Chapter 515 Wei Zhen Bachuan The cold wind whistled.
flag hunting,
Thousands of troops lined up in front of the stronghold.
Gao Yaozi finally walked out of Diaowo Village, with only a few cavalry accompanying him, including Gao Ning, who was good at charging with horses, Gao Rong, who was good at spears, and Gao Twelve, who was good at bow and sword.
Long branches invade half of the sky, spears and spears form mountains and forests, black armor shines in the sun.
The Tang military formation gave them a huge sense of oppression.
Gao Yaozi was a person who participated in the Eastern Conquest of Goguryeo. He had witnessed Yang Guang's million-strong army conquering Liao. It was not surprising to say that the troops and horses were strong, but the momentum of these more than 10,000 troops was extremely strong.
There were no horns or war drums, and the whole army was solemn, but it was as oppressive as the weight of Mount Tai, which made people feel suffocated.
"The high and mighty Diaowo behind the mountain is here to pay homage to Governor Wu!"
Gao Wei, who had gray hair and beard, dismounted from a distance, walked to the commander's flag in front of the formation, and bowed to Wu Huaiyu. Gao Ning, Gao Rong, and Gao Twelve also followed suit.
Wu Huaiyu was sitting on a pony, wearing a bright light armor, phoenix-winged helmet, and a scarlet woven gold cloak, looking at the well-known senior manager in front of him.
Since the end of the Sui Dynasty, he has never promoted the banner of establishing a separate regime. He has neither been called king nor general general. He is very low-key, but he is actually a hero who unites the villages behind the mountains to achieve self-government.
He was even Yuchi Gong’s junior brother.
Wu Huaiyu deliberately waited for them to finish their salutes, then stood up and stepped forward with a big smile.
He held Gao Yaozi's arm and said, "Before I came to Youzhou, I heard in Chang'an that there was a heroic Gao Yaozi behind the mountain. Now that I see him, he is a true hero."
"Gao Mou is ashamed."
Although he was not defeated and surrendered, Gao Yaozi still felt ashamed because he surrendered without fighting.
So many big words were said before the war, but once the soldiers and horses arrived, they surrendered.
The prestige he had built up over more than ten years as a senior executive was completely wiped out.
Huaiyu took Gao Yaozi's arm in front of the battle and was very affectionate.
Although Mr. Duan had just suggested that Wu Huaiyu should punish Gao Wei, saying that the majesty of the imperial court could not be desecrated, since the soldiers from Youzhou were sent out, the sword would not come back until it was drawn out with blood.
Otherwise, the prestige will not be established.
Li Jinyan suggested to pacify them first, and then deal with them after the villages were conquered and troops were stationed.
Wu Huaiyu also spoke harshly when he was in Youzhou, but now his attitude has changed drastically.
He didn't want to fight this battle, but as long as the villages behind the mountains refused to organize their households and bring the people under the rule of the imperial court, they had to fight, and there was no room for negotiation. But as long as they could surrender, there was no need to liquidate them. After all, these people were
Our own people are not barbarians, so we must treat them differently.
Galway and the others have always had a good reputation. If they want to settle accounts after the fall, or even fall out immediately, this is a sign of dishonesty.
What Wu Huaiyu really cares about is to take back control of the area behind the mountains, reorganize the tens of thousands of Tibetan and Han border residents into unified households, and even restore border defense here, reclaim wasteland and farmland, etc. But the foundation of all this is still these tens of thousands of border residents.
Without people, the back of the mountain will become a frontier wilderness, and only with reliable people will it become a border town.
He did not want to leave any hidden dangers for the border residents to repeat again and again in the future.
"From now on, I will confer the title of Chief of Gao Village as Sima of Beiyan Prefecture and Sima of Guangbian Army. He will be seconded to Youzhou Governor's Mansion and serve as my deputy military envoy."
Gao Wei was a little surprised.
Beiyan Prefecture is a lower state, and its Sima is from the sixth rank. Although it is not as good as Youzhou, where Sima from the fifth rank can wear a scarlet robe, but it is not low even from the sixth rank.
Back then, he fought for the Sui Dynasty in Liaodong, and fought bravely with Shen Guang, the Flesh Fairy, on the Liaodong city, but he was only a ninth-grade Lixin Lieutenant. Later, he suppressed bandits in Gaoyang and made many military exploits. By the time he left, he was only ranked from the sixth grade. Fenwuwei.
But that is just a casual rank, without actual ministry and power.
In contrast, the Sima of Beiyan Prefecture was a state sergeant, and he was in charge of the prefecture's yamen officials along with the governor. Wu Huaiyu also asked him to serve as the Sima of the Guangbian Army and the deputy envoy of the governor's yamen, and he trusted him very much.
