Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 110 Appease
The Gyeonggi army approached the city of Xuzhou, but Gao Cheng just besieged and did not attack. After throwing the letter paper, he immediately withdrew to the camp.

The plan is clear at a glance. First of all, let Xuzhou's powerful family witness their military prowess with their own eyes, and make them fearful.

The second is to reduce the pressure they face. If they are in a hurry to attack the city, these people will have no time to think about it, and instead will fight the enemy together. Once they relax, the suspicion caused by the letter will be infinitely magnified.

The last thing is to show the performance to the Nanliang spies. Gao Cheng does not believe that the Xuzhou area, which is located on the border of Liang and Wei, will have fewer spies to watch.

Sure enough, the spies who climbed the heights saw that Gao Cheng was besieging and did not attack. They just threw the trebuchet for a while, then withdrew the troops and returned to the camp.

Immediately hit the horse and go south to pass the news back.

And as Gao Cheng withdrew from the siege, another messenger from Xuzhou took the opportunity to go out of the city to Liang Ying for help.

On the south bank of the Huai River, Liang general Hou Chengjun was rewarded by spies, and he was also complacent about seeing through Gao Cheng's scheme: This scene is too fake, anyway, he should pretend to attack the city anyway, after all, he is just a 13-year-old boy, A bit resourceful, but that's all, he can't even perform a siege scene well.

When the messenger from Xuzhou came to Liang Ying to ask for help again, Hou Chengjun became angry.

'That's right, I lost to Di Zhen in East Xuzhou, but you can't treat me like a fool! '

In a rage, Hou Chengjun beheaded the envoy, and at the same time provoked the rebellion of three Xuzhou rebels.

Hou Chengjun wrote vigorously, writing a three-hundred-character essay full of indignation on a white paper, and a letter to Xuzhou's rich family, including the heads of the envoys, and handed them over to the three of them, and they went north to find a way to send them to Pengcheng.

When the nobles of Xuzhou obtained the head and this letter, Hou Chengjun scolded the nobles of Xuzhou in the letter, threatening that he would never cross the Huaihe River north, and that if any Wei people went south, they would commit suicide one by one.

Before the attack and killing of Di Zhen, the nobles in Xuzhou had correspondence with Hou Chengjun. After comparing the handwriting, all thoughts were lost.

The three people who were in any case also took the opportunity to return to Gaocheng's camp to deliver the news. Gao Cheng was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately comforted the three of them. not drop.

Gao Cheng also set a deadline for the three of them, ten years, and they will be free after ten years.

When the three of them heard it, they all wept and thanked them.

On October 29, when it was confirmed that Xuzhou knew that there was no reinforcements from outside, Gao Cheng resorted to another offensive strategy.

He sent knights under the city wall to threaten that all the men of the noble families who participated in the plot to kill Di Zhen would be executed, but the family who opened the north gate of Pengcheng for him could be pardoned. The number of places is limited, and only one family can be pardoned.

He also repeatedly claimed that the reason why Gao Cheng didn't choose to pretend to be pardoned and set up a banquet to kill him was because faith was more precious than life in his heart, and he didn't want to deceive him.

After finishing these, Gao Cheng led the army to stand under the city of Xuzhou, ready to watch a good show.

He didn't worry at all that this poisonous plan would make the powerful families of Pengcheng unite to fight against the enemy.

With a strong enemy outside and no reinforcements, the minds of the companions are unpredictable, and Gao Cheng's trustworthy behavior can make them believe that as long as they open the city gate, they can be forgiven.

So, when you are united against the enemy, will someone secretly open the door?
With this kind of thinking, no one would want to fight to the end, but would scramble to open the door for Gao Cheng instead.

But the places are limited, so let's play a game, only the living ones are eligible to be Xiao Gaowang's dog.

On this day, rivers of blood flowed among the powerful nobles in Pengcheng, and some powerful families who did not participate in the attack on Di Zhen were also involved. Who knows if you will secretly open the door and rob us of our chance to survive.

Hearing the shouts of killing in the city one after another, Gao Cheng didn't know if his strategy would harm the people in the city, maybe, but it wouldn't cause too much harm. Those people's goal was to open the city gate to save their lives, not to rob them. Looting and killing.

The generals and staff around him were all complimenting Gao Cheng for his brilliant strategy.

Gao Cheng was proud of himself, whoever said that slaughter would stand out must have blood on his hands.

His way of using troops is very simple, and he can solve problems with his brain.

It is easy to say, but it is actually difficult. The most important thing is to have a solid family background. After all, the army is dispatched, and all kinds of expenses are a big number every day, but it takes time to solve problems with the brain and various calculations. .

The longer it takes, the more it costs.

Fortunately, the Central Plains and the Hebei Plain occupied by the Gao family are rich and prosperous, and can even be said to be the essence of ancient China.

It can also support Gao Cheng's most expensive food and money, and fight the most stable battle.

Seeing that Pengcheng was about to go down without a fight, the soldiers under his command showed even more admiration for Gao Cheng.

