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In October, Gao Huan personally led his troops to attack Yubi City, and the Western Wei defender Wei Xiaokuan actively defended. The Eastern Wei army was unable to attack repeatedly and suffered heavy casualties. After more than fifty consecutive days of bitter fighting, Gao Huan not only did not attack Yubi City, but was captured by Wei Xiaokuan and captured Tushan.
More than 70,000 Eastern Wei soldiers were killed or wounded, all buried in a deep pit. Gao Huan originally did not take a Jade Bi City in his eyes, but encountered successive fiasco in the battle. Therefore, he was mentally troubled, and he also deplored the soldiers, and he was overly worried and thus sick.
Gao Huanyubi was seriously ill after the Battle of Yubi, but he had to support himself to attend the banquet in order to crush the rumors
In November, a meteor fell into gao huan's camp, and the Eastern Wei army was terrified. Thinking that it was a sign of bad luck, the army had no intention of fighting again, and Gao Huan was finally forced to withdraw back to the army.
Seeing the withdrawal of the Western Wei army, Wei Xiaokuan wanted to take the opportunity to boost morale and completely confuse the Eastern Wei army. So he came up with a plan and spread rumors that Gao Huan had been shot by a stray arrow and had been killed. The Western Wei soldiers were cheered and morale was high. Rumors were rife in the Eastern Wei army, and people were panicked.
Gao Huan saw that the military's heart could mutiny at any time, and he was very worried, in order to calm the rumors and stabilize the military's heart. Even though he was seriously ill, he also braced himself to personally come forward to entertain generals at all levels.
Gao Huan sat at the banquet to perform his talents, and Huo Lujin sang a song "Shu Le Chuan" to cry Gao Huan
At the banquet, Gao Huan pretended to be in high spirits, talked to the soldiers, and ordered his right-hand man, Huo Lujin, to sing the "Song of Shule" to appease the hearts of the army.
Hu Lujin, a burly figure and dressed in military uniform, stood in the middle of the military tent, carrying a wine jug, and sang while drinking:
The Shule River, under the Yin Mountains.
The sky is like a vault, and the cage covers the four fields.
The sky is clear and the wilderness is vast.
Wind blowing grass low to see cattle and sheep.
"Song of Shule" is a folk song of the Northern Shule people, and the song depicts the nomadic life scenes of the northern sky, mountains, grasslands, cattle and sheep. Most of the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty came from the grasslands of the north, and Huo Lujin sang in Xianbei. His desolate, tragic, and impassioned singing touched the soldiers present. Everyone seems to see their hometown, rich grasslands, clear rivers, horses galloping under the majestic Yin Mountains...
Gao Huanben was also a humble Han Chinese, living in the Shule River. Huo Lujin's singing also made the old minister who had lost the war and was seriously ill can't help but miss his hometown, and he sat in his seat with a drink. While whispering and singing along with Huo Lujin, he was left with tears of pain. The history books record this scene: Shi Xiwei said that the divine martial crossbow, the divine martial arts heard it, and nai mian sat down to see the nobles, so that Huo Lujin's "Song of Shule", the divine martial arts were self-harmonious, and the mourning was weeping.
Gao Huan's condition deteriorated, but Gao Cheng was worried about Hou Jing's loyalty
The Song of Shule revived the ambition of the Eastern Wei generals, but it was unable to save Gao Huan, who was critically ill. During Gao Huan's serious illness, the eldest son, Gao Cheng, often served by his side, but he was always worried. Gao Huan saw his son's worries and asked, "I see that your face is full of sorrow, are you worried about something?" Gao Cheng was silent, not knowing how to speak.
Gao Huan asked, "Are you worried about Hou Jing's rebellion?" Gao Cheng said eagerly: It is precisely this matter, that Hou Jing is brave and good at fighting, I am afraid that I can't defeat him. At that time, Hou Jing once said brazenly: 'When my king Gao Huan was alive, I did things under the king, and I did not dare to disagree with any others; if my king Gao Huan was gone, I would not despise doing things with you, the child Gao Cheng'.
Hou Jing had earlier been the vanguard of Erzhu Rong, who had defeated and captured alive Ge Rong, the leader of the uprising in Hebei, and became famous all over the north. After the change of Heyin, Gao Huan sent an attack on Erzhu Rong, who slaughtered his subjects, and Hou Jing surrendered to Gao Huan and was greatly valued. Hou Jing's strategy was several times higher than others, and he was cruel and ruled the army extremely strictly.
In addition, he distributed all the looted goods from the war to his subordinates, so his subordinates were willing to fight for him. When fighting, his schemes often won by surprise, and he rarely lost.
