Yuwen Tai, Gao Huan's lifelong rival.
Yuwen Tai came from Wuchuan Town, one of the Six Towns, he was generous, righteous and wealthy, liked to make friends with the hero Haojie, and at the age of eighteen, he participated in the Six Towns Uprising and served under Ge Rong. After Ge Rong was defeated by Erzhu Rong, most of his men and horses were absorbed by Erzhu Rong, and Yuwen Tai joined the ranks of the Erzhu family. Later, some people gathered in the central and western parts of Guanzhong to cause rebellion, and the Northern Wei Emperor sent the generals He Bayue and Erzhu Tianguang to quell the rebellion, and Yuwen Tai also followed the troops to Guanzhong.
After many battles, they defeated the rebels, and Yuwen Tai was promoted to general of Zhenxi for his merits. At this time, Gao Huan rose up and started a big war with the Erzhu family. Erzhu Tianguang, as a member of the family, naturally wanted to go over to help, so he asked his younger brother Erzhu Xianshou to stay in Chang'an, and he himself led his troops to the eastern region to deal with Gao Huan, and later called Hou MoChenyue's troops who remained in Guanzhong to help.
Another general in Guanzhong, He Bayue, had different ideas.
He Bayue was very disgusted with the arrogant Erzhu family, and he estimated that Erzhu Tianguang was not Gao Huan's opponent, and did not want Hou Mo Chenyue's people to be sent to death in vain, and wanted to join forces with him to deal with Erzhu Xianshou, who remained in Chang'an.
But Hou Mo Chen Yue was still a subordinate of the Erzhu family after all, how could he listen to He Bayue?
Just when He Bayue was at a loss, Yuwen Tai came up with a method. After careful observation, Yu Wentai found that Hou Mo Chen Yue's camp was not a monolith, and Hou Mo Chen Yue could not convince the public, and Yu Wentai suggested going directly to Hou Mo Chen Yue's army to lobby and make the stakes clear. He Bayue followed the plan, and sure enough, he retained Hou Mochen Yue's men and horses, and together they defeated Erzhu Xianshou.
At this time, the Erzhu family not only lost Guanzhong, but also was defeated by Gao Huan in the eastern region, losing its hegemonic position.
After this, Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai also met once.
Gao Huan was in a period of ascension and his power was constantly expanding, and He Bayue specially sent Yuwen Tai to visit and observe the situation on Gao Huan's side. At that time, Gao Huan was already a hot big man, Yuwen Tai was eleven years younger than him, just a subordinate of He Bayue, Gao Huan did not care about him at first, just asked about He Bayue. Unexpectedly, Yuwen Tai's eloquence was very good, his thinking was clear, and his answers were like a stream, which made Gao Huan appreciate him very much, and even wanted to keep him for use. Yuwen Tai coped carefully before he was able to escape and return to Guanzhong. Although some risks were taken, Yuwen Tai's trip was still rewarding.
Through Gao Huan's observation, Yuwen Tai decided that this person would not be loyal to the Northern Wei imperial family, and the reason why he had not yet usurped the throne was because he was afraid of such a strong enemy as He Bayue. Therefore, Yuwen Tai suggested that Heba Yue integrate the forces in the Guanzhong region as soon as possible to oppose Gao Huan. He Bayue felt that it was reasonable, so he secretly sent someone to contact yuan xiu, the monarch of Northern Wei, and agreed to deal with Gao Huan together.
This is also one of the important reasons why Yuan Xiu dared to call Gao Huan. But the infiltration is mutual.
He Bayue was looking for helpers to deal with Gao Huan, and Gao Huan was also looking for helpers to deal with He Bayue, and the person he was looking for was called Cao Ni.
Cao Ni's territory was in Lingzhou (around present-day Lingwu, Ningxia), not far from the territory of Hebayue, and there was a certain threat to Hebayue. Hearing that Cao Ni and Gao Huan had contacts, He Bayue knew that he did not have any good intentions, and prepared to ask Hou Mo Chen Yue to attack Cao Ni together. Before the operation, He Bayue specially sent his subordinate Zhao Gui to ask Yuwen Tai's opinion.
Yuwen Tai had already become the Assassin of Xia Prefecture at that time, not by He Bayue's side, and after listening to Zhao Gui's relevant situation, Yuwen Tai felt that He Bayue's move was inappropriate. He believed that Cao Ni was not afraid, but Hou Mo Chen Yue was a capricious person who needed to be guarded against. He Bayue could not listen and insisted on forming an alliance with Hou Mochen Yue. An important gap between people is cognition.
Hou Mo Chen Yue was forced to join forces with He Bayue last time, he had never been a reliable ally, and he had already had contact with Gao Huan's people at this time, and it was possible to blackmail He Bayue at any time.
In terms of knowing people, He Bayue was far worse than Yuwen Tai.
Soon after, Yuwen Tai's fears happened, and Hou Mo Chen Yue took advantage of He Bayue's defenselessness and killed him. As a result, Hebayue's people are leaderless and need to find a new leader. The far-sighted Yuwen Tai left a deep impression on Zhao Gui. He proposed that Yuwentai be the leader, and the others also admired Yuwentai and agreed. So Zhao Gui sent emissaries to Xia Prefecture and asked Yuwen Tai to come and command the troops.
