Chapter 75 Heroes of the Two Wei and Five Wars

As expected, Emperor Xiaowu of Wei just came out of the tiger's lair and entered the wolf's mouth.According to historical records, Emperor Xiaowu's boudoir was impolite, and none of the three cousins ​​were allowed to marry. They were named princesses in name, but actually served as concubines in the palace.One of the plain princesses, Yuan Mingyue, is his favorite.Yu Wentai persuaded the kings surnamed Yongxi Wei and Yuan to snatch Princess Pingyuan from Emperor Xiaowu and kill her to eliminate the ugliness of incest. Emperor Xiaowu resented the injustice, and the beauty was taken away. His grief and indignation can be seen. From time to time, he bowed his bow and set an arrow in the palace, or slashed at the table with a knife to vent his injustice. He couldn't hide his hatred for Yu Wentai in words.Yu Wentai had a lot of eyes and ears around the emperor, and upon hearing this, he acted simply. He sent someone to put poison into Emperor Xiaowu's wine, and poisoned the very assertive emperor to death at the age of twenty-five.Then, he made Yuan Baoju, the elder brother of Princess Pingyuan, the emperor.

Yu Wentai, whose name is Hei Otter, is a Xianbei Hun.His father, Yu Wengong, was the earliest general in the rebel army of the Six Towns who rarely practiced etiquette.After his father died in Tanghe, Yu Wentai joined Ge Rongjun.After Er Zhurong defeated Ge Rong, he liked his bravery and skill in fighting, and gave him the post of commanding the army.After Gao Huan destroyed the Erzhu family, he was entrusted by He Bayue to go to Bingzhou to check the situation. Gao Huan saw that he was eight feet long, with his hands down to his knees, and his appearance was extraordinary, so he wanted to keep him to work for him.Yuwen Taigu asked him to return to the army, Gao Huan hesitantly allowed him to go back.Immediately regretted it afterwards, and wanted to kill Yu Wentai to avoid future troubles, but he failed to catch up after chasing to the pass, just like Xiang Yu did not kill Liu Bang, Cao Cao let Liu Bei go, Huan Xuan accommodated Liu Yu, and finally raised a tiger to cause trouble.After Yu Wentai finally wiped out Gao Huan.

After Gao Huan replaced the emperor, he felt that Luoyang was close to the Western Wei Dynasty in the west and Liang State in the south, so he decided to move the capital to Yecheng.Three days after the order was issued, 400,000 households went to the road in a panic.He also appointed Sima Ziru as Shangshu Zuo Pushe (this person is the rogue literati who ran away with Er Zhurong's family regardless of his wife after Er Zhurong was killed. He also persuaded Er Zhu Shilong to counterattack Luoyang, and the death of Wei Xiaowu Emperor Its roots depend on its success), Gao Longzhi served as the right servant, Gao Yue served as the servant, and Sun Teng stayed in Yecheng to rule the government together.

In 536, Gao Huan led an army to build three pontoon bridges and prepared to rush across the Yellow River in Puban.The first East-West Wei War—the Battle of Xiaoguan kicked off. Yu Wentai is indeed a genius among soldiers. He said to the generals: "Gao Huan surrounded our army on three sides and built a pontoon bridge to indicate that he would cross the river to attack. In fact, he wanted to attract the attention of our army and make Dou Tai march from the west on both sides. Attack us. Dou Tai is one of Gao Huan's valiant generals. He has been defeated repeatedly, and the soldiers must be proud. We will send out surprise troops to attack Dou Tai first, and Gao Huan will win without a fight." The generals disagreed, thinking that Gao Huan was close In front of his eyes, instead of fighting or defending, he turned around and attacked Dou Tai. If something went wrong, the whole army would be wiped out.

Yu Wentai's nephew Yu Wenshen agreed with him, thinking that if Dou Tai faced Gao Huan's army at Puban, Dou Tai would definitely take the opportunity to attack from the opposite side, and the two sides would definitely fail under the attack.He suggested to choose elite soldiers to go straight out of Xiaoguan (to the left of Tongguan). Dou Tai is impatient and will come to fight, while Gao Huan is cautious and must wait and see. After defeating Dou Tai, he will fight back against Gao Huan. Sure enough, when the Western Wei army rushed to Xiaoguan, Dou Tai was caught off guard and led his troops to the battle. Yu Wentai broke out from Ma Muze and defeated Dou Tai. The Eastern Wei soldiers were killed and injured, and Dou Tai committed suicide.

