Jiangxi, Yuzhang.

An envoy came from Luoyang and brought the emperor's edict.

After Lin Shihong received the imperial edict, he was worried.

"If Luo Cheng wants Mount Tai to Fengshan, then he will be conferred his title. Why do you have to call Brother Wang?" Poyang Wang Lin said unbearably.

Lin Shihong, who had been the emperor of Chu for several years and was forced to go to the imperial examination and surrender to the emperor of Luoyang, had an old face. His skin was rough and dark, and his figure was tall, but his small eyes made him look like a shrewd old farmer. But now there was more worry in those eyes.

"I heard that after Xiao Xian entered Luoyang, he was named Shunming Hou and lived a pretty good life."

Pharmacist Lin couldn't help but say, "What are you saying, Brother Wang?"

"Pharmacist, I think our brothers are just plain domestic farmers. In the turbulent times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the turbulent times were surging. The two of us fought hard and had some foundation, but they would not become the general trend in the end."

"Brother Wang, why do you have to say such things? I wonder if Luo Cheng was born in the past and was similar to ours?"

Prince Yuzhang, the governor of Jiangxi Dao and the prefect of Yuzhang County, Lin Shihong, was originally from Poyang County, Jiangxi Province. In fact, he had no highlights in his first half of his life. He was just a hard-working farmer. If it weren't for the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he might have been just a farmer until his death.

But at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the old farmer, who was heroic and straightforward, and was good at martial arts and strategy, picked up his weapons when he couldn't survive. At this time, his talents finally burst out.

When Luo Cheng was still in Zhangqiu and his village gang encircled Wang Bo and others, Lin Shihong also brought his brothers and fellow villagers to revolt. He initially responded to the begging of fellow villagers in Poyang.

Cao Shiqi led Lin Shihong and other fellow villagers to raise an army and quickly occupied the city of Poyang County. He was called the King of Yuanxing and was named Tiancheng. Because of his bravery and strategy in combat, Lin Shihong quickly broke out and became the backbone of Cao Shiqi's command.

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

Lin Shihong once advised his fellow villagers to do great things, and to keep calm and not be king in a hurry, as this could easily lead to key blows from the court.

But Cao Shiqi refused to listen. In the 12th year of Daye, Yang Guang ordered Liu Ziyi to lead his troops to attack Cao Shiqi. After a battle outside Yuzhang City, Cao Shiqi was defeated and killed.

King Yuanxing died, and the leaderless people were seen. Seeing that Tiancheng's court was about to perish, Lin Shihong stood up at the critical moment. He stood up, took over the banner of Cao Shiqi, led his brothers to fight bravely, stabilized the morale of the army, and defeated the official army that came to suppress it.

After taking over as the leader, Lin Shihong analyzed the advantages and disadvantages between the enemy and us, and adjusted the combat deployment. He used his soldiers to grow mostly in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and had good water properties on the ground. The troops were divided into two groups, land surfaces as the main force of the main soldiers, and competed with the official army on the land, and used the navy as the surprise soldiers to win from the water.

After defeating Liu Ziyi and stabilizing the morale of the army, Lin Shihong began to attack from all sides and expanded his troops to grab territory. Not long after, his troops reached more than 100,000, especially training an elite navy unit.

However, although Lin Shihong once advised his teacher to be calm, he couldn't help but become king after occupying most of Jiangnanxi.

First he called himself the King of Nanyue, then he called himself the emperor, the country was named Chu, and the reign was named Taiping.

At that time, when the world was full of rebellion, Lin Shihong was not prominent in the Chu State in Jiangnan. Even the Chu term was persuaded to be bullied. Compared with the Chu overlord Yang Xuangan, the Chu Emperor Liu Yuanjin and others who regarded Chu as their name, they were all defeated.

But Lin Shihong might have thought of getting addicted to the emperor at that time. He never thought that he could go north to compete for the Central Plains, but it was enough to be able to control one side in troubled times.