This is a rare opportunity, but it can also be risky. Someone reminded Yuwen Tai that Hou Mo Chen Yue might have already annexed He Bayue's men and horses. The implication is that this is a trap, so it is better not to go for a while and wait and see.
At the critical moment, Yuwen Tai saw it very thoroughly.
He thought that if Hou Mo Chen Yue had annexed He Bayue's men and horses, he would have already attacked Pingliang and would not have remained still. If he did not rush over quickly, and when the people of Hebayue's troops were scattered, the situation would be difficult to recover. Therefore, Yuwen Tai took the cavalry and advanced rapidly. Yuwen Tai's movements are fast, and the movements of others are not slow.
Knowing that He Bayue was dead, Gao Huan immediately sent his subordinate Hou Jing to ask him to bring He Bayue's men to him. So on the way, Yuwen Tai and Hou Jing met. These two are the heroes of the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, but Yuwen Tai's aura is stronger. After learning of Hou Jing's intentions, Yuwen Tai said coldly, "Although He Bayue has passed away, I Am Still alive with Yuwen Tai!"
Yuwen Tai's influence on He Bayue's troops was extraordinary, and seeing that his attitude was so tough, Hou Jing estimated that he could not complete the task and ran back in gray. Soon after, Yuwen Tai arrived at his destination and took over Heba yue's men. With the death of He Bayue, the situation has changed greatly.
Originally, the Northern Wei monarch Yuan Xiu had already made an agreement with He Bayue to attack Hou Jing together, but As a result, He Bayue was suddenly killed, and it was unknown whether his men and horses could come to help.
Yuan Xiu was about to go to war with Gao Huan at this time, he was in urgent need of help, and when he learned that Yuwen Tai had replaced He Bayue, he immediately sent someone to contact Yu Wentai and ask him to bring troops over. But Yuwen Tai is different from He Bayue, he thinks more comprehensively, and before deciding to help others, he needs to consider his own situation. At this time, Hou Mo Chen Yue was already on Gao Huan's side, his men and horses were stationed in Shuiluo, and part of Gao Huan's army was also approaching Guanzhong, and Yuwen Tai needed to be careful to deal with many enemies. Therefore, Yuwen Tai did not rush to Yuan Xiu's place, but temporarily stood still.
Yuwen Tai's choice was correct, and Hou Mo Chen Yue was preparing to attack him.
After killing He Bayue, Hou Mo Chen Yue had always been afraid that Yuwen Tai would come to him to avenge himself, so he took the initiative this time and forged an edict to hand over to The Qin Prefecture Assassin Shi Wan Qianpu. The content of the edict was: Asking Wan Qianpu to form an alliance with Hou Mo Chen Yue.
Wan Qianpu felt that this edict was strange, which was obviously to make him and Hou Mochen Yue join forces against Yuwen Tai. He didn't want to be shot by others, so he handed this suspicious edict to Yuwen Tai to show his sincerity. At this point, Yuwen Tai and Hou Mo Chen Yue tore their faces, and Yu Wentai decided to settle the general ledger with Hou Mo Chen Yue. He gathered his subordinates and publicly expressed that he would attack Hou Mo chen yue. His subordinates had followed He Bayue and were very active when they heard that they were now going to avenge him. Yuwen Tai quickly set out with his troops.
Yuwen Tai's troops were disciplined, they did not harass the common people on the way to the march, and they were bent on avenging Hebayue. Hou Mo Chen Yue did not have a firm will to fight, he himself was a person who had killed allies, and he did not trust the people around him, and the whole team was distracted.
One side is united in will, the other side is jealous of each other, and before they can fight, Yuwen Tai has already won a few points.
In this case, Hou Mochen Yue did not dare to lead people to fight hard with his opponents, so he let some of the soldiers stay in Shuiluo, and he led his army to retreat to Luoyang.
After Yuwen Tai arrived in Shuiluo, he immediately sent troops to surround the place, the defenders were isolated and helpless, and soon surrendered, and Yuwen Tai's army then approached Luoyang, where Hou Mo Chen Yue was located. Seeing that the other side was attacking so fiercely, Hou Mochen Yue was afraid and asked his subordinates what to do. His soldiers thought they could not defeat each other and could only escape. With such morale, it is difficult to be undefeated.
Soon after, Yuwen Tai led the troops to kill, and Hou Mo Chen Yue led the troops to battle with a hard scalp. As a result, as soon as the hand was exchanged, Hou Mo Chen Yue's side was beaten to the point of losing his armor and abandoning his armor, and Hou Mo Chen Yue himself took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Unfortunately, even his escape route was guessed by Yuwen Tai.
Yu Wentai analysis: Hou Mo Chen Yue had previously allied with Cao Ni, who occupied Lingzhou, and he should have fled to Lingzhou. Therefore, he had people chase after him in the direction of Lingzhou, and sure enough, he caught Hou Mo Chen Yue.
After defeating Hou Mo Chen Yue, Yuwen Tai received a large amount of loot, but he did not take anything, and gave all of it to the soldiers.
Know how to share, others will be willing to help you.
After a series of battles, Yuwen Tai basically unified Guanzhong and became a pivotal force.