Northern Dynasties

Chapter 382 Guoqing Jianing
After Xishan Bieye returned to Jinyang City, after Gao Huan personally sent Tutujia, who was still angry with himself, back to the official residence, he was about to turn back to the residence, but he saw a gathering of soldiers at the corner of the street not far from the official residence. There were no signs, so he gave Duan Shao, who was guarding him, a wink.

Duan Shao nodded after seeing this, and led a team of personal guards to go straight to that street corner, and soon drove out more than 30 soldiers with armor and swords from there, all of them went to the place where Gao Huan was driving. lead back.

"Why do you gather here? Don't you know that there are state guests living in this mansion?"

An accompanying official took a step forward under the signal of Gao Huan's eyes, looked at the armored soldiers and asked.

All the armored soldiers were driven here by the troops led by Duan Shao. At first, they looked terrified and frightened, but after hearing the official's question, the leaders among them suddenly showed anger, and one of them pointed at the official. He roared angrily: "Slave under the fence, you actually called the thief of creeping as a guest! A certain Jinyang warrior is waiting to kill the crazy thief in the mansion for the king. If you dare to obstruct it, you will die together!"

When the official heard the roar, he shrank his head in fright. There are countless arrogant soldiers and generals around Jinyang City, and those with swords in their hands can be very strong. To win the favor of the king, he had to give up three points in the face of these fierce soldiers.

"Bold! The king's chariot is driving here, so you dare to be presumptuous!"

Duan Shao shouted angrily, shocking everyone in the room, and immediately ordered to arrest the two leaders and lead them to Gao Huan's car.

When the two of them saw Gao Huan in the car, they immediately became panicked and locked up. They hurriedly dropped their heads to the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The ministers definitely did not intend to offend Wang Jia, just because the creepy people living in the mansion here The thieves often bully the soldiers in the city, speak wildly and humiliate...the words are so unbearable, the ministers are ashamed and indignant, so they want to gather righteous men and kill the thieves in the hall.

In the car, Gao Huan heard the words of the two soldiers, and it was difficult to distinguish between emotions and anger on his calm face. He had also heard a lot about the deeds of Rouran's envoys ostentatiously in the market, so he was not surprised to hear the soldiers' complaints. After pondering for a while, he said: "The thieves in the country are not here. You are not using your righteousness to make meritorious deeds but to break the law. It's really stupid! Disarm and retreat, don't disturb the crime again!"

After hearing this, the two captains were still waiting to fight, but Duan Shao ordered the guards to pull them down and drive away the soldiers who gathered here, and then drove back from Gao Huan's chariot Go to the prime minister's mansion.

"It is said that people are ashamed and brave, and if the military spirit is like this, does Xiao Xian think it can be used?"

On the way home, Gao Huan was thinking about the previous conversation between the two captains, while countering Duan Shaofa who was walking beside the car.

When Duan Shao heard this question, he pondered for a while, and then said: "There are no disciples outside the Dao, and there are no people outside the law. Your Majesty enshrines the Dao to legislate, and punishes thieves for the country. This is a matter of not waiting for a turtle! The king insults his ministers and dies." , called Unity, since the disciples are not afraid to fight to the death here, they must not be afraid to win in the battle!"

Hearing Duan Shao's answer, Gao Huan also showed a somewhat gratified smile on his face. Although he also understood that these words were intended to comfort him, it sounded self-consciously uplifting.

Although the Battle of Mangshan caused by Gao Zhongmi's escape in the first year of Wuding ended with the victory of the Eastern Dynasty, although the Western Dynasty lost its armor and armor and was defeated, the backbone of the Western Dynasty since the leader of the bandit, Yuwen Heido, They were still able to retreat back to Guanzhong smoothly, and they have made frequent moves in Guanzhong over the past few years and built up a lot of armaments.

Every time Gao Huan thinks about this episode, his heart is always full of lingering hatred. If he had been able to catch up with the momentum of the big victory back then, the situation today would be very different.

From an inconspicuous little person in the six towns' mutiny back then to a hegemonic official with power over one side, Gao Huan is determined and determined, knowing that the troubles afterwards are completely useless and will only ruin his state of mind even more.

But in recent years, every time he heard various personnel news from Kansai, he couldn't help but imagine in his heart, if he could persist a little longer...

Although the Battle of Mangshan had won the final victory, Gao Huan was not happy, not only because of the unfinished work, but also because the offensive and defensive trends of the two sides changed in this battle, even though it was under the leadership of the traitor Gao Zhongmi. Only by cooperating with the Western Dynasty can we enjoy the initiative, but this still requires deep vigilance.

If the strength and tenacity of the thief made Gao Huan vigilant, then the undercurrent in his own country could be said to be overwhelming.

