The chaos in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and later the Three Kingdoms period was second to none in the entire ancient history.
The chaos in this period is not the kind of chaos in which everyone is arguing about being alone and fighting with each other endlessly, but the kind of chaos in which people think that the situation will be calm, but suddenly become chaotic, think that the situation is about to collapse, but then tremble and tremble.
The so-called political wisdom and the so-called historical experience have completely lost their effect in this situation of frequent accidents and chaos.
The Northern Dynasty was divided due to the mutiny of the Six Towns. The Southern Dynasty seemed stable under the control of the old helmsman Xiao Lao Bodhisattva. A Hou Jing's Rebellion tore the entire Southern Liang into pieces. The Eastern Wei Dynasty had a clear advantage over the Western Wei Dynasty. It was a crushing game, and everyone was defeated by Gao.
The joyful play turned into a long-term confrontation. The Western Wei Dynasty started out in difficulties and finally stabilized the situation. It lost everything in the battle of Mangshan, but it did not want to survive the desperate situation and completed internal harmony through the military system.
After a great turmoil in the Southern Dynasties, Xiao Yi of Jiangling became the winner with the last laugh, but the Western Wei Dynasty unexpectedly captured the capital. The Western Wei Dynasty took advantage of the war in the Southern Dynasties to first recover Hanzhong, then take Bashu, and finally capture Jiangling. It can be said that it was full of gains.
After sweeping away the decadence after the Battle of Mangshan, a crisis of internal and external discord broke out again!
It seems that there will never be an absolute winner in this world, and new chaos will inevitably break out after every seemingly glorious victory.
For example, the Northern Qi Dynasty had just defeated Kumoxi and the Khitan with its strong national power, and even the new overlord of the grasslands, the Turks, had been severely damaged. They sighed at the heroic emperor, but turned around and were stabbed in the back by Rouran, who was protected by him. In the general
After Rouran, the white-eyed wolf, gave him a hard lesson, Qi leader Gao Yang, who returned to the army, had to face the situation of losing the important towns in Huainan one after another.
In September, the leader of Qi, Gao Yang, came to Heluo in person, intending to fight the Western Wei Dynasty. However, the Western Wei Dynasty ignored this, and Gao Yang could only order the construction of several more cities and then return to Jinyang.
Although this expedition was fruitless externally, it did gain a lot internally. Several generals who had been canonized as kings at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China faded out of the army, and military power was transferred to the younger brothers of Qi Lord Gao Yang, as well as close relatives such as Gao Yue and Duan Shao.
In the hands of the ministers, of course, the final power was still in the hands of Gao Yang.
With several foreign wars since the founding of the People's Republic of China, coupled with the adjustment of internal personnel order, Gao Yang now finally has the power, no longer in the embarrassing situation of being unable to match his moral character in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Not long after returning to Jinyang, Gao Yang ordered to summon all the craftsmen from the country to gather in Jinyang, demolish the old palace in Jinyang, and build a new one. As for himself, he led the civil and military officials and a large group of people back to Yecheng.
Preside over state affairs.
Shortly after Gao Yang arrived in Yecheng, news came from the south that the Western Wei army had left Wuguan to attack Jiangling.
When Gao Yang learned about this, he was furious. He had clamored among Heluo before but received no response. He thought that the Western Wei Dynasty was cowardly and timid, but he thought that the other party was brewing other battle plans and provoking him.
Then he turned a blind eye completely. This feeling of being ignored naturally made Gao Yang extremely embarrassed.
"The cowardly thief originally thought he was afraid of the strong and avoided fighting, but he was still rampant in his thief nature. He used Guanshan as a barrier and refused to fight with me. He took advantage of the geographical advantage to attack the weak. It is really hateful!"
While Gao Yang loudly cursed the Western Wei Dynasty for bullying the weak and shying away from the strong, he also asked the ministers for strategies: "Now Black Otter is relying on its dangerous pass to conquer Jingxiang. The leader of the Liang Kingdom is cowardly and his ministers are weak, so he may be difficult to defeat. If he can gain the support of Liang, he will
, the thieves are getting stronger, what strategies do you have to stop them?"
