Summoning of the Great General of the Great Qin Empire

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After three years of hard work, the local separatist forces headed by Li Ben were finally eliminated, and several states such as Jiao, Ai, De, Li, and Ming (approximately the entire territory of North Vietnam today) were recovered.

In August of the second year of Liang Taiqing, Hou Jing, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, rebelled against Liang. In March of the following year, the palace city was breached. Emperor Wu of Liang died of illness and starvation.Since Xiao Bo, Marquis of Qujiang, the Liang clan guarding Guangzhou, had no intention of attacking him, Chen Baxian had no choice but to send his envoys to Jiangling, and put them under the tent of Xiao Yi, the seventh son of Emperor Wu of Liang and King of Eastern Hunan, under his control.

In the first month of the first year of Dabao, Chen Baxian's army set off from Shixing, arrived at Dayuling, defeated Cai Luyang who was intercepted by Xiao Bo in Nanye (about [-] kilometers south of Nankang in Jiangxi today), and took advantage of the victory to station in Nankang.Chen Baxian was awarded the titles of General Mingwei and Governor of Jiaozhou by Xiao Yi.

After nearly a year and a half, Chen Baxian started a tug-of-war with Li Qianshi, the governor of Gaozhou who responded to Hou Jing, in the Nankang area, and finally captured and killed Li Qianshi. In June of the second year of Dabao, he sent troops to Nankang and went north along the Ganjiang River.

In August, Chen Baxian prepared to join forces with Xiao Yi's subordinate governor, Wang Sengbian.Because Chen Baxian's reputation was higher than Wang Sengbian's, Wang Sengbian was afraid.At that time, Wang Sengbian and other armies on the West Road were short of food, and the situation was not good, but Chen Baxian had already stored 50 shi of military rations. Taking the overall situation into consideration, Chen Baxian quickly donated 30 shi to the Western Army, which dispelled Wang Sengbian's plan. Scruples also won prestige among the armies on the West Road.

In the first month of the third year, Chen Baxian set off from Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi Province) to conquer the South Road, and fought a decisive battle with Hou Jing in Jiankang, finally completely destroyed Hou Jing's rioting forces, and Hou Jing was killed.

After being persuaded by Wang Sengbian, Chen Baxian and other generals, Xiao Yi proclaimed himself emperor in Jiangling.Chen Baxian was ordered to guard Jingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu).

In September of the fourth year of Liang Chengsheng, Chen Ba first killed Wang Sengbian, deposed Xiao Yuanming, supported Xiao Fangzhi as emperor, and changed Yuan Shaotai to Liang Jingdi.Chen Baxian served as Shangshuling, the governor of Chinese and foreign military forces, general of chariots, leader of Yang, governor of Nanxu Erzhou, and mastered the real power.

After Wang Sengbian was killed, the rest of the army rose up to rebel against Chen Baxian.Xu Sihui, the governor of Qiao (now Hexian, Anhui) and Qin (now Liuhe, Jiangsu), surrendered the state to the Northern Qi Dynasty. Taking advantage of Chen Ba's opportunity to conquer Yixing in the east, he secretly made an appointment with Ren, the governor of Yuzhou, and attacked Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) with 5000 elite troops. , occupying Stone City.

Chen Ba first said that Wei Zai was sent to save Jiankang, and Zhou Wenyu was sent to attack Du Kan to save the Great Wall.He also ordered Pei Ji to assist Huang Ta in attacking Wujun (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), and Wang Sengzhi abandoned the city and fled to Wuxing.In November, Northern Qi sent 5000 troops across the river to occupy Gushu (now Dangtu, Anhui) to aid Xu Sihui and Ren Yue.

Chen Ba first set up a fence in Yecheng (now Chaotian Palace in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) to block reinforcements.The Northern Qi also ordered Zhai Zichong, the governor of Anzhou, Liu Shirong, the governor of Chuzhou, and Liu Damo, the governor of Huaizhou, to lead 3 troops across the river in Hushu (now on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), and send [-] shi of rice and dry horses to Stone City.

Chen Ba first learned that Juanjia was still in Jiankang, so he ordered Hou Andu to attack Hushu at night, burn more than a thousand ships of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and cut off its food transportation. stick to it.The Northern Qi army also built two fences on the south bank of the Qinhuai River in the south of Stone City to resist the Liang army.Xu Sihui and others attacked the Yecheng gate, and Chen Baxian personally led the cavalry and fine armor out of Mingmen to attack.Xu Sihui's army was defeated, so Liu Damo stayed at the stone and went to quarry to meet the Northern Qi reinforcements.

In December, Hou Andu defeated Xu Sihui and captured hundreds of people. Chen Ba first conquered the Northern Qi army's Shishi, Shuinan Erzha, and defeated the Northern Qi army.Xu Sihui, Ren Yue and others led more than [-] Northern Qi Shui infantry troops to enter Stone City. Chen Baxian sent troops to attack Jiangning.

