Chapter 510 The eight villages behind the mountain
Chapter 510: The Eight Villages Behind the Mountain, Diaowo Village, Gao Family.
In the eyes of Fan Yang and Lu, he was a small and powerful man on the frontier who had no place on the stage.
The back of the mountain is also called Shanyin, and the north of the mountain.
The Bazhai at the back of the mountain were once the eight towns set up by the Sui Dynasty. For example, the Diaowo Village led by the Gao family was once called Najiang Fort, also known as Najiang Shouchuo. During the Sui Dynasty, troops were stationed here to guard the border, and they also immigrated to guard the border.
, and later also housed descendants of Xi, Khitan, and Goguryeo.
During the turbulent wars at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Gao family contacted eight villages and formed alliances to protect themselves. They did not participate in the battles between the various forces. They called themselves border residents, trained rural soldiers, and only defended the countryside. They farmed and herded by themselves.
Soldiers and rations, independent defense.
The Gao family in Diaowo has five hundred cavalry, and the other seven villages each have hundreds of infantry and cavalry. They can gather 3,000 men and horses, and their strength is not bad.
Huaiyu compared the location pointed out to him by Lu Chengye on the map. The location of Diaowozhai was around Chicheng County in later generations, in the Red River Basin of the Chaobai River system, adjacent to Yanqing in the south.
It is only three hundred and sixty miles away from Youzhou. In ancient times, most of the ancient Jinyun clan's land in Longguan was mountainous, and there was also a lot of arable land in the valley, which could be cultivated and grazed.
It is only a hundred miles away from Huairong County, the seat of Beiyan Prefecture, and only ten miles away from Baiyun City, the newly established Guangbian Army established by Wu Huaiyu.
It was because of the Guangbian Army that the Eight Villages at the Back of the Mountain were in trouble this time.
Huaiyu adjusted the border army and established a new Guangbian Army, which was to be stationed in the Red River Valley of the Chaobai River system, rebuild Baiyun Fort, and increase the number of troops stationed there. The Red River Basin is where the Bazhai is now, and they had long regarded it as their own territory.
After the collapse of the Sui Dynasty, the Bazhai formed a joint defense and self-protection. They no longer accepted the jurisdiction of Youzhou. They neither paid taxes nor obeyed the military conquests. They plowed the fields and grazed their own animals, took care of themselves, raised their own money to buy and build ordnance, strengthened the forts, and trained by themselves.
Rural soldiers guard.
Now Youzhou wants to build a fort and garrison troops in their place, and they also want the eight villages to organize households and all the people, measure the acres of land, and pay rent and taxes for military service, but the eight villages refuse.
The Gao family in Diaowo directly led troops to block the sent Guangbian army in the middle, and even drove away the officials who went to issue orders.
"The leader of Diaowo Village is called Gao Wei, who is known as Gao Yaozi. He is a master of magic with his horse. It is said that there is a Yuandi Temple in Gaojia Village, which enshrines the Zhenwu Statue of Xuantian God, which was erected by the imperial general Wei Chigong."
"What does it have to do with Yuchi Gong?"
"It's really related. Yuchigong was originally from Shanyang, Mayi, Shuozhou. He was a blacksmith in his early years. Later, he was recruited by the Sui Dynasty to Boling, Hebei Province to make weapons. At the end of the great cause, peasant rebellions surged across the country, and Yuchigong was conscripted and suppressed in Gaoyang.
In the bandit army, he accumulated merit and was awarded Chaosan Dafu, and later he returned to his hometown and joined Liu Wuzhou's command."
Lao Hei and Wu Huaiyu also know this.
“What does this have to do with Galway?”
"At that time, Gao Wei and his son were also in the Sui army. When they were suppressing civil unrest in Gaoyang, Gao Wei also saved Yu Chi Gong's life. Even Yu Chi Gong's method was passed down by Gao Wei's father. Therefore, Gao Wei and Yu Chi Gong
They are considered brothers. Later, when Yu Chigong was a general under Liu Wuzhou, he sent people to Diaowo Village to ask Gao Wei and his son to come out to help Liu Wu Zhou, but Gao Wei and his son refused. They had no intention of fighting for other parties anymore and just wanted to
Guard the countryside.
Yuchi Gong then sent someone to deliver a batch of weapons to Gaowei and his son, and also paid to build a Yuandi Temple in Diaowo Village."
Wu Huaiyu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the leader of the small village at the frontier was actually Junior Brother Yuchi Gong.
