In the first year of Yuanxiang of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (four years of the Great Unification of the Western Wei Dynasty and four years of the Southern Liang Dynasty), on the second day of the first month of August, tens of thousands of Jinyang troops arrived south at Heqiao.

Immediately, the Eastern Wei Dynasty Prime Minister Gao Huan's face was displeased. The front ushered in Liu Gui and Hou Jing, bowing down, hanging their heads, unspeakably respectful and obedient, when they opened their mouths, Qi Qi said: "Tuogao Wang Hongfu, his subordinates have recaptured Luoyang, and even repelled the western thieves, and tried to protect the river bridge." ”

The words of the two are full of invitations. But Gao Huan didn't answer, he glanced at the two of them with slanted eyes, and there was no joy on his face, but the displeasure became more and more intense.

And it's no wonder.

Let's take Liu Gui first--- although this guy has made great contributions and tried his best to ensure that the river bridge is not lost, where is the impermeable wall in the world? The fact that he killed Gao Aocao had already been revealed. When Gao Huan learned about it, he was so angry that he greeted Liu Gui's eighteenth generation ancestor on the spot.

As for Hou Jing, it was obvious that he was afraid of the enemy and fled, but later Yuwentai and Dugu Xinju retreated westward, so they taught Hou Jing to take advantage of the situation and take Kim Yong City without much effort. I don't know how thick this dead lame man's skin is, and he still dares to speak out and say what words of "recapture Luoyang with all his might".

In this battle of the river bridge, Mo Duolou and Gao Aocao were successively lost. Both of them are a number of important generals under Gao Huan's account, they are both powerful and loyal, so they will be gone, won't they teach Gao Huan to feel painful? Especially Gao Gao Ao Cao, who is actually one of the best brave generals in the world, actually taught his family to die, and Gao Huan felt even more heartbroken.

Therefore, Gao Huan had a tiger face all the time, even if he did recapture the land of Heluo this time, but he couldn't be happy at all, and when he saw Liu Gui and Hou Jing again, he naturally became more angry.

But that's about it.

Although Liu Gui said that he killed Gao Aocao, he is really Gao Huan's closest partner, could it be that he can kill him just like that? What's more, Liu Gui's contribution to stopping the thieves this time is not false... Gao Huan had no choice but to scold Liu Gui in private, and rewarded him for his merits on the surface, increased the number of households by 500, and ordered him to move back to Yecheng, still serving as the lieutenant of Yushi.

Let's talk about Hou Jing. Gao Huan really wanted to cure the sin of this lame man from the bottom of his heart, but after thinking about it again and again, he found that this guy was "invulnerable" at all.

If you talk about the crime of "losing soldiers and losing generals", carefully calculated, the losses are all under the command of Gao Aocao and Mo Duolou Loan, Hou Jing is good here--- the subordinates of this guy have not suffered much loss, after he "killed" back to Kim Yong City, he collected the defeated soldiers of the Eastern Army everywhere, and the number of people alone was almost not reduced. If you say "lose the city and lose the land", it really doesn't make sense--- this decisive battle is to recapture the land of Heluo, although Luoyang is scorched earth at this moment, it can be regarded as recaptured, isn't it? Besides, most of Henan, plus the land of Jingbei, it was really captured by Hou Jing, and from the books alone, Hou Jing was not only innocent, but also greatly meritorious.

As soon as he thought of this, Gao Huan hated it so much that he had to hold back, but the unhappiness on his face couldn't be hidden after all.

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Before the miserable ruins of Luoyang Palace, Gao Huan's expression became more and more lonely--- Luoyang City, which had been recaptured with great effort and a lot of effort, was now only left with a piece of scorched earth.

Xue Guyan, the general of the expedition, admonished: "I think the western thief has been unable to attack the river bridge for a long time, and he has lost his sharpness, and he is afraid of the king Tianwei, so he retreated in panic." In that case, why not take advantage of the situation to go west? ”

At that time, it was getting late, Gao Huan's heart felt empty, and when he saw the bleak appearance in front of him, he was upset for no reason, and waved his hand at the moment, and said: "Let's rest early today, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

The next day, a messenger hurried from Jinyang and brought a secret letter, which was written in small characters, which was quite delicate. When Gao Huan saw it, he was overjoyed and said to himself: "Could it be that Ying'e knows that I am depressed and has come to comfort me?" It turned out that it was the concubine Zhu Ying'e who wrote a letter to come.

