During the period when the Luoyang court was busy with pre-war preparations, Gao Cheng went to the eastern capital of Yecheng to live for a while, during which he received representatives of the Hebei Shi clan, and also took the time to inspect the Yecheng Palace built by Gao Longzhi, who was presided over by Shang Shuling.

It is said to be a palace, but at Gao Cheng's request, the scale of its construction is not much larger than that of the Bohai Palace in Jinyang.

In addition to marching and fighting to levy people's husbands, King Xiao Gao is generally cautious about the use of people's power, which can not be helped, since the opening of the exempt money in that year, and then to build projects, but there is no free labor, you have to spend money to hire.

In the eighth year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in addition to the Yecheng Palace, a Zen platform was built, and the Luoyang Palace City has not been repaired until now.

When he returned to Luoyang, news came from Jinyang again, and the state assassin Shi Panle was seriously ill, and asked Gao Cheng to send someone to take over the post of assassin Shi.

Shangshu Youcheng Cui Ang was ordered to go north, out of the town and the state, but before Cui Ang could cross the Yellow River, the news of Pan Le's death came.

When Gao Cheng learned the news, he was very sad, and ordered his eldest son Gao Xiaozhang and second son Gao Xiaoyu to go to Jinyang to mourn on his behalf, and issued an edict to give him a fake Huang Yue, Shang Shuling, and the military of Jin, Jian, Fen, and Xianzhou, and the history of Jinzhou Thorn.

It was the height of summer, Gao Cheng led 10,000 horsemen to Chang'an to inspect Guanzhong, which was a planned itinerary, worried that when the army went south, something would happen in Guanlong.

Gao Cheng has rarely put his mind on Guanlong over the years, and the reason for this is that Gao Cheng has focused on the south.

Of course, since most of the people in Kansai were migrants from Sanhe, the foundation of the rule was very solid, and it didn't matter if they were negligent for a while.

But after a few years, they also have to go to Chang'an, lest they forget the prestige of King Xiaogao.

Gao Cheng did not go to Liangzhou again, and with Di Gan sitting in Hanzhong, he was very relieved, and returned to Luoyang in early autumn, ready to make final preparations for the next southern expedition.

On August 23 of the eighth year of Zhaode (555), it was too late to wait for the autumn grain to be put into storage, and after some careful consideration, Gao Cheng decided to recruit a total of 600,000 people from Jiangnan, Huainan and Jianghan to accompany the army as a people's husband.

Gao's original ruling base was Qinling, north of the Huai River, and there was no mobilization, and even the state and county soldiers accompanying the army were drawn from Huainan, a total of 60,000 people, and distributed to the three routes.

The next day, Gao Cheng personally led 30,000 cavalry out of Luoyang, went straight to Xunyang, and conveyed his will to Duan Shao, Gao Jishi, and Hu Luguang, ordering them to go to Xunyang to see the driver.

In mid-September, Gao Cheng arrived in Xunyang, and the commanders of the three-way army, Duan Shao, Gao Jishi, and Wu Mingche, and Hu Luguang, who coordinated the defense of Jingnan, were already waiting in the city.

Gao Cheng and Duan Shao repeatedly emphasized discipline, telling them not to take the enemy lightly, and if they could not see any hope of ending the war before the summer of next year, they needed to withdraw their troops immediately.

He also carefully explained that Hu Luguang was quiet, and he needed Yuwentai to lead the main force to support Lingnan before he could try to capture Chuzhou.

The four of them agreed one after another, and Gao Cheng set up a banquet that night to drink with the four of them and their governors.

On the occasion of the three rounds of drinking, Gao Cheng raised the lamp and said to everyone:

"Since the beginning of my heirship, first take Huainan, and then take Jianghan, soft and return to the heart, Jiangnan soil, look around the universe, unique Lingnan, Shu do not respect the king, to the corner of the stubborn resistance, the mantis arm as a car.

"From now on, there are 150,000 elite soldiers, 60,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the three-way army will fight Chen, vowing to sweep away the rebellion.

