Chapter 253: Revisiting the Old Land
Jiangling, an important town in Southern Liang, faced Sanjing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and after Gao Cheng went south, Chen Qingzhi's spirit remained highly concentrated, and he sent scouts to the border of Liang and Wei, just for fear that Gao Cheng would come to attack with one hand.
Now it is different from the past, now that Yuwentai is blocked in Guanzhong, Gao Cheng Ruozhen raised troops to seize Jiangling, trying to cut off the connection between Bashu and Jiangdong, and it is really possible to garrison heavy troops, force Nanliang to attack, and bleed it regularly, just like jade is to Guanxi.
However, Chen Qingzhi was obviously overly concerned, first west and then south was the grand strategy that Gao Huan and Gao Cheng had already determined, and no matter what, Yuwentai could not be given a chance to breathe.
After Gao Huan went to Yecheng, he did not forget to order Dou Tai to lead 30,000 cavalry to garrison Yubi to attack and disturb spring ploughing, Gao Cheng's staff Wang Jun was still with the army staff, and Dingzhou Assassin Shi Di Gan returned to his territory early and did not participate in it.
Seeing Dou Tai taking Yubi as a base, trekking through Luoshui and trampling on it, causing Weibei to be barren, Yuwentai gritted his teeth with hatred, and also made up his mind that after the autumn harvest, he would besiege Yubi for the third time, and he would definitely pull out this nail, otherwise Weibei would never have peace.
It's not that I haven't thought about setting up an ambush, but the terrain of the Guanzhong Plain is relatively flat, and Dou Tai has a wide range of scouts along the way, and there are even two or even three horses for one person, which is really beyond the reach of the whip.
Yuwentai can only build more Feng Fort along Weishui, so as an early warning to deal with Dou Tai's southward movement.
Seeing this, Dou Tai did not dare to cross Weishui, and always limited his scope of activities to Weibei.
And Gao Cheng successively met Zhang Liang and Hou Yuan in Southern Jingzhou and Eastern Jingzhou.
When Gao Cheng was in Xiangyang, he only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, and he didn't ask anything about the military and politics of Jingzhou, but when he arrived at the rest of the two Jings, his true nature was exposed.
Zhang Liang was originally from Gao Cheng's staff, and Hou Yuan also used the former Yanzhou Thorn Shi Fan Zihu and the head of the former Southern Qingzhou Thorn Shi Dayeba, all of whom were his own people.
Except for Gao Cheng attending a banquet on the day of entering the city and enjoying singing and dancing with a group of officials, the rest of the time was accompanied by Zhang Liang and Hou Yuan to inspect the surrounding counties.
When he learned that Gao Cheng had entered Yuzhou from Dongjingzhou and arrived in Xuanguo (Runan, Henan), Chen Qingzhi was relieved.
Yaoxiong is still the same as before, and his eyes are bright.
Gao Cheng's generals, the most famous in battle, is none other than Yaoxiong, when Ping Sanjing was the one who offered advice to divide the troops and force Chen Qingzhi to retreat.
After defending Yuzhou, Chen Qingzhi was defeated, and after Gao Cheng pacified Fan Zihu's rebellion and went south, he led the army westward and induced the Southern Liang Dynasty to order Chen Qingzhi to return to Jiangling, and Yaoxiong also took advantage of the situation to seize the Hanging Gourd.
During the western expedition the year before last, Chen Qingzhi took advantage of the emptiness in Henan and sent troops to recapture the Hanging Gourd, but Yaoxiong repelled it.
Yao Xiong almost wrote the five words 'Fight Chen Qingzhi' on the door of his head.
Chen Qingzhi was killed in this time and space, Gao Cheng was the main culprit, and the "Book with Chen Qingzhi" he wrote can be called murderous. (See Chapter 156)
And Yaoxiong is undoubtedly the second defendant, and he won two dignified and upright victories in Yuzhou, beating Chen Qingzhi without a temper.
Gao Cheng went to the big business outside the city to drink a lot of wine, comforted the 5,000 Gyeonggi soldiers stationed in Yuzhou, and shouted to the soldiers on stage to keep the program.
That night, Gao Cheng did not return to his residence, but slept with Yaoxiong in the army.