He took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to conquer Jiujiang, Linchuan, Luling, Nankang, Yichun and other counties one after another. Heroes from all over the country killed the county magistrates and rulers and surrendered the entire county, which made his Chu court very powerful for the time being.

He even took advantage of the war in the Central Plains that Luo Cheng joined forces with several other families in the north to cross the river to compete for Huaixi. However, Zhang Shan'an was born, a hero in troubled times. After joining him, he led the Chu army to attack Huaixi, occupying a lot of territory, but in the end he was destroyed by Du Fuwei.

After Zhang Shan'an's defeat, some Chu troops in Huaixi were defeated. As a result, the mutiny of the issue of food and salary rewards, the rebellion attacked Yu Zhang and burned half of Yu Zhang. Although he finally put down the rebellion, he had to temporarily move to Nankang to settle down. Who knew that he was in the process of repairing Yu Zhang, but Xiao Xian sent someone to raid and seize it.

Lin Shihong had to give up Yugan, and then Liang Chu fought for a big battle and finally took Yuzhang back, but at this time Yuzhang was almost ruined.

Although there was a civil strife in Nanliang shortly afterwards, the incident occurred when the elder Dong Jingzhen wanted to surrender to Qin and was killed by Xiao Xian. After that, Nanliang was in chaos and could no longer invade. Lin Shihong also rebuilt Yuzhang City, but the situation at this time was no longer as good as before. Not only was the north unified Luo Cheng, but even Lingnan and Bashu were also captured by Luo Cheng.

Lin Shihong finally had no choice but to discuss peace with Luo Chengli, removed the emperor's title, and exchanged some territory. Then he became the Prince of Yuzhang, the governor of Jiangxi, and the prefect of Yuzhang of the Qin Dynasty.

In the past two years, it has been a rare stability. Although there are occasional conflicts with Xiao Xian and Chen Faxing, fortunately they are all small-scale fights.

But this year, the drought was severe, and Panyang Lake in Jiangxi was all gone, and hungry people were everywhere. Then, the court suddenly caused trouble in the west and directly destroyed Nanliang. Xiao Xian entered Beijing, and Xiao Liang, who was once stronger than Jiangxi, was destroyed.

Now, the emperor has come to summon Lin Shihong to Luo River and go to Mount Tai to Fengshan together. Where can Lin Shihong be worried?

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

Lin Yaoshi said, "I advised Brother Wang not to believe Luo Cheng. If we continued to occupy Huaixi at that time, we would not be able to reach this point. Especially last year, Luo Cheng had fought in the northwest, which was a good time to take the opportunity to send troops, either to seize Huaixi north or to attack Lingnan south, but the brothers did not hold back. Now Luo Cheng has cleaned up his opponents. Now, we are all Qin on all sides of Jiangxi, Lingnan on the south, Huaixi on the north, and Jingxiang on the west. But this year we encountered heavy drought and locusts. At this time, he had to take action, and we had no room for resistance."

"Yes, there is no room for resistance."

Lin Shihong sighed deeply.

Although Lin Shihong now has more than ten counties in Jiangxi, he has not fought for several years and his soldiers are not as good as before. Especially now, he lacks machinery and food. What kind of war are there? Many former generals have already been dismissed from their families and returned to their hometowns to become rich landlords. Who would be willing to fight for their brothers again?

Look at Xiao Xian, if it is big Jinghu, it is not like it is gone, and even the waves are not raised.

"Pharmacist, you said if I asked directly to enter the court, how would the emperor settle us? Can you be like Xiao Xian?"

Pharmacist Lin was a little unwilling to accept it, but after thinking about it, it is no longer as good as before. They still had a little courage to fight two years ago, but now they have no confidence.

"I think Luo Cheng is quite kind, such as Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and Xiao Xian, who have joined him one after another, have all gotten a good place."

Lin Shihong thought, "Well, we'll just surrender, it's better to take the initiative than Luo Cheng's move. I'll write a stamp now."
Chapter completed!