Chapter 87 Jing is difficult, barbarians are fierce, Ying is seeking his own luck
——Chen Gaozu and Chen Baxian
Speaking of the Chen family in the Southern Dynasties, it seems that later generations know more about the explanations of the two terms Chen Houzhu and "Yushu Houting Flower". As for the founding emperor Chen Baxian, it is estimated that many people only vaguely know this symbolic name.The Chen Dynasty claimed to have five emperors, but Zuo Ming only had thirty-two years.
Such a short-lived dynasty, in fact, the founding emperor was very difficult to get, and the subjugated emperor was very easy to lose. The material of full legendary novels or TV drama jokes is only because the former historians and writers neglected this dynasty too much, which caused Chen North Korea's "deeds" are rarely known.Why?It is probably because the founding masters and subjugated kings of the dynasties before and after the Chen Dynasty were too famous-before the Chen Dynasty, the founding heroes were Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty Liu Yu and Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan.After the Chen Dynasty, the founding emperors included the famous Sui Wendi Yang Jian, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin. Chen Baxian was a little bleak in front of these names.As for the subjugated emperors, the brutal elders of the Song, Qi, and Liang dynasties and the young emperors in adolescence were bad one by one.After the Chen Dynasty, Emperor Sui Yang ranked among the top in the list of subjugated countries, compared with others.Chen Shubao is really a very good "prodigal son".
Chen Baxian, courtesy name Xingguo, was born in Yingchuan.During the Yongjia Rebellion, his ancestors crossed south and moved to Wuxing Great Wall (now Changxing County, Zhejiang).
Chen Baxian came from a humble family background. Both "Southern History" and "Chen Shu" said that he was the empress of Chen Zhun, the Taiwei of the Western Jin Dynasty.One thing is true, that is, this man has a dignified appearance, "seven feet and five inches in length, with a sun horn and a long face, and his hands are down to his knees", he is a good example of a local local tyrant.When he was young, Chen Baxian was good at wielding knives and sticks because of his "many martial arts skills", so he started as a small village chief (director of the neighborhood committee), and finally made the bank and his relationship into Jiankang City, and got a lucrative job—— The "oil depot official" of the Liang Dynasty.Chen Baxian was "suave and ambitious, not productive". He was idle all day long and had an iron job. He could often sell oil from the "public house" to earn some silver. There is popularity, and I know many people from top to bottom.
When Xiaoying, the new Yu Hou of the clan of the Liang Dynasty, was the prefect of Wu Xing, Chen Baxian gave gifts to escape his relationship and became the assistant of this high-ranking son.From then on, he officially started his prosperous fortune.
Xiao Ying attached great importance to Chen Baxian, because this buddy who was born as a petty official was a gangster and white road leader, he was loyal and made promises, and he responded to every call in Wuxing, which naturally made Xiao Ying treat him differently, and soon regarded him as a confidant use.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang in Datong, Xiao Ying was appointed as the governor of Guangzhou. When he took office, he naturally took Chen Baxian, who was very handy, and promoted him from the original "teaching missionary" job as a security guard to "joining the army directly as a central soldier". The captain suddenly became the head of the security regiment of the commander of the military region.Due to his meritorious service in suppressing local civil unrest in Lingnan, Chen Baxian was soon promoted to be the governor of Xijiang and the governor of Gaoyao.
In the Liang Dynasty, Lu Zixiong, the governor of Xinzhou, was beheaded by the court because he was beheaded by the court. His son and his subordinates rebelled and invaded Guangzhou.Chen Baxian "led 3,000 elite soldiers, rolled up his armor and went to save them, and fought repeatedly and won victories", smashing the thieves.Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty, heard about it, and "sighed the strangeness deeply", awarded him General Zhige, named Xin'anzi, and sent a painter to Lingnan to paint a portrait of Chen Baxian and sent it to Jiankang to see in person.So far, Chen Baxian has become well-known in the imperial court, and his fame has indeed been earned by fighting with a knife and a gun.
