Chapter 842 It’s hard to feed a talented person

Chapter 842 It’s hard to feed a talented person

The chaotic situation in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Three Kingdoms period was second to none in the entire ancient history.

The chaos in this period is not the kind of chaos in which everyone is arguing about being alone and fighting with each other endlessly, but the kind of chaos in which people think that the situation will be stable, but suddenly become chaotic, think that the situation is about to collapse, but are trembling with stability. down. The so-called political wisdom and the so-called historical experience have completely lost their effect in this situation of frequent accidents and chaos.

The Northern Dynasty was divided due to the mutiny of the Six Towns. The Southern Dynasty seemed stable under the control of the old helmsman Xiao Lao Bodhisattva. A Hou Jing Rebellion tore the entire Southern Liang to pieces. The Eastern Wei Dynasty versus the Western Wei Dynasty was originally a crushing game with obvious advantages, but Gao Huan played it into a long-term confrontation. The Western Wei Dynasty had a difficult start and finally stabilized the situation. They lost everything in the battle of Mangshan, but they did not want to survive the desperate situation and completed internal harmony through the government army system.

When a great chaos broke out in the Southern Dynasty, Jiangling Xiao Yi became the winner, but the capital was captured by the Western Wei Dynasty. The Western Wei Dynasty took advantage of the war in the Southern Dynasties to first restore Hanzhong, then take Bashu, and finally seize Jiangling. It can be said that it was full of gains and wiped out the decadence after the Battle of Mangshan. However, a crisis of internal and external discord broke out again!

It seems that there will never be an absolute winner in this world, and new chaos will inevitably break out after every seemingly glorious victory.

For example, the Northern Qi Dynasty had just defeated Kumoxi and the Khitan with its strong national power. Even the new overlord of the grassland, the Turks, was severely damaged. They praised the heroic emperor, but turned around and were stabbed in the back by Rouran, who was protected by him. After giving the white-eyed wolf Rouran a lesson, Gao Yang, the leader of Qi who returned to the army, had to face the situation of losing the important towns in Huainan one after another.

In September, the leader of Qi, Gao Yang, came to Heluo in person, intending to fight the Western Wei Dynasty. However, the Western Wei Kingdom ignored this, and Gao Yang could only order the construction of several more cities and then return to Jinyang.

Although this expedition was fruitless externally, it achieved a lot internally. Several generals who had been canonized as kings at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China faded out of the army, and military power was transferred to several younger brothers of Qi Lord Gao Yang and close relatives such as Gao Yue and Duan Shao. In the hands of the ministers, of course, the final power is still in the hands of Gao Yang.

With several foreign wars since the founding of the country, coupled with the adjustment of internal personnel order, Gao Yang now finally has the power, and no longer has the embarrassing situation of being incompetent in virtue in the early days of the founding of the country.

Not long after returning to Jinyang, Gao Yang ordered to summon all the craftsmen from the country to gather in Jinyang, demolish the old palace in Jinyang and build a new palace. As for himself, he led the civil and military ministers and large groups of troops back to Yecheng to preside over state affairs.

Shortly after Gao Yang arrived in Yecheng, news came from the south that the Western Wei army had left Wuguan and attacked Jiangling.

When Gao Yang learned about this, he was furious. He had been shouting at Heluo before but could not get a response. He thought that the Western Wei Dynasty was cowardly and timid, but he thought that the other party was brewing other battle plans and provoking him. Then completely turn a blind eye. This feeling of being ignored naturally made Gao Yang extremely embarrassed.

"A cowardly thief, I thought he was afraid of the strong and avoided fighting, but I didn't expect that his thief nature was still rampant. He used Guanshan as a barrier and refused to fight with me. He took advantage of the geographical advantage to attack the weak. It is really hateful!"

While Gao Yang loudly cursed the Western Wei Dynasty for bullying the weak and fearing the strong, he also asked the ministers for strategies: "Now Black Otter is relying on its dangerous pass to conquer Jingxiang. The leader of the Liang Kingdom is cowardly and his ministers are weak, so he may be difficult to defeat. If he can get the support of Liang, he will , The thieves are getting stronger, what plan do you have to stop them?"

Xin Shu, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who had been in Huainan for a long time, came forward and made a speech: "When Hou Jing in the old days made trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the land in the north of the Yangtze River and in the south of the Yangtze River was owned by me, but the corner of Yiyang was still occupied by the Qiang Li Boshan. The former Li Boshan teamed up with General Liang Attacking the towns in Huainan, now that I think about it, it turns out that the following is actually here! The Liang army in the lower reaches has failed to show respect to our country, while the Wei army under Li Boshan is guarding Hefei. Even though I have the intention of running for rescue, I have lost coordination with the Liang army in the south of the Yangtze River. .

