The king of Nanping was Gao Baorong, but at this time, his younger brother Gao Baoxu was making decisions.
Gao Baoxu was extremely greedy for money and lustful, and did a lot of absurd things.
However, he was quite restrained before, but after his father died, he gradually revealed his nature... Gao Baoxu was also a smart person, much smarter than his brother who was the king of the country.
He has a nickname called "Everything to Be Always", which means that his father can calm down when he sees him when he gets angry. His pampering love is extraordinary, and that he likes this smart son.
Therefore, the king often relies on him to decide on major matters.
When Gao Baoxu learned that he was summoned, he had to stop the absurd show in the lobby that was performing in the wonderful place... The indulgence of a group of strong soldiers and prostitutes in public.He rushed to the palace to meet the king's king first.
When he arrived at the hall, Gao Baoxu immediately understood what was going on.It turned out that the Zhou army was passing through and was about to arrive.
When the ministers saw him coming, they knew that the Gao family was the one who was the leader and expressed their opinions at the moment. Li Jingwei said: I will protect my head!The Zhou army must visit the land of Nanping, and our country is at its peak of life and death.
Gao Baoxu agreed with Li Jingwei's view very much... When the Zhou Dynasty issued an order to borrow the truth, he had already guessed the result.But he did not agree with Li Jingwei's proposal and wanted to gather troops to resist the Zhou army.
The Nanping Kingdom has no conditions to compete for hegemony, and Gao Baoxu is not interested in this.Since you can't keep your territory, why don't you just surrender and continue to enjoy yourself?
Gao Baoxu immediately said: Our country has been a minister of the Zhou Dynasty and was granted the title of the Zhou Dynasty. How could we temporarily rebel in front of the army and seek death?
Li Jingwei hurriedly said: All the first lords (Gao Jixing and Gao Conghui, who have used the reign names of many regimes such as Tang, Nanwu, Jin, Han, and Zhou) have been guarding the land of Jingnan until now, and the king should not abandon his foundation lightly.The future of the Central Plains dynasty is uncertain, and the land surrender may end up accompanying them to bury them with nothing.Please think twice.
Gao Baoxu said: The Zhou army has tens of thousands of elite troops. How can Nanping State fight against the enemy in this area and manpower?It is better to welcome it with politeness.
Li Jingwei said: When Shu was attacked by two groups, he must understand the Zhou Dynasty's desire to destroy its country; the Southern Tang might sit idly by, but Shu was already at a loss. Assisting our country is self-rescue, and reinforcements must be sent... Moreover, Jingnan should strive to protect himself at this time of life and death. With Shu as aid, he can still fight.
Gao Baoxu felt that Li Jingwei was talking about all the truth, and he had no words to refute, so he had to say in a tone of lack of confidence: Maybe Zhou Jun intended to be in Shu, but just wanted to use the truth...
After listening for a long time, the king of the country Gao Baorong touched his forehead and seemed not to understand it. He turned his head and asked directly: Brother Ten, what should we do?
When Gao Baoxu heard this, he didn't need to make any sense. He answered more simply: Brother Wang prepared the ceremonial guards and troops, and ordered the soldiers and horses in Jingmen and other places to collect scouts and not to conflict with the Zhou army; when the Zhou army arrived, we would go out of the city to greet them.As long as there is no war, the next thing will be left to fate and the consequences will not be too serious.
The king nodded immediately and said: The tenth brother said it is reasonable, so let’s do it.
So the response strategy of Nanping was decided like this.
Gao Baoxi breathed a sigh of relief. When he returned home, several staff members came up to ask.
Gao Baoxu told the story of the royal palace, and his aides all agreed with his approach. Jingnan did not resist and showed respect. The Zhou Dynasty would definitely not kill everyone, which made others feel disappointed... There was a more difficult Wu Yue Kingdom and Southern Tang Dynasty in the east, which were also surrendered. The Zhou Dynasty never wanted to fight hard one by one.
This is also Gao Baoxu's judgment.
If the Zhou army occupied Jingnan, the biggest possibility was to move the Gao family elsewhere, and he would have been appointed as an official... When Gao Baoxu thought of the large amount of wealth he had accumulated in many places, he was completely unhappy. Those wealth was enough for him to be rich, arrogant, extravagant and lustful for the rest of his life, and he took the risk of doing what he did?
Hey!Gao Baoxu said calmly, where did those people go just now?
Guan'er beside him looked embarrassed and walked up and whispered: The lord has gone out for something, and they have already parted...why call it back?
Gao Baoxu was pretending to be in his heart, and he was not very interested for a moment, so he waved his hand and said: Forget it, forgot it.
He immediately left the lobby, returned to the inner room and bolted the door, lifted the floor tiles under the bed, and took out a box full of gold lumps.
After playing with these things, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart and said to himself: Nothing is reliable, this thing is the most reliable.