Gao Zhongmi was one of the Yuan Cong who caused the uprising in Hebei. He actually chose to join the Western Dynasty. No matter what the reason was, it was not a good sign.

One of the reasons why Gao Huan did not insist on continuing to pursue after the Battle of Mangshan was that he was worried that Gao Zhongmi's rebellion might have a chain of adverse effects on Yexia and even Hebei.

Although Gao Zhongmi did not have such great influence alone, his son Gao Cheng did a lot of things that really harmed the interests of the Hebei clan around Wuding.Therefore, Hebei at that time also urgently needed sufficient force to deter it.

If the potential threat of the Hebei clan is a hidden danger that Gao Huan has long anticipated and has prepared a plan to deal with, then the performance of Xianbei in the war, which he relies heavily on, makes him a little restless.

Among them, the most hateful thing is naturally that Peng Le is willing to run away from Yuwen Black Otter, which looks foolish and reckless, but is actually treacherous and cunning.

These veterans of the town soldiers are also well versed in the principle of "running rabbits to death, runaways cooking". Compared with Gao Zhongmi, who is poor and defected to the enemy, they are obviously more willing to be Hou Jing, who is on the autocratic side. , but do not want to directly obliterate this possibility.

This attitude also extended to the issue of whether to continue the pursuit after the Battle of Mangshan. Among the generals, only Pan Le and Liu Feng supported the continued pursuit.Whether the other generals who disapproved was due to the exhaustion of soldiers and horses, the military point of view that the poor should not be chased, or other reasons, it is up to people to decide.

At that time, Gao Huan was also worried that the army would stay outside for a long time and suspected that there would be changes in the rear, so he stopped and retreated for the time being.

Although the battle of Mangshan was won, the problems exposed still needed to be solved urgently.

Therefore, after withdrawing from the first year of Wuding, Gao Huan asked to build the Great Wall along the North Mountain of Sizhou to relieve the pressure from Rouran, and sent envoys to repair the Nanliang to ensure the stability of the border. The issue of rectifying corruption was raised, and his son Gao Cheng took the knife and drastically revised the internal affairs.

Although most of the internal affairs policies are carried out by Yedu imperial court, Gao Huan is still afraid that Gao Cheng’s prestige and methods are insufficient, and his cronies in the Jinyang Bafu are responsible for the implementation .

Hebei has been in war for many years, and a large number of people have been hidden in the tyrants. Expanding these hidden households can directly increase the population, money, food and taxes controlled by the tyrants.

Although most of the townspeople of the six towns that brought wars to Hebei for many years were handed over to Gao Huan through the Erzhu family, there are still scattered in the three prefectures of Ying, Ji, and Ding, where the townspeople of the six towns are resettled. Numerous survivors of Six Towns.

Therefore, Gao Huan sent envoys to Sanzhou to inspect and reorganize the remnants of the six towns. If they can be relocated, they will be relocated to the six overseas Chinese prefectures around Jinyang for resettlement. He also set up the governor of the six states in the town, and recruited the military households of these six towns to participate in Yedu and Jinyang Suwei.

Through this series of means, the Eastern Dynasty's financial, material and military strength have been greatly increased, which also made Gao Huan's heart that had never cooled down become hot again.

In particular, while the Eastern Dynasty is developing rapidly in all aspects, the growth momentum in the West is not too much. Even in terms of military affairs, the growth momentum is even faster than that in the Eastern Dynasty.

Although the Eastern Dynasty has a higher foundation and has the high-quality military source of Xianbei in Liuzhou, the scope of its recruitment of sergeants is still limited.

In particular, the Han people who had an absolute advantage in population, although they also joined the army, they mainly joined the army as part of the powerful family soldiers in Hebei. The Eastern Dynasty and the Gaohuan Bafu themselves still did not have systematic recruitment policies and methods.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers is often criticized, and the junior high school often ridicules Yuwen Black Otter's massive recruitment of Han soldiers as a foolish strategy to go to the doctor in a hurry, Gao Huan himself naturally does not take such an optimistic plan.

Even if each of the Xianbei soldiers can fight the crowd with one, but the lack of people is a natural disadvantage.Moreover, this so-called theory of racial superiority itself is not reliable.

For an ambitious hero like Gao Huan, the greatest torment is seeing the enemy striding forward on the right road, while he is hard-pressed and difficult to transform. Although the gap is still obvious in the short term, in the long run it will be pessimistic.

The only thing that may be gratifying is that his son finally managed to live up to his expectations, and now he has become Gao Huan's indispensable right-hand man, but Gao Huan is still worried about leaving Yuwen Black Otter, a fierce and stubborn bandit, to his son. It is best to solve it by himself. Not only can it be all about the achievements of this body, but it can also avoid causing disasters to children and grandchildren.

