A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 510
Diaowo village, Gao's family.

In Fan Yang Lu's eyes, he is a small and powerful man who can't stand on the stage.

The back of the mountain is Shanyin and the north of the mountain.

The Bazhai at the back of the mountain used to be eight towns and garrisons established by the Sui Dynasty. For example, Diaowo Village led by the Gao family was once called Najiang Fort, also known as Najiang Shouzhuo.During the Sui Dynasty, troops were garrisoned here, and they also emigrated to guard the border. Later, descendants from Xi, Khitan, and Goguryeo were also settled.

During the turbulent wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Gao family contacted the Eight Villages, formed a united village to protect themselves, and did not participate in the struggles of various forces. Bing food, independent defense.

Diaowo Gao's family has 3000 cavalry, and the other seven villages also have hundreds of cavalry each. They can gather [-] troops, and their strength is not bad.

Huaiyu compared the location pointed out by Lu Chengye on the map, and the location of Diaowo Village was probably in Chicheng County in later generations, in the Red River Basin of the Chaobai River system, and adjacent to Yanqing in the south.

It is only 360 miles away from Youzhou. In ancient times, the land of Jinyun in Longguan was mostly mountainous, and there was also a lot of arable land in the valley, which could be cultivated and grazing.

It is only a hundred miles away from Huairong County, the seat of North Yan Prefecture, and only ten miles away from Baiyun City, the Guangbian Army newly established by Wu Huaiyu.

Shanhou Bazhai caused trouble this time because of the Guangbian Army.

Huaiyu adjusted the frontier army and established a new Guangbian army, which will be stationed in the Red River Valley of the Chaobai River system, rebuild Baiyun Fort, and increase troops to garrison. The Red River Valley is where the Bazhai is now, and they have long regarded it as their own territory.

After the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, the Bazhai formed a joint defense and self-defense, and no longer accepted the jurisdiction of Youzhou. They neither paid taxes nor obeyed conscripts. Township guards.

Now Youzhou wants to garrison troops in their fort, and the Bazhai has to organize households to Qimin, measure the acres of land, and pay rent and tax for service, but Bazhai refuses.

Diaowo Gao's family directly led troops to block the sent Guangbian army in the middle, and even drove away the officials who went to announce the order.

"The leader of Diaowo Village is Gao Wei, known as Gao Yaozi, and he is a horse-handled emissary. It is said that there is a Yuandi Temple in Gaojiazhai, which enshrines the Zhenwu statue of Xuantian God, which was erected by Yu Chigong, the great general of the court."

"What does it have to do with Yu Chigong?"

"It really has something to do with it. Yuchi Gong was born in Shanyang, Mayi, Shuozhou. He was a blacksmith in his early years, and was later conscripted by the Sui Dynasty to Boling, Hebei to make weapons. At the end of the great cause, peasants rebelled everywhere, and Yu Chigong was conscripted in Gaoyang. In the bandit army, the accumulated meritorious service was given to Dr. Chaosan, and later he returned to his hometown and joined Liu Wuzhou's command."

Wu Huaiyu also knew about Lao Hei's experience.

"What does this have to do with Galway?"

"Gao Wei and his son were also in the Sui army back then. When they suppressed the civil unrest in Gaoyang, Gao Wei also saved Yu Chigong's life. Even Yu Chigong's method of spearing had to be handed down by Gao Wei's father. Therefore, Gao Wei and Yu Chigong Counted as brothers, Yu Chigong later sent people to Diaowo Village to ask Gao Wei and his son to come out to help Liu Wuzhou when he was a general under Liu Wuzhou's command, but they were rejected by Gao Wei and his son. Guard the village.

Yu Chigong then sent someone to send a batch of weapons to Gao Wei and his son, and also paid for the construction of a Yuandi Temple in Diaowo Village, "

Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised, he didn't expect that the owner of the small village here was actually Junior Brother Yuchigong.

Lu Chengye asked, "But Gao Yaozi doesn't obey orders?"

"Ah."

