He Batsheng was able to come back, and Zhao Gang, the former governor of the Great Wei Dynasty, contributed a lot. When Emperor Xiaowu left, Zhao Gang encouraged Feng Jingzhao, the assassin of Dongjingzhou, to go to Guanzhong, who expected that he encountered the attack of the barbarian tyrant army on the way, Zhao Gang became a prisoner of the barbarians, and Zhao Gang was an optimistic person.

He knew that the barbarians had always refused to obey the king, and they would not necessarily work hard for Gao Huan if they didn't listen to the court, so he didn't have a deep hatred with them, so there was still a glimmer of life, besides, the barbarians were not unable to communicate, and many Han people fled into the mountains to join the savages in order to avoid taxes and servitude, and became an important part of the barbarian tribe.

Zhao Gang is a typical diplomatic talent, and what he is best at is moving with emotion and reasoning. Zhao Gang just tried to communicate with the barbarians, patiently explaining the general trend of the world to the barbarians, so that everyone thought that he was really a good person, and since he was a good person, he couldn't be rude and rude like treating bad people. The barbarians were said to be moved, Zhao Gang regained his freedom, and Zhao Gang was not busy leaving for Chang'an after the freedom, because he already knew the news that Yuan Xiu had died and Yuan Baoju took office.

Although Yuan Xiu is dead, but the Yuan Bao Torch is the same as the filial piety of the descendants of Tianhuang nobles, and being able to support Changjun shows that Yuwentai is loyal to the Great Wei Dynasty, in stark contrast, Gao Huan's Yuan Shanjian is just a child, and Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone, so the Eastern Wei Dynasty belongs to the authentic puppet regime and illegal government. Zhao Gang decided that no matter how far the road was, no matter how difficult the road ahead was, he must go to Chang'an.

However, Zhao Gang knew that even if he went to his relatives, he couldn't be empty-handed, if Yuan Xiu was still in power, it would be no problem to mix in the court with his old relationship. But now that Yuan Baoju and Yuwentai are in power, they don't have much old love with themselves. I went to the house like this, thinking that we were here to eat, and I had to give Yuwentai a meeting gift if I said anything.

Zhao Gang, who has nothing, still has a head and a tongue. He believes that he can do great things with his talent. Zhao Gang aimed at Li Molian, the assassin of Eastern Jingzhou in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, if he could persuade Li Molian, who was born in the Zhao County clan, to surrender, it would be a heavy blow to Gao Huan, and it could also play an exemplary role and touch the nerves of those wall grasses in Henan.

This is not a small gift, but a big one. Li Molian's real name is Li Su, Moli is his word, Li Su was very confused when he was young, and it was easy for him to be an official as a child of the Zhaojun clan. But he is not confused when he is young, and he is still reluctant to enter the officialdom, what he prefers to do is to make friends with heroes and heroes.

After the chaos in the world in the year of Xiaochang, Li Shu lived in seclusion in Lin Shu Mountain to watch the changes in the world, and Sun Zhi, the governor of the capital, recruited him into the tent to serve as the commander of the army.

Later, Yuan Jian, the great star of the North Road, granted Li Shu to guard the east city of Yecheng as a fake festival, Yuan Jian conspired against him, and Li Shu escaped from the wind and fled to the capital governor Yuanzi Yong. Zhijie guarded the Juice River northwest of Yecheng, where he once repelled 10,000 elite horsemen from Ge Rong's uncle, Ge Chang, the king of Leling.

Gao Huan raised troops to Xindu, Li Shu led thousands of subordinates to attach, and Taichang was the governor of Southern Jingzhou and the governor of Dangzhou in the early years. Later, in addition to the hussar general, the history of the East Jingzhou Thorn, the governor of Dangzhou, and the scattered cavalry.

Under Zhao Gang's flickering, Li Mo was hesitant. So he asked Zhao Gang to go to Jinyang to see the shape shì. Gao Huan invited Zhao Gang to a banquet, and the two had a good conversation. Gao Huan also asked Zhao Gang to bring a letter to Jingzhou.

However, Zhao Gang returned to Jingzhou. Describing Gao Huan as a rebellious minister and thief with inflated ambitions, Li Molian decided to listen to Zhao Gang's words, so Li Molian beheaded Yang Zuhuan and other dissidents, and announced that Dongjingzhou was subject to the Guanxi Festival, and Zhao Gang entered the customs as a special envoy.

