[Chapter 838 was repeated twice last night, and today the content of one of the repeated chapters was replaced with chapter 840, and the chapter name was also changed, so let me explain to you]

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Lin Shihong was originally a water thief on the Yangtze River, from the age of 12 to follow his father to rob merchant ships on the Yangtze River, at the age of 20 his father was captured and executed by the Sui army, Lin Shihong inherited his father's business, only fifteen water thieves under his command, became the smallest water bandit leader in Poyang Lake. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After 20 years of fighting, Lin Shihong unified all the water thieves on the Yangtze River, becoming the largest Yangtze River water thieves in a hundred years, with an army of more than 100,000 people, with more than 500 large and small warships, including ten famous Wuya warships of the Sui Army, his power is all over the Yangtze River and the Ganjiang River, of which the forces on the river start from Yiling County in the west to Jiangning County in the east, and occupy the main main stream of the Yangtze River.

Lin Shihong then proclaimed himself the king of Chu, and after Yang Guang died in Jiangdu, Lin Shihong immediately submitted a letter to Emperor Tai of Luoyang, which won the recognition of his king of Chu by the Luoyang court, but his enemies also quietly emerged.

With the rise of Xiao Mill, Xiao Mill asked Lin Shihong to withdraw from the river west of Wuchang County, but Lin Shihong believed that he had occupied the Yangtze River for three years, and Xiao Milling was infringing on his own interests, and he asked Liang Jun to withdraw from Dongting Lake and not allow Xiao Mill to touch the Yangtze River.

In order to compete for the waters of the Yangtze River, the two armies finally broke out in the war last year, on the water of the Yangtze River, Lin Shihong completely annihilated Xiao Miao's fleet and won a great victory, but in the battle for Jiangxia County, Lin Shihong's Chu army was defeated by the Liang army and had to withdraw from Jiangxia County.

However, the war between the two families of Chu and Liang did not last, and then the forces of the Northern Sui army went south, especially after Zhang Xuan destroyed Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong felt a deep fear and began to seek to unite with the old opponent of the past to fight against the Sui army.

However, although the words and phrases on the covenant are gorgeously written, but at the last moment of Meng Haigong, Lin Shihong did not send troops to help, but it cannot be said that Lin Shihong violated the covenant and refused to send troops, in fact, Lin Shihong had already sent his son Lin Zhengtai to lead 30,000 troops to be stationed in Dongyang County, which was close to Huiji County, and was ready to respond to Meng Haigong.

However, when the Sui army attacked Wuxi County, the Tang Dynasty envoy secretly visited Lin Shihong, and Lin Shihong immediately changed his mind and urgently ordered his son to withdraw his troops back to Poyang County, unwilling to spend troops and resources for Meng Haigong.

At present, Lin Shihong's land territory includes six counties, including Poyang County, Jiujiang County, Yuzhang County, Yichun County, Luling County and Linchuan County, which is actually the entire Ganjiang River Basin, but his water power covers most of the Yangtze River, but as the forces of the Northern Sui Army moved south, Lin Shihong had to reduce his sphere of influence and transfer all the warships distributed everywhere back to Poyang Lake, and more than 100,000 troops were training day and night, preparing to fight to the death with the Sui army.

Poyang County, here is Lin Shihong's lair, the county seat is not close to the big lake, there are 50 miles away from Poyang Lake, located on the north bank of Poshui, Poyang County is a big county, the circumference of the city is 30 miles, the population is more than 100,000 people, 30,000 troops are stationed outside the city, hundreds of cargo ships are moored on the wharf about half a mile away from the city, once the situation is critical, Lin Shihong can immediately take a boat into Poyang Lake for refuge.

In the afternoon of this day, Lin Zhengtai led the army back to Poyang County, the army went to the barracks, Lin Zhengtai rushed to the city with several retinues, Lin Zhengtai was about twenty-four or five years old, medium to thin, fair-skinned, and looked like a weak scholar.

However, Lin Zhengtai did study since he was a child, although he was the son of the biggest water thief in the Yangtze River, but Lin Shihong never allowed him to get on the boat, but asked him to read and learn literature, in Lin Shihong's words, their Lin family has been illiterate for generations, he doesn't want his son to be like himself, the staff wrote a few lines in front of him, he didn't know what was written.

Ran to the city gate, a group of hunting dogs rushed out of the city, followed by a cavalry, about 20 people, led by two young sons, only about 20 years old, but very tall and burly, full of fierceness, these two are also Lin Shihong's sons, the third and fourth, one is called Lin Zhengxiong, the other is called Lin Zhengbiao, and Lin Zhengtai is a half-brother.

Lin Shihong has a group of wives and concubines, many children, nine sons and thirteen daughters, but the eldest son Lin Zhengtai was born to him and his wife, who died of illness twenty years ago, Lin Shihong thanked his wife for her kindness, and set up Lin Zhengtai as the heir, but Lin Zhengtai has a weak personality, and he has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he is generally not favored by Lin Shihong's generals, and Lin Shihong is not very fond of him.

