Chapter 139: The Horse Sets on Huaibei (6000)

Of course, Gao Cheng knows what kind of reputation he has.

Burdened by Gao Huan, the notoriety of their father and son, from Rouran Khan Court to Jiankang, everyone knows and knows.

It is a compliment to say that it is ten miles away from the wind and smell.

Therefore, when the wealthy family of Xiaohuangcheng defected to Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren, when Gao Cheng asked for their daughters.

Regarding the fact that Gao Cheng is in Xiaohuangcheng, the two of them have already believed half of it.

Yang Yaren has been stationed in Qiaozhou for a long time, and he is familiar with these scholars, so he naturally knows their identities.

When he asked about his age and appearance, the leader said angrily:

"The tall thief looks like a seven-foot man, but looking at his appearance, he is only fourteen or fifteen years old.

The wealthy scholars who defected also echoed their words.

At this time, Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren no longer have the slightest suspicion, and the person in the city must be Gao Cheng, the eldest son of Gao Huan, the prime minister of Yuan Wei.

The Gao family has been in charge of the Yuan Wei dynasty for three years, and the spies of Southern Liang in the north will naturally collect information about Gao Huan and Gao Cheng's father and son.

Now there is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy in the Gyeonggi Army, handsome, and a good wife, who else can he be besides Gao Cheng.

He once led 5,000 horsemen to attack Tongguan and rescue Dou Tai.

Therefore, it is not impossible to personally lead a light horse to attack Qiaozhou.

Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren glanced at each other, and they could see the excitement in each other's eyes.

After reassuring the joy and appeasing him, he asked the guards to take them down for resettlement first.

As soon as the man left, Yang Yaren asked eagerly:

"What does Xiahou Gong think?"

"Self is the same as the sheep."

Xiahou Kui said with a smile.

Now the problem is no longer Qianzhou, but Gao Cheng.

Is the status of the governor of Gyeonggi, Shangshu Ling, Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, Shizhong, Hussar General, and Kaifu Yi and the Three Divisions valuable enough?

Plus how about the prince of Bohai King?

In World War I, the heir of the Gao clan was captured, and no general could refuse this temptation.

Of course, it is better to be able to capture it alive.

Yang Yaren confirmed Xiahou Kui's intentions and urged:

"I also ask Xiahou Gong to transfer Huainan's soldiers to the north as soon as possible, encircle Xiaohuangcheng, and let Xianbei Xiaoer go."

"That's exactly how it should be!"

Xiahou Kui immediately responded and ordered his cronies to send a message to Huainan.

Fortunately, just in case before departure, a mobilization order for conscription was issued a long time ago, so there was no need to waste time recruiting soldiers.

The two were afraid of frightening Gao Cheng, and they didn't even dare to approach Xiaohuangcheng again, but made a detour to the south and stationed in a nearby county town, waiting for the state and county soldiers to cross the river.

Gao Cheng originally planned to go out of the city to hide, but seeing Xiahou Kui and the others stopping, he also guessed their thoughts, so he simply stayed in Xiaohuangcheng without fear.

Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren were worried about scaring Gao Cheng away, and Gao Cheng was also afraid of scaring them away.

He specially sent messengers to find Murong Shaozong and Wang Sizheng and let them lurk in Yanzhou.

Xiahou Kui was anxious to transfer the soldiers of Nanzhou to besiege Xiaohuangcheng, and sent messengers several times, asking his second son Xiahou (bò), who remained in Yuzhou, to quickly lead the soldiers of the county of Zhou to the north.

At the end of February of the fourth year of Taichang, Xiahou took the place of his father, and led more than 30,000 soldiers from the seven prefectures and counties of Yuzhou, Huai, Chen, Ying, Jian, Huo and Yi, and went out of Yuzhou Prefecture to govern Shouyang (Shou County, Anhui).

This move was also immediately transmitted back to Xiaohuangcheng by the spies, Gao Cheng learned the news, and left Yaoxiong to guard Xiaohuangcheng with a thousand cavalry, and he planned to go out of the city at night and rush south to attack the soldiers of Huainan Prefecture.