Due to the thin ice of the Yellow River, soldiers and luggage could not cross, so Gao Huan had to pull down the pontoon bridge and return to the army.The Western Wei army pursued from behind, and Xue Guyan, the general behind Gao Huan's palace, hacked fifteen steel knives in one battle. The battle was extremely tragic, and finally Gao Huan and his party were able to escape.The first time the two sides played against each other, it ended in Gao Huan's failure. Gao Huan's other member, Ma Gao Aocao, marched smoothly. He set off from Shangshan with nowhere to go. When he led his troops to attack Shangluo, he was shot by a stray arrow and his body was bruised, three of which were penetrating wounds. He died and recovered.In order to comfort the army, he immediately jumped up and rode around the city without a helmet, which greatly boosted the morale and captured Shangluo City.After the city was conquered, he lay in the tent to heal his wounds, feeling that he was going to die, and sighed, "It's a pity that I don't see my brother Gao Jishi as the governor of Bingzhou." Gao Huan heard this and immediately appointed Gao Jishi as the governor of Bingzhou.

Gao Aocao was the third younger brother of Gao Gan who died in the conspiracy of Emperor Xiaowu and Gao Huan.This person has dragon eyebrows and leopard beard, and has a majestic body. He has been rebellious since he was a boy, and he has gathered swordsmen to plunder everywhere. "Taiping Guangji" contains three of his poems, among which "Zhengxing Poem": "The dragon breeds a thousand sheep, and the spring connects a hundred pots of wine. Hunting around the mountains from day to day, and welcoming brides every night." It is conceivable that he was young. A bohemian life.Er Zhurong hated his heroism, and once trapped him and imprisoned him in Luoyang.After Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Er Zhurong, he knew that the Gao brothers were heroes, so he personally sent them back to their hometown by the Yellow River to collect a set of songs.Gao Aocao was generous, and he danced his sword before leaving to show his heart of death.

After Emperor Xiaozhuang was murdered, he defected to Gao Huan and defeated Er Zhu's family.Later, Emperor Xiaowu killed his elder brother Gao Gan, and sent someone to kill him. He led more than ten riders to Jinyang to return to Gao Huan.Gao Huan was regarded as a general, and he made many meritorious deeds.After the Battle of Xiaoguan, Gao Aocao returned with his entire army, and was awarded the title of Military Commander and Commander of the Seventy-six Commanders. At that time, Gao Huan's subordinates were mainly Xianbei generals, and they all despised the Han people, but they were afraid of Gao Aocao.When Gao Huan gave orders to his generals, he often gave orders in Xianbei, but as long as Gao Aocao was by his side, he would definitely switch to Chinese.Xianbei general Liu Gui and Gao Aocao were at odds. Once the two of them were discussing at the same place. Someone reported that many people were drowned by the river steward. Die!" Hearing this, Gao Aocao was furious, and he drew his sword and cut Liu Gui.Liu Gui fled and returned to the camp, Gao Aocao then beat drums to summon his subordinates, and reined in his troops to attack, but finally he was persuaded by others for a long time before giving up.Another time Gao Aocao played a game of 槊槊 (a kind of chess) with Zheng Yanzu, the governor of Northern Yuzhou. Liu Gui sent his men to call Zheng Yanzu to discuss military affairs.Gao Aocao refused to let Zheng Yanzu go, and sent troops to clamp Liu Gui's envoy with wooden shackles and stand aside.Liu Gui's Xianbei was used to his arrogance and arrogance, and jumped around and shouted: "The shackle is easy, but it is difficult to get rid of it." Hearing this, Gao Aocao drew a knife from his entourage, and slapped the man's neck fiercely, saying: "There is another How difficult!" The head fell to the ground.After Liu Gui heard about it, he didn't dare to come and argue.Another time Gao Aocao went to the prime minister's mansion to meet Gao Huan, but the guards at the gate refused to let him in. He turned his horse's head around, bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot back to kill the guards.Gao Huan didn't blame him when he heard about it... From this we can see how important Gao Aocao's position is in Gao Huan's heart!

