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Therefore, this wind cannot grow, and it is a sign of the destruction of the country.

Gao Huan's ultimate goal is to "unify the family and the country".

State affairs are family affairs, and family affairs are also state affairs.Gao Huan's political literacy made him aware of the great danger involved.This is also one of the reasons why he called Duan Shao back to the town, and even abolished the title of Gao Yuebu.

"King Gao, Liang Jun's deployment in Henan is light on the front and heavy on the back. Changsha doesn't have many soldiers, and Liu Yishou's elite lineage is not here either.

How could this battle be lost? "

Duan Shao asked suspiciously, he couldn't prescribe the right medicine if he couldn't figure out the cause of the failure.

The progress of this battle is far from his original deduction!Gao Yue's inability to defeat Qiluo City was the result of his deduction, rather than stopping at Changshe City.

"Gao Yue's soldiers are all busy making money, how can they be undefeated?"

Gao Huan said with a sneer.

When the Khitans were ambushed on the grassland before, Gao Huan, the old coin, ordered to throw the unmovable military baggage on the only way, and deliberately threw it to the Khitans to pick it up.

Then they rushed out while the other party was picking up something, naturally it was a hundred!

It's just how the Khitan lost last time, so Gao Yue lost this time.

Duan Shao instantly understood what was going on.

"Yu Jinnai was born as a veteran general, bold and careful. I heard that in the border town, he dared to kill the queen with a few people, and a thousand horsemen dared not pursue him. Looking at it now, it can be said that the sword is not old."

Gao Huan said with a sigh.

Yu Jin debuted much earlier than Gao Yue, even earlier than Gao Huan himself.This time, the other party fled the city on purpose by selling a loophole, originally they didn't plan to bite Gao Yue back, maybe they just wanted to retreat to the south of Changsha and play by ear.

It's just that Gao Yue is careless, people see that you are only focusing on picking up treasures and you don't even close the city gate, so it's no wonder if you don't come back and beat you with a sap!This battle is really useless!

Duan Shao laughed at Gao Yue in his heart, but he still didn't say it out.He kept in mind the instructions of his late father, Duan Rong, to be cautious in his words and deeds.Those smug words, if you can hold back, you must stop talking nonsense.

"King Gao, there is actually no need to fight this battle. It should be easy for us to occupy Changshe again. We just need to be a little more cautious. It is impossible for Liang Jun to place heavy troops on Changsha not far from Xingyang.

However, if they want to continue to advance, Liang Guo has already built two lines of defense in Henan with Qiluo City and Xuanhu as the core, and they can support each other with the defenders in Jingxiang and Nanyang.

If there is no more than [-] troops, it may be difficult to achieve a breakthrough if they divide and attack in combination to advance across the board.After all, Liang Guo's domestic political situation is now stable, and the general has not yet seen an opportunity to take advantage of it. "

Duan Shao analyzed like peeling cocoons.

He talked about it, and summed it up in one sentence: just send a general to be careful to clean up the situation in Changsha, and it's not difficult.Don't toss about the rest, and you won't get any results.

"The king you are talking about doesn't know? It's just that the arrow has to be fired. The military might that sweeps the grassland must be displayed. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles."

Gao Huan shook his head helplessly and sighed. In fact, he really didn't want to fight, but now it was hard to get off.

The military is the continuation of politics, all wars are political battles, and this will be the case for the next battle, which has nothing to do with siege of cities.

Gao Yue was undefeated in this battle, and the various armies under the Eastern Wei Dynasty could still pretend to be powerful and scare others.Now Gao Yue's trilogy of more than 2 people was actually eliminated by a partial division on the border of Liang State, or a small number of trilogy at the front.

This is no longer a performance of strong combat power, but an unsuspecting underdog.

Displaying such military power to the outside world will not only fail to deter opponents, but will cause a lot of unnecessary troubles.For example, the prefect of your own border town turned back because he was afraid of the enemy's strength; his own army had no confidence in the battle, but the enemy army was full of confidence;

Gao Huan's goal for the past two years is still to concentrate all his strength on annihilating Er Zhurong!The planning of the past few years has been centered on solving this problem, and the means have always been to match the purpose, not the other way around.