"The generals need to work harder, seal their wives and sons, leave their names in history, and fight here!"

When the generals heard this, they got up one after another and rushed to express their determination to fight to Gao Cheng.

The next day, the generals of the three routes returned to their territories to make the final preparations before the battle, and Hu Luguang also led his subordinate governors back to Changsha, and sent people to contact Xue Guyan, the general of Yiling, to monitor the movements of the territory.

Gao Cheng conscripted 600,000 people from Wuzhou, Jiangzhou, and Hengzhou as people's husbands, and when the will was conveyed to Jiangnan, it did not cause panic.

It stands to reason that the people of Jiangnan have been devastated by the Xiao family's civil war over the years, and they all have stress disorder.

However, due to the policy propagated by local officials in advance, the people knew that after paying the exemption money, it was not a free conscription, and since the Gao clan came to power, there was no tradition of using the people as military rations, and the most dangerous thing was only to fill the moat, so there was a lot less resistance.

The people of Sanzhou naturally supplied the logistics of the three-way army separately, and assembled in the south of Wuzhou, Jiangzhou, and Hengzhou, while Xiangzhou Hu Luguang followed Gao Cheng's instructions and waited for Yuwentai to take the lead.

In late September, news came from Shu that Yuwentai was guarded by his nephew Dugu Xindu Governor Yang Zhong and other generals, and Yuwen was led by Da Xiwu and other generals to guard Chuzhou.

And he himself personally led the main force of 80,000 and tended to Yungui.

Gao Cheng immediately ordered Hu Luguang to take action in Xiangzhou, and at the same time ordered the three prefectures of Jianghan, namely Jingzhou, Yingzhou, and Ezhou, to mobilize together to attack Chuzhou in the west.

And Liangzhou Di Gan will not be idle, the military forces of Hanzhong are also mobilized, and they make a big noise, attacking Shu Road, so that Yuwentai does not dare to divide the troops in the north and reinforce the eastern gateway.

Not only that, Gao Cheng even sent 30,000 cavalry to Jiangling with him to the south, which further increased the military pressure on Chuzhou.

In Xiao Gaowang's plan, if Yuwentai goes to Lingnan, he will focus on Chuzhou and seize the gateway to Shu.

As for Hua Chen, once the progress is not smooth, he can be a teacher.

If Yuwentai is forced to return to the division, it will naturally be the main goal to extinguish Chen Baxian.

The huge gap in the comparison of the national strength of the three parties is also the reason why Gao Cheng can arrange it so calmly.

When the time came to the end of September, not only 600,000 people in the three prefectures south of the Yangtze River had taken place one after another, but even Chen Baxian had already completed military mobilization in Lingnan.

It's just that in the face of the undisguised three-way army of the Northern Qi Dynasty, there were disagreements within the Chen army on how to resist the enemy.

One faction believes that it is necessary to copy the old practice of completely annihilating Xiao Lun's army, let all the way into the army, and concentrate superior forces to encircle and annihilate it.

The other faction believes that troops should be divided to guard the dangerous points, and they should defend according to the dangers, and when the summer comes, the northerners will have difficulty adapting to the hot climate and will retreat.

Unlike when defending Xiao Lun, this time Chen Baxian did not follow Jiang Wei to defend Hanzhong, but decided to guard the danger and leave the matter of retreating from the enemy to time and climate.

The reason for such a difference is that the combat effectiveness of the Qi army is different from that of the soldiers under Xiao Lun's command, and in the past few years, the Southern Liang army was beaten to the point that it lost confidence in land warfare.

The second is that Xiao Lun only had one army at that time, not three attacks.

If you let go of the pass and let the army enter the country, but the other party is fighting steadily and steadily, occupying the pass, and not in a hurry to go south, you will completely fall into passivity, the army will be contained, and the other two roads will not be taken care of.

Chen Baxian's prestige in the military was deep, and his inclination put an end to the controversy.