Chapter 73 Shrewd and resourceful to ride out the chaos

During his heyday, Er Zhurong suddenly asked his surroundings: "When I die, who will be the commander in the army?" Everyone around replied: "Er Zhuzhao." Er Zhurong didn't think so.He said: "Although Er Zhuzhao is brave and good at fighting, he can only command about 3,000 troops. If there are more troops, he will mess up the formation. Only He Liuhun (Gao Huan) can command the army on my behalf." Although the traitors know the traitors, they sympathize with each other and abstain from each other.After becoming suspicious of Gao Huan, on the one hand, he reminded Er Zhuzhao to be on guard secretly, and on the other hand, he transferred Gao Huanyuan to be the governor of Jinzhou.Soon, Erzhu Rong was killed by Emperor Wei Zhuang, and the Erzhu family rebelled against the imperial court one after another.

Most of the soldiers who surrendered in the rebellion in the six towns were Xianbei people, and there were also many Han people, Huns, Gaoche people, Di people, and Qiang people.After they were relocated to Hebei, they were constantly bullied by Qihu soldiers of the Erzhu family and rebelled repeatedly.Er Zhuzhao (brother of Er Zhurong clan) who had just hanged Emperor Wei Zhuang and was in charge of the state affairs of Wei State felt a headache about this and asked Gao Huan for advice. Gao Huan replied: "The soldiers from the six towns rebelled endlessly, and they couldn't all be killed. Your Majesty, you should choose someone with your confidantes to lead them. If there is another rebellion, blame the generals. You can't kill a large number of soldiers every time." Er Zhu Zhao felt that the suggestion was very good, so he asked who could be the commander.He Bayun, who was drinking together, suggested nonchalantly that Gao Huan should lead the soldiers in the Six Towns.Gao Huan pretended to be furious, stood up and punched He Bayun until his mouth was full of blood, and his front teeth fell to the ground, cursing: "When the king of Taiyuan (Er Zhurong) was alive, he could do whatever he wanted. Now that the king of Taiyuan is dead, the whole world will die." Everything is up to Prince Erzhuzhao, what are you, if the prince has not spoken, it is your turn to make irresponsible remarks?"

Er Zhuzhao was very moved, and felt that Gao Huan was loyal, so he took advantage of the wine and announced Gao Huan as the commander of the six towns.Gao Huan was overjoyed.He has been messing around under the Erzhu family for a long time, and what he lacks is an army that he can directly command. He Bayun, a foolish hat, was nominated for himself, and Er Zhuzhao drank too much, so he immediately issued such an order . I am afraid that Er Zhuzhao will regret it after waking up. Gao Huan immediately issued an order after leaving the camp: "I am now ordered to take charge of the town soldiers, and they will all go to Fendong to receive my orders." camp.The soldiers from the Sixth Town had always hated Erzhu and his Qihu soldiers, so they rushed to Gaohuan to gather in a very short time.

Soon, Gao Huan wrote to Er Zhuzhao, saying that there were many frosts and droughts in Shanxi, and the soldiers had no food. He asked to move to Shandong to solve the problem of military food.Gao Huan's original intention was to stay away from Er Zhuzhao and get rid of his threats and control. Shi Murong Shaozong, the commander of Erzhu Zhaojun, read the book and immediately advised: "No! Now there is chaos in all directions, and people have different expectations. Gao Gongxiong is the best in the world, and he is holding his troops outside. It is like borrowing a dragon to use clouds and rain. He can no longer be controlled. .”

Er Zhuzhao was courageous but not resourceful, explaining that he and Gao Huan were brothers who had been sworn brothers.Murong Shaozong said: "Brothers can't be trusted, let alone brothers?" Er Zhuzhao was furious, put Murong Shaozong in prison, and ordered Gao Huan to move to Shandong. Gao Huan led the army to set off from Jinyang. On the way, he met Er Zhurong's wife returning from Luoyang to Shanxi with a large cart and a small cart of belongings. He also had 300 good horses, so he sent troops to snatch them all for himself.Er Zhuzhao was furious after hearing his sister-in-law who had lost her horse and returned in embarrassment, crying and reporting, and hurriedly released Murong Shaozong to ask for advice.

Murong Shaozong said: "Gao Huan can't escape now." So Er Zhuzhao himself led the army to chase after him. After chasing to Xiangyuan, just when the Zhang River was soaring, Gao Huan thanked him across the river: "I borrowed the princess horse (Er Zhurong's wife was named the eldest princess of Beixiang, not the daughter of the royal family of the Wei Dynasty) to defend against Shandong thieves. If If you believe the princess's slander, I will cross the river and die, if you kill me, my subordinates will immediately defect." Er Zhuzhao was bold and foolish, rode his horse across the river, and met Gao Huan Sitting down in the tent, he drew out his saber to Gao Huan, and stretched out his neck for Gao Huan to chop (much like the spirit of Tianjin gangsters who are not afraid of death).Gao Huan burst into tears, telling the Erzhu family's favor and loyalty to him.So the two of them drank and got very drunk, and killed the white horse to make a vow.

