Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 318 Promise (5000)

"Once upon a time, we lived in Beizhen, we lived in the wind and sand, and we lived next to a pack of wolves, so what does Zhongyuan Jinxiu have to do with us?
"The soldiers and civilians of the six towns defended the border for the country, and they forgot to die, but they couldn't eat enough. The people who moved to the south played leisurely and indulged in pleasure, but they held high positions.

"Northern Town was destroyed, we abandoned our homeland and went south to start a business, and we finally got what we are today.

"Father and the princes recalled the years in northern Xinjiang together, and each was deeply saddened. However, what you remember is not the life in Beizhen, but the sadness of the passing years.

"One hundred years of life is fleeting, so we should cherish the present and build up fame. In today's world, Yuwen Black Otter separates Kansai and establishes a separate central government. This is sincerely God bestowing on all the kings to build meritorious service.

"Now Kansai is weak, but the Kwantung army is strong and powerful, and it is the right time to rule the Great Wei. If time is delayed and Kansai survives in the world, it will bring disaster to future generations, and time will change. Who knows what will happen in the future?

"King Goujian of Yue commits himself to be a servant, but he can still swallow Wu. If the descendants are defeated by the Western bandits, we have to wait for several years and pay the east, and the descendants will also be bullied by the Westerners and be inferior to others.

"I, the son of He Liuhun, the eldest son of the King of Bohai, Gao Cheng and Gao Zihui, promise you that if the battle is smooth and the west is reversed, all princes below the duke of the county will be promoted to the first rank, and those who become the duke of the county will have more food Qianhu, if the princes have military exploits, they will be rewarded separately, and the descendants of the Gao family will share the wealth with the descendants of the princes!"

In fact, Gao Cheng and Gao Huan had discussed this reward in private, and it was not done without warning. After all, Gao Cheng also guarded against the fact that there were generals who wanted to support the bandits, just like Peng Le who let go of Yuwentai in the Battle of Mangshan.

He did not use Huaishuo and Wuchuan's backgrounds to instigate confrontation, but replaced them with Guandong and Guanxi. After all, Gao Huan had Wuchuan generals such as Hulu Qiangju under his command, and Gao Cheng also had [-] Wuchuan cavalry soldiers under his command.

Under Gao's special power system, Gao Cheng is not just an heir. In the eyes of the generals, he is also the leader of the Luoyang faction who can stand against Jinyang. He is the well-deserved No. [-] figure in Kanto.

Of course, the Gao family father and son are now deliberately downplaying the Jinyang and Luoyang factions to prepare for Gao Cheng's succession in the future.

The generals who had been waiting with bated breath heard Gao Cheng's promise, and everyone was uplifted. They were no longer sad before, and their minds were all about making a difference in pacifying the Kansai war, and striving for a prominent birth for future generations.

After all, in terms of political reputation, Xiao Gaowang has always given people the impression of "not like his father".

If Gao Huan made a promise, everyone would inevitably murmur in their hearts, not knowing whether it was true or not, but now that Gao Cheng said it, all the generals had no doubts. They were not worried about Gao Cheng's ability to do it. After all, it was just a promotion to the title. The Eastern Wei Dynasty in Tang Dynasty is not difficult.

So they all looked at Gao Huan, wondering what King Gao thought about it.

The Gao family father and son have acted a lot these years, and everyone doesn't know whether today's show was programmed in advance.

But seeing Gao Huan put down the wine cup in his hand, shook his head and smiled wryly:

"My son has grown up and has his own ideas. Since Ah Hui has made a decision, he dare not speak up as a father. According to Ah Hui's words, if the situation is reversed, those below the princes and counties will be promoted to a higher rank. If you are the Duke of the county, you will be rewarded with food for thousands of households in the city, and if you have military exploits, you will be rewarded separately."

After finishing speaking, Gao Huan got up and held up the wine cup, and said to the generals in the hall:

"I will drink this cup with you, and I look forward to your efforts to win the victory of the emperor, and Lubu will win!"

All the generals, including Gao Cheng who had returned to his seat, raised their lamps in return.

The sad atmosphere at the banquet was dispersed, everyone talked and laughed, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

After seeing off the well-fed generals, Gao Cheng was called back to Gao Huan's tent, but King Gao specially ordered his personal guards to fetch two pots of hot water.

"This time, because of my father Meng Lang's recklessness, he almost lost the morale of the army."

Gao Huan frankly faced his mistakes.

It turned out that this time the Gao family father and son really didn't have a script in advance, and Gao Cheng's performance was also a demoralization of the audience, so it rekindled everyone's fighting spirit.

Gao Cheng just chuckled, he knew that since the defeat of the Western Expedition, Gao Huan had been deeply depressed, and he would never be able to let go of it if he did not worship.

