Chapter 79 The murderer is rampant and full of evil

——Hou Jing's Proclaiming Emperor and Being Executed In August 549 A.D., Chen Ba, governor of Xijiang in the Liang Dynasty, first attacked and killed Yuan Jingzhong, the governor of Guangzhou who wanted to surrender to Hou Jing, and welcomed Xiaobo, Dingqu Hou, the clan of the Liang Dynasty, as the governor of Guangzhou.At this point, the founder of the last dynasty of the Southern Dynasties made his debut. Xiao Yi, the King of Eastern Hunan who had been sitting and watching Jiankang fall with all his soldiers, still hadn't made up his mind to really attack Hou Jing.Because his eldest son Xiao Fang was attacked and killed by his nephew King Xiaoyu of Hedong, he ordered his subordinates Wang Sengbian, the prefect of Jingling, and Baoquan, the governor of Xinzhou, to join forces to attack Xiaoyu, King of Hedong of Xiangzhou. (Although Xiao Fang is the eldest son of Xiao Yi, he is not favored by his father at all. Xiao Fang's biological mother is Xiao Yi's concubine Xu Zhaopei. This concubine Xu is the granddaughter of Xu Xiaosi, a famous official of Liu Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. She married Xiao Yi in the sixteenth year of Tianjian, Emperor Wu of Liang. On the eve of the wedding, there was a strong wind, and the house was broken. Soon, the rain fell suddenly, and the curtains were all white. At that time, Xiao Yi thought these were ominous signs. On the night of the bridal chamber, I saw this Concubine Xu." Ugly and fierce and jealous", not only does not have the temperament of a lady, but her nature is also extremely lewd. Xiao Yi only had a one-time life with Concubine Xu for two or three years. At the same time, concubine Xu is extremely jealous and fierce. Every time Xiao Yi gets pregnant with a new concubine, she "adds a knife to her hand", which is comparable to the empress Jia Nanfeng of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty. This concubine Xu also loves to cuckold Xiao Yi , there are three lovers with names and surnames in the history books: Monk Zhiyuan, Xiao Yi's close minister Ji Jiang, and the little white face He Wei. After middle age, Concubine Xu's sexual desire increased greatly, and she let Ji Jiang into the house every day to "serve the lord", so this " "Beautiful and beautiful" men sighed: "Pet dog, although old, can still hunt; Xiao Liyang horse, although old, is still handsome; although Xu Niang is old, she is still passionate!" This is the origin of the allusion of "Xu Niangbanlao". Although the concubine is ugly, she looks down on Xiao Yi. The prince is blind again. Every time he finds out that her husband is coming, Concubine Xu will "pretend to make up her face", which is simply to annoy people on purpose. Xiao Yi "sees and bursts out in anger", Concubine Xu committed adultery with the young man as soon as he left. Later, Xiao Yi’s favorite concubine Wang gave birth to Xiao Fangzhu, who died suddenly. Xiao Yi thought it was Concubine Xu’s murder and became even more angry. After Xiao Fang’s death, Xiao Yi couldn’t see This old ugly lady soon forced her to commit suicide. Helplessly, Concubine Xu jumped into a well and died. After everyone died, Xiao Yi returned her body to Xu's house, saying that she was a "married wife", and made "The Golden Tower" The song "Son" is very popular. He also wrote his own "Concubine Xu's dirty deeds", "Plaque in the Great Pavilion", which is probably the first "big-character poster" written by a husband and a bad wife in Chinese history.

Wang Sengbian entered the mansion, saying that his Jingling tribe had not yet assembled and would have to wait a few days before leaving.Xiao Yi was furious, and shouted: "You are afraid of going to war, resisting my orders, and want to be with the bandits? Today you will only die here!" After speaking, he swung his sword and slashed, hitting Wang Sengbian's left thigh, the wound went deep to the bone, and he chopped Wang Sengbian suddenly passed out.After waking up, Wang Taishou found himself locked in prison.When Wang Sengbian's old mother heard the news, she went into Xiao Yi's mansion crying and pleading for her son, which made the king of Eastern Hunan "mean Xie" and gave him good medicine, so Wang Sengbian could not die.

Bao Quan sent out an army, defeated Xiao Yu several times, and finally surrounded the Hedong King in Changsha. Xiao Yu asked his younger brother Yueyang King Xiao Cha for help.King Yueyang wanted to use the strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", and led more than 20,000 horses to attack Jiangling.Xiao Yi hurriedly debated with Wang Seng, who was imprisoned by him, and Wang Taishou "had a strategy".Xiao Yi was very satisfied, released Wang Sengbian, and called him "the governor of the city".It was raining heavily, Xiao Cha's army was defeated, and suddenly heard that some of Xiao Yi's subordinates were rushing to attack Xiangyang, his old nest. The Yueyang King fled back overnight, throwing away countless grains, gold coins, and armor.Because he offended his uncle Xiao Yi, Xiao Cha felt that he was weak, so he sent his princess and son as hostages to the Western Wei Dynasty, and asked Yu Wentai to send troops to help him.Yu Wentai wanted to conquer Jianghan, so he accepted it immediately, and sent General Yang Zhong to supervise the military of Sanjing and Fifteen Prefectures, and sent troops to Liangdi to confront Liu Zhongli, who was sent by Xiao Yi to sit in Jingling and threaten Xiao Cha.

Xiao Lun, king of Shaoling in the Liang Dynasty, was very sad and indignant when he saw his sixth brother Xiao Yi and his nephew Xiao Yu fighting each other, so he wrote to Xiao Yi to persuade him.Xiao Yi refused, accused Xiao Yu of leading the Western Wei army into Liang, and vowed to destroy the two nephews.Xiao Lun cried when he read the book, and sighed: "As soon as the affairs of the world come to this, if Xiangzhou (Xiao Yu) is defeated, I will die forever!" Indeed, as long as Xiao Yi kills Xiao Yu, Xiao Lun will definitely be killed next. . In May of 550 A.D., Wang Sengbian and Bao Quan conquered Changsha, captured the King of Hedong, Xiao Yu, beheaded him on the spot, and passed on to Jiangling.Xiao Yi was very happy after inspecting his nephew's head. He immediately appointed Wang Sengbian as the general of the left guard and added him as a servant.