After Xiao Ying died of illness, Chen Baxian escorted the coffin of his old boss back to Jiankang. On the way, he learned that the thief Li Ben had rebelled again and the court appointed him as Sima of Jiaozhou. , The Li Ben rebels were defeated.Liang Ting commended, and removed General Chen Baxian Zhenyuan, Gaoyao Taishou, and the military governors of the seven counties.It can be seen that the land of Lingnan is the birthplace of Chen Baxian.It was also here that he captured Du Sengming and Zhou Wenyu, two fierce generals under Lu Zixiong during the battle, and recruited them to accept the rebellion. These two later became his effective generals.
Hou Jing was in chaos, and Yuan Jingzhong, the governor of Guangzhou, communicated with Hou Jing secretly.Chen Baxian immediately promoted Xiao Bo, the clan appointed by the imperial court, as the governor of Guangzhou, and led troops to attack Yuan Jingzhong, forcing the former governor of Guangzhou to commit suicide.Therefore, Chen Baxian used Shixing (now Shaoguan, Guangdong) as his base, and prepared to discuss Hou Jing in the north.
Although Xiao Bo was the nephew of Emperor Wu of Liang, he was not loyal to serve the country at all. He only wanted to preserve his personal power in the chaos, and tried every means to prevent Chen Ba from sending troops first.Andu, a local tyrant of Shixing, knows people with his eyes, and helps Chen Baxian recruit soldiers everywhere, and also wants to gain fame in troubled times.Together, the two commanded troops to break the blockade of Xiao Bo's confidant Cai Luyang in Nankang (now Ganzhou, Jiangxi) and the soldiers of Shixing Commander Tan Shiyuan, and took Cai Luyang's wife and nephew Xiao Mohe as a general.Xiao Xiao was only 19 years old at the time, and he was extremely brave, and he became a powerful general under Chen Baxian in the future.
Later, Chen Baxian joined forces with Wang Sengbian, defeated Hou Jing, regained Jiankang, and was named Marquis of Changcheng County by Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang Yuan, becoming one of the important heroes who defeated Hou Jing's bandit army.
Jiangling fell, and Emperor Liang Yuan was captured and killed by the Western Wei army. Chen Baxian and Wang Sengbian welcomed Xiao Fangzhi, the ninth son of Emperor Liang Yuan and the governor of Jiangzhou at that time, as Emperor Jing of Liang.Emperor Liang Jing was only thirteen years old at the time, and Chen and Wang had the final say on all military affairs.
The Northern Qi Dynasty also took advantage of the danger, and took the opportunity to plunder the land, and wanted to send Xiao Yuanming, the nephew of Emperor Wu of Liang who was captured in Hanshan, back to the land of Liang to become the king.After Xiao Yuanming's "brainwashing", he will definitely become a puppet obediently.Wang Sengbian was smart all his life, but he was confused for a while.At first, Wang Sengbian did not agree with Northern Qi's "repatriation" of Xiao Yuanming, but soon, the Liang general Pei Zhiheng who blocked Xiao Yuanming was attacked and killed by the Northern Qi army, and Dongguan fell.Under such circumstances, "Wang Sengbian was terrified, so he went out of the village to find (Xiao) Yuanming."Therefore, under the "escort" of thousands of Qi soldiers and Wang Sengbian's soldiers, Xiao Yuanming entered Jiankang, succeeded the emperor, changed Yuan Tiancheng, and named Xiao Fangzhi, the little emperor who was originally co-founded by Chen Baxian and Wang Sengbian, as "Crown Prince".
Although Chen Baxian was named "Servant" by Xiao Yuanming, he was very dissatisfied secretly. He believed that Wang Sengbian's abolition of Liang Yuandi's son Xiao Fangzhi's name was not right and unsatisfactory. He tried to persuade him many times, but was rejected by Wang Sengbian.The two originally formed a deep fighting friendship in the process of defeating Hou Jing, and almost became in-laws.But Wang Sengbian's acceptance of Xiao Yuanming not only gave Chen Baxian an excuse to turn his face, but also made Wang Sengbian himself fall into a moral disadvantage all of a sudden. What people and ministers do.
