[Chapter 838 was repeated twice last night. Today I changed the content of the repeated chapter to 84. Let me explain it to you]—

Lin Shihong was originally a thief on the Yangtze River. He followed his father to rob a merchant ship on the Yangtze River at the age of twelve. When he was twenty, his father was captured and executed by the Sui army. Lin Shihong inherited his father's career and had only fifteen thiefs under his command, becoming the smallest thief bandit in Poyang Lake. (?net [

After another twenty years of fighting, Lin Shihong unified all the pirates on the Yangtze River and became the largest pirates in a century. He had more than 100,000 troops and more than 500 warships of all sizes and sizes, including ten famous Five-Tooth Warships of the Sui army. His forces spread across the Yangtze River and Gan River. Among them, the forces on the river surface started from Yiling County in the west and Jiangning County in the east, occupying the main main stream of the Yangtze River.

Lin Shihong immediately proclaimed himself King of Chu. After Yang Guang died in Jiangdu, Lin Shihong immediately wrote a letter to Emperor Tai of Luoyang to express his surrender, which resulted in the Luoyang court's recognition of King of Chu, but his enemies were also quietly born.

With Xiao Xian's rise, Xiao Xian asked Lin Shihong to withdraw from the river west of Wuchang County, but Lin Shihong believed that he had occupied the Yangtze River for three years and that Xiao Xian was infringing on his own interests. He asked the Liang army to withdraw from Dongting Lake and did not allow Xiao Xian to stain the Yangtze River. The conflict between the two became deeper and deeper, and they betrayed each other and protested.

In order to compete for the waters of the Yangtze River, the two armies finally broke out last year. On the surface of the Yangtze River, Lin Shihong wiped out Xiao Xian's fleet and won a great victory. However, in the battle for Jiangxia County, Lin Shihong's Chu army was defeated by the Liang army and had to withdraw from Jiangxia County.

However, the war between the Chu and Liang families did not last long. Then the Northern Sui army went south. Especially after Zhang Xuan destroyed Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong felt deeply afraid and began to seek to unite with his former old opponent to fight against the Sui army. The alliance between Lin Shihong and Xiao Xian was not successful, but he successfully formed an alliance with Meng Haigong, made an appointment with the two families to rely on each other and jointly protect the alliance.

However, although the words and sentences on the covenant were written gorgeously and beautifully, at the last moment, Lin Shihong did not send troops to aid, but it cannot be said that Lin Shihong violated the covenant and refused to send troops. In fact, Lin Shihong had long sent his son Lin Zhengtai to lead 30,000 troops to station in Dongyang County, close to Kuaiji County, preparing to respond to Meng Haigong.

However, when the Sui army captured Wuxi County, the Tang Dynasty envoy secretly visited Lin Shihong. Lin Shihong immediately changed his mind and urgently ordered his son to withdraw his troops back to Poyang County, unwilling to spend any more military resources for Meng Haigong.

At present, Lin Shihong's six territories include Poyang County, Jiujiang County, Yuzhang County, Yichun County, Luling County and Linchuan County. In fact, it is the entire Ganjiang River Basin. However, his water power covers most of the Yangtze River. However, as the Northern Sui Army moves south, Lin Shihong has to reduce his sphere of influence and transfer all the warships distributed everywhere back to Poyang Lake. More than 100,000 troops are practicing day and night to prepare to fight the Sui Army to the death.

Poyang County is Lin Shihong's old nest. The county is not close to the big lake. It is still fifty miles away from Poyang Lake. It is located on the north bank of Poshui. Poyang County is a large county with a circumference of 30 miles and a population of more than 100,000. There are 30,000 troops outside the city. Hundreds of cargo ships are moored on the wharf about half a mile away from the city. Once the situation is critical, Lin Shihong can immediately take a boat to enter Poyang Lake for refuge.

That afternoon, Lin Zhengtai led his army back to Poyang County. The army went to the barracks. Lin Zhengtai rushed to the city with several followers. Lin Zhengtai was about twenty-four or five years old, with a medium-sized and thin figure, fair skin, and looked like a weak scholar.

However, Lin Zhengtai did study since childhood. Although he was the son of the biggest thief in the Yangtze River, Lin Shihong never allowed him to board the boat, but asked him to study and learn literature. In Lin Shihong's words, the Lin family's generations were illiterate, and he did not want his son to be like himself. He did not know what he wrote in front of him.

He rushed to the city gate and rushed out of the city, followed by a group of hunting dogs, followed by a cavalry, about twenty people, two young men, who were only about twenty years old, but were very tall and burly with fierce faces. These two men were also the sons of Lin Shihong, the third and fourth brothers, one was named Lin Zhengxiong and the other was named Lin Zhengbiao, and Lin Zhengtai were half-brothers of the same father and Zhengtai.