Gao Huan is well aware of the contradictions between his Xianbei soldiers and the Han people.He had a lot of resources, and said to the Xianbei people: "The Han people are your slaves. Men farm for you, women weave clothes for you, and pay taxes on millet and silk so that you have food and clothing. Why do you bully them?" Said: "The Xianbei people are soldiers hired by you. They get some clothes and food from you, and they can protect you from thieves and thieves. They can keep you in peace. Why do you hate them so much?" He also tried his best to persuade the pedantic and inflexible Han ministers.Once Gao Huan was about to go out to fight, a minister named Du Bi asked Gao Huan to eliminate the internal thieves before going out.Gao Huan asked who the inner thief was.Du Bi said it was the Xianbei nobles who robbed the people.Gao Huan did not answer immediately.He ordered the sergeants in the battalion to put up their bows and arrows, hold their swords high, and move forward with their sheaths in their hands, so that they could stand in layers. Then he ordered Du Bi to walk back and forth in the ranks.Du Bi was a scholar. He had never seen such a battle before. He was so frightened that he was trembling and sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Gao Huan said to Du Bi: "Although you don't shoot with an arrow, don't stab with a scorpion, and don't cut with a knife, you are scared out of your wits. All the noble generals charge into battle on the battlefield and die a hundred times. Although some people may There are acts of corruption and robbery, but compared with their usual military achievements, how can they be compared?" Du Bi knelt down and nodded, apologizing for his reckless advice.Killing two birds with one stone, not only blocked the mouth of the admonisher, but also bought the heart of the Xianbei sergeant.

In 537, Gao Huan led 200,000 troops from Hukou to Pujin.The second East-West Wei War (Battle of Heyuan) began. Due to the severe drought in Guanzhong, Yu Wentai took less than 10,000 army horses to rest in the Hengnong barn for more than 50 days, and it was very difficult for the hungry soldiers who were almost skinny to rest.Hearing that Gao Huan was crossing the river to fight, he hurried into the customs to prepare. Gao Aocao led 30,000 soldiers and horses to surround Hengnong.Gao Huan's staff counseled him: "Western Wei's thieves have suffered from famine for years, so they ventured to Shanzhou to grab grain. Now Gao Aocao has surrounded Hengnong's granary, and the grain cannot be transported out. We'd better split up our forces and not fight with them. The enemy soldiers engage in battle, and by the time of Maiqiu, most of the enemy soldiers and civilians will starve to death, and Yu Wentai will have to surrender if he does not die. So we had better not cross the Yellow River." General Hou Jing also advised, "Our army's hundreds of thousands of soldiers come here at one stroke. In case of defeat, it will be difficult to gather troops for a while. It is better to divide the army into two and advance one after another. If the front army wins, the rear army will attack with all its strength; If the front army is defeated, the rear army can take over and serve as a reserve team to attack the enemy." Gao Huan didn't listen to these two opinions, and proceeded across the Yellow River from Pujin. When Yu Wentai arrived on the south bank of the Wei River, none of the soldiers and horses recruited from the states were in place.His generals thought that there was a huge gap between the few and the few, and suggested that they wait for Gao Huan's army to go west before sending troops to meet. Yu Wentai insisted, "If Gao Huan arrives in Chang'an, he will definitely surrender to him. Now that he is here from afar, he can be defeated in one fell swoop." So a pontoon bridge was built to cross the Weihe River, and the soldiers were ordered to carry food for three days in hardcover. Gao Huan's army stationed troops for sixty miles.He also sent his general Da Xiwu with three cavalry disguised as sergeants of the Eastern Wei Dynasty to sneak into Gaohuan's camp in the evening to detect the army's password. Gao Huan's soldiers, who obeyed the law, stepped forward to raise their whips and beat them randomly, and stayed all night to find out all the deployments of Gao Huan's army before returning to the camp to report. Gao Huan learned that Yuwentai's soldiers had arrived and led them to meet the enemy. Yu Wentai's subordinate Li Bi believed that the enemy was outnumbered and he could not stand on the ground, so he could lay an ambush in the reed-covered swamp ten miles away.Yu Wentai felt that this strategy was feasible, so he ordered the soldiers to stop their flags and drums, lie in ambush among the reeds, and rush out when they heard the sound of the drums. The governor of Gao Huan's subordinate Hulu Qiangju persuaded: "Yu Wentai only wants to fight to the death, like a mad dog, he will bite people even if he risks his life. Weiqu is dense with reeds and muddy, and the soldiers don't need to fight with all their strength. It's better to stick with it. Then secretly send elite soldiers to attack Chang'an and take out the enemy's old den, then Yu Wentai will be captured alive." When Gao Huan heard that there were overgrown reeds in Weiqu, he had an idea, "How about setting the fire to burn the enemy