Lin Shihong's other three adult sons have a strong physique and a strong personality, especially the second son Lin Zhengwei, who led a team of water thieves at the age of fifteen, killing and plundering on the Yangtze River, Lin Shihong thought that he was very much like himself, and he was particularly fond of him, so he appointed him as the general of the navy, commanding hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of sailors.

Lin Zhengxiong and Lin Zhengbiao brothers are well-known fierce bullies in Poyang, Yuzhang and other counties, bullying men and women, killing people and setting fires, which can be described as full of evil, but these two brothers are strong in martial arts, one makes double swords, the other makes spears, and is Lin Shihong's right-hand man, so even if the two brothers do a lot of evil, Lin Shihong also turns a blind eye and never ignores it.

The two brothers ran out of the city gate, and they saw the eldest brother from afar, but the two of them pretended not to see it, and wanted to gallop past, but Lin Zhengtai saw that the two of them were each carrying a young girl on their horses, their mouths were gagged, and their hands and feet were tied, Lin Zhengtai was angry in his heart, and shouted: "Stop me!" ”

Only then did the two brothers stop their horses, stepped forward and said with a dry smile: "It turned out that the eldest brother came back, but the younger brother was clumsy and didn't see it!" ”

"Where are you going?"

Lin Zhengxiong raised his eyebrows and said, "Big brother's eyes are not good?" Let's go hunting, and if it's all right, we'll go first. ”

The two of them urged the horse to leave, but Lin Zhengtai said coldly: "I don't care if you go hunting, let me release the two women on the horse." ”

The two brothers glanced at each other, and Lin Zhengxiong sneered: "These two women are just playing, at least they can live, if the eldest brother wants to save them, I am afraid that they will not even have their lives." ”

"Let them go!" Lin Zhengtai's voice became more and more stern, and there was no room for negotiation.

"Alright! And he let them go. ”

The two brothers kicked the two girls off their horses, snorted heavily, turned around and urged the horses away.

Lin Zhengtai asked his subordinates to cut the ropes for them and sent them home, the two girls thanked them and turned around to leave, when at this moment, two long arrows broke through the air, hitting the two girls in the back of the heart, only to hear two screams, and the two girls were shot dead on the spot.

Lin Zhengtai was furious, looked back, and saw his two brothers collect bows and arrows, Lin Zhengbiao said viciously: "If you don't follow us, you will die, since the eldest brother wants to be a hero, simply collect the corpses for them!" ”

After speaking, the two galloped away, Lin Zhengtai was so angry that his eyes erupted with fire, and he stomped his feet with hatred, "You just wait and see!" ”

He ordered his retinue to collect the corpses, and he himself whipped his horse a few times and galloped towards the city.......

Almost half of the buildings in the county are Lin Shihong's Chu Palace, which is large-scale, but Lin Shihong is rarely in his palace, most of him is in Jiujiang County, and today is his rare days in the palace.

In the room, Lin Shihong was pacing back and forth with his hands in his hands, he had received the news that Meng Haigong had been publicly beheaded in Huiji City, and the rest of the Meng clansmen who were caught were also beheaded, which made Lin Shihong very anxious, he was almost certain that Zhang Xuan was on the way to conquer him, but Tang Jun had no news.

It was not the first time that Lin Shihong and Zhang Xuan had fought each other, when his righteous brother Cao Shiqi died in the hands of Zhang Xuan, which was also the biggest fiasco in his life, leaving a huge shadow on him, if Zhang Xuan killed again, he actually had a chilling feeling.

Previously, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, sent an envoy to negotiate with him secretly, promising to send troops into Jiujiang County to deal with the Sui army with him, so he withdrew the army that was ready to support Meng Haigong, but the Sui army was about to be killed, but the Tang army did not move, which made Lin Shihong not annoyed and worried.

At this time, there was a guard outside the door to report: "The prince is back, ask to see the king!" ”

"Let him come in and see me."

After a while, Lin Zhengtai walked into the room angrily, he restrained the anger in his heart, knelt down and saluted: "The child sees his father? ”

"What's the matter with you?"

Lin Shihong sensed his son's dissatisfaction, frowned and asked, "Who provoked you?" ”

"Father, the third and fourth brothers, are really reckless, killing people like mustard, making people unbearable!"

Lin Zhengtai told his father in detail what happened at the gate of the city, he thought that his father would be furious and reprimanded the third and fourth brothers for their misdeeds, but Lin Shihong asked coldly: "Is it such a trivial matter to make you angry like this?" ”

Father's attitude made Lin Zhengtai stunned, and he said in a hurry: "Father, this is not a trivial matter, the fate of Meng Qi's ghost father also knows that 50,000 soldiers were all slaughtered, and for what, if the third and fourth brothers don't know how to restrain themselves, I'm afraid Zhang Xuan will use them to buy people's hearts, I'm afraid our entire family will be affected by them....."

"Enough!"

Lin Shihong shouted angrily and interrupted Lin Zhengtai's accusation. (To be continued.) )