Chapter 131: Annihilation
How can there be eggs under the nest, Erzhu Tianguang still understands this truth. Therefore, Hu Sichun's words hit the sore spot of Erzhu Tianguang, so that he had to start from the overall situation of the Erzhu family and had to send troops. Erzhu Tianguan asked He Bayue, who had been transferred from Qizhou to Yongzhou, and He Bayue said: The king's family is in three directions, the soldiers are strong, and the rabble of Gao Huan is not enough to confront the Wang family. If we can work together, there is no failure.
But the current situation is a suspicion of flesh and blood, and even survival is a problem, where can we talk about defeating the enemy. In the opinion of the lower officials, it is better for the king to sit in Guanzhong and send an elite to help in the war. According to He Bayue's strategy, Erzhu Tianguang sat in Chang'an, and sent another general to lead the elite to participate in the war, so that there was no face for Erzhu Shilong, and it could ensure that Guanzhong would not be lost at all.
But in view of the situation of Erzhu Zhao and Erzhu Zhongyuan sending troops to Xindu for the first time, Erzhu Tianguang is really not at ease with them, if the Guannerzhu family is defeated again, the prestige of the Erzhu family will definitely plummet, and everyone in the world will flock to Erzhu Kebully, and then I am afraid that the end of the Erzhu family is really coming.
Erzhu Tianguang knows Erzhu Zhao's temper, he has no ability to form the core of the Erzhu family, and if he wants the Erzhu family to work together, maybe only he can do it.
Therefore, Erzhu Tianguang did not listen to He Bayue's Jianyi, and left his younger brother Erzhu Xianshou to guard Chang'an, and led the army eastward by himself, and at the same time passed on Mo Chenyue, the assassin of Qinzhou, to lead the troops to accompany him
& In this way, Erzhu Tianguang sent troops to Chang'an, Zhu Zhongyuan went out of Dongjun, Erzhu Dulu from Luoyang, Erzhu Zhao from Jinyang, and nearly 200,000 troops from the four routes advanced to Yecheng. Prepare to annihilate Gao Huan in one fell swoop.
Erzhu Tianguang didn't listen to the advice and insisted on going his own way, He Batyue was annoyed on the surface, but he was really excited in his heart. He was acutely aware that his opportunity had come. In fact, Erzhu Tianguang's trip ambushed a great crisis. He asked Hou Mo Chen Yue to accompany him, and naturally trusted Hou Mo Chen Yue more in his bones, but since he was afraid of He Batyue, wouldn't it be more dangerous to leave He Batyue in Guanzhong?
Guanxi has formed two major mountains below Erzhu Tianguang, the He Batyue faction and the Hou Mo Chen Yue faction, the generals of Guanzhong are basically divided into two camps, Hou Mo Chen Yue assassinated Qinzhou, Weizhou and Hezhou to the west of Qinzhou are his forces, and the other states are basically He Batyue's love generals. Comparatively speaking, the power of the pro-ga Batak is greater. If Erzhu Tianguang and Hou Mo Chen Yue leave, who else can restrain He Batyue from coming out?
Even if Erzhu Tianguang wins, if He Bayue divides Guanzhong and becomes another Wan Qi ugly slave, who can stop it?
Sure enough, as soon as Erzhu Tianguang walked on his front foot, He Bayue began to think about it. He Bayue thought that Erzhu Tianguang would definitely be defeated, and he might even have no return, so he had to plan for himself.
He Bayue wanted to join Hou Mo and Chen Yue to respond to Gao Huan and challenge the Erzhu family. But how to dissuade Hou Mo Chen Yue from going east gave him a headache, Hou Mo Chen Yue was timid, did he dare to resist Er Zhu Tianguang's order? He Bayue summoned his henchman Yu Wentai to discuss countermeasures.
Yuwentai offered a strategy: Erzhu Tianguang had just left, and Hou Mo Chen Yue didn't dare to have two hearts. If you sue him directly, I am afraid that he will delay the big thing under his fear. In my opinion, although Hou Mo Chen Yue is the main general, he has no idea. You can talk about moving his subordinates first.
When the time came, Hou Mo Chen Yue wanted to leave but was worried that his subordinates would be uneasy. If you don't leave, you will delay the trip, and when you are in a dilemma, persuade him to stay. It will definitely succeed. He Bayue immediately ordered Yu Wentai to go to Hou Mo and Chen Yue's army to act according to the plan. Everyone used to be a comrade-in-arms in the trenches, and Yuwentai easily found a lot of old friends to catch up.
