After Lin Shihong left the Lotus Pond, he took his personal followers and went out day and night, advancing along the uninhabited reed swamps and tidal flats, and finally reached the edge of the Yangtze River.
The power of the Sui army was difficult to reach here. After Lin Shihong found the boat, he immediately crossed the river south and arrived at Jiujiang County.
At this time, Lin Shihong did not know the news that Wang Rong had surrendered to the Sui army, because as soon as he arrived in Jiujiang, he was shocked by the earth-shattering news.
Lin Shihong¡¯s hometown, Yuzhang City, was lost.
The bandit Zhang Shanan who originally surrendered to Lin Shihong led his troops to rebel, secretly surrendered to Xiao Liang, and combined with the general Su Huer sent by Xiao Mian to capture Yuzhang County. Lin Shihong's generals in Yuzhang either died or surrendered, and the entire Linchu court was almost completely destroyed.
Zhang Shanan is a native of Pengcheng County and the county. He occupied the area and caused trouble. Later, Zhang Shanan was beaten to the point where he could not stand by Li Fengyang in the Yanzhou area, so he fled south and lived in Jianghuai. However, Zhang Shanan was not stable when he arrived in the Huainan area. He first attacked and captured Lujiang County, but was later defeated by Chen Leng and unable to gain a foothold in Huainan, so he led his old troops south to defect to Lin Shihong.
The people around Lin Shihong were all locals from the counties in Jiangzhou, so he did not trust this Beiqin who came from the south. He first let him camp in Nantang, and then took the opportunity to seize Zhang Shanan's troops.
Zhang Shanan has been in the world for many years, and his opponents are people like Huang Mingyuan and Li Mi. He originally looked down on Lin Shihong, who was the first to win the title. So although he openly submitted to Lin Shihong, he secretly contacted Xiao Mian.
Xiao Mian originally wanted to attack the counties in Jiangzhou, so he sent Su Huer to help. At this time, Lin Shihong mobilized all his troops, and the main force arrived in Huainan. The country was empty, so under the leadership of Zhang Shan'an, Su Huer marched straight into Yuzhang.
Lin Zhen, who was guarding Yuzhang, held on, but Lin Zhen himself had average abilities. He first asked Zhang Shanan to burn down the outer city, and then the inner city was defeated. Lin Zhen was defeated and had to flee to Yugan County.
Su Huer occupied Yuzhang County, and Zhang Shanan also took the opportunity to go south, occupied Luling County, and took charge of Jizhou.
At this point, more than half of the entire Jiangzhou area has completely fallen into the hands of Su Huer and Zhang Shanan. Poyang County has always been the territory of Cao's family, and Nankang and Linchuan counties are blocked by Liang Jun. The situation is unpredictable. Now in Lin Shihong's hands, only Jiujiang County is left.
Faced with this result, Lin Shihong even wanted to die in Jiangbei, which would be better than now.
Lin Shihong secretly thought about his situation, and he decided that he had to take back Yuzhang.
First of all, the Jiujiang County where he is now is not a foundation place. Jiujiang County governs two counties, with a population of only seven to eight thousand households. It connects Jingxiang to the west and Jianghuai to the east. It is the place of the Four Wars.
And the Sui army will move south unknown when. Jiujiang County currently has less than 10,000 troops and no backup, so it is no match for the Sui army.
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Secondly, Lin Shihong didn¡¯t really believe in Tang Ye.
Tang Ye is the first general of the Chu army, but he turned out to be a subordinate of Cao Shiqi, and his status is no lower than Lin Shihong. Moreover, Tang Ye and Cao Tiancheng had a very good relationship. Although they did not support each other, they also protected each other.
At this time, Lin Shihong only had a few hundred people in his hands. Once they stayed in Jiujiang, they would be completely in Tang Ye's hands. Even if Tang Ye is loyal, there is no guarantee that his subordinates will not have ambitions. Isn't it rare to take the leader's head to his opponent to change his future?
"Furthermore, if Lin Shihong wants to seize the military power of this unit from Tang Ye, it will be completely impossible if he continues to stay in Jiujiang.
