Chapter 29: Rumors

Gao Huan captured and killed Erzhu Yusheng and officially broke with the Erzhu clan, but the first reaction was the long-awaited scholars from You, Ding, Xuan, and other states.

It is no wonder that the Hebei scholars chose to wait and see, and Gao Huan's political component was there:

is not only the general of the Erzhu clan, but also the brother of Erzhu Zhao, and even the six towns can be handed over to Gao Huan's command, which shows the trust.

How do you know if you Gao Huan is singing a duet with Er Zhu Zhao, they are willing to serve you as the master, it does not mean that the rest of the scholars must bet on Gao Huan.

Regardless of why Erzhu Yusheng was driven to Hebei by Erzhu Zhao, he was Er Zhurong's uncle after all and an important member of the Erzhu clan.

This letter of nomination really convinced the Hebei scholars that Gao Huan was indeed rebelling against the tyranny of the Erzhu clan.

Earlier, Fan Yang Lu, who instigated Liu Lingzhu to rebel, went down again, and continued to be led by Lu Wenwei, and defected to Gao Huan with his sons Lu Gongdao, Lu Huaidao and others.

The rest of the families, such as the Dingzhou Boling Cui clan and the Qinghe Cui clan who set out a rebellion in Qingzhou but were pacified, transported money and grain to Xindu to support Gao Huan's work.

Gao Huan did not refuse to serve these big clans, but he only relied on the other party's money and food, but he didn't care about the tribes they brought.

Er Zhurong's biggest impact on Gao Huan was that he broke hundreds of thousands of 7,000 mouths.

To be outnumbered, the weak party must be united, which is also the reason why Gao Huan used two forged documents to arouse the resentment of the Erzhu clan in his subordinates before the incident.

If he was willing, Gao Huan could easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of people in the six prefectures of Hebei, You, Cang, Ding, Qian, and Yin with the money and food supported by the Hebei Shi clan and their influence.

But Gao Huan didn't do this, he chose to trust the more than 20,000 Xianbei warriors from the six towns of Sanzhou under his command, these people are mortal enemies of Qihu, and there is no need to doubt their will to fight.

These are the only people who will choose to fight to the death when the war is scorched, because they know that once they are defeated, they and their families will be enslaved to death by Qihu.

In the future, in a decisive battle with the Erzhu clan, at most, the 3,000 Han troops under Gao Ao Cao, who had already proved their combat effectiveness, would be included, and the rest of the Shi tribes who defected, including Li Yuanzhong's troops, would all be left to defend the city.

Once the decisive battle is lost, the city will not be able to hold it.

Gao Huan was reorganizing the army in Jizhou, and on the side of the Erzhu clan, messengers frequently traveled between Jinyang, Luoyang, and Daliang to communicate news for Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Shilong, Erzhu Zhongyuan and others.

Jinyang.

Knowing that Er Zhu Yu was alive and dead, Gao Huan rebelled, and his anger burned Er Zhu Zhao, if Liu Gui had already been released, he would have slaughtered this good staff member to sacrifice the flag.

Since Gao Huan went east, the bad news has never been cut off, Hu Luping, Hu Lujin and others led the people to follow Gao Huan, the remnants of the six towns, the old department of Hanlou, and the general Wang Huai led more than 3,000 households to greet him, but Gao Huan never officially broke with the Erzhu clan.

Er Zhuzhao has always had illusions about his sworn brother: everyone has sworn an oath, and the descendants will cut off that kind of person, how can there be such a person!

In a fit of rage, Erzhu Zhao wanted to immediately raise troops to attack Gao Huan, but was dissuaded by his staff.

Once Er Zhu Zhao and Gao Huan are both defeated, how should the brothers Er Zhu Shilong and Er Zhu Zhongyuan be restrained.

These two brothers, one sits in Luoyang and controls the imperial court, and Erzhu Dulu, who controls the military power of Gyeonggi, are allies of each other, and the other is the military governor of Sanxu and Eryan, and they are the opponents that Erzhu Zhao is most guarded against.

Er Zhu Zhao was reminded by his staff, so he immediately contacted Er Zhu Shilong and Er Zhu Zhongyuan's brothers, wanting to jointly send troops to exterminate Gao Huan's forces.