Here, Xiao Yi, Xiao Yu and other clans of the Liang Dynasty killed each other, but Hou Jing was not idle.The thieves under his subordinate generals even conquered Wuxing, Kuaiji, Xin'an and other places, and took all the land of the Three Wus; the Eastern Wei Dynasty captured Sizhou, and all the land of Huainan; land of the east. Chen Baxian, the prefect of Shixing, made friends with the heroes of the county, and led thousands of people to attack Hou Jing from Dayuling.Xiao Bo, the governor of Guangzhou, was also a white-eyed wolf. He sent people to stop him, and sent Cai Luyang, a local tycoon in Nankang, and others to stop Chen Baxian on the way.In February 550 AD, when the army reached Dayuling, Cai Luyang blocked Chen Baxian's way with 20,000 soldiers. Chen Baxian defeated the blocking army, marched to Nankang, and surrendered to Xiao Yishangbiao.Xiao Yi was happy, and immediately made Chen Baxian General Mingwei and Governor of Jiaozhou.

At this time, Yang Zhong, a general of the Western Wei Dynasty, took advantage of the victory and went to Shicheng, intending to advance towards Jiangling.Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, was terrified, and hurriedly sent his son Xiao Fanglue as a hostage to seek peace, and made an agreement that "Liang takes Anlu as the boundary, please be a vassal, and live in good neighborliness forever."Yang Zhong was very satisfied and returned to the army with gifts and hostages.Xiao Yi blamed his nephew Xiao Cha for inviting the army of the Western Wei Dynasty, but in fact he himself became a "vassal".In addition, as early as August 549 AD, in order to use the army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty to attack Hou Jing, Xiao Fan, the king of Poyang, sent his two sons to the Eastern Wei Dynasty as hostages. In the end, he was deceived by the Eastern Wei Dynasty and no soldiers were sent to reinforce him.

In April 550 AD, Hou Jing took Princess Liyang, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Emperor Jianwen, as his wife, and "loved her very much".When he was happy, he called Emperor Jian Wen to Leyou Garden in Hunan Xuanwu, where he had a meeting with all the officials and drank for three days.After Emperor Jian Wen was "escorted" back to the palace, Hou Jing and Princess Liyang "shared the imperial bed, sat side by side facing the south, and all the ministers, civil and military, sat at the banquet". In May, Hou Jing invited his father-in-law to "visit" Xizhou, and thousands of fine armored cavalry "guarded" around.After sitting down, listening to the sound of silk and bamboo, Emperor Jianwen burst into tears and burst into tears. First, he lamented the shock of his father's death, and second, he remembered his status as a high-ranking prisoner.After several cups of hot wine, Emperor Jian Wen "ordered (Hou) Jing to dance, and (Hou) Jing also invited to dance."Weng and his son-in-law danced against each other in the big garden. The lame dancers didn't know whether it was the Jie dance or the Xianbei dance. Emperor Jian Wen must have one foot high and the other low to learn Hou Jing's dance.

The two were so drunk that Emperor Jian Wen hugged Hou Jing in his arms and put him on the imperial bed, and shouted: "I always miss the prime minister!" Hou Jing also hugged the old man back and said: "If your majesty If you don't miss me, how can I be here?" The two old men hugged each other, wept with their heads in their arms, and they were very affectionate. From this, it can be seen that anyone who sees the big hugs and special hugs of fathers, sons, brothers, sisters, and mothers who are intoxicated with each other should not believe that they are "real love after drinking", saying Maybe when they are sober, they see each other as enemies in their hearts, but now they are just covering their faces with wine.

On the part of King Xiao Yi of eastern Hunan, it was not until his army conquered Changsha under the leadership of Wang Sengbian that he began to mourn his father, Emperor Wu of Liang.At the same time, he refused to recognize his brother Xiao Gang's title of emperor, and he still called it the title of Taiqing Nian to the outside world.At this point, Xiao Yi finally decided to attack Hou Jing on a large scale, and moved far and near to create momentum. Xiao Yi's eighth younger brother, Wuling King Xiao Ji, who had been sitting in Bashu for a long time, was about to make a move at this time. He "responded" to the sixth brother's call and sent his eldest son Xiao Yuanzhao to lead 30,000 troops to set out, expressing that he would obey the king of Xiangdong's Jiedu.Xiao Yi was very selfish, and was afraid that his eighth younger brother Xiao Ji would compete with him for the position after he went out to win the army, so he appointed his nephew Xiao Yuanzhao as the governor of Xinzhou, ordered him to station troops as the White Emperor, and banned him from going east.

Xiao Lun, king of Shaoling, overhauled his armor and prepared to respond to the call to crusade against Hou Jing. Xiao Yi "heard it and hated it", and sent Wang Sengbian and others to stop Xiao Lun in the name of rejecting the appointment of the thief as a general.At Yingwu Island, the two armies met, and Xiao Lun's subordinates scrambled to fight. Xiao Lun couldn't bear to kill each other with his sixth brother, so he escaped by boat, and Yingzhou was occupied by Wang Seng.On the way to escape, Xiao Lun was robbed by his "friendly army" Pei Zhigao.In desperation, Xiao Lun sent envoys to ask for peace with Northern Qi, and Northern Qi also named Xiao Lun the "King of Liang".

