Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 464
During the busy pre-war preparation period in the Luoyang court, Gao Cheng went to the eastern capital Yecheng for a short stay in a light car. During this period, he received representatives of the Hebei gentry, and also took time to inspect the Yecheng palace built by Shang Shuling Gao Longzhi.

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

In addition to marching and fighting to recruit civilian husbands, King Xiaogao was generally cautious about the use of civilian power. There was no way to do this. Since the introduction of exemption money back then, and the construction of projects, there was no free labor, and he had to spend money to hire it.

In the eighth year of Gao Cheng's founding of the country, apart from the palace in Yecheng, a platform for receiving meditation was built, and the palace city of Luoyang has not been repaired until now.

When they returned to Luoyang, news came from Jinyang that Pan Le, the governor of Bingzhou, was seriously ill, and asked Gao Cheng to send someone to take over the post of governor.

Shangshu Youcheng Cui Ang was ordered to go north, leaving the town and Bingzhou, but before Cui Ang crossed the Yellow River, news of Pan Le's death came.

Gao Cheng was very sad when he heard the news, and ordered his eldest son Gao Xiaozhang and his second son Gao Xiaoyu to go to Jinyang to attend the funeral on their behalf. Governor.

It was midsummer, and Gao Cheng led Wanqi to Chang'an to inspect Guanzhong. This was a planned itinerary, and he was worried that something would happen to Guanlong when the army went south.

Gao Cheng seldom puts his mind on Guanlong in these years, and the reason is that Gao Cheng puts his energy on the south.

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

But after a few years, they have to go to Chang'an, lest they forget the majesty of King Gao.

Gao Cheng did not go to Liangzhou again. He was relieved to have She Digan sitting in Hanzhong, and returned to Luoyang in early autumn, preparing for the final preparations for the next southern expedition.

On August 555, the eighth year of Zhaode (23), it was too late to wait for the autumn grain to be put into storage. After careful consideration, Gao Cheng decided to recruit 60 people from Jiangnan, Huainan, and Jianghan to join the army as civilian husbands.

Gao's original ruling foundation, the Qinling Mountains and north of the Huaihe River, did not mobilize. Even the state and county soldiers accompanying the army were drawn from Huainan, a total of 6 people, and distributed to the three groups of troops.

The next day, Gao Cheng personally led [-] cavalrymen out of Luoyang, headed straight for Xunyang, and conveyed his order to Duan Shao, Gao Jishi, and Hu Luguang, ordering them to meet them in Xunyang.

In mid-September, Gao Cheng arrived in Xunyang. Duan Shao, Gao Jishi, Wu Mingche, the commanders of the three armies, and Hu Luguang, who was in charge of Jingnan's defense, were already waiting in the city.

Gao Cheng and Duan Shao repeatedly emphasized discipline and told them not to underestimate the enemy and rush forward. If there is no hope of ending the war before next summer, they must withdraw immediately.

He also carefully explained that the town of Huluguang is quiet, and that it needs the main force of Yuwentai to support Lingnan before it can try to capture Chuzhou.

The four people agreed one after another, and Gao Cheng set up a banquet that night, drinking with the four people and their commanders.

After drinking for three rounds, Gao Cheng held up a cup and said to everyone:
"Since my succession, I first took Huainan, then captured Jianghan, softly returning to my heart, accepting the soil in the south of the Yangtze River, looking around the universe, only the Lingnan and Shu lands do not respect the king, and use the mere land to resist stubbornly.

"Today, there will be 15 fine soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. The three-way army will attack Chen, vowing to wipe out the evil.

"All the generals need to work harder, seal their wives and sons, leave a name in history, and do it all in this battle!"

Hearing this, all the generals stood up one after another, expressing 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. Hu Luguang also led his commander back to Changsha.

Gao Cheng recruited 60 people from Wuzhou, Jiangzhou, and Hengzhou to be civilian husbands. When the decree was conveyed to the south of the Yangtze River, it did not cause panic.

It stands to reason that the people in the south of the Yangtze River have suffered a lot from the Xiao family's civil war these years, and they all have stress disorders. When they heard that they wanted to serve as civilian husbands with the army, they should be unwilling to do so.

However, due to the publicity of the policy by officials in various places in advance, the people know that after paying the exemption money, it is not free recruitment, and since the Gao family took power, there has been no tradition of using civilian husbands as military rations. The most dangerous thing is to fill the moat, so there are many fewer conflict.

Naturally, the people of the three prefectures provided the logistics for the three armies respectively, and gathered in the south of Wuzhou, Jiangzhou, and Hengzhou, while Luluguang of Xiangzhou followed Gao Cheng's order and stopped quietly, waiting for Yu Wentai to take the lead.

In late September, news came from Shu that Yu Wentai's nephew Duguxin Governor Yang Zhong and other generals would guard the passes of the Shu Road, and Yuwen's escort Da Xiwu and other generals would guard Chuzhou.

And he personally led the main force of [-] people, heading towards Yunnan and Guizhou.

Gao Cheng immediately ordered Hu Luguang to act in Xiangzhou, and at the same time ordered the three Jianghan states, namely Jingzhou, Yingzhou, and Ezhou, to mobilize together to attack Chuzhou westward.

And Shedigan in Liangzhou would not be idle, and the military forces in Hanzhong were also mobilized to make a big show of attacking the Shu Road, so that Yu Wentai did not dare to divide the soldiers in the north and reinforce the east gate.

Not only that, Gao Cheng even sent [-] cavalrymen who went south with him to Jiangling, which further increased the military pressure on Chuzhou.

In Xiao Gaowang's plan, if Yu Wentai goes to Lingnan, he will focus on Chuzhou and seize the gate of Shu.

As for attacking Chen, once the progress is not going well, he can be a teacher.

If Yu Wentai was forced to return to his teacher, he would naturally take destroying Chen Baxian as his main goal.

The huge gap in the national power 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 did 60 civilians in the three southern states take their positions one after another, but even Chen Baxian had already completed military mobilization in Lingnan.

However, in the face of Northern Qi's undisguised three-way army, Chen's army had disagreements on how to defend against the enemy.

One group believed that the old practice of completely annihilating Xiao Lun's army should be followed, and all the Qi troops should be allowed to enter, and the superior forces should be concentrated to encircle and wipe them out.

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

Different from defending Xiao Lun, this time Chen Baxian did not follow Jiang Wei's example of defending Hanzhong, but decided to guard the dangerous point and leave the matter of retreating the enemy to time and weather.

The reason for this difference is that the combat effectiveness of the Qi army is different from that of Xiao Lun's soldiers. In the past few years, the Nanliang army was beaten so hard that it lost confidence in land warfare.

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

If you let go of the pass and let all the Qi troops enter, but the opponent is fighting steadily, occupying the pass, and is not in a hurry to go south, you will be completely passive, the army will be restrained, and the other two routes will be ignored.

Chen Baxian had great prestige in the army, and his inclination ended the debate.

(End of this chapter)