Recently, there have been rumors circulating in Luoyang City that a glass of wine has released households.

At the banquet, the Gao Party princes voluntarily gave up their families for the country, describing it as the result of being persecuted by Gao Cheng.

It is obviously Gao Longzhi's temporary advice, but it does not mean that Xiao Gao Wang has premeditated.

Gao Cheng, who has a rigorous historiographical attitude, of course, cannot let this kind of rumor circulate and cause confusion to future generations.

Adhering to the attitude of being responsible for history and future generations, Gao Cheng launched the propaganda mouth of the Listening and Wangsi Division, and praised the righteous deeds of the Gao Party and the public in the whole city, hoping to clarify the rumors.

However, since ancient times, conspiracy theories have been the most popular, and even the Listening Division, who is accustomed to spreading rumors, has been swallowed without resorting to coercive means.

But if he really wants to do this kind of thing, and then conduct a large-scale search, arrest and put people in prison, even Gao Cheng himself feels cold.

really couldn't stop the mouths of those who spread rumors and believed rumors, Gao Cheng gave up, even if it was passed on to future generations, it was just wild history, and the credibility was comparable to the official historical materials recorded by Zhang Shiqi.

Instead, he began to force that no one in the Bohai Palace, except for the slaves who chopped wood, were not allowed to hold an axe.

For Gao Cheng, who is deeply involved in the rumor of releasing the people with a glass of wine, whether it is a jade axe or an iron axe, he has committed his taboo.

On June 23, the Son of Heaven Yuan Shanjian ordered Gao Cheng to inspect Hebei, but he was not in a hurry to leave immediately, so he returned to Luoyang, so that people could take a breather, and donkeys did not bring such a call.

After concentrating on playing with Erzhu Ying'e, Xiao Erzhu, Yuan Mingyue, and Song Niangzi for a few days.

Gao Cheng organized a large lineup of inspection teams, including Shangshu Zuo servant Li Yuanzhong, accompanied by Cui Xian, Cui Ang, Cui Jishu and others, and the generals Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, Yao Xiong, and Gao Jishi.

Gao Longzhi was temporarily transferred to Shangshu Province, and Sima Ziru presided over government affairs together, and Xing Shao and Wen Zisheng handled the copywriting work of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and left Gao Ao Cao's 5,000 troops and Murong Shaozong's 5,000 people, totaling 10,000 Jinggi soldiers to sit in Luoyang.

During the period of Gao Cheng's indulgence, the rest of the Gyeonggi soldiers were prepared by Cui Xian and accompanied him to inspect Hebei.

On June 28, after Gao Cheng entered the palace and bid farewell to the Son of Heaven, he led everyone out of Dongcheng to build the Spring Gate, crossed north by the Yellow River Bridge, and went straight to the east to the land of Hebei, which had been separated for a long time.

At the same time, He Basheng, Dugu Ruwish, and Yang Zhong, who had fled to Southern Liang for their lives, finally arrived in Guanzhong, and Yuwentai personally went out of Chang'an City to greet them.

For the three of them, Yu Wentai has different opinions in his heart.

Yuwentai and Dugu have been friendly since childhood, and they have to defect to him, of course, they are overjoyed.

As for Yang Zhong, it is a dispensable attitude, but with the relationship between Yang Zhong and Dugu as he wishes, Yuwentai will not treat him badly.

On the contrary, it was He Batsheng, and Yu Wentai was secretly on guard.

At the time of He Batyue's death, it coincided with He Batsheng being far away in Nanliang, and Yuwentai was able to be unanimously elected by his subordinates to succeed Kansai.

He Batsheng had a deep blood feud with Gao Huan, and betrayed his master several times, resulting in a ruined reputation.

But Yuwentai also had to secretly beware of the connection between He Batyue's diehard loyalists and He Batsheng, such as Li Hu, the governor of the left army.

Of course, these thoughts can only be hidden in the heart, at least on the surface, Yuwentai still greeted He Batsheng with a smile.

After greeting with He Basheng, Dugu Ruyi, and Yang Zhong who returned to the north, and reminiscing about the old relationship, Yuwentai invited the three of them to Chang'an to meet Yuanxiu, the son of heaven in Kansai.

