Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 209
Gao Huan, who was the first to receive the news from Hexi, immediately ordered Dou Tai to lead [-] troops to station in Puban, making a gesture of westward march at any time, threatening to force Yuwentai to set aside troops for defense.

But it was indeed as Yu Wentai expected, Gao Huan had no plans to lead the army westward for the time being.

No one knows whether it is a physical reason or a morale problem.

At least the 2 people Dou Tai led were all soldiers who were stationed in Huayin and had never been attacked.

Gao Cheng learned of the specific situation a few days later, and he was talking happily with his uncle Lou Zhao in Xindu City, Jizhou.

At this time, Yu Wentai arrived outside Yubi City with a large number of siege equipment, and was setting up camp, preparing to rest for two days before attacking the city.

Looking at the fortified city in front of him, Yu Wentai hoped that Gao Huan would lead the army to cross the river, go west to rescue, and give him a chance to come out of the encirclement point to fight for reinforcements. Maybe Gao Huan's reinforcements would be defeated, and Yubi's heart would be shaken, but he would go down without a fight.

In any case, it is better than gnawing on the hard bone of jade.

However, news came back from Jinyang that only Dou Tai led [-] troops in Puban, and the rest of the ministries had not been summoned. Sure enough, it was consistent with his opinion before sending troops, and no one from Jinyang would intervene in this battle.

Yu Wentai was sure that Gao Huan ordered Dou Tai to cross the river, forcing himself not to attack the city with all his strength, and at the same time warned Dou Tai not to cross the river westward.

With confidence in his mind, Yuwentai only assigned sentry cavalry to inquire about Puban's information, but did not divide his troops to guard against Dou Tai as Gao Huan thought.

This time, Yu Wentai really guessed Gao Huan's thoughts again.

Yu Wentai had [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. He claimed that a [-] army marched northward. Gao Huan told Dou Tai to be careful not to make the mistake of Tongguan again when he said goodbye.

At that time, Dou Tai also received 2 people.

Speaking of Hebei, Gao Cheng handed the letter to his uncle Lou Zhao.

After a quick glance, Lou Zhao asked:
"Ah Hui wants to go back to Luoyang?"

Gao Cheng shook his head indifferently and said:
"Yubi can be eaten for a year, and there are [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. The defense is sufficient. With the ability of Wang Sizheng, it is enough to resist the western thieves."

In history, every meritorious service of Wang Sizheng is mixed with the blood and tears of Gao Huan, Gao Cheng and his son.

Whether it is advocating the construction of Yubi, defending the city forced Gao Huan to return without success in his first attack on Yubi.

Still sticking to Yingchuan, with no reinforcements from outside, Ren Gaoyue, Murong Shaozong, Liu Feng and others led [-] cavalry to besiege the city for a year, but they couldn't break it by all means, so the original owner had to send troops to reinforce Gaoyue again.

In the end, the two generals Murong Shaozong and Liu Feng were defeated, and Gao Cheng was forced to lead the 11 riders before attacking Yingchuan.

Tower Defense Master is by no means in vain.

Now Yubi has six towns with [-] soldiers from Xianbei and [-] soldiers from the prefectures and counties. Wang Sizheng didn't stick to him for a year.

Thinking like this, Gao Cheng also made up his mind to stay in Wang's house tonight, and join Wang with practical actions to cheer for Wang Sizheng.

Lou Zhao didn't know Wang Sizheng very well, and didn't know much about his talent, but he believed in Gao Cheng's vision, so he stopped worrying about Yubi's defense, but asked again:

"Why don't Ah Hui gather troops at Tongguan and wait for the opportunity to seize the western thieves and build a new pass."

Gao Cheng didn't have much confidence in this matter. The reason why he was able to attack Tongguan last time was because Gao Huan's 20 army marched westward. Yu Wentai had no time to call up the state and county soldiers, and was anxious to go north to defend against the enemy, so he relaxed the defense of Tongguan.

Now that Yu Wentai took the initiative to attack, how could there be any more panic, and there was no such thing as extra troops stationed at the pass.

This is also the reason why Gao Cheng decided to continue to inspect Hebei.

But what Lou Zhao said is not unreasonable, try it, even if it is useless, there is not much loss.

