Han officials

Chapter 64 A lot of pressure
Although Houcheng was located in the heart of Xuanshao County, the Wei family fortress was still attacked several times by the Goguryeo people.

If it were not for the Youzhou Governor Feng Huan who persuaded the King of Buyeo to send his adopted son Wei Choutai to lead more than 20,000 people to help, and finally join forces with the Han army to defeat the Goguryeo coalition forces, Liaodong would probably have fallen by now.

Fortunately, Gao Gong died of illness the following year, and his heir succeeded to the throne. Otherwise, the court would probably have discussed abandoning Lelang County.

After the death of the warmongering King Goguryeo, Goguryeo finally enjoyed peace for several decades.

It was not until Suicheng's death and his son Bogu's succession to the throne that Goguryeo began to become turbulent again.

It was Bogu who killed Dai Fangling and abducted the wife of the Lelang prefect.

And this kid really has some of his grandfather Gao Gong's style.

Perhaps he did not expect that the Fuyu people would suddenly intervene to help the Han people last time, so after he succeeded to the throne, he tried his best to instigate the Fuyu people to rebel. In the first year of Yongkang, Fuyu Wang Tai actually led more than 20,000 people to invade Xuantu.

By the way, this person is Wei Choutai, the heir of the Buyeo king who was ordered to lead more than 20,000 people to come to the rescue last time.

It has to be said that although the area of Liaodong is not large, the intrigues among all parties are really intense.

It’s a pity that Bo Gu was born at the wrong time. Although the Han Dynasty was getting weaker day by day, Emperor Huan was also very disorderly.

However, facing the invasions of Buyeo and Goguryeo, the Han Dynasty still easily resolved them.

First, Xuantu Governor Gongsun Yu defeated Fuyu King Wei Choutai and beheaded over a thousand people;

After Gongsun Yu left office, Geng Lin, who succeeded him as the prefect of Xuantu, defeated the invading Goguryeo army.

So, in desperation, the Goguryeo people could only regain consciousness again.

It was the same old story. Bo Gu surrendered and begged to be under Xuantu.

I can only say that they are worthy of being a grandfather and grandson, even their kneeling postures are exactly the same.

However, Fufeng Geng was intended to be the nemesis of Goguryeo.

Because Geng Lin, who succeeded the prefect of Xuantu, was a relative of Geng Kui, the former prefect of Liaodong.

But we have to admit that Goguryeo did have some luck.

Not to mention the tribal era, after the feudal system was reformed, Goguryeo can be said to have produced several generations of wise rulers.

Gao Gong, Gao Suicheng, Gao Bogu, and even the current Gao Nanwu, are all considered promising leaders.

Even Gao Suicheng, who mobilized the least troops, can be considered a qualified leader who maintains the status quo.

Because after he succeeded to the throne, he successively killed the right assistant Gao Fuzhang, his elder brother Gao Moqin, and his younger brother Gao Mode, which completely consolidated the feudal system that Gao Gong had just established and enabled the power of the Goguryeo king to be inherited.

From a certain perspective, it was thanks to his cultivation and development that Goguryeo did not disintegrate.

As for the current Gao Nanwu, although he has not made any achievements that surpass his predecessors in the seven years since he took the throne, his vision is considered to be the most far-sighted among all the kings of Goguryeo.

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A moment later, at the shore of the Pei River.

As a cool breeze blew, Gao Nanwu finally came back to his senses from his thoughts.

Seeing his two sons still looking at him with puzzled expressions, Gao Nanwu patiently instructed them, "I originally intended to follow the Fuzu tribe into the Xianbei region and recapture the tribes. This way, we could encircle Lelang County. Once our army attacks from three sides, taking Lelang County will be a matter of a moment."

At this point, Gao Nanwu couldn't help but sigh with some regret: "By then, annexing the Three Kingdoms of Korea won't be impossible!"

Gao Nanwu was not dreaming, after all, Goguryeo was not composed of a single ethnic group.

Even though Jumong and his tribe were originally Buyeo people, after years of mergers and acquisitions, they had already assimilated into many tribes in Liaodong, including many Han people.

Strictly speaking, Goguryeo people is just a general term.

Therefore, Goguryeo is quite experienced in ethnic integration.

If Gao Nanwu's plan could be realized, it would be possible to integrate the three Han tribes.

But unfortunately, Wei Zhe's sudden rise interrupted Gao Nanwu's plan.

Therefore, after Wei Zhe destroyed the seven tribes of the Xianbei people, Gao Nanwu attached great importance to him.