to death?" Hou Jing, who has always been shrewd, came up with a bad idea at this time, thinking, "Yu Wentai should be captured alive to declare to the people. If he is burned into coke, who will believe that we really won?" While hesitating, Gao Huan's general Peng Le called for the battle, shouting loudly: "We have a large number of people, and if we capture one out of a hundred, are we afraid that we will not win the battle?" So Gao Huan ordered an attack. The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty saw that there were very few soldiers in the Western Wei Dynasty, all of them were greedy for merit and rushed forward, and the due battle formation was not formed.When the two armies met, Yu Wentai beat the drums himself, and the soldiers lying in ambush among the reeds stood up to stand up. Li Bi led an armored cavalry to attack from the side, and the Eastern Wei army was cut into two sections. The soldiers were terrified. Li Bi's younger brother, Li Biao, is a small man with extraordinary courage. Every time he leaps into battle, he hides on the horse's back and chops left and right. Whenever the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty saw his "unmanned" horse, they exclaimed "" Avoid this little guy."Yu Wentai saw it from a distance, and sighed to the left and right: "If you have such courage, why do you need a body of eight feet!" Geng Gui, the general of Zhenglu, was also skilled in martial arts. Every time he entered the battle, the armor and robes on his body were all stained red by the blood of the enemy.Yu Wentai said: "Looking at his armor clothes, you can tell that you have killed many enemies. Why count the heads to discuss merits?" Gao Huan's generals are not fools either.General Peng Le went deep into the Western Wei army, and was stabbed by several long yu so that his intestines flowed out. He stuffed the intestines back into his abdomen with his hands and fought again with his gun. Seeing that the team was scattered, Gao Huan wanted to gather his troops before attacking.The roll call officer came back after a while and reported: "All the camps are empty, the soldiers are dead and scattered, and no one answered." Gao Huan was still hesitating, unwilling.General Hu Lujin persuaded: "The hearts of the people are scattered and cannot be reused. We should immediately rush to the east of the Yellow River." Gao Huan sighed in the saddle and did not move. Hu Lujin beat the horse with a whip. The group fled. After the battle, Gao Huan lost 80,000 soldiers and 180,000 battle armors.When Gao Aocao heard the news, he also withdrew from Huanong and surrendered to Luoyang.After this victory in the Western Wei Dynasty, Yu Wentai had enough soldiers and food, and everyone was happy. The next year, that is, in 538, General Gao Huan Hou Jing recaptured Luoyang Jinyong City from Yuwentai, and burned down a large number of residential buildings and official temples in Luoyang. Yu Wentai had already brought the torch of Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty back to Luoyang to pay homage to the tomb of the first emperor of the Wei Dynasty. After hearing the news, he led his army to help and beheaded General Gao Huan, Modolou Daiwen.Hou Jing broke through overnight, and Yu Wentai pursued him. Hou Jing set up a large formation, with Heqiao in the north and Mangshan in the south, to fight Yuwentai's army.During the scuffle, Yu Wentai's war horse was shocked by Liu Ya, throwing Yu Wentai to the ground.The army of the Eastern Wei Dynasty chased up and surrounded them, and both left and right scattered.Governor Li Mu got off his horse and beat Yu Wentai who was lying on the ground with a whip, pretending to scold: "You foolish soldier, where did your lord go, why did you stay here by yourself?" After listening to Li Mu's tone, he decided that Yu Wentai was not some noble and high-ranking official, so they all turned their heads and dispersed to chase and kill more valuable targets.Li Mu helped Yu Wentai get on his horse, and both of them fled. Because the army of the Western Wei Dynasty was so large at this time, the army regained its strength, so it turned around to meet Hou Jingjun, who was defeated and left. Gao Aocao was arrogant and had always looked down on Yu Wentai, so he ordered the generals on the left and right to hold banners with official names and umbrellas showing their precious names, and straddle their horses to join the battle.The Western Wei Army mobilized the most elite troops to besiege Gao Aocao, causing his entire army to be wiped out. The hero finally ran to Heyang South City alone.It happened that the guard was one of Gao Huan's uncles, Gao Yongle, who had an affair with Gao Aocao, and closed the city gates to prevent Gao Aocao from entering the city. At this moment, the great hero was lying on the shallows, calling up to the city for a rope, but no one answered; he drew his sword and slashed at the city gate, trying to make a hole to escape into the city.The city gate is so strong that even after a long time it cannot be cut open.The Western Wei brigade chased after them, but Gao Aocao knew that his life was in danger, so he turned around and raised his head to meet him, and shouted loudly: "Come on! I will be the founder of the country with you!" After returning to the Western Wei Dynasty, the soldiers who beheaded Gao Aocao were rewarded with 10,000 