Lu Chengye is not surprised at all, "This tall kite is indeed quite capable. He has pulled Bazhai to protect himself, and he has not listened to anyone's orders these years, whether it is Luo Yi, who claims to be the general manager in the separatist Youzhou, or the fisherman in Jizhou. Gao Kaidao, who made Yang Zi himself king, or Tan Sheng, a monk who later led fifty monk soldiers to rebel in Northern Yanzhou and claimed to be the Mahayana Emperor, or Liu Heita, the later King of Eastern Han, he ignored, "

"Has no one hit him?"

"Of course, Luo Yi once recruited Gaowei, but Gaowei refused to listen. Luo Yi sent troops to conquer, but failed to defeat them. Later, when Dou Jiande attacked Youzhou, Luo Yi couldn't care less about himself, so he couldn't care less about the back of the mountain.

Afterwards, Gao Tancheng led the monks and soldiers to rebel, proclaimed himself emperor, occupied the area of ​​Huairong, and recruited Gao Kaidao, and the momentum was very strong for a while. He also issued an edict to Gao Wei, and named him as the patrol envoy behind the mountain and the envoy of the surrender army. But Gao Wei, who was said to be a member of Gao Tancheng's clan, ignored it.

Afterwards, Gao Kai led 5000 troops to vote for Gao Tancheng, then killed Tancheng, annexed his troops, called himself King Yan, moved his capital from Yuyang to Huairong, and awarded Gao Wei the governor of Weizhou and a general.Galway still ignored it and guarded the border.

Dou Jiande led an army to attack Luo Yi, Luo Yi asked Gao Kaidao for help, Gao Kaidao sent [-] troops to rescue, and also ordered Gao Wei to lead the army behind the mountain to follow the expedition, Gao Wei ignored it.Shortly after Dou Jiande's defeat, Luo Yi voted for Tang, and Gao Kaidao also voted for Tang.

Later, Gao Kaidao rebelled against the Turks again, and joined forces with Liu Heitai to attack Yizhou. Although he failed to capture it, he immediately led the Turks to invade the Youyiheng area, burned, killed and looted, and also helped the Turks defeat Gao Manzheng in Mayi, who had descended to the Tang Dynasty. It wasn't until the seventh year of Wude that he was killed by his subordinates, and the land of Youyan was temporarily settled down. "

"Gao Kaidao has tried to woo Gaowei many times, but he was unmoved. He also besieged several times, but Diaowo Village occupies a dangerous location, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he failed to get any bargain."

Diaowo Village, hence the name Siyi Diaowo, is a very dangerous place surrounded by clouds and mist all year round. Diaowo village has two villages, one is in the valley beside the Red River at the foot of the mountain, and the terrain is flat, which is convenient for farming and animal husbandry.There is another one on the mountain behind the stockade, which is connected only by a narrow path, and the fortress on the mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Usually store food, grass and equipment. Once the enemy comes, the villagers can retreat to the stone fort on the mountain, and no one can open it.

Wu Huaiyu is no stranger to this capricious Gao Kaidao, he is still his father-in-law.

His concubine, Gao Yanzhi, is the daughter of Gao Kaidao. Gao Kaidao was betrayed by his subordinates. In despair, he hanged his wife and daughter to death. Gao Yanzhi survived by luck. Wu Huaiyu.

Now she also gave birth to Wu Huaiyu's daughter, Wu Siniang, Wu Lutong, and she is also engaged to the son of Gao Jifu, the secretary and servant of the Bohai Gao family.

"To be able to stand upright in all these years of Sui chaos, it seems that this tall kite is indeed very capable."

"How about I send someone to talk to him?" Lu Chengye said.

Huaiyu shook his head.

"Gao Yaozi thinks that he lives outside the Great Wall, so he is no longer a citizen of our Tang Dynasty, so he is not under the control of the court? It's ridiculous. If he dares to openly disobey the order of the governor, the governor will never tolerate it. Otherwise, the majesty of the court will not be tolerated." Where is the majesty of this governor?"

Huaiyu asked An Lushan to call Su Lie who was directing from the side of the court.

"The tall kite behind the mountain is reversed!"

When Su Lie heard this, his eyes immediately widened, "This Gaowei is toasting and won't eat and drink as a fine. Governor, please allow me to rush back to North Yanzhou immediately, and order the Qing army to destroy them."