Zhao Gang saw Yuwentai in Bashang, and reported to Yuwentai about the shape of Kanto, Yuwentai was overjoyed, and Zhao Gang was the earl with the credit of recovering Eastern Jingzhou, except for the general of the chariot and cavalry, and the doctor of Zuo Guanglu. Zhao Gang saw the Yuan Bao Torch and proposed to invite He Basheng, Dugu Ruwish and others who were in the south of the Yangtze River to return to China. The ingots torch also had this intention, so he sent Zhao Gang to dredge it.

Zhao Gangtong sent the letter to Jiankang and handed it over to He Batsheng and others. It is said that He Batsheng crossed the river and defected to Liang under the persecution of Hou Jing, Liang Emperor Xiao Yan has always admired this northern general, so he welcomed his defection, and since then He Batsheng has been a public in Jiangnan, in addition to not being able to ask about political affairs, life is not bad, but not long after, news came from Jiangbei that his brother He Batyun was killed by Gao Huan, and his family was imprisoned by Gao Huan.

It turned out that after Yuan Shanjian ascended the throne, He Batyun was the Taibao, but the occurrence of He Batsheng's flight south and He Batyue's death made Gao Huan and He Batyue's family already incompatible, so Gao Huan was not at ease with He Batyun, and finally found an excuse to starve He Batyun to death, and at the same time imprisoned He Batsheng's family

He dreamed of leading his troops to the Northern Expedition to the Eastern Wei Dynasty and kill Gao Huan to take revenge, but Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang was worried that He Batsheng would never return, so how could he rest assured that he would hand over the army to him?

He Batsheng was depressed. Linked to the fact that the generals of Nanben are more reused, we have reason to believe that Emperor Wu of Liang is clear about He Batsheng's experience, He Batsheng is brave, but he lacks the most basic quality of a general: integrity.

From surrendering Wei Kegu and opposing Wei Kegu, as Er Zhurong's general, he stood on the side of Emperor Yongan after Er Zhurong was killed, Emperor Yongan asked him to fight Er Zhu Zhongyuan but surrendered to Er Zhu Zhongyuan, Han Lingshan turned his back on Zhong Yuan to Gao Huan in the first battle, and then turned against Gao Huan, there are too many times to repeat it, who can use such a hero boldly and boldly?

Since Liang Guo refuses to use me, he can only pin his hope of revenge on Guanzhong. After reading the letter brought by Zhao Gang, He Batsheng was moved, and he convened his subordinates to discuss the matter of returning to the north, and everyone agreed to return to China, but would the Emperor of Liang let him go?

He Batsheng asked for a return. Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang looked at the recital, and said that the writing was good, and when he heard that the recital was written by Lu Rou, he ordered the people in the palace to visit him and gave Lu Rou a lot of silk. He Batsheng was speechless.

Shi Ningdao, the former military secretary of Jingzhou Xingtai, who defected to Jiangnan with He Batsheng, said: There is someone who can help us. The person Shi Ning said was Zhu Yi, a member of the Zhongshu Society, Xiao Yan's favorite minister. Shi Ning knew that Zhu Yi was trusted by Xiao Yan and had enough weight, and it was more effective to find him than to find the emperor directly. He Batsheng agreed.

Shi Ning saw Zhu Yi and talked about that he and He Batsheng were forced by thieves, but fortunately Liang Guo took him in to live in the world, and His Majesty the Emperor treated me and waited for Longen. We are deeply grateful, but every time we think of the hatred of the country and the family. All sighed and moved away from home. The sound is blocked, I don't want to send letters to my family, and my homesickness is irrepressible.

When Shi Ning talked about emotion, tears flowed, and Zhu Yi was also moved, and said to Shi Ning: How can I forget the thoughts of my hometown, I will definitely play it on my behalf. Help you get what you want.

In Zhu Yi's view, He Batsheng was a useless hero in the Liang State, and going back could build a bridge of friendship between the Liang State and the Western Wei Dynasty, and the two sides would jointly deal with the strong enemy Eastern Wei, such an alliance would be beneficial to the Liang State, so letting He Batsheng return to Guanzhong would be beneficial to the Liang State and not harmful. Zhu Yi's words worked very well, and Xiao Yan listened to Zhu Yi's advice.