Xin Shu, the official minister who had been in Huainan for a long time, came forward and said: "When Hou Jing in the old days made trouble in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the land in the north of the Yangtze River and in the south of the Yangtze River was controlled by me, but the corner of Yiyang was still occupied by the Qiang Li Boshan. The former Li Boshan teamed up with General Liang
Attacking the towns in Huainan, now I think about it again, it turns out that the following is actually here! The Liang army in the lower reaches will be disrespectful to our country, while the Wei army under Li Boshan is guarding Hefei. Even though I have the intention of running for rescue, I am also out of coordination with the Liang army in the south of the Yangtze River.
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Li Boshan is also a tiger general. He has secured a stronghold in the city and it is very difficult to defeat him. If we can gather a large army in Huaibei and attack Yiyang, he will lose his position in advance and retreat. The retreat route is blocked and the isolated city is difficult to defend. If he can support his troops and move west, then we can
Return to Hefei. Now that the Liang Kingdom has been attacked, all the armies downstream will be frightened and suspicious. At that time, they will be based in Hefei and then attack again, hoping to get twice the result with half the effort and complete our power in Huainan."
As soon as Xin Shu finished speaking, Duan Shao, who had just returned from Huainan without success, said: "Xin Shangshu has known the military affairs of Huainan for a long time, and what he said makes sense. First, drive away the thieves Li Boshan, and then suppress the Liang Kingdom's disciples.
Things get easier after difficulties, and the situation gradually gets better. However, the Qiang thieves have already attacked first, and I should pursue them quickly. If Yiyang is difficult to overcome, all the armies will be in vain for a long time. What will happen to Jingxiang by then is unpredictable!
It is better to first make things easier and then make things easier. The armies of the Liang Kingdom are not in harmony with each other and are working on their own affairs. Now that the country is under attack, everyone must be frightened and suspicious. Our country can use both kindness and power. The advance envoy sent a letter to Wang Sengbian, the Taiwei of the Liang Kingdom, and issued an order.
Chen Ba of the Liang State returned Guangling first, and at the same time the army went south to Guangling. After regaining Guangling, the generals of the Liang State must rely on my power if they want to save their lord.
At that time, we will look upstream again. If Jiangling exists, we can save it. If Jiangling does not exist, we can recruit the Liang generals and use them to control the Qiang thieves. Moreover, Libo Mountain has been in Jingxiang for a long time, and the thieves' expansion to the southeast is attributed to him. Today's
How can he be willing to stay out of the situation when he enters Jiangling? Jiangling and Hefei, which one is more important? If you sacrifice the big for the small, how can you not hide anything? To push too hastily may not be a good strategy!"
After hearing these two ideas, Gao Yang also weighed the two ideas and quickly made a decision, that is, two strategies should be implemented in parallel. First, Pan Le, the king of Hedong, would lead an army of 20,000 troops southward to occupy Xuanhu, and the troops would be directed towards Yiyang. At the same time,
He also sent an envoy south to Jiankang and ordered Wang Sengbian to return Guangling City. Then he led Qinghe King Gao Yue and Duan Shao to lead an army of 50,000 people and marched directly to Guangling.
However, soon after the army was assembled and not long after crossing the Yellow River, the latest news came from the south, making the Northern Qi monarchs and ministers realize that their previous entanglements were unnecessary. Jiangling City was destroyed!
"The rebel army has only been there for a few days, but the city of Jiangling was actually destroyed? Who is Xiao Yi, the leader of Liang, so helpless? Or was it destroyed by Li Boshan? Isn't he in Hefei? Are you talking nonsense?"
The message contained in this brief message made Gao Yang, who regarded himself as shrewd, feel that his mind was filled with questions. He was puzzled and his curiosity was tortured. He wanted to give the apostle who reported the message a beating first before talking about it.