As for the Western Wei Dynasty, after picking and picking, they felt that Xiao Cha, the king of Yueyang in the Liang Dynasty, was the most reliable, so Yu Wentai sent envoys to appoint Xiao Cha as the King of Liang, and officially became a vassal of the Western Wei Dynasty.In order to show his favor to his new master, "Liang Wang" Xiao Cha personally went to Chang'an to have an audience with the Western Wei Emperor (actually Yu Wentai). It is a pity that in the Jiangnan of Jinxiu, since the chaos of Hou Jing, the people went into exile and suffered extensive massacres, and it was also the time of the natural disaster of drought locusts, which rushed into the valleys, rivers and lakes one after another, eating grass roots, wild vegetables, and leaves for food. "Everywhere is gone, the dead Covering the fields. There is no food in the rich house, all of which are bird-faced and swan-shaped, with silky clothes and pearls and jade, lying on the bed and weft, waiting for orders. There is no smoke for thousands of miles, and there are few people. Since the beginning of the Jiang Dynasty, the land of the Three Wus was the most prosperous. During the war, all the private properties were looted by bandit soldiers and government soldiers, especially Hou Jing's bandit army. In the northern border, the survivors are exhausted." Hou Jing, who was born as a town soldier, was cruel by nature. He placed a large stone pestle in the stone city. Anyone who he thought was "breaking the law" was thrown into the stone pestle and slowly pounded into meat paste with an iron pestle.In normal times, besides "leading by example", he often warned the generals: "If you break the gate and flatten the city, you must kill all of them, so that the world will know my reputation." , Killing people is like nothing, "laughing with money".It is precisely because of the brutality of Hou Jing's bandit army that "although the people die, they will never be attached to them." Hou Jing's bandit Yuqing attacked Yuzhang, and Hou Zhen, the Liang general who defended the city, resisted for a while, but was defeated, so he opened the city and surrendered.After being escorted to Jiankang, Hou Jing believed that Hou Zhen had the same surname as him, and "treated him very generously, keeping his wife and younger brother as hostages", so he appointed Hou Zhen as the governor of Xiangzhou, and sent him and the thief Yu Qing to go out to explore the territory together.This Hou Jing is also really uneducated, he is originally from the Jie family, and Hou Zhen is from the Han nationality, let alone five hundred years ago, five thousand years ago, they were not from the same family. Seeing that all the generals under him were going well, Hou Jingyi was happy, and he sent someone to write an edict, naming himself "the general of the universe, the commander of the Liuhe military".The imperial edict was sent to Emperor Jianwen to seal and mark it, which shocked the imprisoned emperor: "Does the general have the title of universe?" Therefore, the "universe brand cigarette" in Ma Ji's cross talk is not original. Hou Jing from has already registered to use it. Because Hou Jing's rebels sent out all the bandits and soldiers to attack the city, and Jiankang was empty, Xiao Huili, the grandson of Emperor Wu of Liang, conspired with Liu Jingli, Xixiang Hou Xiaoquan and others in the capital, and wanted to kill Hou Jing with soldiers. Wang Wei, the chief military adviser, first sent his sixth younger brother Xiao Yili out of the city to Changlu to recruit troops.Xiao Yili went out of the city and immediately summoned more than a thousand scattered soldiers.The hateful thing is that Xiao Ben, the nephew of Linhe Wang Xiao Zhengde, who was strangled to death by Hou Jing and always wanted to be the emperor, immediately ran to Wang Wei to inform him when he learned that the clan was plotting against Hou Jing.Wang Wei immediately sent heavy troops to arrest Xiao Huili and Liu Jingli and behead them.In a hurry, Xiao Yili was also killed by left and right on the way to flee.The two brothers Xiao Huili and Xiao Yili were both young talents of the Liang clan, both in their early twenties when they died.Liu Jingli is the younger brother of Liu Zhongli, who was desperate to save him. When he went to the city with his brother to see Hou Jingqian, he once advised his brother: "Hou Jing comes to the meeting, I will hug him, big brother, draw your sword and kill him, salute me and die without hatred. "Hou Jing and Liu Zhongli were drinking, and Liu Jingli kept giving his eldest brother winks to let him do it, but the governor was cowardly and remorseful, and failed.At this point, Liu Jingli couldn't make a deal and was finally killed.Father and son brothers, one bloodline, so different personalities, it is a pity.As for the whistleblower clan Xiao Ben and others, Hou Jing "given" these bastards also had the surname Hou.It's a big joke that the dignified Xiao family's royal family has adopted the surname of a thief. After Xiao Huili conspired to vent his anger, Hou Jing suspected that Emperor Jianwen Xiao Gang knew about and participated in the matter beforehand, and had murderous intentions towards the old man.Emperor Jian Wen also knew that his life would not last long, so he pointed to the bedroom where he lived and said to his courtiers: "Pang Juan should die here." In April 551 A.D., the thief general Ren Yue failed to attack and asked Jiankang for help. Hou Jing led his army westward.Before leaving, he took the prince Xiao Daqi as a hostage to go with him, and sent Wang Wei to stay in Jiankang. It's not good for Hou Jing to go out this time.In the battle of Xiyang, Liang general Xu Wensheng defeated Hou Jing and fled, and the thief general Ku Di Shihe was also shot and killed by Liang Jun. Although Hou