This is not the first time Gao Cheng slept with Yaoxiong, at the age of twelve, Gao Huan led the army to accept Luoyang, Gao Cheng stayed in Yecheng, so he couldn't wait to recruit Yaoxiong, who was then the assassin of Yingzhou, to report on his work in Ye, leaving him to stay overnight in Yecheng Bohai Palace.
When Gao Cheng felt that Yaoxiong had not changed much, he didn't know that Yaoxiong was lamenting that time was fleeting.
When he enveloped himself, the slightly anxious young man has grown up.
Gao Cheng stayed in Yuzhou for the longest time, and the information he obtained also made him very satisfied.
Although Yaoxiong is a military general, he has a tolerant and kind personality, simplifies the government, and has effective governance, and is deeply loved by the people of Yuzhou.
Gao Cheng is a little good, even if the general is deeply supported by the people, he will not be suspicious of this, he does not lack this confidence.
What's more, Yaoxiong is his descendant, Gao Cheng heard that the people of Yuzhou even set up a shrine for Yaoxiong, not only did he not like it, but he was honored.
When Gao Cheng left Yuzhou, when he said goodbye to Yaoxiong, he was much more sincere to Hou Jing.
The southern patrol team continued to advance and arrived at Xiaohuang County, Southern Yanzhou Prefecture, within a few days.
Under Gao Cheng's order, Liu Feng, the general of the Xiongnu Assassination History, did not go to the state border to greet him, but only waited at the west gate of Xiaohuang County.
In that year, Gao Cheng attacked Xiaohuang County, and withstood the counterattack of Liang generals Xiahou Kui and Yang Yaren, and finally recaptured Southern Yanzhou, which was occupied by Southern Liang taking advantage of the civil strife in the north.
Today's trip, Gao Cheng is also a revisit.
Liu Feng is different from the generals, most of the rest of the people are Gao Cheng himself, but Liu Feng was brainwashed by his friend Ke Zhu Hunyuan, believing that Gao Cheng is the master of the troubled times, and he follows him wholeheartedly.
Gao Cheng's trip also brought a letter sent by Zhu Hunyuan, to put it bluntly, Gao Cheng's southern tour this time was not so much to inspect the border of Liang and Wei, but to take the opportunity to maintain feelings with the generals on the southern front.
Cui Jishu's mentality when he served as Yanzhou Assassin is very representative: while he is eager to make achievements, he is also worried that he will be away from home for a long time and estranged from Gao Cheng.
Now that Gao's rule in the Kwantung region has been solidified, for Gao Cheng, there is no need to assign so many generals to guard southern Xinjiang, and this return to Luoyang is also time to rearrange the Weiliang border defense.
Look at how many generals he put on this border: Gao Yue, Hou Jing, Hou Yuan, Yao Xiong, Liu Feng.
And behind these people, there was Guangzhou Assassin Gao Ao Cao who could support the Western Front, and Yingzhou Assassin Murong Shaozong who could support the Eastern Front.
Such a lineup should not be wasted on guarding against Nan Liang, especially when Gao Huan went west, Nan Liang's small fights strengthened Gao Cheng's thoughts.
At that time, the fate of the Western Wei Dynasty was already hanging by a thread, and there were still only two movements in the Southern Liang that Chen Qingzhi invaded Hanging Gourd, Yang Yaren and Xiahou Kui besieged Xiaohuang County, which shows his intentions.
Gao Cheng got along with Liu Feng very happily in Xiaohuang County, after all, the two went both ways.
Gao Cheng wanted to stay in Xiaohuang County for a few more days, but suddenly received an urgent report from Xuzhou that Shan, the mother of Gao Yue, the assassin of Xuzhou, was critically ill.
The news came so suddenly that Gao Cheng had to set off urgently, and even broke away from the team on the way and led the light horse first, but he still didn't catch up with the last one.
Gao Cheng received news that since Shan's critical illness, Gao Yue had handed over all government affairs to the bureaucrats.
And after the death of the Shan clan, Gao Yue was even more sad and couldn't look at things.
Gao Cheng rushed to Pengcheng, Xuzhou Prefecture at night, and persuaded Gao Yue to personally lead the coffin of the Yunshan clan to Luoyang for burial, and Gao Cheng himself acted as the military and political agent of Xuzhou.
Although Gao Yue went out of the town of Xuzhou, he was destined not to stay here for a long time, so the Shan clan could only be transported back to Luoyang for burial.
The dinner party was a little late, and the next chapter was at six o'clock, and there was still 8000 left
(End of chapter)