As soon as Yuan Xiu saw He Batsheng, his eyes lit up, this is the best choice to balance Yuwentai.

Yuan Xiu, who claims to be the savior of the Great Wei, worked hard to enter the customs, not to be a puppet plaything, at the mercy of Yuwentai, in his opinion, he is the protagonist of this era.

However, now that Yuwentai has won a great victory in Tongguan, the momentum is flourishing, and Yuan Xiu has to temporarily avoid the edge.

He Basheng, Dugu Ruwish, and Yang Zhong met Yuan Xiu and immediately pleaded guilty, believing that their defection to Xiao Liang was detrimental to the prestige of the country and a loss of courtiership.

Yuan Xiu forgave them on the spot, thinking that they were forced by Gao Huan, Gao Cheng's father and son, and it was purely helpless to defect to Xiao Liang.

After running south, he did not forget to return to the north, and such behavior should not be blamed.

So according to the arrangement that Yuwentai had already made, the three people were knighted, among them, He Batsheng was appointed as the Taishi.

Such an arrangement is worth savoring, as one of the three dukes, Taishi's status is naturally noble, but he has no real power.

Who is He Batsheng, he is a battle-hardened general.

Yuwentai did not give military power, and did not appoint local governors, but praised him as a master, hanging high, the suspicion in this, not to mention the people of Chang'an, even the father and son of the Gao family can smell it from afar.

He Batsheng can also perceive Yuwentai's true attitude, he always pays attention to his words and deeds, but practices martial arts diligently every day, and does not contact with He Bat's die-hard loyalty, in order to make Yuwentai believe that he has no intention of power, and only wants to seek revenge on the Gao family father and son.

In history, He Batsheng returned from the Southern Liang, thinking that his seniority and age were greater than Yuwentai, and Yuwentai took over the foundation of the Heba clan, even if he saw Yuwentai, he did not bow down.

Comparing the two, it is like two people, and to have such a change is naturally beaten by Gao Cheng.

was applauded by Xiao Gao Wang, who was only thirteen years old at the time, with a strategy, and this humiliation made He Batsheng learn from the pain: Gao Huan and Gao Cheng are too dirty, and they are not opponents at all.

It is not easy to have this awareness.

He Batsheng is like this, and Gao Aocao is also like this, Gao Cheng is simply an angel who sows wisdom in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

He really, I cried to death.

Of course, it is difficult to say whether such a change is good or bad, and after all, it has been smoothed out by suffering.

For Yu Wentai, it is naturally pleasing to hear, but it is not necessarily good news for Yuan Xiu.

When Yuwentai learned that Gao Cheng asked for an inventory of the Hao family's hidden households, he knew that the Gao family would not look west in a short period of time, and risked the instability of the Kanto region and the rebellion of the Hao family.

My Healing Game

He immediately reorganized his troops and horses, preparing to take this opportunity to solve the scourge of Lingzhou Cao Ni.

The former Guan Long Sanxiaoqiang, Hou Mo Chen Yue died, but Zhu Hunyuan defected, and only Lingzhou Cao Ni was left to disobey the order.

Even the excuse is ready-made, Cao Ni assisted Zhu Hunyuan to defect.

On the one hand, Yuwentai played to Yuan Xiu and asked to grant Cao Ni's son-in-law, Liu Feng, the governor of Lingzhou Town, as the general of Wei, hoping to separate Cao Ni and Liu Feng's son-in-law.

On the other hand, they prepared grain and grass and prepared to solve Cao Ni by force.

Liu Feng completely ignored Yuwentai's wooing, but his friend Zhu Hunyuan's words were still in his ears, out of admiration for Gao Huan, so that Liu Feng did not care about the official position of the Kansai Imperial Court.

And after hearing about the deeds of Gao Huan's eldest son Gao Cheng, Liu Feng's intention to join the Gao family was strengthened:

'I originally thought that Gao Huan was already invincible in the world, but I didn't expect someone to be braver than Gao Huan, whose son is this! ’

Yuwentai was not discouraged when the distraction plan failed, and on the eighth day of the seventh month, Yuwentai sent Zhao Gui, Li Hu, and Li Bi to lead the army to attack Cao Ni.

