Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 104 Speech
There is a strange atmosphere in Dingtao City, with turbulent undercurrents.

He Basheng's confident posture in front of others can fool others, but not himself.

From time to time, cronies were ordered to listen to the news in the army to find out the hearts of the soldiers.

The more he knew, the deeper He Basheng's frown became.

He Basheng clearly felt that his melody was gradually getting out of control.

He finally understood that it was not the manslaughter of the angel that made him lose his morale.

For ordinary Xianbei soldiers, one side is the Gao family who provided them with military salaries and supported the soldiers, and the other side was the notorious He Basheng who had betrayed his master several times.

And the Wuchuan heroes who served as generals also accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts.

At the beginning, He Basheng was ordered to guard Zhongshan and served as the governor, and He Bayue assisted Zorzhu Tianguang to enter Guanzhong to suppress the rebellion. Wuchuan Xianbei has since been divided into two forces, following the He Ba brothers respectively.

What did He Basheng lead them to do?
After Erzhurong's death, he betrayed the Erzhu clan and first surrendered to Yuan Ziyou, and then surrendered to Erzhu Dulu after defeat in the battle of Huatai.

Now he turned against Gao Huan again. In just three years, he betrayed the master four times.

After some tossing, the hearts of the soldiers were all worn out.

And the other Wuchuan heroes who followed He Bayue into the customs, which one is not in a high position now.

For the Wuchuan generals under He Basheng's command, their own efforts are important, but if they follow the wrong person, all efforts will be in vain.

After three years, those Wuchuan people who once admired He Basheng and chose to follow him, who are willing to continue to believe in him now.

Gao promised to kill only He Basheng, and the rest will surrender before sunset tomorrow, regardless of crime.

He Basheng had no choice but to defend Dingtao. He would only have his head borrowed by his troops. Only by taking the initiative to attack, defeat Gao Cheng in the first battle, and re-establish his prestige in the army could he maintain this army.

Tonight is the only chance.

He Basheng gathered five hundred light cavalry again, distributed wine and meat to boost morale.

As the night darkened, in order to hide his whereabouts, He Basheng led five hundred Qingqi out of the city from the east gate, made a big circle, and headed for the Gaocheng camp outside the west gate.

Although [-] riders are few, they are enough to rob the camp at night.

In He Basheng's view, judging from the performance of Gao Cheng's Gyeonggi soldiers on the Xiangyang battlefield, they only need to rush into the camp and set fires everywhere, and the crowd will collapse.

Along the way, the slight sound of people holding their pets and horses binding their hooves was covered by the chirping of cicadas in the summer night and the sound of frogs in the field.

When He Basheng traveled to Gaocheng camp not far away, the night was already dark.

Following She Digan's instruction, Gao Cheng always found a place close to a water source and convenient for felling when he set up camp.

This also gave He Basheng a chance. He is now leading five hundred Qingqi in a small forest not far from Gaocheng Camp.

He didn't meet many scouts along the way, if it was the past, He Basheng would naturally be worried about an ambush, but tonight he has no choice, he is reluctant to abandon his troops and flee.

When the matter came to an end, He Basheng could only comfort himself. He scouted the camp during the day and found no Murong Shaozong's flag. Perhaps this general did not accompany the army.

Gao Aocao is brave but not scheming, Yaoxiong is wise, but he can't cover everything. Maybe he forgot to remind Gao Cheng to strengthen his defense today.

No matter what, the opportunity is in front of us, once Gao Cheng's army is defeated, all problems will be solved, maybe he can take the opportunity to separate himself from one side, temptation is ahead, no matter what, he has to take a risk.

"General, everyone is ready, please order."

After confirming that everyone was ready for battle, a trusted cavalry general whispered in He Basheng's ear.

Among the 300 Qingqi, [-] were soldiers of the He Ba clan. This is also the reason why He Basheng was able to pull the team out to rob the camp when people's hearts were in turmoil.

He Basheng had made up his mind a long time ago, he won't delay when the cavalry commander replied, he got on his horse, immediately ordered everyone to light torches, and led [-] cavalry straight to the Gaocheng camp.

The battalion guards had already noticed something was wrong when they lit the fire in the forest.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Quickly gather!"

"Don't sleep! Get dressed quickly! Gather to defend against the enemy!"

The gong on the watchtower resounded through the night sky, and exclamations came from all over the camp.

He Basheng also heard the shouts from the camp, he was overjoyed, Gao Cheng was really unprepared.

He took the lead, holding a horse spear to clear the obstacles in front of the camp, and the five hundred horsemen behind him, holding lances and torches, followed him into the camp.

But the situation in the big camp made He Basheng dumbfounded. There was no panic scene as he thought, but countless infantry pierced their armor and were waiting for them.

"There is an ambush! Quickly withdraw!"

Without He Basheng's command, there are soldiers under his command roaring.

He Basheng took a deep look at the brightly lit handsome tent in the distance, turned the horse's head and shouted:

"All the soldiers followed me out of the encirclement."

