Gao Yu smiled slightly and said: "You were no match for me in Chang'an back then." Tuoba Heng said: "It is precisely because you are not my rival that I have to ask for more advice." Gao Yu said: "In this case, Gao should be more respectful.

I obeyed. But please explain in advance that if Mr. Gao is not happy here, he will come back at any time."

Ma Yin was overjoyed when he heard Gao Yu agreed, and immediately said: "Of course, everything is up to you. Then Ma Yin will leave today. I will make arrangements there tomorrow, and come over early the next morning to invite you to take care of everything."

Someone has taken care of it, sir, you just need to pack your belongings. What do you think?" Gao Yu said, "Thank you, General Ma!"

Ma Yin immediately said to Tuoba Heng: "Brother Tuoba will bring someone over tomorrow to help Mr. Gao." Tuoba Heng agreed. Ma Yin immediately stood up and said goodbye to Gao Yu. Gao Yu handed him off. Ma Yin and Tuoba Heng

Heng left Gao Mansion and got on his horse to return. Tuoba Heng said: "Brother Ma is still smart, and he came up with such a clever plan to seduce Chen Cang."

Ma Yin said: "With Mr. Gao's personality, he will naturally not make decisions so easily. I want him to get to know more about us people. After getting along for a long time, he will naturally form friendship with us. Then it will be a matter of course.

Okay, this is not a clever plan, it’s just a stupid idea. I will have to work harder on you in the future." Tuoba Heng said: "Brother Ma, don't worry, I will do my best."

When Ma Yin returned to the mansion, he immediately summoned the generals and called Xinglan over. Ma Yin told everyone that after Gao Yu came over, he must treat him with courtesy. No matter what harsh and unpleasant words he said, he must not be angry and endure it.

Apart from asking him about reading and literacy, don't ask him about military affairs. Everyone responded. Although they were a little unconvinced, seeing Ma Yin's resolute attitude, they had no choice but to obey the order. Ma Yin immediately followed Yao Yanzhang to find Liu Yuanwai.

He borrowed the house to run a school and asked Xinglan to prepare Gao Yu's residence.

A few days later, Gao Yu, surrounded by Ma Yin and other generals, moved into the Liu Mansion. Gao Yu immediately taught Ma Yin and others a lesson: in the beginning, human beings are inherently good. Although he nominally knew these six

Gao Yu took advantage of the topic and spoke for a full hour. In his words, he severely criticized the ferocity and cruelty of the Tu Tuan Bai Tiao Army. Although everyone was unhappy after hearing this, one thing Ma Yin had explained before, and the other

What Gao Yu said made sense, so everyone reluctantly accepted it. So Gao Yu started classes at Ma Yin's house every now and then, and gradually became familiar with everyone.

Xinglan once asked Ma Yin, "Why did you think of using this method to invite him?" Ma Yin smiled and said, "Learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family. This is the dream of a man who relies on his talent. At that time, Prime Minister Zhuge

They are not exempt from vulgarity, let alone him. It's just that the way they express it is relatively obscure, and at the same time they are extremely picky about who they choose as their master. Think about it, if Zhuge Liang really wanted to farm Longmu, how could he do it?

You call yourself Wolong, but you still compare yourself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and then you go everywhere to promote it?"

After hearing this, Xinglan said, "What you said seems to make sense. It's just that Mr. Gao didn't compare himself with anyone!" Ma Yin smiled and said, "Although he didn't do this, he thought so." Xinglan said with a smile.

Lan asked: "Where did you know that?" Ma Yin said: "You remember what Master Zhicong said, after Gao Yu rejected Yang Xingmi, he said: If you are not a Wu, you will not live, and if you are not a master, you will not be dependent. This is enough to prove that he does not want to be an official.

, but believes that there is no one worthy of his service."

Xinglan thought for a moment and then asked: "Then do you think he chose you?" Ma Yin shook his head and said: "With his critical eye, how could he make a decision so quickly? The reason why he agreed to move here is,

They just want to get to know us. That's what I originally thought. By getting along and getting to know each other, things will naturally fall into place." Only then did Xinglan understand the true thoughts of Ma Yin and Gao Yu. From then on, she respected Gao Yu even more. Gao Yu

Yu was about the same age as Xinglan, but Xinglan treated him like a disciple.

