Gao Huan, who was the first to receive the news from Hexi, immediately ordered Dou Tai to lead 20,000 troops into Pusaka, making a gesture of advancing westward at any time, so as to threaten Yuwentai to set aside troops for defense.

But it is true that as Yuwentai expected, Gao Huan has no plans to lead the army westward for the time being.

No one knows if it's a physical cause, or if it's a morale problem.

At least the 20,000 people led by Dou Tai were all the soldiers who were stationed in Huayin and had never been attacked in the camp.

Gao Cheng learned the specific situation a few days later, and he was in Jizhou Xindu City to talk with his uncle Lou Zhao.

At this time, Yuwentai arrived outside Yubi City with a large number of siege equipment, and was camping, preparing to rest for two days before attacking the city.

Looking at a fortified city in front of him, Yuwentai hoped that Gao Huan would lead the army to cross the river, go west to rescue, and give him a chance to come out of the encirclement to help.

In any case, it is better than gnawing on the hard bone of jade.

But Jinyang sent back the news, only Dou Tai led 20,000 troops to Puban, and the rest of the departments were not convened, and sure enough, it was the same as his opinion before sending the troops, and no one in Jinyang would intervene in this war.

Yuwentai was sure that Gao Huan ordered Dou Tai to make a gesture of crossing the river, forcing himself not to dare to attack the city with all his strength, and on the other hand, he warned Dou Tai that he must not cross the river and march west.

With the bottom in his heart, Yuwentai only assigned a sentry to investigate Pusaka's intelligence, and did not divide his troops to guard against Dou Tai as Gao Huan thought.

This time it really made Yuwentai guess Gao Huan's mind again.

Yuwentai has 40,000 soldiers, 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, and is known as a 100,000-strong army to the north.

At that time, Dou Tai also received 20,000 people.

Speaking of Hebei, Gao Cheng handed the letter to his uncle Lou Zhao.

Lou Zhao hurriedly glanced at it and asked:

"Ah Hui wants to go back to Luoyang?"

Gao Cheng shook his head and said disapprenously:

"The jade bi can be eaten for a year, and there are 10,000 soldiers and 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the garrison is sufficient.

In history, every exploit of Wang Sizheng is mixed with the blood and tears of Gao Huan and Gao Cheng's father and son.

Whether it was advocating the construction of jade, defending the city forced Gao Huan to attack the jade for the first time in vain.

Still stick to Yingchuan, in the absence of reinforcements, Ren Gaoyue, Murong Shaozong, Liu Feng and others led 100,000 cavalry to besiege the city for a year, and they couldn't break it by all means, and the original owner could only send troops to reinforce Gao Yue again.

In the end, he folded the two generals Murong Shaozong and Liu Feng, and forced Gao Cheng to lead 110,000 cavalry to attack Yingchuan again.

Tower defense gurus are not in vain.

Now Yubi has 10,000 Xianbei in six towns and 5,000 soldiers in prefectures and counties, Wang Sizheng doesn't give himself a year, I'm really sorry that his little Gao Wang specially married Wang.

Thinking like this, Gao Cheng also made up his mind to stay in Wang's house tonight, and cheer for Wang Sizheng with practical actions with Wang's family.

Lou Zhao didn't know Wang Sizheng very well and didn't know much about his talents, but he believed in Gao Cheng's vision, so he no longer worried about jade defense, but asked again:

"Why don't Ah Hui gather troops at Tongguan and wait for the opportunity to seize the new pass of the Western Thieves."

Gao Cheng didn't have much confidence in this matter, the reason why he was able to attack Tongguan last time was because Gao Huan's 200,000 army was advancing westward, and Yuwentai didn't have time to gather the state and county soldiers, and he was in a hurry to go north to defend against the enemy, so he relaxed the garrison of Tongguan.

Now that Yuwentai has taken the initiative to attack, how can there be any more chaos and no extra troops stationed at the pass.

This is also the reason why Gao Cheng decided to continue to inspect Hebei.

But Lou Zhao is not unreasonable, try it, even if it is reactive, there is not much loss.