Huaiyu waved his hand.

"This tall kite is easy to rely on because it is located in a remote area and the fortress is dangerous. You Qingyi army is an elite Qingqi army, and it is not easy to attack the fortress in the fortress. It is better for me to lead an army to meet him."

"The Qingyi army is willing to guard the governor!"

"it is good."

Lu Chengye hurriedly persuaded, "The governor, please think twice before acting. The Diaowo village is the most easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially the stone castle in the back mountain. It is really a Diaowo village built in the clouds. Back then, Luo Yi, Gao Tansheng, Gao Kaidao, and even The Turkic people have been besieged several times, at the most tens of thousands of horses besieged for more than a month, but they couldn’t get out, and they even suffered heavy casualties.”

"Please ask the governor to ask the subordinate officials to send family members to persuade me. He still has to give me some points for the face of my Fan Yang Lu family."

"No need, even if his Diaowo village is built in the clouds, I can take it down for him." Wu Huaiyu was full of confidence.

Lu Chengye didn't understand where his self-confidence came from.

He is a native of Youzhou, but he is very aware of the strength of the Eight Villages behind the mountain, especially Diaowo Village and Gao Yaozi.

But Wu Huaiyu was determined to use Gao's family as an example to others, and he was not afraid of how dangerous Diaowo Village would be, because he still had a secret weapon.

"Calculating the time, the troops and firearms dispatched by His Majesty to my Shenji Camp should be here. It's time to try out the tall kite first. This time I want to see how he can turn the world upside down!"

Shenji camp, firearms.

Lu Chengye was puzzled.

"When the time comes, Lu Wulang, you will know."

A military order fell like a mountain, and thousands of soldiers and horses rushed to gather first.

Hearing this, Li Laoer hurried over with a limp, "I heard that Duke Wu is going to fight Diaowo Village?"

"Ah."

"Duke Wu knows the danger of Diaowo Village, and the fierceness and resourcefulness of Gao Yaozi?"

"Know a little bit."

"Then Wugong will send troops?"

"It's just a small village, why be afraid of it?"

"Duke Wu must not underestimate the enemy. I know that Duke Wu intends to kill chickens to scare monkeys, but he chose the wrong Gao Wei. If he fails to kill the chicken, it will damage Duke Wu's majesty."

"Don't worry, he's a tall kite but he can't lose his majesty."

Li Jinyan was a little puzzled, "Why is Duke Wu so confident?"

"Because I have a secret weapon."

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In a blink of an eye, the news spread all over Youzhou that Gao Yaozi behind the mountain angered the military governor, and the military governor sent troops in anger. Hearing this news, the reactions of all parties were also different.

Some people think that Gao Yaozi may have kicked the iron plate this time.

Some people think that it will be Wu Huaiyu who kicked the iron plate.

Anyway, these two are ruthless people who have never lost a battle so far.

Enter Lu Chengye's residence.

Zu Chongxin came to play chess with Lu Chengye, and the old and the young talked with each other.

It's just that today both of them are not thinking about chess.

"Who do Goro think will win this time?"

"I thought that the military governor would suffer losses if he underestimated the enemy, but my intuition told me that this time it might be Gao Yaozi who would suffer greatly."

Zu Chongxin nodded, "I feel the same way. Although I don't know where Wu Dudu's confidence comes from, Wu Dudu represents the imperial court after all. He has experienced many battles, and he is Li Jing's student and Qin Qiong's student." Yizi, what's more, he now has a strong army and a strong horse. Although Gao Yaozi has been very powerful these years, the total number of his eight villages is only three thousand, and the total number of all the old, weak, women and children will not exceed 2. Wu Huaiyu is considered a temporary setback , can afford to lose, but Gao Yaozi can't afford to lose even a single battle, so in this way, Gao Yaozi loses no matter what."

"Grandfather thought, what do we need to do?"

Zu Chongxin pondered for a long time, and dropped a white stone, "You don't need to do anything, just wait and see what happens."

"Do nothing?"

"do nothing."

The old man stroked his long beard, "Especially don't report to Gao Yaozi, cut off all contact with the back of the mountain immediately, and don't have any communication for the time being."

(End of this chapter)