Chapter 14 Thirteen, take refuge in Er Zhurong

When Gao Huan first joined Du Luozhou's rebel army, what he thought about was how to stand out and make a name for himself on the battlefield.However, he was soon disappointed. Du Luozhou was good at inciting everyone to rebel. He lacked leadership skills and treated his subordinates badly, so he was not worth following.He discussed with several comrades in private and decided to find an opportunity to kill Du Luozhou and become the leader of the rebel army himself. Before the plan was implemented, the secret was leaked. Du Luozhou sent someone to hunt down Gao Huan, forcing him to flee in embarrassment with his family and his family. Only Duan Rong, Cai Jun, Wei Jing and other buddies were left by his side.

Gao Huan will never forget the desolate scene at that time.He rode the only horse in the family and walked in front. Lou Zhaojun hugged his daughter, carried his son on his back, and slowly followed behind on a cow.Every time Gao Huan ran a distance, he had to stop and wait for his wife and children.The most irritating thing is that his son Gao Cheng accidentally fell off the back of the ox when he was young, and Lou Zhaojun had to get off the ox to pick it up.Gao Huan was anxious and angry, so he bent his bow and set up an arrow, intending to shoot and kill his own son.Lou Zhaojun yelled in fright, but fortunately Duan Rong came up from behind and rescued Gao Cheng.A group of people stumbled and finally escaped from danger and arrived at the territory of Ge Rong's army.

(The misfortune of "losing a wife and son" is not uncommon for the founding monarchs who were born in commoner clothes. From Liu Bang to Liu Bei, and then to Gao Huan, Gao Huan is a warrior, and his handling methods are more ruthless than the two Liu emperors. Liu Bang has Xia Houying, Liu Bei There was Zhao Yun, and Gao Huan also had a subordinate Duan Rong who was born and died. Although Duan Rong's status was higher than Xia Houying and Zhao Yun, he was Lou Zhaojun's brother-in-law. The most indispensable thing for a person to achieve great things is "consulting with others, This is the essence of leadership temperament, and it is also where Gao Huan surpassed many "reckless heroes" of the Northern Uprising.)

Ge Rong, who is so powerful in Hebei, is also not popular in Gao Huan's eyes, but he is just a little better at fighting.He had seen through it, these bumpkins from the six towns were arrogant only for a while, and had no future (Gao Huan obviously included himself in the ranks of "cow buns").Gao Huan's eyes turned to Zhu Rong, the handsome chieftain who had just shown his talents in the suppression of the rebellion. Er Zhurong is the leader of the Qihu tribe. We should not be unfamiliar with the "Qihu" ethnic group. It is a different translation of "Jiehu" (the ancient sounds of "Qi" and "Jie" are similar).In other words, the Erzhu family was of the same family as the Later Zhao Shi family.The difference is that the Erzhu family did not go south to the Central Plains during the Yongjia Rebellion, but remained in Xiurong in the north (northwest of Shuozhou, Shanxi today), and was the chief of the local tribe.

In the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Erzhu family followed Tuobagui, Tuobatao and other emperors, and conquered other tribes everywhere. They made outstanding military exploits and won a lot of awards.It was passed down to Er Zhurong's father, Er Zhu Xinxing, who had a wealth of wealth and tens of thousands of livestock. He was a famous horse breeder in the north during Emperor Xiaowen's time.Every time Erzhu Xinxing went to Luoyang to meet the emperor, princes and nobles rushed to give him treasures and antiques in exchange for Erzhu Xinxing's fine horse. In peacetime, good horses are treated as pets, but when wars come, they become an important capital for making a fortune.After Erzhu Xinxing died, Er Zhurong inherited the family property.He was born with fair skin and handsome appearance (Chehu is a branch of white people. Regarding Er Zhurong's appearance, we can roughly infer from the races of Eastern Europe and Central Asia today), and his subordinates are strict and orderly. He is an idol-level figure known far and wide .There were riots in the six towns, and many rebellions occurred in Xiurong area.Er Zhurong sold the family's cattle and sheep, recruited brave warriors, distributed horses and clothing, and formed an army to suppress the rebellion.