Gao Huan trusted him very much and gave him the command of the so-called 100,000 horses. He occupied the prefectures south of the Yellow River in Luoyang, forming an independent kingdom. Therefore, Gao Cheng's concerns are not unreasonable.
Gao Huan explained to Gao Cheng about the employment of personnel, and moved out to suppress Hou Jing's killer, Murong Shaozong
In the face of his son's worries, Gao Huan on the sickbed cheered up his spirit and explained the employment matters in detail.
He analyzed several of Gao Cheng's subordinates one by one and said: Ku Di gan, a humble old man, and Huo Lujin, an old man of Shule, are both people with a straight and powerful personality, and they will never fail you; Zhu Hun Daoyuan and Liu Fengsheng, who have come from afar to join me, must not have deviated from our wishes.
Pan Xiangle was originally a Taoist man, kind and kind, and several of your brothers would get his help; Han Lu was a bit straight and foolish, and you should be tolerant of him; Peng Le's heart was difficult to guess, and you should be wary of him; Duan Xiaoxian was a loyal and disciplined, benevolent and generous person, and he was wise and courageous. Of all the internal and external relatives, only this child is a man of his own, and military affairs can be planned with him.
For the biggest worry in Gao Cheng's heart, Gao Huan had already thought of a plan for him. He told Gao Cheng: "Hou Jing has been despotic in Henan for fourteen years, and he has always been flying high and has the ambition to seize the world. Among all the people, the only one who could defeat Hou Jing was Murong Shaozong. I deliberately did not let him get rich, just to leave him to you. After you succeed to the throne, if you give Murong Shaozong a little favor and promote him, he will be grateful and loyal to you. At that time, if you let him deal with Hou Jing again, it will be more effective with half the effort. ”
Gao Huan died without worrying, failing to complete the great cause of reunification, but paving the way for Gao Cheng
Gao Huan knew that he was already terminally ill, so he made arrangements for his son. He told Gao Cheng: The world is not yet stable, if I die, you should not immediately mourn. He also took out a handwritten letter to his son Gao Cheng and commanded: After my death, you will give this letter to Hou Jing and do it according to the method I gave you before. Your big problems can be solved, and I can leave with peace of mind.
Soon after, Gao Huan fell seriously ill and died of regret. According to his father's plan, Gao Cheng secretly did not send a funeral, and sent the letter to Hou Jing quickly. Because Gao Huan was afraid of being tampered with by others every time he communicated, he and Hou Jing made a little rule behind the letter. The letter sent by Gao Cheng did not add a secret code. Therefore, after Hou Jing read the letter, he understood that Gao Cheng already knew that he would not return to the Gao family again, and if he was invited, he would definitely have no return. Thinking of this, Hou Jing immediately gathered soldiers and horses and rebelled.
When Gao Cheng saw this, he immediately summoned Murong Shaozong and asked him to serve as the main general to quell Hou Jing's rebels. Hou Jing was indeed very jealous of Murong Shaozong, and heard that the person sent by Gao Cheng to lead the army was actually Murong Shaozong. At that time, his heart was full of confusion, and he secretly said, "Is it true that Gao Huan has not died?" Therefore, Gao Cheng sent Murong Shaozong to lead the army. Murong Shaozong also defeated Hou Jing's rebels on horseback, as Gao Huan had said, and Hou Jing fled to the south with his remnants, and finally defected to Liang Dynasty.
Hou Jing rebelled again after defecting to Southern Liang. In the end, he occupied Jiankang and established himself as king. The whole of Jiangnan was turned upside down, and the Liang Dynasty was also devastated. Gao Huan's second son Gao Yang seized the opportunity to seize the Huai River area of the Liang Dynasty, and Gao Cheng forced Emperor Xiaojing to make concessions, but the day before he ascended the throne, gong changed his life, but fortunately his brother Gao Yang was still there. Therefore, Gao Yang fulfilled Gao Cheng's last wish, inherited the throne, and successfully established Northern Qi.
Overall:
In fact, in the letter to Hou Jing, Gao Huan deliberately did not add a secret code. He knew very well that Hou Jing was a delicate and cunning person, and after receiving the letter, he would definitely find out the problem and rebel. Murong Shaozong was sure to be able to suppress him, and after being suppressed, he would defect to Southern Liang. With Hou Jing's disobedient nature, he was bound to rebel against Southern Liang again.
Gao Huan's strategy of killing two birds with one stone not only swept away the serious troubles in his heart, but also laid the foundation for his son to be called emperor. But unfortunately, the Battle of Yubi was defeated miserably, and in the end, he was unable to personally unify the Eastern and Western Wei, and his long-cherished wish was not completed.
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