Since the establishment of Jiangnan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there has always been a political and military pattern of Jingyang antagonism in the Southern Dynasties, that is, those stationed in Jingzhou in the upper reaches are often military powerhouses, thus forming a state of confrontation with the central power of Jiankang.

Such a situation, even after the central court often used the clan to go out of the town, the upper reaches of the division of the important land did not get much improvement. For example, Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, started from the upper reaches and replaced the Southern Qi regime.

Under the two-headed political pattern of Jingyang, a balance is bound to be needed to bring a certain degree of stability, and Jiangzhou, which is located between the two places, often plays such a role. For example, Tao Kan, Wen Qiao, etc., who successively guarded this place during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, played a similar role.

Of course, this was when the territory of the Southern Dynasties regime was still relatively complete, and when it encountered the invasion of foreign enemies and the upstream towns were lost one after another, then Jiangzhou became the front town to resist the upstream foreign enemies.

After the fall of Jiangling, the forces of the Southern Liang in the lower reaches also reluctantly formed a new order after a period of chaos, with Xiao Fangzhi, the son of Emperor Liang, the king of Jin'an, as the superintendent of the state, and in fact, the Taiwei Wang Seng Biao was in charge of the military power.

Although the order was initially formed, it was difficult for Wang Shengbi to immediately lead the army westward, recover the lost land of Jiangling, and rebuild the Liang family and country. Because Hefei, an important town in Huainan, had been occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty, once Wang Sengbi's army came out of the downstream, it would inevitably be difficult to take care of both the beginning and the end, and even the territory downstream might be lost.

Not to mention that not long after the fall of Jiangling, the Northern Qi Dynasty sent envoys to negotiate with a strong attitude to negotiate the return of Guangling, and after the negotiations failed, they directly sent troops to besiege Guangling, which made the downstream armies even more afraid to move.

Although the army did not dare to come out, but the threat from the upstream can not be ignored, Jiangzhou as a front line to resist the enemy's invasion, naturally also received great attention, so Wang Seng Debate took Hou Yao as the Jiangzhou Thorn History to guard the city, and his brother Wang Seng was too protective of Yuzhang and guarded Yuzhang.

Of course, there is a certain amount of selfishness in this arrangement, and the city is close to the river, and once the upstream enemy army goes down the river, the city is the first to bear the brunt. Yuzhang, on the other hand, is located in the hinterland of Jiangzhou, mastering the essence of personnel and materials, and directly controlling the supply line of Huangcheng. Hou Yao is not the Yuancong of Jiangling after all, and he is also a little confidant when this national disaster is rare, and Wang Seng is prepared to make this arrangement.

However, soon this arrangement encountered variables, Xiao Bo, who had been entrenched in Lingnan for chaos, took advantage of the fall of Jiangling and the chaos in the country, not only regained control of Guangzhou, but also sent a group of men and horses to cross the Dayuling Mountains to the north and enter the territory of Nankang County, directly threatening the safety of the hinterland of Jiangzhou.

So Hou Yao went directly south from Huancheng into the territory of Yuzhang County on the grounds of preparing for chaos, and then sent Wang Seng to Huangcheng. Wang Seng naturally refused, but sent the general Zhou Tiehu to lead a group of men and horses to garrison in Huancheng, while he still stayed in Yuzhang and continued to confront Hou Yao.

Jiangzhou is so lively here, if nothing else, it must be an accident, especially the man who came from the upper reaches with his thousands of tigers and wolves.

In the palace of the city lord of Huangcheng, Jiangzhou, Wang Lin sat in the hall, and below him were his cronies and the local powerful military leaders in Jiangzhou. In the hall, wine and meat are divided, which is unwanted, but outside the hall is a different scene.

There were still many blood stains and corpses that had not been cleaned up on the ground of the City Lord's Mansion, and in front of the hall was a wooden torture instrument with a naked and strong man bound to it.

The man's hair was disheveled, and his body was covered with many wounds left by torture, but he still scolded angrily into the hall: "Wang Lin is a dog thief, don't think about the country! colluded with Jiangzhou bandits and disobeyed the military orders of the Taiwei......

Every time the man shouted, Wang Lin's subordinates cut him down, but the man still cursed. This person is Zhou Tiehu, the general sent by Wang Seng to garrison Huangcheng, the general of Xiao Yu, the king of Hedong, and when Wang Seng defeated Xiao Yu in the early years, he took this person for his own use.

Since the outbreak of the Hou Jing Rebellion, many local heroes have also emerged here in Jiangzhou, each gathering on one side and fighting against each other. Now the upper echelons of Jiangzhou are also facing each other, which is naturally what these powerful chiefs are happy to see. Only in this way will they have the opportunity to protect themselves and speculate and strengthen themselves.

Wang Lin went east this time, heavy

All the military equipment and staff required were confiscated by the Wei army, and only the basic short-range weapons were reserved for their own protection. Although Wang Lin also broke and looted several fortifications in the countryside along the way, the gains were still not enough to arm his troops to the heyday, let alone conquer the fortified city of Huangcheng, which was near the river in one fell swoop.

Although his strength is no longer in his prime, Wang Lin's reputation still exists, and after knowing that he led people to the east, the forces in Jiangzhou also reacted differently. Among them, there is a new Wu Haoqiang, Yu Xiaoqing, who was not angry with Hou Yao for leading the Jiangzhou assassin history, and after learning that Wang Lindong was coming, he sent an envoy to secretly contact each other and colluded with each other.

