'Dadu Governor Cheng from Luoyang, and to Xuzhou, along the way in the autumn did not commit any crimes, the state and county, the people all eat pot pulp, welcome the king.

When the Boling celebrity Cui Ang heard it, he praised it: The ancient and modern military and civilian people have no fault, and this master is also.

So they were like. ’

When the timeline is turned back to before Gao Cheng knew the specific situation in Kansai.

In the handsome tent, Gao Cheng was still greeting Cui Ang, who came to defect with Cui Xian's letter, and Zhang Shiqi, who was in charge of recording Gao Cheng's words and deeds, had already prepared a draft for this matter.

Gao Cheng also calculated his evil breath today: When I was in Xindu, you Cui Angqing was high and looked down on me, but now it's good, Cui Xian wrote a letter, and you ran from Jizhou to Luoyang, and chased after you from Luoyang.

But on the surface, Gao Cheng still smiled, and he said happily:

"With the help of Huaiyuan, it is as clear as a fish in water."

Cui Ang was very excited, and said with a little shame:

"The Governor of Dadu used to be sincere in his conquest, but Ang only cared about studying, did not know the heroes of the world, and had no face to see the Governor again, fortunately Ji Lun's letter was invited on his behalf, and Ang was grateful to the Governor, and he did not dare to be the reputation of fish and water, but he only wished to be able to serve the Governor of Dadu."

Gao Cheng was unhappy in his heart, his staff were all water, and he could raise a fish, but there could be no exceptions.

He was relieved:

"The world is chaotic, there are many people who are greedy for fame and profit, and how many people can study quietly like Huaiyuan? Huaiyuan now that he has completed his studies and comes to vote for me again, it is too late for Cheng Huanxi to be happy, how can he blame him. ”

As soon as the words came out, Gao Cheng regretted it, there was no problem with these words on the surface, but if Cui Ang rejected him on the grounds of studying, he would be indifferent to fame and fortune.

And Cui Jishu, who saddled his horse at the age of seventeen, is he chasing fame and fortune?

It can't be said that it is not.

But Gao Cheng is still looking back to make up for it:

"Boling Cui's family is full of handsome people, and Uncle Zheng is determined to help Sheji, and he has worked hard to help me a lot, and now with Huaiyuan's assistance, I don't have to worry about it."

There is only one more Zhang Shiqi in the handsome tent, although he is flattering, but his mouth is very strict, otherwise Gao Cheng would not let him follow him.

As for recording words and deeds, he writes his manuscript, and Gao Cheng will review it.

Cui Ang met Gao Cheng for the first time, and he had not yet produced antibodies to his means of winning people's hearts, just saying this, he really thought that this was Gao Cheng's heartfelt words, after all, how could a thirteen-year-old boy have so many twists and turns.

Gao Cheng chatted with Cui Ang for a long time, and then called the guards into the account and asked them to settle Cui Ang first.

Cui Ang left, and Gao Cheng said to Zhang Shiqi:

"You sent someone to tell Shuzheng, don't arrange for the people to welcome the king's master, I know that the thief is false and real, and I should wave the army south to save the people from fire and water."

Zhang Shiqi was ordered to retire.

King Xiao Gao has always been cautious and does not fight unprepared battles, anyway, he will definitely not be able to catch up with the affairs of Kansai once and again, so he simply walks slowly, and let Cui Jishu arrive at various states and counties one step ahead of him, organize scholars and wealthy families, and play fish and water with him.

Now that the spies who went to Xuzhou to inquire about the news have sent the information back, Gao Cheng also has a bottom in his heart.

It turned out that the Liang people were also afraid, before the East Xuzhou cast Liang, the Liang general Hou Chengjun and others were defeated by Di Zhen, this time Xuzhou surrendered again, I heard that Gao Cheng led the army to quell the rebellion, and the Liang army in the north hurriedly retreated south and stationed on the border of Wei and Liang.

The leading generals are also unknown, and this battle is easy.

As Gao Cheng expected, as soon as the Liang people left, the scholars and wealthy families in Xuzhou City sent letters of service through various channels, Gao Cheng read a few, he was such an upright person, he really couldn't stand those flattery, so he handed it over to Zhang Shiqi for storage.

