Only God is left

Jiazi, the north of the imperial edict has not been restored, and he will be lucky in Cangzhou. He ordered Sun Xingyou, the envoy of Yiwu Jiedu, to defend the Xishan Road, and Wu Tingzuo, the envoy of Xuanhui South Court, to stay in Tokyo and judge the affairs of Kaifeng.Ding Mao ordered the guards and the pro-army Du Yuhou Han Tong and others to lead the water and army first.

Jiaxu, send a big beam.

The commander in front of the palace has always been prompt in handling affairs, and the ex-wife had just entered the earth, and immediately got a matchmaker.Contrary to everyone's expectations, this time the Zhao family did not find a powerful minister, but the third daughter of Chao Guogong Wang Rao, who just passed away last year.He has his own considerations on this matter: Wang Rao has a long history of three dynasties and a good reputation. At this time, he is gone, but the influence is still there. The marriage with the Wang family does not seem to be eager for quick success and arouses suspicion, but also in front of the old man and his old comrades. Well, by the way, I also gave Zhao's parents a price, killing three birds with one stone.

The appointment was made at the end of the year, but the completion of the ceremony was delayed until March of the following year when the Northern Expeditionary Army had already launched a large army and was about to move. The emperor was very generous and bestowed Fengguanxiapei on Wang's family as the wife of Langya County.

After all, he is not in Beijing, and no matter what, I don't want him to be touched by the scene.

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In summer and April, Geng Yin and Han Tongzuo entered the Khitan territory from the Cangzhou Zhishui Road, and fenced in the south of Qianning Army.

Xinmao went up to Cangzhou, and today he rode tens of thousands of horses to Cangzhou, heading straight for the territory of Khitan.

Yiwei, who ruled the water army, ordered the generals to deploy both land and water, with Han Tong as the land route, and Emperor Taizu as the water route.

Ding You, Shangyu Dragon Boat goes north along the stream.Jihai, to the mouth of Duliu, went back to the west.Xin Chou, to Yijin Pass, the Khitan defender finally Tinghui surrendered with the city.From west to west, the waterway gradually narrowed, and it was impossible to win the giant ship, so it was abandoned.Renyin went to the west and stayed in Yeci. The guards were not as good as a brigade, and all the officials were afraid.Hu Qi came out to his left and right, not daring to force him.

At Guimao, Emperor Taizu went to Waqiao Pass first, and Khitan guard Yao Neibin surrendered from the city and went up to Waqiao Pass.Nei Bin is also from Pingzhou.

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When Gao Huaide saw him at Waqiaoguan, he had a very happy expression on his face, and he went up to greet him and said congratulations: "General Zhao, congratulations! Wang Shizhong is always worthy of my father and brother, and I have brother and sister friendship with Mrs. Zun. I can't come to congratulate you when I'm not in Beijing, so I must make up for it when I go back this time."

He has always been good at socializing, but at this time he forced a smile and only faltered on his lips, feeling particularly uncomfortable in his heart, and suddenly felt that the world was really upside down: the family members insisted on finding the next one to stick around and respect each other like a "guest"; they would not exchange anything Yes, but I can't even hold hands in front of people.

Seeing him whimpering and evasive words, Gao Huaide smiled and chased after him: "From now on, we can all be regarded as our own brothers." Only then did he understand it, he hurriedly cupped his hands and called big brother, Gao Huaide pretended to refuse He laughed heartily (Gao: Let you eat tender grass~), and the people around him also kept up with him and made some nasty jokes with him.After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Chen Sirang, who was transferred to the Yicheng Army Jiedu for observation, Chen Sirang was not familiar with the personnel in the court for a long time in the border area, everyone was very polite and polite when they met, and the atmosphere was a bit restrained for a while.The old man looked around and saw Gao Huaide, walked over, patted him on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Ah, King Fu's little kite has come back!"

In the Jin Dynasty, Chen Sixang had worked with Fu Yanqing on the northern battlefield. The young general who suddenly appeared beside Fu Yanqing at that time attracted the attention of many people.He is steady in doing things and has a good temper. Over time, many people have the heart to solicit, but all those who went to lobby were blown away by Fu Yanqing's tough attitude.When the military situation in the north was calmed down, the young man disappeared as suddenly as he had appeared. Afterwards, the court rewarded him and found out that the young man was actually the son of Gao Xingzhou, the forward commander of Suiyang in Jiezhen, Ma Jundu:

"——He didn't tell me no matter how I asked him at the beginning, but later I found out that he is the son of Gao Xianfeng. He really is a tiger father without a dog!"