As Yu Wentai expected, the subordinates who encouraged Hou Mo Chen Yue were very effective, everyone was unwilling to leave Guanxi, the blessed land that they had been fighting for many years, to work for the Erzhu family, and everyone expressed to Hou Mo Chen Yue that they were unwilling to go out with Erzhu Tianguang, Hou Mo Chen Yue didn't have many ideas, and he was cowardly by nature and didn't dare to disobey the generals, and finally obediently gave in and stopped moving.
Hou Mo Chen Yue should feel lucky, because soon the news came from the front line that Gao Huan Yu Hanling had broken the Erzhu coalition army, He Ba surrendered before the battle, Hu Sichun, Jia Xiandu, and Changsun Zhi turned their guns and rushed back to Luoyang to kill Erzhu Qunhu. It turned out that the 200,000 people of Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Tianguang, Erzhu Zhongyuan, and Erzhu Dulu were nominally controlled by Changsun Zhi, but Changsun Zhi was just an ornament, and Erzhu Zhongyuan, Dulu and Erzhu Zhao reconciled on the surface, but in fact they still harbored ghosts. As for Hu Sichun, He Batsheng, Jia Xiandu and others in the army, they are just waiting for an opportunity to defect.
Although Gao Huan had less than 2,000 cavalry and only 30,000 infantry, he had Hu Lujin, He Bayun, Gao Aocao, Gao Yue, Wei Digan and other heroes to help in the battle.
Just as Gao Huan and Zhu Zhaoguang'a fought during the battle of his nephew Duan Shao said: The so-called number of widows, the number of people is not necessarily the public, Zhu Qunhu is detached, that is not called the public. There was no war, but the outcome was doomed.
& Gao Huan said that this battle was really a battle of life and death. In order to strengthen the determination of the soldiers to fight to the death, in front of Hanling Mountain, Gao Huan blocked the retreat with cattle and donkeys that transported supplies, and set up a circle to make a plan for his death. Since there is no way back, there is only a way to survive by desperately charging and stepping on the corpses of the enemy.
The war started, Gao Huan against Erzhu Zhao, the combat effectiveness of the Qihu warriors should not be underestimated, Erzhu Zhao led the heavy cavalry back and forth to clash, Gao Huan's Chinese army was hit hard, Wei Jingbu retreated, Peng Lebu desperately resisted, at the critical moment, Gao Ao Cao and Cai Jun's left army thousand horsemen from Liyuan to kill Er Zhu Zhao, Gao Yue held high the banner and led the right army to kill up, the rear army Hu Lujin gathered the defeated soldiers and covered the killing, the army concentrated on attacking Er Zhu Zhao, Er Zhu Zhao lost, Er Zhu Zhongyuan saw that Er Zhu Zhao was unfavorable and actually watched and watched, He Batsheng turned against him, Dudu Bu Khansa surrendered. Immediately, the entire army of Erzhu collapsed.
Erzhu Zhao led the remnants of the defeated army to flee back to Jinyang, Erzhu Zhong fled to the Liang Dynasty for refuge, Erzhu Tianguang and Erzhu Dulu planned to rush back to Luoyang to make plans again, however, Changsun Zhi, Hu Sichun, Jia Xiandu had already taken the lead back to Luoyang to occupy the river bridge, under the persuasion of Hu Sichun, Changsun Zhi and others, Emperor Jiemin attacked the Erzhu family, Erzhu Shilong, Erzhu Yanbo and others were killed.
Erzhu Tianguang and others were blocked in Hebei. I wanted to storm the river bridge, but it rained heavily. The man was sleepy and tired, and he could not open his bow and arrow. had to lead the troops back to Kansai, but the general trend of the Erzhu family has gone, the people of the Erzhu family have become street rats, Erzhu Tianguang continued to encounter the interception and pursuit of all armed forces on the road, and finally was caught and escorted to Luoyang in Lei Bo. The metropolitan governor Yu Jin led part of the remnants of the Guanxi army to flee back to Guanxi.
Emperor Jiemin's mood is very complicated, as the emperor, he has actually never been accustomed to Erzhu Qunhu's style, but in the final analysis, he is supported by them, will Gao Huan support himself? In order to show goodwill to Gao Huan. Emperor Jiemin asked Erzhu Tianguang's head to be sent to the Gao Huan camp.
