Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 366
Wen Zi ascended across the Huaihe River and made a fuss all the way. Nanliang Xizuo was not blind or deaf, and he quickly spread the news to Jiankang.

It is said that Xiao Bodhisattva, who had never been happy or angry, lost his composure when he learned of the slander, and yelled at the Xianbei children for being too bullying.

But spraying people can't solve the problem. Both civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty knew that this was Qi's public opinion offensive before the war. The Qi people's southward invasion that has been talked about for so many years is turning from imagination to reality.

There are advantages and disadvantages in everything, Gao Cheng's big public opinion offensive can certainly arouse the fighting spirit of the army and the people, and it can also enable Xiao Yan to have enough time to dispatch troops and prepare for war calmly.

For the defense of Huainan, the most important thing is to govern Shouyang in Yuzhou Prefecture. Previously, the governor of Yuzhou, Yang Yaren, was captured and killed. Xiao Yan succeeded his nephew Xiao Yuanming as the governor of Yuzhou and guarded Shouyang. Now that Gao Cheng is about to go south, Xiao Yan has successively dispatched [-] land and water troops. Go to Xiao Yuanming's command to prepare for the Qi army.

He also appointed another nephew, Xiao Fan, as the governor of Nanyu Prefecture, and the governor guarded Hefei as a backup.

The other states in Huainan also sent their confidantes to guard Huainan, assuming that they would stick to Huainan.

He also took his son Xiao Yi, king of eastern Hunan, as the governor of Jingzhou, and mobilized the troops from southern Jing to Jiangling for defense.

Xiao Yan also didn't forget Chen Baxian, who performed amazingly in the process of suppressing the rebellion in Lingnan, and ordered his soldiers from the seven counties to go north.

After making a series of transfers, that night, Xiao Yan had a dream. He summoned his favorite minister Zhu Yi and said to him:
"The plain in the dream is completely flat, and the court celebrates it."

After all, he emphasized:

"I have few dreams in my life, and dreams must come true."

At this time, Xiao Yan's mentality had changed. He felt that this dream seemed to foreshadow the defeat of Gao Cheng's Southern Expedition, and Liang Jun took the opportunity to counterattack and flatten the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

Zhu Yi naturally congratulated repeatedly, and for a while, the monarch and his subjects were all beaming.

At the same time, outside Xiangyang City, Hou Jingzheng bid farewell to others, and his reluctance was beyond words.

Gao Cheng often expressed this kind of emotion, but most of it was pretending, but this time Hou Jing really came from his heart.

After Gao Cheng proclaimed himself emperor, he issued a recruitment order. Sima Ziru, Hou Jing's old friend, recommended Wang Wei, so he issued an edict to invite him to Luo to accept the assessment.

Although there is still an assessment to pass, Hou Jingshen knows that with Wang Wei's talent, he will be reused here, and it will be difficult to continue the friendship between master and servant, so he is sad and sad.

Of course, the so-called recommendation of Sima Ziru is an obvious arrangement. After all, Wang Wei is Hou Jing's mastermind. If he wants to transfer him to his side, there must be a reason for it. If there is no reason, he will be summoned by a transfer order. , Hou Jing inevitably became suspicious: When did Wang Wei hook up with Gao Cheng?

It is not without reason that Gao Cheng took so much pains to invite Wang Wei to come.

As the saying goes, one person counts the short, and the two count the long, but most of the civil servants around Gao Cheng are good at government affairs, but there are few military advisors.

Sima Ziru is one of them, but he is 59 years old and has been in poor health for the past few years. If he is allowed to go south with the army at such an advanced age, he may die of illness on the way.

Chen Yuankang, governor of Bingzhou, was resourceful, so Gao Cheng dismissed him from the post of governor of Bingzhou, and chose another confidant, Gao Huan's former bureaucrat Zhang Zhuan, who recruited Chen Yuankang into the court and planned to let him, Wang Hong and Wang Jun serve as military counselors for him.

But this was not enough, Gao Cheng took aim at Wang Wei who assisted Hou Jing to sweep Jiangdong with only 8000 people.

It was he who encouraged Hou Jing to cross the river. When Hou Jingjiu was unable to attack Jiankangtai City, the army was short of food and surrounded by foreign enemies, he proposed a plan to make peace, used the time of peace talks to complete the food transportation, and finally broke the city in one fell swoop.

