Because Gao Cheng asked Xiao Yuanming to disintegrate the hearts of the Huaiyin defenders, Duan Shao sent a cavalry to send him to Huaiyin City, and he led the main cavalry with Peng Le and others to lead the horse on foot.

After all, the horses that traveled were all collected by Gao Cheng, pretending to be cavalry to cover people's eyes, and the cavalry that escorted Xiao Yuanming was all forced to gather one person and three horses.

Hu Lujin 50,000 county soldiers were used as bait, more than 2,000 were killed, 28,000 were left to guard Shouyang, and the remaining 20,000 people went east with Duan Shao and others to join Gao Cheng.

The Huaiyin defenders only had thousands of local state and county soldiers, but at this time, there were 100,000 soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty outside the city, and 90,000 state and county soldiers, and they might be able to break the city in a day or two of siege.

But Gao Cheng has always been a province of the province, the temperament of the flowery, the Huaiyin defenders did not surrender at the beginning, and he did not attack the city, and when Xiao Yuanming sent it, he took it to the city and took a turn.

When Xiao Yuanming was escorted to the camp outside Huaiyin City, he didn't see Gao Cheng, and before he even entered the camp, he was taken to Huaiyin City by Xingqing, the governor of the army.

Sure enough, as Gao Cheng expected, the Huaiyin guard saw that Xiao Yuanming was captured, knew that Shouyang had fallen, and there were no reinforcements outside, so he no longer struggled, and opened the city to ask for surrender to the northern Qi.

Gao Cheng personally surrendered, but after entering the city, he asked Wei Xingqing to bring Xiao Yuanming, and in front of Xiao Yuanming, Wei Xingqing severely reprimanded:

"Marquis Zhenyang, my distinguished guest! How can you humiliate him so much, and don't quickly ask the Marquis of Zhenyang for guilt! ”

Wei Xingqing has been a close confidant of Gao Cheng for many years, and he knows what kind of character his son of heaven is, so he hurriedly apologized to Xiao Yuanming.

Xiao Yuanming didn't even dare to say it, and said in his heart:

'I heard that Gao Cheng was a good hypocrisy, and when I saw it today, my name was well deserved, and it was clear that he instructed this person to take me to the city to show the public, but he wanted to pretend not to know. ’

I thought so, but he didn't dare to say it, in case Gao Cheng was angry and killed himself, it would not be worth it, it was said that Gao Cheng never said it a second time.

Just when Xiao Yuanming planned to persuade Gao Cheng to surrender as soon as he opened his mouth, he would bow to the ground and bow to thank him, but he heard Gao Cheng sigh with emotion:

"Every time there is a big war, the people's livelihood is difficult, and it is not good for me to fight with people in my life, so I propose to Lord Liang, so I can't suffer from it, otherwise, why not."

"There must be a misunderstanding here, maybe there is a villain in Jiankang who bewitches the king, and the foreign minister is willing to write a letter for His Majesty and show his sincerity to the court."

Xiao Yuanming was submissive, and he didn't dare to refute it, it was obviously you Gao Cheng who made the rumors himself, and he had to buckle the basin on the head of His Majesty.

Gao Cheng shook his head and said:

"At this point, how can I get married to Qin and Jin again, but I do intend to write a letter to me by the Marquis of Zhenyang, now there are 30,000 defenders in Hefei, and the Marquis of Zhenyang was ordered to preside over the Huainan war, and I want to come to defend the city The generals have an old relationship with Xiao Jun, I don't know if Xiao Jun is willing to persuade me to write a letter."

It turned out that Xiao Yan dispatched 100,000 land and water troops for Xiao Yuanming, of which 40,000 guarded Shouyang, 30,000 guarded Hefei, and another 30,000 sailors responded.

Xiao Yuanming said in his heart:

'Etiquette to others, there must be something to ask for, Gao Cheng folded and handed it over, and sure enough, he had another plan, but he couldn't help but look at me too highly. ’

Xiao Yuanming was not sure that he would be able to say that Gao Cheng would be demoted to Hefei, because at this time, it was Lan Qin, the general who fled back to Southern Liang eight years ago, who was guarding Hefei.