Jing was defeated, he was not flustered. Hearing that Jiangxia was empty, he sent the thief general Ren Yue and Song Zixian to lead a sneak attack with four hundred elite cavalry.Xiao Fangzhu, the governor of Yingzhou in Jiangxia, was only fifteen years old, and he was the beloved son of Xiao Yi, king of Eastern Hunan.Xiao Fangzhu was a rascal boy who drank and gambled every day. When he had nothing to do, he let his deputy Bao Quan lie on the ground and act as a horse, and he rode around the hall.When the thieves entered the city, Xiao Fangzhu was sitting on Bao Quan's stomach, and wrapped Bao Quan's beard with colorful thread to "braid" him.Hearing the thieves shouting outside, Bao Quan jumped under the bed with a carp, Xiao Fangzhu was frightened and frightened, and hurriedly knelt down to the intruding thief general Song Zixian.Song Zixian peeked under the bed and saw a guy with a colorful beard peeking out. He was startled and thought it was a monster.After being shocked, they were arrested and sent to Jiankang.Xu Wensheng, who had just won the Liang army, heard that Jiangxia had fallen, and "the crowd collapsed in fear." Xu Wensheng and several others were defeated and returned to Jiangling. Although taking Jiangxia, Hou Jing's death knell has already sounded, and this victory is the "return to the light" of the fate of the thief head. Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan, heard that his son's capture was much more urgent than the death of his own father, Emperor Wu. In grief, he took Wang Sengbian as the governor, and led Bazhou Governor Chun Yuliang, Dingzhou Governor Du Kan, and Xuanzhou Governor Wang Lin and Chenzhou Inspector Pei Zhiheng went east to meet Hou Jing.When the armies advanced to Baling (Yueyang, Hunan Province), they heard that Yingzhou had fallen, so they stayed in Baling. Xiao Yi sent a letter to Wang Sengbian, asking: "Since the bandits take advantage of the victory, they will surely go west. Attack far away. But guard Baling, wait for work with ease, and worry about it.” At the same time, Xiao Yi ordered the other two generals to lead their troops to Baling and join forces with Wang Sengbian. On Hou Jing's side, troops were also dispatched.He sent Song Zixian's 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard to directly attack Baling; he sent Ren Yue to lead the army to directly attack Jiangling.Hou Jing himself led the land and water army to follow Song Zixian and went straight to Baling.Due to the fierce attack, Hou Jing was very proud of "guarding the border along the river, please obey the wind". Wang Seng argued: "Take the city to stand firm, put down the flags and drums, and be safe as if there is no one." Hou Jing felt very good about himself. He sent the vanguard team to cross the river first, and arrived at the foot of Baling City. He raised his head to the city and asked, "Who is the general in the city?" "The king leads the army." He asked again, "Why don't you surrender quickly?" Wang Seng argued quite humorously. He himself replied based on the city: "If the army goes straight to Jingzhou, this city should not be an obstacle." Hou Jing's team galloped away on light horses.Soon, a number of horsemen came to the city dressed as a Confucian official, and the people on the city took a closer look. It turned out that it was Wang Xun, an official of the Liang Dynasty who was arrested when Jiangxia City was broken, and his younger brother Wang Lin was in Baling to cooperate with Wang Seng in the debate. defend the city.Wang Xun came here because he was forced to surrender Wang Lin. Hearing the news, Wang Lin galloped to the city and shouted at Wang Xun, "Brother, you were ordered by the king to beg for the thief. If you are captured, you can't die. You are not ashamed, but come to be a lobbyist for the thief!" After speaking, she shot Wang Xun head-on. . "(Wang) Xun retreated in embarrassment." Hou Jing led the army to follow, and immediately sent a hundred troops to attack the city.The soldiers of Balingliang were full of morale, shouted furiously, and arrows rained down to welcome the bandits.After several rounds of attacks, Hou Jing's rebel soldiers suffered many casualties and had to stop attacking the city. Wang Sengbian took advantage of the victory and sent light soldiers to fight, "every ten battles were won."At this point, there finally appeared an official army that could truly resist Hou Jing, not only able to defend, but also to switch from defense to offense.Due to the fierce battle, there must be no mistakes. Hou Jing personally put on his armor and held a sword, and supervised the battle under the city; , the command is determined.Hou Jing looked up and couldn't help admiring the bravery and calmness of this fellow from the north, Wang Sengbian. After several days of stalemate, the weather is getting hotter.The June day in the south of the Yangtze River is already hot and humid.Hou Jing's army attacked Baling day and night, causing countless casualties, but there was still no sign of the guards loosening.Soon, the bandits and soldiers ran out of food, the dead bodies were hot and smoky, and diseases broke out everywhere. More people died of illness in the camp than those who were beaten to death in the city. The two sides were at a stalemate here, and Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, sent Jinzhou Liang general Hu Sengyou to lead his troops to help.Before leaving, Xiao Yi warned him, "If the thieves engage in a water battle with us, they must use large ships to force us and win. If the enemy wants to fight us on land, ignore them and sail directly to Baling. " After hearing the news, Hou Jing sent Ren Yue to lead five thousand sharp soldiers in the middle to meet Hu Sengyou's reinforcements from the Liang Dynasty.Hu Sengyou didn't