Wang Sengbian had no doubts about this old comrade-in-arms Chen Baxian who had generously distributed 300,000 shi of grain to him.Knowing that the Northern Qi might invade Shouchun on a large scale, Wang Sengbian also sent someone to inform Chen Ba that he should guard against the Qi army first.Chen Baxian also stayed in Jingkou in the name of refusing to come to the Northern Qi Dynasty, preparing to raise troops to surprise Wang Sengbian.
Due to the importance of the matter, Chen Baxian only discussed with Hou Andu, Zhou Wenyu and other four people.When sending troops at night, the soldiers all thought that General Chen was going out to defend against the Northern Qi, but they didn't know that he was going to Jiankang to raid his own people.
Hou Andu volunteered and commanded the boats and soldiers to set off for Jiankang.When untwisting, Chen Baxian hesitated a little and stopped.Hou An was terrified and angry, and scolded Chen Baxian: "Being a thief today is a matter of life and death! If you fail, everyone will die together! Can you avoid being killed if you hesitate in place!"
Chen Baxian also laughed when he heard the words: "It's all my fault!" So he patted his horse and marched forward.
Hou Andu's men and horses arrived at the north of Jiankang Stone City, abandoned the ship and landed.Because the stone city is "connected to Gangfu in the north, it is not very dangerous", the soldiers lifted Hou Andu together and threw him into the female wall together. This general Hou really has the meaning of martial arts lightly.Then, Hou Andu dropped the rope, and everyone climbed up.On Chen Baxian's side, he also led his soldiers to attack from Jiankang South Gate.
Wang Sengbian was still working late at night, when he suddenly heard a report that soldiers were attacking outside the city, he hurriedly looked around for soldiers.In a hurry, I saw Hou Andu and others fighting out from the inside.In a critical situation, Wang Sengbian and his son Wang NFDA6 went out of the pavilion, and led dozens of soldiers around them to fight hard with Chen Baxian's soldiers in front of the auditorium. "Invincible, go to the south gate tower, pray for mourning."Chen Baxian made a decisive decision and sent someone to set fire under the door, so that Wang Sengbian and his son had to go downstairs and surrender.
The villain Chen Baxian questioned the crime first, and rebuked Wang Sengbian: "What is my crime? You want to attack me with the Qi army?"
Wang Sengbian smiled wryly and was speechless.
Without doing anything, Chen Baxian sent troops to take Wang Sengbian and his son down, and strangled both of them to death with a rope.The minister who made the first contribution to the destruction of Hou Jing died so suddenly and unbearably, it is so sad!
After killing Wang Sengbian, Chen Baxian's next step is to abolish Xiao Yuanming and welcome Xiao Fangzhi as emperor again.Of course, Chen Baxian did not have a firm foothold, so he still "claimed his vassal" to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and took Xiao Yuanming as "Situ" to show the Northern Qi Dynasty.As for Chen Baxian himself, he "added the Minister's order and supervised all Chinese and foreign military forces" all at once.
At the end of 555 A.D. (the first year of Emperor Liang Jing Shaoqin), Wang Sengbian's remnants Du Kan, Wang Sengzhi and others rose up one after another and led the Northern Qi army into the bandits.
Facing a powerful enemy, Chen Ba first put on his armor and straddled his horse, and personally led his troops to attack from Jiankang Ximing Gate, defeating Xu Sihui and others, and then defeated the Northern Qi army and seized countless spoils of war.Although they won the victory, the ministers of Liang Ting, who were hiding in Jiankang City, were suspicious and fearful, and asked Chen Baxian to take his nephew Chen Tanlang as a hostage to make peace with the Northern Qi Dynasty.Chen Baxian also wanted to catch his breath. He knew that Northern Qi wanted to slow down the army, so he followed the advice of the ministers and temporarily suspended troops with Northern Qi.