Of course, Gao Wei also felt that Wu Huaiyu took the opportunity to transfer him from the back of the mountain, but this was a routine operation and there was nothing to say.
"Awarded to Gao Ning, a cavalry colonel of the Guangbian Army, and to Gao Rong, a cavalry colonel of the Qingyi Army. They were each awarded the lower rank of the seventh rank."
The three members of the Gao family were transferred to three different places.
The military rank of sixth or seventh grade is not high, but it is not low either.
Gao Yao and others were even a little surprised. They didn't expect that they would be treated like this when they were recruited on the spot.
At that moment, the three of them felt relieved.
Gao Yao waved to his daughter, and Gao Twelve opened a baggage he was carrying and presented it to her. It turned out to be a map of Diaowo Village, its population, and an account book of land acres.
This is equivalent to offering territory and household registration.
Huaiyu reached out to take it and smiled at Gao Twelve. Gao Twelve was a little distracted and turned around in a panic.
Lu Chengye looked at this scene and felt a little sad.
Wu Huaiyu wanted to attack the back of the mountain, but he always opposed it, thinking that the back of the mountain was difficult to attack. Finally, he wanted to see Wu Huaiyu frustrated, but who would have thought that Gao Yaozi would be recruited with just a few carts of gunpowder.
"The governor is kind and righteous, and the Gao family behind the mountain and others are also aware of the current situation and sensible things. I think I can add to my joy today."
"This Gao Twelve is the eldest daughter of Gao Sima. She is willing to be a matchmaker and is willing to promote the marriage between Wu and Gao. Gao Sima, what do you think?"
He was still thinking about what Gao Wei said in the village just now about giving away his daughter for wealth, and felt that it offended him.
Now I deliberately want to create some branches and plant some thorns for the two of them.
As expected, Gao Wei frowned.
Lu Chengye's words made him very dissatisfied. It made him feel like he was being forced to sell his daughter in public.
"Director Wu, please forgive me for being rude," Gao Wei gritted his teeth and tried to refuse.
At this time Gao Twelve stood up and said, "Father, my daughter is willing."
This made Gao Yaozi stunned. He turned to look at his daughter. Gao Twelve stepped forward and saluted his father, "Father, my daughter is willing."
Gao Wei felt that his daughter was doing this for the Gao family and did not want the Gao family to offend the Lu family and Wu Huaiyu at the same time.
"Please father, please do it." Gao Twelve took his father's hand.
Gao Wei's eyes were wet and he whispered to his daughter, "Ruyi, you don't have to wrong yourself."
Gao Twelve held his father's hand and replied in a low voice, "For the sake of the queen of the mountain and the Gao family, my father is willing to submit to the imperial court. What does it mean to me? What's more, my daughter's good sister Lu Sanwu Niang, Fan Yang, is the daughter of the famous Lu family. It’s not a grievance for a daughter to marry into the Wu family too. We sisters will marry Governor Wu together and we will have a companion in the future.”
Galway could only sigh in the end.
But the look that glanced at Lu Chengye was complicated, with a bit of resentment.
Wu Huaiyu kept silent after Lu Chengye made his own decision and said what he said about being a matchmaker. Lu Chengye did make his own decision, but at this time he did not refuse to object.
This was not because he really had a crush on Gao Twelve, but because he was keenly aware of the reaction caused by these words. Lu Chengye might be trying to cause trouble, so Wu Huaiyu simply took the opportunity to test Gao Wei's reaction.
Whether it succeeds or fails, he takes the initiative.
When he saw Gao Twelve actually taking the initiative to express his willingness, he was a little surprised, but he also saw that although Gao Wei no longer objected, he was very dissatisfied with Lu Chengye, which was good.
It is a good thing that the powerful people behind the mountain are at odds with the noble families of Youzhou.
Lu Chengye was also stupid. He wanted to provoke a gap between Wu Huaiyu and Gao Wei, but he was self-defeating. Instead of blaming Wu Huaiyu, he hated him.
He probably never expected that Gao Wei, who had so categorically stated in the village that he would not sell his daughter in exchange for wealth, would actually agree to give his daughter as a concubine. He was no longer a human being inside and out.
Perhaps what he didn't expect was that the twelfth grader would be the one to take the initiative to express his willingness.
This was good, Wu Huaiyu conquered the queen of the mountain without any bloodshed, and even took advantage of the opportunity to marry the Gao family. From now on, the Gao family will naturally become Wu Huaiyu's people.
After the marriage was decided before the battle, Wu Huaiyu and the Gao family immediately became much closer.
Gao Wei accepted the post of Sima of Beiyan Prefecture, Sima of the Guangbian Army, and Deputy Soldier and Horse Envoy of the Yamen of the Governor's Office of Youzhou, and officially submitted to the imperial court. Naturally, the decisions of the villages behind the mountain were decided by communication.
