Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 176 Prelude to the Great War
While Gao Cheng watched nervously and eagerly, the city gate was slowly pulled up.

The distance is too far, Gao Cheng can't see the appearance clearly, but there are sentinels galloping on horses:
"The three generals have captured the city!"

Hearing this, Gao Cheng's tightly held heart finally let go, and he mustered up his breath and shouted:
"Pass my military order, the whole army marches out, break through and seize the city!"

Under Gao Cheng's military order, all the ministries trotted towards Tongguan.

Even Gao Cheng himself took the risk of taking the small path of the five-mile secret door and climbed up the Linzhiyuan by himself. He only saw Gao Jishi with scars all over his face, but Hu Luguang and Duan Shao could not be seen.

Gao Cheng raised his heart again, and the followers rushed into the city one after another. Gao Cheng quickly walked towards the exhausted Gao Jishi, and asked:

"Is there any serious problem with Zitong? Why are Xiaoxian and Mingyue missing?"

After Gao Ji's style of fighting, he was sweating all over, sobered up long ago, when he saw Gao Cheng came over and was about to salute, but when he got up, the wound on his body made him frown.

"Sit down and talk."

Gao Cheng hurriedly stopped him, turned around and shouted to the guards:
"Go and call the doctor."

Gao Jishi resisted the pain and replied:

"It's just a small injury. It's just a loss of strength. After a rest, Xiaoxian and Mingyue went to seize the city wall behind."

Knowing that nothing happened to them, Gao Cheng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

The first city wall had already been taken down, and Gao Cheng had a certainty in his mind, the Tongguan defenders were tired and shocked now, how could the soldiers who broke down from the first city wall be able to defend the next few.

So he accompanied Zhu Hunyuan to receive treatment from the doctor at the city gate.

Just as Gao Cheng expected, before Gao Cheng, Ke Qiao Lunxi, Murong Shaozong and other elite new troops joined, they attacked Tongguan overnight.

After all, Tongguan's defense gave me such an opportunity. If the unclosed reinforcements set up an ambush at the Qiwai secret door, it would take a lot of effort for Gao Cheng to climb down to Linzhiyuan.

Tongguan has undergone several changes in history, and the Hantongguan will be abandoned in half a century.

It's not that the city is strong, it's just that in the Sui Dynasty, due to the erosion of rain, a new channel will appear in the Linzhiyuan where Tongguan is located due to landslides, and it is impossible to bypass Tongguan and go straight into Guanzhong.

So in the Sui Dynasty, Tongguan was moved to the landslide and continued to guard Guanzhong.

In the Tang Dynasty, due to the cutting of the Yellow River, the water level rose, exposing a part of the river bank. From then on, it was necessary for vehicles and horses to enter the customs to pass through the Linzhiyuan, and they could not go directly to the riverbank. Therefore, Tongguan was moved from Linzhiyuan to the riverbank.

The same is true for the desertion of Hangu Pass. The water level of the Yellow River rose and fell during the Han Dynasty, which made it possible to bypass the Hangu Pass under the mountain plateau from the river beach, so there was no move to build Tongguan under the Linzhi plateau in front.

Accompanied by Gao Huan, Hu Luguang, and Zhu Hunyuan, Di Cheng climbed down the city wall of Tongguan and looked at the Guandong and Kanxi.

Feeling from the heart, no matter how steep the pass is, there is no way to resist the mighty power of the changes of mountains and rivers.

"They worked hard."

Gao Cheng turned around and said to the eight people:
"You once promised that those who break through Tongguan will be above the Hou and Fengxianhou. That grand pass was captured by eight of them together for you. You will keep your promise."

Gao Cheng looked at the eight people and called out one by one:

"Marquis of Shangluo County! Marquis of Yongle County! Marquis of Chengshi County!"

The scarred Qiao Lun, Hu Luguang, and Zhu Hunyuan puffed up their chests and showed pride.

Low Cheng smiled and encouraged:
"Then you are unhappy? In the future, you will be the founder of the county, and it is not a bad thing to be crowned king because of your merits. Work hard."

