Lou Zhao, zi bodhisattva, Xianbei people. Lou Zhao's original surname was Pi Lou (Pi Lou), a native of Pingcheng (平城), a former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Lou Zhao also had an identity, that is, the uncle of Empress Dowager Wuming, Lou Zhaojun. Of course, Lou Zhao's position in Eastern Wei to Northern Qi did not depend only on the identity of foreign relatives. The Book of Northern Qi records that Lou Zhao's riding and shooting was unmatched, and in that era of martial arts, with such skills, he could harvest a lot of little fans.
When Gao Huan was young, his family was quite poor, and he lived with his sister and brother-in-law since he was a child. Gao Huan often plays around and makes friends, although people are poor, but the charm is not small. At that time, many nobles and children of the family liked to associate with Gao Huan. This is also when Gao Huan started another stove later, and so many people would come to him.
When Gao Huan did not gain power, what he admired most was Lou Zhao, one was that Lou Zhao's family was rich and powerful, and the other was what was said earlier, Lou Zhao had super high martial arts. Among a group of young people, Lou Zhao was quite optimistic about Gao Huan, and Lou Zhao believed that Gao Huan would be able to achieve something in the future. Therefore, Lou Zhao also has the heart to make friends with Gao Huan, and several people often go out to play and hunt together.
Gao Huan was originally a big handsome man, tall, red lips and white teeth, so he charmed Lou Zhaojun. When Lou Zhaojun took a fancy to Gao Huan, Gao Huan was still just a soldier defending the city, and if there was no such encounter, Gao Huan's day of emergence was estimated to have to be pushed back.
Lou Zhao originally liked Gao Huan, and now that he knew that his niece was going to marry Gao Huan, he must have raised his hands in approval. Gao Huan also got horses from Lou Zhaojun's dowry, plus his own connections, before he broke away from the status of a defender of the city. This is the first and most important step of Gao Huan's hegemony.
The Lou family is very rich, and the history books record that the Lou family's cattle and sheep are innumerable, and can only be calculated by the valley. The money that Gao Huan later used for the army was actually supplied by Empress Wuming's mother's family. When Gao Huan raised an army in Xindu, the strength of the troops was sufficient, after all, Gao Huan had pulled the 100,000 soldiers and civilians of the Six Towns Uprising under his hands in erzhu Zhao's hands. There were no people alone, they had to have food, and most of the soldiers at that time were just to fill their stomachs.
Therefore, at this time, the Lou family became the most important link, and Gao Huan decided to raise an army in Xindu, but he was hesitant all the time. Until Lou Zhao came to the meeting and showed great support for Gao Huan's decision. With Lou Zhao's support, Gao Huan had no worries.
In the camp of Gao Huan's uprising, there was the supreme high horse mallet, and Lou Zhao, who was unmatched by the bow horse. Coupled with Gao Huan's own intelligence, the failure of the Erzhu family had long been doomed. At the time of the Xindu Uprising, Lou Zhao served as the governor of the Chinese army, and the two armies leading the left and right armies were Gao Gao and Gao Yue. The first hard battle was fought, and Erzhu Zhao fought in the Guang'a War.
After the victory at the Battle of Guang'a, Gao Huan directly made Lou Zhao the Duke of Jibei. Lou Zhao was the first general in Gao Huan's camp to be made duke. After eliminating the power of the Erzhu family, Gao Huan supported Yuan Xiu as emperor and served emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei. Lou Zhao was awarded the title of Duke of Puyang Commandery (濮阳郡公) and the leading general of Jiabai by virtue of his military exploits. The Lou family was right this time, and now the Lou family has a high status in the Northern Wei court.
Although Lou Zhao's grandfather had helped Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei to establish his military achievements, he was also given the title of Zhen Dinghou. However, when this passed down to Lou Zhao's generation, the family property was inherited, but the title was gone. Now Lou Zhao is also reviving the scenery of the Lou family, continuing to follow his niece and son-in-law, isn't it a very simple thing to worship the king?
Lou Zhao participated in few wars, one was when Gao Huan was fighting against the Erzhu family when he was fighting. The second was when Yuan Xiuxi threw yuwen tai and Yanzhou assassin Shi Fan Zihu disobeyed Gao Huan and gathered the crowd to rebel. Lou Zhao's main thing is to help Gao Huan govern the country, and Lou Zhao loves the people. At that time, fan zihu rebellion was quelled, and his men suggested that all the rebels be killed, but Lou Zhao disagreed. Lou Zhao believed that the sin was only in the leader, and now that the main culprit Fan Zihu was dead, all the rebels under his command were released.
After The Banshi returned to the dynasty, Lou Zhao, who was responsible for quelling the chaos, was given the title of Situ. At that time, Dingzhou had just experienced war and chaos, and the people were suffering, so Lou Zhao asked Gao Huan for orders to be sent to govern Dingzhou. At this time, Lou Zhao was also very old, and during the period of going to Rending Prefecture to assassinate the history, he became tired and fell ill and died in office.
Gao Yang established Northern Qi and posthumously crowned Lou Zhao as the King of Taiyuan, with gao huan's temple court. Gao Huan's success was inseparable from two people, one was Erzhu Zhao, who sent Gao Huan soldiers and horses. The other is Lou Zhao, who ensures that Gao Huan's logistics are not lacking.