Li Boshan is also a tiger general. He has gained control of Xiongcheng and it is very difficult to defeat him. If he can gather a large army in Huaibei and attack Yiyang, he will lose his advance and retreat. The retreat route is blocked and the isolated city is difficult to defend. When the enemy retreats to the west, we can regain Hefei. Now that the Liang Kingdom has been attacked, all the troops downstream will be alarmed and suspicious. At that time, they will be based in Hefei and then suppress the troops, hoping to get twice the result with half the effort and complete our power in Huainan. "

As soon as Xin Shu finished speaking, Duan Shao, who had just returned from Huainan without success not long ago, said: "Xin Shangshu has known the military affairs of Huainan for a long time, and what he said makes sense. First, drive away the thieves Li Boshan, and then suppress the Liang Kingdom's disciples. Things will get easier after difficulties. However, the Qiang thieves have already taken the lead, so I should pursue them quickly. If Yiyang is difficult to defeat, the army will be unable to succeed for a long time. It is unpredictable what the situation will be like in Jingxiang!

It is better to first make things difficult and then make things easier. The armies of the Liang Kingdom are not in harmony with each other and work on their own. Now that the capital of the country is under attack, everyone must be shocked and suspicious. Since our country can use both kindness and power, we sent an advance envoy to write a letter to Wang Sengbian, the Taiwei of Liang State, and ordered Chen Ba of Liang State to return Guangling first, and at the same time the army went south to Guangling. After recapturing Guangling, the generals of the Liang Kingdom must rely on my power if they want to save their king.

At that time, we will look upstream again. If Jiangling exists, we can save it. If Jiangling does not exist, we can recruit the generals of the Liang Kingdom and use them to control the Qiang thieves. Moreover, Li Boshan has been in Jingxiang for a long time, and he is responsible for the expansion of the territory to the southeast. Now he has entered Jiangling, how can he be willing to stay out of it? Which one is more important, Jiangling or Hefei? If you sacrifice the big for the small, how can you have no secrets? Being too hasty may not be a good idea! "

After hearing these two ideas, Gao Yang also weighed the two ideas and quickly made a decision, that is, two strategies should be implemented in parallel. First, Pan Le, King of Hedong, would lead an army of 20,000 troops southward to occupy Xuanhu, with his troops pointed directly at Yiyang. At the same time, he sent an envoy south to Jiankang and ordered Wang Sengbian to return Guangling City. Then Gao Yue, king of Qinghe, and Duan Shao led an army of 50,000 people and marched directly to Guangling.

However, soon after the army assembled and crossed the Yellow River, the latest news came from the south, making the Northern Qi monarchs and ministers realize that their previous entanglements were unnecessary. Jiangling City was destroyed!

"The rebel army has only been there for a few days, but the city of Jiangling was actually destroyed? Who is Xiao Yi, the leader of Liang, so helpless? Or was it destroyed by Li Boshan? Isn't he in Hefei? Are you talking nonsense?"

The message contained in a brief message made Gao Yang, who regarded himself as shrewd, feel that his mind was full of questions. He was puzzled and tortured by curiosity. He wanted to give the apostle who reported the message a beating first. .

However, relevant news came one after another, which also proved the authenticity of the previous news. After Gao Yang learned about this situation, he couldn't help but sigh: "Although Li Boshan has fallen down and abandoned me to join the bandits, he is really brave and heroic. Therefore, Let’s not talk about the performance for the moment. We were still stationed in Hefei, but in the blink of an eye, we entered Jiangling! It’s not good! If I could have this disciple, the world would not be peaceful.”

Gao Yang had mostly negative feelings about Li Tai, a thief general who abandoned the bright and turned to the dark side. But now that he heard that he fought on all sides and conquered a large city in such a short period of time, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration. In his heart, he secretly had a love for talents, and was deeply jealous that Yu Wentai had such a good general.

After sighing, Gao Yang quickly recovered his mood, adjusted his previous tactics, and ordered his confidant Zhao Denan to declare: "As the King of Hedong returns to the court, the above party king will lead his division and brigade to join the division of King Qinghe and go to Guangling. We must use both soft and hard tactics to recapture Guangling so that the Liang generals will not dare to disobey me!"

Although Gao Yang often behaves recklessly, this is usually just a means to frighten the masses. In fact, he is very shrewd in his heart. Especially when faced with such unexpected situations, he can often grasp the key points intuitively.

Now that Jiangling City was breached, even he was surprised. It is conceivable that the soldiers of Nanliang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River would only be even more frightened. In such a situation, he needs to appear in front of these Nanliang generals with an absolutely tough attitude as soon as possible, destroy these people's defenses, and then achieve the goal of controlling the remaining personnel forces of Nanliang.

As for the several important towns in Huainan currently occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty, even Li Boshan has moved to fight elsewhere. It is conceivable that they are not the core interests in this current change.

If the remaining forces of Nanliang can be grasped, a puppet regime can even be established while it is leaderless. This strategic prospect is naturally not comparable to that of several towns in Huainan.

Moreover, although Pan Le was considered a more respectful and docile one among the heroes, he was also inextricably linked with the other heroes, and Gao Yang was not happy for him to continue to lead the army for a long time.

Previously, I was worried that this group of people might encounter a fight with Li Boshan, so I sent a stable veteran. Now that I know where Li Boshan is, there is no need to use a veteran. The generals of Nanliang alone are not worthy of too much attention.