At the same time, Gao Cheng and Gao Huan, who were in Jinyang, in addition to preparing to destroy their in-laws, achieved a major diplomatic victory: Azhiluo surrendered to Gao Huan.

Azhiluo is one of the Gaoche tribes, was a vassal of the Northern Wei Dynasty, after the Six Towns Rebellion, the Northern Wei Dynasty lost control of the northern Xinjiang, and the Azhiluo tribe also took the opportunity to become independent.

After Gao Huan took power, he has been committed to winning over the Azhiluo Ministry, and has been giving food and cloth to support the Azhiluo Ministry, and this investment has also ushered in a rich return, and 100,000 households in the Azhiluo Department have surrendered to Gao Huan.

When he learned that Yuwentai sent Zhao Gui, Li Hu, and Li Bi to besiege Cao Ni in Lingzhou, Gao Huan immediately ordered A Zhiluo to send 30,000 horsemen to the rescue.

When the Azhiluo people crossed the desert and arrived at the city of Lingzhou, Lingzhou at this time was almost in a desperate situation.

The news was transmitted from Chang'an to Jinyang, and then Gao Huan of Jinyang ordered the rescue of the Azhiluo people on the grassland, and the time spent during this period was enough for Zhao Gui, Li Hu, and Li Bi to act arbitrarily.

It turned out that Zhao Gui and the three of them could not attack for a long time, so they built a dike, waited for the water to rise, dug the dike, and irrigated Lingzhou City, when the water in the city was only four feet away from the city to cover the city.

A Zhiluo 30,000 horsemen came, although Zhao Gui and others were forced to retreat, but Lingzhou had already suffered a catastrophe, the city wall had already been washed away by the flood, the city was dilapidated, and the people were killed and wounded heavily.

"Weng Zhang, this time we can hold on until the Azhiluo people come to help, now that the city defense is completely destroyed, and Yuwentai attacks again, how can I hold on?"

The water in the city has been emptied, and Liu Feng, who has survived the disaster, followed Cao Ni to inspect the city defenses, and he spoke.

Cao Ni was also worried, a man-made flood almost wiped out all the living forces of Lingzhou City, countless soldiers and people were killed and injured, and there was no strong city to defend.

And the 30,000 horsemen of Azhiluo who came across the desert cannot be stationed in Lingzhou, they are just vassals, not Gao Huan's descendants, and they can accept Gao Huan's thousands of miles of attack, but leaving the tribe to live in Lingzhou is difficult for a strong man.

And based on Gao Huan's position, it is impossible for him to move the Azhiluo people westward and give Yuwentai a chance to win him over.

As for his son-in-law's thoughts, in fact, Cao Ni had already guessed, and after thinking about it, he said:

"What is the plan of the virtuous son-in-law, but it does not hurt to say it."

Liu Feng didn't hide it, and said bluntly:

"Feng thought that King Gao was sitting in the rich land of Kanto, with several times the population, money and food in Guanxi, and holding 200,000 soldiers in the state, only King Gao could determine the world.

But before Zhu Hunyuan returned to the east, King Gao promised to merge the state assassin history, and when he arrived in Jinyang, he not only named him the history of the state assassination, but also gave him a house, slaves and maids, and rewarded his brothers and subordinates with official titles.

"King Gao's love is like this, why does Weng Zhang pity the land of Lingzhou? Why don't you return to the east to help King Gao achieve great things. ”

This is the art of speaking, Gao Huan broke his promise, and was unwilling to award the post of Assassin of Bingzhou to Zhu Hunyuan, so he gave these later rewards to make up for it, and after Gao Cheng's advice, he was awarded the post of Assassin of Bingzhou.

But in Liu Feng's mouth, it was Gao Huan who gave it, but Zhu Hunyuan and the state assassination history were not enough, and added another reward and comfort.

If you change the chronological order, you have two very different interpretations of the whole thing.

