The Gyeonggi army approached the city of Xuzhou, but Gao Cheng only besieged but did not attack, and after throwing stationery, he immediately withdrew to the camp.

The calculation is also clear at a glance, first of all, let the Xuzhou Hao clan see their military appearance with their own eyes, which makes them afraid.

The second is to alleviate the pressure they are facing, because if they are in a hurry to attack the city, these people will not have time to think about it, but will work together to defend against the enemy, and once they relax, the suspicion generated by the letter will be infinitely magnified.

In the end, it was to be shown to the Southern Liang spies, Gao Cheng did not believe that the Xuzhou area, which was located on the border of Liang and Wei, would have fewer spies to wait and see.

Sure enough, the spies who climbed high and looked far away saw that Gao Cheng was besieging and not attacking, but just used a trebuchet to shoot for a while, and then withdrew his troops back to the camp, and was even more convinced that he was acting with the Hao clan of Xuzhou, pretending to attack the city, and wanted to deceive the Liang army to go north.

Immediately hit the horse and went south to pass on the news back.

As Gao Cheng withdrew from the siege, another Xuzhou messenger took the opportunity to go out of the city to Liangying for help.

On the south bank of Huaishui, Liang General Hou Chengjun was rewarded by the spies, and he was also complacent about seeing through Gao Cheng's plan: This play is too fake, so you have to pretend to capture the city, in the end, you are just a thirteen-year-old child, a little resourceful, but that's all, you can't even play a siege scene.

When the Xuzhou messenger came to Liangying to ask for help again, Hou Chengjun was furious.

"That's right, I lost to Di Zhen in Dongxuzhou, but you can't treat me as a fool!" ’

In a fit of rage, Hou Chengjun beheaded the envoy, and at the same time attracted three Xuzhou rebels anyway.

Hou Chengjun wrote hard, inked his indignation on a white paper, sprinkled a small composition of 300 words, and handed over a letter to the wealthy people of Xuzhou with the head of the messenger to the three people, and they went north to find a way to send it to Pengcheng.

When the wealthy families of Xuzhou got the heads and this letter, Hou Chengjun angrily scolded the wealthy people of Xuzhou, threatening that they would never cross the Huai River north, and if there were any more Wei people going south, he would kill one by one.

Before the attack on Di Zhen, the wealthy family of Xuzhou had correspondence with Hou Chengjun, and when he compared the handwriting, he was suddenly discouraged.

The three anyway people also took the opportunity to return to Gao Cheng's camp to deliver the news, Gao Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately comforted the three of them, he would definitely pardon their parents, wives and children, and they would also be able to avoid the death penalty, but the fate of mining still could not be avoided.

Gao Cheng also set a time limit for the three of them, ten years, and they could be freed after ten years.

When the three of them heard this, they all wept and thanked them.

On October 29, when it was determined that Xuzhou had known that there were no foreign reinforcements, Gao Cheng once again resorted to an offensive plan.

Sent knights under the city walls to threaten that all the men of the family who participated in the plot to attack and kill Di Zhen would be executed, but the family that opened the north gate of Pengcheng for him could be pardoned, and the number of places was limited, and only one family could be pardoned.

He also repeatedly preached that the reason why Gao Cheng did not choose to pretend to be pardon and set up a banquet and ambush was only because faith was more precious in his heart than his life, and he was unwilling to do anything to deceive.

After doing this, Gao Cheng led the army to stand under the city of Xuzhou, ready to watch a good show.

He was not worried at all that this poisonous plan would make the Pengcheng Hao clan fight against the enemy together.

There is a strong enemy outside, and there are no reinforcements, and the companions are thinking south, and Gao Cheng's behavior can make them believe that as long as they open the city gates, they can be pardoned.

So, when you unite to resist the enemy, will someone secretly open the door behind your back?

With this kind of thinking, who would want to resist to the end, but they will compete to open the door for Gao Cheng.

But the number of places is limited, so let's fight, and only those who are alive are qualified to be dogs for Xiao Gaowang.

On this day, there was a river of blood among the Haoqiang clans in Pengzhou, and some of the Haoqiang clans who did not participate in the attack on Di Zhen were also involved, who knows if you will secretly open the door and rob us of the chance to live.

Listening to the shouts and killings in the city, Gao Cheng didn't know if his strategy would harm the people in the city, maybe it would, but it would, but it wouldn't cause too much harm, and the goal of those people was to open the city gate to save their lives, not to loot and kill.

The generals and staff around him are complimenting Gao Cheng for his clever strategy.

Gao Cheng was proud in his heart, whoever said that he would slaughter Liwei must have blood on his hands.

His way of using troops is very simple, and he can solve problems with his brains.

This is simple, but in fact it is also difficult, the most important thing is to have a solid family foundation, after all, the army is open, and all kinds of consumption every day is a big number, and relying on the brain to solve the problem, all kinds of calculations, it always takes time to take effect.

The longer it drags on, the more it will cost.

Fortunately, the Central Plains and the Hebei Plain occupied by the Gao clan are all rich, and they can even be said to be the essence of ancient China.

can also support Gao Cheng to spend the most money and food, and fight the most stable battle.