Who wouldn't want to follow a commander who cherishes the lives of his soldiers and can outsmart and never be attached to him? The key point is that this commander is still a victorious general, and he has never lost everyone's rewards after breaking the city.

But what they didn't know was that after Gao Cheng returned to Luoyang, he was going to double-handle these soldiers. He couldn't love them too much, raise them up and use them up, and count on Xiao Gao when he really wanted to fight. Wang has a clever plan.

What he wanted were loyal elite soldiers, not loyal battlefield atmosphere groups.

Gao Cheng stared at the closed north gate of Pengcheng, thinking, if he stopped leading the army, would later generations emphasize Chen Qingzhi's military talent:
'He is the only general who can inflict damage to the soldiers under Gao Cheng's command. He led an army of tens of thousands to kill more than [-] people under Gao Cheng's command. '

Thinking of this, even Gao Cheng himself was happy.

When I was holding back my laughter, the turmoil in the city spread to the city wall of Xuzhou. Xuzhou soldiers had already been controlled by various families, and now they were attacking and killing each other.

People kept falling from the city wall, and the sky was getting dark, but the wailing and killing never stopped.

Blood even flowed out along the crack of the north gate. For Xuzhou's upper class, this day was like a purgatory.

This is a Shura field, and there are many families in it, but only the victor can survive.

The north gate of Xuzhou opened slowly, and finally a family took control of the city gate. The fighting inside the city gate continued, and the family slaves were still leading the slaves to resist tenaciously, giving them time to push the gate.

Gao Cheng didn't hesitate, not to mention how many Xuzhou soldiers were left in the city after such a long fight. Even if there were 5000 soldiers, as long as the city gate was opened, it would be impossible to resist his own army.

"The generals obey the orders."

Gao Cheng shouted loudly:

"Gao Aocao! You are the vanguard, Yaoxiong! Murong Shaozong! Hu Luguang! Duan Shao! The four of you enter the city one by one! Those who dare to abuse women and children, die! Those who plunder privately, die! After the war, I will have my own reward !"

All the generals took orders one after another, passed on Gao Cheng's instructions, and led their troops into Xuzhou.

The fighting in the city is still going on, and it's time for the troops to see the blood.

The records of later generations will only know that Xuzhou's powerful clan is fighting among themselves and killing each other, but there will be no description of the Gyeonggi soldiers finishing the work for everyone.

Only Gao Jishi's [-] parts and [-] Wuchuan soldiers were left to guard Gao Cheng.

And the sentry cavalry sent to the south was not taken back. Gao Cheng didn't want to capsize in the gutter.

Gao Aocao rushed into the city first, and shouted:
"Those who dare to hold the blade, cut!"

The exhausted family servants and Xuzhou soldiers put down their weapons one after another, only the sons and daughters of the wealthy family still stubbornly resisted.

But it can't make any waves.

And the group who opened the door also ran to ask Gao Cheng for credit, but were stopped by Gao Ji's instructions.

"Just wait until you report your family name, and I will definitely promise."

Gao Cheng said to everyone.

This group of people were so excited that they wept bitterly when they heard the words, and the stone in their hearts finally fell.

It took a bloody battle to capture the city gate. There were nearly a hundred children in the clan and thousands of house slaves. Less than one tenth of the survivors were injured, and the rest were all killed.

And the family members who were trapped in the city did not know whether they were alive or dead. This time, their vitality was severely injured, and they could not recover without decades of accumulation.

But it is much better than those dying people in the city, as long as they can escape this catastrophe, it will be time for the family to rejuvenate.

The sporadic resistance in the city has disappeared, and the few remaining slaves and Xuzhou soldiers have also been taken into custody.

Fires broke out everywhere, and the fires lit up the night, making Pengcheng seem like day.

After the Jingji soldiers took control of the situation in Pengcheng, Gao Cheng entered the city and immediately ordered Murong Shaozong to organize people to put out the fire.

There were ruins along the way, and all you saw were red and black bloodstains. The chaotic and disorderly Pengcheng was not restored to order until the Gyeonggi soldiers entered the city.

Gao Cheng was stationed in the Governor's Mansion and dispatched manpower to track down the remnants hiding in the city, as well as the scoundrels in the city who took the opportunity to set fire to looting.

This night was a lot of killings. Pengcheng, the seat of Xuzhou's government, and the upper class suffered a devastating blow. Except for the family that opened the door to survive, all the other clans and males were killed.

Gao Cheng plundered money and food from wealthy families, and confiscated the land. Even the families who opened their doors to survive only re-divided the land according to the number of mouths.

As for the women of various families who survived by chance, Gao Cheng did not embarrass them, nor did he force them to marry, treating them as reproductive machines.

He allocated land to the women, granted [-] mu of land to each of them according to the regulations of the equal land system, and gave some money and food, and let them form their own families.

As for the people of Pengcheng who had suffered an innocent disaster in the city, Gao Cheng also tried to comfort them, giving them money and food, and even ordering soldiers from Gyeonggi to help them repair their houses.