Lan Qin was defeated in Guanzhong and fled back to Nanliang alone, and was convicted and demoted, so he did not participate in the battle of Jiaozhou, and escaped the fate of being poisoned by Xiao Tian, the Marquis of Nan'an.

The Northern Qi Dynasty marched southward, and Lan Qin, who was forty-six years old and in the prime of life, was reused and ordered to guard Hefei, nominally under the control of Xiao Huili, the king of Nankang, but actually listened to Xiao Yuanming's dispatch.

Now that Xiao Yuanming has been captured, Xiao Huili has abandoned the city and fled, the news has long been leaked, how can Lan Qin listen to Xiao Yuanming's orders again.

However, at this time, Gao Cheng asked Xiao Yuanming to write a letter, and he didn't dare not write it, after all, Gao Cheng treated him so politely, and he couldn't say anything if he wanted to refuse again.

But Xiao Yuanming didn't say anything to death:

"Once the foreign minister was captured, he paid or will be humiliated, but his majesty is regarded as a guest of honor, this kindness and this feeling, I feel in my heart, your majesty wants to Hefei, although the foreign minister has no personal relationship with Lan Qin, he is also willing to write a letter for His Majesty."

How could Gao Cheng and others not hear the meaning of Xiao Yuanming's words, he didn't believe that Xiao Yuanming really had no personal relationship with Lan Qin, but persuading Hefei to surrender was just an attempt, and it was naturally a great joy, and if it didn't work, he just took a random pawn and sent a letter into the city, without much loss.

Huaiyin went down without a fight, Xiao Yuanming had already played a role as a prisoner, even if Lan Qin did not surrender at that time, Gao Cheng would still let Xiao Yuanming go around Hefei, after all, Xiao Yuanming, who presided over the Huainan war, was captured, which was a bit of a blow to the morale of the defenders.

Besides, after using Xiao Yuanming, you can also ask for ransom from him.

Although Xiao Yuanming is only Xiao Yan's nephew, he is extremely favored, otherwise he would not have been allowed to preside over the Huainan Defense Line.

Gao Cheng's valuation of Xiao Yuanming in his heart is not low, let alone 30,000 pieces of cloth, what? Xiao Yan's own son Xiao Ji is only 3,000 horses?

It was the old yellow calendar eight years ago, and there was inflation in the redemption of prisoners of war, do you understand it.

As soon as Xiao Ji mentioned the three thousand pieces of cloth, Gao Cheng became angry, blaming He Liuhun for being a loser.

30,000 pieces of cloth is not a small amount, but Gao Cheng believes that he can get this ransom after the war, after all, Xiao Yuanming's weight in Xiao Yan's heart is not light.

'When the sun comes, Hou Jingxi returns. ’

In the original time and space, Gao Cheng captured Xiao Yuanming, treated him as a guest of honor, and used him to separate Xiao Yan and Hou Jing, claiming that as long as Xiao Yan sent back Hou Jing, he would be willing to return Xiao Yuanming.

Xiao Yan then replied to this sentence and expressed his willingness to make this deal with him.

But since it was a divisive plan, he couldn't hide it from Hou Jing, so it was very unfortunate that Gao Cheng and Xiao Yan secretly contacted, and when he passed through Hou Jingfang's defense area, he was accidentally discovered, and learned that Xiao Yan was going to betray himself, Hou Jing was cornered, so he could only follow Wang Wei's advice, cross the river with 800 horses, and survive in death, so that Hou Jing's rebellion broke out.

Xiao Yan agreed to exchange Hou Jing for Xiao Yuanming, which is enough to prove that he values this nephew, after all, if this matter is done, who will dare to lower Liang in the future, is he not afraid that Xiao Yan will sell himself backhandedly.

Therefore, Xiao Yuanming cannot be replaced by a single Hou Jing, and Xiao Yan has staked his political credibility for this.

The question is, is a Hou Jing, coupled with Xiao Yan's political credibility, worth 30,000 pieces of cloth?

Gao Cheng felt that his psychological price seemed to be able to rise further.

The captured Southern Liang generals in Bagong Mountain can be used for trading and asking for ransom, but the guards of Shouyang City have no such value, and Xiao Yan will not spend a lot of money to redeem them, and then cut them all.

It's not like this if you have money, and if Gao Cheng wants to do this business, no one will dare to lower it in the future.