It is said that the Jin Dynasty was the time when the power of the southern aristocratic families was at its peak.
The king and the horse share the world!
The Taiyuan Wang family had reached a certain level at the beginning. When the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved south, the Jin family had to rely on the Taiyuan Wang family to barely control the situation and secure the throne.
It is a pity that after more than three hundred years of ups and downs in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the southern family, which was not good enough at the beginning, was also blown away by the rain and wind in the passage of time.
For example, the southern families of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period, and the so-called Gaomen during the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, are either completely dead now, or their power is not as strong as before.
Of course, at this time, the south was still full of nobles and powerful people, but they could only tyrannize one county or one county at most, which was much worse than their counterparts hundreds of years ago.
It can be said that the destruction of Nanchen was directly related to the fall of the southern nobles and powerful people.
Except for Chen Shubao, the leader of Chen, who is not living up to expectations, the southern gentry are still living in the glory of the past and cannot extricate themselves. Compared with the vitality of the northern aristocratic families, the southern gentry have long since fallen.
Thinking that the Nanchen Court would not be able to survive without them, they then resorted to various ways of committing suicide and confronting the Nanchen Court.
That is to say, several Chen masters had good temperaments, and most Han courts were relatively tolerant and did not kill them, which made the southern nobles even more arrogant and unscrupulous.
Unfortunately, Nanchen was suddenly destroyed by the Sui Dynasty. The southern gentry still went their own way. Their only reliance was that the Sui Dynasty had to rely on their help if it wanted to completely control the south.
The nobles in Wuhou's territory were also so arrogant, and Leihu was not very prominent during the Chen Dynasty. Although he performed well when Nanchen was destroyed, didn't he surrender to the Sui Dynasty in the end?
Therefore, the powerful gentry families in the Taihu area and Qiantang County did not take Leihu, the newly minted Wu Hou, seriously.
They also didn't think about how powerful the Sui Dynasty would be if it was forced to let Leihu occupy the land and stand on its own.
If they were so competitive, why couldn't they gain independent status and territory?
Some people and forces like to look at things according to their own ideas, without considering what the general environment of the world or the south is like at this time. What was before is still what it is now, and even more arrogant and domineering.
There is a reason for them to act like this. Lei Hu is an inexplicable Chen general who is not from the southern nobles. If he wants to manage the Wu Marquis, he will naturally need the help of the local nobles.
Otherwise, if they don't cooperate, if Lei Hu wants to completely control the place, just dream!
Among them, the one who caused the most ferocity was the Shen family of Wujun, or now it should be said that it was the Shen family of Taihu.
When Lei Hu led 3,000 personal guards to inspect the Taihu area, he encountered the Taihu Shen clan members who directly demanded officials and power, and even acted like they were aloof and giving alms.
"Marquis Wu, it's not that I value this little power, but I want to help Marquis Wu govern the place and at the same time let the local people live a good life, so I reluctantly left the mountain!"
A so-called scholar of thirty years old and with a high degree of education was talking eloquently, and his face was full of pride, as if others had to look up to him.
"Who do you think you are?"
After the guy finished talking, Lei Hu spoke slowly and said coldly without giving any face: "First of all, there is no literary name, and secondly, there is no tyrannical force at my side. Why do you want me to take a high look and give it back to you?"
Are you supported by high-ranking officials and generous salaries?"
"Wu Hou, what are you talking about?"
The guy was stunned for a moment, then said angrily with a displeased face: "Just because I am a member of the Shen clan, if Marquis Wu does not give a satisfactory explanation, the Shen clan will not agree this time!"
"Oh, according to what you said, does Shen want to rebel?"
Lei Hu squinted his eyes and smiled, his smile was extremely kind and not intimidating at all, he said leisurely: "Is this what you mean, or is it the common idea of the Shen clan?"
He made the decision directly and didn't want to deal with it one by one.
Sure enough, the Shen clan member in front of him was not a smart person, nor did he notice the danger hidden in Lei Hu's words. He held his head high and said arrogantly, "Is there any difference?"
Snapped!
What greeted him was a slap from Lei Hu in the air, knocking him to the ground and unable to get up for a long time. His face was at a loss and he didn't know what to do. It took him a long time to react, and he said angrily with a look of anger: "Okay, wow,
Marquis Wu wants to go against the Shen family!"
"so what?"
Lei Hu chuckled lightly and said coldly: "Shen doesn't want to be around anymore, and I don't mind just removing Shen from this world. Do you really think I won't kill people?"
After saying that, he waved his hand to summon the personal guards, directly blocked the guy's mouth, and then led three thousand personal guards to directly surround the Taihu Shen clan's Wubao, leaving the Shen clan panicked and retreating into the Wubao.
taking a defensive stance.
"Wu Hou, what do you mean?"
Soon, the leader of the Shen clan appeared on the tower of Wubao, as well as several warriors with powerful auras. They were considered to be second-rate late-stage or top-notch experts in the world, and could also be called acquired top-notch experts.
This kind of force is not bad among the Southern nobles whose strength has been greatly reduced. After all, although this world is rich in aura of heaven and earth, and there are endless innate masters, it is not a cabbage that can be seen everywhere.