Because the seven tribes of the Hubei tribe were also his next target, he had originally intended to slowly infiltrate Fuzu and gradually control the seven tribes, but he didn't expect Wei Zhe to strike first. After Wei Zhe became the governor of Lelang, Gao Nanwu became even more worried.

This is also why he decisively sent troops after learning that the Beishui Ma family and the Zengdi Gao family had been destroyed.

Even though many powerful people in the country felt that it was not worth mobilizing such a large army for a few Han Chinese heroes, Gao Nanwu still insisted on his own way because he felt that Wei Zhe must be killed while he was weak.

Otherwise, if Wei Zhe is allowed to continue to develop, he will definitely become a powerful enemy of Goguryeo's dominance over Liaodong.

From this point of view, the Goguryeo people can indeed be regarded as the biggest threat to the Han people in Liaodong.

Apart from anything else, this kind of strategic vision is something that the Liaodong Wuhuan and Liaodong Xianbei do not possess.

As for the Huibei people and the Three Han people, there is no need to mention them. They will only be qualified to speak after they are unified internally.

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Not to mention how Gao Nanwu leisurely instructed his son by the Peishui River.

On the other hand, Wei Zhe, who was in Zengdi County, was under tremendous pressure.

To be honest, if he had a choice, Wei Zhe really didn't want to fight Goguryeo right now.

After all, spring plowing in Lelang County is approaching, and his plans for the Three Kingdoms of Korea are underway.

At this critical moment, Wei Zhe really did not have the energy to deal with a powerful enemy like Goguryeo.

But the problem is that the Goguryeo people will not listen to his command!
So this time Wei Zhe not only wants to win a landslide victory, but also wants to win quickly and decisively.

Otherwise, if the farming season is delayed, the famine this year will not be in the Three Han states, but in Lelang County.

After arranging the troops that had arrived to join them, Wei Zhe immediately summoned Yuan Jun and asked, "Has there been any response from Liaodong County?"

Wei Zhe was not a man who cared too much about face. In fact, after receiving the news of Goguryeo's invasion, he quickly sent someone to notify Liaodong County and sent a military messenger to Luoyang according to the procedure.

But Luoyang is too far away, and by the time the court reacts, the battle in Lelang would probably be over.

Therefore, Wei Zhe immediately asked for help from Liaodong County.

Anyway, he is not greedy for credit. If Liaodong County is willing to send troops to join forces with Wei Zhe to destroy the Goguryeo army, what does it matter if he gets the credit?
However, Yuan Jun shook his head helplessly: "No reply yet!"

Seeing Wei Zhe's grim expression, Yuan Jun thought for a moment and said bluntly, "It is a serious crime for a local official to cross a county, not to mention fighting across counties. Governor Yang will definitely not agree to it."

The reason why Yuan Jun dared to make such an assertion was not because he thought Liaodong Governor Yang Zhong was timid, but because of his family education.

You should know that Yang Zhong was born in the Yang family of Quanzhou County, Yuyang Commandery, and his family was of great rank.

Compared with the Yang family of Quanzhou, the Gongsun family of your branch can only be regarded as a small family.

Because as early as the Wang Mang period of the Western Han Dynasty, the Yang family of Quanzhou frequently produced two thousand stones.

Yang Bing, the commander of the Shanggu Commandery, and Yang Jun, the general who was in charge of the Zhuhe Army, were both high-ranking officials of prefectures and counties.

In this dynasty, many members of the Yang family in Quanzhou also served as local county officials.

Even after Emperor Liu Hong ascended the throne, the Yang family of Quanzhou produced a man named Yang Qiu, who served as the prefect of Jiujiang, the prime minister of Pingyuan, the chief architect, the minister of the Chancellery, and later was promoted to the commander of the Sili Army and the commander of the Weiwei Army.

If he had not died because of killing the eunuchs, the Yang family of Quanzhou would probably have produced one of the Three Dukes.

Like his uncle, Yang Zhong was fond of the teachings of Shen and Han, and attached great importance to laws and regulations.

If it were an ordinary prefect, he might be able to make an exception and send troops, but in Yang Zhong's hands, it was absolutely impossible.

After hearing what Yuan Jun said, Wei Zhe completely gave up and no longer had any hope for reinforcements from Liaodong.

The facts were actually just as Yuan Jun expected.

After receiving the news from Lelang County, the dignified Liaodong governor Yang Zhong simply shook his head.

"If the prefect doesn't issue an order to cross the county, isn't that abolishing the law?"

After saying this, he put down the letter of request for assistance from Lelang County and instead ordered the county officials to warn the counties in Liaodong to strengthen their security to prevent the Goguryeo people from invading Liaodong...

(End of this chapter)