"Shizi, news came from Yangping, Erzhu Zhongyuan and Erzhu Du ordered He Basheng and Hu Sichun to go to Guang'a to meet Erzhu Zhao, and the servants thought that the two of them wanted to make peace and promote the Erzhu clan to join forces."

In the city of Xindu, Sun Lian, the director of the Wangji Division, analyzed for Gao Cheng.

After Gao Huan Jianyi, Gao Cheng led Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, Gao Jishi and others to return to Xindu and handed over Cangzhou to Duan Rong for governance.

The Listening and Hope Division was suggested by Gao Cheng to Gao Huan, and personnel were selected from Hu and Hanzhong respectively to set up, full-time to listen to news and spread rumors, and Gao Huan handed it over to Gao Cheng for management.

The two rumors that Gao Huan came up with, 'Shilong Brothers murdered Zhao', 'Zhao and Gao Huan killed Zhongyuan, etc.' were spread by the Tingwang Division.

Sun Yan's family background is low, but smart and studious, known for his literary talent, he rebelled with Cui Zuyan in Qingzhou, Cui Zuyan was pacified by Er Zhu Zhongyuan, he wanted to defect to his friend Wang Yuanjing, as a refuge, but was recruited by Gao Cheng to Cangzhou, and now he entered the Xindu with him, presiding over the affairs of the Listening Division.

Although Sun Yan is a Han Chinese, he is proficient in Xianbei language, and it is most suitable to assist Gao Cheng in presiding over the listening and wang division of both Hu and Han.

Gao Cheng got Sun Yan's advice, mumbled, and asked the servants around him to bring the news to Gao Huan, and he asked if there was any news about the West, which was what he really cared about.

It's a pity that the Hope Division has just been built, the personnel have just been rolled out, and Kansai is remote, and there is no important news circulation for the time being.

The last news was that the Erzhu clan slaughtered the Hongnong Yang clan.

After Gao Huan's death, the Erzhu clan was determined to eliminate the unstable factors around him, and the Hongnong Yang clan, as an important participant in the ambush of Er Zhurong by Emperor Yuanzi of Xiaozhuang, also suffered bloody revenge.

Erzhu Tianguang, who seized Guanxi, sent Yuan Ziyou's confidant Yang Kan's sons and daughters to his in-laws, vowed to kill only Yang Kan alone, let the entire Yang family go, and on June 28, Yang Kan was arrested and killed in Chang'an.

On June 29, Erzhu Tianguang broke his oath and sent troops to surround Yang's Hongnong old house and start a massacre.

On the night of July 4, in the name of rebellion, Erzhu Shilong killed all the Yang people who lived in Luoyang.

The people who fled from the Yang family were also arrested and killed in Jinyang, Chang'an, Gwangju, Qucheng and other places.

Since then, the east and west families of Hongnong Yang have suffered a catastrophe.

Because this year is the first year of Putai, this incident is also known as the change of Putai.

Gao Cheng learned that Yang Su, a 21-year-old son of the Yang family of Hongnong, had been arrested in Handan, and immediately ordered someone to rescue Yang Su on his way to Yecheng in Xiangzhou.

After Yang Su got out of trouble, Gao Cheng did not keep him by his side, but sent him to Cangzhou to assist Duan Rong in governance, Yang Su's clan was slaughtered by the Erzhu clan, and the hatred was as deep as the sea.

But Gao Cheng considered that governance was what the other party was good at, so he wrote a letter of relief, asking him to feel at ease in political affairs, saying that when the decisive battle was over, Yang Su would be transferred back to Xindu, so that he could witness the fall of the Erzhu clan with his own eyes, and take the heads of Erzhu Shilong and Erzhu Tianguang to comfort the clan.

Yang Su gave up and focused on dealing with Cangzhou's civil affairs.

Gao Cheng didn't care about He Batsheng and Hu Sichun's visit to Erzhu Zhao, and now the estrangement of the Erzhu clan cannot be bridged in a few words.

Otherwise, it would not have been the two armies stationed in Guang'a and Yangping, and they would have been stagnant for a month.

They don't trust each other and are afraid that when they fight, they will be stabbed in the back.

If they want to march separately, no one is willing to face Gao Huan's army head-on, and they will lose both.