Gao Xingzhou often served as a vanguard in Mingzong's tent, and his reputation in the army was commensurate with that of Zhuangzong's outer cavalry, Shi Jiantang, a white-robed pioneer. Chen Sirang was called by the same name as that of the Hedong Army back then, and there was no disrespect but another kind of respect.

Talking about the military affairs ahead, the old general was silent for a moment with his hands behind his back, and then he spoke after a while: "This old man is a foreign minister, and some things are hard to say, so I can only follow the orders from above, at worst, I will die! You dolls, you should say a few words if you can.”

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In the afternoon of Bingwu, the generals will have a banquet in the palace to discuss the acquisition of Youzhou.The generals thought: "Your Majesty left Beijing for 42 days, and took the land of Yannan without bloodshed. This is an unworldly feat. Now that the captives and cavalry are all gathered in the north of Youzhou, it is not appropriate to go deep." Shang was not happy.On that day, Qu Pioneer commanded Liu Chongjin to go first, according to Gu'an.

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The sky was dark and the morning rooster hadn't crowed yet, but this frontier town had already woken up early.

Zhao Kuangyin routinely took a turn around the city, checked the sentries and defensive equipment on the city, looked up and saw the bright torches on the shooting range, he was surprised that he had been training so early, and walked over.Turning in, he saw Gao Huaide, beside him was a tall young man in his early twenties, he was about to avoid him, but Gao Huaide saw him with sharp eyes, and beckoned him to come over.When he came to the front, the young man was obviously surprised when he saw him, and immediately stood up straight with his hands down, but he didn't know whether he should salute. When he was embarrassed, Gao Huaide said in a low voice from behind: "You must have seen this lord before, just know it in your heart."

Then he said to him: "This child is from my own family, the magistrate has a strict mouth and will not talk nonsense."

After speaking, he turned around and picked out a hard bow with rhino horn, tried it out, and strung it. He drew out three flat-headed goose feather arrowheads, but gave them to him: "You can show the child."

After receiving it, he realized that what Gao Huaide gave him was actually a five-stone bow, but at this time, even the ten-stone bow had to be opened.Swinging his arms, he took out the jade jue and put it on, raised his eyes to measure it, and then strode and pulled the string. With one arrow out of his hand, he immediately chased two arrows in succession. When shooting, there was a loud noise in the hand, and the fine tendon string snapped.I have never seen anyone who can shoot the practice Hiriya so aggressively. The young man was dumbfounded. Gao Huaide walked to the young man's side and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything good for Zhiya to practice now?"

The young man lowered his head and said nothing, Gao Huaide's voice was still warm, but his tone was quite serious: "What did uncle tell you on the first day you came here? There are those who can read and write, and those who can't read and write. The important thing is You have winking eyes and heart, how long will you be impatient? Take a good look at how people use arrows, I will teach you how to pierce the armor right now, can you learn it?"

After finishing speaking, he pointed at him and said to the young man, "Thank you Master Zhao for your advice." The young man hurriedly cupped his hands and called "Taiwei Shenshe" repeatedly, looking at him with awe-like eyes like a god.He put his bow and patted Gao Huaide to present Buddha with flowers: "Your uncle is better at archery than I am. You should learn from him. If you can learn [-]% of it, you will be better than me." After that, he asked a few more questions and found out that the young man's name is Gao Qiong , commensurate with Gao Huaide's uncle and nephew, and now Wang Shenqi of the Iron Cavalry Army accepts him to work.The young man was eloquent, and what was even more difficult was winking. After the home report was over, he had no intention of leaving, and he left without Gao Huaide's words. He disappeared in a while like a gust of wind.

When Gao Huaide couldn't see anyone, he elbowed him and turned his head to stare at him, "What are you thinking?"

In the matter of bow shooting, even a little distraction in his heart can be revealed. He really has something in his heart. The shot is still strong but he can't control it. Gao Huaide can see through the truth that outsiders can't see: "Isn't this discussing going north? what?"

Gao Huaide said "Oh" without answering.It is Wang Laoxianggong's legacy policy to go south first and then north, first take Youyun and then seek to merge Fen.When the Jiangnan surrendered, the Khitan invaded the border, and the emperor immediately turned around and led the army to the north to pull out the nail behind him as soon as he accepted Jiangbei.The Lord of Liao was dim, and he was not active in Guannan. When he heard that the soldiers were approaching Youzhou, he became impatient. Optimistic, to persuade the emperor enough is enough, the emperor was extremely displeased and had no intention of retreating, but instead urged the three armies to advance faster.