pieces of silk, which were distributed according to the amount every year. Until the fall of the Zhou Dynasty founded by Yu Wentai, the reward of silk was not exhausted. When Gao Huan heard the news of Gao Aocao's death, he was so frightened that he beat Gao Yongle with two hundred army sticks, and awarded Gao Aocao as Taishi, Da Sima, and Taiwei. In this Heqiao battle, the two Wei armies had a very large formation, hanging from head to tail. From morning to night, they fought for dozens of rounds.Hu Duxin, Zhao Gui and others of the Western Wei Dynasty were at a disadvantage in the battle, and they did not know the news of Yu Wentai and Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty in the chaos, so they all abandoned the army and returned first.When the other generals saw this, they also fled with them. Knowing this, Yu Wentai also burned his camp and fled. Wang Sizheng, who was born as a literati, got off his horse and stabbed left and right with Changyu, knocking down several people with one stab.Due to the deep engulfment, all the followers died, and he himself was knocked out due to heavy injuries, and he was not beheaded because the enemy retreated in the dark.Wang Sizheng wore tattered clothes and armor every time he fought. The enemy did not know his status as a general, so his head was not cut off.Soon, his subordinates found him among the corpses and helped him mount his horse and return to camp. General Cai You of Pingdong dismounted to fight, and persuaded him to ride a horse so as to escape. He said angrily: "Prime Minister Yuwentai loves me like a son, how can he be afraid of death today?" Leading a dozen soldiers shouted in unison, attacking The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty killed and wounded many.The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty surrounded him more than ten times, and they dared not approach him for fear of his bravery.Cai You bent his bow and held it full, turning around to point at the arrows.The soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty found a soldier in thick armor and holding a long knife, rushed straight to Cai You, 30 steps away, and persuaded Cai You to shoot arrows.Cai You said: "Our lives are all here, how can we shoot in vain!" The enemy soldiers rushed to a distance of ten steps, and Cai You shot and killed the comer with one arrow.Seeing this situation, the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who surrounded them dispersed suddenly, and Du You finally had to return to the camp with the left and right. In the battle of Heqiao, the two sides were basically tied, but Gao Huan lost the Han general Gao Aocao, and the loss was not insignificant. In 543 A.D., the Fourth War between the Wei and Wei Dynasties (the Mangshan War) kicked off. The fuse of this war was caused by Gao Aocao's elder brother Gao Zhongmi's surrender of Yuzhou in the north to the Western Wei Dynasty.The deeper reason was caused by Gao Huan's son Gao Cheng's lust. When Gao Cheng was fourteen years old, he committed adultery with his father's concubine, Zheng Dache, and was almost killed by Gao Huan. After Sima Ziru played around with him, he killed the maidservant who first accused him, and the father and son reconciled.Later, Gao Cheng fell in love with Gao Zhongmi's beautiful wife, Li Shi, and as soon as they met, he threw himself on her clothes and wanted to rape her.Mrs. Li refused, her belt was torn, and she cried to Gao Zhongmi after she got away.It happened that Gao Zhongmi was about to be released as the governor of Northern Yuzhou. Frightened and annoyed, he surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty as soon as he took office. Yu Wentai personally led the army to meet Gao Zhongmi, and the army went to Luoyang to surround the southern city of Heqiao.Gao Huan also personally sent 100,000 soldiers to cross the river from the north bank of the Yellow River. Based on Mangshan Mountain, he did not fight for several days. Yu Wentai left all his luggage and went to Mang Mountain at night to attack Gao Huan.The scouting cavalry quickly informed Gao Huan that the Western Wei army had only come with weapons and dry food, and was already forty miles away from Gao Huan.Gao Huan reined in his troops and waited for the enemy.At dawn, when the two armies met, General Gao Huan Peng Le charged thousands of cavalry into the Northern Army of the Western Wei Dynasty.Someone told Gao Huan that Peng Le had defected, and Gao Huan was furious.Soon, there was dust flying in the northwest direction, and Peng Le successfully sent his envoys to capture a total of forty-eight people, including five princes including Lintao Wang Yuanjian of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the generals and staff.Gao Huan attacked with drums and beheaded more than 30,000 people. Gao Huan sent Peng Le to pursue Yu Wentai.Yu Wentai was in a panic, and begged Peng Le immediately while running: "Isn't this General Peng Le? If you kill me today, will you still be useful tomorrow? Why don't you return the camp immediately and take away all the gold and silver treasures I left behind?" and take it?" The savage Peng Le also felt that his words were reasonable, so he abandoned Yuwentai, went back to the camp Yuwentai abandoned, put a large bag of gold and silver on his horse and ran back to Gao Huan to report.It seems that "playing bandits" and "raising bandits" were not invented by the generals of the Tang Dynasty. Ever since Gou Jian punished Wen Zhong and Liu Bang killed Han Xin, "cooking rabbits and dogs" has always been the most feared thing for warriors. The military generals regard it as a long-term strategy, and let the "bandits" slip through the net from time to time, so that when the world is in trouble, they can protect the military's status and respect, and avoid the disaster of killing all birds. Peng Le returned to Gao Huan with a large bag hanging behind his horse, and reported with his mouth wide open: "The black otter escaped by chance, and he was terrified of fright." , ordered Peng Le to lie on the ground, stepped forward and grabbed the old man's head and slammed it into the ground, gnashing his teeth for a long time, raised the knife several times in his hand to chop off Peng Le's head on the spot, weighed it over and over again, and couldn't bear to do it. Gu Le's face was covered with blood, he raised his head and begged Gao Huan to give him another five thousand troops, and returned to chase after Yu Wentai.Gao Huan scolded: "You let everyone go, and you said nothing about returning to the battle and chasing after him." He sent someone to fetch 3,000 bolts of silk and put it on Peng Le's back to reward him for his victory. The next day, the Eastern and Western Wei armies regrouped and fought again. Yu Wentai's three armies joined forces to attack the Eastern Wei army. Gao Huan was defeated and all the infantry were captured.For a while, Gao Huan's mount was also shot to death, and Helian Yangshun, his subordinate, dismounted and gave the horse to Gao Huan, and seven others followed for protection. When the pursuers gathered, Gao Huan's confidant, Captain Wei Xingqing, said, "Your Majesty, hurry up and leave. I have a hundred arrows in my waist, enough to shoot hundreds of people, and protect you from retreating." Gao Huan said emotionally, "If we all survive, Take you as the governor of Huaizhou. If you die in battle, let your son be the governor." Wei Xingqing said: "My son is too young, I hope my brother will be the governor." Gao Huan promised. Wei Xingqing refused to fight alone in the rear, and was killed by soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty. In order to ask for credit, soldiers who surrendered in the Eastern Wei Dynasty reported the direction of Gao Huan's escape to the Western Wei Dynasty. Yu Wentai recruited 3,000 death squads, all armed with short soldiers, led by the governor He Basheng to chase after him.In the chaos, He Basheng found Gao Huan who was running for his life in a hurry. Zhiqiang and Shisanqi chased after him. After chasing for several miles, the tip of the lance almost pierced Gao Huan several times, and shouted: "He Liuhun (Gao Huan) Huan), I, He Ba Po Hu (He Ba Sheng's word Po Hu), will kill you today!" Gao Huan was exhausted and terrified, and almost died of a heart attack immediately.His entourage fired arrows from the side, shot over the two horses of the Western Wei Dynasty, and killed He Basheng's mount.When the deputy horse arrived, Gao Huan had run away without a trace.He Basheng sighed: "It's God's will that I forgot to bring my bow and arrow today!" After the war, Gao Huan returned to Yecheng and killed all of He Basheng's sons left in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.He Basheng was furious when he heard about it.When Yu Wentai heard the news of He Basheng's death, he wept for a long time, and said to his left and right: "All the generals look flustered when they are facing the enemy, but He Bagong looks as usual when he is in battle. He is really a brave man!" Due to the defeat of the troops under five generals including Zhao Gui in the Western Wei Dynasty, the situation on the battlefield changed again.The Eastern Wei soldiers regrouped and rushed over.Yu Wentai attacked and retreated when he was defeated. He led his army to flee, and the Eastern Wei army pursued him.Because Duhuxin and others collected scattered soldiers from the Western Wei Dynasty and harassed the Eastern Wei pursuers from behind, Yu Wentai was able to escape and stationed troops in the upper reaches of the Weihe River. Gao Huan sent his troops into Shanzhou, and Feng Zihui, his subordinate, advised Gao Huan to take advantage of the victory and pursue him, and he would be able to unify the two Weis.But the rest of the generals had no fighting spirit, their morale was exhausted, and they dared not fight again.At that time, Yu Wentai was at the end of his strength, as long as Gao Huan's army arrived, he would surely die.Seeing that the generals were discouraged, Gao Huan ordered to return to the army, and missed an excellent opportunity. Wang Sizheng, who has been guarding Hengnong's granary for Yuwentai, heard the news of the defeat of the Western Wei army. Instead of fleeing, he made people open the city gate, undressed himself and lay on the tower, comforting the soldiers, in order to motivate them and show his courage.A few days later, the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty came to the city. Seeing the city gate wide open, and knowing Wang Sizheng's reputation, they were so timid that they fled without fighting.Zhuge Liang's "Empty City Plan" was done in Romance, and Wang Sizheng's "Empty City Plan" is actually recorded in official history. The Eastern Wei army