During Gao Huan's inspection of Hebei, Kansai was not idle.

As mentioned before, Yuwentai's newly established Son of Heaven Yuan Xiu did not have the support of Lingzhou Thorn Shi Cao Ni and Weizhou Thorn Shi Ke Zhu Hunyuan.

The first to make a move was Weizhou Thorn Shi Ke Zhu Hunyuan.

But Zhu Hunyuan learned that Yuwentai rebelled against the Luoyang court, and immediately led his troops to attack Qinzhou in the east.

Zhao Gui, the assassin of Qinzhou, was defeated and fled to Chang'an in a panic, but Zhu Hunyuan was able to occupy Qin and Wei Prefectures.

Yuwentai learned the news and led the troops to attack, but Zhu Hunyuan held on to it according to the geographical advantage, and after a fierce battle between the two sides, Yuwentai did not advance and had to stop fighting.

After that, the two sides exchanged envoys, and Yuwentai recognized that Ke Zhu Hunyuan occupied Qinzhou, and Ke Zhu Hunyuan also recognized Yuwentai's leadership of the land of Guanlong.

But each side knows that this is only a temporary truce.

But Zhu Hunyuan's ancestors lived in Liaodong, generation is the leader of one of the Xianbei in Liaodong, after the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the ancestors attached to the public, and then migrated to the vicinity of Huaishuo, defending the old capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Pingcheng.

Great-ancestor Huye Qiu once served as a general of Huaishuo Town, but Zhu Hunyuan, as a wealthy family in Huaishuo, became more and more yearning for the land of Kanto dominated by Huaishuo people.

After thinking about it again and again, he felt that he had no future in Guanxi, where the Wuchuan people dominated the Wuchuan people, so he sent an envoy to the east to contact Gao Huan, intending to give up the foundation of Weizhou and Qinzhou and lead the troops to return east.

After Gao Huan returned to Jinyang, he met with Ke Zhu Hunyuan's envoy, and he had the intention to provoke Ke Zhu Hun Yuan to stay in Kansai and fight to the death with Yuwentai, preferably like Hou Mo Chen Yue and He Bayue.

However, Zhu Hunyuan didn't want to be Hou Mo Chen Yue, so Gao Huan had to promise Zhu Hunyuan's envoy:

"But once Zhu Hun Gong goes east, he will be stabbed by Shi Xu with the state."

The envoy received Gao Huan's political promise and went back to Kansai to report the news contentedly.

The history of the state assassin is an important position, the reason is that Jinyang is the state governor, whether Er Zhurong, Er Zhuzhao, Gao Huan, after the three of them take control of the imperial court, there will always be a sentence mixed in for their own officials: "Hereditary history of the state assassination."

In order to weaken the strength of Kansai, Gao Huan induced Ke Zhu Hunyuan to vote, and he also calculated the blood cost.

Sending away Ke Zhu Hunyuan's envoy, Gao Huan set his sights on He Bayun, the only county king in Jinyang City.

Since He Batsheng fled to Nanliang, there have been continuous rumors asking for He Batyun to be killed, but they were all stopped by Gao Huan.

He is a person who misses the old love, and he hit him off at first sight when He Bayun was in Huaishuo, and then gave up the honor of Yan Jungong to go east with him.

Recalling the past, the scenes of the past always moved Gao Huan.

But as He Batyue was instigated by Gao Huan to kill Hou Mo Chen Yue, it also announced that the grudge between the Gao family and the generation of the He Batting family could no longer be resolved.

The third year of Taichang, March 28.

In Jinyang, the Bohai Palace set up a banquet, but only invited He Bayun as a guest.

"He Liuhun, do you remember the first time we met?"

Perhaps guessing his fate, He Bayun did not hold the master-slave gift again.

"How can you forget, ten years will pass in a blink of an eye."

Gao Huan is not to blame for He Batyun's rudeness, today's banquet was set up to bid farewell to old friends.

He Batyun sighed:

"Ten years, you and I are old, I still remember that your family Ah Hui was only four years old at the time, and I was held in your arms, what a small person, I don't want to have my current appearance, in the final analysis, it is the princess who teaches her son."

