Northern Dynasties

Chapter 500 Loyalty Li Lang
Chen Yuankang and his entourage did not stay for long after returning to Heyang North Central City, admonishing Hu Lujin to still be careful about the enemy's movements, but did not inform them of the specific results of the negotiations, and then left Heyang and went straight to Yecheng.

On the way, the horse raced fast, and Chen Yuankang and his party returned to Yedu two days later. After entering the city, they went straight to the General's Mansion to report their orders.

In the general's mansion, the eldest son Gao Cheng was discussing government affairs with Cui Jishu and other confidantes. When he learned that Chen Yuankang had returned, he immediately sent his staff to bring him in. Before Chen Yuankang finished seeing the ceremony, he asked impatiently: "What is the effect of this mission?" How? Will Mrs. Li agree to join me?"

Chen Yuankang lowered his head to avoid his son's expectant eyes, and slowly shook his head with some embarrassment: "This Li Tai has a very strong heart to do things in the west, and I have made several petitions about his interests, but he still has no change in his aspirations, and he has no return to the east." meaning."

After Gao Cheng heard this, his face darkened immediately, he raised his fist and slammed it heavily on the case, and shouted angrily: "I have always been a rebellious villain, and I took advantage of my danger to make a villain succeed. Ronghua called him, but the thief didn't come, so I can't stop him if he deceives me?"

While speaking, he turned his head and glared at Cui Jishu, who was sitting next to him, pointed at him and scolded him: "If you come here to appease foolish tricks, you won't send envoys to work hard and make people laugh at me! You want to make foreign officials and generals To be self-reliant, it also depends on whether the other party likes you or not!"

Hearing this, Cui Jishu hurriedly avoided the table and got up to prostrate and plead guilty.This time Chen Yuankang was sent to appease Li Tai, he was indeed one of the masterminds, and the reason was exactly as Gao Cheng said, in addition to solving the dangers in Heyang, it was to win over Li Tai for them, the aristocratic families in Hebei. strong foreign aid.

The members of these clans had complicated relationships with each other, the Cui family of Boling where Cui Jishu was born had many marriages with the Li family of Longxi.Not to mention too far away, Cui Jishu himself married Li Tai's cousin Li Qianzhi years ago, and his youngest daughter became Li's bride.

This year, Hou Jing caused chaos in Henan, which had a great impact on the stability of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In particular, the nobles of Jinyang tacitly put pressure on the eldest son Gao Cheng, which also made Cui Jishu and others feel a sense of crisis. I am especially afraid that the current situation will return to the state of the old year when the Heyin Change was in power.

To protect oneself in a crisis, the most important thing is to have reliable force.However, the chances of their Hebei aristocratic family on this journey are really very small. The army of the Jinyang Bafu is firmly in the hands of a group of nobles. It is also often infiltrated and reorganized.

Although the eldest son Gao Cheng used them heavily, he only focused on their political talents to control the government, but he rarely condoned them to organize and develop armed forces close to him, so that they could only be highly dependent, but did not independently fight against political risks and conflicts. ability to persecute.

Under such circumstances, Li Tai, who had risen to fame since last year and is now rising in Heluo, making Hulujin, the veteran of Beizhen, helpless, was definitely a great surprise for them, the Hebei family.

If Li Tai can be recruited back, these Hebei clans can obtain a considerable armed force in an instant, thus greatly strengthening their right to speak in the current situation, and they can continue to seek growth through the Hou Jing Rebellion.

From Gao Cheng's point of view, as long as it can help solve the current crisis situation, any method can of course be tried.In particular, recruiting the offensive forwards of the Western Wei Dynasty for his own use has defeated the opponent and strengthened himself. Why not do it?
As for the thoughts of Cui Jishu and the others, he could see them as clearly as he could read palm lines, but this is also human nature.As long as their schemes do not presuppose harming the overall situation of the country, Gao Cheng can tolerate their striving for their own interests.

After all, so far, these people are political forces that are closer to themselves than those Jinyang honored old people, and strengthening their power is also improving their control.

That's why he offered Li Tai generous conditions for recruiting and surrendering. As long as the other party nodded and agreed, he could get strong support from Hebei, and he could instantly gain the power and status that Hou Jing had achieved in Henan after more than ten years of management.

Because of this, when he heard from Chen Yuankang that Li Tai had actually rejected the offer this time, Gao Cheng felt even more ashamed and annoyed.

Seeing that the son was so furious, Chen Yuankang quickly said: "Please calm down, my son. Although I did not succeed in recruiting Li Tai during this trip, it was not completely useless. Li Tai asked me to tell my son, thank you for your kindness. Although I am in the west, I grew up under the rule of the king of Hebei in the old days, and now my relatives and disciples also rely on the benevolence of the son to make a living, and dare not be greedy for meritorious deeds, so I retaliated against the city of Zhongyu in Heyang, and dared not make any further progress. ..."

"Humph, what a joke! The bandit took advantage of the empty Heluo area and the town's incompetent generals. Waiting for me to dispatch heavy troops to resist the river defense, the bandit will die if he goes any further!"

After Gao Cheng heard this, he snorted again, and said with a face full of disdain.

Although the truth is such a truth, the problem is that the generals Hu Lujin and Xue Guyan in the other side are already the top generals in the country, so who is not incompetent to guard and supervise the battle?Another large army was envoys in Henan to suppress the rebellion, and the Jinyang Overlord Mansion still needed elite soldiers to stay there to stabilize the situation. Where did they recruit the army and refuse reinforcements?

