Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 377 Situation

On the third day of July in the first year of Zhaode (548), after resting for two days under Huaiyin City, the army of the Northern Qi Dynasty was divided into three groups. Jing'an and Wei Xingqing led [-] soldiers and infantry, and the cavalry commander Hou Yuan led [-] cavalry and entourage, and got [-] civilians. They went south along Huaiyin, and attacked the eastern states and counties of Huainan along the way.

In the second route, Murong Shaozong was the governor, who also led [-] soldiers from the prefectures and counties. The infantry commanders Bu Dahansa and Xue Guyan respectively commanded [-] infantry soldiers, and the cavalry commander Pi Jing and five cavalry leaders. Thousands follow the army and allocate [-] to civilian husbands to attack the western states and counties of Huainan.

The third route is Gao Cheng personally leading 30 cavalry, [-] infantry, and [-] civilians. Rail, Baoxian, Qi Lianmeng and others approached Hefei.

As for the remaining [-] prefecture soldiers and less than [-] civilians, they were all handed over to Duan Shao, who was ordered to sit in Huaiyin and be responsible for assigning soldiers to garrison Gao Yue and Murong Shaozong's newly acquired land.

Just as the three-way army went south, the surrounding situation also changed.

The first is Goguryeo. In 531 A.D., the same year that Gao Huanxindu Jianyi was established, the Goguryeo monarch, Anzang King Gao Xingan, who had been in power for 12 years, was assassinated. He sent envoys to pay tribute to Luoyang, and was conferred by Yuan Shanjian in 532.

Gao Baoyan came to the throne with Xiaozong, and in order to appease the forces of all parties, he established three queens. The three queens each had factions, one of which was childless, and the other two factions fought for the succession of the throne. As the prince, it can't alleviate this contradiction.

Since then, Goguryeo has ended its prosperous and enterprising period of more than a hundred years since Haotae Wang Gao Tande, fell into internal strife, and actually began to decline.

Three years ago, in 545 A.D., Gao Baoyan died. The two factions faced each other in battle for the throne. In the end, the supporters of Prince Gao Pingcheng seized the military power to ascend to the throne. He was King Yangyuan, who was eight years old at the time.

However, the struggle for power did not end with King Yangyuan's ascension to the throne. The losers who fought for the throne learned from the pain and began to build an army to exercise actual control over their own territories. The interior of Goguryeo fell into a split situation.

After the envoy Gao Cheng arrived in Pyongyang, he first conferred envoys, ministers, general Hushi, captain Dongyi, general Ningdong, and King Gaoli for Gao Pingcheng.

The reason why it is the King of Goryeo, not the King of Goguryeo, is that since the late 5th century AD, Goguryeo has changed its name to Goryeo.

The envoys fully followed Gao Cheng's instructions, using external conflicts to cover up internal conflicts, and urged Goguryeo to send troops to attack Silla and Baekje, and occupy the entire Korean peninsula.

To show sincerity, at the same time, he informed the Northern Qi of the Southern Expedition plan. King Yangyuan didn't believe it at first, but after Gao Cheng issued the Southern Expedition Edict and the Liang Xiwen, he believed it. There was no worries about the Northern Qi's surprise attack, so Goguryeo really Send troops to the south, trying to attack Silla and Baekje, and end the situation of the three kingdoms on the Korean peninsula.

At the same time, during Goguryeo’s Southern Expedition, two other envoys sent by Gaocheng also arrived in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula by sea. Taking the example of the dead lips and the cold teeth, they facilitated the alliance between Silla and Baekje. Military pressure can also be resisted together.

As for the other two forces in the Northeast, considering that the Kumoxi people have paid tribute repeatedly since the Northern Wei Dynasty, after Gao Cheng usurped the country, he also sent envoys to the court to ask for trade, so Gao Cheng sent envoys to confer the title of King Xi , Open the borders of Youzhou and Liaozhou to trade with them.

King Xi faced Luoyang and thanked him again and again. With Gao Cheng disrupting the situation on the Korean Peninsula and triggering the North-South War, and Goguryeo having no time to clone himself, the people of Kumoxi were even less likely to threaten Northern Qi's rule in western Liaoning.

As for the Eight Khitan Clans that have not yet joined the tribal alliance, Gao Cheng's envoys can be called the plague of war. resentment, so that they focus on internal friction.

However, the Khitan failed to form a tribal alliance. Like the Kumoxi people, the eight tribes of the Khitan tribe were chosen because of their equal strength. Therefore, although they were instigated by the envoys sent by Gao Cheng to fight each other, there was still no one in the short term. The tribe has the strength beyond the other seven tribes.

After the civil strife broke out in Khitan, the envoys of the Northern Qi Dynasty in Kumo Xi clan, according to Gao Cheng's previous explanation, encouraged King Xi to take the opportunity to plunder Khitan, deepening the conflict between the two parties.

Gao Cheng's strategy in the Northeast region is really immoral and smoky, but the effect is indeed significant. Due to domestic conflicts in the Goguryeo Southern Expedition, he could not go all out. The group of losers in the battle for the throne held back, and he was deeply involved in the quagmire of the Civil War on the Korean Peninsula. Extricate yourself.

While the Khitan was fighting internally, the Kumoxi people watched the fire from the other side, waiting for an opportunity to take millet from the fire.

Even if Gao Cheng's army went south, Liao and You prefectures would have no border wars.

Compared to the noisy yet peaceful northeast, the Guanlong region hides dark clouds of war amidst the tranquility.

Yu Wentai only learned about the so-called "Sollu Hede dominates the world, how can the northern slaves be able to match noble girls", he guessed that Gao Cheng is about to use troops against Nanliang, and it will be a big war, otherwise there will be no chaos before the war. It can only be said that he is an old opponent after all.

So he immediately used the name of building fortifications, disguised the main force as recruited civilians, and assembled in Hanzhong, trying to confuse Gao Cheng and attack Guanlong when he was not prepared.

However, Yuwentai underestimated Gao Cheng's importance to him. Yuwentai did a good job of keeping secrets, but Gao Cheng, in complete ignorance, not only did not mobilize Guanlong troops to march south, but even sent Hu Luguang to lead Xianbei Thirty thousand soldiers assist in the defense.

Yu Wentai knew that Hu Luguang was going west, and even began to wonder if someone inside had leaked the news.

Northern Qi stationed [-] soldiers in Guanlong, [-] soldiers from prefectures and counties, and guarded against the danger of Longshan Mountain. Under the premise of being prepared, Yu Wentai knew that the Northern Expedition alone would not be successful, and Tuyuhun needed to go east. Forcing Northern Qi to divide its forces to resist.

So he sent envoys to Tuyuhun to persuade Kualu, willing to share Guanlong with him, and promised the land of Longyou.

Although Gao Cheng had expected it long ago and sent envoys to comfort him, the bargaining chip was not as rich as Yu Wentai's. After all, Yu Wentai was making a promise with someone else's property, so he was naturally very generous.

Kualu wanted to send troops to Longyou to attack the two counties of Huanghe (Hualong, Qinghai) and Xiping (Ledu, Qinghai). However, Hu Luguang led an army of [-] to patrol Longyou and march to Hexi, which made him hesitate again.

While hesitating, Huluguang sent an envoy to Fucheng City, which finally made Kualu make up his mind.

　Let’s update a small chapter first. There must be four to five thousand words of chapters published before [-] o’clock today. If I do more, I will distribute red envelopes in the group at [-] o’clock tomorrow noon.

　　
　
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