meet Ren Yue face to face, and led his army to gallop away from the side path.Satisfied, Ren Yue decided that Hu Sengyou was timid, so he ran after Liang Jun at Qiankou, raised his knife and shouted at Hu Sengyou: "Wu Er, surrender early, where can you escape?" Hu Sengyou ignored the appointment at all, and still galloped forward.After the cavalry ran out of sight of the bandits, Hu Sengyou quietly led his troops to Chisha Pavilion and joined forces with Lu Fahe, the governor of Xinzhou.At that time, Lu Fahe was famous for his accurate divination. When asked by the generals, he said that this trip would be a great success.With this psychological hint, Liang Chaobing will naturally have high fighting spirit. About 5,000 elite soldiers walked through no one's land all the way, talking and laughing, full of energy.Just after arriving at Chiting, he was suddenly attacked by the Hu and Lu coalition forces who were ambushing there.The rebel army was defeated, more than 1,000 people were killed, and more than 3,000 people escaped and fell into the river and drowned. Ren Yue himself was captured alive and sent to Jiangling.Seeing Ren Yue as a brave general, Xiao Yi "explained and used it". Hou Jing, who was besieging the city under Baling City, heard the news of Ren Yue's defeat, "burned the camp and fled overnight".On the way to escape, Hou Jing's arrangements were still in order: Liu Dinghe and Song Zixian led 20,000 soldiers to guard Yingcheng; sent Zhihuaren to Lushan; Fan Xirong to Jiangzhou; Ren Yanhe to guard Jinzhou.Hou Jing made proper arrangements and led thousands of soldiers and horses down the river. Defeated and desperate, Hou Jing ran away in a hurry.Instead, the thieves guarding Jiangxia vented their anger by taking Xiao Fangzhu, Xiao Yi's son, and Bao Quan, who had been captured earlier, to the river, where they beat them to death with big stones, and then threw their bodies into the water.Although this Xiao Fangzhu is only a fifteen-year-old boy, mischievous and mischievous, he has been intelligent and knowledgeable since he was a child. "College Debate" is definitely the one who can win the championship.So far, Xiao Yi has lost two sons before becoming emperor. Xiao Yi was not in the mood to be sad.He immediately added officials to Wang Sengbian, Hu Sengyou, Lu Fahe and others.Lu Fahe volunteered to lead his troops to Xiakou to gather an army to stop Xiao Ji, the king of Wuling who came from Shu.Wang Sengbian and others took advantage of the victory to conquer Xiangshan Mountain in one fell swoop, and captured the thief general Zhihuaren; then they surrounded Song Zixian and others in Jiangxia City.Soon, Song Zixian and others couldn't stand it anymore, and expressed their intention to dedicate the city, and begged Wang Seng to release several of their generals back to Jiankang.Wang Sengbian pretended to agree and prepared more than one hundred ships.Song Zixian and others believed it was true and got on the boat one after another.When it was about to launch, the Liang Dynasty's navy suddenly surrounded it. Most of the bandit soldiers were killed or drowned, and Song Zixian and Ding He were captured alive.The two were escorted to Jiangling and beheaded immediately.The retribution was really fast, just after killing Xiao Fangzhu and Bao Quan, he was caught and killed by his opponent. Hou Jing was very embarrassed on the way to escape.In the Liang Dynasty, Xun Lang, the governor of Yuzhou, suddenly came out of Ruxu to invite Hou Jing to attack Hou Jing, and smashed the fleet of the army behind him. Prince Xiao Daqi saw the arrows flying out of the ship into flames, and his confidantes advised him to take advantage of the chaos and escape.Xiao Daqi is very moral, saying: "Since the country was defeated, I have no ambition to survive. The Lord (his father, Emperor Jianwen) is dusty, how can I escape as a subject. If I run away, I will not escape from the thief, but betray my father. "Speaking with tears, the prince ordered people to row a boat and follow the bandit army back. Liang Jun always followed suit.Chen Ba first sent troops in Nankang. Originally, the Ganjiang River was full of treacherous beaches and it was difficult for the navy. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily and the river surged. "There were no boulders for three hundred miles."Before long, Chen Ba went to Baling first, and sent 300,000 stone grains to Wang Sengbian's army who had already killed in Pancheng.With enough soldiers and food, the Liang army of the king's department defeated the thieves Yu Qing, Fan Xirong, Ren Yanhe, etc. one after another. After Hou Jingpao returned to Jiankang, he received news of the defeat of the generals one after another.Soon, it was learned that Hou Zhen, who had surrendered earlier, "rebelled" again and beat the thief Yu Qing.Hou Jing was furious and immediately killed Hou Zhen's son and brother who were hostages in Jiankang. Originally, after Hou Jing conquered Jiankang, he always felt that the Liang people were cowardly and easy to attack. After taking all Jing and Xiang, he pacified the Central Plains, step by step, and finally became emperor.Human calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. Baling and his party lost troops and lost generals. Hou Jing was very depressed. In a bad mood, Hou Jing drank old wine every day, hugged Princess Liyang and lingered in the gentle countryside, and lived every day.Of course, Wang Wei was thinking about his own future, and often gave "faithful advice". President Hou Jing leaked the content of his speech to Princess Liyang, saying that Wang Wei would not let me be entangled with you all day.The princess was also angry and often said bad things about Wang Wei to Hou Jing.For a long time, Wang Wei was afraid that Hou Jing's ears would be weak, and