Gao Huan and the others were breathing slowly.

Especially Gao Huan, the title of a county marquis has not made me happy, let alone the founding county prince, or even the title of king.

You need to know that his father, Duan Rong, is only a county marquis now.

It stands to reason that with Duan Rong's qualifications and Gao Huan's trust in me, no matter what, I'm just a county lord.

Even Ke Yuwentai and Di Huan, who had defected here, were given to a county magistrate.

But it was not because Gao Huan trusted Duan Rong too much that he occasionally left me to guard the front, such as the battle of Guang'a and the battle of attacking Xiangzhou.

In the Battle of Hanling and the Battle of Shanxi, Duan Rong had to stay in Yecheng again.

That is also the reason why Duan Rong's title has been slowly promoted.

As for the county marquis, he came here several times.

Now that Gao Huan is equal to his father under the title, I also plan to let my half-brother inherit my father's title in the future, and become a county duke and a king by myself.

In that era when Qiao reincarnated everywhere, before the founding of the country, Gao Cheng must confer a group of Hou Yuan, for example, if his uncle Lou Zhao wants to confer?What if my eldest uncle, She Digan, wants to be sealed?
Of course, little uncle Wei Jing has a small sense of it.

But I have thought about Hou Yuan's hereditary succession, and the previous generation will be demoted to a duke, but the duke has a small sense of passing on.

After talking about the title and rewards, Di Cheng looked at Zhu Hunyuan and scolded angrily:

"You told me to be big-hearted, because in the future they will be your arms to rely on. If you break at Tongguan, you won't be angry at that pass. Zitong! Why did he deaf to your warning? That’s right! You told him to be cautious, but he took the city first!”

It was only now that Di Cheng knew about Zhu Hunyuan's first ascendance. Others praised me for being brave, but Di Cheng was terrified when he heard it.

The reason why the merit of being the first to ascend is important is not because its little sensibility is too low, it is basically to leave that reward to the family members.

That reckless man took a few sips of wine, and he actually put his life and death at risk.

Gao Cheng loves my courage, but it’s fine if it’s someone else.

How can I reprimand Zhu Hunyuan who has been with me for a long time and has a deep affection.

Zhu Hunyuan also felt that Gao Cheng was really angry, and repeatedly confessed.

Di Cheng still calmed down. Originally, [-] bolts of cloth were to be distributed to eight people, but with a single mouth, Di Cheng wiped away the [-] bolts that Zhu Hunyuan should have received, and Gao Huan and Hu Luguang each shared [-]. Seven hundred horses.

At the end, he warned Qiao Lunxi:
"It will be brave, but Tongguan has support, and it will be there sooner or later. Then how can we go up first and take risks at that time? That is the courage of a reckless man."

Seeing that Low Cheng's tone softened, Zhu Hunyuan quickly responded, saying that he must have been at a critical moment before fighting for his life.

Di Cheng then let me go, and before the eight of them had left, Di Cheng called a personal guard and ordered me to go back to Luoyang to report the victory, and at the same time asked the steward of the Bohai Palace to take a thousand bolts of silk from the salary he had accumulated as a young man The cloth was sent to Zhu Hunyuan's mansion.

The personal guard led the order to go up to the city wall, beat the horse and rushed to Luoyang to report the victory.

When the morning sun rose, Gao Cheng, who had not slept all night, gathered the whole army in the pass, reiterated his promise to the soldiers again, and told us that no one was rewarded for capturing Tongguan.

For a moment, in Tongguan, the sound of calling shook the sky.

Before the men under Gao Cheng rested in Tongguan for a day, I mobilized the cavalry under my command. There were [-] cavalry from Qiao Lun, [-] from Zhu Hunyuan, [-] guard cavalry, [-] Wuchuan cavalry, and Ke Yuwen Taiyi. A thousand riders, Qiao Lun a thousand riders, a total of seven thousand riders.

