Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 840

In the second year of Qin Kaiyuan, early summer.

The news that Emperor Qinhuang's imperial conquest, and the suppression of Hedong in one fell swoop, came out, and the world was shaken.

Shannan.

At the foot of Tongbai Mountain, the local tyrant Yang Shilin invited another tyrant Tian Zan.

Both of them are from the rich family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. What is meant by a rich family is rustic and tyrannical.The two were originally powerful Han people, but there are many uncivilized barbarians in the area of ​​Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain. Among the mountains.

The ancestors of Yang Shilin and Tian Zan were actually naturalized barbarians in the early years, and gradually became wealthy and powerful families in the local area.

Before that, they were also local officials. During the chaos of the Sui Dynasty, they voted first for Meng Rang, then for Li Mi, and then for Xiao Xian.

"Although Xiao Xian is called Emperor Liang, in fact the power of the Liang Dynasty is in the hands of the eight kings under him. He can be said to be an emperor with no soldiers and no power. Previously, Song Wang Yang Daosheng attacked Yiling Xu Shao, but was killed by Xu Shao. Most of the soldiers were killed or injured. Then the general of the Qin army attacked Fangling County from the south of Wuguan, and beheaded Dongping King Jati."

"Now the Emperor of Qin swallowed Henan first, and then fixed the east of the river. I heard that the emperor of Qin drove to Luoyang. Everyone can see that the world belongs to me. The emperor of Qin has launched an attack outside the Liaodong Pass. Since he started his army, he has been invincible and invincible. , entered Shandong, seized Huainan, occupied Fanyang, and now seized Henan and Pinghe. Most of the world has belonged to the Great Qin. , Don't think about old evil, take advantage of the superiority to fight for the world, who can match it?"

He sighed.

"Our family is also a wealthy family of hundreds of years in the Han Dynasty. Now we are in a place where we shouldn't be, and we can only sit and wait to be eliminated. Now all parts of the country are surrendering to the Great Qin. For example, officials from the four counties such as Xu Shao in Yiling in the west of ours led four The county is attached, I think we have to seize the opportunity and raise our troops to attach."

Prior to this, Xu Shao and others led the four counties of Yiling, Jingyi, Chongling, and Liyang to join them, and Shan Xiongxin won Fangling County.

The four counties of Eastern Han, Handong, Yiyang, Anlu, and Yongan, controlled by powerful forces such as Yang Shilin and Tian Zan, are now occupied by the Qin army on the north, east, west, and west sides.

The situation has become more and more urgent.

For a powerful man like Yang Shilin, they were born barbarians after all, so although they have a strong appeal in Handong, the court has never fully trusted them.

They voted for Meng Rang, Li Mi, and Xiao Xian successively, but they didn't get any real trust, and they didn't have the ambition to fight for the world like Li Mi and Meng Rang.

Now seeing that the general trend of the world is returning to the Qin Dynasty, he began to plan a way out.

Now Xiao Mian looks very strong on the outside, but the core forces are only Nanjun, Xiangyang, Mianyang, Jiangxia, Qingjiang, Baling, and Changsha. Wide but remote.

But now as Liang Chen, Yang Shilin knew very well that Xiao Xian was far from being as handsome as he looked.

At the beginning of the incident, Xiao Xian was actually just a puppet set up by the local generals in Jianghan after the incident.During the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, school lieutenants Dong Jingzhen, Lei Shimeng, Zheng Wenxiu, and Zhang Xiu conspired to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. At first Dong Jingzhen wanted to be the leader, but later everyone felt that Dong Jingzhen was just a school lieutenant after all, and the rest were just brigade commanders. It is difficult for such a low-level officer to order and convince the public.

So it was finally proposed that Luochuan county magistrate Xiao Mian should be pushed out as the leader. After all, Xiao Mian was a descendant of the Liang Dynasty emperor.

Later, Xiao Mian recruited troops to prepare for the response. When Shen Liusheng, a bandit from Yingchuan, invaded and was defeated, he simply persuaded him to join him in rebelling against the Sui Dynasty. He also said that many generals were willing to support him to restore the Liang Dynasty, so Shen Liusheng joined Xiao milling.

Xiao Mian also appointed him as General of Chariots and Riders, so Shen Liusheng recruited his old comrades from the same party. Within a few days, bandits and rebels from far and near rushed to join him, tens of thousands of them, and then went to Baling County with Xiao Mian.

Dong Jingzhen sent someone to meet him, but he saw most of the forwards led by Shen Liusheng first.

Shen Liusheng discussed with his subordinates, and felt that he was the first to join Xiao Xian, and he deserved the most credit. At this time, there are many soldiers in Baling County, and the strength is still higher than him. After entering the city, who would be willing to be inferior to him? ?He then agreed with his subordinates that it would be better to kill the general Dong Jingzhen sent to meet him, detain his soldiers and horses, and then take Xiao Mian to seize Baling. In this way, no one can sit on his head.

Afterwards, Shen Liusheng did the same thing, he entered the city with Xiao Mian, Dong Jingzhen and others were very dissatisfied, very angry, and begged Xiao Mian to kill Shen Liusheng.

Originally, when the matter came to this point, it was actually very beneficial to Xiao Xian. After all, Dong Jingzhen and the others were not his subordinates or anything, they just wanted to use his name to greet him.If he had no soldiers or generals, he would become the puppet of Dong Jingzhen and others after entering the city.

And now there is Shen Liusheng, the leader of the bandit who was personally recruited by him, leading tens of thousands of people to follow him. Steady.

However, Xiao Mian made a big mistake, he was asked by Dong Jingzhen and other Baling generals, so he really ordered Shen Liusheng to be killed.

As soon as Shen Liusheng was killed, tens of thousands of his troops were dispersed overnight.

Henceforth Xiao Xian became a complete loner, and Dong Jingzhen and others had all the power over soldiers and horses.

Therefore, although he was supported by everyone as the emperor, set up hundreds of officials, and restored the Liang system, he was forced to make Dong Jingzhen the king of Jin, Lei Shimeng the king of Qin, Zheng Wenxiu the king of Chu, Zhang Xiu the king of Qi, and Yang Daosheng. Song Sheng, Xu Xuanche as King Yan, and Wan Zan as King Lu.

Eight kings with different surnames were sealed in one go, all of them belonged to Dong Jingzhen and Zhang Xiu, and none of Xiao Xian's direct descendants were confidantes. After that, all the generals led their troops to attack the city and seize the territory, and each king set up a mountain to guard a place.

Although Xiao Xian moved his capital to Jiangling, in fact he didn't even have a single soldier that really belonged to him.

Up to now, the Eight Kings have 40 soldiers and horses in their hands, and each owns several counties. They have long managed their own territories like individual feudal states.

Moreover, although these eight kings were formerly in the Fubing Military Academy, but now they are all arrogant and domineering, and they are good at soldiers and brutality. They don't pay much attention to Emperor Liang of Jiangling.

Even the younger brother of Da Sima Dong Jingzhen was General Wuwei, but after he was reprimanded by Xiao Mian for his rampant lawlessness, he decided to kill Xiao Mian. The eunuch and other eunuchs were killed.

After killing Dong Jingzhen's brother, Xiao Xian worried that the situation would become more and more difficult to control, so he simply listened to the suggestion of a civil servant around him, and ordered the kings to disband their troops on the grounds of resting their troops and farming, and each king was only allowed to keep 1 troops All the soldiers and horses were dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

(End of this chapter)