Chapter 1085: Fighting thieves according to the Tao
Since the beginning of this war, the city-building king Gao Xiaoxu has been regarded as the highest-ranking general in the Northern Qi Dynasty who was captured by the Western Wei army. Of course, such a big fish must be treated separately, so after it was captured, it was sent to him as soon as possible.
Go to Yining City in the rear.
Li Tai was very happy when he learned that the front division and brigade had achieved such a gain. After Gao Xiaoxu was sent to Yining City, he summoned him immediately and prepared to inquire about the enemy's latest military situation.
"Come down, Gao Xiaoxu, and go to see Duke Tang, the Prime Minister! The Prime Minister's reputation is as thunderous as thunder. I am lucky to see him today. He is really unparalleled in his grace and majesty like a man of heaven!"
After Gao Xiaoxu entered the hall, he glanced at Li Tai who was sitting in the hall, and immediately knelt on the ground with a plop, bowed his head and said loudly.
Li Tai couldn't help but feel happy to see this guy being so knowledgeable. He looked down at him and asked with a smile: "You say that my style is unparalleled, so what position should your thief master Gao Yang have?"
"This, this... my lord, my old lord, the Gao family, relied on the talents of his father and brother, and relied on his tyranny to control the people. His achievements and demeanor are far inferior to that of the prime minister. A certain person bowed his head to serve as a minister and was trapped in his duty. It is not
Because of his morality and righteousness, Mr. Tang is noble and admirable. He is as bright as the sun and the moon, but how can he compare with the light of a firefly!"
When Gao Xiaoxu heard this question, he hesitated for a moment, then paused and said respectfully.
Although the flattery was very loud, Li Tai couldn't help but frowned after listening to it, and said coldly: "Your intelligence is no better than that of others, and your skills are even less praiseworthy. You are a mediocre person, only because of thieves."
The master deceives heaven and steals the country, suddenly enjoys wealth and honor by following blood, cannot defeat the enemy with strength and is held by others, and betrays the enemy before the instruments of torture are applied to the body. What kind of noble morality do you know?"
Gao Xiaoxu's expression froze when he was scolded by this. Immediately, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he did not dare to speak again.
Li Tai stopped talking nonsense and asked instead: "Did the former Wusu city defenders abandon the city under orders from the bandit leader to lure out our army? How many enemy troops in Jinyang are there and what route they followed.
, where are you already? Come quickly!"
Hearing Li Tai's continuous questions, Gao Xiaoxu did not dare to shirk the secret. He hurriedly paused and told the Jinyang army's dynamics in detail.
Of course, Li Tai could not listen to his words. Regarding the situation of the Jinyang army, Guo Yan had already compiled and sorted it out when collecting prisoners of war and sent them to Yining City with Gao Xiaoxu.
However, these interrogations from ordinary soldiers of the Qi army were relatively basic information. Only people with extraordinary status like Gao Xiaoxu had access to some truly confidential information.
Gao Xiaoxu's attitude was quite cooperative, and he also provided some valuable information, such as the personnel configuration of the Qi Lord's coming south, as well as several basic military milestones. From this, we can get a glimpse of the overall battle plan of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Second, it also has great reference value for Wei Jun's subsequent tactical execution.
To be honest, Qi's leader Gao Yang personally led his troops south to seek battle this time, which was a bit beyond Li Tai's expectations.
Although the Western Wei Dynasty did not have deep penetration into the top leadership of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it can be inferred from the historical time points that Qi leader Gao Yang's current physical condition should be poor, especially after the ninth year of Tianbao, many of his actions revealed a sense of death struggle and
The implication is that he even imitated Xiao Bodhisattva and went to the Buddhist temple to practice Buddhism and observe the precepts when he had nothing to do. His unwillingness and helplessness made people feel deeply.
However, this kind of so-called prophetic variable that is specific to personal health is inherently extremely variable. It can be used as a reference but cannot be used as an actual plan execution condition. Just like the death of Yu Wentai in the Western Wei Dynasty, Li Tai was a little confused. Fortunately, he made early preparations.
It's still stable enough.
Although Gao Xiaoxu may have deliberately concealed some key personnel matters, and perhaps he did not know much about it and was somewhat vague, but through a few words, Li Tai could also guess that the current situation within Northern Qi was developing in a situation that was favorable to the Western Wei
slide.
War is a comprehensive game. The victory or defeat on the battlefield is only the most direct representation. The various changes and impacts caused by it are the richer connotation of war. In fact, many changes and impacts do not need to distinguish the winner.
The misfortune has already occurred, this is the strategy of attacking with troops.
For example, right now, as the Western Wei Dynasty advances step by step and sings triumphant songs, even the leader of Qi, Gao Yang, is forced to lead his own troops at inappropriate times and circumstances. This is good news for the Western Wei Dynasty, because
This is equivalent to attracting a big thunder to the forefront of the battle between the two sides.
Qi leader Gao Yang certainly hoped to attract the main force of the Western Wei army to the east of Qinyuan for a battle, but Li Tai also hoped to use this high-intensity military confrontation to create pressure within Northern Qi and prolong this abnormal operation.
Increase the possibility of thunderstorms inside it.
After interrogating Gao Xiaoxu, because his attitude was quite cooperative, Li Tai did not intend to do anything to him for the time being. Just as he was preparing to lure him out and imprison him, a general responsible for escorting Gao Xiaoxu back suddenly suddenly
He knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, this thief general Gao Xiaoxu is the heir of the dog thief Gao Yongle!"