Even if he holds gold and silver at night, he will sleep more comfortably.
...A few days later, he hid the property in his house, and had no need to prepare anything, so he took the guards to the royal palace.
A large number of people gathered outside the city one after another, not for war; the ministers also found a group of people and prepared to sing and dance to welcome the Zhou army.
It is reported that the Zhou army came from the east... They followed the Han River to the east of Jiangling Prefecture (now Jingzhou City), and then marched southwest by land near the southwest and went straight to Jiangling.
The navy continued south along the Han River, from the Hanyang Army (Zhou Dynasty territory, now Wuhan City), entered the Yangtze River, and then followed the Yangtze River to Jiangling and converged by land. The navy's route was relatively circling, but from Xiangzhou, they could only take a detour to Jiangling Prefecture.
Not long after, the Zhou army indeed appeared in the distance, with smoke and dust on the road, and a large number of people and horses were as powerful as a scattered sea of people.
Seeing this, Gao Baoxu was secretly glad that he did not decide to start a war, otherwise he would have to fight with the army in front of him now, which was a bit terrifying.
At this time, the people prepared in Jiangling City beat gongs and drums, and came out of the city gates with great excitement, and the Nanping King's ceremonial guard was also rushed out of the city.
The Zhou army gradually approached the city, and the vast area was full of people, and flags floated like clouds on the flat ground.
A cavalry jogged away from the army and came first. The king of Nanping was about to send someone to contact him...
At this moment, the horse soldiers suddenly accelerated, and regardless of etiquette, they rushed directly to the open city gate.
The war horses roared and rushed in frantically.The king Gao Baorong was frightened and quickly turned his head to return to the city. General Li Jingwei shouted: Master, please ask someone to close the city gate!
Gao Baorong was at a loss and looked at his younger brother Gao Baoxu.Gao Baoxu was also stunned and could not say anything.
At this time, the city gate was in chaos, and some spies shouted and encouraged the people, causing a group of people who were beating drums and drums to rush back to the city gate.
However, the spies set up roadblocks at the city gate, blocking a large number of people at the door, and there will be no chance to close the door in a while.
The opportunity flew away, and no one resisted the Zhou cavalry and rushed straight to the city gate... Seeing this, the spies retreated the roadblock and let the Zhou cavalry quickly control the inside and outside.
After a while, the gate of Jiangling, a high-walled city, had fallen into the hands of the Zhou army, and he didn't even release a single arrow or a single arrow.
The Zhou army was unreasonable at all and was not polite to the indulgence of the Nanping Army.
Gao Baoxu was extremely greedy for money and lustful, and did a lot of absurd things.
However, he was quite restrained before, but after his father died, he gradually revealed his nature... Gao Baoxu was also a smart person, much smarter than his brother who was the king of the country.
He has a nickname called "Everything to Be Always", which means that his father can calm down when he sees him when he gets angry. His pampering love is extraordinary, and that he likes this smart son.
Therefore, the king often relies on him to decide on major matters.
When Gao Baoxu learned that he was summoned, he had to stop the absurd show in the lobby that was performing in the wonderful place... The indulgence of a group of strong soldiers and prostitutes in public.He rushed to the palace to meet the king's king first.
When he arrived at the hall, Gao Baoxu immediately understood what was going on.It turned out that the Zhou army was passing through and was about to arrive.
When the ministers saw him coming, they knew that the Gao family was the one who was the leader and expressed their opinions at the moment. Li Jingwei said: I will protect my head!The Zhou army must visit the land of Nanping, and our country is at its peak of life and death.
Gao Baoxu agreed with Li Jingwei's view very much... When the Zhou Dynasty issued an order to borrow the truth, he had already guessed the result.But he did not agree with Li Jingwei's proposal and wanted to gather troops to resist the Zhou army.
The Nanping Kingdom has no conditions to compete for hegemony, and Gao Baoxu is not interested in this.Since you can't keep your territory, why don't you just surrender and continue to enjoy yourself?
Gao Baoxu immediately said: Our country has been a minister of the Zhou Dynasty and was granted the title of the Zhou Dynasty. How could we temporarily rebel in front of the army and seek death?
Li Jingwei hurriedly said: All the first lords (Gao Jixing and Gao Conghui, who have used the reign names of many regimes such as Tang, Nanwu, Jin, Han, and Zhou) have been guarding the land of Jingnan until now, and the king should not abandon his foundation lightly.The future of the Central Plains dynasty is uncertain, and the land surrender may end up accompanying them to bury them with nothing.Please think twice.
Gao Baoxu said: The Zhou army has tens of thousands of elite troops. How can Nanping State fight against the enemy in this area and manpower?It is better to welcome it with politeness.
Li Jingwei said: When Shu was attacked by two groups, he must understand the Zhou Dynasty's desire to destroy its country; the Southern Tang might sit idly by, but Shu was already at a loss. Assisting our country is self-rescue, and reinforcements must be sent... Moreover, Jingnan should strive to protect himself at this time of life and death. With Shu as aid, he can still fight.