The huge changes that have occurred in Jiangling are enough to affect the subsequent situation of the three-legged confrontation, so Gao Yang is also paying close attention to the development of the situation. In order to obtain the latest information faster, he stayed in Yecheng for a long time and mobilized some of the soldiers who were left behind in Jinyang.

As time goes by, more and more details of the events have been added and improved. The personnel changes of the Western Wei army were naturally reported to Yecheng. Even if ordinary people heard about it, they might just be confused. However, after Gao Yang learned about this incident, he was naturally able to taste more information.

"Haha! I was wondering, how brave and courageous is Black Otter to be able to control such a talented person? Sure enough! In the poor and narrow land of Guanxi, the people are in dire straits and the profits are meager, how can a strong man be allowed to do justice? With such a talented man like Li Boshan, Black Otter has no If you feed them, they will turn against you in the long run, as you can see today!”

Seeing his old enemy unlucky brought him double happiness. After Gao Yang learned about this situation, he felt even more happy. At the same time, he couldn't help but comment on Li Tai: "This Li Boshan has finally succumbed to his inferiors for a long time. Someone has the right weapon! When he first seized the power of the army, he should have marched north, captured the pass, killed the black otter, and threatened the monarch. When did Jiangling seem to be unable to capture it? , In fact, the root of the evil is deep. How can we tolerate the black otter for a long time, even if we occupy Jingxiang?

As a man who was ordered to do something in danger and dared to create a country without any merit, Gao Yang's vision was very vicious.

Back then, even his mother objected to him replacing the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but he knew that his reputation would be inconsistent with his words. If he did not have a famous position to suppress those Jinyang nobles, he would probably be stripped of his skin by them soon. Li Boshan's biggest mistake in this series of rebellion was not to uphold justice. No matter how prosperous he was at the moment, just because of this shortcoming, he was bound to be at a disadvantage in the subsequent long-term confrontation, and even be defeated. Finally exhausted!

Gao Yang originally had a lot of appreciation for Li Boshan in his heart, but after seeing his short-sightedness and cowardice exposed at critical moments, he suddenly felt a little boring. If you make such a reverse move, you are destined to have no way back. If you cannot go all the way to the end and achieve the final victory, the only outcome will be death!

But this is good news for Northern Qi. Originally, Gao Yang was worried that the Western Wei Dynasty might increase its power after capturing Jiangling. Gathering manpower and material resources between Jiang and Han in Guanzhong would become more difficult to deal with.

But now that Jiangling has been captured, the Western Wei Dynasty has fallen into serious internal strife.

Yu Wentai was furious at the betrayal of his close subordinates, but was unable to check and balance. Although Li Boshan occupied the land of Jingxiang, he had to govern the newly opened land, suppress the endless rebellions, and guard against the black hands coming from behind. The two sides are entangled with each other, and in the next period of time, they will all lose the ability to fight externally.

Nanliang lost its father and was leaderless, and must have been in chaos. While the Western Wei Dynasty was temporarily unable to invade and expand its achievements, the Northern Qi Dynasty could be said to have come from behind and could take the opportunity to increase their control and influence over the remaining forces of the Southern Liang Dynasty.

However, just as Gao Yang was in a good mood and continued to wait for news from the south, the news from Jiankang made him quite angry: Wang Sengbian, the Taiwei of Nanliang, directly rejected the request of the Northern Qi envoy and refused to return Guangling City.

When Gao Yang learned of this situation, he was very angry. He issued several edicts in one day, urging Gao Yue and other armies to speed up their advance, and launch an attack immediately after their troops arrived at Guangling!

There was more than one thing that made Gao Yang worried. Because of his personal concern about the situation in the south, more and more news about the south spread among the people in Yecheng. Especially the news about Li Boshan was mostly talked about by Corporal Ye Liu, which inevitably aroused Gao Yang's vigilance.

On this day, Ting Wei's case attracted Gao Yang's attention. Cui, the governor of East Yanzhou, was imprisoned for corruption and dereliction of duty. As a result, after the trial, Ting Wei only had Cui's concubine executed in the city, but Cui was still imprisoned.

"How is this going?"

Gao Yang took this file and went straight to the Ministry of Secretariat. He threw the file in the hall and angrily rebuked: "Why don't you kill the prisoner Cui?"

Yang Min, the governor of Shangshu Province, stood up hurriedly and explained: "Cui suddenly suffered from a disease of partiality while in office, and it was difficult to take care of things. The imperial court did not send envoys to replace him in time, and his concubine relied on his favor to favor the traitor..."

"Don't make sophistry, this old slave deserves to die, die quickly! Whoever takes this diseased old slave out to govern a large state and harms our country's affairs will be severely punished!"

Gao Yang roared angrily, pointed at Yang Min's nose and ordered.

After hearing this, Yang Min hurriedly bowed to the ground and responded respectfully. He waited until Gao Yang rolled his sleeves and left before standing up and returning to his case. After writing the order, he sighed secretly and went to other provinces to summon the slaves. , whispered in a low voice: "Go to Cui Changru's house and tell him that he is difficult to save. The family can prepare for the funeral."