If there is no inspiration in the future, Zhang Shiqi can also learn from it.

In order to allow future generations to understand themselves fairly and objectively, Xiao Gao Wang has done too much.

Before Gao Cheng's army arrived in Xuzhou, he received seventeen heads from Pengcheng, according to the messenger, all of whom were involved in the attack on Di Zhen, including Xuzhou generals and Hao scholars.

Gao Cheng knew what they were doing, but he was just launching a few scapegoats.

The envoy was still looking at Gao Cheng, who thought for a long time and said to the envoy:

"You take the head back and tell the Lord that the person I want to kill will do it yourself, and there is no need for others to do it for you."

The messenger was shocked when he heard this:

"The son, all the rebellious people have been killed, why did the son say this again!"

Gao Cheng was reluctant to say more, and ordered someone to drive the Pengcheng envoy out of the camp.

Cui Xian and Zhao Yanshen stayed in Luoyang, and Cui Jishu was the only confidant who followed Gao Cheng south.

When he heard that Gao Cheng had driven away the envoy from Pengcheng and was unwilling to accept the head of the so-called offender, he hurriedly came to Gao Cheng's tent and euphemistically admonished:

"The Governor of Dadu has a good name, why is he unwilling to forgive the people of Xuzhou today? If it is appeased a little, Xuzhou can be recovered without spending a single soldier. ”

Gao Cheng had his calculations and explained:

"The matter of Xuzhou is not as good as that of Sanjing and Yanzhou, it is the rebellion of the local wealthy clan and the lieutenant general and colonel, if I indulge them, I am afraid that everyone will follow suit."

In Gao Cheng's view, the nature of the rebellion in Xuzhou, Sanjing and Yanzhou was different, they were coerced by the state and county magistrates to rebel, while the Xuzhou wealthy clan killed officials and rebelled.

If the matter is revealed because these people sent the heads of seventeen scapegoats, Xuzhou can naturally recover it easily, but I am afraid that there will be more troubles in the future.

Hearing this, Cui Jishu continued to persuade:

"Since the governor of Dadu is determined to establish his authority, he should appease the heroes of Xuzhou, and the servant has a plan, please ask the governor of Dadu to order someone to recover the messenger, collect the head, reward gold and silver, and order the messenger to bring a message, so that the acting officials of Xuzhou can prepare wine and meat to reward the army, and then set up a banquet to catch the wind for the governor.

In this way, the people of Xuzhou must be convinced that the Metropolitan Governor wants to forgive his sins, and the Metropolitan Governor can use the fear of residual sins in the city as an excuse to order the troops to take over the city defense.

"Invite the Xuzhou generals to the banquet together, as long as they enter the city, they will be slaughtered cattle and sheep, or killed or scraped, and they can be disposed of with just a word from the governor."

Cui Jishu's strategy has its feasibility, but for Gao Cheng, the gains outweigh the losses.

It is indeed easy to trap Xuzhou rebels by coaxing methods, but the price is to sacrifice one's own political credibility.

Political credibility is a very illusory thing, some people see it as a mustard, others see it as a treasure, and in the end it is exchanged for huge profits.

For example, Sima Yi sold his political credibility for a good price.

When the change of Gao Pingling was uncertain, Sima Yi used his political credibility for 40 years of painstaking management in exchange for Cao Shuang's oath to believe in the Luoshui Alliance.

I believe that if I give up resistance and surrender my military power, I can retain my title and property.

In the end, after Cao Shuang gave up power, Sima Yi broke his oath and killed Cao Shuang's clan, and the Sima clan completely controlled Cao Wei from then on.

Gao Cheng is the son of Gao Huan, the king of Bohai, a powerful minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the heir of the Gao family, how can the price of political credibility be lower than Sima Yi.

Sima Yi won the two Jin Dynasty and one hundred and fifty-five years of national zuo, and Gao Cheng did not want to be a fledgling, so he only changed to Xuzhou.

Moreover, for the Gao family, Gao Huan's political credibility is already cheap.