Soon, a guard came in with two basins of hot water. Gao Cheng pushed the guard away, washed Gao Huan's face himself, and asked him to step into another basin.

"Xiaozhang and Xiaoyu are not here, who is Ah Hui doing for today?"

Gao Huan laughed.

When did the father and son have this kind of warmth? Gao Huan beat and scolded Gao Cheng, and Gao Cheng found a prisoner who looked like his father to beat him to death.

Before Gao Huan suffered a setback, mutual suspicion and intrigue were the normal state of their father and son getting along.

While washing Gao Huan's feet, Gao Cheng said softly:

"Although today's incident happened for a reason, it was overstepped after all. I asked someone to fetch hot water. I thought it was to please my father so that he would not be punished when he blamed him. I walked into the handsome tent with anxiety. I never thought that my father would not blame me. Instead, he talked about his mistakes with his son, and the son realized that the father was no longer the father who beat and scolded his son in his memory."

Gao Huan was silent for a long time when he heard this, and suddenly he said to Gao Cheng:
"Ah Hui, don't call me King Father anymore, call me Grandpa."

"Grandpa."

In the handsome tent, the father and son were alone, and the 20-year-old Gao Chengru called his father softly as a child.

Since becoming king, Gao Huan seldom heard this title again. When people get old, they always like to recall some past events.

Gao Huan carefully looked at Gao Cheng who was washing his feet, this handsome face kept changing in his sight, sometimes it looked like a baby when it was born, sometimes it looked like a toddler when it was learning to walk, and sometimes it looked like a teenager The naughty appearance of clamoring to ride a horse from time to time...

His face was constantly changing, and finally fixed on the appearance of patiently rubbing his feet.

After a long sigh, Gao Huan stroked the top of Gao Cheng's head and said:

"Ah Hui, I have a hunch that my life is not long..."

"Grandpa..."

"Listen to me, this time, regardless of victory or defeat in the Western Expedition, I will transfer the military power to you. If God is merciful, give me another year or two. I will not bother with military affairs, and will only focus on raising my grandson and godson at home.

"I'm not a good father. Over the years, I have rarely accompanied you and your brothers. Maybe God sees me, He Liuquan, as pitiful, allowing me to have such an outstanding son, and allowing me to let go of power with peace of mind.

"Perhaps I should have done this a long time ago, instead of waiting until now in my dying years, your ability is far superior to being a father, if you don't have my shackles, let you do what you want, I'm afraid the north has long since turned into chaos.

"The big defeat three years ago was due to my father's self-willedness. I didn't listen to Ah Hui's advice, so I worked hard today. For my father... regret it!"

After all, tears were already flowing.

Gao Cheng found a clean cloth and wiped away Gao Huan's tears. Logically speaking, Gao Cheng, who was about to take power completely, should be ecstatic, but he didn't feel any joy in his heart.

I have been father and son with Gao Huan for so many years, and I am often beaten and scolded by this self-proclaimed impatient person at any time, but the power he gives still confirms the love for his son. How many successors who are not only sons in ancient and modern times, can reap the rewards? The power to rival the father.

At this moment, Gao Cheng, who was greedy for power, was no longer shaken by power. He only wanted to serve Gao Huan for a few more years, even if Gao Huan continued to hold military power after the war.

He is still young and has plenty of time to fight for the future, and He Liuhun still has a few years left. Even if he hadn't been injured by falling from a horse three years ago, Yuan Shikong would only have lived until the first month of 547.

Gao Huan said that his life was not long, and Gao Cheng also knew that his body was getting worse year by year.

He is clearly only 45 years old, but he already looks like an old man in his dying years, with full head of hair and a slightly stooped figure, no longer the tall and straight appearance in memory.

"A child does not seek power to overwhelm the world, but seeks his father's well-being and happiness."

Gao Cheng let Gao Huan stroke his head and said emotionally.

Knowing a son is like a father, Gao Cheng's desire for power and desire to perform, with Gao Huan's understanding of people, how can he not understand, but this time, he can feel Gao Cheng's sincerity from the heart, maybe this is the bond between father and son .

The father and son looked at each other for a long time without speaking to each other, until the water in the basin became cold, Gao Cheng wiped Gao Huan's feet completely, and after helping him to rest, he carried the basin and walked out of the handsome tent.

The moonlight was bright and clear, Gao Cheng handed over the sewage to the guards for disposal, while he himself went to find Hu Luguang who was guarding outside the camp.

It turned out that Gao Huan and Gao Cheng arranged for people to patrol ten miles away to prevent Yu Wentai from attacking the camp when they were having a banquet.

In fact, even if Yu Wentai got the news, he would not be able to catch up with him in Weibei. What Gao Huan and Gao Cheng did was nothing more than being bitten by a snake once and afraid of well ropes for ten years.

