Emperor Wu of Liang was an excellent monarch, but in his later years, he could be described as a faint man. He was superstitious about Buddhism, and several times he became a monk, and the ministers took him back to the temple, giving tens of millions of dollars each time. The treasury was almost hollowed out, and Emperor Wu of Liang had no intention of stopping.
He also did not heed the advice of his ministers, and insisted on accepting the Eastern Wei rebel general Hou Jing, which eventually led Hou Jing to raid Jiankang (the capital of the Liang Dynasty) and starve emperor Wu of Liang.
Map of the territory of the Liang Dynasty
It is said that when Emperor Wu of Liang died, he kept making a voice of "Lotus" because of his thirst, and became the emperor with the shortest last words in the history of our country.
After his death, because Hou Jing controlled the capital Jiankang, he declared himself the "Great General of the Universe" and supported Xiao Dong as emperor. Xiao Dong was just a puppet, the capital city army was hou jing's people, who had a big fist to listen to whom, Hou Jing's fist was big, and no one in the whole Jiankang at that time dared to disobey his orders.
Hou Jing soon killed more than 3,000 Manchu Wenwu people, forced Xiao Dong to give him the Zen position, and afterwards locked Xiao Dong in a secret room and trapped him.
Maybe everyone wonders, is a country as big as the Liang Dynasty really so easy to be conquered by Hou Jing, who is a major general and a widow?
Portrait of Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu
Of course not, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, he enfeoffed the imperial household and made them hold official positions, hoping to make them a barrier to the state, but it was also true, Emperor Wu of Liang's seventh son, Xiao Xuan, the King of Xiangdong, had been guarding Jingzhou for a long time, and when he heard that Jiankang City had been attacked by Hou Jing, he sent his general Chen Baxian and Wang Monk to fight hou Jing.
After eliminating Hou Jing, Xiao Xuan was surprised to find that he could no longer control Chen Baxian and Wang Sheng, and these two generals were self-respecting in the capital and did not obey his orders.
Earlier, the Hou Jing Rebellion broke out, and Emperor Wu of Liang ordered the princes of various places to raise troops to serve the king, and Xiao Yu also followed suit, but he did not obey the orders of Xiao Xuan, the commander-in-chief of the army at that time. After learning that the capital had been captured by Hou Jing, he gave up the attack and returned to the fiefdom with his troops, which greatly annoyed Xiao Xuan.
Moreover, Xiao Yu also took Xiao Xuan on a campaign, and when the fiefdom of Jiangling was empty, he and his younger brother Xiao Qi surrounded Jiangling and attacked and killed Xiao Fang, the prince of Xiangdong.
Empress Xiao
When xiao xuan learned that his son had been killed, he was very angry and ordered the leading generals Wang Shengquan and Shi Baoquan to attack Xiao Yu and cut off Xiao Yu's head.
After Wang Shengquan and Chen Ba first attacked and killed Hou Jing, since both of them were nominally Xiao Xuan's subordinates, the places they occupied were also counted as Xiao Xuan's sphere of influence, and if Xiao Xuan could control the two of them, it was estimated that the Liang Dynasty would not die so quickly.
At this time, only Yongzhou (Shaanxi), controlled by Xiao Qi, was not actually controlled by Xiao Xuan, Xiao Xuan's base area had not changed in Jiangling, the capital of the Liang state, Jiankang, was in the hands of chen Baxian, a former subordinate, and Jingkou, a tax town in jiangnan, was in the hands of Wang Shengxuan. They disobeyed Xiao Xuan's orders on the pretext that they would not be subject to the orders of foreign kings to resist Xiao Xuan's orders.
Of course, Xiao Xuan was not willing, his subordinate Wang Lin was weaker than Chen Baxian and Wang Shengxuan, and he also supported the army and respected themselves. Xiao Xuan decided to use him to train his hands and plot to regain the military power of his army.
Hou Jing's rebellion
Therefore, in the name of his superiors, Xiao Xuan called Wang Lin to come to Jiangling for a meeting, and when Wang Lin left the army, he sent his own cronies to take over his army.
Unexpectedly, Wang Lin had already buried a hand, let his cronies firmly control the army, and also detained Xiao Xuan's cronies, and when Xiao Ling sent emissaries to let them go, Wang Lin's cronies actually arrogantly killed Xiao Ling's cronies, which made Xiao Xuan very angry.