The Eight Villages at the Back of the Mountain, headed by Honghe Diaowo Village, as well as other Baihe and Heihe Villages, had more than a hundred villages, large and small. All village owners, leaders, and powerful men of all sizes came to pay homage to Governor Wu.
Wu Huaiyu was very polite to these people. He took the household registration, land and account books and maps presented by them, and then appointed them officials or some casual ranks.
Some elites were also selected from various villages and incorporated into the Guangbian Army.
Anyway, the Guangbian Army claimed to have ten thousand people, but in fact it was only three hundred. Now it is directly expanded. The newly formed Guangbian Army are all the original rural soldiers behind the mountains. Huaiyu selected three thousand as the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
Later, three new unified army offices were established, and the Guangbian Army was selected from among them to serve as border guards.
The rest of the rural soldiers were selected and organized into united soldiers, one thousand armed cavalry (united cavalry), and two thousand native regiments (united infantry). These people trained in their spare time and conducted intensive training in winter and spring.
All the people in the villages behind the mountain were registered in their household registers, and all the fields under their names were registered in the mountain and granted land deeds.
Chicheng County, Longmen County, Diaowo Township, etc. were newly established, the Guangbian Army was stationed in Chicheng, Dushikou Ancient Pass was rebuilt, Dushikou Town was established, and Baiyun Fort, Diaowo Fort, etc. were restored.
The area north of Chang'an Ridge and up to Dushikou is all guarded by the Guangbian Army.
Wu Huaiyu appointed Wei Siren as the new Guangbian military envoy, and the Guangbian army increased to 3,000 people.
The area behind the mountains was recovered, and more than 10,000 households of Han people were newly added, with a population of tens of thousands. This was indeed a real achievement.
Everything went very smoothly, surprisingly smoothly.
I thought there would really be a big war, and many people even thought that Gao Yaozi could make the young military governor return home in defeat, but who knew that in the end, he succeeded without any bloodshed.
After hearing the news in Youzhou City, countless people were shocked, and some were even so angry that they couldn't sleep.
However, for more ordinary merchants in Youzhou, this is great news. It means that Youzhou has avoided a war. At least as soon as this news came back, the prices in Youzhou fell a bit.
While everyone was happy, they also had the leisure and grace to eat the melons of Governor Wu. Here they took the Lu family's daughter from Fan Yang, and there they went to fight. However, the battle failed, so they took the famous Gao Twelve as their concubine.
The sword dance of Gao Twelve is famous in Youzhou, and together with Lu Sanwu, they are known as the perfect pair of swords.
However, for Wu Huaiyu, the biggest gain from this expedition was not the vast territory behind the mountains and the many valleys, but the tens of thousands of Han people. There were even 3,000 new government soldiers, 3,000 united rural soldiers, and even the border army in Guangbian.
As a result, the army actually increased from 300 to 3000.
Youzhou's shoulders and backs are also protected.
These thousands of soldiers and generals behind the mountains have nothing to do with the Fan Yang Lu family and other noble families. They were even people who took advantage of the war in the late Sui Dynasty to break away from these noble families and go to the frontier to survive. Now Huaiyu pulled them onto his chariot and fought with them.
Like Tu Di Ji, Fu Yu and other Mohe annexed men, they became another powerful assistant to check and balance the noble families in the North.
For these people, Wu Huaiyu not only did not settle accounts and suppress them, but also generously appointed officials and assigned them to various military towns in Youzhou. At the same time, he also 'invited' powerful people from the border areas such as the Diaowo Gao family to enter Youzhou.
After settling down, they also arranged for their young children to study in the official school in Youzhou, and the young children were sent to the Yamen or served as the staff and attendants of Youzhou generals.
Five thousand Mohe tribesmen led by Tu Diji and Fu Yu followed the expedition without firing an arrow. The war ended, but Wu Huaiyu still gave them rewards but did not disband.
"When we get out of the monolithic mouth, let's go block it and meet Tuli Khan!"
Tuli Khan Ashina Shibobi, the son of Shibi Khan, the nephew of Jieli Khan, the sworn brother of the current Emperor Zhenguan, the younger Khan of the eastern Turks, divided into Xi, Khitan, Lin, Mohe, and Shiwei tribes
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He stationed himself at the Jinlian River in the upper reaches of the Luan River.
It is a good place with beautiful scenery and abundant water and grass. It is only 800 miles away from Youzhou and 360 miles away in a straight line.
One hundred thousand horses drink from the Luan River, and tigers and deer hide in the vast sea of grass.
Yating is a good place with Lightning River to the south and Longgang Mountain to the north.
It was only three hundred miles from Dushikou to Jinlianchuan. Wu Huaiyu planned to take his 20,000 mixed Banbo and Han infantry and cavalry out of the fortress, which could be regarded as a surprise attack exercise.