Going south to Henan, it was not easy for Gao Huan to make this decision.

"What does King Gao mean... at least to take Qiluo City? That place is a bit far from Xingyang."

Duan Shao asked hesitantly.How else could Duan Shao be the fastest-growing young man under Gao Huan's command? He knew everything and understood Gao Huan's strategic intentions.

Duan Shao of Qiluo City (Luohe City) has been there. At that time, it was used as the general rear area for attacking Nanyang. The place where several rivers meet, the water transportation is well developed, which is convenient for the transportation and storage of grain and grass.

But looking at it now, the development of water transportation also means that it is easy for the enemy to reinforce Qiluo City.

"That's true. If you can't win Qiluo City in this battle, you will be considered a loser."

Hearing this, Gao Huan nodded in relief and said, admiring Duan Shao's "understanding".As for whether Xingyang is far from Qiluo City, that has nothing to do with someone Gao!He just wants to win!

How to fight specifically is a matter for the generals under his command!

"This matter, the final general dare not agree to Gao Wang... dare not take the tiger talisman and go out to fight."

Duan Shao thought for a moment, then refused in embarrassment, lowering his head and not daring to look at Gao Huan.

"What did you say? You say it again?"

Gao Huan was so angry that he shot the case!He had high hopes for Duan Shao, otherwise he would not have hurriedly recalled him to Yecheng.

"The subordinate is saying that, judging from the current situation, if our army does not attack across the board, we will lose the battle... At most, we can only conquer Changsha. Please think twice."

Duan Shao bit the bullet and said.

"Get out! Get out!"

Gao Huan threw the paperweight directly at Duan Shao, but he kept his hand while throwing it, so he didn't hit it.

"Yes... I will retire at the end."

Duan Shao cautiously exited Bafu's study, and when he came out, he realized that he was drenched in cold sweat.

Refusing now is just making Gao Huan unable to swallow.In the future, if you lose a lot and come back, maybe you will really be put on the shelf and will never be reused again.

Which is more important, Duan Shao thinks very clearly.

What a joke!From the information we obtained, we knew that Liu Yishou's deployment in Henan was tight, and there was quite a lot of room for turning around.Duan Shao was really tired of fighting such a battle!If you participate in the battle on the opponent's side, you can also come down to play.

When the enemy is in a position where he can attack and retreat, why do you force yourself to fight the opponent?Isn't this looking for a draw?Duan Shao felt that Gao Huan was really confused, he didn't even know what battles he could fight and what battles he couldn't fight, so what a joke!

Duan Shao's "ignorance of current affairs" really angered Gao Huan.The next day, Gao Huan announced that Yaoxiong would replace Duan Shao as the governor of Jinzhou, and go to Jinzhou to participate in the task of destroying Er Zhurong.

Duan Shao, on the other hand, was relieved of his military power and stayed in Yecheng to train troops. He helped Gao Yang train Baibao Xianbei who performed well in the Battle of the Grassland, and expanded the original 500 people to 2000.

The army that Duan Shao himself can mobilize is nothing more than a dozen or so personal soldiers around him, which can be said to have been left idle in the true sense.It is worth mentioning that helping to train Baibao Xianbei does not mean taking a position in it. In fact, Duan Shao does not hold any position in it, similar to a consultant role.

He couldn't command even a single soldier in Baibao Xianbei, outside of training time.

Gao Huan also ordered to attack the grassland before, and made outstanding contributions in the battle against the same clan. Zhang Baoluo, who was born in the Kumoxi clan, and Modolo Jingxian, the son of Modolo Loanwen, led the vanguard by [-] to attack Changshe.

He also ordered Xin to vote under the banner, and Hu Luguang, the eldest son of Hu Lu Jin, who was born in the Hu Lu Department, led five thousand cavalry to follow him and was responsible for fighting for aid.