At night, Gao Huan's subordinate Wei Jing (Gao Huan's brother-in-law) ambushed a strong man to kill Er Zhuzhao, Gao Huan immediately stopped him: "If you kill Er Zhuzhao now, his followers will surely gather for revenge. Enemy, if there is a hero who takes advantage of the opportunity, it will be a disaster. Er Zhuzhao is fierce and scheming, it is better to let him go." The next morning, Er Zhuzhao returned to camp and ordered Gao Huan to cross the water to his camp.Gao Huan also wanted to be a hero, but was dissuaded by the general Sun Teng.Er Zhuzhao cursed across the river, but the river was rushing and the army couldn't get through, so he had to gallop back to Jinyang.

Gao Huan returned to the camp, and went to Nian Xian, who was in charge of the soldiers' families in the army, to pretend to chatter.Nianxian is Er Zhu Zhaoan's confidant in Gao Huan's camp to monitor Gao Huan.After Gao Huan sat down, he boasted that the sword in Xian's waist was beautiful, so he took it to watch.Nianxian didn't know what it was, so he passed the knife to Gao Huan.Gao Huan casually cut Er Zhu's last nail in his army. After Gao Huan arrived in Shandong, he strictly enforced military discipline and committed no crimes in autumn. Every time he crossed the wheat field, he dismounted his horse and reined in. The local people were very happy and supported him. (This is the same as Cao Cao's performance in Zhong.)

After all, he was endowed by Erzhu's family, Gao Huan didn't know how loyal his subordinates were to the Wei Dynasty controlled by Erzhu's family, and he didn't dare to break with Erzhu's family.In order to make the subordinate soldiers have no way to retreat, he came up with a plan together with him. He sent his subordinates to forge Er Zhuzhao's military order, and ordered Gao Huan to lead all the soldiers from the six towns back to Shanxi to serve as Qihu soldiers. To attack Jihu. Originally, the soldiers from the six towns had been bullied by the Qihu soldiers of the Erzhu family, and now they were conscripted to serve as slave soldiers of the Qihu people. They all felt that life would be worse than death.Gao Huan pretended that the military order was urgent, and selected more than ten thousand soldiers from the army, and immediately urged them to set off.The generals Sun Teng and Wei Jing also pretended to beg for orders for the soldiers, and they were given a five-day reprieve.The soldiers were worried and frightened, Gao Huan then pretended to postpone the trip for another five days.

When the panic of the sergeants of the six towns was almost brewing and the fire was just right, Gao Huan, as the commander in chief, held a farewell ceremony with the advance army of more than 10,000 people.The soldiers who were about to embark on the road to Shanxi were crying, and the grief came from it, which was earth-shattering. Gao Huan sighed, and said: "You and I are both from township households, a family. If you go west to fight, you will definitely die! If you miss the military period, you will die when you arrive at the destination; you will be assigned to the Qihu people as a part-timer." , have to die! In short, it is a dead end. What should we do?"