A few days later, Gao Yu told Ma Yin that he wanted to know about the great rivers, mountains, customs and customs of his motherland. He asked Ma Yin to send his trusted aides to visit various parts of the country to see the scenery, customs and customs, and then tell him about it when he came back. Although Ma Yin did not

Knowing his true intention, he didn't ask any questions and immediately selected hundreds of people and handed them over to Gao Yu. Gao Yu simply explained these people and let them scatter. Of course, he also asked Ma Yin to give them enough money.

Ma Yin followed the instructions one by one. In fact, these people were the various spies sent by Gao Yu. Based on this, a relatively complete intelligence network was later established.

When Gao Yu sent people around to inquire about the news, Sun Ru also sent people

People went to the surrounding area to understand the situation. No, he got an important news. Yang Xingmi had a big move, which gave him an excellent opportunity to attack Yang Xingmi. After Sun Ru got the news, he was very excited and immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.

.When all the generals arrived, Sun Ru briefly told everyone about Yang Xingmi's recent situation.

After Yang Xingmi returned to Luzhou, he was prepared for danger in times of peace and urgently summoned the generals and said: "Sun Ru occupied Yangzhou and aimed to control Huainan. He will definitely not tolerate me. He is currently strong, sharp and powerful. Luzhou is nowhere to be seen.

The land is really not strong enough to compete with him. I plan to lead my army across the river and attack Hongzhou as the basis for fighting against him. What do you think?"

However, Yuan Xi believed that it would be difficult to win by attacking Hongzhou, saying: "Zhong Chuan has occupied Hongzhou for seven or eight years, and his troops are well-equipped and well-supplied, making it difficult to capture.

It would be better for the commander to attack Xuanzhou, which has a large population and rich products. The guard Zhao Kun was originally entrusted by Qin Yan to take charge of Xuanzhou. He took advantage of the chaos there to gain profit, and was cruel and rude, and the people did not agree with him.

The commander should use money to make friends with Sun Duan of Hezhou and Zhang Xiong of Shangyuan, so that they can invade Xuanzhou from quarrying and attract Zhao Kun's attention. Zhao Kun will definitely send troops to fight. And we will cross the river to meet Sun Duan and Zhang Xiong.

If the heroes join forces to attack Zhao Kun, we will surely win."

Yang Xingmi was overjoyed and immediately adopted Yuan Xi's suggestion. Yang Xingmi appointed Cai Chou to stay in Luzhou, and all the other generals went out to cross the river, targeting Zhao Kun in Xuanzhou. At the same time, he sent people to send heavy gifts to Sun Duan and Zhang Xiong, and agreed on three

The land of Xuanzhou was divided. Zhang Xiong was originally in Dongtang, and he sent Zhao Hui to attack Shangyuan. After occupying Shangyuan, Zhao Hui intercepted Qin Yan on the Yangtze River. He was arrogant and arrogant, and built Taicheng for his own residence.

Beauty Luo Zhi indulges in pleasure and no longer reports to the old leader Zhang Xiong.

Zhang Xiong was extremely unhappy and went on an inspection tour. Zhao Hui actually sent warships to block the river and refused to inspect by his superiors. Zhang Xiong was furious, good boy, are you going to rebel? So he gathered a crowd to attack Shangyuan. Zhao Hui was ambitious.

Large and capable, they were defeated quickly. Zhao Hui was overtaken by his pursuers on the way to escape and was immediately beheaded. Zhang Xiong then occupied Shangyuan.

Sun Duan and Zhang Xiong accepted Yang Xingmi's gift, agreed to Yang Xingmi's request, and immediately sent troops to Xuanzhou. However, their army's combat effectiveness was too poor, and they were all defeated by Zhao Kun and fled in panic. Yang Xingmi's plan failed, and he saw that he could not be a fisherman.

Yang Xingmi had no choice but to go into battle in person and lead his troops across the Yangtze River. However, he found that Zhao Kun's army had already led troops to garrison in Heshan, southwest of Xuanzhou, and was ready.