After making arrangements, Gao Cheng left Yaoxiong alone, held his hand, and admonished:

"You can't do anything, the general can abandon the city and leave, if you are under siege, you can also lower the beam, and Cheng will break the house to redeem the general."

Yaoxiong felt insulted, and he said excitedly:

"Please don't say such things to the Metropolitan Governor, how can Xiong be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Gao Cheng said sadly:

"The general is not afraid of death, but Cheng is afraid of losing the general."

When Yao Xiong heard this, Rao was an iron-clad man, and his eyes were red.

In the middle of the night, Gao Cheng led Gao Aocao, Duan Shao, Hu Luguang, Gao Jishi, four generals and 4,000 horsemen, 8,000 war horses, and horses wrapped in hooves, quietly went out of the city, bypassing the county seat where Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren were stationed, and continued to travel south.

And Yaoxiong, who stayed in Xiaohuangcheng, closed the city gate as early as after Gao Cheng left, and the whole city was under martial law, in order to block the news.

Suddenly there are 4,000 cavalry missing, even if you can hide the Liang army outside the city, but you can't hide the people in the city, this is also a last resort.

After Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren learned that Xiahou was going north, the dispatch department would respond at the same time, and the two led the army north to force Xiaohuangcheng.

Among them, the reason was naturally that Gao Cheng was worried that he would learn that the 30,000 county soldiers of the 30,000 prefectures had fled north.

If this situation really happens, it is gratifying to recover the little yellow car, but if you miss the feat of capturing Gao Cheng, you are afraid that you will regret it for the rest of your life.

Before the two entered the county territory of Xiaohuang County, they received a report from the spies.

Knowing that Xiao Huangcheng had been under martial law in the whole city before they sent troops, they blocked internal and external news.

The previous behavior of letting the scholars out of the city was diametrically opposite, which made Xiahou Kui vigilant.

If something goes wrong, it must be to hide important information in the city.

Xiahou Kui, who was carried away by the temptation of capturing Gao Cheng, finally came back to his senses, and there were more doubts than this.

Why is there no news from Gao Cheng's Gyeonggi foot soldiers until now!

Even if Gao Cheng abandons the foot soldiers and leads the light cavalry first, at this time, there should be news from the foot soldiers.

And the current situation is that Xiaohuangcheng only has 5,000 cavalry from Gao Cheng to confront them, and the Gyeonggi infantry who should have rushed to the aid has no news.

Xiahou Kui had a speculation in his heart: Gao Cheng was using himself as bait.

Getting this speculation, Xiahou Kui broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly told Yang Yaren his guess.

Yang Yaren was shocked when he heard this: If you are so dangerous, you must have a big picture.

The two of them thought about it, and Gao Cheng could only have three goals.

The first is 20,000 men in their hands.

The second is the Huainan Prefecture soldiers who went north.

The third is to take advantage of the fact that the soldiers of the state and county are going north, and Huainan is empty, so they cross the river and go south.

Again, the first point is obviously impossible, they have 20,000 people in their hands, especially the 10,000 foot cavalry under the command of Xiahou Kui, who is known for their bravery, and they are all over the Southern Liang army, and few can match it.

Moreover, Gao Cheng has always been known for cherishing his soldiers, and it is impossible to use 5,000 cavalry to shake the 20,000 army in their hands.

As for the third point, it is even more impossible, not to mention whether Gao Cheng has a ferry or not, even if he successfully crosses the river, the Liang army in the north will block the way back, and there will be various places in the south to help Huainan.

In this calculation, only the soldiers of Huainan Prefecture who crossed the river to the north were left.

They also figured out Gao Cheng's intentions, leaving some people in Xiaohuangcheng to cover up the news, and led light cavalry out of the city to attack the county soldiers of Huainan Prefecture.