Gao Huan hurriedly tore it open, and ten lines at a glance...

With a "pop", Gao Huan's right hand holding the letter slammed on the low table in front of him, and the joints were all red, but he didn't realize it.

The smile on his face was gone, his chest heaving, his shoulders swaying, and he was visibly angry.

It's no wonder that --- original letter stated, in addition to some trivial things, there was also a sentence written "The prince tasted the chaos with Zheng Dache (space), and Gao Lang knew about it". Zheng Dache is one of Gao Huan's concubines, which is equivalent to saying that the prince Gao Cheng and his mother have committed adultery, is this okay? Don't say that Gao Huan is already one of the most powerful people in the world, even if he is just a rural commoner, who should not be angry when he sees the content of this letter?

Speaking of the world's son Gao Cheng, who is both civil and military, his talent is becoming more and more outstanding, which is good, but he is --- lustful at all. This kid knew when he was a child that he took advantage of those maids and maids in the house. When Gao Huan learned about it, he didn't care, but he just laughed, which caused Gao Cheng's lust to become more and more bold. When he was a little older, Gao Cheng was even more involved in flowers and grass everywhere, and later became more and more nonsense, and it was not uncommon to rob people's daughters.

Gao Huan didn't know this, but as far as he was concerned, Gao Cheng, with the respect of the eldest son of the king of Qi, was just playing with some women, so what was the matter? Gao Huan never expected that in the end, this kid would dare to climb on his own yes head and mess around, really angry with himself!

In the big tent, Gao Huan was independent, silent, and his shrugged shoulders looked much thinner than before. . .

After a long time, he let out a long sigh and muttered to himself: "Ying'e, Ying'e, wait... Ugly things, of course, should be told to me, but you shouldn't tell you... ”

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Outside the tent, the civil and military forces of the Eastern Army had already gathered, and they were all waiting for King Gao to give orders.

I don't know how long it has been, but when Gao Huan finally came out of the tent, the sun was about to fall, and everyone could get a glimpse of Gao Huan's lonely face.

The weather was fine, tens of thousands of horses and horses were in good spirits, Gao Huan saw it in his eyes, but he only felt that he was excited, waved his hand, and said weakly: "Withdraw the army and return to Jinyang." ”

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On the ninth day of August, Gao Huan returned to Jinyang, and the battle of Heqiao came to an end.

Having said that, thanks to Pei Guo's persuasion of Yuwentai to return to the army in time, Duguxin blocked the borders of Shaanzhou, so Gao Huan failed to get the news of the chaos in Guanzhong. Otherwise, Gao Huan would be in low spirits, and he would always take advantage of the situation to invade the west.

Before leaving, Gao Huan ordered the demolition of Kim Yong Cheng and completely bulldozed it, leaving not a single brick or tile. Luoyang City has been made of a scorched earth, and now even Kim Yong City has been destroyed, and the heart of Heluo in the past is gone.

Everyone was puzzled, but Hou Jing knew that Gao Huan was gone---, Gao Aocao was also dead, and this land of Henan was clearly his Hou Jing alone, how could Gao Huan be willing? After all, Luoyang is where the emperor's qi is, and it is better to be clean than to leave it to Hou Jing.

Sure enough, Gao Huan used "Luoyang has been destroyed" as an excuse to ask Hou Jing to choose another place to stay.

Hou Jing was also "refreshing", and immediately led his troops to move east to Xingyang, although the location was slightly off, but in the end it still occupied the hinterland of Henan. Gao Huan won't move him at this moment, after all, he still pointed at him Hou Jing to fight against the West thief in front of him, didn't he? That being the case, from now on, he Hou Jingke will be the "King of Henan".

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In the battle of Heqiao, the western army led by Yuwentai was defeated first and then won, but it also folded the generals Yifeng, Nianxian and others, and then had to abandon Luoyang and retreat to Guanzhong due to the chaos in Guanzhong.

On the side of the Eastern Army, there were tiger generals Mo Duo Lou and Gao Ao Cao who died on the battlefield, and the losses of the soldiers were not light, but in any case, they finally recaptured the land of Heluo.

In this way, the third large-scale confrontation between the two Wei can be described as evenly matched, regardless of victory or defeat.