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However, relevant news came one after another, which also proved the authenticity of the previous news. After learning about this situation, Gao Yang couldn't help but sigh: "Although this Li Boshan has fallen down and abandoned me to become a traitor, he is really brave and heroic, so
Let’s not talk about our achievements for the time being. We were still stationed in Hefei before, but in the blink of an eye we entered Jiangling! Black Otter is so virtuous and capable. He seems to have the power of ghosts and gods to get help from this disciple. Now we have missed the opportunity and it is not my fault. We are all generals.
It’s no good! If I could have this disciple, the world would not be at peace.”
When talking about Li Tai, a thief general who abandoned light and turned to darkness, Gao Yang had mostly negative feelings about him, but now that he heard that he fought in various directions in such a short period of time and even defeated a large city, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
In his heart, he secretly had a love for talents and was deeply jealous that Yu Wentai had such a good general.
After sighing, Gao Yang quickly recovered his mood, adjusted his previous tactics, and ordered his confidant Zhao Denan to declare: "As the King of Hedong returns to the court, the above party king will lead his division and brigade to join the division of King Qinghe and go to Guangling.
We must use both soft and hard tactics to recapture Guangling so that the Liang generals will not dare to disobey me!"
Although Gao Yang often behaves recklessly, this is usually just a means to frighten the masses. In fact, he is very shrewd inside. Especially when faced with such unexpected situations, he can often grasp the key points intuitively.
Now that Jiangling City has been breached, even he is surprised. It is conceivable that the soldiers of Nanliang in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River will only be more frightened. Under such circumstances, he needs to appear in these areas with an absolutely tough attitude as soon as possible.
In front of the Nanliang generals, destroy these people's defenses, and then achieve the goal of controlling the remaining personnel forces of Nanliang.
As for the several important towns in Huainan currently occupied by the Western Wei Dynasty, even Li Boshan has moved to fight elsewhere. It is conceivable that they are not the core interests in this current change.
If the remaining forces of Nanliang can be grasped, a puppet regime can even be established while it is leaderless. This strategic prospect is naturally not comparable to that of several towns in Huainan.
Moreover, although Pan Le was considered a more respectful and docile one among the heroes, he was also inextricably linked with other heroes, and Gao Yang was not happy for him to continue to lead troops and sit in command for a long time.
Previously, it was because they were worried that this group of people might encounter a fight with Li Boshan, so they sent a stable veteran general. Now that Li Boshan's location is known, there is no need to use a veteran general. The generals of Nanliang are not worthy of too much attention.
The huge changes that occurred in Jiangling were enough to affect the follow-up situation of the three-legged confrontation, so Gao Yang also paid close attention to the development of the situation. In order to obtain the latest information faster, he stayed in Yecheng for a long time, and left part of Jinyang behind.
The soldiers were mobilized.
As time goes by, more and more details of the incident have been supplemented and improved. The personnel changes of the Western Wei army were naturally reported to Yecheng. Even if ordinary people heard about it, they might just be confused, but Gao Yang learned about this.
After something happens, you can naturally taste more information.
"Haha! I was wondering, how brave and courageous is Black Otter to be able to control such talents? Sure enough! In the poor and narrow land of Guanxi, where the people are in dire straits and profits are meager, how can a strong man be allowed to do justice? Black Otter has no talent like Li Boshan.
If you feed it, it will turn against you over time, as you can see today!"
Seeing his old enemy unlucky made him feel twice as happy. After Gao Yang learned about this situation, he felt extremely happy. At the same time, he couldn't help but comment on Li Tai: "This Li Boshan has finally succumbed to his inferiors for a long time. He is helpless."
Someone has the right weapon! When he first seized the power of the army, he should have raised his troops to march north, seize the pass, kill the black otters, and take the king hostage. Jiangling's king and ministers are weak, when can they not be captured? Now it seems that he has achieved great success.
, In fact, the root of the disaster is deep-seated. How can we tolerate the black otter for a long time because it is cunning and vicious? Even if it occupies Jingxiang, it has no great righteousness to uphold it. It may be successful in the short term, but it will weaken in the long term!"