Gao Cheng's combat intentions have changed from capturing the city to attacking Xiao Liang's vital forces.

The two immediately abandoned Xiaohuangcheng and diverted to the south to try to rescue, while sending messengers to urgently warn Xiahou.

In the fourth year of Taichang, at the end of February, spring was strong on both sides of the Huaishui River.

Xiahou Xuan, who had already crossed the Huai River, did not know the respective calculations of Gao Cheng and Xiahou Kui, and after he was received by the Xiahou family's generals with a hundred cavalry, he led 30,000 county soldiers to Xiaohuangcheng, trying to meet his father under Xiaohuangcheng.

Looking to the north, it was impossible to see Xiao Huangcheng, but Xiahou seemed to see Gao Cheng being captured by his father.

"Unexpectedly, when I first entered the battlefield, I caught up with this grand event."

Xiahou smiled at the generals who assisted him.

The general also chimed in:

"Gao Cheng stole his reputation, and after this battle, the head of the family became a powerful man in China."

Xiahou laughed when he heard this.

And in the place where Xiahou must pass through on his way north, behind a hill like a dirt bag, Gao Cheng has been waiting for a long time.

After leaving the city that night, he ordered his knights to report to Yanzhou, and ordered Murong Shaozong and Wang Sizheng to lead the Jinggi soldiers to the south to attack and plunder the counties of Qiaozhou.

In order to avoid people's eyes, he chose to walk day and night, and finally bypassed their station without arousing Xiahou Kui's vigilance.

After receiving the news that Xiahou was coming, Gao Cheng immediately divided a few people to leave the extra war horses behind the mountain to take care of.

Order the rest of the cavalry to prepare for battle. He personally led the generals to climb the small soil, and while hiding himself, he looked south.

Sure enough, I saw the soldiers of Huainan Prefecture from the south from a distance.

Presumably, they couldn't imagine that they would be able to bypass the garrison of Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren and set up an ambush in the middle of the road.

Seeing that the state and county soldiers were getting closer and closer, Gao Cheng ordered:

"Duan Shao!"

"The last general!"

"You lead a thousand cavalry soldiers from the headquarters to make a detour from the left side and cut off the Liang army!"

"The last general commands!"

"Hu Luguang!"

"The last general!"

"You lead a thousand Wuchuan cavalry soldiers from the headquarters to make a detour from the right, and attack Duan Shao left and right, so that the Liang people are difficult to take care of."

"The last general commands!"

"Gao Aocao! High Season Style! ”

"The last general!"

The Gao brothers responded in unison.

"Gao Aocao, you lead the headquarters of 1,000 and 5 cavalry to attack from the front, Gao Ji style, you lead the headquarters of 500 cavalry and cronies all 500 cavalry to walk with Gao Aocao."

"The last general commands!"

The two brothers said in unison again.

Gao Cheng was still not at ease, and explained:

"The two of you have a total of 2,500 horsemen, not focusing on killing and wounding, but attacking the place where the Liang army gathers, and you must disperse them!"

The brothers Gao Aocao and Gao Jishi naturally understood Gao Cheng's intentions and prevented the Liang people from organizing an effective resistance.

The five generals each received the military order to go down the mountain, and the commanders only waited for Gao Cheng's signal on the mountain.

As the melodious sound of the horn on the mountain was sounded, three torrents came out from behind the mountain.

Xiahou knew that there was an ambush when he heard the sound of the horn.

"The whole army is armoured! Get ready for battle! Don't panic."

Xiahou shouted loudly.

The reason why it is easy to be ambushed on the way is that it is impossible for the soldiers to march fully armed.

Although Xiahou was new to the battlefield, he was born as a general, and in addition to being flustered, he also knew what to do.

But when the Liang army was still in a panic, the roar of horses' hooves had already come from far and near, and the cavalry roared.

Gao Aocao and Gao Jishi rushed to a crowded place in accordance with Gao Cheng's instructions.

The two brothers still have the same style, taking the lead, leading the tribe back and forth, but no flesh and blood can stop their speed.