The weak line of defense surrounding the gate of the camp was easily breached, and only after they left the camp, two groups of cavalry rushed over from the left and right sides of the camp.

The person headed on the left shouted:
"Gao Aocao is here! He Basheng is going away!"

He Basheng looked around and saw that it was Gao Aocao and his two thousand cavalry.

Gao Aocao was famous for his bravery, and he, He Basheng, was not far behind. If it was an ordinary time, he would have to compete with him to see who is the number one horse.

But there is still a group of cavalry approaching him on the right side, but Duan Shao and Yaoxiong each led a thousand cavalrymen and Gao Aocao flanked him.

This made He Basheng run away on horseback, but the five hundred Qingqi robbed the camp and fell into a trap. He was already panicked, but now he was chased by four thousand cavalry, and he seemed to have lost his nerve. How could he fight again.

Duan Shao saw that He Basheng fled in defeat, so he ordered five hundred knights to dismount and return to the camp, while the rest of the troops continued to pursue with one man and two horses.

Seeing this, Gao Aocao and Yaoxiong followed suit.

The whistling sound of the feather arrow piercing through the air kept ringing behind him, and Qingqi kept falling off his horse beside him.

In desperation, He Basheng threw away his horse, and found an opportunity to lead two ownerless horses, one man and three horses fled to the front of the team.

He didn't even care about his trusted cavalry pawns who were from the Heba clan's family soldiers, and devoted himself to riding horses.

The shouts behind him got farther and farther away, and He Basheng's heart felt like a knife was twisting. If he had known this before, he might as well lead five hundred cavalry and flee.

After all, it was greed. When Er Zhurong was killed, it was greed that made him choose Yuan Ziyou.

Gao Aocao and other [-] cavalrymen captured or killed all the [-] cavalrymen under He Basheng's command.

But traveling lightly, He Basheng, who was alone and three horses, really couldn't catch up.

Seeing from a distance that He Ba was better than Dingtao and did not enter, Gao Aocao ordered his men to return to Gao Cheng, while he, Duan Shao and Yaoxiong escorted the captured knights to the city of Dingtao immediately.

"Listen, people in the city, He Basheng wanted to attack the camp in vain, but he was defeated. He could not enter the city, and he has given up on you. Why don't you hurry up and open the city? The son is kind, he is famous for his faith, he once said he would surrender. Those who are not guilty, don't be obsessed with it!"

Duan Shao jumped in front of the horse and shouted loudly.

The general who stayed in Dingtao didn't wait for the soldiers to come to take his head. He saw that the robbing of the camp failed and He Basheng fled south, so he already knew that the situation was irreversible, and he had no intention of dying for He Basheng.

Under his order, the gate of Dingtao City slowly opened.

At this time, Gao Cheng had already received a report from Gao Aocao, knowing that He Basheng had fled to the south, so he left Hu Luguang and [-] footmen to guard the camp, while he led the rest to take over Dingtao City.

"Commander, why did you expect that He Basheng would come to rob the camp tonight?"

Accompanying Gao Jishi was puzzled.

Gao Cheng rode a black horse ahead, explained to him with a smile:
"The Dingtao army's morale is not stable. I specially set a deadline for the defenders to set a sunset tomorrow. For He Basheng, there are only two options. Either abandon the city and flee, or go out of the city and defeat our army.

"If Dingtao is trapped, there will be riots in the city before sunset tomorrow, and this is just waiting to die.

"If he abandons the city, he can only abandon the infantry and take away his Qingqi.

"If He Basheng flees without a fight and gets a reputation as a coward, how will he control his followers in the future.

"The morale of the army is not stable, He Basheng naturally dare not fight with me in an upright manner, besides, I have few enemies, what else can He Basheng do except attack the camp at night?"

Gao Jishi smiled and said:

"It's still the governor who has a strategy. He Basheng is known as the famous general in the north, but you play with him and applaud him."

Hearing the words, Gao Cheng felt a little complacent. That's right, he won this battle beautifully. First, he used the name of the whole army to divide the five thousand prefecture soldiers under He Basheng's command, and then cheated He Basheng against him. Finally, he won the battle in Dingtao City. He Basheng fled alone.

It's a pity that in order not to arouse He Basheng's vigilance, the ambush soldiers of Gao Aocao, Duan Shao and others could not get too close to the camp.

Otherwise, he will be blocked back and forth in the camp.

It seems that Gao Cheng won easily, but he made a lot of preparations for this battle, including distributing military pay.

There are actually many ways to deal with He Basheng, but Gao Cheng procrastinated until today because he wanted to swallow the Xianbei soldiers under He Basheng at the least cost.

It was because of the temptation of interests and He Basheng's poor performance over the years that he was able to easily distract He Basheng's followers.

When Gao Cheng arrived outside the west gate of Dingtao City, more than [-] Wuchuan Xianbei infantry under He Basheng's command had put down their weapons and were waiting outside the city to be dispatched.

When Gao Cheng saw Gao Aocao, he laughed softly and said:

"It's getting late, it's inconvenient to settle down in the city, the general has worked hard today, please go back to the camp to rest, Mingyue is young, I don't trust him to guard the camp alone."

