The six towns in the north of Qi were originally a defensive bridgehead established by Rouran, which was regarded as a frontier position that played a warning role, but with the change of the Mobei regime, Rouran was replaced by his original slave Turkic department, but the role of the six towns still did not change, but the object of defense warning was changed to a more barbaric and murderous Turkic department. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoGao Huan's background is Huaishuo Town, one of the six towns, where he met He Batsheng's younger brother He Batyue, and here he also started the first glorious battle of his life.

Since it was to come out to observe the people's feelings, of course, in private, it was also to let the civil and military officials experience a terrifying Turkic cavalry, Gao Huan took them to the north, along the way the officials and people along the way to welcome, the more north the more sparse the population, when they arrived in Yanzhou, some places were actually dozens of miles of desolate land, when they came to some counties, many places were actually very backward and poor, and those places in the Yellow River Valley were completely different, it was like two eras of people living in one country.

When Gao Huan took these officials and gentlemen who lived in the imperial city and stayed at home to experience the fun of ordinary farmers, when he came to Beilingqiu County, the hometown of Murong Shaozong of Yanzhou, he ordered all officials to do a farm work here, whether it was planting vegetables, planting trees or harvesting, they must contribute a stone of labor to come up. This can exhaust those old men who are usually pampered.

Murong Shaozong and other generals can still cope with it when the time comes, but they have suffered Yang Xiuzhi, Xu Mingzhi, Gao Longzhi and others, especially Yang Kan, his physical strength is not very good, and the southerners have come to the north, and their bodies are a little unadaptable, and they have been vomiting and diarrhea. Beilingqiu County is Daning County further north, Daning County is the Great Wall a little north of Daning County, and beyond the Great Wall is Xuanrou, Huaihuang and other military towns.

When we arrived in Daning County, the atmosphere became more and more tense, and warning heralds came to report signs of Turkic activity. Gao Huan sat in the Taishou Mansion in the city of Daning County, the civil and military officials were all standing quietly and solemnly below, and a scout herald knelt at the foot of the steps. Gao Huan asked, "How many times has this invaded today?" Yang Kan replied: "Back to Your Majesty, at this time, the Turks have invaded our borders for the fourth time today. ”

Gao Huan said very unhappily: "There are four warnings in one day, what kind of life do you see the people living here?" Worried all day long to face those robber-like villains, how do you tell me how to live and work in peace? Yang Kan stopped talking, Sun Teng and Sima Ziru glanced at each other, Sima Ziru understood his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, forgive the old minister, in fact, there is nothing to understand the people's feelings in this wild marginal place, we might as well turn around and go east, when the minister also operated in Yingzhou Pingzhou for several years." "He's showing his credentials.

Gao Huan immediately slapped the table and said, "Isn't this part of the country?" Why do you want to turn a blind eye to what is happening here, the border town is against the enemy because the enemy is raging, and the enemy will not be able to sleep and eat if he does not get rid of me for a day. Yang Kan, Sun Teng and others suddenly heard the purpose of his hike, and immediately bowed their heads and said nothing, but the more Gao Huan was like this, the more annoyed he became, every inch of the country could not be parted, because the land was inhabited by the people of his own country, why were these officials and lords so resistant to the Northern Expedition to the Turks? Can't they be less selfish and plan?

Gao Huan said coldly: "Continue to set off three days later, I said that the place we are going to is Huaishuo Town, and if you don't go to Huaishuo, no one should propose to me to change the itinerary, so let's retreat." When he said this, Sima Ziru was covered in cold sweat, and quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Long live, long live, long live." Then he glared at Sun Teng vigorously, and it was he who gave himself a hint that made him scold Gao Huan just now.

Yang Kan, Murong Shaozong, Yang Zhong, Li Hu, Sun Teng, Sima Ziru and others all gathered in a room, Yang Kan sighed and said: "It seems that Your Majesty is determined to go north to the Turks this time, and this trip is obviously to explore the enemy's situation." Sima Ziru said: "The old man has lived with His Majesty for a long time, and I have never seen him so angry and angry as today. ”

This is obviously saying that Sun Teng misled him just now, Sun Teng didn't speak, Yang Zhong said: "I would have thought that since this Turk is so arrogant, we might as well agree with the emperor's intentions, and fight with them, regardless of victory or defeat, the emperor will also have an explanation." Sun Teng hurriedly interjected: "Master Hou, I'm afraid that things are not as simple as you think." Yang Zhong asked inexplicably: "What does Taifu mean by this?" ”

Sun Teng explained: "Your Majesty is in full bloom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now is the time to show your strength and want to do something that will go down in history, the Turkic Ministry is just a stumbling block, I am afraid that there are more and farther goals to be completed later, the country was originally newly built, and the previous hundreds of years of war have long withered the people's livelihood and the people are under great pressure, and now how to continue to use military force, the country will be very dangerous." It's easy to fight the world, but it's hard to sit in the world. As a courtier, I can't help but think about the people, but more for the sake of Your Majesty. ”

Yang Kan, Sima Ziru and others nodded in agreement with his remarks, especially Sima Ziru. Li Hu said at this time: "The general also agrees with the opinions of the two generals, it is best for us to have a plan for this matter, and it is not appropriate for the new country to make a big move, but the Turkic Ministry has been in trouble for a long time and has to find a way to deal with it, so it is better to write to Your Majesty, and say that within half a year, you will be able to recuperate and recuperate, and give the people and the army a chance to breathe, and half a year later it will be the time of the autumn harvest, and we will also recuperate at that time, and we may be able to fight with the Turks." ”

Sun Teng is engaged in diplomacy, he knows that once the two countries go to war, it will be difficult to make peace, once one party is at a disadvantage and then go to make peace with others, his country will not have the capital to put forward conditions, so he did not forget to remind: "The so-called soldiers are cautious, if you want to go to war, you must strive to win, because once you lose the war, it is very likely to lose power and humiliate the country, I think you all know it in your hearts." Everyone bowed their heads and were silent, one because what Sun Teng said was reasonable, and the other because no one was sure that they would be able to defeat the powerful Turks.

In the past, because of the strength of Rouran, the Northern Wei Dynasty was often harassed by it, and when it was the most down, it did not hesitate to use peace as a means, but now the more powerful Turks are coming, and they have no concept at all, how to fight these barbarians. It is said that their cavalry is strong and brave, but they don't know how to do it, and they don't know very well, only a very vague concept idea.

Gao Huan also sulked in the dormitory, Yaoqin on the side couldn't help comforting him and persuading him, he only took her with him on this hike, because Yaoqin's character is the kind of woman who is weak on the outside but tough on the inside. He also knew that she was not as adaptable to the life in the inner courtyard of the deep palace as the Lou Mingchun Erzhu sisters, so as long as there was an opportunity to go out, he would definitely take her with him. (To be continued.) )