Xiao Xuan then sent an army to attack Wang Lin's troops, but he could not move, and finally he was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he let Wang Lin go, which was equivalent to acquiescing to the fact that he supported the army and respected himself.
Wang Lin couldn't control it, and Chen Baxian and Wang Shengxian could imagine it.
Shaw
Therefore, at this time, although the Liang Kingdom was nominally Xiao Xuan's territory, Xiao Xuan had already ordered his former subordinates not to move, and what he could really control was Xiao Xuan's old lair, Jiangling.
Disobedient, and can't fight, can you still do it, admit it.
The liang state that Emperor Wu of Liang painstakingly managed was torn apart because of a mistake in his later years, and the eastern part of the empire was also controlled by outsiders. There was not much time left for Liang Dynasty.
In the first year of Chengsheng (552 AD), Xiao Yi was located in Jiangling, historically known as Emperor Yuan of Liang, and joined forces with Western Wei Yuwen Tai to attack his own clan relative Xiao Ji, so Xiao Ji's Yizhou, the largest territory in the west, fell into the hands of Western Wei.
Xiao Chen
Emperor Liang yuan later wanted to redivide the interface in an attempt to retake Yizhou from Western Wei, which also caused Yuwen Tai's dissatisfaction. This world still wants whose fist is big and hard, if Xiao Xuan's fist is hard enough, then he will not lead the Western Wei army to attack Xiao Ji.
Luring the wolf into the room and in the same room was the first thing Xiao Xuan did after he took the throne.
Jiangling was weak, and the Western Wei in the north had been looking at the tiger, and Xiao Qi was also in the west, bordering Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan very much wanted to get rid of his disobedient nephew.
The strength of the two sides was comparable, and no one could help anyone, and Xiao Qin wanted to lure Western Wei soldiers in to solve this incident. Xiao Xuan was very worried about The movements of Western Wei, so he also wanted to win the support of Western Wei.
The Western Wei army attacked Jiangling
Xiao Xuan sent his son to Western Wei as a proton, and Xiao Xuan also sent his own son over. The descendants of a great kingdom were reduced to relying on the help of outsiders to survive, and they did not know what Emperor Liangwu thought in the spirit of heaven.
Disappointed by Xiao Xuan's behavior of the lion opening his mouth afterwards, Western Wei finally chose to support Xiao Xuan and sent the generals Yang Zhong and Xiao Qi to attack Xiao Xuan.
Emperor Yuan of Liang resisted, but surrendered, so he was crushed alive by his nephew Xiao Qi with an earthen bag.
After Emperor Yuan's death, Chen Ba first attacked and killed Wang Sheng, and established Emperor Liang Yuan's son Xiao Fangzhi as emperor for Emperor Jing of Liang. Soon after, he poisoned Emperor Jing of Liang and became emperor himself, with the state name "Chen".
Comparison of the territories of the houliang and the surrounding countries
As early as when Xiao Qin led the Western Wei army to attack Jiangling, his subordinate Yin Deyi advised him: "The Western Wei army is greedy, and it can take advantage of the victory opportunity to feast on the Western Wei generals for dinner, take the opportunity to kill them, and try to control Jiangling in practice." ”
However, Xiao Qin thought that the Western Wei army was kind to him and rejected this forward-looking proposal. Later, Xiao Qin was proclaimed emperor, and historians referred to the state he established as Hou Liang.
The Western Wei army was stationed in Jiangling City for a long time, and all orders issued by Xiao Xi had to be approved by Western Wei Yuwen tai. Xiao Was nominally emperor of the Liang Dynasty, but in reality he was just a puppet. At this time, the scope of Liang's rule had been greatly reduced, and only the area around Jiangling was the actual control area.
Xiao Qin regretted not listening to Yin Deyi's advice afterwards, but it was too late, and the capital city of Jiangling was already firmly controlled by the Western Wei army.
Chen Wu emperor Chen Baxian
Outside the borders, the homeland of the Liang state was occupied by Chen Baxian, and the general trend of the Liang state was gone.
Hou Liang, a small country with a projectile, survived for a total of 32 years under the protection of the Western Wei army. In 587, Emperor Wen of Sui seized power from Northern Zhou and ordered Later Liang's then-emperor Xiao Chun to enter the dynasty, making him the Duke of Juguo, abolishing the puppet regime.
At this point, all the descendants of Emperor Wu of Liang withdrew from the stage of history.
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