Gao Cheng wrote letters on the spot to Duan Shao, governor of Northern Yuzhou stationed in Luoyang, and Zhu Hunyuan, Muke of Sizhou, ordering them to lead the army to Dongtongguan and join Tongguan town general Dugu Yongye.

Among them, Duan Shao had 3000 Gyeonggi soldiers, Ke Zhu Hunyuan had [-] soldiers, Tongguan had [-] Gyeonggi soldiers, and prefecture and county soldiers had [-] soldiers, totaling [-].

Taking Duan Shao as the main general, he waited for the opportunity to advance westward and explore the bottom of Xitongguan.

He was also warned that he must stay in the army to prevent Yuwentai from abandoning Yubi, crossing the south and going south, taking advantage of the emptiness of Tongguan, to seize Tongguan westward, and block the army in the forbidden ditch.

As for whether Yu Wentai will go east to Henan, Gao Cheng is really not worried, even if he takes Luoyang, it doesn't matter, his family is by his side.

In southern Henan, there are Gao Aocao, the governor of Guangzhou, Hou Jing, the governor of Jingzhou, Hou Yuan, the governor of East Jingzhou, Yuan Zigong, the governor of Southern Jingzhou, Murong Shaozong, the governor of Yingzhou, Yaoxiong, the governor of Yuzhou, Hu Luguang, the governor of Liangzhou, and Liu Liu, the governor of South Yanzhou. Feng and Gao Yue, governors of Xuzhou.

The general of Qing Yishui led the troops to guard, but Yu Wentai just rushed in.

These people are either die-hard members of the Gao family, such as Gao Yue, Gao Aocao, and Hu Luguang.

Either in the face of the general trend of the world, they are going to be Gao's diehard loyalists such as Hou Yuan, Yuan Zigong, etc.

When the return route was blocked, Gao Huan led the main force to act as thieves in Henan, and Gao Huan sent a partial division to cooperate with the Yubi defenders to capture Guanzhong.

Gao Cheng would not expect Yu Wentai to suddenly drop his wits and make such a stupid move.

After writing the two letters, Gao Cheng thought about it, and wrote another letter to Wang Shiliang, who was in charge of the imperial army, saying that if Yu Wentai really attacked Luoyang and the city could not be defended, he would kill Yuan Shanjian first.

No matter what, he couldn't fall into Yu Wentai's hands.

Without Yuan Shanjian, it would be a big deal to establish another emperor.

Gao Cheng never thought that Yuan Shanjian would leave Luoyang in the name of hunting now. Yu Wentai attacked Hexi Yubi, and the Emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty would hunt and flee.

All three letters were sent to Luoyang, and the uncle and nephew also forgot about the western front.

"It's a pity that my uncle guarded Xindu and wasted all his martial arts skills. But Jizhou is a place of confidantes, and Cheng and his son were able to start a family. Only a close relative like uncle can trust him with confidence."

Gao Cheng said with emotion:
Lou Zhao is known as the best in cavalry and archery. He and She Digan are the only two generals guarding the hinterland in Henan and Hebei.

The rest were basically deployed to the front line by Gao Cheng.

Lou Zhao laughed and said:
"'A general dies in a hundred battles, and a strong man returns in ten years.' I don't expect to make many more meritorious deeds in my life. I only look forward to the day when I can see Ah Hui conquer the country."

With that said, Lou Zhao asked again:

"How are the two sister-in-laws doing?"

Gao Cheng knew that he was mainly asking about Dou Tai, but he just mentioned Gao Huan incidentally.

"Father fell off a horse during the Western Expedition, and suffered from head ailments, but it should be fine, uncle..."

Gao Cheng sighed and said nothing more.

Lou Zhao also understood what he meant, and said with emotion:
"Brother-in-law has a gentle temperament, benevolent administration, and a rare all-round talent in civil and military affairs. It's a pity."

Gao Cheng deeply felt the same way, he echoed:
"Uncle stayed in Hebei, in the eyes of outsiders, he has no great achievements, but only our own family understands his achievements. Erzhu's excessive rewards, so that Cheng and his father have to strictly control the rewards, but in the future, no one who is not the king can do it. Reward my uncle for staying behind."

