Gao Xiangsheng knew the difference between Wuwei and Hedong.

Li Ze is committed to building the eleven states under the rule of Wuwei Festival Town into a whole, this time the Wuwei Festival Town opened the government and built teeth, and the civil and military officials of various states gathered in Wuyi, and he and Xue Ping naturally coincided with it, Li Ze proposed three games of chess, a game of military chess, an administrative game of chess, and a game of financial chess all around such a purpose.

As long as Li Ze's goal is realized, then Wuwei will form a powerful centralized festival with Li Ze as the center, and the subordinates only have the power to execute, but there is no room for their own actions.

But Hedong is a very different story. Hedong has only been able to twist into a rope for so many years and become a strong local supporter of the imperial court, not because of the system, but because of Gao Biao's strong personal charm.

Gao Biao used his incomparable prestige and ability to unite all parts of Hedong around him, forming a strong joint force. But such a political group also has a dead end that he can't avoid, that is, once Gao Biao is gone, Hedong will once again become a plate of scattered sand, and no one will obey anyone and recognize anyone. Looking at the whole court, it is difficult to find a commander like Gao Biao.

Gao Biao knew this very well, so he told Gao Xiangsheng that he had been bright and upright all his life, but when he was dying, he resorted to third-rate means, and the only purpose was just to make Hedong not a harm to the court. And the off-the-counter move that he did his best to damage his reputation was also at the cost of reducing the strength of the generals of the Hedong army.

The Celestial Soldiers were what he was most worried about. This army, which is organized on the basis of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, has strong combat effectiveness, and has the background of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu as the background, and its strength is the most powerful. And the Xinzhou Army, the Kelan Army, after their own death, may be in conflict with Zhang Zhongwu or some other ambitious Jiezhen, these are all unstable factors.

And if we want to minimize the possible harm caused by these unstable factors, we can only let them not have the strength to get out of their own territory, so that they can only nest in their own one-third of the land and watch the world.

It is based on this thought that Gao Biao, who was seriously ill, deliberately leaked the news of his physical condition, causing changes in all parties, first of all, let Lu Long take it lightly and start a large-scale strategic transfer, but at this time, Gao Biao launched a surprise attack with his most assured Yunzhong Garrison Army and the reorganized Yokono Daizhou Coalition Army, which penetrated directly into the vital points of Lu Long's army, and recovered Yanmen Pass and other important places occupied by Lu Long's people in the early stage.

And this time the battle also shocked the Heavenly Soldier Army, the Xinzhou Army, and the Kelan Army, thinking that everything before was just Gao Yu's trick. And their performance in this incident is really a bit unsightly. In such a situation, in order to atone for their crimes, they must show something.

Gao Biao governs the army strictly, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and mistakes must be punished, if you want Gao Biao not to investigate their mistakes this time, of course, you can only use the heads of the Lulong people to atone for their crimes. What's more, Lu Longren was defeated at Yanmen Pass, and his main force was moving in the direction of Wuwei, which was also a good opportunity to find the water dogs.

The three armies went out together, crossed the Gaoliang River, and even entered the Youyan area, where Zhang Zhongwu's lair was.

Gao Biao concluded that they would lose their troops under Zhang Zhongwu's powerful counterattack and flee back in embarrassment, thus losing their strength greatly.

This also achieved the purpose of Gao Yu.

Then he guarded Yanmen Pass with Li Cunzhong, and Han Qi guarded Datong and Taiyuan areas, one after the other, and firmly clamped them down so that they could not do harm.

Of course, if in the future, Han Qi or Li Cunzhong can annex them, Gao Biao will not care, with his understanding of Li Cunzhong and Han Qi, these two will inevitably not become the harm of the Tang family, and even become the protector of the Tang Dynasty.

Now, everything is moving forward smoothly as Gao Yu expected.

Gao Xiangsheng guarded Gao Biao in the Yanmen Pass in a state of panic, watching Gao Biao's condition deteriorate rapidly in just a few days, until he finally passed away on a stormy night.

Until the time of death, this famous general of the Tang Dynasty, a generation of pillars, was still analyzing the general trend of the world with Li Cunzhong, Han Qi, and Gao Xiangsheng, telling the pain of the imperial court, and putting forward some of his own insights and solutions, but for his family in Chang'an, from beginning to end, he did not mention a word.

The banner was wrapped in white flags, the soldiers put on plain clothes, the soldiers were wrapped in white handkerchiefs, and outside the Yanmen Pass, it turned into a white sea in an instant, and Gao Xiangsheng, at this hour, with an extremely heavy heart, left the Yanmen Pass.

The two pillars he was looking forward to to saving Datang have now fallen one, and the one that fell is full of doubts about the other, and even when he was leaving, he didn't forget to lay down his back hand, and his loyal subordinates were also on guard.

This actually hit Gao Xiangsheng, who strongly supported Li Ze, deeply.