it would be bad for him to listen to the princess speak ill of him, so he urged Hou Jing to kill Jian Wendi to stand on his own from time to time.Baling was defeated and returned, Hou Jing lost many minions, and he also "feared that he would not be able to survive for a long time, and wanted to ascend the throne as soon as possible." Wang Wei came up with an idea, "Since ancient times, when we moved the tripod to destroy the country, we must first abolish the establishment, which not only shows our authority, but also destroys the popularity of Liang Dynasty and the people." Hou Jing follows it.He sent someone to write the "Zen Edict" and forced Emperor Jian Wen to sign it to welcome the late Prince Zhaoming's grandson Yuzhang Wang Xiaodong to succeed him.Xiao Dong has been imprisoned in a small shabby house somewhere in Jiankang. He was digging wild vegetables from the ground with the princess to eat, when tiger and wolf soldiers suddenly arrived, without saying a word, they hugged the frame, lifted them up and left.Xiao Dong thought that he was going to be taken to beheaded, "I didn't know what to do, so I cried and rose to the chariot." Hou Jing also ordered to kill more than 20 sons and phoenixes including the prince Xiao Daqi, the king of Xunyang Xiao Daxin, and the king of Xiyang Xiao Dajun in Jiankang City, so as to eliminate future troubles.At the same time, he ordered his thieves in Jingkou, Yingjun, Kuaiji, and Gushu to kill all the local clans. Ever since he was detained, Prince Xiao Daqi has always looked at ease, and he has never humbled himself to the thieves.His attendants advised him not to "put on airs" anymore, the prince said: "If the thieves are intimidated by etiquette and righteousness, even if I reprimand them arrogantly, they may not dare to kill me; The prince said again, "I will die before the thieves are destroyed. If my uncles can destroy the thieves, the thieves will kill me before I am defeated; Useless worry?" Sure enough, when the bandits came to kill, the Prince's color remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "I've known this for a long time, it's too late!" Undead, order the thief to take the bed rope.The thief was "obedient" and strangled the prince to death with a rope. He was twenty-eight years old. Hearing that Hou Jing abolished Emperor Jianwen, Guo Yuanjian, his henchman "Taiwei", galloped back from Qin County on a fast horse, and said to Hou Jing: "We are holding the emperor and making the princes fearful. How can we abolish the emperor now! Your Majesty (Emperor Jian Wen) is the late emperor's crown prince, and he was not at fault, why did he suddenly make such a bad move?" Hou Jing didn't know what to say, so he faltered: "Wang Wei taught me to do this." After thinking about it, he wanted to welcome Emperor Jian Wen back to the throne and make Xiao Dong his grandson.Wang Wei insisted: "How can we repeat the important thing of abolishing the establishment?" Hou Jing had to follow him. Under Wang Wei's instigation, Hou Jing planned to kill Jianwen Emperor Xiao Gang again, with the purpose of "breaking the hearts of the people".In 551 A.D., on a certain night in October of the lunar winter, Wang Wei, Peng Jun and Wang Xiu, generals of the left guard, brought wine to see Emperor Jian Wen who was imprisoned in Yongfu Province. "Prime Minister Hou is worried that Your Majesty, you have been worried for a long time, and your ministers are waiting for your birthday." Wang Wei said hypocritically. Emperor Jianwen was well aware of the three people's intentions, and said with a smile: "I have already become Emperor Zen, how can you call me Your Majesty again. Since it is birthday wine, I must drink it up." Peng Jun played Xiang Pipa, Wang Wei and others sang, "Drinking with Taizong (Emperor Jianwen)".Knowing that he was about to be murdered, Xiao Gang drank to the brim, and said freely, "I don't know how happy I can be!" A big earth bag weighing more than 200 jin was placed on Xiao Gang's head.Wang Xiu ordered people to remove the door panel to make a coffin, and buried the deposed emperor indiscriminately under the wine storehouse in the north of the city. Since Emperor Jian Wen was ruined, he knew that his life was in danger, and he couldn't find any writing paper, so he used a pen to write hundreds of poems and essays on the walls and boards, and the words were very sad. It was stripped and excavated, and there is not much left. Here is one of the songs to show the prisoner's heart: "The haze is scattered in a trance, and the pines and cypresses are cloudy. The poplar valley in the remote mountain, the yellow dust on the wild road is deep. There will be no life for a thousand months. Use Nine elixir of gold. The palace is always overgrown, and the blue sky shines on the heart." Hou Jing's life is so difficult, and new bad news comes: "Dong Dao Xingtai, Sikong Liu Shenmao and several thieves will embrace Dongyang to betray Hou Jing and show their sincerity to Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan." This Liu Shenmao is none other than After Hou Jing was defeated by Murong Shaozong, he was desperate and gave him bad ideas to earn Shouyang City.First Liu Shenmao, followed by Zhuang Tie, urged Hou Jing to take advantage of the false attack on Jiankang. It was these two people who triggered the demise of the Liang Dynasty.Not long before, Zhuang Tie had been killed in Yuzhang for Hou Zhen. Hou Jing heard that Liu Shenmao and others had betrayed him, so he hurriedly sent generals Xie Daren and Li Zun to attack. At the end of 551, Hou Jing couldn't wait any longer, and not long after adding "Nine Tin" to himself, he forced Xiao Dong to "Zen" and call himself Emperor Han.After Xiao Dong was deposed, he was imprisoned in a secret room together with his two younger