Gao Cheng wrote letters on the spot to Duan Shao, the assassin of Yuzhou, who was stationed in Luoyang, and Zhu Hunyuan, the Muke of Sizhou, and ordered the two to lead the army into Dongtongguan and join Dugu Yongye with Tongguan Town.

Among them, Duan Shao commanded 5,000 Gyeonggi soldiers, but Zhu Hunyuan had 3,000 troops, Tongguan had 3,000 Gyeonggi soldiers, and 2,000 state and county soldiers, totaling 13,000 people.

With Duan Shao as the main general, he waited for the opportunity to go west and explore the bottom of Xitong Pass.

He also warned him that he must leave troops to prevent Yuwentai from giving up Yubi, crossing the river to the south, taking advantage of the emptiness of Tongguan, seizing Tongguan to the west, and blocking the army in the forbidden ditch.

As for whether Yuwentai will go east to Henan, Gao Cheng is really not worried, even if he takes Luoyang, his family is by his side.

In the south of Henan, there are Guangzhou Thorn Shi Gao Ao Cao, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hou Jing, East Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hou Yuan, South Jingzhou Thorn Shi Yuan Zigong, Yingzhou Thorn Shi Murong Shaozong, Yuzhou Thorn Shi Yaoxiong, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Hu Luguang, Southern Yanzhou Thorn Shi Liu Feng, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Gao Yue.

Qing Yishui's general led the troops to defend it, and Yuwentai broke through.

These people are either diehard loyalists of the Gao family, such as Gao Yue, Gao Aocao, Hu Luguang, etc.

Either in the face of the general trend of the world, he is ready to be a diehard member of the Gao family, such as Hou Yuan, Yuan Zigong, etc.

In the case that the way back was blocked, leading the main force to be a thief in Henan, Gao Huan sent a partial division to cooperate with the Yubi defenders to capture Guanzhong.

Gao Cheng wouldn't expect Yu Wentai to suddenly drop his wits and make such a stupid move.

After writing two letters, Gao Cheng thought about it, and sent another letter to Wang Shiliang, who was in charge of the forbidden army, if Yuwentai really attacked Luoyang and the city could not be defended, kill Yuan Shanjian first.

No matter what, he can't fall into the hands of Yuwentai.

Without Yuan Shanjian, it's a big deal to set up another son of heaven.

Gao Cheng didn't think that Yuan Shanjian would leave Luoyang in the name of hunting now, Yuwentai would attack Hexi Yubi, and the emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty would hunt and flee, losing the face of his little King Gao.

All three letters were sent to Luoyang, and the two uncles and nephews also left the affairs of the Western Front behind.

"It's a pity that my uncle kept his trust and wasted his martial arts, but Jizhou is in the heart of the heart, and Cheng's father and son have to start a family, and only a close relative like my uncle can rest assured."

Gao Cheng sighed:

Lou Zhao is known as the best in the world, and he and Di Gan are the only two generals in Henan and Hebei to guard the hinterland.

The rest of the people were basically deployed to the front line by Gao Cheng.

Lou Zhao smiled and said:

"'A general dies in a hundred battles, and a strong man returns in ten years.'" I don't have the luxury of making many more meritorious deeds in my life, I just look forward to the day when I can see the kingdom of Ahui. ”

As he spoke, Lou Zhao asked again:

"How are the two brothers-in-law doing?"

Gao Cheng knew that he was mainly asking Dou Tai, but he piggybacked on Gao Huan.

"My father fell off his horse in the west and fell ill, but it should be fine, my uncle ......"

Gao Cheng sighed and said no more.

Lou Zhao also understood what he meant, and said with emotion:

"My brother-in-law has a kind temperament, is benevolent in governance, and is a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs, but it's a pity."

Gao Cheng felt the same way, and he echoed:

"My uncle stayed in Hebei, and in the eyes of outsiders, he has no outstanding achievements, but his merits are only understood by our own family, and the Erzhu family has indiscriminately rewarded, so that Cheng and his father have to strictly control the reward, but in the future, non-princes will not be able to reward their uncle for staying behind."