The formations that contributed to the assembly were torn apart one by one, and the Liang army was unable to organize an effective defense under the onslaught of the two brothers.

And Duan Shao and Hu Luguang led the cavalry to kill from the left and right, cutting off the connection between the Liang army.

The spring wilderness was full of spring, but the Eastern Wei Dynasty cavalry staged an alternative spring.

But they trampled on flesh and blood.

At this point in the war, the Huainan soldiers finally showed their qualities as state and county soldiers, and they threw away their armor one after another, scattered and fled.

Xiahou looked at the scene in front of him, his mind was dizzy, and the family general shouted:

"Childe, let's go!"

With that, he pulled out his short blade and stabbed it fiercely at Xiahou Yun's mount's ass.

The mount was in pain, and ran wildly with Xiahou to seize the road.

The family will lead his hundred horsemen to meet Gao Aocao, who has already targeted them, to delay time for Xiahou, and the two horsemen converge and finally disappear on horseback.

Gao Cheng stood on the earthen bag and watched the battle, and the Liang army in front of him had already collapsed, and the Gyeonggi cavalry began to disperse to drive the chase.

There were corpses everywhere, and the fields were dyed black and red.

The Wei army recklessly harvested their lives, and the screams from behind them also made the Liang army even more afraid to turn back and resist, they only had one belief in their hearts, and they could only survive if they ran faster than their comrades.

Liang Jun constantly begged to surrender when he saw that there was no hope of escape.

In this battle, Gao Cheng watched carefully, and the head-to-head confrontation did not cause too much damage to the Liang army, but the Liang people trampled on each other and were pursued after they broke up, which was the real reason for the heavy casualties of the soldiers in Huainan Prefecture.

Gao Cheng saw that the Wei cavalry was chasing farther and farther, and hurriedly ordered someone to blow the trumpet and sing gold.

He didn't dare to chase deeply, because he was worried that Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren, who were stationed in the north, would turn back to rescue.

The various departments took in more than 2,000 prisoners, while the Wei army's own casualties were not large, and most of them were wounded.

Before he had time to count the number of kills, he was rewarded by the sentry cavalry, Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren had already gone south, and Gao Cheng hurriedly led the army to withdraw from the battlefield.

Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren met Xiahou Tan in the middle of the road, when his war horse had already fallen on the side of the road, and Xiahou Xun himself also looked like he was lost and depressed.

Looking at this scene, the two also knew what was going on.

Xiahou Kui turned over and dismounted, slapped Xiahou Kui in the face, and scolded angrily:

"Victory and defeat are commonplace, and today's defeat is because my father fell for Gao Cheng's plan to lure the enemy, what do you have to do with it! Don't look like this in front of me! ”

Xiahou Kui, the eldest son who accompanied Xiahou Kui, also hurriedly came out to comfort his brother.

Xiahou Kui slapped him and stopped caring about his second son, and the dignified Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren divided a part of their men and horses to collect the rout, and the two of them continued to lead the large army to the location of the Wei army's ambush, hoping that the Wei army's greed for merit did not withdraw in time.

But when they arrived near Xiaoshanbao, all they left behind were the corpses of Liang Jun everywhere, and there was no trace of Gao Cheng long ago.

Xiahou Kui Tie blushed, ordered people to collect the corpses, and also gathered the defeated soldiers everywhere, and obtained a total of more than 6,000 corpses of the Liang army, and more than 8,000 defeated soldiers.

Except for the captives, the rest of the people naturally fled to Huainan, and it was difficult to retract them for a while.

Yang Yaren looked at the corpses in his eyes and sighed:

"Xiahou Gong, today's incident is not your fault alone, if Your Majesty condemns the crime, Ya Ren and Xiahou Gong will bear the same responsibility."

"The sheep is kind, and I have received it."

Xiahou Kui shook his head and said.

Yang Yaren lost Xiao Huangcheng, and he would face punishment himself, how could he help him share the blame together.