On the day of the return of the north, Emperor Liang personally saw off He Batsheng in Nanyuan, which moved He Batsheng. He Batsheng is also a man of temperament. Since then, all birds and beasts have not shot south, in order to express their gratitude to the Southern Dynasty.

He Batsheng embarked on the road back to the north. Gao Huan also heard the news that He Batsheng was going back to Kansai, he knew He Batsheng too well, wouldn't it be like a tiger if the black otter had broken Hu to help?

Gao Huan informed Hou Jing, who was stationed in Henan, to stop He Batsheng. Hou Jing immediately led a light horse to intercept it. He had already prepared for He Basheng in the Eastern Wei Control District, and he knew that Gao Huan would definitely send people to block the attack, so after arriving at Xiangyang by water, he quietly abandoned the ship and landed on the shore and marched from the mountain road.

This plan of action is a bit risky. In order to avoid the interception of the Eastern Wei army, the official road could not be taken. The trail is almost as good as no road, plus the autumn rain continues. The temperature in the Tianshan Mountains was low, and after walking hundreds of miles of mountain roads, everyone suffered a lot, and more than half of the entourage died of cold and starvation, and the strategist Lu Rou was once lost and almost froze to death under the dead wood.

After going through many difficulties and dangers, He Basheng and his entourage finally returned to Chang'an, and less than half of the more than 500 people who crossed the river with them returned to Chang'an safely. However, is Hebatsheng willing to put down his son and succumb to Yuwentai? In the past, the two were not at the same level at all, and when He Batsheng was already famous, Yuwentai was just an unknown little brother, but the little brother in the past has now become the real boss in Kansai. With Ho Batsheng's character, can he handle the relationship with Yuwentai?

He Batsheng pleaded guilty to the court, Emperor Wei Wen was very happy that he could come back, with his high morality, he was crowned as the Taishi, the Taishi can be described as the highest honor of the courtiers, since the first year of the Taishi Shangdang Wang Sun Zhi died of illness. Lu Rou was transferred by Yuwentai to Daxingtai Mansion to serve as Tai Langzhong and Su Sui to take charge of secrets, and Shi Ningjin was appointed as the Marquis.

For a long time in the north, He Batsheng has not been in the right position, he has not been able to have a relationship with Yuwentai has been very awkward, the two just nodded when they met, so it also formed a spectacle, He Batsheng and his colleagues saw Yuwentai, everyone bent down to meet, only He Batsheng stood there like a flock.

Although Yuwentai was also a little awkward in his heart, he thought that his one qiē today was originally given by He Batyue, so he was more polite to He Batsheng, since you don't worship me, let me worship you.

Yuwentai's politeness made many people indignant, and He Batsheng also felt that he was a little excessive, no matter how he said that Yuwentai was the prime minister, and his prestige in Kansai was incomparable to himself, what did he have? How much is your own face worth?

He regretted it. One day, He Batsheng and everyone with Yuwentai in Kunming Pool banquet, there happened to be two water birds playing on the water, Yuwentai ordered someone to take the big bow and personally handed it to He Batsheng's hand, and then pointed to the two water birds and said: I haven't seen He Batgong's magic shot for a long time, and today I ask He Batgong to test the shot. He won the big bow, but when he heard the bowstring sound, the two waterfowl were pierced with meat skewers, and the entourage cheered in unison.

He Batsheng bowed to the ground, raised his hands and handed back the bow and arrows to Yu Wentai, and said loudly: If He Batsheng follows the prime minister to crusade against the traitors, the thieves will all be like these two birds. Yuwentai was overjoyed, and quickly got up to help He Batsheng up, and the two looked at each other hand in hand and laughed. In this way, He Batsheng officially recognized Yuwentai's status.

Since then, the two have put their hearts to heart, He Batsheng regards Yuwentai as his new master, and Yuwentai is even more kind to He Batsheng. When He Batsheng came back, Dugu did not return with him, because Dugu's wish was not the same as He Batsheng's, Dugu was ordered to go south of the Yangtze River after the defeat of the Eastern Expedition, which belonged to the affairs of this dynasty, and He Batsheng's southward running belonged to the old affairs of the previous dynasty.