According to the "Book of Liang", Hou Jing obeyed Wang Wei's words, and even "the table, the letter, the book, and the call are all made by him." '

After breaking through Taicheng, Qin Wang's divisions from all over the country retreated one after another. Wang Wei believed that although there were many reinforcements, there was no unified command. He suggested that Hou Jing should take the initiative to attack and defeat them one by one.

But Hou Jing was arrogant when he was determined, and he did not accept Wang Wei's plan. He followed Xiao Zhengde's words and chose to defend Taicheng, allowing the rebels to scatter, which also paved the way for the subsequent defeat.

Wang Wei made great contributions to Hou Jing's troubles in the south of the Yangtze River. However, after he was captured by Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi pitied him and even forgave him. If Wang Wei hadn't ridiculed Xiao Yi's single-eyed in an essay, he would definitely not have been nailed. belly fate.

It is impossible for Gao Cheng to turn a blind eye to such a great talent. Wang Wei is very useful in the Southern Expedition.

When Hou Jing learned that Gao Cheng ordered Wang Wei to enter the court, he was naturally reluctant to give up, but he did not dare to disobey his order. Fortunately, he had another aide, Suo Chaoshi, to assist him in handling government affairs, so he also let him go according to the edict.

Wang Wei bid farewell to Hou Jing and traveled north by car. When he arrived in Luoyang, Wen Zisheng had already returned to court, and Xiao Yan's discriminatory remarks spread throughout the Gyeonggi area.

Perhaps because he said it too many times, Wen Zisheng seemed to have deceived himself. When he mentioned it again in the court hall on March 548th in the first year of Zhaode ([-]), his expression was resentful, and no one could believe it.

Before Gao Cheng expressed his opinion, Peng Le, the king of Chenliu County, said:
"I would like to lead [-] elite soldiers to capture the old thief from Wu to Luoyang for your Majesty's sake."

The rest of the generals, unwilling to be left behind, came out one after another to challenge the battle.

Seeing that the generals were determined to fight, Gao Cheng asked the civil servants for their opinions.

Shang Shu Zuo Pu shot Cui Jishu to go out first, and said:

"Your Majesty stopped fighting to support the people for seven years, and now the treasury is full, enough to supply the needs of the army's southern expedition. I have heard that 'as a minister, the king worries about the minister's labor, and the king humiliates the minister to death.'

"Now that the false Liang has humiliated the emperor, all the ministers are heartbroken. I ask your Majesty to accept the request of the ministers and conquer Liang in the south to avenge this shame."

The civil servants agreed one after another, and Gao Cheng asked She Digan, the captain of the navy, how many warships the navy has now.

She Digan replied:

"Nowadays, the Navy has more than a thousand ships of various sizes. Among them, the largest one is called Wuya Ship. There are ten ships in total. It has five floors and is more than a hundred feet high. 800 fighters."

Gao Cheng nodded, at least on the surface he has a huge navy, but it has not been tested in actual combat.

Seeing that all the officials wanted to fight, Gao Cheng, who was originally the mastermind behind the scenes, naturally would not shirk. He immediately ordered Sima Ziru to draw up an imperial edict, enumerating Xiao Yan's crimes, and announcing the Southern Expedition to the people.

He also issued an edict to mobilize half of the prefectures and counties in the Sanhe area. A total of 15 foreign soldiers were recruited to assemble in Huatai, and [-] Xianbei soldiers from Liang and Guangzhou were assembled in Luoyang.

He issued an edict to grant the post of Governor of Huluguang, and led [-] Xianbei soldiers from Shanzhou to march westward, assisting Wang Sizheng and Pan Le to guard Guanlong to prevent Yuwentai from going north.

At the same time, Gao Cheng took full charge of the western front with Wang Sizheng, restraining Hu Luguang and Qinzhou Inspector Pan Le, and the guards of each gate. Without Wang Sizheng's order, it is strictly forbidden to go out of the pass to fight.

At that time, in addition to [-] soldiers from Chang'an and [-] soldiers from Guanzhong Prefecture under Wang Sizheng's command, there will also be [-] soldiers from Pan Le, [-] soldiers from Longyou Prefecture, and [-] soldiers from Huluguang westward, a total of [-] The soldiers, one hundred thousand prefectures and counties, are enough to support the Guanlong battle.

　It's gone today. I'm going to think about the Southern Expedition and take a leave of absence.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)