. Why do you have to come and summon Brother Wang?" Poyang Wang Lin Pharmacist couldn't bear it.

Lin Shihong, who had been the emperor of Chu for a few years and then was forced to relinquish the title of emperor and profess his vassalship to the emperor of Luoyang, looked old. His skin was rough and dark, and he was tall, but his pair of small eyes made him look like a shrewd old farmer generally.It's just that there is more worry in those eyes now.

"I heard that after Xiao Xian entered Luoyang, he was granted the title of Marquis of Shunming, and his life is quite good."

Pharmacist Lin couldn't help but asked, "Brother Wang, what are you talking about?"

"Pharmacist, I think our brothers are nothing more than peasants in civilian clothes. In the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the wind and the wind were turbulent. We brothers fought hard and built a little foundation, but we couldn't make it big after all."

"Brother Wang, why do you have to say such things, don't you think that Luo Cheng used to be from a similar background as us?"

Lin Shihong, king of Yuzhang County, Jiangxi Dao Jiedushi and Yuzhang County prefect, was originally from Poyang County, Jiangxi Province. In fact, in the first half of his life, there were no bright spots. He was just a hard-working farmer. Death may all be just a farmer.

However, during the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, this old farmer, who was bold and straightforward, and good at martial arts and strategy, took up arms when he couldn't survive, and it was only then that his talents finally burst out.

When Luo Cheng was still in Zhangqiu and led the township regiment to encircle and suppress Wang Bo and others, Lin Shihong also led his brothers from the same town and raised up the pole. He first responded to the begging of his fellow villagers in Poyang.

Cao Shiqi led Lin Shihong and other fellow villagers to raise troops, and soon occupied Poyang County, and called him King Yuanxing, with the reign name Tiancheng.Because of Lin Shihong's bravery and strategy in combat, he quickly stood out and became the backbone of Cao Shiqi's command.

Soon, Cao Shiqi captured Fuliang, Pengze and Yuzhang, an important town, and Lin Shihong was also appointed as a general.

Once Lin Shihong also persuaded the fellow villager to beg for a teacher, to do big things, you have to hold your breath, and you can't rush to become king, which will easily lead to a major blow from the court.

But caoshiqi didn't listen. In the 12th year of Daye, Yang Guang ordered Liu Ziyi to lead his troops to crusade caoshiqi. In a battle outside Yuzhang city, caoshiqi was defeated and killed.

King Yuanxing died, and the dragons had no leader. Seeing that the Tiancheng court was about to perish, Lin Shihong stood up at the critical moment. He stepped forward, took over the banner of Cao Shiqi, led the brothers to fight bravely, stabilized the morale of the army, and Defeated the official army who came to suppress.

After taking over as the leader, Lin Shihong analyzed the advantages and disadvantages between the enemy and himself, and adjusted his combat deployment. He took advantage of the fact that most of his soldiers were born in water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were well-versed in water. The main force of the army competes with the official army on land, and uses the water army as a surprise soldier to win by surprise by water.

After defeating Liu Ziyi and stabilizing the morale of the army, Lin Shihong began to attack from all directions, expanding his army and grabbing territory. It didn't take long for him to have more than [-] soldiers and horses, especially training an elite naval force.

However, even though Lin Shihong once persuaded the teacher to hold his breath, when he occupied most of Jiangnanxi, he couldn't help becoming king.

First he called himself the king of Nanyue, and then he called himself the emperor. The country was named Chu, and the year of Jian was named Taiping.

At that time, when the world was full of anti-kings, Lin Shihong did not stand out at all in the state of Chu in the south of the Yangtze River. Even the year name of Chu was persuaded to be ominous. Compared with the king of Chu, Yang Xuangan, the emperor of Chu, Liu Yuanjin, etc. , but they are all defeated.

But Lin Shihong may have thought about becoming addicted to the emperor at the time. He never thought that he could go north to compete in the Central Plains, but he only wanted to be able to separate one side in troubled times.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains, he attacked Jiujiang, Linchuan, Luling, Nankang, Yichun and other counties one after another. The momentum is extremely strong.