Outside Luoyang City, Sima Ziru looked back at this nominal Yuan Wei power center, and was indignant in his heart.

He was after the Western Jin Dynasty, during the Jin Rebellion, the ancestors went out of Liangzhou, and after the Northern Wei Dynasty pacified Liangzhou, he migrated to the clouds.

Since defecting to Zhurong, Sima Ziru has many suggestions and is deeply trusted.

Yuan Ziyou killed Er Zhurong, Sima Ziru abandoned the family business, went to Er Zhurong's mansion, and escaped from Luoyang with the chief princess of Beixiang, Er Zhu Shilong and others.

Er Zhu Shilong and others wanted to return north in a hurry, but it was Sima Ziru who persuaded them not to show weakness to the people of the world, so they counterattacked Luoyang and stabilized the hearts of the people.

However, Gao Huan rebelled in Xindu, because Sima Ziru was Gao Huan's close friend at the end of his life, Er Zhu Shilong and others were suspicious of him, and sent Sima Ziru out of Nanqi Prefecture (Fengxian County, Shaanxi).

Even if Sima Ziru wept and said that he was loyal to the Erzhu clan, Erzhu Shilong and the others were unmoved.

In the end, Sima Ziru traveled all the way west to Nanqizhou, and did not go east to his friend Gao Huan.

After a period of communication, in August, Jinyang, Luoyang, and Daliang finally decided to send troops, Erzhu Zhao led 20,000 steps to ride out of Taihang, Erzhu Dulu led the troops of Jinggi out of Luoyang, and Erzhu Zhongyuan led the troops of Xu and Yan to the north.

At the end of August, 20,000 steps under the command of Er Zhu Zhao rode from Jingcheng, out of Taihang, and approached Yinzhou.

Li Yuanzhong, who was appointed by Gao Huan to guard Yinzhou, was mobilizing the people of Guang'a City to evacuate to Jizhou with him.

"Family master, why don't we leave without a fight, in this case, what are we taking this Yinzhou for?"

On behalf of everyone, the clan brother Li Mi asked the doubts in his heart.

"King Gao has his own plans, and we just need to obey."

Li Yuanzhong, as Gao Huan's confidant and strategist, of course knows the reason, but this matter still needs to be kept secret and cannot be told to others.

He urged the crowd to say:

"Quickly tell the villagers about the benefits, the Erzhu clan is cruel, I am afraid that the villagers will be poisoned, so I will take them east."

Everyone in the Li clan agreed one after another, and Li Yuanzhong's authority as the sect master of the Li family was beyond doubt.

Soon after Li Yuanzhong led the people to evacuate Yinzhou, Erzhu Zhao's 20,000 cavalry troops entered Guang'a City, and immediately assembled the generals under the command of Erzhu who were stationed in Hebei in Guang'a.

For example, Yanqing and Hou Yuan, who pacified Liu Lingzhu's rebellion, led their troops to Guang'a one after another.

After gathering the troops of Hebei, Erzhu Zhao's army was huge, known as 100,000, and continued to wait for the army of Luoyang and Xu Yan to go north in Guang'a.

In early September, Erzhu Zhongyuan, Erzhu Dulu and others converged in Jeju and stationed in Yangping County, Jibei County (Shen County, Shandong), across the river from Hebei.

However, until October, for a whole month, the two armies actually stopped.

Everything originated from two rumors released by Gao Huan:

'The two brothers, Erzhu Shilong and Erzhu Zhongyuan, conspired to kill Erzhu Zhao. ’

'Er Zhu Zhao and Gao Huan murdered Er Zhu Zhongyuan and others together. ’

Let the people of the Erzhu clan, who were already suspicious of each other, refuse to join forces to attack Jizhou no matter what.

In the eyes of Erzhu Zhongyuan, Erzhu Dulu and others, Erzhu Zhao did not really face each other with the sworn brother Gao Huan, and Erzhu Yusheng, who was killed by Gao Huan, was also deeply excluded by Erzhu Zhao, so he was driven out of Shanxi.

So, could this be a scene performed by Erzhu Zhao and Gao Huan, just to kill them, the Erzhu clan's separatist forces, and help Erzhu Zhao dominate the world.

The human heart is the most unpredictable.