Among them, [-] of the old troops of Di Cheng rode one person and two horses, and the rest Ke Yuwentai and Gao Cheng rode one person and one horse.

Gao Huan commanded the [-] riders, and ordered me to take the food and go to the forbidden ditch on the west side of Tongguan, and retreat into the east of the Guanzhong Plain.

Tell me, if there is a chance, Xu Ruoxing will attack the city. He only needs to burn the spring seedlings along the way, lure the people in the east with the food in his hands, or use weapons to coerce the people in the east to move eastward.

The other intention was not to put some pressure on Qiao Lunxi, and only when he slowed down would there be a loophole. It could also be regarded as supporting Di Huan from the side.

The reason why Gao Cheng did not take advantage of the victory to win Chang'an was because the state and county soldiers from Kansai gathered in Chang'an one after another.

After taking Tongguan, the spies who were blocked in the past also contacted me again, and knew a lot of information about Gao Ji's crossing of the Weishui River and the decisive battle with Gao Huan.

The eighth purpose of sending Qiao Lun to lead the cavalry to harass is that if Gao Jishi defeats Di Huan north of the Weishui River, without Gao Huan's horse riding on the Central Plains, I must dare to take advantage of the situation and go east. I will definitely come back.

Murong Shaozong, Ke Yuwentai, and Gao Cheng were also ordered to station in Jingou to support them.

He led the rest to sit in Tongguan.

This is what war is all about.

The demeanor of a gentleman on the battlefield has not been eliminated by the times long before the publication of "Sun Tzu's Art of War".

For the time being, Qiao Lunxi knew that Gao Cheng was going to rob me of my small population, even if she knew, there was nothing she could do.

Now I put all my energy into the decisive battle with Gao Huan.

The sand garden between Luo River and Wei River.

Both Di Huan and Gao Ji's sentry cavalry haven't found each other's trace yet.

Both sides were unprepared, and on the Dihuan side were nearly [-] Xianbei and Qihu soldiers from the Eight Towns.

And the Gaoji style is the [-] elite step riders I pressed at the bottom of the box.

When the two sides set up camp to confront each other, Gao Jishi's general Da Wangjue led eight cavalry to pretend to be sentry cavalry of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and successfully retreated into the Xiaohuan small camp to spy on intelligence.

Knowing the detailed information of Gao Huan, the strength of the two sides is very different, but Gao Jishi saw the slackness of the Eastern Wei army from it, and also understood the arrogance and importance of the opponent better.

For that battle, Gao Jishi became more and more confident.

Gao Jishi also ignored the news brought by the courier that Hengnong had withdrawn from Tongguan.

I even look forward to Dicheng retreating to Chang'an. The prefectures and counties are gathering, and Chang'an's defense needs to be worried. As long as he attacks Dihuan himself, Dicheng's attack on Chang'an will only be a dead end.

If he loses to Di Huan, it doesn't matter whether Gao Cheng retreats west to Chang'an or not.

Now Gao Jishi is most worried about Gao Cheng, taking the opportunity to burn, kill and loot in the pass.

Siege requires infantry, but only cavalry is needed to destroy the fields in Guanzhong.

This Gao Chengcai is stingy and rough, the cavalry is one man and two horses, and they come and go like the wind, really catch this guy.

And according to Gao Jishi's understanding of Low Cheng, I might really do this.

Thinking of this, Qiao Lunxi couldn't help secretly hating, if he lacked a fine cavalry and set up an ambush in the pass, he would definitely bite a piece of Gao Cheng's flesh.

But then he was relieved, if he had enough troops, Gao Cheng would dare to be so presumptuous.

When Gao Jishi was thinking about the strategy to defeat the enemy, except for the cavalry who came back to report, Da Wangjue came back with two other people.

Rather, he wanted to lurk all the time, but he was still wandering around in the camp at night, and he would be alert no matter what.

Da Qiaolun brought back an important piece of information for Gao Jishi that time.

　Chapter 1 brings, and there are two more chapters, which will be later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)