As a man who was ordered to do something in danger and dared to create a country without any merit, Gao Yang's vision was very vicious.
Back then, even his mother objected to him replacing the Eastern Wei Dynasty, but he knew that his reputation would be inconsistent with his words. If he did not have a famous position to suppress those Jinyang nobles, he would probably be stripped of his skin by them soon.
Li Boshan's biggest mistake in this series of rebellion was not to uphold justice. No matter how prosperous he was at the moment, just because of this shortcoming, it was determined that he would definitely be at a disadvantage in the subsequent long-term confrontation, and even be eventually defeated.
Worn to death!
Gao Yang originally had a lot of appreciation for Li Boshan in his heart, but after seeing his short-sightedness and cowardice exposed at critical moments, he suddenly felt a little boring. If he made such an inverse move, he was doomed, right?
The road back, if you can't go all the way to the end and gain the final victory, the only outcome will be death!
But this was good news for the Northern Qi Dynasty. Originally, Gao Yang was worried that the Western Wei Dynasty might increase its power after capturing Jiangling, and would gather the manpower and material resources between Jiang and Han in Guanzhong, making it more difficult to deal with.
But now that Jiangling has been captured, the Western Wei Dynasty has fallen into serious internal strife.
Yu Wentai was furious at the betrayal of his close subordinates, but was unable to check and balance. Although Li Boshan occupied the land of Jingxiang, he had to govern the newly opened land, suppress the endless rebellions, and guard against the black hands coming from behind.
The two sides are entangled with each other, and in the next period of time they will all lose their ability to fight externally.
The Southern Liang people lost their emperor and were leaderless, so they must have been in chaos. As the Western Wei Dynasty was temporarily unable to invade and expand its results, the Northern Qi Dynasty could be said to have come from behind and could take the opportunity to increase their control and influence over the remaining forces of the Southern Liang Dynasty.
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However, just as Gao Yang was in a good mood and continued to wait for news from the south, the news from Jiankang made him quite angry: Wang Sengbian, the Taiwei of Nanliang, directly rejected the request of the Northern Qi envoy and refused to return Guangling City.
When Gao Yang learned about this situation, he was very angry. He issued several edicts in one day, urging Gao Yue and other armies to speed up their advance and launch an attack immediately after their troops arrived at Guangling!
There was more than one thing that made Gao Yang worried. Due to his personal concern about the situation in the south, more and more news about the south spread among the people in Yecheng. Especially the news about Li Boshan, most of which were reported by Corporal Ye
He talked about it with relish, which inevitably aroused Gao Yang's vigilance.
On this day, a case involving Tingwei attracted Gao Yang's attention. Cui, the governor of Dongyanzhou, was imprisoned for corruption and dereliction of duty. As a result, after the trial, Tingwei only had Cui's concubine beheaded in the city, but Cui was still imprisoned.
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"How is this going?"
Gao Yang took the file and went straight to the Ministry of Secretariat. He threw the file in the hall and angrily rebuked: "Why don't you kill the prisoner Cui?"
Yang Min, the governor of Shangshu Province, stood up hurriedly and explained: "Cui suddenly suffered from a disease of partiality while in office, and it was difficult to take care of things. The imperial court did not send envoys to replace him in time, and his concubine relied on his favor to favor the sycophant..."
"Don't make sophistry, this old slave deserves to die, die quickly! Whoever takes this diseased old slave out to govern a large state and harms our country's affairs will be severely punished!"
Gao Yang roared angrily, pointed at Yang Min's nose and ordered.
After hearing the words, Yang Min hurriedly bowed to the ground and said respectfully. He waited until Gao Yang waved his sleeves and left before standing up and returning to his case. After finishing writing the order, he sighed secretly and went to other provinces to summon the slaves.
, whispered in a low voice: "Go to Cui Changru's house and tell him that it is difficult to save him. Let the family prepare for the funeral."