Gao Huan pondered in his heart, the car drove into the prime minister's mansion very quickly, and all the officials were already waiting in the vestibule of the mansion, the first one was Zhao Yanshen, a meritorious Cao of the prime minister's mansion, who walked to the front of the car and raised his hand to support Gao Huan get off.

Before Gao Huan had time to settle down, he caught sight of a middle-aged Hu general standing in front of the group, with a warm smile on his face, strode up to the Hu general and raised his hand to pat his back. With a big smile on his shoulders, he said, "I have nothing to worry about when the grand master returns to the mansion! You who are waiting for the straight hall didn't report early, and let the grand master wait here, you really deserve to be punished!"

"Your minister has not long since entered the mansion, and these servants are diligent in eating and drinking, so there is no need for your Majesty to blame."

The middle-aged man's name is She Diqian, Gao Huan's sister-in-law, and now he is the grand teacher and the governor of Dingzhou. Hearing that Gao Huan blamed the Fufu, he opened his mouth and said. stop.

Zhao Yanshen stood aside and said with a smile: "Everyone in the mansion says that the grand master will return to the mansion tomorrow based on the distance. But he didn't want to enter this morning, which shows that the grand master is diligent in the king's affairs, and the speed of his feet is amazing. Ah! I was about to report to Xishan, but was stopped by the Grand Master..."

"Your Majesty is not a wanderer in the suburbs, how can you decide to stay because of your ministers! What's more, long-term couples are made things difficult by evil feelings, and no one else has the heart to disturb the reunion after a long absence!"

She Diqian said again, as Gao Huan's confidant relative, he obviously knew that the family's affairs were deep, and he made no secret of his concern for the former princess Lou in his words. Although they had no direct kinship, they were from Since then, I have followed all the way until now, and people are close to their party, so I made this righteous statement.

Gao Huan couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he heard this, but he also knew that She Diqian was upright and loyal to himself, so he must be deeply depressed and couldn't bear it, so he made a sound to imply that he had to cherish his old friend.

"Recalling the grand master to return to the government is for the sake of the national economy. If the state affairs are clear, the family affairs will be at peace!"

Gao Huan didn't want to say anything more based on this, so he revealed the topic with a laugh, and then looked at a man in black standing behind She Diqian, his expression turned serious , before opening his mouth, he clasped his fists first.

After seeing this, the man in black hurriedly knelt down on the ground, not daring to accept it, while Gao Huan bent down and pulled him up, and said with a bit of shame in his tone: "The widow hated that Wu Ding first year did not follow the plan of Feng Lang. , and now Mo Zong is urging things to happen, there are too many Feng Langs who can't be all filial piety."

The man in black, named Feng Zihui, was the son of the former Taibao Feng Long, who is currently in mourning for his father. Hearing Gao Huan's words, he looked even more excited and emotional, and said with a choked head, "When my father was alive, he often used Yuan Cong is proud of his merits, and hates that the time is not right, and he cannot follow up and do his best. I first paid homage to Fukou, and I knew that the king must be the only one who saved the country in the time of Kuang.

After Gao Huan heard this, he patted Feng Zihui on the shoulder again, and then walked into the straight hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion together with everyone, and began to preach his plan to launch an offensive against the Western Thieves again.

There are quite a few members in the straight hall, but the main ones are the civil servants and staff of the prime minister's mansion.After the Battle of Mangshan, Gao Huan made some in-depth adjustments to the Bafu. The military generals gradually withdrew from the decision-making level of the Bafu and were replaced by officials with outstanding talents but little power and cronies. Military affairs are in charge of the cavalry, foreign soldiers and other sub-cao subordinates of the prime minister's mansion.

Today, the most important people in the Bafu are the Jinyang soldiers formed by the Xianbei of the six prefectures around Jinyang.The cavalry chief Cao is in charge of the affairs of the Bafu Suwei, and the foreign soldier Cao is the chief commander of the six prefectures of Xianbei.Therefore, the Overlord's Mansion can gather tens of thousands of troops in Jinyang without going through the imperial court at all.

In addition, the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor set up by Yedu was in charge of the guards of the forbidden army of Yedu, including the sergeant of the former Luoyang Liufang Forbidden Army, the Jia Ji of the three prefectures of Yingjiding and the soldiers of Zhuzhou prefectures who entered the sansugar guard. troops.

Gao Huan is about to go to war this time, and intends to complete all his achievements in one battle and wipe out the western thieves in one fell swoop. Therefore, it is natural for the country to mobilize as many soldiers as possible, and only those who are covered by the recruitment plan formulated by the Tyrant Mansion The number of soldiers reached more than 20!
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