Friends who are familiar with the Southern and Northern Dynasties know that the Northern Wei Later split into Eastern Wei and Western Wei, eastern Wei became Northern Qi, and Western Wei became Northern Zhou. The emperors of Both Eastern and Western Wei were puppets, the actual ruler of Eastern Wei was Gao Huan, and the actual ruler of Western Wei was Yuwen Tai. Interestingly, Gao Huan, the founder of Northern Qi, took the initiative to let go of his biggest rival, Yuwen Tai, the founder of Northern Zhou.
In the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, a huge "Six Towns Uprising" broke out, and the local haoqiang Erzhu Rong rose up in the process of suppressing the Six Towns Uprising. Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai were both members of the Six Towns Rebellion, and during the Six Towns Uprising they successively became Erzhu Rong's subordinates, which can be seen in ben ghost's previous article "Why Were Gao Huan and Yu Wentai, Who Were The Losers of the Six Towns Uprising, Destroy Northern Wei?" 》。
Although they were both subordinates of Erzhu Rong, Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai's positions at that time were completely different. When Erzhu Rong came to power, Gao Huan was already a first-class general directly under Erzhu Rong and an assassin of Jinzhou, but Yuwen Tai was only an infantry lieutenant under Erzhu Rong's general He Bayue. Because the status of the two was quite different, Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai, who were also under Erzhu Rong's subordinates, did not know each other at that time.
In the spring of the third year of Yong'an (530), Erzhu Rong sent Erzhu Tianguang, He Bayue, and Hou Mochen Yue to lead troops to attack the rebels and rebels in the Guanlong region, but this seemingly unsurprising expedition laid the foundation for the division of Northern Wei. Yuwen Tai entered the Guanlong region with his direct leader He Bayue, and gradually accumulated military achievements and prestige in the process of crusade, and won the support of many people.
In September of the third year of Yong'an (530), Erzhu Rong was assassinated by Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei, but Emperor Xiaozhuang was immediately killed by the Erzhu family, including Erzhu Tianguang. Gao Huan then destroyed the Erzhu family and supported Yuan Xiu as emperor for Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei. He Bayue and Hou Mochen Yue seized the opportunity to control the Guanlong region, of which He Bayue was the strongest, second only to Gao Huan, who controlled the central Part of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The Northern Wei emperor Yuan Xiu, who was supported by Gao Huan, was not willing to be Gao Huan's puppet, so he secretly contacted He Bayue and tried to use He Bayue's power against Gao Huan. Gao Huan knew this, so he also tried to win over He Bayue. Faced with the active solicitation of the Northern Wei emperor and the northern Wei first power, He Bayue could not make up his mind for a while. So Yuwen Tai took the initiative to ask Miao to meet Gao Huan to understand the situation in the world.
After the two met, Gao Huan was surprised by Yuwentai's temperament and talent, and invited Yuwentai to serve him, but Yuwentai refused. Gao Huan's relationship with the Northern Wei emperor Yuan Xiu was becoming increasingly strained at that time, and he was unwilling to offend the powerful He Bayue at this time. Because of this, although Gao Huan vaguely felt that Yuwentai would be a great threat in the future, he still agreed to Yuwentai's return to Guan long.
After Yuwen Tai left, Gao Huan suddenly felt inappropriate and sent troops to pursue Yu Wentai. However, Yuwen Tai had already run back to Guanzhong at this time, and Gao Huan's pursuers had to return in vain. Gao Huan let go of his biggest opponent who he could not defeat until his death, and he did not know whether Gao Huan under Yubi City would regret his decision that year.