brothers. Hou Jing "climbed to the Tai Chi Hall, and his party was tens of thousands, and they all went up with their lips and cheers." In a trance, people must have thought that he was in the tent of the great king Khan of some barbarian tribe in northern Saibei.At this point, some people may have doubts. Hou Jing was defeated by Murong Shaozong of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. At that time, there were only more than 800 horsemen around him. Why did so many thieves suddenly appear?Indeed, when he first attacked the Liang Dynasty step by step, it was like a snowball, increasingly threatening the various Liang armies he defeated.After conquering Jiankang, Hou Jing announced the release of all the "northern people" who were slaves in the south. These people add up to more than 20,000 people. Together with the slaves he "liberated", they constituted his main confidant force.The servant turned over and was extremely vicious. That's why the people in the Jiangnan area suffered such heavy killings and misery. When you become an emperor, you naturally have to hold a court meeting with all the ministers.On the first Tianchaohui, "Wang Wei asked to build seven temples." Hou Jing was taken aback: "What are the Seven Temples?" Wang Wei explained: "Anyone who is an emperor must set up a temple to worship the spirit cards of the previous seven generations." Hou Jing scratched his head and thought for a long time, and said, "I only remember that my father's name is Hou Biao... Besides, his wandering soul is far away in Shuozhou, why did he come all the way to Jiangnan to eat cold pork?" Everyone laughed and thought Hou "The Emperor" was quite humorous.In fact, Hou Jing is not humorous, but telling the truth. Fortunately, a veteran who has followed Hou Jing for many years knew that Hou Jing’s grandfather was named Yiyu Zhou (the name of the Huns). Skin bones, big red tablets painted with gold lacquer, just placed in the temple for offerings. Hou Jing became the "Emperor", and he was not happy at all. This lame man who was "less than seven feet long and with sparse eyebrows" didn't like to wear gold and silver imperial clothes. A bun, as simple as a doorman.On the huge imperial bed, he often placed a Hu bed, "sit with boots hanging down" - the Hu people were not used to "sit on their knees" like the Han people at that time (the "sitting style" of the Japanese now is the same as that of the ancient Chinese The same), so Hou Jing put the "hu bed" on the bed again for comfort.As for entertainment, Hou "Emperor" also played the flute and horns, and sometimes galloped alone in the palace. At most, he could only go to Hualin Garden to play birds for fun.Even so, the "loyal minister" Wang Wei was not happy, and "remonstrated" that the emperor should not be taken lightly, which made Hou Jing extremely depressed, complaining all the time: "I have nothing to do to be an emperor, why do I feel like being a prisoner!" In the past, when he was "Prime Minister", Hou Jing opened the gates of his mansion in Xizhou, and "everyone, whether civil or military, respected or humble, was welcomed." In March 552 AD, Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, strictly ordered Wang Sengbian and others to attack Hou Jing eastward.The armies from all walks of life sent out together to find the sun, "carrying for hundreds of miles".Chen Ba first led 30,000 soldiers and 2,000 boats and sailed out of the Nanjiang River to join the army at Baimao Bay with Wang Sengbian, "reading the alliance text together, weeping generously".The Liang Army Hou Zhen made a first start and conquered the important military strongholds of Nanling and Quetou Second Garrison.Before long, the army was dispatched together, and the thief general Hou Zijian was frightened, and rushed to pay back. Xie Daren, the general Hou Jing sent earlier, attacked Liu Shenmao in Dongyang. Nearby Liang was about to come to rescue him, "(Liu) Shenmao wanted to specialize in his merits, so he was not allowed to camp in Xiahuai", and wanted to fight Xie Daren on the flat ground.Hou Jing's bandit army is best at field battles. There are many northerners under Liu Shenmao. When the two sides started a war, Liu Shenmao was defeated. As a last resort, Liu Shenmao had to open the city and surrender to Xie Daren, and was imprisoned and sent to Jiankang.When Hou Jing saw it, he gritted his teeth and specially made a large gate knife for Liu Shenmao. The back is thick and the blade is thin. People were tortured to death.Liu Shenmao was originally just a "garrison lord" in the Matou area, equivalent to a militia company commander or gun tower commander in the Liang Dynasty, at most an assistant and deputy commander.It was he who was the first to persuade Hou Jing to join Liang and cause great disasters in the south of the Yangtze River, but he also came to Sangong (Sikong).Needless to say, his position as Sikong was appointed by imperial edict during the reign of Emperor Jian Wen, which has "legality".After rebelling against Hou Jing, Liu Shenmao wanted to grab the first prize in front of the new master Xiao Yi and make great contributions. The good luck was exhausted, and the bad things were done, and finally became "mutton slices". Wang Sengbian's army was victorious all the way. When they entered Wuhu, the thief general Zhang Mo fled without fighting and abandoned the city. Hou Jing heard the report and was terrified. All laugh.After killing Emperor Jianwen and deposing Xiao Dong, the pretense of the Xiao family's royal lineage was no longer in his hands, so he "issued an edict" to control the fart. The thief general Hou Zijian resisted the Liang army according to his aunt.Hou Jing was worried, so he sent more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to help, and wanted to go to