He Batsheng came back first to explore the way for Dugu to get his wish, and for the return of his old subordinates, He Batsheng naturally did a lot of work. Half a year later, the time was ripe for Dugu to return as he wished, so he also asked Emperor Liang to return north.

Emperor Wu of Liang asked Dugu as he wished: Your parents are in Shandong. Which Wei do you want to go back to? Dugu said as he wished: Naturally go back to Kansai, and there is no difference. Of course I'm going where you are. "Loyal ministers", Emperor Wu of Liang was very moved. In fact, for Dugu as he wished, he could only go to Guanzhong, loyalty and filial piety could not be both, he had already chosen loyalty when he abandoned his family to follow Yuan Xiu to move west, and now, if he returned to the east, would Gao Huan be willing to let himself go?

Even if Gao Huan is willing to let himself go, in the eyes of Hou Jing and Gao Aocao, who are arrogant generals, does he still have status? To go to the east is to give up the qiē that you have already gained. From the beginning, Dugu is not stupid as he wishes. Dugu took Yang Zhong and Yuwen Qiu back to Chang'an as he wished. Leading troops to go out to battle, losing troops and losing generals, according to the law, is a big sin, and Dugu wrote a letter to ask for guilt as he wished. But this time, he didn't get through as easily as He Batsheng. Yuwentai asked Shangshu Province to discuss how to convict Dugu as he wished.

After some discussion, Qibing Shangshu, Chenjun Wang Yuanxuanwang and others finally submitted an evaluation report, which said that Dugu was humiliated as a border general, and the country's criminal law naturally could not be abandoned.

But the thief will be killed. Meritorious service should be rewarded. Alone, without backup, the enemy is outnumbered, and he refuses to join the thief and run to the beam. Pardonable. Therefore, our opinion is to make meritorious service for the crime and reinstate the official. "Shine as it is!" Emperor Wei Wendi made a final decision, and Dugu was not held accountable as he wished. Not only did the original envoy hold the festival, the three divisions of the ceremony, and the Fuyang County Duke remain unchanged, but also turned into a hussar general. Serve in the middle and open the house, and the official is promoted to one level.

Judging from Yuwentai's attitude towards Dugu. The relationship between the two is far from being as sweet as it used to be, Dugu must have been promised in advance when he came back, and the relationship between his old boss He Batsheng should not seem to be so tortuous. Yang Zhong and Yuwen Qiu, who returned with Dugu as they wished, had their own opportunities.

Yuwentai saw that Yang Zhong was seven feet eight inches long, with a beautiful beard, a burly appearance, and an extraordinary appearance, and he liked it when he was on the move, so he transferred him to his account from Dugu Ruyi's side. Yu Wenqiu still follows Du Gu as he wished, and the imperial court posthumously recorded the former merit as the duke, and in the future, both of them will have a good performance. Yang Zhong did not live up to Yuwentai's expectations, and soon made a big splash.

Yang Zhong followed Yuwentai to hunt in Longmen, a tiger suddenly burst out of the grass, Yang Zhong's war horse was frightened and overturned him to the ground, the bow and arrow were thrown aside, the tiger roared and rushed to Yang Zhong, Yang Zhong had no time to draw the saber, said that it was too late and that was fast, Yang Zhong suddenly jumped up and started hand-to-hand combat with the tiger, in the midst of everyone's exclamation, the battle has been divided, only to see Yang Zhong holding the tiger's waist with his left hand, pulling out the tiger's tongue with his right hand, the tiger's mouth spurted out a stream of blood, and his body fell to the ground softly, This scene made the onlookers tremble.

Yuwentai was also impressed by Yang Zhong's bravery: slaves are the real "Yu". The tiger is also known as 揜於, and since then Yang Zhong has changed the word to "揜於".

Yang Zhong, who left Dugu and flew alone, gradually grew into a general in his own right, and his legend has just begun. The second year of the Great Unification was a difficult year for Yuwentai, Kansai was already sparsely populated and the land was barren, but God also came to join in the fun, this year there was a big drought and little rain, and the grain harvest failed.

Until the month of Layue, there is still no shadow of winter snow, the drought still has no signs of alleviation, if it continues, next year's annual situation is still a problem, by the end of the year many families have run out of food, everywhere there is news of starvation to death, some places among the people have begun to change their children and eat.

