Gao Cheng said so much, in fact, it can only be summed up in two points.

One is that the Rouran must save themselves, and if they continue to languish, he will hand them over to the Turks, and in turn repair relations with the Turks.

Rouran people don't know the difference between his views on the Turks and Rouran, so he is naturally really worried that the Northern Qi and the Turks are on good terms, not to mention the people who are still in the royal court, they are recruited into the army by Tiefa in Huaihuang Town, and those who go south with the army will also be afraid.

In order not to end up as Gao Cheng said, they had to fight to the death against the Turks.

The second is to clarify the system of rewards and punishments, so as to further stimulate their fighting spirit.

Gao Cheng was not worried about the fighting skills of the Rouran people before.

Half of the 20,000 Rouran soldiers belonged to the standing army of the royal court, and the other half were temporarily conscripted herdsmen, but the difference between the nomadic and agricultural lifestyles doomed the herdsmen to become qualified soldiers only need to learn discipline, while the farmers need to learn more military skills.

He was always worried about morale, and Gao Cheng wanted to bring 20,000 Rouran soldiers full of revenge out of the fortress, not 20,000 burdens who had broken their backbones.

Gao Cheng, who was on the high platform, gave a lecture, not only to inspire the Rouran people to fight out of the fortress, but also to kill the Turkic envoys to show that he and Rouran have always stood firmly together, and this support also made him gain the hearts of the Rouran people.

The matter was urgent, Gao Cheng did not delay any longer, and under his order, 20,000 Rouran soldiers waved goodbye to the family scroll and went north as a precursor.

The 100,000 Northern Qi soldiers followed, along with thousands of herdsmen who had been mobilized in Jinyang to take care of their livestock.

The people can not bring it, but the herdsmen who take care of the livestock are really indispensable.

After coming to Daqingshan outside Huaishuo City, he walked into the grassland area, marched out of the fortress, and widely distributed sentry horses along the way, and the speed was obviously slowed down a lot.

Gao Cheng's trip was not to rescue the royal court, but to compete for people and materials.

Naturally, he will not rush to the road and repeat the mistake of Anapu.

Thinking that Ashina Tumen is not blind or deaf, it will not be without ears and eyes, the Northern Qi and Rouran coalition forces have entered the grassland, and they have not received any news.

However, Gao Cheng didn't care much, the main army itself was used to attract the attention of the Turks, and Gao Ji's partial division had to ensure secrecy, and even the mobilization of Longyou's cavalry did not take the open route, but was secretly issued.

Longyou, Qinzhou.

The soldiers and the family scrolls only knew that they were going out to fight, but they didn't know that they were going to go out of the fortress for thousands of miles, so the family scrolls just told them to take care of themselves after the expedition, and also to fight bravely to kill the enemy, make meritorious contributions to the country, and win honor for the family.

Gao Jishi had already handed over the talisman with Pan Le, and the two rode side by side on the horse, looking at the Longyou horseman who said goodbye to the family roll, Pan Le suddenly sighed:

"I don't know how many of them will come back alive."

Gao Jishi's face calmly replied:

"Since I have eaten this bowl of rice, this life has long been sold to the imperial court, and I still care about life and death."

Pan Le wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he still didn't mention letting Gao Ji Shi kill less, after all, he also knew that Gao Ji Shi's trip was to kill people, kill herdsmen along the way, and kill Turkic women and children.

On June 26 of the third year of Zhaode (550), Gao Ji led 10,000 cavalry, all of them with one person and three horses, waved the army north, and rushed to Jinshan.

After Gao Ji's partial division came out of the fortress, he changed the good military discipline of the Qi army in the past and never harassed civilians along the way, as if he was going from one extreme to another, leaving no life along the way, regardless of men and women, old and weak.

Many soldiers were puzzled, but they still fully obeyed Gao Ji's military orders, after all, soldiers regard obedience as their duty.

In addition, Gao Jishi also beheaded more than a dozen horsemen who insulted women.

Before they died, these people cried out loudly, thinking that these women would not live anyway, so why should they not be allowed to be bullied.

Gao Jishi made no secret of his disgust and said:

"I killed them to hide the news, and I had to do it as a last resort, and you took the opportunity to insult them, but it was a beastly act."

"We are beasts when we insult women, and the general kills the old and the weak indiscriminately, and the crime is even worse than ours."

The dozen or so horsemen shouted angrily.

Gao Ji Shi replied:

"My sin will be ruled by His Majesty in the future, and there will be a judgment in history, but you and others will be dealt with by me."

Then he said to his cronies:

"Drag it out, kill them all."

"High season style! You don't have to die well! ”

"High season style! I'm waiting for you under the Nine Springs! ”

The cursing stopped as the butcher's knife fell, and Gao Jishi confessed the purpose of his trip to the soldiers in the army.

Nearly a thousand miles out of the fortress, in fact, the soldiers had already committed dripping, and at this time they heard that they were going to Jinshan to destroy the Turkic nest, and they were all shocked.

Most of the 10,000 right horsemen of Longlong were born in Xianbei in the six towns, and they knew how far away Jinshan was, and it was not easy for the army's heart to waver for a while, and it was not easy to go out of the fortress and attack the enemy's rear.

It's just that in the end, under the reward drawn up by Gao Cheng, he persevered.

This time, in accordance with the order of the high season, whether or not they arrived at Jinshan, each person could get five horses of cloth and silk as hard labor.

If you unfortunately die outside the fortress, five pieces of cloth will also be sent to the family scroll, and it is not a form of bereavement, that is, there is another bereavement benefit.

If you can really step on the golden mountain, the reward for meritorious service will be heavier than that of the Southern Expedition, and it will be easier to get promoted for meritorious service.

Gao Cheng has never had a soldier in terms of reward, and everyone believes in him, wealth and danger are sought, and the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty are not afraid of death, they are afraid of taking huge risks, but they cannot get the corresponding reward.

The army's heart was resettled, and the goal was unified with everyone, Gao Jishi continued to wave the army north, naturally killing more evils along the way, and forcibly killing a no-man's land for him.

The words are divided into two ends, after giving up the royal court, Anluochen went all the way south, evading the Turkic pursuit along the way, after Ashina Tumen learned of his escape, his eldest son Ashina Koro and his second son Ashina Jin, one east and one west, each led 10,000 people to attack the Rouran settlements in various places.

He himself personally led 80,000 people to chase An Luochen, who had 30,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of Rouran women and children at hand, and the population was the most precious resource of the grassland, and Ashina Tumen was unwilling to let them go.

At that time, Anapu was willing to share part of the Gaoche women to Gao Cheng, and promised to exchange tea and silk, apparently to thank Gao Cheng for reporting the confluence of the Turks and the remnants of the Gaoche.

Just when An Luochen was about to abandon the women and children and only lead the light cavalry south, he was finally found by the messenger who sent a message from the north, informing him that the Northern Qi had sent troops.

An Luochen thought about it, after all, he was not willing to abandon the women and children, he asked the messenger to go back and bring a message to his good son-in-law, he would form a formation here to resist the Turks, and hoped that Gao Cheng would come to help quickly.