Rebirth at the turn of the Zhou and Sui dynasties

Chapter 341
When Liang Wanchun left, he hesitated to speak, he felt that his leader, Ulji Wende, had already become demonic.

Xuanling, who actually pinned his hopes on the left-behind Fang Xuanling in Houcheng, was a rich man like Chun Yuqiong.

Everyone knows the importance of Houcheng, so how could someone like Cui Che take it lightly.

Although they are all from noble and famous families, no matter how you think about it, based on past performance, it is very difficult for Cui Che to make the same mistake as Yuan Shao.

Houcheng is not only heavily guarded, but also only a hundred miles away from the Sui army camp.

At this time, go north to attack Houcheng, and the family is full of cavalry. Even if the cavalry is dismounted to attack the city, the city cannot be taken within a day.

Liang Wanchun let out a long sigh, Ulji Wende seemed to have put all his eggs in one basket, and he couldn't persuade him to come back.

Soldiers take obeying orders as their bounden duty, no matter how resistant they are, they can only follow Ulji Mundeok's arrangement and make preparations to go north.

However, the soldiers had already packed their bags and were ready to set off at any time, and marched towards Houcheng at night, but they still couldn't wait for Ulji Wende's military order.

After finally looking forward to the arrival of the soldiers, they were ordered to gather in the commander's tent.

After all the generals gathered, Ulchi Wende suddenly ordered that the whole army be put on alert and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

For a moment, everyone was in an uproar, and Liang Wanchun said excitedly:

"General Ulchi, what exactly is your intention? Could it be that you want to ambush us and go to the Sui people yourself!"

Everyone heard the words, all of them changed their colors. Seeing that a conflict was about to break out, they saw Ulji Moon Deok waving his hand and saying:
"Everyone has misunderstood, please sit down and listen to me carefully."

The general was skeptical, but seeing that no ambush came out, he sat down suspiciously.

Ulji Wendeok explained:
"Once people's habits are formed, it is difficult to make changes in a short period of time unless there is a warning in advance.

"Before, I planned to use Cui Che's habit of not paying attention to fortifications outside the camp to attack the Khitan camp. The Khitan people are just a group of mobs. If they are attacked at night, they will inevitably be in chaos. This will also dampen the enemy's morale and affect the morale of the Sui people.

"However, Cui Che repaired the fortifications overnight without any warning. This move must have been tipped off by someone.

"Last night, I did not restrict the freedom of entry and exit. I think Nei Ying has already passed the news of our army going north to Cui Che. Cui Che is quite distressed because of our army's harassment. He will definitely send elite soldiers back to the waiting city to set up an ambush. The front line must be empty. This also gives us a chance to defeat the enemy.

"I can't tell who is having an affair with the Sui people, so I can only make this bad plan. I hope you will forgive me."

As soon as these words came out, the generals couldn't sit still. They finally realized that what they went north to attack Houcheng was to use the so-called internal response to lure the elite of the Sui army to set up an ambush around Houcheng, leaving the front empty and looking for fighter opportunities.

Everyone disregarded their ties, and they didn't mind Ulji Mundeok's fooling. Although it was uncomfortable to be suspected for no reason, they were willing to be wronged once if Cui Che could be tricked.

Eulji Wende laughed and said:

"You don't need to prove your innocence, the people of the Sui Dynasty are powerful, and Cui Che is the commander in chief, so it is human nature to feel fear.

"To tell you the truth, when I fight Cui Che again, I am also sincere and apprehensive, but I bear the trust of the king, and with the lives and deaths of the people of Liaodong, there is no way out.

"Cao Cao burned the surrender letters sent to Yuan Shao by the officials under his command, and I will not pursue who leaked the military information. I only hope that you can work together with me and fight to the death."

In fact, Ulchi Mundeok didn't want to pursue the matter, he still sent someone to monitor the generals, but he didn't catch him. Of course, he firmly believed that the other party must have passed the news through some kind of channel.

Last night, he was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. With such important information, since the other party has voted for the Sui army, it is impossible for him to remain indifferent.

Ulji Wendeok is now blind to the situation of the Sui army camp, and at night, Ulji Wendeok did not even send scouts to approach the Sui army camp.

He was also worried that the scouts would bump into the Sui army going north at night, if the two sides met, Cui Che would know that the news had been leaked, and he would definitely give up his plan to set up an ambush in the waiting city.

The generals were encouraged and thought it was a good opportunity. They patiently waited for the news in the tent of Ulji Mundeok.

Soon, the scouts came to send a message. Just like yesterday, the Sui army was still arrayed outside the city, organizing the attack, and the camps behind were full of banners, and it seemed that there were still heavy troops staying behind.

Everyone looked at each other, could it be that Cui Che hadn't gone north.

But Ulji Wende looked full of confidence, he laughed loudly and said:
"This must be Cui Che's plan to suspect soldiers. It's just a bluff by setting up a flag in the camp. In fact, he has already gone to the waiting city."

The Sui army had quite a number of cavalry, only 5000 in total, of which 5000 stayed in Houcheng, and the remaining 5 had to be assigned to guard and transport livestock, and now they had to go north to set up an ambush.

According to reports from sentry cavalry, the coalition siege troops did not have a large-scale reduction in personnel compared to yesterday. If so, how could Cui Che get heavy troops to guard the camp.

I already have an answer to something in my heart, and even if there is evidence that contradicts the answer, I will selectively ignore it or find reasons to refute it.

Ulji Wendeok is currently in this state. He knows that the coalition siege troops are less than ten miles away from the camp, but in Ulji Wendeok's view, this is enough for him to break through the empty defense in the camp and burn supplies wantonly.

Outside Liaodong City, Cui Che directed the coalition forces to attack the city as usual.

He already had a preliminary plan to lure the enemy, but it would not take a day or two for Ulji Wende to be fooled. The siege had to be carried out properly so that Ulji Wende would not notice anything wrong.

Tempted by the wealth in the city, the servants are still attacking the ants who are risking their lives.

As the time approached noon, Cui Che originally planned to withdraw his troops temporarily, let the soldiers rest for a while, eat something, and replenish their strength, so as to continue to attack the city in the afternoon.

A few Sui sentry cavalry came hastily on horseback. They were all sent by Cui Che to monitor the movement in the eastern mountainous area when the allied forces came to attack the city.

After all, the most likely hiding place of Ulji Mundeok is the mountainous area of ​​Liaodong in later generations.

"Marshal! Goguryeo's cavalry has been dispatched in full force, and they are now heading straight for the camp behind our army."

Cui Che was at a loss, this Ulji Wende must be crazy.

Fortunately, he spent all his time last night discussing how to lure Ulji Wende to take the bait, so he bumped himself against the iron wall.

In the four camps, he has kept enough elite soldiers.

In fact, in the early stage of the siege battle, some mobs used up the opponent's arrows, rolling stones, rolling logs and other supplies for defending the city.

Cui Che didn't know if Ulji Mun-deok had lost his mind, so he hastily ordered the siege to stop and ordered the infantry to form formation outside the city.

In order to prevent fraud, some cavalry soldiers were even left behind to support the infantry formation, while he himself led the cavalry of the other four tribes back north.

(End of this chapter)