Not long after, in April of 556 A.D. (the first year of Taiping of Emperor Liang Jing), the Northern Qi Dynasty sent Xiao Gui, Dongfang Lao, Ren Yue and others to lead an army of 100,000 into the bandits.However, the Northern Qi was defeated immediately after leaving the army. Chen Baxian's general Huang Ye met the Northern Qi army in Liangshan and "broke it".
After more than a month of stalemate, the Northern Qi army saw that there was nothing they could do, so they asked Chen Ba to send Xiao Yuanming back first.Chen Baxian agreed, "send it with a boat".However, Xiao Yuanming had not yet left Jiankang, but he suddenly "succumbed to gangrene" and died of "sickness".
The Qi army was angry and sent troops to Wuhu, preparing to attack Jiankang.In the Battle of Baicheng, Hou Andu led twelve cavalry to break into the formation, defeated the Northern Qi army, and captured Northern Qiyi and the third division alive.On the other hand, Chen Baxian sent 3,000 elite soldiers to defeat another Northern Qi army in Guabu, "acquiring more than 100 ships and tens of thousands of dendrobium".
Because of the heavy rain at that time, the water on the ground was more than ten feet deep, and the Qi army could not rest day and night, and their toes were festered.Liang Jun was also having a hard time. Food was not delivered, and the soldiers were fighting hungry.Chen Qian, the nephew of Chen Baxian, happened to transport three thousand dendrobium rice and more than one thousand ducks to the army. Chen Baxian immediately gave the order to "cook rice and boil ducks" to let the soldiers have a full meal, and then ordered to attack.
When the two sides fought, Chen Baxian's generals Hou Andu and Xiao Mohe took the lead bravely, defeated the Qi army, and captured 46 Northern Qi generals Xiao Gui and Dongfang Lao alive.The Northern Qi army was killed, and countless people fell into the river and drowned. Only about one-fifth of them fled back to Jiangbei. The Liang army won a complete victory.As a result, Liang Tingjin appointed Chen Baxian as the Great Wall Company, Situ, and Yangzhou Governor.
On the Northern Qi side, seeing that most of the generals had been killed, they were furious and beheaded Chen Tanlang, nephew of Chen Baxian who was a hostage.At that time, the Northern Qi Dynasty was the reign of the violent emperor Gao Yang. In the past few years, this master had beaten the mighty and barbaric Shanhu, Khitan, and Turks to flee and surrender, but he didn't want to fall into the Jiangnan plain again and again. .It is also due to the climate and geography. The big and strong northern soldiers have diarrhea after crossing the Yangtze River.
In March 557 AD, Chen Baxian's old boss in Lingnan and Xiao Liang's clan Xiao Bo raised troops, and Zhou Wenyu led the army to conquer.After only one month of tossing, Xiao Bo was killed by his subordinates, Guangzhou was conquered, and "Lingnan Xiping".
In June, Wang Lin, the former general of Emperor Liang Yuan, raised troops in Changsha, threatening to send troops to attack Chen Baxian.Chen Baxian sent his cronies Hou Andu and Zhou Wenyu to join forces in Wuchang to attack Wang Lin.
In September 557 A.D., Liang Ting "entered the prime minister (Chen) Baxian Taifu, added a yellow axe, special gifts, and praised him without a name."After ten or so days, "the Prime Minister entered the country, named Chen Gong, prepared Jiuxi, and Chen Guo set up a hundred divisions."After another ten or twenty days, "Duke Jin Chen became king".Just three days later, "King Chen" let Emperor Liang Jing take the "Zen throne" for himself.The Liang Dynasty has officially perished so far, with a total of four lords and fifty-six years.
"On this day, Emperor Liang was inferior to other palaces. Gao Zu (Chen Baxian) was humble and humble, and all the officials insisted on asking, so he promised."Feudal historians are also really fun. Cao Cao, the three generations of Sima Yi's grandparents, Huan Wen, Liu Yu, Xiao Daocheng, Xiao Yan, etc., are all suffering slowly when they succeed or fail. No one is as old and shameless as old man Chen. It's unheard of for him to become emperor after three days.In this regard, the official historian actually wrote that Chen Baxian "relented again and again", almost treating the comic as solemn.