Seeing that Peng Cheng was about to go down without a fight, the subordinates' respect for Gao Cheng deepened.

Who is unwilling to follow a commander who cherishes the lives of his soldiers and can outwit them, the key is that this commander is still a victorious general, and after breaking the city, he never shortens the rewards of everyone.

But what they don't know is that Gao Cheng is already planning to return to Luoyang, so he will redouble his manipulation of this group of soldiers, and he can't cherish them too much, raise them to waste, and when he really wants to see blood in hand-to-hand combat, he still counts on Xiao Gaowang's clever calculations.

He wanted loyal elite soldiers, not loyal battlefield atmosphere groups.

Gao Cheng stared at the closed north gate of Pengcheng, and thought to himself, if he no longer led the army, would future generations evaluate Chen Qingzhi's military talent, would they emphasize:

He was the only general who could kill Gao Cheng's subordinates, leading tens of thousands of troops to kill more than 400 people under Gao Cheng's command, although he was defeated. ’

There is no mistake

Thinking about it like this, even Gao Cheng himself was happy.

When he was holding back his laughter, the turmoil in the city spread to the city wall of Xuzhou, and the Xuzhou soldiers had already been controlled by various families, and now they were also attacking each other.

People kept falling from the walls, and it was getting dark, but the wails and shouts of killing never stopped.

Blood even flowed out along the cracks in the north gate, and for the upper class in Xuzhou, this day was like purgatory.

This is an asura field, and there are many families in it, but only the victor can survive.

The north gate of Xuzhou slowly opened, and finally a family took control of the city gate, and the fighting in the city gate continued, and the children of the clan were still leading the house slaves to resist stubbornly and give time to push the door.

Gao Cheng did not hesitate, not to mention how many Xuzhou soldiers were left in the city after such a long time of fighting, even if there were 5,000 people, as long as the city gate was opened, it would be impossible to resist the army under his command.

"All the soldiers obey the order."

Gao Cheng shouted loudly:

"Gao Aocao! You are the pioneer, Yaoxiong! Murong Shaozong! Hu Lu Guang! Duan Shao! The four of you go into the city in turn! Whoever dares to abuse women and children will die! Looter, die! I have a reward after the war! ”

The generals received orders one after another, spread Gao Cheng's instructions, and led the army into Xuzhou.

The fighting in the city continues, and it's time for the people to see the blood.

Later generations will only know about the infighting and cannibalism of the wealthy clan in Xuzhou, but there will be no description of the Gyeonggi soldiers ending up for everyone.

Only 3,000 Gao Ji and 4,000 Wuchuan soldiers were left in place to protect Gao Cheng.

And the sentinel sent to the south was not recovered, Gao Cheng didn't want to capsize in the gutter, and when he was calculating others, he fell for the other party's strategy and let the Liang people be deceived.

Gao Aocao was the first to rush into the city and shouted:

"Those who dare to wield a blade, slash!"

The exhausted servants and Xuzhou soldiers competed to lay down their weapons, and only the children of the Hao clan were still resisting.

But it can't make any waves.

And the group of people who opened the door also ran to ask Gao Cheng for credit, but were stopped by Gao Jishi's instructions.

"You can wait for your family name to be declared, and I will definitely promise."

Gao Cheng said to everyone.

This group of people was so excited that they cried bitterly when they heard this, and the stone in their hearts finally fell, and the head of the family was also unable to help himself after passing the family name.

It took a bloody battle to capture the city gate, nearly 100 children of the clan, thousands of domestic slaves, less than one-tenth of the survivors, everyone was wounded, and the rest were all killed.

And the family members trapped in the city do not know life and death, this time the vitality is greatly damaged, and there is no accumulation of decades, and it cannot be recovered.

But it's much better than those dying people in the city, as long as they can escape this catastrophe, it will be time for the family to revivenation.

The sporadic resistance in the city had disappeared, and the few remaining house slaves and Xuzhou soldiers were also taken into custody.

There were fires everywhere, and the firelight lit up the night, and Pengcheng was like day.

After the Gyeonggi soldiers controlled the situation in Pengcheng, Gao Cheng entered the city and immediately ordered Murong Shaozong to organize people to extinguish the fire.

Along the way, there were ruins and ruins, all you could see were red and black bloodstains, and the chaotic Pengcheng did not restore order until the Gyeonggi soldiers entered the city.

Gao Cheng stationed in the Assassin's Mansion and dispatched people to investigate the remnants hiding in the city, as well as the scoundrels in the city who took the opportunity to set fire to and loot.

This night killed a lot of people, Xuzhou governed Pengcheng, the upper class suffered a devastating blow, except for the family that opened the door to survive, the rest of the clan, the men were all killed.

Gao Cheng looted the money and grain of the wealthy family, confiscated the acres of land, and even the family that opened the door to survive only redivided the land according to Dingkou.

As for the women who survived by luck, Gao Cheng did not embarrass them, nor did he forcibly marry them as fertility machines.

He allotted the women 20 acres of land according to the rules of the equalization system, and gave them some money and grain, and allowed them to form their own families.