Tang Ye also felt that Jiujiang was undefendable, and heard the news that the Sui army had captured Pengze County, so he agreed with Lin Shihong's strategy of going south.
After Lin Shihong plundered Jiujiang, he led more than 9,000 people all the way south. The army passed through Jianchang County and transferred to Poyang (which governs the ancient northeastern county of Poyang County, Jiangxi Province today).
Lin Shihong was planning to go to Poyang County to appease the Cao family, but before he arrived, he met Cao Tiancheng who was fleeing south in panic. Only then did he get the news that the Sui army from Xuancheng County was raiding Poyang, and Cao Tiancheng was unprepared. , Poyang County was lost.
Lin Shihong was shocked. Poyang is different from other places. It is the hometown of Cao Shiqi and Lin Shihong. Most of the senior generals in the entire Chu army are from Poyang.
"Furthermore, Lin Shihong was preparing to go to Linchuan. Now that Poyang is lost and Linchuan's empty gate is wide open, there is no way to save it.
Lin Shihong no longer dared to go to Linchuan County at this time. Who knew whether he would encounter the Sui army halfway.
There were enemies in all directions. Lin Shihong felt that half of the sky had collapsed and he was a little at a loss. Normally there is Wang Rong around for consultation, but now even Wang Rong is gone. At this time wan*bar.n*et Zhang Si
Lin Shihong didn't sleep all night. At dawn the next day, he decided toHe recalled Lin Zhen, who had fled to Yugan County, and immediately attacked Yuzhang City.
Yuzhang has been the capital of Jiangzhou counties since the Han Dynasty. Its status is like Changsha to Jingnan, Chengdu to Bashu, Shanyin to eastern Zhejiang, and Panyu to Lingnan. It is of great political significance.
Only by recapturing Yuzhang City can he regain command of the counties in Jiangzhou, negotiate with Xiao Mian, and unite with Xiao Mian to resist the Sui Dynasty.
Soon Lin Zhen brought more than 10,000 troops to Lin Shihong, greatly increasing Lin Shihong's strength.
Lin Zhen¡¯s previous defeat at Yuzhang was not due to lack of strength, but because of Zhang Shanan¡¯s betrayal, which led to chaos in the city. Zhang Shanan set fire to the city again. Lin Zhen was frightened and did not know the strength of Liang Jun, so he made a rash decision to abandon Yuzhang.
After Lin Zhen arrived in Yugan County, he gathered his troops without losing too much strength.
Lin Shihong combined with Tang Ye, Cao Tiancheng and Lin Zhen, and had about 30,000 troops. Seeing that he still had the strength to fight, he led his army to advance towards Yuzhang City.
At this time, no one cared about Lin Shihong's defeat in Huainan and fled south alone. Everyone knew very well that if they could not defeat Yuzhang County, they would become a group of bandits again and completely lose their current identity and status.
Things in Huainan are no longer important.
The three armies quickly arrived at Yuzhang City.
Su Huer is a martial artist, but a martial artist with little experience. When he occupied Yuzhang City, it was like a rat being put into a rice vat, and it immediately exploded.
In addition, Zhang Shanan burned Yuzhang City to the ground before, and this big city was left in a smog, devastated, and devastated by these two people.
The people in the city were harassed endlessly, but at this time they missed Lin Shihong. After all, Yuzhang City is Lin Shihong's hometown for a long time, and he still has some popular feelings.
Lin Shihong came to the city, quickly contacted some big households in the city, opened the city gate, and entered the city. Zhi Da Zhi Xiao
Su Huer, who only knew how to plunder, was caught off guard. After the city was broken, he had no choice but to lead his troops and flee Yuzhang City. At this point, Lin Shihong's old nest was regained by him again.
It¡¯s just that in just over half a month, Yuzhang City has gone through several wars and is no longer as prosperous as before.
Lin Shihong didn't care about weeping like a child. He immediately ordered his men to go to Jiangling to see Xiao Xian and ask for peace talks.
Lin Shihong knew that even if he wanted to take the throne and become a minister, he would have to recruit Liang Jun, otherwise the Chu State would be over