Seeing that he didn't take the initiative to answer, Zhao Kuangyin continued to ask: "——What do you think?"

After a long silence, Gao Huaide sighed softly and said slowly: "It's hard to say."

He frowned, and said calmly: "Now Jiangbei Pingding Dynasty has a strong army and horses, and Bingzhou is afraid of not being able to do anything. It is just to take advantage of this vigor to drive straight in. How can we retreat before the battle?"——It is the emperor's words that are repeated, and only "cowardly" "fight" was replaced with "retreat".

Gao Huaide turned around and spoke firmly to him: "I can't say how to step down from the ranks, but I know the strength of the cavalry of the two armies best. Taiyuan is nothing to worry about, but if we want to confront the Khitan people head-on, I say at least Another ten years."

Zhao Kuangyin was silent. He knew that Gao Huaide's words were true: he was the commander of the Long Jie Army, but he also trained the Iron Cavalry Army himself. No one in the Forbidden Chinese Cavalry is better than him. At the same time, he is also of the same age. Among the generals of the Imperial Guard, he was the only one who had fought against the Khitans.

"Based on this, isn't it impossible for the two armies to confront each other?"

Unloading the broken tendon from the bow he put down, Gao Huaide slowly entangled it absently. It's the right time for the heat to turn, and it's not impossible to besiege the city to fight for reinforcements, but I'm afraid that the siege will fail after autumn, and the situation will be unpredictable when winter comes."

The Khitan people like the cold and fear the heat, and most of them raised their troops in mid-autumn. The date of this dispatch was already calculated, and now the Hu Qi gathered and did not act rashly. This is also the reason.It is now May, if the city cannot be attacked within four months, the situation will be a hundred times more dangerous when the Khitans gather a large army to help when the weather turns cold.In Huainan, Shouzhou, which seemed to be on the verge of collapse, had been attacked for a year and a half. Youzhou was no less to Khitan than Shouzhou was to Tang people.

Speaking of raising another bow, he stretched out his hand to come to Yujue to put it on, and without taking the position, he took out three arrows and put them on the string and pulled them away. After a round of shooting, he immediately led the arrows to put them on again, and fired five or six times in a row. The wheels did not stop until the target was densely packed into a cluster.He couldn't help clapping his hands and applauding: they were at least three hundred steps away from the target in this place compared to the usual shooting position, and the force and accuracy of continuous bursts were consistent. It's probably unique in the army to be able to do this.Gao Huaide had no color on his face, he just looked at the target thoughtfully and said in a low voice: "If everyone shoots like this..."

Without making him think too much, he hung up his bow and turned to him with a smile and asked, "What do you think of that kid?"

"What you taught is not promising."

It is obedient and mostly true: Needless to say, Pan Mei, Dong Zunhui has been deliberately suppressed by Gao Huaide since she entered the court, and even the credit for capturing envoy Wang Luan alive in the battle of Tang Cang when Han Tong pacified Shu is just an exaggeration. Although he has made a lot of military achievements, he is still silent. Although there are some old scores in the middle, he seems a little bit aggrieved at this time - the key person is Gao Huaide's close relatives - when he occasionally talks about it, Gao Huaide just smiles and doesn't say a word.

Gao Huaide smiled, and wrote down the conclusion lightly: "Straightforward, courageous and considerate, is a talent of a thousand men,"

The two walked away from the shooting range and walked towards the tower. Gao Huaide then asked him again: "A few years ago when we first fought with Huainan, the south side assassinated the Liao envoy and said it was done by the Bian people. Do you remember that?"

Of course he remembered that people in the South had always been quick-witted, and they would immediately turn their minds to other aspects if they couldn't help it on the battlefield.Just like a few days ago, the secret envoy from the south sent him several thousand taels of platinum, and he accepted it as it was and then handed it over.It was the time to recruit and dispatch troops, and the emperor had always spent money generously and meticulously in state affairs, so he was naturally very happy to see such a windfall, and did not question him much from the beginning to the end.It was funny when he looked back and thought about it: Li Jing really thinks highly of him. People in the south have only seen how he was a master before the battle, but never seen how he was a grandson in the court. It's just that he can spend so much money now. I didn't think of taking it out for military expenses earlier.

"The Liao envoy who was killed was his grandfather. He and his father were there at the time. They were kept by the southerners and moved to Haozhou. He committed some crimes there. I just found him last year and I let him go. You are working in the Cavalry Army."