Lin Shihong has a large number of wives and concubines, many children, and has nine sons and thirteen daughters. However, the eldest son Lin Zhengtai was born to him and his wife. His wife died of illness twenty years ago. Lin Shihong was grateful for his wife's kindness and made Lin Zhengtai the heir. However, Lin Zhengtai was weak and had many illnesses since childhood, so he was generally not favored by Lin Shihong's generals, and Lin Shihong did not like him very much.

However, Lin Shihong's other three adult sons were all strong and strong. Especially the second son, Lin Zhengwei, who led a single thief when he was fifteen years old and killed and robbed people on the Yangtze River. Lin Shihong thought he looked very much like him and loved him very much, so he appointed him as the general of the navy, commanding hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of navy troops.

The brothers Lin Zhengxiong and Lin Zhengbiao are famous vicious bullies in Poyang, Yuzhang and other counties. They bully men and women, kill and set fire, and are full of evil deeds. However, the two brothers are very skilled in martial arts, one uses two swords and the other uses a spear, and are Lin Shihong's capable generals. Therefore, no matter how many evil they do, Lin Shihong turns a blind eye and never asks about it.

The two brothers ran out of the city gate and saw the elder brother from a distance, but they pretended not to see it and wanted to rush past. However, Lin Zhengtai saw that they were each carrying a young girl with her mouth blocked and her hands and feet tied up. Lin Zhengtai was angry and shouted, "Stop it!"

The two brothers stopped fighting horses and stepped forward and smiled dryly: "It turns out that the eldest brother is back. I'm sorry, I didn't see it!"

"Where are you going?"

Lin Zhengxiong raised his eyebrows and said, "Does the big brother's eyes be good? Let's go hunting. If nothing is wrong, we will leave first."

The two of them urged the horse to leave, but Lin Zhengtai said coldly: "I don't care if you go hunting, let me release the two women of the horse."

The two brothers looked at each other, and Lin Zhengxiong sneered: "We are just playing with these two women, at least we can survive. If the eldest brother wants to save them, they are afraid that they will not even have their lives."

"Let them go!" Lin Zhengtai's voice became more and more severe, with no room for negotiation.

"Okay! Let them go."

The two brothers kicked the two girls off the war horses, snorted heavily, turned around and urged the horse to leave.

Lin Zhengtai asked his subordinates to cut the ropes for them and sent them home. The two girls thanked them very much and turned around and were about to leave. At this moment, two long arrows broke through the air and hit the back of the two girls. Two screams heard, and the two girls were shot to death on the spot.

Lin Zhengtai was furious and looked back and saw his two brothers collecting bows and arrows. Lin Zhengbiao said viciously: "If we don't follow us, we will die. Since the eldest brother wants to be a hero, just collect the corpses for them!"

After saying that, the two of them ran away. Lin Zhengtai was so angry that his eyes were squirting, and he stomped his feet with hatred, "You guys just wait and see!"

He ordered his followers to collect the body, but he whipped the war horse hard and ran towards the city

Almost 20% of the buildings in the county are Lin Shihong's Chu Palace, which is large in scale, but Lin Shihong is rarely among his palaces. Most of him are in Jiujiang County. Today is his seldom in the palace.

In the room, Lin Shihong was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back. He had already received news that Meng Haigong was publicly executed in Kuaiji City, and the other arrested Meng clan members were also executed. This made Lin Shihong extremely anxious. He was almost certain that Zhang Xuan was on the way to conquer him, but there was no news in the Tang army.

It was not the first time that Lin Shihong and Zhang Xuan fought. His sworn brother Cao Shiqi died at the hands of Zhang Xuan. That was also the biggest defeat in his life, leaving him with a huge shadow. If Zhang Xuan came again, he would feel chilling.

Previously, King Li Shimin of Qin sent an envoy to negotiate with him secretly, promising to send troops into Jiujiang County to deal with him with the Sui army. He withdrew the army that was ready to support Meng Haigong, but the Sui army was about to arrive, but the Tang army was no longer in movement. This made Lin Shihong not angry or heart-wrenching.

At this time, a guard outside the door reported: "The prince is back, please see the king!"

"Let him come in and see me."

Soon, Lin Zhengtai rushed into the room angrily. He restrained his anger and knelt down and bowed: "Call, see my father?"

"What's going on with you?"

Lin Shihong noticed his son's dissatisfaction and frowned and asked, "Who messed with you?"

"Father, it's the third and fourth brothers. He is really doing his own thing, killing people like grass, which makes people unbearable!"

Lin Zhengtai told his father in detail about his birth at the city gate. He wanted to think his father would be furious and denounce his third and fourth brothers' misconduct. Unexpectedly, Lin Shihong asked coldly: "Is it just a small matter to make you angry like this?"

Lin Zhengtai was stunned by his attitude. He said anxiously: "Father, this is not a trivial matter. My father also knows why 50,000 soldiers were massacred. If the third and fourth brothers do not know how to restrain themselves, Zhang Xuan will attack them and win people's hearts. I am afraid that our entire family will be implicated by them."

"Enough!"
Chapter completed!