Gao Baoxu felt that Li Jingwei was talking about all the truth, and he had no words to refute, so he had to say in a tone of lack of confidence: Maybe Zhou Jun intended to be in Shu, but just wanted to use the truth...
After listening for a long time, the king of the country Gao Baorong touched his forehead and seemed not to understand it. He turned his head and asked directly: Brother Ten, what should we do?
When Gao Baoxu heard this, he didn't need to make any sense. He answered more simply: Brother Wang prepared the ceremonial guards and troops, and ordered the soldiers and horses in Jingmen and other places to collect scouts and not to conflict with the Zhou army; when the Zhou army arrived, we would go out of the city to greet them.As long as there is no war, the next thing will be left to fate and the consequences will not be too serious.
The king nodded immediately and said: The tenth brother said it is reasonable, so let’s do it.
So the response strategy of Nanping was decided like this.
Gao Baoxi breathed a sigh of relief. When he returned home, several staff members came up to ask.
Gao Baoxu told the story of the royal palace, and his aides all agreed with his approach. Jingnan did not resist and showed respect. The Zhou Dynasty would definitely not kill everyone, which made others feel disappointed... There was a more difficult Wu Yue Kingdom and Southern Tang Dynasty in the east, which were also surrendered. The Zhou Dynasty never wanted to fight hard one by one.
This is also Gao Baoxu's judgment.
If the Zhou army occupied Jingnan, the biggest possibility was to move the Gao family elsewhere, and he would have been appointed as an official... When Gao Baoxu thought of the large amount of wealth he had accumulated in many places, he was completely unhappy. Those wealth was enough for him to be rich, arrogant, extravagant and lustful for the rest of his life, and he took the risk of doing what he did?
Hey!Gao Baoxu said calmly, where did those people go just now?
Guan'er beside him looked embarrassed and walked up and whispered: The lord has gone out for something, and they have already parted...why call it back?
Gao Baoxu was pretending to be in his heart, and he was not very interested for a moment, so he waved his hand and said: Forget it, forgot it.
He immediately left the lobby, returned to the inner room and bolted the door, lifted the floor tiles under the bed, and took out a box full of gold lumps.
After playing with these things, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart and said to himself: Nothing is reliable, this thing is the most reliable.
Even if he holds gold and silver at night, he will sleep more comfortably.
...A few days later, he hid the property in his house, and had no need to prepare anything, so he took the guards to the royal palace.
A large number of people gathered outside the city one after another, not for war; the ministers also found a group of people and prepared to sing and dance to welcome the Zhou army.
It is reported that the Zhou army came from the east... They followed the Han River to the east of Jiangling Prefecture (now Jingzhou City), and then marched southwest by land near the southwest and went straight to Jiangling.
The navy continued south along the Han River, from the Hanyang Army (Zhou Dynasty territory, now Wuhan City), entered the Yangtze River, and then followed the Yangtze River to Jiangling and converged by land. The navy's route was relatively circling, but from Xiangzhou, they could only take a detour to Jiangling Prefecture.
Not long after, the Zhou army indeed appeared in the distance, with smoke and dust on the road, and a large number of people and horses were as powerful as a scattered sea of people.
Seeing this, Gao Baoxu was secretly glad that he did not decide to start a war, otherwise he would have to fight with the army in front of him now, which was a bit terrifying.
At this time, the people prepared in Jiangling City beat gongs and drums, and came out of the city gates with great excitement, and the Nanping King's ceremonial guard was also rushed out of the city.
The Zhou army gradually approached the city, and the vast area was full of people, and flags floated like clouds on the flat ground.
A cavalry jogged away from the army and came first. The king of Nanping was about to send someone to contact him...
At this moment, the horse soldiers suddenly accelerated, and regardless of etiquette, they rushed directly to the open city gate.
The war horses roared and rushed in frantically.The king Gao Baorong was frightened and quickly turned his head to return to the city. General Li Jingwei shouted: Master, please ask someone to close the city gate!
Gao Baorong was at a loss and looked at his younger brother Gao Baoxu.Gao Baoxu was also stunned and could not say anything.
At this time, the city gate was in chaos, and some spies shouted and encouraged the people, causing a group of people who were beating drums and drums to rush back to the city gate.
However, the spies set up roadblocks at the city gate, blocking a large number of people at the door, and there will be no chance to close the door in a while.
The opportunity flew away, and no one resisted the Zhou cavalry and rushed straight to the city gate... Seeing this, the spies retreated the roadblock and let the Zhou cavalry quickly control the inside and outside.
After a while, the gate of Jiangling, a high-walled city, had fallen into the hands of the Zhou army, and he didn't even release a single arrow or a single arrow.
The Zhou army was unreasonable at all and was not polite to the indulgence of the Nanping Army.