Gao Huan himself led [-] soldiers and horses at the end, crossed the Yellow River mightily, and came towards Changsha.

……

Of course, the movement in Henan couldn't be hidden from Liu Yishou's spies.Regarding the news that Gao Huan was going to attack Henan on a large scale, flakes flew to Jiankang, which caught Liu Yishou, Chen Yuankang and others by surprise.

Because they analyzed it and got some gossip from Feng Linghua, Gao Huan's next target was Er Zhurong, and he even made up his mind to kill Er Zhurong regardless of cost!

At this time, what's the point of going south to Henan?

"Gao Huan's move is really unpredictable."

In the study room of Prince Wu's Mansion, Chen Yuankang looked at the map hanging on the wall and said to himself in bewilderment.

"These are things for later. The key is, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Liu Yishou folded his arms, also looked at the map, and asked in a deep voice.

He doesn't want to fight either, but since Gao Huan is coming, if he has any tricks to play, just let the horse come!

"The last general suggested that the lord personally lead the expedition. Yu Jin, Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui and others in Henan are at the same level and do not belong to each other.

Normally, it is fine, but in case of an emergency, the response may be slow; when there are differences of opinion, it is difficult to coordinate in a unified manner, and a person with sufficient weight is needed to sit in charge.

Apart from the lord, the subordinates couldn't think of anyone else who could be competent.The subordinates ask the lord to personally go to Xuanhu to sit in town and preside over the overall situation! "

Chen Yuankang bowed deeply to Liu Yishou and said.

It has to be said that this think tank's idea is very reliable.Liu Yishou nodded slightly, acquiescing to the other party's suggestion.

Chapter 601 Now that everyone has come...

It is not a simple matter for the ancient army to go to war.The larger the army, the more preparation is required.

The three armies have not moved, food and grass go first, and logistics is the first.It is understandable for a team of thousands of people to leave at will, but it is very common for an army of tens of thousands of people to prepare for a few months.

The logistics foundation of the Eastern Wei Dynasty has always been very good, especially after the reform, "water warehouses" were set up in key positions of major rivers to store strategic materials such as grain, grass and cloth.

At the same time, Gao Huan's marching plan was still very ingenious: taking advantage of the abundant food and fodder in the important town of Xingyang and the advantages of well-developed river channels, he would supply supplies while marching, and at the same time build pontoon bridges at Baimadu and other places on the Yellow River. will be very sturdy.

At that time, the large amount of livestock looted by the Wei army before will be useful, and the Yellow River will no longer exist.

But it is a pity that after Xingyang’s luggage went south by water to Jing County for stockpiling, it had to be transported to Mi County by livestock carts, and then transported south to Changshe by water through the Wei River next to Mi County, so that the army could attack the city.

This route, if the weather is not considered, there is no problem, and it can even be said that the efficiency is very high.After all, the only section of land transportation in the middle: the distance between Jing County and Mi County is only [-] miles, and there are no mountains and forests to block it.

However, in winter, the water would freeze and boats could not be sailed, and now that winter was approaching, once water transportation stopped, the cost of grain transportation would increase significantly.

It can't even maintain the logistics of nearly [-] troops!

It can be said that there is not much time left for Gao Huanjun.

In view of this, Zhang Baoluo resisted all opinions, marched hundreds of miles and arrived at Changshe City. After exploring it, he found that there was only an empty city left here!They were all played by Yu Jin, Liang Guo didn't strengthen the defense of Changshe at all.

On the contrary, the few remaining troops were withdrawn to the second line of defense!

Zhang Baoluo quickly sent someone to contact Gao Huan to report the situation.In fact, they should have discovered this earlier, but because of the sudden collapse of Gao Yue's army, there was a vacuum in the Xingyang area.

Knowing that Yu Jin had fled without a fight, Gao Huan vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and felt a little regretful. He seemed to have overestimated Liang Jun's deployment.

Then he remembered Duan Shao's advice before, and then he had to admit that Duan Shao's analysis made sense.Although the opponent was young, he had a lot of knowledge, and he had judged from the general situation that Liang Jun had no plan to compete for Henan before.