Gao Huan was not happy:

"According to you, Ah Hui Chengcai has nothing to do with me, He Liuhun?"

Today's Gao Huan is no longer called a lonely widow.

He Bayun sneered:

"You He Liuhun don't take credit for yourself, you don't go to the house all day long, how can you ever care about your son."

Gao Huan thought about it, and he also smiled:

"There are good wives in the family, and there are good wives in the house."

The two talked about a lot of things in the past, from Huaishuo Gongwei Kegu, to the rebellion against the Erzhu clan in the east, thinking of an interesting thing, from time to time there was a burst of laughter, thinking of a deceased old man, and the two remembered together.

They had a tacit understanding that they didn't mention Hebatyue.

The night was getting darker, and when parting, He Bayun looked at Gao Huan's eyes and said seriously:

"Whether Gao Huan believes it or not, I, Heba, have never regretted following He Liuhun."

He Batyun died, and the cronies sent by Gao Huan to give death to He Batyun had not yet arrived, and he had already hanged himself at home.

When the funeral was held, Gao Huan personally went to He Batyun's house to mourn, and after crying bitterly, looking at the coffin in the hall, Gao Huan kept asking himself a question: Is there really no regret?

He Batyun followed him, did he really have no regrets when he died?

And he forced this old friend to death, will he really not regret it in the future?

The first question Gao Huan didn't dare to be sure, but he knew He Bayun's intention to mention Gao Cheng and Lou Zhaojun, and hoped that he could let his family go for the sake of the good of the Tong family.

Including the last words at the time of parting, perhaps it was to make himself feel guilty so that he could make amends for his family.

Walking out of the mourning hall, Gao Huan instructed his cronies to posthumously present Dingzhou Thorn History and Wuzhou Military for He Batyun, and after the burial, He Batyun's family members were moved to Dingzhou for good life resettlement, including He Batyun's three young sons He Bat's three sons, He Bat's Shiwen, He Bat's Shile, and He Bat's Nanda.

The second question, at least Gao Huan doesn't know the answer now, he only understands that the road to power is a white bone barrier, and He Bayun is not the first old man to die at his hands, and he will never be the last.

When the news of He Batyun's death reached Nanliang, He Batsheng wept blood and wailed, the two closest brothers died because of Gao Huan, this grudge is unforgettable, he asked Xiao Yan to resign with red eyes, hoping to let him enter the Kansai to help Yuwentai fight Gao Huan to the death.

Xiao Yan didn't have much heart, but the comparison of strength in the north was still clear, he not only agreed to He Batsheng's request, but also let Dugu and Yang Zhong, the Wuchuan people who went south some time ago, enter the customs from Shu together.

Just when He Batsheng, Dugu Ruwish, and Yang Zhong were preparing to move from west to north, the Longshan area, located between Shudi and Guanzhong, made waves again.

But after Zhu Hunyuan received the return from the envoy, he was also packing his bags and preparing to return east.

And it is impossible to hide such a big movement from Yu Wentai, who always pays attention to Guan Long's dynamics.

He had the heart to lead the army to stop Zhu Hun Yuandong from defecting to Gao Huan, but Gao Huan did not pull his crotch this time.

Because of the early agreement with Ke Zhu Hunyuan, Gao Huan learned a lesson, and ordered his brother-in-law Xi Digan to lead 30,000 troops to garrison Pujin, and his brother-in-law Dou Tai to lead 20,000 troops into Tongguan, and the two people threatened Yuwentai, so that he did not dare to stop Ke Zhu Hun Yuan from going north and returning to Kanto through the desert.

As Gao Huan expected, Yuwentai's Chang'an army really did not advance westward, and only arranged for the states and counties along the way to pursue and intercept the 3,000 households of Xianbei Kezhu Hun, but he had other plans.

But Zhu Hunyuan set up an ambush several times along the way, annihilated all the pursuing soldiers, passed through Hezhou, Yuanzhou, and finally arrived in Lingzhou, where he was received by Cao Ni.