Gao Cheng returned to the camp of the Gyeonggi Army, but he didn't go in. He waited for Hu Luguang outside the camp.

Soon, Hu Luguang came back after receiving the news, but saw Gao Cheng raised two jars of wine in his hand and grinned at him.

The two found a small earth bag, sat on it, shared a jar of wine with each other, and talked under the moon.

Gao Cheng talked about Gao Huan's words today, and mentioned that he found someone to pretend to be Gao Huan, beat, scolded and humiliated wantonly, and his words were full of remorse.

"Ah Hui, there is no need to blame yourself. Back then, the Prime Minister punished you for no crime. It is normal for you to have resentment in your heart. It was just a moment of impulsiveness. No one will blame you. Besides, only you and I know about this matter. That person was scratched by me Face, abandoned corpse in the wilderness, no one will definitely mention it again.”

Fortunately, this kind of thing happened between Gao Cheng and Hu Luguang. If it was someone else, he would really be worried that Gao Cheng would kill him.

In the early years, Hu Luguang did many shady things for Gao Cheng, such as smothering Yuan Quan, and assassinating Yang Min's brother Yang Kuan, so that Yang Min could escape the crime of leaking secrets.

The relationship between them is not just a master-slave relationship, but also a brotherhood, not the brotherhood between Gao Cheng and Gao Yang, nor the life-and-death brotherhood between Gao Huan, Er Zhuzhao, and He Bayue.

The two drank and talked on the small mound, until they drank all the wine in the altar, and then returned to the camp. When parting, Hu Luguang suddenly asked:
"Does Zihui need me to reveal the Prime Minister's words to Grandpa?"

Gao Cheng patted Hu Luguang's shoulder, shook his head and said:

"Drinking with Mingyue today is just a touch in my heart and has no other intentions. Mingyue doesn't need to think too much. I went to pay a visit to Uncle Hulu. Come back and rest."

Back in the tent, Gao Cheng was furious, Hu Luguang was a good guy, but his mouth was too sincere.

I took him to drink in the middle of the night, and revealed to him the news that Gao Huan would completely delegate power. Naturally, he wanted him to inadvertently disclose it to Hu Lujin, and then Hu Lujin revealed it to his close friends in private, so that everyone was more or less mentally prepared.

Only straight-hearted people like Hu Luguang and Gao Jishi would ask themselves face to face, how else could he answer, could it be:

'That's right, I'm looking for you tonight, and I really have other plans. '

You don't have to be a smart person like Duan Shao, as long as you are a bit crooked, you won't ask such stupid questions.

Gao Cheng couldn't help thinking to himself, did Hu Luguang understand the deep meaning in his words? I told him to pay a visit. Hu Lujin was resting. He didn't really think that I asked him to pay his respects to his father, did he?

The facts were not beyond Gao Cheng's expectations, as expected, Hu Luguang just went to pay homage to Hu Lujin, and then returned to the camp of the Gyeonggi Army.

This time in the Western Expedition, the whole Hulu clan was mobilized, not only Hu Lujin, Hu Luguang's younger brother Hu Luxian, Hu Luguang's uncle Hu Luping, and a group of cousins.

After insinuating the answer on the second day, Gao Cheng also gave up. Even if something unexpected happened at that time, with his own prestige, ability and strength, he would go step by step and there would be no twists and turns.

Therefore, Xiao Gao's desire for royal power is extremely strong. When he was in Gao Huan's tent, he was only emotionally infected for a while, and immediately began to plan for power when he left the camp.

Even when talking about the "filial piety" back then, it implied that Hu Luguang was very concerned about this matter, so don't let outsiders know. Of course, looking at Gao Huan's old state now, he does have regrets in his heart.

There is no pure gold, no one is perfect, and Gao Cheng is just lustful. With a father like him who is full of power and desire, Gao Xiaozhang, Gao Xiaoyu and their unborn brothers will have to endure it.

Perhaps in the later years of King Xiaogao, a dutiful son will appear among the princes, shouting:

"If the old thief does not want to go to the inn, it is better to splash blood on the palace, and die for the rest of his life, so as to achieve the joy of amnesty in the world." '

Staged a story of Gao Qi's filial piety, of course, whether little Gao Wang can live to that time is still a matter of debate.

Since the army entered the sand garden, the army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty slowed down. Three years ago, the reeds in the sand garden were eaten up by the victims.

In the past few years, spring farming in Weibei has often been destroyed by Dou Tai, but Weinan can produce with peace of mind. Therefore, although the people in Guanzhong are not rich, at least they don't need to go to the reed marshes to eat reeds.

Therefore, there are many luxuriant reeds in Shayuan nowadays. During the march, Gao Cheng always sends people to clear the reeds in advance. If the wind is favorable, he will set fire to them; Opportunity.