Gushu to supervise the battle himself.He sent someone to warn Hou Zijian: "Liang people are good at water warfare, so don't compete with them; if you can fight on land, you will definitely defeat the enemy. You must set up camp on the shore and lure the enemy's ships into the port." Hou Zijian was obedient. Can't do it.Wang Sengbian and others were not in a hurry. They stayed on the river near Wuhu for more than ten days, and they also kept quiet and did not move.Hou Zijian was overjoyed and reported back to Hou Jing: "The people of Liang are afraid of our strength, and they seem to be fleeing by boat. If they don't attack, they will let the enemy run away."Hou Jing was eager to win, so he ordered Hou Zijian to prepare to board the boat to pursue Liang Jun. Wang Sengbian's water army slowly sailed to Gushu, and Hou Zijian led more than 10,000 pacers to ride across the island to challenge on the shore. Wang Sengbian waved the command flag, and the Liang army's thousands of small boats all retreated, leaving only the large ships "clamping on both sides of the strait".Seeing this scene, Hou Zijian's bandit army thought that Liang Jun was fleeing, so they crowded into the boat, swung their oars violently, and sailed towards Liang Jun at a fast speed.At this time, Liang Jun's giant ships on both sides of the bank lifted anchor and cut off their retreat.The two sides fought in the middle of the river, and the Liang army naturally won. The bandit soldiers were drowned and thousands of people were killed. Liang Jun took the tide to enter the Huaihe River and arrived at Chanling Temple on the outskirts of Jiankang. Hearing the news of Hou Zijian's defeat, Hou Jing was "terrified and covered his face with tears", pulled up a quilt to cover his head, lay down for a long time before getting up, and sighed: "This kid really hurt you and me!" (Manslaughter Naigong) Even so, Hou Jing was still not completely panicked. He sent people to collect countless small boats, stuffed them with stones, and sank them in the river to plug the Huaikou.At the same time, a city was built along the Huaihe River, from Stone City to Zhuqueheng, within a range of more than ten miles, there are densely built buildings. Chen Baxian volunteered, led his army to occupy the north bank, and set up a gate on Luoxing Mountain to the west of Stone City.The troops of the Liang army set up a battalion step by step, building eight bases in a row, and went straight out of the northwest of Stone City. On March 19, 552 A.D., Hou Jing led more than 10,000 soldiers and more than 800 iron cavalry in the west of Xizhou, preparing for a decisive battle with Liang Bing.Chen Baxian offered another plan to divide his troops to lure the enemy, and to attack the few with many.Hou Jing waved his troops and rushed straight to the Liang general Wang Sengzhi's formation, trying to open a gap.The thieves were desperate, desperate to die, and the sound of killing bursts, and Wang Sengzhi's army was immediately shaken.At the critical moment, Chen Ba ordered 2,000 crossbowmen to be behind Wang Sengzhi's army. Ten thousand crossbowmen were fired at once. Hou Jing risked his life, leading more than a hundred horsemen, abandoning his gun and holding a knife, charged left and right, and had a desperate fight with Chen Baxian.Chen Baxian's troops did not move, and the thieves collapsed. Lu Hui, the thief general guarding Stone City, saw that the situation was over, so Kaesong surrendered. Hou Jing fled to Taicheng, but he didn't dare to enter the palace. Standing on his horse, he summoned Wang Wei and scolded him: "You made me the emperor, you really killed me today!" Wang Wei was terrified and couldn't be right, so he ran back to the hall to hide.Hou Jing put his two young sons born in Jiangdong in leather bags, and planned to go to Dongyang to join Xie Daren.Seeing this, Wang Wei hurriedly ran out again, grabbed the horse's head and advised: "Since ancient times, there has never been an emperor who escaped! The guards in the palace are still ready to fight. What do you want to do if you abandon this palace?" 侯景长叹：“我昔年大败贺拔胜，破葛荣，扬名河朔；渡江平台城，击降柳仲礼，易如反掌。今日之势，天亡我也！”言毕，仰观宏伟宫阙，侯景泪下如雨。于是，他带房世贵等百余骑东逃，王伟、侯子鉴等人也夺路逃跑。 王僧辩军入台城，这位得胜大将不驭军士，政府军“剥掠居民”，至使“男女裸露，自石头至于东城，号泣满道”。可怜老百姓，一茬苦过一茬。夜间，军士失火，“焚太极殿及东西堂，宝器、羽仪、辇辂无遗”。 侯景逃至嘉兴，本来谢答仁还有一万多军马，正上前迎侯。梁朝投降侯景的赵伯超见势不好，又反叛侯景，吓得侯景又回返吴郡。附近的侯瑱闻讯，咬牙切齿，提兵就追，在松江追上侯景。当时，贼军散率相聚，还有大小船只二百多，士卒数千。但是，这些人已是败亡之余，侯瑱军一冲，立时星散，侯景多名亲随被生俘，包括那位用大土袋压死简文帝的彭隽。侯瑱想起自己兄弟子侄皆被虐杀，怒火攻心，绑起彭隽，亲自用刀活剖其腹，生抽其肠。拽了大半天，彭隽生命力特强，还哼哼着自己扯着肠子往肚里塞。侯瑱刀下，斩落其头。 至此，侯景身边只有数十人，乘一条船由水路狂逃。半路，他又把两个小儿子连人带袋推落于水，省得累赘牵挂。连日奔逃，侯景累得要命，躺在舱内睡觉。随行人中，有羊鹍、王元礼和谢葳蕤三人。侯景纳羊侃小女儿为妾，羊鹍是羊侃儿子，两人就成了亲戚，平时侯景也待羊鹍甚厚。谢葳蕤是谢答仁弟弟。三人一商量，决定杀掉侯景以自全。 本来小船应该驶向海的方向，中途侯景上甲板撒尿，忽见小船又回到了胡豆洲，大惊，忙命船工调转方向。羊鹍拔刀，叱令船工往京口方向划，并对侯景说：“我等为您效力可不算少，今至于此，终无所成，很想摘您项上人头以取富贵。”侯景未及答言，三人白刃交下。侯景想不到两个亲信和大舅子会杀他，急得想跳水，羊鹍当胸就是一刀。惶急之下，侯景又跑回船舱，用刀砍舱底，想掏洞泅水。羊鹍持长矛，从船表直捅下去，把侯景钉死在船上。由此，羊鹍也报了这大贼头奸污其妹、污辱其父羊侃威名的大仇。 侯景死后，尸体分成好几份，为了怕侯景尸身腐败后难于辨认，报捷的梁军就用生盐塞进尸体肚子里，立即运送建康。侯景首级由王僧辩送去江陵由萧绎“验货”，又派谢葳蕤把侯景一双手送至北齐（当时萧绎也向北齐称藩）。侯景尸体一入建康，在闹市中刚刚插标摆放，幸存的士民立刻涌上，“争取食之，并骨皆尽”。简文帝女溧阳公主“亦欲食焉”，这位贼老公害祖害父害兄弟，又玷污了自己的清白玉体。但没过多久，梁军清算，溧阳公主毕竟嫁过侯景，还生过一子，也被抓送集市用大油锅烹死。粉身碎骨，也消不得“为贼所污”的耻辱。 侯景在江南折腾期间，高澄把他在东魏的五个儿子尽数抓起来，首先把他大儿子虐杀：先活剥其面皮，然后用大锅小火温油慢慢炸个焦脆，其余四子才十岁不到，都下蚕室阉割（并非要弄入宫内作太监，只为泄愤）。高洋当皇帝后，有天夜里梦见有只猕猴坐在他的床上，“猴”与“侯”同音，兆头不吉，转天早晨，这位北齐暴君就把侯景已经被割掉小鸡鸡的四个儿子从监狱里提出来，用大锅热油一一烹死。 侯景，这位杰出的军事家，不俗的阴谋家，久经考验的常叛跛将，折腾五年多，叛东魏（北齐），乱梁朝，最终身死宗灭，可谓是罪有应得，恶贯满盈。还是那位曾经预言梁朝命数的和尚志公，在三十多年前的天监十年（511）就已经“预言”了侯景的下场： 兀尾狗子始著狂，欲死不死啮人伤，须臾之间自灭亡。患在汝阴死三湘，横尸一旦无人藏。 侯景小名就叫“狗子”，其最后奔败灭亡之地正是巴陵附近，其周围地名有“三湘”之称。最后横尸于市，任人宰割，果然是“无人藏”。 王僧辩入建康时，王克等梁朝旧臣拜于道左迎候。看见这位王家大族出身的被贼军以家世声名而封拜的“太师”，仍然全须全尾的活着，王僧辩不免嘲笑：“您真不容易啊，天天伺侯夷狄伪君”，接着，他又怅然叹息：“王氏百世卿族，一朝而堕！”绵绵数世，清高世族，不仅不能忠于王室，竟还成为侯景贼朝的高级摆设。 秋后算总账。萧绎下令诛杀王伟、品季略、周石珍等人于江陵闹市，赵伯超等叛臣“饿死于狱”，特赦谢答仁（因此将一直礼敬简文帝）和任约（以其能将兵）。 有罚必有赏。萧绎任王僧辩为司徒、镇卫将军，封长宁公；陈霸先为征虏将军、开封仪同三司，封长城县侯。