Think about Chen Baxian's words of "loyalty" two years ago when Wang Sengbian changed Xiao Yuanming to the throne: "The grandson of the emperor Gaozu, the son of the Yuan Emperor, attracts attention from all over the world, and the heart of the world is loyal to him. "Wang Sengbian also regarded Xiao Fangzhi as the "crown prince" and raised him with respect.Old man Chen was lucky. After he came to power, he abolished Liang Jingdi as "King of Jiangyin", and soon sent someone to kill him.The sixteen-year-old boy was chased by soldiers and fled around the bed, crying and shouting: "I don't want to be emperor, Chen Ba first pushed me to the throne, and now he wants to kill me!" different place.Chen Baxian, who was born as a poor local tyrant, did not read much and was decisive in his work, which saved a lot of procrastination of "being a bitch and setting up a memorial archway", but he was also careless and far-sighted.In any case, since the emperor's seat has already been taken, other matters will be taken care of slowly.
Before Chen Baxian proclaimed himself emperor, he was indeed "unique in martial arts" and "killed and wiped out fierce rebels".When the old buddies became emperor, the first big show they staged turned out to be a "superstition" activity-first went to Zhongshan to worship Emperor Jiang's temple, and then claimed to have found the lost tooth relic of the Buddha. Que worship".Wealth and glory and the throne are so easy to get, the old man really wants to find spiritual sustenance.A few days later, Chen Baxian also learned from Emperor Wu of Liang, and went to Dazhuangyan Temple to "sacrifice his life", and the officials "collected money" to invite this powerful old emperor back to the palace.Playing other tricks can make it easy for people at that time and future generations to understand that sacrificing Buddha and sacrificing one's life are completely the mantle of the subjugated emperor Liang Wudi Xiao Yan. I really don't know what consideration Chen Baxian made at that time. Things.
Chen Baxian held a big "benefit performance" in Jiankang City, and Wang Lin was not idle either.The two generals Hou Andu and Zhou Wenyu sent by Chen Baxian got off to a good start. When the army arrived in Wuchang, Wang Lin left behind the general Fan Meng who was defending the city, so he abandoned the city and fled.Hou and Zhou "victoriously" joined forces under the city of Wuchang.While cheering, another "great" news came. Chen Baxian "received Zen" as emperor, and the Liang Dynasty had become the Chen Dynasty.
When Hou An heard the news, he was displeased and worried, and sighed: "The teacher is born without a name, and he will definitely lose the battle!"
Originally, Hou Andu and Zhou Wenyu attacked Wang Lin under the banner of accusing Wang Lin of disobedience to Liang Jingdi's instructions and refusing the emperor's candidacy.It is morally upright to rely on the emperor to command the princes.But old man Chen had already brought down the little emperor of the Liang Dynasty and usurped the throne to take his place. The army of Hou Andu and Zhou Wenyu suddenly became an evil invader, because Wang Lin had always been loyal to the royal family of the Liang Dynasty in name.
Wang Lin, courtesy name Ziheng, was born in Shanyin, Kuaiji.This person is not a descendant of the Wang family of Wang and Xie Gaomen. He is a "military family" and comes from a humble background.Because Wang Lin's sisters were all served and favored by Liang Yuandi Xiao Yi when he was the vassal king, Wang Lin "walked" in Xiao Yi's shogunate since he was a child, "young good at martial arts, often a general".Attached to Xiao Yi, a princely family, Wang Lin must show her talent.During the Hou Jing Rebellion, Wang Lin made great contributions with Wang Sengbian and was the vanguard of the conquest of Jiankang. However, he indulged his soldiers in plundering Jiankang.Xiao Yi was relying heavily on Wang Lin at that time, so he sent someone to arrest Wang Lin. "(Wang) Lin is extremely strong, and she can lean on her as a corporal. The rewards she gets are not for the family. The tens of thousands of people under her command are mostly Jianghuai bandits." From this, Wang Lin went to Jiangling by herself to make a case, and her long history Lu Na He led a large group of heroes from all walks of life to Xiangzhou (Wang Lin was awarded the title of governor of Xiangzhou, but he did not arrive in time at that time).