It turned out that after Zhao Kun defeated Sun Duan and Zhang Xiong, he learned about Yang Xingmi's plot. Zhao Kun did not dare to be careless and quickly sent his generals Su Tang and Qi Lang to lead an army of 20,000 to garrison Heshan. Yang Xingmi was separated from the Xuanzhou army by a creek.

When they went down to the camp, Yuan attacked Yang Xingmi and offered his plan, saying: "Commander, we should stand firm and defend ourselves. If they don't ask for a fight, they will think that I am cowardly. When they relax, we can defeat them in one fell swoop." Yang Xingmi then strictly ordered all the troops to stick to the camp and not go out to fight without permission.

For several days, Sutang and Qi Lang were unable to fight, so they demolished some barriers and deliberately exposed flaws to lure Yang Xingmi to attack. However, Yang Xingmi was not fooled and still refused to fight.

Sutang looked down on Yang Xingmi even more, thinking that he was as timid as a mouse, and that the Luzhou soldiers were just here to show off their power. Therefore, they relaxed their vigilance. One night, the Qilang military camp in Sutang was filled with singing and dancing of silk string bamboo flutes.

Yang Xingmi led his troops in a sneak attack, and the Xuanzhou army was in chaos. Sutang and Qilang were killed in the chaos. The soldiers killed each other and countless people died. Yang Xingmi immediately sent his troops to attack Xuanzhou.

After Zhao Kun got the news, he panicked and hurriedly sent people to Chizhou for help. Before Zhao Kun came to Xuanzhou from Chizhou, he handed over Chizhou to his brother Zhao Ganzhi to guard it. After he arrived in Xuanzhou, Qin Yan appointed him as the observation envoy of Xuanzhou and under his jurisdiction.

Xuan, She, and Chi Prefectures. Later, Qin Yan failed, and Zhao Zong was worried about the harm to himself, so he recruited troops on a large scale, reaching 30,000 troops. However, the failure of Sutang and Qilang in Heshan caused him to lose a lot of money.

Most of the time, Zhao Qianzhi, who was guarding Chizhou, learned that the situation in Xuanzhou was critical, so he led an entire army to help Xuanzhou.

Yang Xingmi intercepted the information and summoned Tao Ya. He said: "General Tao, Zhao Qianzhi has led his troops to rescue Xuanzhou. He must pass through Jiuhua Mountain. There are many dangerous passes in Jiuhua Mountain. You can lead your troops to set up an ambush there to intercept Zhao Qianzhi." Tao Ya led the troops.

The men and horses of our headquarters rushed to Jiuhua Mountain.

Tao Ya rushed to Jiuhua Mountain before the Chizhou soldiers and immediately hid in the grass and behind the boulders on the hillside. Soon, Zhao Qianzhi arrived. Tao Ya let Zhao Qianzhi's front army go and waited for his follow-up troops to arrive before Tao Ya gave the order

Attack. Immediately the boulders on the hillside rumbled down the cliff. For a while, horses neighed and people screamed on the cliff, and the chaos was like gruel. Chizhou's soldiers and horses were in chaos and were divided into several sections. Under Tao Ya's attack, Zhao Qianzhi lost his troops and only led a few hundred soldiers.

They fled to Hongzhou. Tao Ya immediately captured Chizhou and was appointed governor of Chizhou by Yang Xingmi.

After Zhao Kun received the report, he urgently summoned the generals to discuss the matter and asked: "We were defeated at Heshan first and suffered heavy losses. Now we have only ten thousand soldiers left. The reinforcements were defeated again at Jiuhua Mountain. What should we do now?" said the counselor Li Decheng.

"Sir, don't worry. We can recruit civilians, and we can have 10,000 troops in three days. We can divide one part of the army to defend the city, and part of the army to disturb the enemy's rear. In less than three months, Yang Xingmi will return without success." Zhao Kun pondered for a while.

Xiang said: "The newly recruited soldiers are not very reliable in fighting!"

General Zhou Ben said: "When the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover the ground; the last general will be the vanguard. When the enemy comes from afar, kill him by surprise and defeat the enemy for you!" This Zhou Ben is a native of Shuzhou, a descendant of Zhou Yu during the Three Kingdoms period. Zhou Ben

He was lonely and poor since he was a child. He once killed a tiger with his bare hands and became famous far and wide. Under Zhao Kun's tent, his bravery was the best in the army.