In the battle between the north and the south of the Great Wall, the number and quality of horses are enough to determine the outcome, especially in the chaotic battles with low tactical content.In less than two years, Er Zhurong has become the most powerful counter-insurgency force in Shanxi.Most of the rebellions and rebellions in Shanxi were easily solved by him, which was in stark contrast to the defeat of the regular army of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Hebei.After winning the battle, he asked to go east to support Hebei. The Northern Wei court was afraid of him (after all, he was not his own soldier). The military (basically the whole of Shanxi), but vetoed his request to switch to war, and only allowed him to stay in Shanxi with peace of mind.

Gao Huan went around Hebei, and finally concluded: Shanxi is still a good place.He "defected" for the second time, left Ge Rong's team, and went to Xiurong to meet Er Zhurong. Interestingly, Er Zhurong has long admired the unknown Gao Huan. It turned out that the bunch of friends Gao Huan made in Huaishuo were basically divided into two categories.Duan Rong and Wei Jing, who were closely related to Gao Huan and had a close relationship with him, have been wandering around the world with Gao Huan; Fleeing, they all went to work under Er Zhurong's subordinates.These people were around Er Zhurong, and from time to time they praised Gao Huan for his extraordinary bearing and outstanding knowledge (it can be seen that he drank the good wine back then, and he didn't drink it for nothing), which made Er Zhurong feel itchy.Children from aristocratic families like him are generally talented (wealth and talent are interlinked).He did recruit a lot of talents in the process of conquering from east to west. For example, the brothers He Basheng and He Bayue mentioned above were also recruited by him after Yuanyuan failed.After hearing so many benefits from Gao Huan, Er Zhurong wished to see Gao Huan immediately.

When Gao Huan really stood in front of him for the first time, he couldn't help feeling like his dreams were shattered.In reality, Gao Huan is full of travel and dust, with a haggard face, like a homeless vagabond, who doesn't look like a Geschizhe. Er Zhurong rolled his eyes at Liu Gui who was joining the army beside him, showing some dissatisfaction.Liu Gui understood, and said, "Let me change Gao Huan's clothes first, and my lord will summon him later." Er Zhurong agreed.When we met for the second time, I felt better.Er Zhurong wanted to test his talent, so he led him to the stable, pointed to a horse and said, "This horse has a violent personality and is difficult to deal with. Please trim the mane for me."

When Gao Huan was in the Huaishuo Town Army when he was young, he had to deal with horses of various temperaments. Although he had no money to raise horses, he knew horses better than the rich people who played horses all day long.He walked up to the horse calmly, stroking the mane, manipulating the tools, without using any bridle or rein, and started to move his hands.That horse, which never listened to people's orders, was also strange. No matter how Gao Huan dealt with it, it didn't say a word, didn't kick a hoof, and obediently asked Gao Huan to trim its mane neatly. After the task was completed, Gao Huan turned around and said casually, "Taking up the wicked is the same as treating this horse."

Er Zhurong was dumbfounded, he had never seen such a neat person, let alone Gao Huan could sum up such a profound philosophy, he thought: Liu Gui and those people really didn't lie to me.The impression changed completely.He welcomed Gao into the inner room, turned away from the left and right, and asked respectfully: "How do you view current events?" Gao Huan thought for a while and said, "I heard that Duke Ming has adopted famous horses from all over the world. There are as many as twelve places of origin, and the color of the horses in each place is exactly the same. I don't know what is the intention?"