recaptured Northern Yuzhou and Luozhou, and Hou Jing captured Gao Zhongmi's wife and children and sent them to Yecheng.Since Gao Gan and Gao Aocao were both heroes of Gao Huan, Gao Zhongmi's younger brother Gao Jishi immediately ran back to surrender when he heard the news of his brother's rebellion. Gao Cheng dressed up beautifully, and went to see Gao Zhongmi's wife, Li Shi, who was about to be executed, and asked, "How is today?" Li Shi was silent, so Gao Cheng accepted him as a concubine.Because of a woman, Xunchen rebelled abroad, my father died several times, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed and injured in the two Wei Dynasties. At that time, nobody dared to criticize Gao Cheng for this disaster.What makes future generations feel the most absurd is the ending.Gao Cheng was stabbed to death by a slave in the future, and his younger brother Gao Yang usurped Wei Zili and established the Qi State, and was later honored as Qi Xianzu.The Li family that Gao Cheng obtained from Gao Zhongmi entered the palace of Gao Cheng's mother, Empress Dowager Lou, as a female official (official name Changyi).After the death of Qi Xianzu Gao Yang, the benevolent and weak prince Gao Yin succeeded to the throne.Fearing that Gao Yang's younger brothers Gao Yan and Gao Zhan would usurp the throne in the future, several Han ministers Yang Xie and Zheng Yi conspired to send the two kings out as assassins to eliminate the threat, and reported the matter to Gao Yin's mother, Queen Mother Li.Empress Dowager Li thought that she and Li Changyi were in the same family, so she showed her the secret letter from Yang Yi and others. Li Changyi, the wife of the second husband, was loyal to Empress Dowager Lou, and immediately reported it to Lou.Empress Dowager Lou loved her two biological sons, Gao Yan and Gao Zhan, and conspired to kill Yang Jue and other Han ministers together. Soon after, Gao Yan abolished his nephew Gao Yin to stand on his own feet (he sent someone to kill Gao Yin the next year).Gao Yan only served as emperor for two years. He died of a hunting horse falling to the ground and hurting his ribs, and passed the throne to his younger brother Gao Zhan.After Gao Zhan succeeded to the throne, he became addicted to alcohol and raped several empresses Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, and Gao Yan (all of whom were his own sisters-in-law). kill.When Gao Zhan's son Gao Wei came to the throne in the future, he poisoned Gao Cheng's fourth son, Gao Changgong, king of Lanling.Moreover, the demise of the Qi State fell in the hands of the Queen Qi.The reason is that if Gao Cheng hadn't robbed Gao Zhongmi's wife, Li Shi, it would be impossible for this person to be a female official in the Empress Dowager Lou's place.Gao Yang's crown prince, Gao Yin, was mentored by Han ministers and old Confucians since he was a child. Although he was not weak, he was indeed the master of benevolence. With the strength of his father and ancestors and the strength of the Northern Qi soldiers, he might be able to unify the north.However, when Gao Cheng snatched the secret from Gao Zhongmi's Li family, several Han ministers died, the benevolent little emperor was abolished and killed, Gao Zhan and Gao Wei were both cruel and absurd, and finally led to the overthrow of Qi State.This kind of historical retribution and ambush is just like the foreshadowing in the novel. In fact, it is difficult for a good novelist to fabricate such a bizarre plot. Three years later, in 546 A.D., the Fifth Great War between the Eastern and Western Weis—the Battle of Yubi broke out. In October of that year, Gao Huan, who was over fifty years old, led an army of 100,000 to besiege Yubi (now Jixian County, Shanxi Province), an important stronghold in the lower reaches of the Fen River in the Western Wei Dynasty.Wei Xiaokuan, the defender of the Western Wei Dynasty, guarded the city. In Yubi City, there are only a few thousand soldiers.Gao Huan's 100,000 troops attacked the city day and night without stopping.Wei Xiaokuan was blindfolded, and the command refused to fight.The defenders of the Western Wei Dynasty drew water from the Fen River for the people and horses in the city to drink. Gao Huan sent people to dig the river instead, which was completed overnight.He also piled up a mountain of earth in the south of the city, trying to rush down into the city by virtue of the height. Heroes of the Two Wei and Five Wars (5) Wei Xiaokuan tied wooden pillars between the two high pavilions on the original city tower, keeping the wooden bridge higher than the earth hill, throwing stones and fire, so that the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty could not approach the city. Gao Huan sent someone to shout at Wei Xiaokuan: "Even if you, Wei Xiaokuan, go upstairs to match the sky, I will go through the ground and enter the city to take your head!" Sergeant Gao Huan really dug a tunnel from the ground, trying to dig through the city root and pour into the city. Wei Xiaokuan dug a big ditch around the city, if Gao Huanbing fell into the long ditch from the end of the tunnel, he would immediately send someone to capture and kill him on the spot.He also piled up firewood in the long ditch. As long as the opening of the tunnel was exposed, he would send people to fill the hole with firewood. Gao Huan hit the city again with an attack vehicle