Zhao Kun said: "General Zhou, your courage is commendable. I will give you five thousand elite troops to fight back the enemy!" Zhou Ben responded: "I will obey your order!" Li Decheng could not stop him and was worried about any accidents. He asked to go with him, and Zhao Kun agreed. Zhou agreed.

Ben led his army out of the city to confront Yang Xingmi's army. Zhou Ben shouted: "Is this Yang Xingmi here? You have invaded our border for no reason. Your crime is unforgivable! Listen to my good advice and get back to Luzhou as soon as possible, otherwise you will never come back."

"

Yang Xingmi laughed and said: "Who are you? You dare to say such arrogant things, you really don't know the heights of heaven and earth!" Zhou Ben said angrily: "I am General Zhou Ben of Xuanzhou, and today I will let you know how powerful I am!" After saying this, Zhou Ben raised his sword.

He urged his horse to go straight to Yang Xingmi to kill him. Yang Xingmi's general Liu Wei brandished his sword and came to fight Zhou Ben.

Zhou Ben was powerful in swordsmanship and martial arts, and defeated Yang Xingmi's generals Liu Wei and Li Shenfu in a row. Tian Gaofei and An Renyi also joined the battle, and Zhou Ben was unable to defeat them. Li Decheng was afraid that Zhou Ben would make a mistake, so he ordered Jin to withdraw his troops. Yang Xingmi did not pursue him, but also withdrew his troops.

Return to camp.

After Yang Xingmi returned to the camp, he summoned the generals to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy. Yuan Xi said: "Commander, Zhou is a brave man, so there is nothing to worry about. If you can sneak attack the enemy camp tonight, you will definitely defeat the enemy!" Yang Xingmi said worriedly: "

I'm afraid the enemy is well prepared and won't be able to succeed. In today's battle, there is a scribe in the Xuanzhou army who saw our army's wheel tactics and took the initiative to withdraw his troops. I'm afraid this person will think of our army's sneak attack." Yuan Xi said: "This person is Xuanzhou's army.

The state counselor Li Decheng is a rare talent. Zhou Ben may not listen to Li Decheng's words. The commander-in-chief does not need to worry too much. He can divide his troops into two groups and attack the enemy camp from the front and rear. Our army can pretend to attack the enemy's front camp; the other army

By detouring behind enemy lines and directly inserting into Zhou Ben's tent, we will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!"

Yang Xingmi said happily: "Okay! Mr. Yi. The generals have been working hard during the day. I personally led the troops to attack the enemy's rear camp. Who will lead the shield troops to pretend to attack the enemy's front camp?" An Renyi came out in response. At night, Luzhou troops were divided.

Road sneak attack, Xuanzhou soldiers rushed to fight, the whole army was wiped out, and the general Zhou Ben was captured alive. Zhou Ben was taken into Yang Xingmi's tent. The generals were furious and demanded that Zhou Ben be killed. However, Yang Xingmi untied the rope for him and expressed his willingness.

Let him return to the city. Zhou Ben bowed down and said: "Commander Gao Yi, Zhou Ben sincerely surrenders!" Yang Xingmi was very happy, and quickly picked up Zhou Ben and ordered a banquet to celebrate An Renyi's success and calm Zhou Ben's shock.

After this defeat, Zhao Kun no longer dared to fight, but ordered his sergeants to strengthen the defense. The two armies were locked in a stalemate under the fortified city. Zhao Kun's general Zhou Jin thought that Zhao Kun was exhausted and had nothing to do, so he suddenly thought that it was unfair and led his troops to attack the government.

The government officials drove Zhao Kun away and forced him to give up his throne. Zhao Kun had no choice but to flee with a few of his cronies.

At this time, Yang Xingmi outside the city had already reported that Zhao Kun had fled to Dongxi. Yang Xingmi stood up and said, "Zhao Kun's escape will cause endless troubles. Which general will go to catch him?" Tian Kai cupped his hands and said, "The last general wishes.

Go!" Yang Xingmi nodded in agreement, and Tian Kai immediately led his troops out of the camp. Zhao Kun and his troops had just crossed the Dongxi River when heavy rain fell and the water in the stream surged. Zhao Kun put his hands on his forehead and said, "If the sky does not kill me, the river will surge and block the way.