When Wang Lin led his subordinates to arrive near Huangcheng, Yu Xiaoqing opened the city gate in the name of sending supplies to Huangcheng, and then guarded the city gate and led Wang Lin's army to kill him.

Zhou Tiehu, who defended the city, did not have many troops, and was attacked by this internal and external collusion, and the city lord's mansion was finally defeated, and Wang Lin captured the city, and he was also captured by it, and because of his strong temperament, he refused to give in, so he was tortured by Wang Lin.

"The king is coming, and we and the Jiangzhou disciples finally have a British lord to look up to! Hou Yao is just the old Poyang Wang family slave, and now he has to favor Wang Taiwei, since he entered the state, he has done a lot of chaos, and he regards me Nanchuan Haojie like a pig and a dog. Everyone is afraid of it, but a certain one is unyielding, and now he has to make the king come to help, what is the fear of the righteous people here!"

That Yu Xiaoqing held the wine glass in his hand, and got up again and again to toast Wang Lin and praised him, with an unusually respectful posture. Jiangzhou is located south of Jiankang in terms of orientation, so its place is often referred to as Nanchuan.

Wang Lin saw that his attitude was like this, and he laughed out loud in his mouth, pointing at Yu Xiaoqing and saying with a smile: "Nanchuan has many caves and dock walls, and they have gathered more than 100 people and enclosed land for several miles. General Yu can have such a discernment, and he can be called a leader among all the peers.

Now the marquis of Yi is not an old disciple, and it is very easy to chase him. If you refuse to obey the order, I also have the legal system! When the disturbances of Yuzhang are settled, the righteousness of the generals and others to welcome each other today will have their own rewards. The Nanchuan group of disciples don't know the righteousness, I teach myself, teach but don't listen, I commit suicide!"

The generals under Wang Lin's command in the hall cheered loudly when they heard this, and Yu Xiaoqing and several of his disciples couldn't help but feel a little unnatural after hearing Wang Lin's words. Although they are also constantly fighting with other Nanchuan heroes, they are inevitably a little uncomfortable when they hear that Wang Lin actually despises this group so much.

Wang Lin didn't take these Nanchuan tyrants in his eyes, and naturally he didn't care much about their respective feelings, so he walked to the hall with an urn of wine, looked at Zhou Tiehu, who was already covered in wounds and blood, and sneered: "Who does the fool keep the festival for? On the day of the death of your late lord King Hedong, you didn't die with you, and today you boast of your loyalty in front of me, which is really ridiculous!"

Zhou Tiehu had already lost his spirit due to excessive blood loss and long-term pain and torture, but after hearing Wang Lin's voice, he got up all his strength and roared angrily: "Wang Lin dog thief, the crime deserves death!"

When Wang Lin heard this insult, he was so angry that he smashed the wine urn in his hand at Zhou Tiehu, who was already covered with scars, and was soaked by the wine on his body by this heavy blow, vomiting blood and fainting under the pain.

"Hmph, Sheji is in trouble, everyone pretends to be the king of Qin, but they all don't move forward, and they are proud of the land. But I will lead my army against a strong enemy, and I will be glorious in all the nations, and who will dare to boast of loyalty and courage before me?"

Wang Lin glared angrily at the captured Zhou Tiehu subordinates under the corridor, and shouted angrily, "Doesn't this disciple know that the thief is there? If you reject me as you reject the enemy, you really damn it! You are all under his orders, and it is not a pity to die, but my country is in trouble, and we need heavy warriors. Whoever will cut the flesh and blood of this dog thief and eat it, I will spare him from death, and use it more!"

Under Wang Lin's coercion, gradually some captives entered the front, either cutting their skin and flesh, or dipped their blood to wipe their lips, and each of them was pardoned. And Zhou Tiehu was abused like this, and woke up from fainting and screamed again and again.

"General go!"

A prisoner of war stepped forward with a knife, saw that Zhou Tiehu was tortured to a human form, roared in his mouth, and stabbed the sharp knife in his hand into Zhou Tiehu's chest, ending this inhuman torture, and he himself was immediately assassinated on the spot by the angry Wang Lin's subordinates.

After Wang Lin entered Huancheng strongly, Hou Yao and Wang Seng, who were still fighting in Yuzhang, suddenly calmed down, put aside the disputes between them, and sent envoys to Huangcheng

The city condemned Wang Lin's actions.

However, Wang Lin turned a deaf ear to this, and instead sent people to Yuzhang to send orders for them to send their soldiers to escort supplies to Huangcheng to help them counterattack, otherwise they would personally lead their men and horses south to be questioned.

However, this fire did not start after all, because soon the news that Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang was beheaded in Chang'an came from the west. Regardless of what these Southern Liang remnants thought in their hearts, after learning this news, they naturally wanted to mourn for His Majesty the Emperor.

In particular, Wang Lin, who had just entered the city, was even more sad after learning the news, and came to the riverside to face the north of the river and wailed for the sun, until he cried blood before being escorted back to the city by the soldiers, and then erected a mourning banner and told his soldiers to swear to avenge the king!

Compared with Wang Lin's extreme grief, Jiankang's temporary small court reacted somewhat coldly to His Majesty's death, although there were also mourning activities such as mourning and memorials, but they soon had to turn their attention elsewhere.

Since His Majesty the Emperor is dead, King Jin'an, who is in charge of the country, naturally needs to go further and become the rightful Emperor of Liang and lead them to continue the struggle. However, this enthronement ceremony has increasingly exposed the fact that the hearts of the people in Nanliang are now scattered and divided.

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