The soldiers immediately shouted: "Only rebellion!" Gao Huan looked very anxious: "Rebellion is a last resort, who can take the lead?" The soldiers screamed, and they all pushed up the joy.Gao Huan looked as if he had to bear the blame for everyone.After hesitating again and again, he said to the soldiers in the six towns: "You people are very difficult to control. Think about it, Ge Rong has millions of people, but there are no military regulations and discipline. If you choose me as the leader of the army, you will no longer be able to bully the Han people at will (most of the soldiers who surrendered in the six towns are Xianbei people) as before, and you cannot violate military orders. Otherwise, I will not rebel with you.” "Life and death are up to you!" Wan Yujun shouted in unison. So Gao Huan slaughtered cattle and sheep, rewarded the soldiers, and set up troops in Xindu. For the sake of justice, Gao Huan and his subordinates named Yuan Long, the clan of the Wei Dynasty and the prefect of Bohai Sea, as emperor. In 532, Gao Huan confronted the Erzhu clan for the first time, defeated Erzhuzhao with less, defeated Erzhu Zhao in Guanghe, and captured more than 5,000 people.Er Zhuzhao, Er Zhu Shilong and others raised troops after Er Zhurong's death, entered Luoyang, hanged Emperor Wei Zhuang to death, set up a festival for Emperor Min, and ruled the world.It turned out that a family was fighting in a nest, having different ideas and guessing each other.Suddenly Gao Huan was born as a common enemy, but they united with one heart.Erzhu Tianguang set off from Chang'an, Erzhu Zhao raised his troops from Jinyang, Erzhu Dulu sent from Luoyang, and Erzhu Zhongyuan rushed from Dongjun. The four-way army, with a total of 200,000 people, gathered in Yecheng and lined up in Jiahuanshui. Getting ready for a decisive battle with Gao Huan, he wanted to attack this "ungrateful" "thief" and his subordinate soldiers from the Six Towns in one fell swoop. Gao Huan sent Feng Longzhi to stay in Yecheng, and personally led troops to station Zimo.At that time, Gao Huan had less than 2,000 horses and 30,000 soldiers, while the enemy had 200,000 soldiers.Under the situation of being outnumbered, Gao Huan used oxen and donkeys to block the retreat of his army, and formed a circular formation around Hanling. The soldiers had no way out, and they all had the heart of death. The battle between the two armies was imminent, and Erzhuzhao immediately scolded Gao Huan for rebelling against the Erzhu clan before the battle. At this moment, Gao Huan had no excuses: "Originally, I wanted to assist the emperor together with you, where is today?" Erzhu Zhaoce said on horseback: "King Yong'an (the title of the slain Emperor Xiaozhuang before he came to the throne) killed Taiyuan King (Er Zhurong) in vain. I did this for revenge." Gao Huan scolded loudly: "We used to be under Er Zhurong's tent together, and I knew everything about you persuading him to rebel. Besides, the emperor kills ministers, how can you repay him? Today I will break up with you!" After speaking, the two armies fought.Gao Huan led the central army to advance, the general Gao Aocao led the left army, and Gao Huan's cousin Gao Yue led the right army.Gao Huan's army was at a disadvantage in the battle and was forced to retreat.Erzhu Zhaojun rushed straight at him.Gao Yue led 500 cavalry to meet the enemy. Another general of Gao Huan, Hu Ludun, gathered up the scattered soldiers and regrouped and rushed forward from behind Er Zhuzhao. , Erzhu Zhaojun was defeated.When he was defeated and fled, Er Zhuzhao beat his chest to Murong Shaozong and yelled: "There is no need for public words, so this is the case." The Erzhu family fled in all directions.The governor Hu Sichun and others, who were originally at both ends of the head rat, returned to Luoyang first, and killed the Erzhu clan's henchmen who stayed behind.Erzhu Shilong, Erzhu Dulu, and Erzhu Tianguang were captured and beheaded one after another. Emperor Min sent people to comfort Gao Huan, the festival established for the Erzhu family.At this moment, Gao Huan felt that the Anding Wang Zhi, whom he had established as emperor before, was alienated, so he sent his subordinate Wei Langen to observe how Emperor Jiemin was, and prepared to welcome him again. Wei Langen believed that Emperor Jiemin had a brilliant spirit, and he might not be able to hold him back in the future.Brother Gao Gan and other subordinates also persuaded Gao Huan to say that Emperor Jiemin was established by the Erzhu family and his name was not correct, and persuaded Gao Huan to abolish him.Gao Huan imprisoned Emperor Jiemin in the temple. Pick and choose, choose Pingyang Wang Yuanxiu.At that time, Yuan Xiu was hiding with Wang Sizheng, the cavalry servant who had a good relationship with him. When he suddenly saw Wang Sizheng leading Gao Huan's men and horses looking for him, his face turned pale with fright: "Are you betraying me?" Sizheng said no. He asked again, "Can you save my life?" Sizheng replied: "The world is fickle, I really can't tell." Yuan Xiu was surrounded by four hundred cavalry and went to Gao Huan's big tent.Gao Huan bowed down and stated his sincerity, with tears in his eyes, Yuan Xiu bowed back, expressing his daring.Only then did the prince know that he was not going to kill him, but to make him emperor.The Zen table written by King Anding had been handed over to him, so he signed and agreed.Yuan Xiu became emperor and was Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In May, the Wei Dynasty poisoned and killed Emperor Jiemin (at the age of thirty-five), and also killed Prince Yuanlang of Anding and Yuan Yeye of East China Sea who had been emperors.Poor these sons and grandsons of the dragon have completely become "things" in the hands of generals and officials.Soon, he killed Emperor Xiaowu's uncle Runan Wang Yuanyue, because he was "persecuted by his position" and had a great possibility of becoming emperor. Emperor Xiaowu of the Wei Dynasty appointed Gao Huan's daughter as queen, and Gao Huan became the head of state. In the next year, Erzhu Zhao, the last fish of the Erzhu family who slipped through the net, was defeated at Xiurong and was forced to hang himself.Erzhu's last nail was pulled out.General Murong Shaozong of Erzhuzhao returned with Erzhuzhao's wife and the rest of the people. Gao Huan treated him very generously for his loyalty.He was well aware of the principle of "each is his own master", and he didn't take any suspicions because Murong Shaozong told Er Zhu Zhaojin that he would kill himself.