The Shen family not only has three masters whose strength has reached the late acquired or even peak stages, but also has a team of troops who are reasonably well-trained and well-armed.
Only one conventional weapon such as swords, guns, swords and halberds was available for everyone. There were even defensive weapons such as bows and crossbows on the tower. These were not things that ordinary nobles should possess.
Seeing dozens of crossbows appearing on the city tower, Lei Hu narrowed his eyes and saw the murderous intent. He had not thought about completely eradicating the Shen family, but now he changed his mind.
"Means nothing!"
With a chuckle, Lei Hu pointed at the Shen clan members who were pushed to the front, and said leisurely: "The Shen clan members are so courageous. Not only do they come to ask for officials and power, but they also keep saying that they will rebel if they don't give it. Call me.
Think carefully about this newly minted Marquis Wu!"
The sound was not loud, but it was clearly transmitted to the ears of thousands of people present. Everyone looked at the Shen clan member who was gagged. The three thousand personal guards under Lei Hu all showed disdain.
Quite a few of the Shen clan members on the city tower looked deeply convinced.
Lei Hu looked at it, but his heart was uneasy!
Since the people of the Shen clan have such an attitude, don't blame him for being ruthless and not showing mercy to the so-called powerful nobles.
"Wu Hou, don't go too far!"
The Shen clan leader on the Wubao castle tower did not show the slightest worry or fear. He just glanced at the gagged clansman and said coldly: "I, the Shen clan, are not easy to bully!"
Well, he actually took the blame for Lei Hu's harsh words. He is really confident.
"Then there's nothing more to say, kill!"
Lei Hu spoke calmly, and without saying a word, he held the bodyguard who was holding the eloquent Shen clan member with his sword in his hand. A big head rose into the sky, and the column of blood gushing from his neck spread out a few feet away.
The desolate horn sound suddenly sounded, the rumbling war drums resounded throughout the world, and the three thousand personal guards were filled with evil energy and condensed into one, like a dark cloud covering the Shen family's Wubao.
"No, Wu Hou is so brave!"
The face of the Shen clan leader changed drastically. How could he not have expected that Lei Hu would be so domineering and arrogant? He would just wave his army and fight without saying a word. His heart was filled with fury and murderous intent. His eyes were cold and he shouted angrily: "Fight me well, I must let you win."
These guys know how powerful our Shen family is!"
Not only did the Shen clan chief show no fear at all, but all the Shen clan members on the tower were eager to try, and apparently they didn't pay much attention to the Wuhou guards who were besieging them below.
Even the second-rate masters of the Shen family were all furious and murderous, wishing they could kill Lei Hu, the Marquis of Wu.
They didn't take the rumors about Lei Hu to heart at all. They only thought that these rumors were too exaggerated. The Sui army wanted to cover up their own incompetence, so they suddenly promoted Lei Hu, a previously unknown Chen general.
The height of a famous general is simply unbelievable, okay?
If Lei Hu dares to charge forward, they won't mind stepping on Lei Hu's corpse to become famous!
Boo hoo hoo…
The first to show off their power were the archers in Lei Hu's bodyguards. A hail of arrows shot up into the sky, instantly covering the not tall Shen's Wubao castle tower.
The screams and wails of ah ah rang out, and the Shen clan members who were guarding the tower suddenly fell down. One or several arrow shafts were inserted into their bodies. They turned over and fell to the ground with blood flowing everywhere. The rest of the people were suddenly killed.
The situation was such that he was stunned and speechless.
"Hurry up and escape. Don't worry. These guys don't have any siege equipment, so there's nothing they can do against us!"
The leader of the Shen clan was still experienced. At some point, he held a round shield in his hand and moved it up and down to block all the flying arrows. He showed his excellent martial arts skills and at the same time loudly comforted the frightened defenders.
tribesmen.
As for asking the tribesmen defending the city to fire arrows to fight back, he didn't lose his mind and acted like this. He wanted to use the dozens of crossbows of varying quality in the hands of the tribesmen to shoot at the guards of Marquis Wu below the city. Didn't he think the tribesmen died quickly enough?
"Haha, are there really no siege equipment?"
But the next moment, Lei Hu's leisurely voice came into his ears clearly, causing the Shen clan leader's face to change wildly, and his heart to beat wildly. Not only could Lei Hu distinguish what he said in the noisy and chaotic voice, his strength was definitely better than that of the Shen clan members.
The strongest among them is even more powerful.
But what happened next made him stunned as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he was so filled with despair that he almost peed in fear.
I saw Lei Hu riding his horse forward, running wildly to a distance of fifty steps from Wubao Chenglou, and suddenly soared into the sky and spanned a space of more than thirty feet in an instant, as astonishing as if he could really fly into the sky.
What was even more astonishing was that Lei Hu, who was taller than the Wubao castle tower in mid-air, suddenly slashed down with a sword in the air, and a blade of several feet that was almost visible to the naked eye roared out, like a mountain axe, it directly struck the solid dock.
On the castle tower, the ground shook beneath my feet, my ears were instantly deafened, and the Wubao castle tower was instantly split into two!