Pursuing troops." Tian Wei then arrived and led more than a hundred strong men across the Dongxi River in pursuit. Soon he caught up with Zhao Kun. Tian Wei rushed in first, killing all Zhao Kun's soldiers and capturing him alive. At the same time, others who were captured were also captured.

Li Decheng and Han Qiu surrendered to Yang Xingmi under Yuan Xi's persuasion.

Zhou Jinsi in the city refused to surrender and continued to resist. Yang Xingmi sent Li Decheng into the city to persuade Zhou Jinsi to surrender. When he was about to leave, Li Decheng suddenly fell ill and was unable to go. So Zhao Kun sent Han Qiu to persuade Zhou Jinsi to surrender, and Han Qiu arrived at Zhou Jinsi's station.

He was beheaded by Zhou Jinsi and his head was thrown outside the city. Yang Xingmi was furious and launched an army to attack the city. The soldiers and civilians in the city were unable to resist and were dissatisfied with Zhou Jinsi, so they immediately arrested Zhou Jinsi, opened the city and surrendered, and dedicated Zhou Jinsi to Yang Xingmi.

Yang Xingmi immediately killed Zhou Jinsi and led his troops into the city. However, he saw the generals rushing into the treasury of each gate to count the gold and silver. There were frequent disputes among the soldiers. Only Xu Wen led the people to seal up the grain depot and set up a big pot on the street.

He cooked porridge and gave alms to the hungry people in the city. Yang Xingmi praised: "Xu Wen is really an extraordinary talent, and he can be made in future generations." Yang Xingmi beheaded Zhao Kun in public, and then occupied Xuanzhou.

The news of Zhao Kun's failure and imprisonment reached Bianzhou, but Zhu Wen sent an envoy to Xuanzhou, asking Yang Xingmi to send Zhao Kun to him, claiming that he was an old friend of Zhao Kun. After Yang Xingmi got the news, he summoned the generals and said: "

Everyone, Zhu Wen said that Zhao Kun had an old relationship with him and asked me not to kill him for his sake, but to send Zhao Kun to Bianzhou for resettlement! But we have beheaded Zhao Kun, what should we do?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to respond. Li Decheng said: "I have followed Zhao Kun for many years, and I have never heard of any contact between Zhao Kun and Marshal Zhu. I guess that Zhu Wen asked the Marshal for Zhao Kun, but he was just testing us. Sun Ru occupied Huainan.

Zhu Wen had a gap with him and wanted to attack Sun Ru. To test whether we were good friends, he attacked Sun Ru from the north and the south. Yang Gong did not need to expose him, so he sent Zhao Kun's head to Bianzhou and wrote a letter in reply, saying that he had received it.

When the letter came, the man had already been killed. We are willing to form a permanent alliance with Bianzhou and destroy Sun Ru together!"

Yang Xingmi nodded and praised: "Good advice, sir! Our army just sent a letter to attack Sun Ru in response to Bianzhou; we will take advantage of this opportunity to capture Runzhou, Changzhou and other places, occupy Zhenhai Town, and wait for the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River north and then enter Huainan!"

Emperor Zhaozong immediately worshiped Yang Xingmi as the observer of Xuanzhou.

Soon after, the number one counselor Yuan Xi was critically ill, and Yang Xingmi hurried to visit him. Yuan Xi finally said to Yang Xingmi: "Commander, you still have a long road ahead. You must have a long-term plan to deal with Sun Ru. You can use Xuanzhou as your base.

, forming a semi-encirclement situation around Sun Ru in the east, west and south directions of Sun Ru. If Sun Ru comes for a decisive battle, you should avoid his edge." He left without finishing his words. Without Yuan Xi, Yang Xingmi was restless, and he lost one person.

Resourceful talent.

One day, Yang Xingmi was discussing matters with his subordinates, planning to send Tian Kai, An Renyi, Li Shenfu and others to attack Zhenhai Town and capture Changzhou, Runzhou, Suzhou and other places. At this time, Yang Xingmi was full of ambition and enthusiasm, but he received a bad news.
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