Gao Cheng also appeased the people of Pengcheng who suffered an unwarranted disaster in the city, gave them money and food, and even ordered the Gyeonggi soldiers to help them repair their houses.

Gao Cheng was not limited to the rebellious Pengcheng, he took the opportunity of the terror of the wealthy families in other counties and counties in Xuzhou to take the opportunity to check the acres and hukou of Xuzhou, confiscated a large number of forcibly occupied fields, as well as hidden hukou, and did not distribute the acres of land to them and the poor.

He also ordered Cui Jishu and Cui Ang to openly try unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

Gao Cheng's combination of inviting people to buy people's hearts was beaten down, and everyone in Xuzhou praised it.

South of the Huai River, in the camp of the Liang army, the Liang general Hou Chengjun saw that the three people who went north did not return for a long time, and he already had a guess, when he heard that the wealthy families in Xuzhou were fighting and killed each other, only one family surrendered.

Only then did Hou Chengjun know that he had fallen into Gao Cheng's dadang, but now that the situation in Xuzhou had been decided, let him send troops north, enter the Wei realm, and face more than 30,000 Gyeonggi troops, Hou Chengjun did not dare to make any more moves.

Nanliang, Jiankang, Taicheng Imperial Palace Jingju Palace.

Xiao Yan learned that Gao Cheng outwitted Xuzhou, and heard about his means to appease the people, recalling that Chen Qingzhi returned in Sanjing in vain, and couldn't help but sigh:

"He is only thirteen years old, and he has gained from leading the army and governing the government, and how many people are there in the historical books?"

After some praise, Xiao Yan changed his words and continued:

"If you are so premature, you are afraid that you will be jealous of the heavens, or you will die, and you will not live long."

The ministers expressed their agreement, saying that Xianbei had stolen the Central Plains, and now that the country is declining, how can there be good fortune to protect Suo Yu.

When Xiao Yan handled government affairs and was busy chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha, there were palace people who reported the news of Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling County, who was tyrannical and abusing the people.

Xiao Lun was twenty-seven years old at the time, the sixth son of Xiao Yan, who was bright and erudite since he was a child.

But he has a short temperament, there are many abuses of the people, often punished by Xiao Yan, last year, Shaofu Cheng He Zhitong played Yangzhou assassination history Xiao Lun obstructed fishermen, was Xiao Lun hated and assassinated Yu Jiankang.

Xiao Yan was furious and dismissed Xiao Lun from the official title and demoted to a concubine.

But Xiao Bodhisattva, everyone knows that he treats the clan with the heart of the Bodhisattva, and soon restores Xiao Lun's princehood.

Xiao Yan, who got the news, couldn't help but compare Gao Cheng with Xiao Lun, and the more he compared, the more annoyed he became.

Immediately ordered someone to go to the Shaoling Mansion to summon Xiao Lun and scolded him sharply.

Xiao Lunming's face was panicked, and after being put back in the palace, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and asked his confidant:

"Which family in Jiankang City has lost his father?"

The henchman knew that the prince was scolded by Xiao Yan and wanted to make a filial son cry and mourn, so he persuaded bitterly:

"The king shall not do this again, and if His Majesty knows about it, he will surely punish him."

It turned out that when Xiao Lun was in a town outside the town, he was recruited back to Jiankang by Xiao Yan for abusing the people.

Resentful, on the way back, Xiao Lun met a funeral team, and actually snatched the filial son's mourning clothes and mourning sticks to wear them himself, and cried on behalf of the filial son, crying painfully, as if his father had really died.

Xiao Yan knew about this matter, and recruited Xiao Lun back to Jiankang, severely reprimanded him, and removed him from his official position.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Lun did not repent, but intensified, he ordered someone to kidnap an old man of the same age and size as Xiao Yan to act as his father, and behave like his unmasked half-brother Gao Cheng.

Xiao Lun first put on the emperor's clothes for the old man, knelt down to serve, and then cried to defend himself, bluntly saying that he was not guilty, but full of grievances.

After some crying, then abuse, and finally still angry, the old man's clothes were peeled off, dragged to the courtyard to punch and kick, this broad daylight behavior can be compared to Xiao Gao Wang Changliang.

Xiao Lun's idea of being a filial son and crying for his father again was dissuaded by his henchmen, so he gave up, and he angrily led the guards to wander in Jiankang City, and everyone fled far away when they saw him.

In the crowd, Xiao Lun saw an old man of the same age as Xiao Yan.

'Huh! I can talk to my father again. ’

Xiao Lun smiled secretly, and ordered the guards to tie the old man back to the palace.

In the north, Gao Cheng, who was busy rectifying Xuzhou Haoqiang in Pengcheng, also received information from Kansai.

Knowing that Gao Huan missed the opportunity, Gao Cheng was furious.

He couldn't sleep for three days and three nights, and when he was escorted by his cronies to inspect Pengcheng, he also met a person who was similar in age to Gao Huan.

After hesitating, he forgave Gao Huan.

This family business, although most of it is his own efforts, but He Liuhun is more or less a little bit of a trick, this time I will spare him, and next time, Wang Sizheng will be of great use.

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