It's just that the army has been mobilized at this time, and there are more than 4 soldiers alone. Many of them are in the same situation as Gao Yue's command. They didn't participate in the grassland battle and wanted to take the opportunity to go south to make a fortune.

Gao Huan gathered them together and went south, letting those elites who participated in the battle of the grassland cultivate their health and rest, also wanting to strike a balance.Let them rest if they want to rest, and take them south if they want to make money.

At this time, if you say that you will stop fighting and return to Yecheng, what do you let the soldiers under your command think?

Not to mention anything else, there are tens of thousands of civilian husbands and water laborers involved in the grain transportation this time. What about these people?

If they stopped at this time, and the army turned back to the camp before going out for a battle, it is estimated that no one would take Gao Huan seriously in the future.

This kind of thing is similar to changing orders from day to day. Whether it is in the army or in administration, such things are the most taboo.So even if you know there is a problem, you have to bite the bullet and carry it out, and then find a step later and just accept it.

Gao Huan entered Changshe City with a bitter face, and saw the treasury emptied by the rebels, and the houses in the city were robbed and only ruined walls remained, and he was speechless for a long time.

Ever since Gao Huan left Er Zhurong to work alone, seized Yecheng and began to accelerate development based on Hebei, until now, the forces under his command have entered a bottleneck period.

Externally, there are very few chaotic and disorderly places, and the difficulty of opening up territories has skyrocketed. It’s okay not to fight, but once there is a fight, it will be a war of destroying the country.

Either destroy the opponent, or be destroyed by the opponent.

Such a situation made Gao Huan feel at a loss, not knowing how to seize the new territory and turn it into his own strength.Wanting to deal with the weakest Er Zhurong, but had to go south due to various accidents, resulting in the current situation, it is very annoying to think about it.

Internally, Gao Huan could not break through the framework left by the Northern Wei Dynasty, and naturally he could not solve various problems left over from the Northern Wei Dynasty, such as the land annexation of the great northern families, the sharp opposition between Hu and Han, and the corruption of officials.

There are even new problems: the military groups under his command cannot get new distribution of benefits, and they are becoming more and more alienated.When the cake cannot be made bigger, it is bound to be dissatisfied with the current plan of dividing the cake.

If there is no such problem, Gao Huan will not go south this time, and naturally there will be no defeat for Gao Yue.

"Going south this time, what do you think?"

Gao Huan asked Zhang Baoluo beside him.

When he was under Er Zhurong's command, Zhang Baoluo was Dou Tai's confidant, and later switched to Gao Huan, he can be regarded as a peripheral among the old brothers.Now Gao Huan trusts him very much.

"King Gao, the frost is approaching now, and the river will freeze soon. If we go south to Qiluo City at this time, I'm afraid...the army may run out of food."

Zhang Baoluo said very cautiously.

"It makes sense."

Gao Huan squeezed out four words, his face was a little ugly, but he didn't say much.

Among the generals in the army, many people disapproved of this trip to the south, and Duan Shao was the leader among them.Gao Huan also understood that these people had their own promotion channels, which were completely different from those of the middle and lower rank officers in the Wei army.

They are cronies or in-laws, and they can only climb up through military exploits. If they focus on stealing money on the battlefield, they will lose everything.

Most of their wealth comes from gifts from the Gao clan.

So on the one hand, they are not interested in such things as looting, and enterprising generals will not touch such small money.On the other hand, they don't really care much about who is in charge of the Gao clan.

As long as their honor and favor can be guaranteed, their loyalty can naturally be guaranteed.

Whether Gao Huan is in power, or whether Gao Yang or someone else from the Gao clan is in power, it is all the same to them, as long as they can maintain their status!

If it can't be done, then even if the bottom of the army doesn't want to mutiny, these people will find a way to mutiny.

With all kinds of distracting thoughts in his mind, Gao Huan sighed and said, "Send down the order to strengthen the city defenses, and we won't be able to march after winter."

"Order!"