Gao Huan, who was born at the bottom, betrayed the lord three times in order to achieve hegemony, and swore an oath with Er Zhu Zhao twice, and the number of overdrafts was really more.

There are also consequences, Gao Huan attacked Yubi for the first time, and wanted to persuade Wang Sizheng to surrender, and promised to be a high-ranking official, but because of his past behavior, he was ridiculed by Wang Sizheng.

Cui Jishu is not an outsider, Gao Cheng patiently explained what he wanted to think with him.

"What the son of the world thinks, the servant is far from it."

Cui Jishu said embarrassedly.

Gao Cheng was relieved, and Cui Jishu retired.

In fact, it's no wonder that Cui Jishu didn't expect this layer, in the world of great disputes, all kinds of conspiracies and tricks are frequent, in order to achieve the goal, how can he take care of a lot.

But for Gao Cheng, the more this chaotic and absurd Northern and Southern Dynasties is not moral, the more he has to do the opposite, maybe this reputation can't be sold for a lifetime, but it only needs to be made into a deal, and the return is far from being comparable to taking Xuzhou lightly, not to mention who said that Xiao Gao Wang can't take Xuzhou by his own ability.

Gao Cheng has a good father, who laid this foundation for him, and also gave him the confidence to shape a golden body for himself.

When the envoy returned to Pengcheng, Pengcheng had already put up lights everywhere, and several nursery rhymes were compiled, focusing on Gao Cheng's happiness with the people, benevolence and love.

Thanks to Gao Cheng's previous acts of tolerance, everyone believed that they could be pardoned.

When the messenger relayed what Gao Cheng said that he wanted to take the head of the rebel, everyone was shocked, and people were panicked for a while.

Based on Gao Cheng's personality, they still didn't expect Gao Cheng to come with the purpose of exterminating the clan, and they all thought that it was just Gao Cheng's rebellion that was not enough, and they thought that they were covering up.

After all, the Luoyang clan rebelled, and Gao Cheng did not have any family members.

The nobles of Pengcheng only understood Gao Cheng's superficial meaning, thinking that they were going to send him a living mouth to do it himself.

So after some intrigues, fourteen more people were escorted to Gao Cheng's army, which had just set foot in Xuzhou, and waited for Gao Cheng to deal with it personally.

Gao Cheng received the envoy again, and when he saw the prisoners sent, he said angrily:

"Why do you need to teach me to act!"

With that, he ordered the guards to untie the fourteen men and drive them out of the camp with the messenger and the escorts.

The rebellious who was released by Gao Cheng resented that he had been betrayed, and the escorts did not dare to let them go back alive.

Gao Cheng heard that there was turmoil outside the camp, and immediately ordered people to rescue the rebels, but among the fourteen people, only three of them saved their lives.

When the envoy led the remaining entourage back to Pengcheng, the Xuzhou Hao clan realized that Gao Cheng had a lot of plans.

So while everyone strictly guarded the city, they sent a letter to the Liang army on the border of Liang and Wei for help.

And Gao Cheng has long been prepared, and rumors continue to spread on the border of Liang and Wei, claiming that Xuzhou is in turmoil, claiming that the wealthy clan of Xuzhou plans to lead the Liang army into the country in order to atone for their crimes, and help Gao Cheng break it, and the Wei army will take advantage of the situation to go south and plunder.

He did not deliberately spread the letter of service sent by the wealthy family in Xuzhou before, and it was too much.

If the wealthy family of Xuzhou and Gao Cheng really have a plan, how can the letter sent to Gao Cheng be easily circulated, and Jiang Gan must find a Jiang Gan to do such a thing.

There is no Jiang Gan, but he has Cai and brothers.

Gao Cheng summoned the three rebels who had fled back to the camp, promised to pardon their parents, wives and children, and ordered them to be escorted to the Liang-Wei border.

The previous rumors were enough to make Liang Jiang think deeply, or benefit from Gao Cheng's reputation as a virtuous son and lenient to others, and even the Liang people on the Liang-Wei border did not think that Gao Cheng would completely liquidate the Xuzhou wealthy family.