Wang Lin was sent to prison in Jiangling, so Xiao Yi sent Tingweiqing Huang Luohan and Taizhouqing Zhang Zai to Wang Lin's army to tell everyone to disband.Lu Na and others cried loudly, saying that Wang Lin was wronged and refused to accept the order.The most unlucky one is Zhang Zai, who was under strict control in the Jingzhou area and killed people with the law. The "Admiral of the Navy" hated him deeply, and just as he sent him to the door, the soldiers tied Zhang Zai to a wooden stake, pierced his stomach with a knife, pulled out a small section of intestines, tied it to the horse's leg, and pulled the horse back again. Slowly turning around the wooden stake, "exhausted the bowels".Incessantly, Lu Na and others imprisoned Huang Luohan and others, raising troops to resist Xiao Yi.Wang Sengbian led an army to suppress it, but Lu Na and others were defeated and retreated to Changsha.Because Lu Na and others did not really rebel at that time, and Xiao Ji, the clan Wuling king, came down the river from Shu to compete with Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi had to release Wang Lin and let him go to Changhe to "call for security" accept.Seeing that the commander was safe, Lu Na and others immediately surrendered.
"Emperor Yuan (Xiao Yi) had a lot of jealousy, because (Wang) Lin's troops were very prosperous, and he won the hearts of the people, so he came out of the mountains."Wang Lin was awarded the governor of Guangzhou and released to Lingnan.Wang Lin is loyal and feels that there will be even greater chaos in the troubled times, so she writes to Xiao Yi's cronies, hoping that she will sit in Jingnan and "defend the country".It was not reported in the book, so Wang Lin had to lead his troops thousands of miles south.Xiao Yi is also unlucky, such an army capable of fighting tigers and wolves, abandoning the famine, and when Jiangling was besieged by the Western Wei Dynasty, he hurriedly called Wang Lin back to help, but it was far from quenching his thirst.
Wang Lin rushed to Changsha day and night, and learned that the Western Wei army had conquered Jiangling.After the old master Liang Yuandi was captured, he was tortured and executed, and Wang Lin's whole family was escorted to Chang'an by the Western Wei army.Therefore, Wang Lin mourned for the Yuan Emperor, and the three armies were gone. He himself sat in Changsha, spread the news that the four sides supported the Liang family, and sent his general Hou Ping to attack Xiao Cha's back Liang.Soon, Hou Ping, who was conquered by foreign generals, tried to stand on his own and refused to listen to Wang Lin's restraint. Wang Lin sent generals to conquer him but failed.When the veterans were exhausted, Wang Lin had no choice but to surrender to the Northern Qi Dynasty first.
When Chen Baxian killed Wang Sengbian, he promoted Liang Jingdi, appointed Wang Lin as Shizhong and Sikong, and enlisted him to enter the court.Wang Lin realized that Chen Baxian had bad intentions, so he refused to follow orders, overhauled the buildings and ships, and prepared to attack Jiankang.Wang Lin's naval general Zhang Pingzhai was on a ship. Before each battle, if the enemy could be defeated, the warship "sounded like a wild boar". Therefore, Wang Lin called the newly built more than a thousand large ships "wild boar ships".It is estimated that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also learned the trick of calling foxes, so as to boost morale psychologically and give hints of victory.