Cao Ni pondered for a long time, he didn't think that Gao Huan loved talent, Liu Feng said it well, but he was not a fool, but Zhu Hunyuan's career as an official had already spread, everyone knew that Gao Huan had no faith, and his son Gao Cheng made a promise.

But considering that he and Yuwentai do have a little bit of a problem with each other, Kansai is not a place to stay for a long time, and if he stays any longer, his head may be introduced to Chang'an, so it is better to take this opportunity to lead his troops to return to the east under the escort of 30,000 Azhiluo people.

After thinking about it, Cao Ni made up his mind and said:

"What the virtuous son-in-law said is very true, I intend to send an envoy first, go east to Jinyang, and ask King Gao for attachment, I can't wait for King Gao's reply, I must immediately clean up and return with the Azhiluo people."

"Weng Zhang's wisdom."

Liu Feng complimented.

Yuwentai learned that Cao Ni and Liu Feng had selected 5,000 households to defect in Lingzhou, and had the intention to pursue them, but because they were walking with 30,000 horsemen from A Zhiluo, they could only watch them escape.

It's not that it's nothing, at least it's a dilapidated Lingzhou.

With the death or escape of the three small forces of Guanlong, Yuwentai also nominally completed the unification of the Guanlong region.

As for why it is nominal, it is natural that there are still many people in the Kansai region who worship it on the surface, but in fact they have different hopes.

For example, after Zhu Hunyuan returned to the east, he was appointed as the assassin of Qinzhou, and led his troops to guard Wan Qipu, who covered the city.

Wan Qianpu was born in Taiping County (Ningwu, Shanxi), a Xiongnu who participated in the six towns of the Xiongnu chieftain to break the six Han Baling in Woye Town, and then surrendered to the imperial court.

When Gao Huan was in Xindu Jianyi, Wan Qianpu once ordered his son Wan Qiluo to go to Xindu to express his dedication to Gao Huan.

Wan Qipu, who was in Guanlong, successively served as He Bayue and Yuwentai, the two lords of Guanxi, and had always respected the leadership of Chang'an, but in fact, he was ready to leave the small broken ship of Yuwentai and jump on Gao Huan's giant ship in private.

And the treatment that Zhu Hunyuan received also gave Wan Qianpu a great stimulus, but as Cao Ni and Liu Feng took the first step, Lingzhou was recovered by Yuwentai, and Wan Qianpu was also cut off from the road to the east.

Historically, Kansai was able to withstand the pressure of Kanto under such a disadvantage, and called Gao Huan a little Gao Cheng, but still complimented him.

Cao Ni and Liu Feng trekked hard all the way, and finally arrived in Jinyang, and Gao Huan, who had already known the news of Cao Ni's return to the east through the envoys, personally went out of the city to greet them.

Cao Ni and his entourage were warmly welcomed in Jinyang, and in addition to many Jinyang nobles who went out of the city with Gao Huan, there was also Zhu Hunyuan, the assassin of Bingzhou.

Gao Huan still granted Cao Ni the history of Lingzhou and let him nominally lead Lingzhou, but everyone knew that this was just a fictitious position.

Cao Ni was also satisfied, because Gao Huan gave generous compensation in other aspects, such as the house, maidservants, property, and so on.

As for Liu Feng, the son-in-law who advised Cao Ni to return to the east, he was reused by Gao Huan and was named the general of Pingxi and the assassin of Nanfenzhou.

Before Liu Feng went to Nanfenzhou to take office, he met with his friend Ke Zhu Hunyuan, and during the banquet, he asked Ke Zhu Hunyuan what he thought of the Kanto characters.

Ke Zhu Hunyuan, who has recently joined Gao Cheng, has the appearance of Xiao Gao Wang in his whole heart, so he naturally praises him.

This made Liu Feng, who had never been masked but had heard of it, yearning for Gao Cheng.

And at this time in Chang'an, a small thing also happened, it was really just a small thing, Yuwentai changed his name to Dugu Xin for Dugu as he wished.

Of course, Gao Cheng didn't know that so many things had happened in Kansai for the time being, and he had just arrived in Yecheng when Yuwentai attacked Cao Ni in Lingzhou.

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