Yuwentai was worried about the great hunger in Guanzhong, but at this time, the frontier reported urgently: the Eastern Wei Dynasty invaded in a big way, and Gao Huan, the prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, personally led the team, and the troops were divided into three routes, respectively, marching to Huazhou, Tongguan, and Shangluo. Gao Huan supervised the main force of the Eastern Army through Longmen Tun Soldier Puban, Dou Tai, the Governor of Jinggi of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, led 10,000 elite cavalry to the first line of Tongguan, and Situ Gao Ao Cao led the Henan army out of Wuguan to march in the direction of Shangluo.

For Gao Ao Cao all the way, Yu Wentai is not too worried, although through Luo Lantian can go straight to Chang'an, but this road is difficult to walk, even if the continuous mountains and mountains can not stop the Eastern Army, those in the mountains with the Ba people local secession armed forces will continue to find Gao Ao Cao's trouble, the Ba people are brave and good at fighting, and more pro-Western Wei, enough for Gao Ao Cao's headache.

Moreover, stationed in Shangluo, the Luozhou Thorn Shi Quanqi is a local hero, the father and son are all brave and good at fighting, the Quan family has a solid foundation in the local area, a wide base of the masses, and the tribe is all Ba warriors, and Gao Aocao's Han army has a fight.

Back then, Dong Shao once wanted to take 3,000 blind people to quell Xiao Baochu's rebellion, and this so-called blind team was the part of Quanqi. What about Dou Tai all the way? It is undeniable that Dou Tai is a first-class fierce general for Gao Huan, and the first battle after Gao Huanxindu's uprising was Dou Tai's discordant plan to disintegrate Er Zhuzhao's coalition army.

Dou Tai from thousands of miles to attack Erzhu Zhao after the prestige of the earthquake, the next few years have been auspicious, whether it is a counterinsurgency or a conquest almost no failure experience, so this attack on Tongguan also has the ambition to win, Tongguan once the Chang'an is not dangerous to defend. Tongguan has mountains and rivers and natural dangers, and Dou Tai will not be so easy to get.

Gao Huan's main force of the Eastern Wei Army was in Pujin, and crossing the river was Huazhou, and Huazhou had the old bear Wang Zhen guarding there, but Huazhou cut the road to the west, and it couldn't stop Gao Huan's westward pace at all, and on the surface, this road was the most dangerous. However, although the weather is not as cold as in previous years, the ice of the Yellow River is not thick, and Gao Huan's heavy cavalry and grain and grass baggage cannot cross the ice directly across the river, so Gao Huan can only have one way to cross the river: build a bridge.

However, Gao Huan made such a big move, where is his main direction of attack? Yuwen Taidun Army Guangyang, closely monitoring Gao Huan's movements. There was an urgent report from the front, Dou Tai attacked Xihongnong, Xingtai Guo Yan was defeated and took Luozhou, the forward position of Tongguan Shanzhu Valley was lost, the garrison soldiers were wiped out, and the guard general Yang Meng escaped alone.

Yang Meng out of the Luohao clan, Emperor Xiaowu moved west to lead the troops to reinforce Tongguan, after Gao Huan attacked, Tongguan was lost, Yang Meng led the troops to retreat to Shanzhu Valley, built a camp fence here, sheltered the righteous disciples of the emperor, Chang'an for him to add officials to the east general, Yangzhou Assassin History, Dadu Governor.

The defense of Xi Hongnong and Shanzhu Valley was already weak, and Yu Wentai was not too surprised by the two falls. Yuwentai knew that Yang Meng's mass foundation was good, so not only did he not add to the crime, but also allocated him 1,000 soldiers to garrison in Niuwei Fort and continue to wait for opportunities to reinforce Tongguan.

This year's Chinese New Year's Eve and the officers and men of the Eastern and Western armies all bid farewell to the old and welcomed the new in the army, and because they were worried about the enemy's sneak attack, they strengthened their vigilance, and there were more killings in the celebrations. In the new year, the weather was still not too cold, and Gao Huan built three pontoon bridges on the ice of the Yellow River, posing as a posture to cross the river and attack.

However, although the pontoon bridge was completed, the eastern army was not seen crossing the river for a long time. Dou Tai's army, which had won consecutive battles, was gradually approaching Tongguan, but the marching speed was quite slow, and Dou Tai seemed to be waiting for something. (To be continued......)