After Li Tai heard this, he was slightly startled at first, and after thinking for a while, he realized what he was doing, and his eyes changed slightly when he looked at Gao Xiaoxu. Gao Yongle was Gao Huan's son, and he had few deeds in his life.
The impact was that during the Battle of Heqiao, Gao Aocao was guarding the south city of Heyang. After Gao Aocao was defeated and fled there, he closed the city and refused to accept him, thus killing Gao Aocao.
When Gao Xiaoxu was captured by Gao Le on the battlefield before, he had already been severely beaten by Gao Le for this reason. Now when he heard this matter mentioned again, he was frightened, he was too busy and exhausted.
He lamented: "I beg the Prime Minister to spare my life... I am not the blood of the traitor Gao Yongle. When he committed evil and harmed Gao Situ, a certain person was not yet alive. Because he had no heir, he was given as an heir by his parents. In fact, this traitor is the same."
Evil has nothing to do with it. Now that I have returned to righteousness, I will never again inherit this thief..."
This guy has a strong desire to survive. After realizing that his successor Gao Yongle has aroused hatred here, he immediately has to draw a clear line in order to avoid being implicated by him.
Li Tai's feelings for Gao Aocao were not so strong that he would avenge him whenever he got involved. After all, Gao Aocao was a minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty from birth to death, and he still enjoys the honors and gifts from the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties, and his descendants will inherit him.
Jue, there is no need for him, a powerful official in the Western Wei Dynasty, to seek justice for him.
However, whether you should do something or not, the emotional aspect comes second. The key is to see whether there is such a need and whether it has such meaning.
After learning that Gao Xiaoxu turned out to be Gao Yongle's heir, Li Tai pondered for a moment and then said: "The old Gao Huan, although he was a giant bandit, he still had faith in the capital and established righteousness and conquered Erzhu. Gao Aocao Jizhou
Heroes from famous families and Hebei provinces were inspired by this to join in the righteous deeds.
Unexpectedly, after the success, He Liuhun went against his original intention, threatened himself, acted arbitrarily, and first had the ugliness of chasing the emperor, and then killed the meritorious men. Today, the Gao family has stolen the country, and the Hebei province has been ruined. There are antecedents! Gao Yongle framed the righteous men, and actually
However, even though he was exempted from it, God intended that he should be exterminated, but the Gao family went against the will of heaven and continued to do so. This is really outrageous and ridiculous! I am now following the way to fight against thieves, and I shall certainly exterminate them!"
As he spoke, he ordered Gao Xiaoxu to be pulled out of the hall and to a prisoner-of-war camp. He beheaded him in front of the captured and surrendered Northern Qi soldiers and civilians. As for the reason for beheading him, of course he was also announced to the public.
.Hebei elders, don’t panic. When Prime Minister Li Da comes back, there will be blue sky and justice! The town soldiers have taken over your fields and houses, and taken away your wives and children. They will all be able to get them back!
Of course, the military front of the Western Wei Dynasty is still far away from Hebei, and united front measures against the people in Hebei countryside cannot be implemented yet. However, this does not prevent it from being used as a basis for the crusade against Northern Qi and arousing the dissatisfaction of the powerful Han people in Hebei.
Xindu Jianyi is obviously a group drama to fight against the Erzhu family. Why in the end only you Xianbei soldiers are drinking and feasting, but we, the powerful Han people, cannot have names!
After having a brief understanding of Northern Qi's military dispatch and combat plan, Li Tai also had a more specific idea for the conduct and development of the next war.
Although the Qi army's strength far exceeded that of the Wei army after the Jinyang division came south to join forces with the troops in the Shangdang area, Li Tai was not afraid of it.
Previously, Li Tai led a brigade of 20,000 troops to the east, and was later reinforced by Han Guo with 10,000 troops. After capturing Yining City, he ordered Gao Le and Ho Ruodun to lead an army of 50,000 troops to march eastward.
The number of troops invested in this front has reached 80,000. Although it is still far behind the total strength of the Qi army, it is still enough to fight the enemy in this mountainous area that is not suitable for the advance and retreat of large armies.
A battle.
The leader of Qi, Gao Yang, is eager to win, but Li Tai is actually not relaxed now. It should be noted that it has been more than a month since the war started, although before, the Western Wei army was only dispatching relatively inner areas in the Hedong area.
However, as the front advances, the battlefield becomes wider and the supply lines are further lengthened. Every day will cause a lot of consumption. The treasury savings accumulated in the past few years of rest and recuperation are disappearing as quickly as snow under the scorching sun. The soldiers
My physical strength and energy have also been greatly consumed, and I am getting tired.
If this battle cannot achieve a staged situation as soon as possible and cannot obtain considerable benefits, the Western Wei Dynasty's endurance in the following wars will also be weakened. After this battle, the vitality of the Western Wei Dynasty will be seriously damaged because it does not receive enough reports.
The internal situation in the Northern Qi Dynasty was not stable enough, and the war potential in the Western Wei Dynasty was slightly inferior to that of the other side. Therefore, Li Tai also had high expectations for the Wusu City battlefield chosen by Gao Yang, hoping to obtain a gratifying harvest.
Therefore, after Gao Xiaoxu was beheaded, and with the arrival of the troops led by He Ruodun, Li Tai also left Yining City and rushed to Guyuan City, which was closer to the front line, to make preparations for the upcoming battle.