However, Gao Huan did not appreciate it, and finally abolished Yuan Gong at the instigation of Wei Langen and Cui Yi, the squire of the Yellow Gate. Therefore, for the uprising to be legitimate, the emperor must pull off the horse.
It is said that the happiest person to abolish Yuan Gong should be Yuen Long, and it was under his unified leadership that Erzhu Qunhu's army was defeated. However, the world is unpredictable, Yuen Long was just temporarily pulled over by Gao Huan to fill the number, and now the world has been caught in Gao Huan's hands. He also had to consider the influence of the emperor in the hearts of the people.
Yuen Long, the royal family, obviously did not have enough appeal, so he couldn't continue to be the emperor safely, in the final analysis. Yuen Long, like Yuen Yip, is just a transition.
This time they chose Pingyang Wang Yuanxiu, the son of Guangping Wang Yuanhuai, the fifth son of Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong. Yuan Huai's eldest son, Fan Yang Wang Yuanxu, died in the Erzhu Zhao Rebellion, and his second son, Yuan Yi, died in the Heyin Rebellion. Yuan Yi's wife's surname is Zheng Ming Dache, remember this name that modern people think is very vulgar, her story is very rich.
When Gao Huan entered Beijing, Yuan Xiu hid, and only his friend Wang Sizheng knew his whereabouts. Hu Sichun and Wang Sizheng have a good relationship. With the help of Hu Sichun and Wang Sizheng, Gao Huan set up Pingyang Wang Yuanxiu as the emperor, and Yuanxiu was the emperor of Xiaowu.
With the merit of destroying Erzhu Qunhu, Gao Huan became the great savior of the people of the world, the great hero of the rebuilding of the Wei family, and was promoted from one of the princes to the first minister in the world.
Gao Huan succeeded, from a town soldier to the number one boss in the empire, he used less than ten years, miracles, it was simply a miracle of miracles, in that chaotic era, nothing was impossible. The news of Erzhu Tianguang's defeat reached Kansai, and He Bayue and Hou Mo Chen Yue, who had been watching and waiting, immediately attacked, Yuwentai led the vanguard to attack Chang'an, Erzhu Xianshou abandoned the city and fled, Yuwentai chased after him until Huayin captured him. Yuwentai stayed with Hebayue.
He Bayue sent someone to report to Gao Huan about the shape of Guanxi, Gao Huan was overjoyed, and the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty took He Bayue as the Guanxi Daxingtai, the capital of Qi, Hua, Qin, and Yongzhu military, with Yuwentai as the left and Xue Xiaotong as the right, and Yuwentai and the Sima of the Governor's Mansion, He Bayue entrusted Yuwentai with every detail.
However, the preferential treatment of He Bayue was just an expedient measure for Gao Huan to appease Guanzhong at a time when people's hearts were uneasy. He Batyue's strength had already caused Gao Huan to be uneasy, and soon, Emperor Xiaowu issued an edict appointing He Batyue as the assassin of Jizhou, which was of course Gao Huan's idea. After receiving the edict, He Bayue knew that his old rival He Liuhun had made it bad again.
Leaving the base that has been in business for many years, He Bayue is naturally unwilling, but he clearly knows that Gao Huan is now the most popular time, and it is expected to go against Gao Huan at this time, not to mention that people are now raising the emperor at every turn, although the emperor is Gao Huan's puppet, but in the eyes of the world, especially in the eyes of loyal ministers and filial sons, the emperor is still the emperor, and he is still the supreme with mysterious authority.
He Batyue has illusions again, maybe one qiē and one qiē are all worried about themselves, the eldest brother He Batyun raised troops with Gao Huan, which can be described as Gao Huan's first hero, currently worshipping the king of Yan County, the second brother He Batsheng is now serving in the court, and belongs to the people around the emperor, so even if he enters the court alone, although he has lost his base, he should have no worries about his life. Therefore, He Batyue weighed it again and again, and finally decided to return to Beijing with the edict.
No one could convince He Bayue, only Xue Xiaotong persuaded him: King Gao is indeed difficult to fight with thousands of Xianbei Poer, Zhu Qunhu, and millions of people. However, after carefully analyzing Gao Huan's situation, it is not without problems.
The two brothers have always been above Gao Huan, Hou Yuan, Fan Zihu, Jia Xiandu, Hu Sichun, Zha Lie Yanqing and others were about the same status as him in the Erzhu era.