Cao Ni's son-in-law, Liu Feng, a Hun man, had an old relationship with Ke Zhu Hunyuan, and asked him why he returned to the east.

But Zhu Hunyuan did not say that his mother and younger brother were in Jinyang, or that he was pregnant with the identity of Da'an, but praised Gao Huan.

He said with emotion:

"The Erzhu clan is tyrannical, and King Gao's heart is the world, and he resolutely built righteousness in Hebei, at that time the Ma Bu army was only 20,000, and the Erzhu clan had an army of no less than 200,000, and this King Gao was brave.

"In the battle of Guang'a, the three-way coalition army of Erzhu Zhao, Erzhu Dulu, and Erzhu Tianguang gathered in Hebei, and King Gao retreated from the 100,000 coalition army of the Erzhu clan with only two rumors, and the wisdom of this King Gao is also.

"In the battle of Hanling, the Erzhu clan was defeated, and the assassins from all over the country surrendered their cities one after another.

"Now that King Gao is in Jinyang, he has 200,000 Hu soldiers in the state, and even He Batyue is only a little discordant and dies in the river meander, who can be King Gao's opponent today?"

But Zhu Hunyuan's words deeply touched Liu Feng, Gao Huan is brave, wise and popular, and he also holds the rich land of Kanto, and his elite soldiers and strong generals gathered, how could Yuwentai resist.

Sending Zhu Hun Yuan away, Liu Feng's heart also had a yearning for Gao Huan.

Not to mention the hardships of Zhu Hunyuan's next passage through the desert, Tongguan at this time has fallen into the clouds of war.

Turn the time back to Gao Huan and order Dou Tai to go south to threaten Tongguan.

When Gao Cheng heard about this arrangement, he was shocked.

He immediately recruited his Gyeonggi soldiers back to the camp, and Choi Siam, also known as Choi Siam, stepped up the mobilization of grain and grass for the supply of the army to the west.

And Yuwentai, who was far away in Chang'an, learned of Gao Huan's military arrangements, and he immediately convened a military meeting.

The congregational generals will support the westward march of the army on the grounds that the pass is strong, pursue Ke Zhu Hunyuan, and eliminate the Cao Ni forces in Lingzhou by the way.

Or hope to be able to stand still, in case Di Gan enters the pass from Pujin, and Dou Tai captures Tongguan, and let Zhu Hunyuan go east, and can also pick up Weizhou and Qinzhou in vain.

However, Yu Wentai tried his best to disagree with the public, and only ordered the states and counties along the way to intercept and pursue, but he wanted to lead the army eastward.

Regarding the doubts of the generals, Yuwentai explained:

"But Zhu Hunyuan returned to the east, the essence is that we are at a disadvantage in strength compared to He Liuhun, and only by going east to Tongguan and playing prestige can we appease the hearts of the people in Guanxi.

"Although Gao Huan is now friendly with Liu Lisheng, he is suspicious, and he will not dare to personally lead the army from Pujin to enter the customs, and the customs will not worry about trouble.

"Besides, Gao Huan is fighting, Dou Tai is often the vanguard, since Guang'a and Han Ling, three hundred miles to attack Xiurong Chuan, raid Yili in Sudouling, win every battle, it is inevitable that the arrogant soldiers will be lazy, Dou Tai is unprepared, and it can be easily broken!"

As soon as the words fell, Yuwentai's clan leader Langzhong Yuwenshen immediately agreed, and the rest of the generals also supported Yuwentai's decision after thinking deeply.

So Yuwentai released false news to the outside world, he wanted to divide his troops into two halves, one part to strengthen the defense of the pass, and the other part was led by him, and went west to pursue Ke Zhu Hunyuan.

The detectives who were lurking in Chang'an went through great hardships to get the news back to Kanto, and the first to get the news was Dou Tai, who threatened Tongguan.

In order to prevent the spread of news and delay the fighters, Gao Cheng emphasized that if there is an enemy military movement, it must be notified to the front-line commander when he set up the Listening and Watching Division.