Hou Andu and Zhou Wenyu "the two generals will go together, not in control of each other, and their subordinates will fight each other, and there will be a slight unequal situation."The two attacked Yingzhou, but they could not succeed. When they heard that Wang Lin's army was approaching, they abandoned Yingzhou and did not attack.When they arrived at Zhuankou, Hou Andu and others were against the wind and could not sail, so they occupied the west bank and confronted Wang Lin on the east bank.A few days later, the two sides joined forces.These two armies used to be comrades-in-arms in the same trench. When Ping Houjing attacked Jiankang, they both carried the flag of the Liang Dynasty, and Wang Lin's army was the main force at that time, so everyone knew each other well.Now, the two sides are fighting, Hou and Zhou Zhou's army has become "Chen Jun", while Wang Lin still regards the Liang Dynasty as "Zhengshuo". The army was defeated, and Wang Lin commanded freely, "taking the flat shoulders, holding the ax and swinging it", if the hand is replaced with a stag tail, the whole is a rebirth of Zhuge Liang.
This battle Wang Lin fought very well, Hou Andu, Zhou Wenyu, Xu Jingcheng, Zhou Tiehu and other generals of the Chen Dynasty were almost all captured alive by Wang Lin.When the old comrades saw the old comrades, they scolded, laughed and greeted them, but Zhou Tiehu's "unyielding words" made Wang Lin angry and ordered to behead him.This Zhou Tiehu was originally a subordinate of Xiao Yu, the clan of the Liang Dynasty who opposed Xiao Yi.Wang Seng argued that he had leveled Xiangzhou and captured Zhou Tiehu alive. He was going to kill him, but Tiehu yelled: "How can I kill a strong man if Hou Jing is not destroyed!"Since then, Zhou Tiehu has made many military exploits and was granted the title of Marquis.Chen Ba killed Wang Sengbian first, and Zhou Tiehu led his troops to surrender and became a general of the Chen Dynasty.It stands to reason that the relationship between Wang Lin and Wang Sengbian is very bad, and Zhou Tiehu is not Chen Baxian's hardcore old subordinate. Unexpectedly, when the two meet, they will be at odds with each other. took the general's life.
After killing Zhou Tiehu, Wang Lin became more and more angry. She set up a large flail at the bottom of the ship under her command, locked Hou Andu, Zhou Wenyu and others in a row, and ordered a trusted eunuch Wang Zijin (this person was originally Xiao Yi's subordinate, He and Wang Lin have been "old friends" for many years).
In the spring of 558 A.D. (the second year of Emperor Wuding of Chen Wu), Wang Lin enshrined Xiao Zhuang, the seven-year-old grandson of Emperor Wu of Liang, as emperor, and led an army of 100,000 troops to gather in Baishuipu, preparing to attack Chen Baxian on a large scale.
Hou Andu, Zhou Wenyu and others gradually got acquainted with the eunuch Wang Zijin in the bilge of the big ship, and promised generous bribes from high-ranking officials. In September, several people escaped together and had to return to Jiankang. "Shang (Chen Baxian) introduces, forgives, and returns to his official position." These generals of the Chen Dynasty were lucky, and they entrusted Wang Lin to be lenient and not killed, and they were also ordered to stage the "Victory Escape" together.
In August of the following year, Chen Baxian, who had been emperor for three years, died of a serious illness and died in Jiankang at the age of fifty-seven.
Historians have a good evaluation of Chen Baxian: "The emperor is heroic and heroic, and his nature is very benevolent.... Elegant and frugal, it is not a waste. After that, the palace clothes are not heavy, there is no gold and emerald decorations, and the vocal music is not listed in the front." Although Chen Baxian is a usurper Compared with Zhao Kuangyin, he has the merits of Ping Houjing; compared with Cao Wei and Sima Xijin, he has no insidious deliberation;Moreover, if Wang Seng’s argument is successful and the puppet of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Yuanming, is the main force, Jiangnan may fall into the hands of the Northern Qi tyrant. At that time, the Northern Qi’s "Great Xianbeiism" discriminated against the people of the Jiangnan people into the abyss of pain beyond redemption. .From the perspective of preserving the civilization of the Han nationality, Chen Gaozu made great contributions.
After the death of Emperor Chen Wu, his biological son Chen Chang was in Chang'an at that time. The young man and his cousin Chen Xu were captured by the Western Wei army when Jiangling fell.Therefore, Hou Andu and others immediately promoted Chen Qian, Chen Baxian's nephew, as Emperor Chen Wendi.