Gao Aocao had nothing against him, the camp had been set up long ago, so there was no reason to place more than 2 soldiers in the city.

After Gao Aocao left, Gao Cheng used the same reason to persuade Yaoxiong to leave, and immediately ordered Gao Jishi to lead 4000 trilogy and [-] people directly under him into the city to appease the people and occupy the city defense position.

At this time, only Duan Shao's [-] Xianbei soldiers and [-] Han soldiers were left by Gao Cheng's side.

He immediately ordered the [-] Xianbei soldiers from the six towns to come out, facing the more than [-] township party members from the six towns in the field, Gao Cheng said loudly:

"Some people say that Huaishuo Xianbei and Wuchuan Xianbei are fighting for the front in Beidi. My father and king represent the Huaishuo people to occupy the Kanto, and He Bayue represents the Wuchuan people to separate the Kansai. I disagree.

"The soldiers of the Gao family who belong to Xiaoxian, are you all from Huaishuo?"

Most of the [-] Xianbei tribesmen under Duan Shao laughed and said:
"No! I'm a Huaihuang person!"

"Haha, I'm from Wuchuan!"

"I am from Rouxuan!"

"I'm a wild man!"

Liu Yanshou in the crowd was shouting:
"I'm also a Woye! I'm a Woye Hun!"

Xue Hu'er beside him also shouted:

"My son! I am from Huaishuo Han!"

Zhang Mo echoed with his brother-in-law:

"I'm also from Huaishuo Han!"

Under the firelight, Gao Cheng smiled and pressed his hands to signal them to be quiet, and everyone stopped laughing.

He looked at the descendants again and revealed his true feelings:

"In my opinion, there is no distinction between Huaishuo and Wuchuan. We are all from the six towns, and we are one.

"The six towns were destroyed by Rouran, we went into exile in Hebei, and raised the flag of righteousness together, but Du Luozhou, Ge Rong and others were short-sighted, and they were not enough to bear the high expectations of the villagers.

"Heroes from the six towns defected to Er Zhurong one after another, believing that he could lead us to a better life.

"After Ge Rong's death, more than [-] township party members moved to Bingzhou and Sierzhou. They thought that Er Zhurong wanted to provide us with a place to live, but he didn't want to enslave us and other villagers.

"Er Zhurong died, and Er Zhuzhao oppressed him even more. Only now did my father understand that if we want to live a good life, we can only rely on ourselves.

"So the father and king led 20 township party members east to Hebei, and raised the flag in Xindu to rebel against the Erzhu family. This is how the people of our six towns feel proud today.

"I thought that the Erzhu clan was gone, the north was peaceful, and there would be no more wars, but He Bayue, an ambitious man, refused to agree.

"He Bayue didn't know what the villagers had suffered in the north, and he didn't care what the villagers wanted. He was a son of the rich and powerful, so how could he look down at the ants.

"For him, the memories in northern Xinjiang are drinking and hunting.

"My father, the king, is a son of a sinful Han family. He has experienced the painful past of the villagers, so he distributes rice grains for everyone, hoping that the villagers can live a better life.

"Being bullied, endless hard labor, these things will never happen to He Bayue.

"So he was able to go against everyone's wishes for his own selfish desires, and tried to split us under the banner of Wuchuan people.

"Let us hate each other, and let us, the rural party members who are struggling to survive from northern Xinjiang, kill each other."

Gao Cheng looked at the crowd and asked sharply:
"Everyone! Can he represent all Wuchuan people? Is there only Wuchuan people under his command?"

The crowd was furious and said:

"No! No!"

Gao Cheng continued to shout:
"My staff told me that Wuchuan people can't believe it. In the future, when they go to the battlefield to fight He Bayue, Wuchuan people will rebel. He said that you did the same in Hanling."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted impatiently by the descendants:
"no!"

"I will never obey He Bayue!"

Gao Cheng nodded and said:
"That's right! He is not from Six Towns. He doesn't know the suffering we suffered together in northern Xinjiang, and he doesn't understand the friendship between us.

"Everyone! When Wei Ke broke Huaishuo and Wuchuan alone, did the people from the other four towns slaughter and loot?"

Liu Yanshou, who used to work under Wei Kegu's command, heard the words and shouted loudly:

"no!"

Aroused people's response.

Gao Cheng said passionately:

"That's right! Because we are close relatives, the war between us and Hebayue is not between the other five towns and the people of Wuchuan, but between the people of the six towns who are united and the ambitious people who intend to divide us." war.

"There are Xianbei people, Han people, Huns, Chile people, etc. among us. We come from different ethnic groups, but we are from the same six towns. No one should try to use the differences of regions or ethnic groups to divide us. "

After Gao Cheng finished speaking, Duan Shao waved his fist and led the crowd to shout loudly:

"Down with the careerist He Bayue!"

7000 people responded in unison.

　Thanks to book friend Deng Binyi for the reward, the second is brought.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)