Gao Cheng was not limited to the rebellious Pengcheng. He took advantage of the shock of the powerful families in other counties and counties in Xuzhou to investigate the land and household registration in Xuzhou, confiscated a large number of occupied fields and hidden household registration, and did not distribute the land to them and the poor. .

He also ordered Cui Jishu and Cui Ang to publicly try unjust, false and wrong cases.

Gao Cheng's combination of inviting people's hearts was won, and everyone in Xuzhou praised him.

To the south of the Huaihe River, in the camp of the Liang Army, Liang General Hou Chengjun saw that the three men from the north had not returned, so he already had some guesses. When he heard that Xuzhou's wealthy clan was fighting among themselves and killing each other, only one family surrendered.

Only then did Hou Chengjun realize that he had been fooled by Gao Cheng, but now that the situation in Xuzhou had been settled, Hou Chengjun dared not make any further moves if he was asked to send troops northward, enter Wei territory, and face more than 3 Gyeonggi troops.

Nanliang, Jiankang, Jingju Hall of Taicheng Imperial Palace.

Xiao Yan learned that Gao Cheng outwitted Xuzhou, and also heard about his methods to appease the people. He recalled that Chen Qingzhi had returned without success in the Three Thorns, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"You're only thirteen years old, and you can earn money from leading the army and governing the government. How many people have read the history books?"

After some compliments, Xiao Yan changed the subject and continued:

"If you have been wise so far, you are afraid of being jealous of the sky, or you will die young, and you are not a long-lived person."

All the ministers agreed, saying that Xianbei had stolen the Central Plains, and now that the country is in decline, how can there be good fortune to protect Suolu.

When Xiao Yan handled the government affairs well and was busy chanting sutras and chanting Buddha, another palace official reported the news that Xiao Lun, king of Shaoling County, had brutally abused the people.

Xiao Lun was 27 years old at the time and was the sixth son of Xiao Yan.

But he has a violent temper and often abuses the people, so he is often punished by Xiao Yan. Last year, Shaofu Chancellor He Zhitong played the role of Yangzhou Governor Xiao Lun for obstructing the fishermen, and was assassinated by Xiao Lun in Jiankang.

Xiao Yan was so angry that he removed Xiao Lun from his official rank and demoted him to a common man.

But Bodhisattva Xiao, everyone knows that he treated the clan with the heart of a Bodhisattva, and soon restored Xiao Lun's title.

Xiao Yan, who got the news, couldn't help but compare Gao Cheng and Xiao Lun, and the more they compared, the more annoyed they became.

Immediately ordered someone to summon Xiao Lun to Shaoling Palace, and scolded him sharply.

Xiao Lunming was terrified and uneasy, and after being sent back to the palace, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he asked his confidants:
"Which family in Jiankang City lost their father?"

The confidant knew that the prince was scolded by Xiao Yan and wanted to act like a filial son crying for mourning, so he tried hard to persuade:

"Your Majesty must not do this again. If His Majesty finds out about it, he will definitely be punished."

It turned out that when Xiao Lun was outside the town, he was called back to Jiankang by Xiao Yan and reprimanded by Xiao Yan for abusing the people.

With resentment in his heart, on the way back, Xiao Lun met a funeral procession, and unexpectedly snatched the mourning clothes and mourning sticks of the filial son, and wore them on his own, and wept instead of the filial son, crying so hard that his father really died.

Knowing about this incident, Xiao Yan called Xiao Lun back to Jiankang, reprimanded him severely, and removed him from his official post.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Lun didn't repent, and instead got worse. He ordered an old man of the same age and build as Xiao Yan to act as his father.

Xiao Lun first put on the emperor's costume for the old man, knelt down to serve him, and then cried to defend himself, saying that he had no sin, but was full of grievances.

After some crying and complaining, then abuse, and finally still not relieved, he stripped off the old man's clothes, dragged him to the courtyard and beat and kicked him. This behavior of not avoiding people in broad daylight is brighter than that of Xiao Gaowang.

Xiao Lun's idea of ​​being a filial son and mourning for his father was dissuaded by his confidantes, so he gave up. Angrily, he led his guards wandering around Jiankang City. When everyone saw him, they all ran away.

Among the crowd, Xiao Lun saw an old man who was about the same age as Xiao Yan.

'Ah!I can talk to my father again. '

Xiao Lun laughed secretly, and ordered his personal guards to tie the old man back to the palace.

In the north, Gao Cheng, who was busy rectifying Xuzhou's powerful forces in Pengcheng, also received information from Kansai.

Knowing that Gao Huan missed the opportunity, Gao Cheng was furious.

He couldn't sleep for three days and three nights, and when he was patrolling Pengcheng under the escort of his cronies, he also met a man of Gao Huan's stature and age.

After hesitating again and again, he forgave Gao Huan.

Although most of this family business was contributed by himself, He Liuhun was more or less insignificant. Let him be spared this time, and next time, Wang Sizheng will be of great use.

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