"For today's plan, what are Xiahou Gong's plans?"

Yang Yaren asked again.

Xiahou Kui looked at the north from afar, even if he was unwilling, he still said helplessly:

"The morale has been frustrated, the morale of the army has fallen, it is not suitable to fight again, and it is expected that the high-level thief foot soldiers will soon have news."

The two of them knew each other well, although they had gathered 8,000 defeated soldiers, but these people had lost their courage and had little effect, no matter how angry they were at today's defeat, they would not use their personal troops to storm Xiaohuangcheng.

As long as the trilogy is still there, with Xiao Yan's bodhisattva heart, he will definitely not punish too much.

Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren took their troops and defeated soldiers to the south and moved to camp on the north bank of the Huai River.

It didn't take long to learn that the Gyeonggi Army's infantry had entered Qiaozhou, and most of the soldiers in Qiaozhou were under the command of Yang Yaren, and Murong Shaozong easily received various counties along the way.

Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren did not dare to stay in Huaibei for a long time, and immediately led their troops to cross the river.

With the withdrawal of the two soldiers, Gao Cheng was also able to take full possession of Qiaozhou, and at the same time sent good news to Jinyang and Luoyang, and asked Yuan Shanjian to rename Qiaozhou as Southern Yanzhou.

And as Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren expected, the two people with elite soldiers in their hands were only reprimanded by Xiao Yan and did not suffer substantial punishment.

Xiahou Kui still supervised the military affairs of the seven states of Huainan, and Yang Yaren was also reappointed as the assassin of Western Yuzhou, and the military of Western Yuzhou was moved to Guangling City (Xi County, Henan).

Of course, these are all later words, and besides, Gao Cheng led two thousand captives back to Xiaohuangcheng, and Yaoxiong personally went out to greet him.

"Xiong, congratulations to the Governor for his miraculous achievements."

Yaoxiong, who thought that it would be a difficult task to defend Xiaohuangcheng, never expected that he would become a spectator of this battle anyway.

Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren did not enter Xiaohuangcheng at all.

On the way back to the division, Gao Cheng also knew that Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren were going south, and he was afraid in his heart.

"Although I am outnumbered, I have my own elite soldiers and strong generals, although the enemy is numerous, but the state and county soldiers, I should not be praised by General Yao."

Gao Cheng said modestly, and then asked anxiously:

"General Yao can concentrate the healers in the city?"

"Since the message of the Grand Governor, Xiong has already mobilized all the doctors in Xiaohuangcheng."

Yaoxiong replied.

It turned out that Gao Cheng had not yet arrived in Xiaohuangcheng, and the messenger had already sent an order for Yaoxiong to empty the largest temple in the city to house the wounded, and asked him to mobilize doctors to prepare for the wounded.

Now that Yaoxiong was ready, Gao Cheng handed over the matter of placing the wounded to him.

Before entering Xiaohuangcheng, Gao Cheng shouted to the accompanying cavalry:

"Soldiers! I will record your achievements in this battle, and when I return to Luoyang, I will reward you for your merits!

"And the soldiers who died, I, Gao Cheng, will also take care of their families according to my words, you don't have to worry!"

When the tired horsemen heard this, they shouted long life for the Metropolitan Governor.

He also gave the prisoners to the care of Yaoxiong's subordinates who stayed in Xiaohuangcheng, and waved his hand to let the accompanying cavalry return to the camp to rest.

Gao Cheng himself did not rush back to the Shi Mansion, and after the wounded soldiers stayed in the temple, Gao Cheng beat his spirit and went to the temple to comfort the wounded.

Naturally, this move once again deepened his bond with the Gyeonggi soldiers.

When Gao Cheng returned to the Assassin's Mansion, he immediately released the family he had previously detained, and after several days of running, he was already exhausted, and fell asleep on the couch.

However, when I woke up the next day, I heard a lot of rumors.