Sure enough, under the advice of Murong Shaozong, Er Zhu Zhao led three hundred light horsemen to follow He Basheng and Hu Sichun to the south and went to Yangping to meet Er Zhu Zhongyuan and Er Zhu Dulu.

Perhaps it was Gao Huan's rumor that 'Shilong brothers murdered Zhao' was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Er Zhu Zhao was worried all the way, and after entering the Yangping camp, he did not talk to Er Zhu Zhongyuan and others in detail, so he suspected that Er Zhu Zhongyuan and others had different intentions, and immediately led the light horse to seize the door and leave.

Erzhu Zhongyuan and Erzhu Dulu hurriedly sent He Batsheng and Hu Sichun to recover it again, in order to persuade Erzhu Zhao to return to Yangping to discuss the plan again.

However, Er Zhu Zhao captured He Batsheng and Hu Sichun and brought them back to Guang'a City, the seat of Yinzhou.

"Hu Si Fashou, Tianzhu treated you well during his lifetime, why did you hear that Tianzhu was dead, and didn't think about coming west to Jinyang to avenge Tianzhu, but you wanted to defect to the puppet emperor Yuanyue established by Nanliang."

In the tent of the commander of the Guang'a battalion, Er Zhuzhao pointed to Hu Sichun and made a hair.

"Tianzhu died, Chunyuan was in East Xuzhou (Pizhou, Jiangsu), panicked and didn't know the news of Luoyang, so he decided to go south, Chun would rather abandon his family and business than rely on Yuan Ziyou, why did the king blame me for this."

Hu Sichun argued.

Er Zhu Zhao listened to his words and felt that it was very reasonable, and Hu Sichun learned that he had entered Luoyang, so he immediately returned north, so he let go of Hu Sichun and pointed at He Batsheng and asked sharply:

"He Ba Pohu, you once attacked and killed Wei Kegu, this is your first crime.

"You are deeply respected by the Heavenly Pillar, but the Heavenly Pillar is dead, what kind of deeds are you! When he took refuge in Yuan Ziyou, did he ever think about Tianzhu's kindness.

"Now that the two crimes are punished together, I will kill you, and what else do you have to say."

He Batsheng was stunned, who was Wei Kegu? It is the grass head king under the command of the six Han Baling who set off the rebellion of the six towns.

Your Erzhu clan started by suppressing the Six Towns Rebellion, but now you are complaining about the anti-thieves, what role did you play in the Six Towns Rebellion?

He Batsheng was resentful in his heart and argued:

"Wei Kegu's rebellion is a big trouble for the country, our father, son and brother are thieves for the country, this credit is not small, but now the king thinks it is a sin, there has never been such a thing in the world.

Tianzhu was killed, it was the monarch who killed his courtiers, how could Sheng turn his back on the court? Today, my life and death are decided by the king's words, but the enemy is at present, but the people who are fighting in the same room, from ancient times to the present, there is no one who is not defeated, and he is not afraid of death, but he is only worried that the king will lose his mind and turn against his relatives. ”

Er Zhu Zhao finally thought that He Batsheng and Hu Sichun were sent by Er Zhu Zhongyuan and Er Zhu Dulu, if these two were killed, how could they work together to break Gao Huan.

So He Batsheng and Hu Sichun were released.

Without waiting for He Batsheng and Hu Sichun to return to Yangping, they learned the news that Erzhu Zhongyuan and Erzhu Dulu had withdrawn.

"The two of us were ordered to send envoys, but they were captured by Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Zhongyuan and Erzhu Dulu didn't care about our life and death at all, and they withdrew in a hurry, which is really chilling."

Hu Sichun sighed in the face of the empty Yangping camp.

He Batsheng on the side also secretly thought to himself: Today, Erzhu Zhao let me go, but because the great enemy is at present, and the clan needs to work together, once Gao Huan is defeated and Erzhu Zhao is liquidated, how can I save my life?

The two of them will not mention their respective plans for the time being.

After Erzhu Zhao heard that Erzhu Zhongyuan and Erzhu Dulu had withdrawn, he was no longer willing to stay in Hebei to face Gao Huan's forces alone, so he left Hou Yuan to lead 5,000 troops to guard Guang'a, and he hurriedly withdrew to Jinyang.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Er Zhu Zhao left with his front foot, Hou Yuan surrendered to Gao Huan with his back foot.

The first time the Erzhu clan coalition fought for the highest, and it ended so strangely.