In the second year of Kaiyuan in Qin, early summer.

The news that the Qin Emperor personally led the army to pacify Hedong in one fell swoop and the world was shaking.

Shannan.

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

Both of them are Handong Henry. What is a rustic and arrogant family? They are originally Han tyrants, but there are many uncivilized land barbarians in Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain. These land barbarians are all barbarian tribes. With the strength of the Han people, they are constantly being assimilated by the Chinese. A few tribes retreat to the mountainous areas and live in the mountains.

The ancestors of Yang Shilin and Tian Zan families were actually native to the Tumans who became naturalized in their early years. They gradually became rich and powerful in the local area.

Previously, they were also officials in the local area. During the Sui Dynasty, they first surrendered to Meng Rang and then Li Mi and then Xiao Xian.

"Although Xiao Xian is called Emperor Liang, in fact, the Liang Dynasty's great power is under the hands of the Eight Kings. He can be said to be an emperor without soldiers and power. Previously, the Song King Yang Daosheng attacked Xu Shao in Yiling, but was defeated by Xu Shao, and most of the soldiers were killed and injured. Later, the Qin general attacked Fangling County from Wuguan south and then beheaded Wang Jieti in Dongping."

"Now the Emperor Qin first swallowed Henan and then settled Hedong. I heard that the Emperor Qin went to Luoyang. Everyone can see that the world's Angels and I was Angelicao Luo. Since the Emperor of Qin started an army outside Liaodong Pass, he has been invincible and has been invincible in the battle. He entered Shandong, captured Huainan, occupied Fanyang, and now he seized Henan and pacified Hedong. Most of the world has returned to Qin. The army has not been blocked. He admired and followed the heroes. Moreover, the Emperor Qin is open-minded in dealing with people and is appointing good people, encourages those who have made contributions, do not remember the old evil, and compete for the world with the victory. Who can match him?"

He sighed.

"Our family is also a wealthy family that has been in a tyrant for hundreds of years in the Han Dynasty. Now we are holding our bodies where we shouldn't be able to hold ourselves, and we can only wait for it to be destroyed. Now all over the country are joining the Qin Dynasty. For example, officials from the four counties including Xu Shao from Yiling in the west lead the four counties to join us. I think we have to seize the opportunity and raise our troops to join us."

Previously, Xu Shao and others led Yiling, Jingyi, Chongling and Liyang counties to surrender, and Shan Xiongxin captured Fangling County.

The four counties in the east of Han, the east of Han, Yiyang, Anlu and Yong'an controlled by powerful men such as Yang Shilin and Tian Zan are now occupied by the Qin army on the north, east and west sides, and the Yangtze River is only separated from the south by Xiao Xian and other generals.

The situation is getting harder and harder.

For powerful men like Yang Shilin, they were born from the local barbarians after all, so although they had a strong appeal in the east of Han, the court never trusted them very much.

They voted for Meng Rang Li Mi Xiao Xian, but they did not get any real trust, and they did not have the ambition to compete for the world like Li Mi Mang Rang.

Now seeing the general trend of the world return to the Qin Dynasty, we have begun to plan a way out.

Xiao Xian looks very powerful now, but the core forces are only Nanjun, Xiangyang County, Mianyang County, Jiangxia County, Qingjiang County, Baling County, and Changsha County. As for the more remote southern areas, although the area is wide, it is remote.

Now as Liang Chen, Yang Shilin knows very well that Xiao Xian is far from as glorious as his appearance.

At the beginning of the uprising, Xiao Xian was actually just a puppet established after being raised by the local military generals and powerful people in Jianghan. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the riots of the school captains Dong Jingzhen, Lei Shimeng, Zheng Wenxiu and Zhang Xiu planned to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. Originally, Dong Jingzhen wanted to be the leader, but later everyone thought that Dong Jingzhen was just a lieutenant after all, and the rest were just low-level officers like the head of the brigade commander, so it was difficult to convince the public.

So he finally proposed to introduce Luochuan County Magistrate Xiao Xian to become the leader, after all, Xiao Xian was a descendant of the Liang Dynasty emperor.

Later, Xiao Xian recruited troops and prepared to respond. When the Yingchuan thief Chen Liusheng invaded, Xiao Xian was defeated and simply persuaded him to raise an army with him to fight against the Sui Dynasty. He also said that many generals and schools were willing to support him to restore the Liang Dynasty, so Chen Liusheng surrendered to Xiao Xian.

Xiao Xian also appointed him as the general of the cavalry, and Chen Liusheng recruited his fellow party members for him. Within a few days, bandits and soldiers from far and near rushed to join him, with tens of thousands of people, and then followed Xiao Xian to Baling County.

Dong Jingzhen sent someone to welcome him, but first saw most of the forwards led by Chen Liusheng.

Chen Liusheng discussed with his subordinates, feeling that he was the first to join Xiao Xian and was the best. At this time, there were many soldiers in Baling County, and his strength was still above him. After entering the city, who would be under him? He agreed with his subordinates that it would be better to kill the generals sent by Dong Jingzhen to welcome him, seize his troops, and then use Xiao Xian to seize Baling. In this way, no one would want to sit on his head.

Afterwards, Chen Liusheng did the same. He and Xiao Xian entered the city. Dong Jingzhen and others were naturally dissatisfied and very angry, asking Xiao Xian to kill Chen Liusheng.

Originally, things had reached this point, but in fact they were very beneficial to Xiao Xian. After all, Dong Jingzhen and others were not his subordinates, so they just wanted to raise an army to welcome him by virtue of his name. If there were no soldiers or generals in their hands, they would become puppets of Dong Jingzhen and others after entering the city.

Now, Chen Liusheng, the thief leader who was personally surrendered, led tens of thousands of people to follow him. This was just the balance between the two sides. No matter what, Chen Liusheng can be regarded as his direct line. If both sides are balanced, his lord's status will be stable.

But Xiao Xian made a big mistake. He was asked by Dong Jingzhen and other Baling generals, so he really ordered the killing of Chen Liusheng.

Chen Liusheng killed his generals and tens of thousands of troops dispersed overnight.

So Xiao Xian became a lonely man from then on, and the power of military power was in the hands of Dong Jingzhen and others.

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

Eight kings of different surnames were granted in one breath, all of which were from Dong Jingzhen and Zhang Xiu, and none of them were Xiao Xian’s direct confidants. After that, the generals led troops to conquer the cities and lands, and the kings set up mountains and defended a place.

Although Xiao Xian moved to Jiangling, he actually didn't even have a soldier that really belonged to him.

To this day, the Eight Kings held 400,000 troops and each owned several counties. They had long managed their own territory like their own country.

Moreover, although these Eight Kings were also military academies before, they are now arrogant and domineering, and they do not take the Emperor Liang in Jiangling seriously.

Even the younger brother of the Grand Marshal Dong Jingzhen was General Wuwei, but after being scolded by Xiao Xian for his unlawful behavior, he made up his mind and simply wanted to kill Xiao Xian. The matter was leaked. Instead, Xiao Xian ordered him to be summoned into the palace and then killed by the eunuchs nearby.
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