On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 172 Heading south to Xiangyang

In the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou, Cui Che's staff gathered together, and everyone was talking about the war against Chen. Until Cui Che, who sent away the imperial envoy, returned to the meeting hall, the whole hall was completely silent.

Cui Che sat back on the main seat and glanced at the people below.

The generals in charge, Shi Li Gang, Sima Liu Fang, Si Lu Fang Yanqian, Dong Jing who joined the army for recording, Zhao Mu who joined the army for recording, Wang Dangwan who joined the army for foreign soldiers, Zhao Yuanshu who joined Tian Cao and others all waited with bated breath.

This is the civil and military team that Cui Che has put together after five years of hard work.

"As you all know, Cui is about to leave in the near future. Fighting on the frontline is dangerous, but staying behind is equally important. You should work together to assist Liu Sima in governing Youzhou and preventing chaos in northern Xinjiang."

Everyone agreed one after another.

Li Gang, the chief historian, didn't have much idea about Liu Fang's temporary position as chief photography officer.

He was not popular, and he knew it well. Li Gang repeatedly advised the prince that he was disgusted with him, and he also had bad relations with Su Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Yang Su, the general manager of Xinzhou. If Cui Che had not been protecting him in these years, he would have been poisoned long ago.

On August 16, the eighth year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 588), the Mid-Autumn Festival was just over. After making arrangements for everything in Youzhou, Cui Che said goodbye to his family and was respectfully sent out of the city by a group of staff, leading three thousand people and three people.

Horse, run south.

When passing through Anping County on the way, Cui Che stayed for a few days to allow the soldiers to briefly reunite with their families before continuing south.

At the same time, far away in Shouchun, King Yang Guang of the Jin Dynasty also learned the news that Cui Che was appointed as the commander of the Shanyang Road Marching Army. He also regretted that he could not reunite with Cui Che.

It's just that this regret didn't last long, and was quickly washed away by the heroism in my heart.

Although there were three marching marshals in this attack on Chen, all the troops were under the control of Yang Guang. He was the only commander-in-chief in the battle against Chen.

Of course, he was only the commander in name. The one who actually commanded the entire army was Gao Jiong, who was still in Daxing and was appointed as the commander of the march under Yang Guang.

In this battle, Yang Jian almost devoted the whole country's efforts, mobilizing a total of 80 marching generals and 521,000 soldiers. If this battle was defeated, he would no longer be able to go south in a short time. How could he really conquer the country?

The army was placed under the command of Yang Guang, who had never led an army before.

On September 26, Cui Che led his army across the Han River and arrived in Xiangyang.

At the foot of Xiangyang City, Cui Che met Yang Xuangan, his classmate and friend whom he had not seen for a long time.

In the early years, Cui Che and Yang Xuangan served together in the Yang Guang shogunate, first serving as the general manager of the palace, Shi and Sima, and then as the second left and right prime minister of Hebei Daoxingtai.

After Cui Che married Yang Lihua, he left the Yang Guang shogunate, and Yang Xuangan was transferred out soon after.

As his father Yang Su became more and more important, Yang Jian could not let Yang Su's eldest son stay in the Jin Dynasty shogunate for a long time. In the final analysis, he still had not made up his mind to abolish the throne.

After not seeing each other for several years, Cui Che and Yang Xuangan hugged each other warmly and said doubtfully

"How did brother know that Che would enter the city today?"

Xiangyang now has nearly thirty marching generals assembled, all of whom are older than Cui Che. Among them are even Cui Hongdu, Cui Hongsheng and other clan elders.

Cui Che didn't want to show off, so he deliberately didn't announce his itinerary. He never expected to see Yang Xuangan waiting outside the city.

Yang Xuangan smiled and said:

"The saint ordered you to arrive in Xiangyang in October. I expected that there would be nothing to do in these few days, so I often went out of the city to take a look, and I happened to meet you today."

Cui Che was moved, and the two exchanged a few words before entering the city hand in hand.

As for the three thousand cavalrymen who followed Cui Che, they were led by Zhang Wu and reported to the camp outside the city.