And this is precisely the battle plan that Yu Wentai drew up before, that is, choose a reed bush in the sand garden to set up an ambush, and personally seduce him.

This is the strategy of the Battle of Shayuan in history, but the reeds were bare three years ago, and there was nowhere to hide.

Unexpectedly, three years later, he met such a reed killer as Gao Cheng again. He wondered if something happened to little Gao Wang when he was young, and he has a psychological shadow on the reeds ever since.

Yu Wentai had no way of knowing, and could only think that Gao Cheng was too cautious, outnumbered, and he was afraid of this kind of opponent.

There is not much difference in the number of soldiers between the two sides. There are 23 soldiers in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, 6000 in the Western Wei Dynasty, and 14 Shu soldiers in the Southern Liang Dynasty, for a total of 19 soldiers.

But in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, apart from Gao Cheng’s [-] personal guards, the rest were warriors. In the Western Wei Dynasty, there were [-] warriors, [-] state and county soldiers, and the Southern Liang and Shu soldiers had only [-] warriors, and the remaining [-] were state and county soldiers. .

The overall military strength is 23 to 19, but the number of soldiers is 23 to [-]. There is a huge gap.

When a plan failed, Yu Wentai had to call all the generals to find a way. Anyway, the Eastern Wei Dynasty was slow and slow.

As for the Eastern Wei camp, the generals were instigated by Gao Cheng, and all of them were eager to fight, but before sending troops, they had already formulated a strategy of fighting steadily and advancing slowly, and no one came out to oppose it.

A total of more than 93 people were mobilized, and with such a large financial investment, this battle really went wrong. Except for the Gao family and his son, no one could afford it. Everyone simply kept silent on the big strategy and let Gao Huan, Gao Cheng deliberated, after all, if you really use your brains, there are really few people in the army who can match these two father and son.

After all, the Eastern Wei Dynasty is famous for its fierce generals, and there are still a few wise generals. As for the counselors, in fact, compared with the famous and unparalleled masterminds in the past dynasties, the Eastern Wei Dynasty is also one of the shortcomings.

However, Gao Cheng, and Gao Huan, who was freed from the Buff of Jiangzhi, are enough to make up for this shortcoming.

The sand garden located between the Luoshui River and the Weishui River is not small. The army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty finally arrived at the north bank of the Weishui River after a long time.

In winter, the Weihe River freezes, even if the ice surface is cut open, it is still possible to ford across the river. Therefore, the Eastern Wei Dynasty deliberately avoided the Weinan camp of the Western Wei Dynasty, and stationed at another section of the river to confront each other.

But in the end, it was an expedition of labor teachers, and the transportation cost of grain was also placed here. In the long run, even the rich and prosperous Eastern Wei Dynasty would not be able to bear such losses, and Yu Wentai often harassed the grain road.

However, because of the existence of Yubi, a material distribution center, Yu Wentai's harassment did not have much effect.

At the moment of the stalemate, Gao Cheng had another bad idea. He asked Gao Huan to recruit Wang Sizheng, and use Dendrobium gold to take charge of jade bi.

Anyway, with 70 civilians in the army, there is no shortage of manpower. It is better to let Wang Sizheng build a city in Weibei and force Yu Wentai to attack.

After all, if he really wants to do nothing, Yu Wentai is really willing to waste time with them. No matter what, he eats Chang'an rice. Even if there is a material distribution center called Yubi in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the food produced by Yubi cannot satisfy more than 93 people. What is needed has to be transported from Jinyang, and Jinyang's grain is also transshipped from the Sanhe area.

This is the disadvantage of raising a large army and going deep into the enemy's territory.

If you are in a hurry, you may be in danger of being destroyed. If you are slow, you can eat up your finances.

If we really want to follow Gao Cheng's original intention, we should not send too many troops, and the civilians should take as little as possible, so we should seek the main force to defeat the enemy in field battles.

But before Gao Huan completely let go, Gao Cheng was still in charge of this family. He only had the right to make suggestions on such a big matter, and it was Gao Huan who made the final decision.

Gao Huan made up his mind to fight a war that would destroy the country, and made preparations for it for a long time. He was ready to finish the battle, and he planned to rest for a few years regardless of success or failure. The reason for Gao Cheng.

He was originally in charge of the army, and Gao Cheng was in power. If he wanted to recuperate, it would be useless for him to hold on to the military power. After all, the Gao family did not have any disputes about successors.

　Compared with the 4000 words per day in the first half of the month, I have already worked hard at 5000 words per day during this period, brothers, don’t call me short anymore.Today's update may be relatively late, or a chapter in the evening and a chapter in the morning, each with [-] words

　　
　
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