Some of these people now occupy prefectures and counties, and some are officials in Beijing, and if they are removed, they will lose popularity, and it will be a big trouble to keep them.
Putting these aside, Er Zhu Zhao still has considerable strength in Bingzhou. King Gao now has to appease the heroes inside and deal with strong enemies outside, at this time, where does he have the energy to fight with you for the land of Kansai. Xue Xiaotong said again: Now the heroes of Guanzhong belong to the Ming Gong and are willing to die for you.
The Ming Duke took Huashan as the city, coupled with the natural danger of the Yellow River, he could annex Shandong when he entered, and he could seal Hangu when he retreated, so why should he be restrained by others? Before the words fell, He Bayue stood up and held Xue Xiaotong's hand and said: That's too right.
So, He Bayue casually found a reason to prevaricate the matter of moving to Jizhou, and continued to claim the king and hegemony in Guanzhong. In fact, Xue Xiaotong's analysis is very correct, Gao Huan really doesn't have the energy to deal with He Bayue now, and eliminating the remnants of Erzhu is his top priority. To deal with He Bayue, it is necessary to use stratagonism rather than soldiers and horses, Gao Huan has always been very confident in his IQ.
After Yuan Xiu ascended the throne, he also learned that Emperor Jie Min added the same general as General Zhu Zhao Tianzhu to award this supreme military rank to Gao Huan, but Er Zhu Zhao did not accept it at the beginning, and Gao Huan did not accept it. Since then, Tianzhu has become Er Zhurong's patent.
Gao Huan's generals and the princes of the Northern Wei Dynasty formed a leadership team, and Gao Huan was still his own prime minister, above the hundred officials. Gao Longzhi, who followed Gao Huan in Mount Tai, was the general of the hussars and the three divisions of Yitong, and became an important minister of the country from a town soldier, Gao Longzhi couldn't help but be proud, and Gao Huan was commensurate with his younger brother, and he did not have too much respect for these clan princes of the Yuan family who relied on the ancestral shade as officials.
Nanyang Wang Yuanbao Torch is also a hot-blooded man of the Yuan family, he grabbed Gao Longzhi in public and beat him, scolding while beating: What is so great about you as a town soldier. Because of Gao Huan's face, Yuan Xiu reprimanded the Yuan Bao Torch, and demoted the Yuan Bao Torch from the newly appointed Tai Lieutenant to the Hussar General, and temporarily went home to reflect.
Gao Huan saw that the emperor had obviously given himself enough face, so he had to show something, so he transferred Gao Longzhi from the capital to the North Road Xingtai and the state assassination, which was regarded as playing fifty boards each. It can also be seen from this incident that there are many contradictions within the new court, and it is really not easy for Gao Huan to bring together all aspects of the forces. Yuan Xiu soon killed Yuan Long and Yuan Ye, and Yuan Gong did not escape the inevitable fate of the dismounted emperor. The position of emperor can be up but not down, and those who come down generally do not end well.
In order to consolidate the court situation, under the mediation of Li Yuanzhong, Gao Huan's eldest daughter married Yuan Xiu and became the queen, and Yuan Xiu's sister Huayang Princess Yuan Jiyan married Gao Huan's younger brother Gao Chen, and the relationship between the two families went further. After the affairs of the imperial court were stabilized, Gao Huan and the metropolitan governor Kudi went out of the well to crusade against Erzhu Zhao.
Erzhu Zhao gave up Jinyang and returned to Xiurong Chuan, when the New Year came, the governor Dou Tai suddenly killed, Erzhu Zhao committed suicide, Murong Shaozong packed up his troops and surrendered, and the last base of the Erzhu family perished.
Gao Huan married the Empress Da Erzhu of the Yongan Emperor and the Empress Xiao Erzhu of the Jiemin Emperor as concubines, and the family wealth of the Erzhu family became part of Gao Huan's family property as a dowry, however, Gao Huan still respected the Da Erzhu family, and it is said that every time he saw this daughter-in-law, he always gave a salute and called him "Xia Guan". Gao Huan established the Great Prime Minister's Mansion in Jinyang, and began to learn from Zhu Rong to sit in Jinyang and control the imperial court, starting a new round of hegemony rule.
The monarch who is the son-in-law of Weng is not at peace with each other for the time being, but power can change people and change the relationship between people. In the face of power, father and son can still turn against each other, and what is Weng's son-in-law! (To be continued......)