Dou Tai was deceived by this false news, or he didn't expect that Yu Wentai would enter Pujin in Di Gan and threaten the hinterland of Guanzhong, and Longshan dared to trouble him when Zhu Hunyuan insisted on returning to the east.

Among them, there must be the problem of the victorious division mentioned by Yuwentai, and the arrogant soldiers.

Without Dou Tai knowing, Yuwentai divided the army into two divisions in the name of intercepting Kezhu Hunyuan and strengthening the defense of the pass, one east and one west out of Chang'an.

Before leaving the city, the army converged on the ba, Yuwentai led six thousand horsemen first, and the foot soldiers slowly followed, and a catastrophe seemed to be about to land on Dou Tai's head.

In Luoyang City, Gao Cheng didn't have time to conquer the people, and he couldn't even wait for Cui Xian to prepare the grain and grass.

Because he has received information from the Kansai spies, others don't know about Yuwentai's ability, and Gao Cheng doesn't know it.

On the one hand, Gao Cheng did not believe that Yuwentai would make a deployment to separate the east and west of the trilogy, once something happened, the two parties would be thousands of miles apart, and they would inevitably not be able to take care of each other.

On the other hand, he did not think that the military deployment of Kansai could be easily known by spies before the army was opened.

As the behind-the-scenes manipulator of the Listening and Watching Division, Gao Cheng knew that the secret agents of the Listening and Watching Division lurking in Chang'an had not yet come into contact with the core of power for the time being.

Then this news must be released by Yuwentai on his own initiative, in order to realize his strategic intentions and confuse his opponents.

Compared with the west bank of the Yellow River, the 20,000 people under the command of Dou Tai who entered Tongguan must be Yuwentai's target.

Gao Cheng, who was in a hurry, just sent a messenger to report to Jinyang.

Without Gao Huan's permission, Gao Cheng mobilized 2,000 cavalry under Gao Aocao, 1,000 cavalry under Duan Shao, 1,000 cavalry under Yaoxiong, as well as 500 cavalry under his own command, and 500 cavalry under Wuchuan Xianbei, a total of 5,000 cavalry, brought several days' rations, and hurried to Hongnong in order to rescue Dou Tai.

This is a race against time, accompanied by Gao Aocao, Duan Shao, Yaoxiong, and Wang Sizheng, Gao Cheng abandoned his pawns and went straight to Tongguan.

Murong Shaozong, Hu Luguang, and Gao Jishi waited for the grain and grass to be prepared, and then led 29,000 foot soldiers to the west.

When the messenger arrived in Jinyang, Gao Huan had already set a wedding date with Liu Lisheng's envoys, and was planning with his henchmen how to capture Liu Lisheng's Hedong Mountains.

When the steward hurriedly handed over the letter from the messenger to Gao Huan, Gao Huan didn't care at first, and after seeing Gao Cheng analyze the source of information obtained by the Listening Division, his face was also pale.

Immediately ordered people to move south quickly and informed Dou Tai to withdraw his troops.

In fact, Gao Cheng had already done this, and after he learned that Gao Huan arranged for Dou Tai to enter the Tong Pass, he immediately sent the guards to Dou Tai's army, still one man and three horses, and suggested that he enter Hongnong.

But the key is that Dou Tai is a general of Jinyang, not under the jurisdiction of Gao Cheng, the governor of Gyeonggi, and he has won consecutive battles and has made outstanding achievements, how can he believe Gao Cheng's judgment.

Because his wife Lou Heinu is the sister of Gao Cheng's biological mother Lou Zhaojun, Dou Tai still asked the messenger to tell Gao Cheng that he has his own opinions on military matters, and there is no need for Gao Cheng to worry about it, and at the same time praised Gao Cheng's formation of the Listening Division, saying that the spies are doing things effectively, and now that Yuwentai is leading the army westward, he wants to try whether he can lay down Tongguan for King Gao.

Tongguan is undoubtedly a moat between the east and the west, once the Tongguan is captured, Gao Huan does not need to go to Pujin, along the way through the sand garden, he can lead 200,000 troops from Tongguan to Chang'an.

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