On the same day, he arrested the wife and daughter of the rebel and entered the assassination mansion, just to win the trust of Xiahou Kui and others, and to do a full set of acts.

can fall in the eyes of Qianzhou, but he really regards the Qiaozhou Thorn Mansion as a lewd nest for Gao Cheng's pleasure.

What kind of mother-daughter joy has been passed on by them to have noses and eyes.

This made Gao Cheng indignant, but also found that he couldn't refute it at all.

It's not that he really did such a conscientious bastard, but even if that family stood up to prove his innocence, it would be regarded as defending their own reputation.

Gao Cheng deceived Xiahou Kui and pretended to be lewd, and Xiao Gao Wang stabbed Shifu indiscriminately, these two statements, obviously the second one is easier to spread.

When he was anxious, Gao Cheng suddenly had an idea and had a countermeasure.

But before that, it is necessary to arrange the future life of that family.

Under the fingers of others, Xiao Huangcheng is destined to not be able to stay.

Gao Cheng ordered someone to escort them to Yecheng, Hebei Province for resettlement.

When Murong Shaozong led his infantry to the south, the county magistrates learned that Gao Cheng had broken the Huainan army, and because most of the troops in the city had been taken away by Yang Yaren, the city air defense was weak, so they raised the city and surrendered.

Gao Cheng also learned that Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren crossed the river and retreated.

After Murong Shaozong arrived in Xiaohuangcheng, Gao Cheng immediately ordered him to continue south to receive the counties in the southern part of Qiaozhou.

He also summoned Zhang Shiqi, who was in the army's office, to join the army.

Xiaohuangcheng, Qiaozhou Thorn Mansion.

After Zhang Shiqi understood what Gao Cheng meant, he immediately put pen to paper and wrote:

Liang will Xiahou Kui good rumors, his brother Xiahou died in the state town, Kui succeeded Yuzhou, that is, boasted with nursery rhymes: I have a state, and I am still Xiahou; Former brother and younger brother, excellent in politics.

In February of the fourth year of Taichang, the governor of Dadu Cheng entered the state of Qiaozhou, punished the traitors and eliminated the evil, pacified the people, and the people were very happy with it and praised its virtues.

'Fearing to win hearts and minds is to fabricate rumors and tarnish reputation.

When the people of Qiaozhou heard this, they were all indignant, kowtowed and wept, please Cheng Kui.

'The Metropolitan Governor Cheng said: The two countries are fighting each other, and they are generals, and each has its own strategy. The reason why Kui is for this is that he is loyal to the country. Although Cheng is stigmatized, he has nothing to hate, and he is clear every day, but he is clear and clear, and Cheng is not afraid! ’

Gao Cheng read the manuscript and was very satisfied.

Even if the rumors of Gao Cheng's desolate and obscene state circulate to future generations, there is no need to worry.

According to Zhang Shiqi's official historical materials, it is clear that Xiahou Kui used the next tactic in order to slander Gao Cheng.

Evidence? You see that Xiahou Kui is guarding Yuzhou, isn't there a nursery rhyme boasting about their brother's political achievements, it must have been spread by his own order.

Coupled with Gao Cheng's last words in the record, an image of being lenient has been established, how could such a character do *** female things.

Gao Cheng said to Zhang Shiqi earnestly:

"Your responsibility is great, my words and deeds are in your pen, you must write straight and truthfully, so that future generations will know my merits and demerits."

Zhang Shiqi argued:

"A servant has been with the son of the world for a long time, and he has only seen the merits of the son, but he has never seen the fault, and there is no fault, how can he record it? What is fabricated out of thin air, Shi Qi Ning will not die! ”

Gao Cheng shook his head and said:

"If you only sing praises for me, I am afraid that future generations will suspect you, please record some harmless small mistakes for me."

How do you know that Zhang Shiqi cried on the ground:

"The son of the world is virtuous, and the ancient saints can't reach it, so why bother to defile yourself."

When he looked up, he saw Gao Cheng frowning, only to realize that he had acted, and quickly wiped his tears and took the order to retire.

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