It is well known that Jiangnan has always been in close contact with the Khitan people, and he also knew that the Yanbei Gao family had a relationship with the Khitan people, so it seems that the relationship is even deeper, but he didn't ask further: "You told me earlier, I will bring it with me personally. Isn't it better than hanging out with the boss?"

"He's still young, and he still has a lot to learn. It won't be too late for you to take him away after he looks good."

He nodded, stopped talking and just lowered his head in thought. Gao Huaide had been looking at him, and suddenly he said: "You want to ask what is the relationship between the Yandi Gao family and the Beiren, don't you?"

He didn't answer right away, but paused before saying, "If you want to talk, I'll ask."

Gao Huaide laughed, and instead of answering, asked back: "Didn't you think about me with you when you were young?"

He sneered and said, "Isn't that over early?"

Perseveringly, he asked: "Where did you think about it?"

After pondering for a moment, he answered very shortly: "To... Bohai to cultivate people."

Gaoyang Shiwei, Bohai family voice.

The Bohai Gao clan is the descendant of Duke Huan Shangqing and Gaoxi after Qi Taigong Jiang Shang. Gao Hong served as the prefect of Bohai in the early Han Dynasty, and the Bohai branch was named after this.

The situation in the guards is complicated, and there must be some strengths in order to stand firm. Han Lingkun looks silent, but in fact, his sources of information are extremely extensive. When Gao Huaide first entered Beijing, he quietly checked his background.I didn't know if I didn't check, but I was really shocked after a rough inspection: At first, I just thought it was a noble family in the North, but who knew it was the main branch of the Gao family in Bohai, and the direct line of Gao Shilian, a famous official and noble relative in the early Tang Dynasty.Scrolling up to the Northern Qi Dynasty, since ancient times, the royal family was either slaughtered or disappeared within a hundred years after the change of dynasty. After the defeat of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Huan's branch was almost wiped out, but Qinghe Wang Gaoyue's branch was handed down and is still prosperous today.During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the five-phase five-king hairpin was handed down from generation to generation. During the Anshi military turmoil, the court was weak, and some of the clan went south and some retreated north to the Youyan generation.After Tianbao, the three towns of Heshuo did not follow the order of the court for a long time and formed their own party. Among them, Lulong was especially difficult to control.In modern times, after Li Kuangwei won Lulong Jiedu, he invited Gao Siji brothers out of the town in order to gain a firm foothold in the local area. Converse had nothing to do, and the Khitan people also took a detour. After Lu Long changed hands, Liu Rengong was afraid that Gao's forces would assassinate Gao Siji in the name of Li Keyong.

"That's right." Gao Huaide nodded with a smile: "So it doesn't really matter. What is the relationship between the Gao family and the Central Plains is what it has to do with the Beiren."

After Emperor Zhuangzong broke Youzhou, Gao Xingzhou followed Mingzong to the south and went to Zhongxia. After four dynasties, he repeatedly suppressed and strengthened the vassal to become the king of Qi. It has become a trend, but it still maintains a delicate balance with all parties as before.

Then there is an obscure sentence: "—everything has a definite number, and everything has a definite time. We don't live by those numbers, we have our own way of living."

After walking a few steps up the city wall, he suddenly stopped, looked at him with a smile on his side, "Since you looked through my family tree before, why don't you worry that one day I'll drink too much and suddenly rush into your room and shoot you with an arrow*?" ( ＊Another Bohai High God, everyone knows who it is)

Rubbing his nose, he also smiled: "I'm really afraid if you drink too much one day."

Gao Huaide smiled immediately, without answering directly, he just said "The sun is out" and turned his head to look out of the city wall.

The wind is roaring like a roar, and the east mountain is like a fire, and the first sun rises slowly. The flame that was originally only in one corner silently burns in all directions. The warm red gradually turns into burning gold, finally breaking free from the shackles of the mountain and leaping At that time, the brilliance broke through the sky, and the chaos and haze were swept away in an instant. Only the peaks and mountains were washed away, and the whole world suddenly became alive as if it was burned.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Gao Huaide in the middle, and couldn't take the glance back: his outline was gilded by the brilliant sunlight, and there was an expression on his face that he had never seen before, bright and open, just like the mighty blue sky of Yanbei above his head.

Following his eyes, he could see the endless sky where the earth and the sky meet. It was a vast world without borders and boundaries, as vast as the sky.

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