Lou Zhaojun understood that this future refers to Gao's victory over the country, so he changed his mood and joked:
"At that time, Ah Hui must not forget my uncle."

Gao Cheng smiled and said:

"Uncle, let's wait and see."

The uncle and nephew discussed the political affairs of Jizhou again, and Lou Zhao suddenly asked:

"Ah Hui punished Wei Jing and won the hearts of Jizhou. If there is a future, how should Ah Hui treat him?"

This sentence refers to Gao Cheng succeeding the Gao family in the future.

Gao Cheng heard the words, thought for a while, and solemnly said:
"Wei Jing was kind to his father in nurturing him. Now that he is governing Nanfen Prefecture, he has changed his past and has never done anything violent or harmful to the people. Cheng Zi should regard him as his uncle."

After being punished by Gao Cheng, Wei Jing was indeed honest.

It's not that he's afraid of Gao Cheng, Gao Huan, who was brought up by himself, is already 42, and Wei Jing is now over 60, and he still has a few more years to live.

Not because of his son Wei Can.

Especially the last time Gao Huan failed in his western expedition and returned to Hedong. Before Wei Jing rushed to Jinyang to investigate the news for him, he saw his brother-in-law's old state with his own eyes, and he understood that he would not be able to protect Wei's family for a long time, and he still had to look up to him in the future Cheng's breath life.

At the beginning, Wei Can was whipped a hundred times by Gao Jishi, and Wei Jing ordered Wei Can not to mention it again.

Under his strict discipline, Lian Weican became a lot more honest, at least not as arrogant as before.

When Lou Zhao received this reply, the stone in his heart fell down:

After all, Ah Hui is just like his father, a person who values ​​affection.

It is true that Lou Zhao hated Wei Jing, but once Gao Huan passed away, Gao Cheng would beat and kill the repentant Wei Jing.

Even Lou Zhao, his own uncle, would inevitably feel sad for the death of a rabbit, for fear that after his death, his descendants would be neglected by Gao Cheng.

The times are like this, no matter how many evil deeds Wei Jing has done before and how many people have been killed, since he was let go, and he changed his ways and started a new life.

No matter what, Gao Cheng can't go over the old score again.

These relatives are utterly loyal to the Gao family, and Gao Cheng can bully Yuan Shanjian at will, but he must repay their loyalty with some privileges when dealing with these relatives.

The former Sizhou Mu just tortured and murdered a servant girl, and was killed by Gao Cheng. Wei Jing killed three hundred civilian husbands in a hunt, but he had a chance to reform himself.

This is privilege.

Lou Zhao is winking, he knows what his good nephew cares about most, so even if all the descendants of the Gao family come to Xindu.

Although Gao Yu and Gao Zhan were too young to stay in Luoyang, there were still two nephews, Gao Yang and Gao Yan.

Lou Zhao never mentioned that he wanted to see each other. For him personally, he could have many relatives and nephews, but for the whole Lou family, it is best to only take Gao Cheng as his relative nephew.

Lou Zhao knew the jealousy of their father and son. Even though Gao Cheng was leading the army, he had to confess to sending his female relatives to Yaoguang Temple.

The uncle and nephew talked for a long time, until it was getting dark, Lou Zhao ordered people to prepare wine and food, and wanted to keep the visiting nephew for dinner.

Gao Cheng naturally complied.

During the banquet, Gao Cheng watched Lou Zhao drink heavily from big bowls, and couldn't help dissuading him:
"Cheng received the news the day before yesterday that the head of Jinyang Xiangguo's mansion, Bo Sunbin, drank with the governor of Bingzhou, Sima Ziru, and died drunk. Uncle still needs to learn from this. Wine can be drunk, but it must be in moderation."

Even though Gao Jishi was kept by Gao Cheng's side, Sun Wei still did not escape the fate of drunken death.

As his No.1 staff member, Gao Cheng still has some feelings for him, and he tried to persuade him, but it's hard to persuade the damn ghost.

When Lou Zhao heard that he was no longer drunk, he ordered people to remove the wine and said:
"Ah Hui, don't worry, I should take it as a warning."

　There is still before twelve o'clock in the evening, and then Chapter 3 in the early morning

　　
　
(End of this chapter)