with a huge wooden sharp iron in front of it. Since the attack vehicle was extremely heavy and sharp, it would immediately collapse if it hit anything.Wei Xiaokuan sewed countless large cloths to form a giant curtain, and the soldiers hung the two ends, which moved according to the direction of the attacking vehicle. Since the large curtain was suspended in the air, the attacking vehicle was hard against soft, and the force had been dissipated before hitting the object. This plan failed, and the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty tied the pine firewood bone to a long pole, soaked it in oil and burned it, trying to burn the big curtain and set the city gate on fire.Wei Xiaokuan made a sharp blade and tied it to the pole, cutting off the opponent's pole. In desperation, Gao Huan sent people to build 20 tunnels around the city, with beams and pillars in the middle, and then set them on fire. The beams and pillars in the tunnel collapsed, and many sections of the city wall also collapsed.Wei Xiaokuan set up a large wooden fence at the place where the city collapsed, and used sharp bows and crossbows behind him, but the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were still unable to break in.Soon, Wei Xiaokuan sent people to seize the commanding heights of Tushan. Gao Huan sent Zu Ting to join the army and said to surrender Wei Xiaokuan: "You are guarding the isolated city, and there is no rescue in the four directions. I am afraid that you will not be able to hold on in the end. It is better to surrender early." Lao, the guardian Chang Yi. I am afraid that your army will not be able to go back. I, Wei Xiaokuan, a son of Kansai, will never be a general who surrenders." Zu Teng then shouted to the city: "There are people in the city who can kill Wei Xiaokuan, worship the Taiwei, seal Kai Guogong, and reward ten thousand pieces of silk!" and shot a reward (reward order) into the city.Wei Xiaokuan personally wrote on the back of the reward, "Those who can kill Gao Huan will also be rewarded here."Shoot back outside the city. The Eastern Wei Dynasty fought hard to attack Yubi for more than 50 days, and more than 70,000 people died in battle and were buried in a big pit. Unable to attack for a long time, and so many soldiers died, Gao Huan fell ill with anxiety and anger, and could not afford to lie down.One night, a big star fell into the camp (the ancients believed that meteorites were falling stars), Gao Huan was terrified, and escaped from the siege. On the way back, it was rumored in the army that Wei Xiaokuan had shot and killed Prime Minister Gao with his crossbow. Upon hearing the news, the Western Wei Dynasty sent troops everywhere shouting: "One shot of the crossbow, the murderer will perish himself." In order not to shake the morale of the army, regardless of his serious illness, Gao Huan convened a feast for the generals in the open-air camp to show that he was still alive, and ordered Hu Lujin to sing the Chile song: "Chile River, under the Yin Mountain, the sky is like a hut , covering the whole field. The sky is dark, the fields are vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep." Gao Huan sang in person, crying with grief. In 547 AD, on the first day of the first lunar month, it happened to be a solar eclipse.The dying Gao Huan sighed: "Is the eclipse for me? Why don't you hate death?" As he was dying, looking back on his life, he was born in a lonely and weak life, just in troubled times, conquering east and west, and being trapped in battle all his life. I don't know whether the old hero is sad, happy, or worried.In any case, from a soldier in the Six Towns to the prince of the Wei Dynasty, he must have lived up to his life! "Northern History" records: Shenwu (Gao Huan was posthumously named Emperor Shenwu by his son Gao Yang after his death) has a deep and secretive nature, and he looks like him all day long, unpredictable.When there is power, change is like a god.As for the general strategy of the military and the country, it is rare to predict it alone, civil and military generals.To control the army, the laws and regulations are strict, and the enemy wins, and there is no way to plan.Listen to the judge, don't be bullied, know people and good people, and protect the old. ... Elegant and frugal, swords and saddles are not decorated with gold and jade.If you can't play drama, you can take on the big job, but you can't do it without three nobles.Stay at home like an official, benevolent and forgive your loved ones. ...To the south and Liang Guo, to the north Huai Zhuo, Tuyuhun, Azhi Luoxian recruited, and received their power, the plan is far away. Although it is not without praise, it is basically fair.Gao Huan, who had fought all his life, was tired, angry and sick, and died at home at the age of fifty-two. After Gao Huan's death, the eldest son, Gao Cheng, assumed the responsibility of the Wei Dynasty alone, and was stabbed to death by his slave before the usurpation.The second son, Gao Yang, succeeded to the throne. This ugly man who was "smart on the inside, but lacking in appearance" became a blockbuster. He soon abolished the last emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaojing, and established the Qi State, known as the Northern Qi Dynasty in history.It was passed down to Gaowei, the queen master, but was destroyed by Yu Wentai's descendants.