Chen Baxian sent Hou Andu to lead the navy to attack and defeated the Northern Qi army. Xu Sihui, Ren Yue and others fled alone.Chen Baxian besieged Shitou City, cut off the road to draw water, and there was no water in the city. The Northern Qi sent Liu Damo to ask Chen Baxian for peace, and Chen Baxian formed an alliance with Qi and signed a peace treaty.Xu Sihui and Ren Yue followed Liu Damo to the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Chen Baxian immediately sent generals to capture Gushu.In the first month of the following year, Chen Qian and Zhou Wenyu were sent to conquer Wuxing (now part of Zhejiang), and Du Kan was defeated.Wang Sengzhi and others rushed to Qi.In February, Kuaiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) was conquered, and Zhang Biao, the governor of Yangzhou, was beheaded.

In February of the second year of Taiping, Liang Qujiang Hou Xiaobo rebelled against Chen Baxian in Guangzhou and launched a northern expedition.Cross Wuling to Nankang (now Jiangxi), take Ouyang Wei, the governor of Yingzhou, and his subordinates Fu Tai and Xiao Zi (Xiao Bo's nephew) as the former army, and go to Yuzhang. Southwest of Fengcheng, Jiangxi), Fu Tai was based in Zhikou City (now south of Nanchang, Jiangxi).

Yu Xiaoqing, the governor of Nanjiang Prefecture, raised troops to respond to Xiao Bo in Xinwu (now Fengxinxi, Jiangxi). He guarded the county with his younger brother Yu Xiaomai.Chen Ba first sent Pingxi General Zhou Wenyu to attack.After Zhou Wenyu arrived in Yuzhang, he attacked Yu Xiaoqing with the leader of the army Jiao Qiaosengdu, seized all the ships moored in his upper prison, and set up a fence in Yuzhang.

Zhou Wenyu's army ran out of food, and the generals wanted to retreat, but Wenyu refused, so he sent envoys out of Linchuan (now Nancheng, Jiangxi Province) to Zhou Di, the internal historian, and Zhou Diyun sent food.So Zhou Wenyu used old ships to transport the old and the weak down the river, and burned Yuzhang's fence to pretend to retreat.Yu Xiaoqing saw it and took no precautions.Zhou Wenyu's army marched day and night from the small road to occupy Qianshao, built a city in the center, cut off the enemy's contact, and sent the majestic general Zhou Tiehu and others to attack and capture Ouyang Kai.

He also sent Ding Fa to capture Fu Tai.Xiao Zi and Yu Xiaoqing's army retreated after hearing the news.In March, when Xiao Bo learned of the defeat of Ouyang Hou and others in Nankang, the army panicked. His subordinates Chen Fawu and Tan Shiyuan beheaded Xiao Bo in Shixing (now north of Shaoguan, Guangzhou, Guangdong), and surrendered to Liang with his head.In April, Xiao Zi and Yu Xiaoqing still resisted according to the stone.

Chen Ba sent Pingnan General Hou Andu to assist Zhou Wenyu in attacking it, Xiao Zi surrendered, and Yu Xiaoqing fled to Xinwu.Chen Ba first took Ouyang Yu as the governor of Hengzhou, and sent him to conquer Lingnan. Ouyang He, son of Ouyang He, conquered Shixing, and when he reached Lingnan, all the counties surrendered, and then conquered Guangzhou.In May, Yu Xiaoqing also surrendered.

Chen Baxian made Xiao Fangzhi the emperor, but Wang Lin refused to accept it. In May of the second year of Taiping, he organized a large-scale fleet attack to attack Chen Baxian.In June, Chen Baxian ordered Pingxi General Zhou Wenyu, Pingnan General Hou Andu and other 2 naval troops to join forces in Wuchang (now Wuhan, Hubei) to conquer Wang Lin.Wang Lin asked for help from the Northern Qi Dynasty, and asked Xiaozhuang, the king of Liang Yongjia, to return to the south of the Yangtze River, take the throne as emperor, and change the throne to Tianqi.

Xiao Zhuang took Wang Lin as the prime minister of Liang Shizhong and recorded the affairs of the minister.In June, Chen Ba first sent Hou Fill and Xu Du to lead the water army to attack Wang Lin, and then sent Xie Zhe to lobby.In August, Wang Lin agreed to withdraw from Xiangzhou (now Changsha, Hunan), and Chen Baxian called all the troops to return to Dalei (now Wangjiang, Anhui).

During Xiao Fangzhi's reign, he "made his own conquests, and political punishments were not his own" and was controlled by Chen Baxian.In October of the second year of Taiping in Liang Dynasty, Emperor Jing of Liang Dynasty Xiao Fangzhichan was located in Chen Baxian. He was relieved and Nan Liang was destroyed.

Chen Ba first proclaimed himself emperor, changed his Yuan to Yongding, and his country name was Chen, which was Emperor Wu of Chen.It was called Chen in the Southern Dynasty in history.

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