But no matter what, Gao Xiangsheng found that he had no choice. The top-down changes above the court that Gao Biao said earlier are almost impossible to realize in Gao Xiangsheng's view, and the big men above the court are naturally far inferior to Gao Biao in terms of marching formations, but if it comes to political sensitivity, it is a few grades higher than Gao Biao's, they will not see the problem, but they dare not move It is already very revealing.

There is no internal reform, and the only way is to force internal reform from the outside. In Gao Xiangsheng's view, everything Li Ze has done now is moving forward on this correct path.

As for what kind of position Li Ze will be in once this road comes to the end, he really didn't think about it earlier.

Because he never thought about it.

It seems that it is time to think about it in the future.

But in Wuwei, he has only one ally, and that is Xue Ping.

On the tenth day when Gao Xiangchang left Yanmen Pass, as Gao Yu expected, the Tianbing Army, the Xinzhou Army, and the Kelan Army were broken by Zhang Zhongwu's main cavalry on the north bank of the Gaoliang River and returned defeated.

When the three armies withdrew to Yanmen Pass, they were all shocked and inexplicable when they saw the white inside and outside the pass.

Gao Yu actually died.

Gao Biao turned out to be really dead.

This made the heads of the three armies feel inexplicably remorseful. It was only at this time that they realized that Gao Yu had placed them together before he died.

But there is no regret medicine in the world.

Facing Li Cunzhong, Han Qi, and Han Rui asked them to enter the pass to worship Gao Yu, none of the leaders of the three armies dared to enter the pass.

Although Yanmen Pass is full of filial piety, the murderous aura hidden in the sadness cannot be concealed no matter what, and Li Cunzhong, Han Qi, and Han Rui are undoubtedly Gao Yu's gold medal fighters. Since Gao Biao was still calculating them at the last moment of his life, would he still set up a game after death, and use them to take them down in one fell swoop when they entered the pass to worship, annex their army, and take their territory?

It is better to believe that it is there than to believe that it is not.

The three armies were actually just outside the pass, and after hastily worshipping Gao Yu, they each led their own troops, bypassed the Yanmen Pass, and rushed back to their own territory.

As soon as Gao Yu died, the situation in Hedong would inevitably change greatly, and they had to return to their nest as quickly as possible to deal with this big change, as for entering Yanmen Pass and cleaning up Li Cunzhong and Han Qi and Han Rui, they didn't dare to think about it at this time. Not to mention that they were beaten by Zhang Zhongwu this time, and their morale plummeted, just talking about Gao Biao's prestige, they didn't dare to make a mistake at this time, who knows what Gao Biao arranged before he died, maybe there was a chain waiting for them.

It's safer to go back to your own home.

Seeing the three armies leaving in a hurry, Li Cunzhong and the others were also relieved, and fire was not their best choice, although they were ready.

On the north bank of the Gaoliang River, Zhang Zhongwu, dressed in military uniform, put on the incense case, and together with his brother Zhang Zhongwen, paid tribute to the dead Gao Biao, although the two have been enemies for many years, but Gao Biao has always been the person Zhang Zhongwu respects and admires the most. As soon as this person died, Zhang Zhongwu was both happy and sad.

Happily, Lu Long will never face the threat of Hedong from now on, he only needs to concentrate on dealing with Wuwei, the pressure is greatly reduced, and the odds of victory are greatly increased, but the sad thing is that another person in this world who deserves his respect has died.

"Let's go, Hedong is no longer worth our extra effort, defeat Wuwei, Hedong will go down." Zhang Zhongwu poured a pot of wine in front of the incense case, turned around and got on the horse, and beat the horse away.

Wuyi, Wuwei Academy, presided over by Shan Changzhang Hui, Li Ze, Xue Ping and other senior officials of Wuwei gathered here and held a grand ceremony to commemorate Gao Biao.

And the Wuwei Festival Town Government, after the memorial ceremony, in the name of the head of the Tang Dynasty Northern March, issued an order to the assassins in Hedong, asking them to quickly arrive in Wuyi after receiving the order, and jointly discuss the future direction of Hedong Jiezhen after the loss of Gao Piao.

Officially, Li Ze, the general of Qianniuwei, who has the position of the chief of the march army in the north, does have nominal control over the towns in the northland, but if others don't listen to it, they will say it again.

"It's both a temptation and a reason!" Li Ze looked at Xue Ping and said lightly: "Now I don't have time to pay attention to them, but once I get back to my senses, I can talk to them properly, disobeying the boss's orders, what should be the crime in the laws of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

In a few ordinary words, there is an incomparably murderous aura, Xue Ping believes that once Li Ze frees his hand, he will inevitably clean up those disobedient Hedong army leaders.

After Gao Xiang came back, he told him in detail about Gao Biao's arrangements before his death, and it can be said that in a short period of time, those military leaders in Hedong will not be able to recover their breath.