Lu Chengye asked, "But Gao Yaozi doesn't listen to orders?"
"Um."
Lu Chengye was not surprised at all, "This Gao Yaozi is indeed somewhat capable. He has led the eight villages to protect themselves. He has not listened to anyone's orders in recent years, whether it is Luo Yi who claimed to be the general manager of the separatist Youzhou, or the fishermen in Jizhou
He ignored Gao Kaidao, who made himself king in Yang, or the monk Tansheng who later led fifty monk soldiers in Beiyanzhou to rebel and claimed to be the Mahayana emperor, or Liu Heitai, the later king of Eastern Han Dynasty."
"Didn't anyone hit him?"
"Of course, Luo Yi once summoned Gaowei, but Gaowei refused to listen. Luo Yi sent troops to conquer, but failed to defeat it. Later, Dou Jiande attacked Youzhou, and Luo Yi was too busy to take care of himself that he no longer cared about the back of the mountain.
Later, Gao Tansheng led his monk soldiers to rebel, claiming to be emperor, occupying the Huairong area, and recruited Gao Kaidao. His momentum was very strong for a while, and he also issued an edict to Gao Wei and named him the patrol envoy behind the mountain and the envoy to surrender the army.
But Gao Wei, who was said to be from the Gao Tansheng tribe, ignored him.
Afterwards, Gao Kaidao led 5,000 troops to surrender to Gao Tansheng, then killed Tansheng, annexed his troops, and called himself King of Yan. He moved the capital from Yuyang to Huairong, and appointed Gao Wei as the governor of Weizhou and a general. Gao Wei still ignored him.
Guard your own borders.
Dou Jiande led an army to attack Luo Yi. Luo Yi asked Gao Kaidao for help. Gao Kaidao sent 3,000 troops to rescue him. He also issued an edict to Gao Wei to lead the army behind the mountain, but Gao Wei ignored him. Shortly after Dou Jiande's defeat, Luo Yi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Kaidao also joined the Tang Dynasty and was granted the title of Li by the Prince of Beiping County, and was given the title of General Manager of Yuzhou.
Later, Gao Kaidao rebelled against the Turks again and joined forces with Liu Heita to attack Yizhou. Although he failed to capture it, he immediately led the Turks to invade the Youyi constant area, burning, killing and looting. He also helped the Turks to defeat Gao Manzheng in Mayi who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
It wasn't until he was killed by his subordinates in the seventh year of Wude that the land of Youyan was temporarily settled."
"Gao Kaidao tried to win over Gao Wei many times, but he remained unmoved. He also besieged him several times. However, Diaowo Village occupies a dangerous position and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he failed to gain any advantage."
The name Diaowo Village refers to the place where Diaowo built its nest, which is quite dangerous and shrouded in clouds and fog all year round. There are two villages in Diaowo Village. One is in the valley beside the Red River at the foot of the mountain. The terrain is flat and convenient for farming and herding. The other is
On the mountain behind the village, there is only a narrow path connecting it. The fortress on the mountain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Food, grass and equipment are usually stored. Once the enemy invades, the villagers can retreat to the stone fort on the mountain. One man can guard the gate and ten thousand people can't open it.
Wu Huaiyu was no stranger to this capricious Gao Kaidao, who was also his father-in-law.
His concubine Gao Rouge was the daughter of Gao Kaidao. When Gao Kaidao was betrayed by his subordinates, he hanged his wife and daughter to death in despair. However, Gao Rouge was lucky enough to survive and was later exiled to Tang Yeting. In the end, he was rewarded
Wu Huaiyu.
Now she has given birth to a daughter Wu Siniang Wu Lutong to Wu Huaiyu, and is engaged to be married to the son of Gao Jifu, the censor of the Bohai Gao family.
"To be able to remain standing during the years of Sui Dynasty, it seems that Gao Yaozi is indeed very capable."
"How about I send someone to talk to him?" Lu Chengye said.
Huaiyu shook his head.
"Gao Yaozi thinks that because he lives outside the Great Wall, he is no longer a subject of the Tang Dynasty and is not subject to the control of the imperial court? It's ridiculous. He dares to openly defy the orders of the governor. The governor will never tolerate it. Otherwise, the majesty of the imperial court will be destroyed.
Where is the majesty of this governor?"
Huaiyu asked An Lushan to call Su Lie who was directing at the side of the court.
"The kite behind the mountain is rebelling!"