Yang Xuangan took Cui Che to Xingtai, and met many familiar faces along the way. Some were generals who followed Wei Xiaokuan to conquer Yuchi Jiong, and some had worked with Cui Che in Baidao.

Cui Che greeted everyone one by one, his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

When King Qin Yang Jun heard the news, he quickly came out of his mansion to greet him.

"Brother-in-law."

Just as Yang Jun spoke, Cui Che said seriously:

"The etiquette cannot be discarded, and I also ask the king not to offend the humble ministers."

In other words, Yang Jun is his immediate boss, otherwise Cui Che will definitely reprimand him: You must address your duties when working!

Brother Che doesn't want to have too much entanglement with Yang Jun. He doesn't want A Guang to misunderstand him. He only has Yang Guang as the sun in his heart.

As we all know, Yang Guang is not very broad-minded.

Seeing Cui Che's insistence, Yang Jun also changed his words and no longer called him brother-in-law, but instead called Cui Che "Chang Shi".

After the group entered the house and took their seats, Yang Jun also asked about his eldest sister Yang Lihua.

In fact, there was not much deep affection between them. When Yang Jun was in trouble, Yang Lihua entered the East Palace and became the crown princess, so they did not spend much time together.

Comparatively speaking, Yang Lihua had a deeper relationship with Yang Yong and Yang Guang, especially Yang Yong. Previously, Cui Che said that he was worried about his close relationship with Yang Guang, which made Dong Gong feel resentful and slandered Yang Jian. Yang Lihua also acted for Yang Yong.

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"Everything is well with the princess in Daxing. The minister came to the court to report on his duties, and I heard that the princess often mentioned the king."

Cui Che made nonsense.

Yang Jun was very happy when he heard this, and introduced Cui Che to his princess Cui.

Princess Cui is from the same clan as Cui Che. She comes from the second house of the Cui family in Boling. She is the sister of Cui Hongdu, but she is one year younger than Cui Che. She is only eighteen years old and the same age as Yang Jun.

Cui Che did not dare to neglect Princess Cui, an elder of the clan, and quickly bowed to her.

This person is a ruthless character. Just because Yang Junguang took a concubine, she was so jealous that she actually poisoned her and planned to kill her husband. Pan Jinlian had to call her senior.

Yang Jun also fell ill and died young.

If you think about it carefully, Yang Su lost his official position because his wife reported him for being arrogant.

Yang Jun was even poisoned by a jealous woman and lost his life in vain.

Cui Che became even more grateful that he had married a good wife.

Princess Cui has not yet fallen out with Yang Jun, and is focused on winning over Cui Che for her husband. However, Cui Che has no choice but to give up.

As various Sui army units in the north of the Yangtze River gradually took up their positions, the situation along the Yangtze River became increasingly tense.

In October, Nanchen sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty, but they were detained by the Sui Dynasty.

On the 28th, when everything was ready, Yang Jian issued an edict to attack Chen, and ordered Jin Wang Yang Guang, Qin Wang Yang Jun, and Qinghe County Duke Yang Su to be marching marshals.

Gao Jun, the left servant, was the chief of the Marshal's Mansion of the King of Jin. Wang Shao, the right servant, was the Sima of the Marshal's Mansion of the King of Jin. Cui Che, the general manager of Youzhou, was the chief Shi of the Marshal's Mansion of the King of Qin. Cui Hongdu, the general manager of Jiangling, was the Sima of the Marshal's Mansion of the King of Qin.

A total of the Eighth Route Army was launched, with 521,000 soldiers. Yang Guang left Liuhe (now part of Hubei), Yang Jun left Xiangyang, Yang Su left Yong'an (now Fengjie, Sichuan), Jingzhou Governor Liu Ren'en left Jiangling, and Qizhou Governor Wang Shiji

Out of Qichun (now Huanggang, Hubei), Han Qinhu, the general manager of Luzhou, left Lujiang (now Hefei, Anhui), He Ruobi, the general manager of Wuzhou, left Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu), and then the Qingzhou army left the East China Sea and went south along the coast to attack the hinterland of Sanwu.

Due to the long distance, Yang Guang could not order the armies upstream in time, so Yang Jian ordered Qin King Yang Jun to be the governor of the upstream and set out to station at Hankou.

(End of chapter)