Cui Jishu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly kowtowed again: "My son, please be safe and don't be impatient. There are many people who defected to the West, most of them are stubborn and seldom repentant, but Li Tai is not taking the initiative. Xitou, but was coerced by thieves.

Today, I may feel that the black otter knows the situation and uses it bravely, but when I see the favor of the Kanto people again, I secretly feel unbearable. I rein in the horse and dare not go forward.Our Heyang people took advantage of this slow relief to have a chance to breathe, so that we can calmly prepare for the battle and then decide the outcome. Chen Youcheng's mission this time is not in vain. "

Chen Yuankang also echoed on the side: "Although I have known Li Tai for a short time, but judging from his speech and posture, he is not a violent, rebellious, greedy person. He has two injuries of loyalty and filial piety. I would rather give up the achievements of the future than to give up. If a person who is wronged is not deeply trapped in morality, he would not have this dilemma.

Moreover, in the west, Dugu fulfills his wish and loves his son-in-law, and he fulfills his wish as a black otter and other barbarian friends. He has a grand fortune and holds the power in Longyou for a long time, and his position is even stronger than that of our country.Although Li Taijin got his ambition in the west, but if both Weng and his son-in-law are persecuted by black otters in the coming year, and his relatives and friends in the Guandong are all there, and he feels that his son is attracting old favors, it is only natural to lead him back to the east. "

Hearing this, Gao Cheng's frowning brows eased a little, but he still snorted coldly: "The reason why this disciple is important at the moment is nothing more than because of the crisis and instability in our country, so the honorary title appears to lure him. But if you miss this When I want to attach myself again, whether I accept it or not, it also depends on my mood."

This is true. The reason why the Heyang crisis has become prominent this time is because of this special timing.The tens of thousands of forbidden troops who stayed in Yedu went south to suppress the rebellion and returned in a big defeat, which made Yedu's hearts turbulent and the guards empty.Immediately afterwards, Han Gui led the army to the south to Yingchuan. So far, the victory or defeat is still undecided, and no news has been sent back.

Under such circumstances, the troops of the Heyang Dendrobium Law and Finance Office are the only military force that Changhe Defense can rely on. Once it is breached, the whole of Hebei will be in turmoil.If Hebei is also in turmoil, the situation in Henan will be even more difficult to quell.

So after missing this time period, if Li Tai wants to join him again, it is absolutely impossible to get this kind of preferential treatment again.

But it’s useless to talk about these things now. Although Li Tai stated that he would not attack Heyang North City again, Gao Cheng certainly would not believe the enemy’s one-sided words. In addition to ordering Hu Lujin to guard Beizhong City, It is to dispatch reinforcements from elsewhere.And the most suitable route for aid is naturally that the troops of the Hanguo Division counterattack Heluo after quickly ending the Henan war, and attack Heluo with the troops on the north bank to regain the second city.

A few days later, the battle report from Henan also quickly spread back to Yedu. Han Gui saw that Li Bi, Wang Sizheng and other soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty entered Yingzhou, echoing Hou Jingxiang who was guarding Yingchuan, so he led his troops back, and the front troops were already facing the river. Will cross.

When Gao Cheng heard the news, his mood was mixed. He was happy that this new force was not trapped in the Henan battlefield and couldn't get out. The decisive return of his army also alleviated the emptiness of Yedu's troops to a certain extent.

What is worrying is that the decision to leave the Korean track without a fight has not been fully communicated with him. Although this decision is considered correct at the moment, it also makes Gao Cheng quite unhappy.

After Han Gui withdrew, the Henan side was left with Li Bi, Wang Sizheng, Hou Jing and other forces from the Western Wei Dynasty, as well as Nanliang Yang Yaren and other troops who went north to support Hou Jing.

These groups of people obviously cannot coexist peacefully, and it is estimated that there will be some troubles in the future based on the land of Henan, but the Eastern Wei Dynasty, as the old master of Hou Jing, stayed out of the matter during this period of time.

Since Henan was temporarily unavailable, Gao Cheng ordered Sikong Ke and Zhu Hunyuan to be the governor of Luozhou, and led a part of the retreated troops to the west to occupy Hulao, waiting for an opportunity to recapture the second city of Heyang.

At the same time, Gao Cheng also planned to leave Yecheng and return to Jinyang to officially mourn his father Gao Huan.The news of Gao Wang's death has been concealed for nearly half a year, and now more and more people know about it, but there has been no official announcement of the funeral.

Originally, Gao Cheng planned to resolve all internal and external crises and mourn his father as a victor, but seeing that the situation will not improve much in a short period of time, it will only make people feel uneasy and increase his moral pressure. Criticism suffered above.

Therefore, I chose to announce the news of my father's death at this time, so that he can take over the power and position of the high king in a legitimate way, and the subordinates can receive the effect of mourning soldiers and make the soldiers use their lives. .

Just as the Eastern Wei Dynasty was adjusting its pace and preparing for the recovery of Heyang City, Li Tai, the hero of the Western Wei Dynasty who even conquered the second city of Heyang, was also ordered to withdraw from Heyang quickly and hand over the defense of the two cities to the rear reinforcements. .

(End of this chapter)