When Su Lie heard this, he immediately stared and said, "This Gaowei will not drink wine as a penalty. Commander, please allow me to rush back to Beiyan Prefecture immediately and order the Qingyi army to destroy them."
Huaiyu waved his hand.
"What makes Gao Yaozi easy to rely on is that he is in a remote location and the fortress is dangerous. Your Qingyi army is an elite force of light cavalry and is not good at attacking mountain fortresses. It is better for me to personally lead the army to meet him."
"The Qingyi Army is willing to protect the Governor!"
"good."
Lu Chengye hurriedly persuaded, "Please think twice before taking action. Diaowo Village is the easiest to defend and difficult to attack, especially the stone fortress on the back mountain. It is really a Diaowo Village built in the clouds and mist. At the time, Luo Yi, Gao Tansheng, Gao Kaidao, and even
The Turks have besieged it several times. At the most, they were besieged by tens of thousands of troops for more than a month, but they were unable to move, and even suffered heavy losses of troops and generals."
"Please ask the governor to ask your subordinates to send their family members to persuade me. He still has to give some respect to my family, Fan Yanglu."
"No need, even if his Diaowo Village is built in the clouds, I can knock it down for him." Wu Huaiyu was full of confidence.
Lu Chengye didn't understand where his confidence came from.
He, a native of Youzhou, knew very well how powerful the Eight Villages behind the Mountain were, especially Diaowo Village and Gaoyaozi.
But Wu Huaiyu was determined to use the Gao family to scare the monkeys, and he was not afraid of how dangerous Diaowo Village was, because he also had a secret weapon.
"Calculating the time, the men, horses and firearms from the Shenji Battalion assigned to me by His Majesty should also arrive. It's time to try out the Gao Yao first. This time I want to see how he can make a difference!"
Shenji camp, firearms.
Lu Chengye was puzzled.
"Lu Wulang, you will know then."
At the sound of a military order, a mountain fell, and thousands of soldiers and horses rushed to gather first.
Li Laoer heard that he also limped over and hurried over, "I heard that Duke Wu is going to attack Diaowo Village?"
"Um."
"Does Mr. Wu know the dangers of Diaowo Village and Gao Yaozi's fierce and fierce tactics?"
"Know a little bit."
"Then Duke Wu still wants to send troops?"
"It's just a small village, why should we be afraid?"
"Mr. Wu must not underestimate the enemy. I know that Gong Wu intended to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, but the choice of Gaowei was wrong. If he fails to kill the chicken, it will damage Gong Wu's majesty."
"Don't worry, he can't fall short of my majesty."
Li Jinyan was a little confused, "Why is Duke Wu so confident?"
"Because I have a secret weapon."
······· The news that Gao Yaozi behind the mountain had angered Governor Wu, and Governor Wu was angry and sent troops. When hearing this news, the reactions of all parties were different.
Some people think that Gao Yaozi may have hit a brick wall this time.
Some people also think that Wu Huaiyu will be the one who gets kicked out of the iron plate.
Anyway, these two are ruthless people who have never lost a battle so far. This time they meet their opponents and will meet a good talent.
At Lu Chengye's house.
Zu Chongxin came to Lu Chengye to play chess, and the old man and the young man talked.
It's just that neither of them are thinking about chess today.
"Who do you think Wulang can win this time?"
"I originally thought that Governor Wu would suffer a loss if he underestimated the enemy, but my intuition told me that Gao Yaozi might suffer a big loss this time."
Zu Chongxin nodded, "I feel the same way. Although I don't know where Governor Wu's confidence comes from, after all, Governor Wu represents the imperial court. He has experienced many battles, and he is also Li Jing's student and Qin Qiong's student."
Adopted son, not to mention that he now has strong soldiers and horses. Although Gao Yaozi has been very powerful in recent years, his eight villages combined can only have three thousand rural soldiers, and all the old, weak, women and children combined cannot exceed 20,000. Even if Wu Huaiyu has a temporary setback
, can afford to lose, but Gao Yaozi cannot afford to lose in a single battle. From this point of view, Gao Yaozi loses no matter what."
"Grandpa, what do you think we need to do?"
Zu Chongxin thought for a long time and dropped a white stone, "There is no need to do anything, just wait and see what happens."
"Do nothing?"
"do nothing."
The old man stroked his long beard and said, "Especially don't tip off Gao Yaozi. You must immediately cut off all contact with Shanhou and don't have any contact with him for the time being."