If Er Zhurong realized something, he didn't answer directly, but said, "Let's talk about what you mean." At that time, the power in the Northern Wei Dynasty experienced another change of hands.The leading general, Yuancha, imprisoned Queen Mother Hu for five years. His defenses were lax and he no longer obstructed the communication between Emperor Xiaoming and Queen Mother Hu.Empress Dowager Hu, Emperor Xiaoming and Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong secretly agreed on a plan, and acted suddenly in the sixth year of Zhengguang (525 A.D.) to remove Yuan Cha from his post and military power, and cut off the title of the late eunuch Liu Teng. The Empress Dowager returned to the court as regent.Later, Queen Mother Hu claimed that someone had reported Yuan Cha's rebellion, ordered Yuan Cha to be killed, and rehabilitated her lover Yuan Yi. The Empress Dowager Hu didn't care about the chaos in various states and towns. After taking power for the second time, she raised more cheesy faces to satisfy her lust.The most famous one is Zheng Yan, her father's former subordinate, and the other is Yuan Yi's confidant Xu He.Empress Dowager Hu favored the two of them, promoted them to Zhongshu Sheren, and was in charge of drafting the imperial edict, and made Zheng Yan the doctor of advice and Xu He the doctor of Guanglu.Zheng Yan and Xu He were more beautiful than Yuan Yi, but they didn't have Yuan Yi's talent, so the court was naturally disturbed, and the aging Emperor Xiaoming hated them very much. Empress Dowager Hu was afraid of losing the power that she had finally obtained again, so she was extremely wary of her own son, and tried her best to keep him empty.As long as she had a close relationship with Emperor Xiaoming, she would find a reason to get rid of her.There was a Taoist Mi Duo who often accompanied Emperor Xiaoming because he could speak multiple languages. Empress Dowager Hu worried that he would inform the emperor in words she could not understand, so she sent someone to assassinate him.The relationship between mother and child is getting more and more tense.Emperor Xiaoming did not have a single soldier in his hands, and even the Forbidden Army in the inner palace was controlled by Queen Mother Hu and others.He urgently needs to find a force to help him regain power. It was against this background that Gao Huan, who had never been an official in the court but was extremely keen on politics, confided his thoughts on the current situation to Er Zhurong.He said: "Today's emperor is weak, the empress dowager is promiscuous, favors the wicked, and dominates the government, so that the government orders are not good. According to He Liuhun's opinion (he calls himself by his Xianbei name), Minggong is wise and mighty. Under the banner of the Emperor's side, crusade against Zheng Yan and Xu He, and then the hegemony can be achieved." Gao Huan's words were not only insightful, but also very useful to Er Zhurong.Er Zhurong's surprise at this time was no less than Liu Bei's pleasure when he heard Longzhong's love.Er Zhurong had long wanted to annex the world. When he got Brother He Ba, he said: "Brother I Deqing, the world is not peaceful." Gao Huan swept away the doubts in his mind and said what he wanted to say. But I don't know what to say.So he firmly believed that Gao Huan was a super talent bestowed on him by the heavens.The two talked more and more speculatively, and they didn't rest until midnight from noon.Since then, Gao Huan has become Er Zhurong's confidant and participated in the plan to enter Luoping. (Gao Huan's analysis of the current situation is quite high. His method, the so-called "serving the emperor to win over his ministers", is always politically correct and proactive. It can be said that if it is not because of the weak strength of the Qi family, he has to With the help of other forces, it is entirely possible for Gao Huan to stand out at the beginning of the chaos. In the chaos, the most rare thing is to see the essence behind the chaos.) Not long after this conversation, a secret order was delivered to Er Zhurong.Sure enough, Emperor Xiaoming also took a fancy to Er Zhurong, and asked him to lead his troops into Luoyang to force Empress Dowager Hu to return to power.Er Zhurong couldn't wait for it, so he immediately mobilized his generals and headed straight to Luoyang with Gao Huan as the vanguard. The army went to Shangdang (now Huguan, Shanxi), and suddenly received a private edict from Emperor Xiaoming: stop marching.Er Zhurong was suspicious, and instead of retreating, he sent people to Luoyang to continue investigating.A few days later, shocking news came from Luoyang: the nineteen-year-old Emperor Xiaoming died suddenly.