Lou Zhaojun understood that this future referred to the Gao family's victory, so he changed his mood and quipped:

"At that time, Ah Hui Ke will not forget my uncle."

Gao Cheng smiled:

"Uncle, wait and see."

The two uncles and nephews discussed Jizhou political affairs again, and Lou Zhao suddenly asked:

"Ah Hui punishes Wei Jing, and he has won the hearts of the people in Jizhou, if there is a future, how should Ah Hui treat him?"

This sentence will refer to Gao Cheng succeeding Gao's family.

Hearing this, Gao Cheng thought for a moment and said solemnly:

"Wei Jingyu has the grace of nurturing his father, and now he governs Nanfen Prefecture, and he has changed his past wrongs, and there is no more tyranny and harm to the people, so Cheng Zi should regard him as his uncle."

After being rectified by Gao Cheng, Wei Jing was indeed honest.

It's not that he is afraid of Gao Cheng, Gao Huan, who was raised single-handedly, is already forty-two, and Wei Jing is now in his sixties, and he still has a few years to live.

It's not for his son Wei Cang.

Especially the last time Gao Huan's westward expedition failed and retreated to Hedong, before Wei Jing rushed to Jinyang for him to investigate the news, he saw his brother-in-law's current old state with his own eyes, and he understood that he couldn't shelter the Wei family for long, and he still had to rely on Gao Cheng's snort in the future.

At the beginning, Wei Cang was whipped a hundred lashes by Gao Jishi, and Wei Jing ordered Wei Cang not to mention it again.

Under his strict discipline, even Wei Cang has become a lot more honest, at least he is no longer arrogant.

When Lou Zhao got this reply, the stone in his heart fell:

After all, Ah Hui is the same as his father, a loving person.

Lou Zhao hated Wei Jing, but once Gao Huan died, Gao Cheng shouted and killed Wei Jing, who was repentant.

Even if it is Lou Zhao's maternal uncle, it is inevitable that the rabbit will die and the fox will be sad, lest after his death, his descendants will be negligent in Gao Cheng.

The times are like this, no matter how many evil things Wei Jing has done before and how many people he has killed, since he has been spared, and he has changed his past mistakes and become a new man.

Gao Cheng can't go through old accounts anymore no matter what.

These relatives are fiercely loyal to the Gao clan, and Gao Cheng can bully Yuan Shanjian at will, treating these relatives with a part of his loyalty.

The former Sizhou Mu only tortured and killed a slave maid, and was killed by Gao Cheng, and Wei Jing killed 300 people in a hunt, but he had a chance to reform himself.

That's privilege.

Lou Zhao is a discerning person, he knows what his good nephew cares about the most, so even if a group of heirs of the Gao family come to Xindu.

Although Gao Yang and Gao Zhan are too young to stay in Luoyang, they still have two nephews, Gao Yang and Gao Yan.

Lou Zhao never mentioned that he wanted to meet each other, for him personally, he can have many nephews, but for the entire Lou family, it is best to take Gao Cheng alone as his nephew.

The suspicion of their father and son, Lou Zhaoke knew too well, Gao Cheng even led the army outside, and he had to explain that he sent his daughter to Yaoguang Temple.

The uncle and nephew talked for a long time, until it was about to get dark, and Lou Zhao ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and to leave the visiting nephew to eat.

Gao Cheng naturally complied.

During the banquet, Gao Cheng watched Lou Zhao drink bitterly in a big bowl, and couldn't help but dissuade:

"Cheng received news the day before yesterday that Bo Sun, the lord of the Xiangguo Mansion in Jinyang, drank with Sima Ziru, the assassin of Bingzhou, and died of drunkenness.

Even if Gao Jishi was left by Gao Cheng's side, Sun Yan still did not escape the fate of being drunk to death.

As his first staff, Gao Cheng still has some feelings for him, and he has also persuaded him, but it is difficult to persuade the damn ghost with good words.

When Lou Zhao heard this, he lost his wine, so he ordered someone to remove the wine and said:

"Ah Hui and rest assured, I should take it as a warning."

There is still before twelve o'clock in the evening, and then the third chapter in the early morning

(End of chapter)