He even once took advantage of Luo Cheng's war in the north of the Central Plains, joined hands with Shen Faxing and other families, and crossed the river to fight for Huaixi.It's just that Zhang Shan'an came out later, who was originally a hero in troubled times. After defecting to him, he led the Chu army to attack Huaixi, occupying a lot of territory, but was finally wiped out by Du Fuwei.

After Zhang Shan'an's defeat, the Chu army in Huaixi was defeated. As a result, they rebelled because of the issue of food and rewards. The rebellion stormed Yuzhang and burned half of Yuzhang. Zhang, he also had to temporarily move to Nankang to settle down.Who knew that someone was repairing Yuzhang on his side, but Xiao Mian sent someone to raid and seize it there.

Lin Shihong had to surrender Yu Gan, and then Liang Chu fought a battle, and finally regained Yuzhang, but at this time Yuzhang was almost in ruins.

Although shortly thereafter, there was civil strife in Nanliang, and the elder Dong Jingzhen was killed by Xiao Xian when he wanted to surrender to Qin. After that, Nanliang was in chaos and was unable to attack again.Lin Shihong also rebuilt Yuzhang City, but the situation is no longer the same as before. Not only the north is unified by Luo Cheng, but even Lingnan and Bashu are also captured by Luo Cheng.

In the end, Lin Shihong had no choice but to reach a peace agreement with Luo Chengli, removed the title of emperor, and exchanged some territories, and then became the king of Yuzhang County, Jiangxi Jiedu envoy, and Yuzhang prefect of the Great Qin Dynasty.

In the past two years, it was rare to be stable, although there were occasional conflicts with Xiao Xian and Shen Faxing, but fortunately they were all small troubles.

But this year's severe drought, Panyang Lake in Jiangxi has dried up, and hungry people are everywhere. Then at this time, the imperial court suddenly made troubles in the west, and directly wiped out Nanliang. Xiao Xiao entered Beijing. Xiao Liang, who was once stronger than Jiangxi Just like that.

Now, the emperor came to summon Lin Shihong to Luo, and went to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen together. Lin Shihong was not worried.

"Do you think Luoyang is going to attack us?"

Lin Yaoshi said, "At the beginning, I persuaded Brother Wang not to trust Luo Cheng. If we had continued to occupy Huaixi, we would not have reached this point. Especially last year when Luo Cheng fought in the northwest, it was a good time. You can take the opportunity to send troops, or go north to seize Huaixi, or go south to attack Lingnan, but the brothers will not stand still. Now Luo Cheng has cleaned up every opponent. Now we are surrounded by Qin on three sides in Jiangxi, Lingnan in the south, Huaixi in the north, and Jing in the west. Hunan is in the hands of Qin, and this year there has been a severe drought and locusts, and if he wants to attack at this time, we have no room to resist."

"Yeah, there is no room for resistance."

Lin Shihong sighed deeply.

Although today's Lin Shihong occupies more than ten counties in Jiangxi, he has not fought for several years, and the soldiers under his hands are not as good as before. Especially now that there is a shortage of weapons and food, what to fight with, many former generals have long since disarmed and returned to the field. , Back to the place to become a rich landlord, who is willing to work hard for their brothers again.

Look at Xiao Mian, if the big Jinghu lake is gone, it doesn't mean that it will be gone, and the waves will not even stir up a single one.

"Pharmacist, you said that if I directly asked to enter the court, how would the emperor arrange us? Will it be the same as Xiao Xian?"

Pharmacist Lin was a little bit reconciled, but after much deliberation, today is no different than in the past, two years earlier they still had the courage to fight, but now they have no confidence at all.

"I think Luo Cheng is quite kind. For example, Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Xiao Xian, etc. all attached to him one after another, and they all got a good arrangement."

Lin Shihong thought about it, "Well, we might as well surrender. It's better to take the initiative than Luo Cheng to do it. I'll write the seal."

Pharmacist Lin stood there, dazed in a daze, but finally said nothing.

(End of this chapter)