Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 495 Dilemma
"Okay, I'm going to throw it away...fried?"

The soldiers who came to report doubted their ears.

These few days, An Jie, who was facing him, gave Gu Bi almost every day herbal medicine, but Gu Bi never accepted it, and asked the soldiers to throw the herbal medicine into the ravine.

But today, Gu Bi actually said to let it be fried?
"What? Can't you understand?"

Gu Bi is expressionless at the moment, no one can see what is going on in his heart.

"My nephew has also sent a lot of herbs these days. Those herbs are also eaten by livestock, so aren't they all good? If he really wants to poison me, he doesn't have to be so diligent."

Before he knew it, Gu Bi's address for An Jie was restored to "nephew", but he probably didn't even realize this.

After a while, the soldiers fried the decoction and brought it to Gu Bi.

Gu Bi took a sip slightly, the strong bitterness made him frown slightly, but he still suppressed the bitterness and swallowed it all.

With the help of medicine, Gu Bi really had a good night's sleep that night, which also allowed him to regain some of the energy he lost the previous few days.

Restoring his spirit should have been a pleasant thing, but Gu Bi fell into an even more difficult situation.

Cui Hao, An Jie.

Northern Wei Dynasty, Liu Song Dynasty.

……

A deep sense of separation emerged from his brain, and now Gu Bi has been tense, entangled, and lost in confusion from the beginning.

Obviously it was his own decision, but at this moment Gu Bi felt that he could not decide his own destiny.

Gu Bi started as a hunter, loved reading, was good at riding and shooting, and was named Gu Bi by Tuoba's heir for his agility and integrity.

Tuoba Si is kind to Gu Bi, this is a hurdle that Gu Bi cannot overcome.

But in contrast, there are a series of changes after Tuoba Si's death.

First, Liu Yu swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, and sent troops to the Northern Wei Dynasty with the momentum of sweeping the world.It was in the process of fighting Liu Yu that Gu Bi felt deep fear, which made him have a different view of the southerners who were regarded as lambs before.

Later, when Liu Yu died, it seemed that God's will was favoring the Northern Wei Dynasty. Gu Bi also hid his fear of Liu Yu, regrouped, and planned to assist Tuoba Si to make contributions.

Immediately after...

Liu Yizhen went north, Liu Yifu died, Tuoba Si was besieged and killed by Liu Yizhen, Hebei fell completely, the Northern Wei Dynasty retreated to Yanshan, Cui Hao formally assumed power...

It all happened so fast!

Soon, Gu Bi didn't even adjust his mood, so he had to accept the situation that he had to fail.

But Gu Bi is not the kind of person who can't share weal and woe, he still remembers the great kindness and virtue of Tuoba family to him, even if he retreats to the north of Yanshan Mountain, he has not wavered his loyalty in the slightest.

Even if Cui Hao came to power and began to reuse Han people, and continued to bloodlet these Xianbei nobles, Gu Bi was also comforting himself that this was for the sake of the overall situation.

But today, Gu Bi was shaken.

He backed down everywhere, but what he got in return was Cui Hao's pressing every step of the way.

On the other hand, Liu Song, although he is an enemy, still has some warmth.

Especially Gu Bi had always believed that Hu Han was different, but looking at An Jie who was alive and kicking and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, Gu Bi also began to have some doubts about his own judgment.

"Surrender to Liu Song..."

As soon as this idea appeared, it spread wildly in Gu Bi's mind.

But at the same time, reason is also reminding him that if he really surrenders to Liu Song at this juncture, the foundation that Tuobasi spent his entire life building will be completely over.

The dilemma is like a quagmire, holding Gu Bi firmly, not giving him time to breathe.

In order to allow himself to make a correct decision, Gu Bi even sent his cronies to Pingcheng several times to investigate the situation, but the news that Cui Hao is about to use troops is almost a foregone conclusion.

"Cui Hao, this is really going to push me to a dead end!"

Gu Bi was tossed and turned in pain again, and his heart also became depressed.

The capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Pingcheng.

Cui Hao didn't know about Gu Bi's psychological fluctuations at this time, because Xiao Chengzhi's use of troops in the direction of Yunzhong was obviously serious and angry.

It is different from Jinyang.

Because of the existence of Yanmen, unless Liu Yizhen's whole country came to attack Jinyang, it would be wishful thinking to break the tortoise's shell, so Cui Hao was able to take the attack from the south with peace of mind.

But the cloud is different.

The road leading to Pingcheng here is extremely wide, and there are few places on the road where gates can be erected. As long as the Song army in the cloud is willing, they can threaten Pingcheng at any time.

So when Xiao Cheng moved in the cloud, Cui Hao felt like he was facing a big enemy, and immediately mobilized his troops to resist the Song army.

The general Cui Hao sent out was none other than Wang Huilong who had defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty in his early years.

"Huilong, although the Song army in the cloud is unlikely to launch a general attack at this time, Xiao Chengzhi is Liu Yizhen's relative. No one knows whether Liu Yizhen gave him other orders. We have to guard against it."

"Fortunately, the Song Army's cavalry has not yet been formed. It is difficult to fight our army in this wilderness. You just need to bring cavalry to harass the Song Army for supplies."

It is not Cui Hao's strategy to completely eliminate Xiao Chengzhi and even take down Yunzhong.

He knows his task well.

Just keep!
Stay until Tuoba Si takes Hebei and achieves the strategic goal of the first interception!
In fact, after Liu Song destroyed Xia, Cui Hao knew that Pingcheng was no longer suitable as the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

However, if Hu Xia moved the capital just after the Northern Wei Dynasty was defeated, others would undoubtedly think that he moved the capital because he was afraid of Liu Song's soldiers.

And the Northern Wei Dynasty had no other choice at that time, Pingcheng was almost the underpants of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Now as long as Tuoba Tao takes Hebei and even drives away the Song army in Jinyang, the Northern Wei Dynasty can completely move its capital to Yecheng and officially enter the Central Plains.

In fact, when Tuobasi was alive, he wanted to move the capital to Yecheng to facilitate the Sinicization of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but Cui Hao stopped it.

The reason is that there are Rouran and Hu Xia in the north. If the capital is moved to the Central Plains, it is likely to lose the suppression of these two forces and make them bigger.

But now that Rouran and Hu Xia are gone, the threat from the north has changed from Rouran and Hu Xia to Liu Song. It would be impolite to stay in Pingcheng any longer.

Only Yecheng, only Hebei, can rely on the Yanshan Mountains in the north, the Taihang Mountains in the west, the big river in the south, and the sea in the east to protect themselves, create a good environment for the Northern Wei Dynasty, and continue to deal with Liu Song.

"Huilong, when His Majesty takes Hebei, we won't have to suffer in this situation where we are being attacked on both sides."

"But before that, Pingcheng... must not lose it! Otherwise, you will lose the whole game!"

Wang Huilong remembered Cui Hao's instructions, and naturally nodded heavily: "Don't worry, Prime Minister, I will be extremely careful when using troops this time, and I won't give Song Jun a chance!"

(End of this chapter)