In the end, even if there was no direct evidence, the generals of the Liang army still believed the content of the rumors, and the wealthy people of Xuzhou were going to trick them into going north, and Gao Cheng must have already laid an ambush, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net.

Now there are three more people who defected to the camp of the Liang army, saying that they were the people who had participated in the attack on Di Zhen, and now the wealthy people of Xuzhou decided to surrender to Gao Cheng, and they fought hard to escape, and the border rumors were also done by them, and they were worried that the Liang army would be deceived.

The commander of the Liang army was convinced so far, he convened a military meeting, informed everyone of the causes and consequences he knew, and said with a confident smile:

"How can this trick fool me?"

All the people praised the Lord in unison.

As a result, the various units of the Liang army received a military order to strictly guard the border and not to go north.

The wealthy family of Xuzhou did not look forward to the rescue of the Liang army, but waited for Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng was not in a hurry to attack the city, he set up camp fifteen miles away from Pengcheng and ordered people to build siege equipment.

On the third day outside Pengcheng City, the Gyeonggi soldiers did not carry ladders, but only pushed simple catapults and lined up outside Pengcheng City.

Looking out from the head of Pengcheng City, the army looks neat and neat, the flag covers the sky, and the five thousand defenders of Pengcheng are all frightened.

"Shizi, are you acting according to your plan?"

Cui Jishu rubbed his wrist and asked.

It's not that my fists are itchy and I want to beat the future Emperor of Daqi, but that I have been transcribing letters with the military Chinese in the past few days, and my wrists are sore.

Gao Cheng looked down at the hundreds of sealed baskets carried by the soldiers, and said with a smile:

"Uncle is going to arrange it himself."

Today he wants to see Pengcheng full of literature.

Cui Jishu instructed his soldiers to transport the basket to the place where the trebuchet was installed.

Some stones were stuffed into the basket to add weight.

The temporary ones are all simple manpower trebuchets, which rely on manpower to pull the rope for projectile, which requires 250 people to cast, but fortunately, Gao Cheng has no shortage of people at hand.

At this time, the officer in charge was busy testing stones.

After he proofread the angle, he gave an order. Five baskets responded

The soldier dragging the rope shouted:

"Pull hard!"

Five baskets flew to Pengcheng, and two of them smashed on the city wall, the baskets were smashed and broken, and the papers in the baskets flew all over the sky and scattered under the city walls.

But three baskets flew into the city.

Pulled again and again, one by one the baskets flew into the air.

In the city of Pengcheng, there are papers flying everywhere.

Everyone who picked up the paper saw that the content of the writing did not change color, and it was the letter of support they scrambled to write to Gao Cheng.

Suddenly, there was a lot of suspicion among the wealthy families, and it seemed that everyone could open the city gate and make meritorious contributions.

In ancient times, Cao Mengde burned the letters of service and won the hearts of the people.

Today, the little king sent back the letter of service, so that it was centrifuged.

Gao Cheng made up his mind in his heart: to take Xuzhou, sooner or later.

Think about it carefully, since he led the troops, he first leveled Sanjing, and Chen Qingzhi fled in panic; In Yanzhou again, He Batsheng was only spared; Now it was another hard battle to recapture Xuzhou from the Liang army and the 30,000, no, 50,000 coalition troops in Xuzhou.

Three battles and three victories, can be regarded as a famous general in the world, I don't know if future generations read history, know that King Xiao Gao led the army to fight at the age of thirteen, and made such great achievements, with admiration, will he be named a little soldier fairy

------Off topic------

This chapter was originally written to use coaxing to seize Xuzhou, but later found that it was impossible to draw such an overdraft of political credibility, so it was greatly changed and almost rewritten.

Originally, at the end of this chapter, Gao Cheng was killing in the Assassin's Mansion and bleeding a river, and outside the mansion was a young child arranged by the Pengcheng people to sing a nursery rhyme to praise him.

Thanks to the book friend Kim Tae-yeong's Guoda for the reward.

Tomorrow before 2 o'clock the first watch, 6 p.m. the second watch, 12 p.m. the third watch