On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 217 Conflict breaks out

Cui Che did not keep Mai Tiezhang waiting for long. He changed his clothes and went to the main hall to meet the guests.

As soon as Mai Tiezhang saw Cui Che entering the door, he quickly bowed and said:

"I humble my position and pay my respects to Duke Yan."

Cui Che waved his hand:

"No need to be polite."

After the two of them took their seats, Cui Che asked:

"Will you gain anything from your risk of crossing the river tonight?"

Mai Tiezhang did not dare to hide anything and told him all the information he had learned tonight.

Cui Che pondered for a moment and asked Zhao Wen to get the map. According to what Mai Tiezhang said, he included Zhu Mowen in Jingkou, Gu Shixing in Jinling (now Changzhou, Jiangsu), Ye Lue in Wuxi, Lu Mengsun in Changshu (now Changshu, Jiangsu), and those who were under siege.

Shen Xuanyu and others from Wu County marked them one by one on the map.

"You have done a good job, and I will record the credit for you truthfully."

Cui Che put down his pen and encouraged him.

Mai Tiezhang quickly thanked him.

Early the next morning, Cui Che took this map to the camp outside the city, summoned all his generals, introduced the situation to them, and said:

"Now Wu County is still there, but it is also in danger. Our army has not yet assembled, so we should not act rashly. From today on, various ministries are making noise in the north of the Yangtze River, making the rebels think that we are about to cross the river. They divide their forces to defend and cannot attack the city with all their strength.

"When the army is assembled and the rebels have relaxed, they can cross the Yangtze River and put down the rebellion in one fell swoop!"

All the generals accepted their orders, but Cui Hongdu looked unhesitating.

Cui Che glanced at him, but didn't say much. The others left one after another and went back to the army to carry out Cui Che's military orders. However, Cui Hongdu stayed in the commander's tent and did not move.

"Mr. Cui, is there anything else?"

Cui Che asked.

Cui Hongdu said dissatisfied:

"There is no need for the rebels to gather together. If Duke Yan is afraid of the enemy, it is better to send me as the vanguard. I will lead the Jiangling Prefecture troops across the river and march straight in to rescue Wu County. Duke Yan only needs to wait for good news."

Cui Che's face darkened and he said coldly:

"In the battle of Weakhui, Abo Khan commanded 150,000 Turkic troops to form in front. I am not afraid, so why should I be afraid of the Jiangnan rebels? I respect you as the elder of the clan, so I treat you with courtesy. Your words and deeds today

, are you trying to force me to kill someone to establish my authority?"

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Cui Hongdu suddenly changed his expression, and just as he spoke, Cui Che slapped the table hard and said sternly:

"Cui Hongdu! Do you really want to test whether my sword is sharp?"

When the guards heard the noise, they rushed into the tent one after another and drew their swords towards Cui Hongdu.

Cui Hongdu also didn't expect that Cui Che, who had previously given in to him step by step and worked hard to maintain a harmonious relationship between the two, would actually become so angry today.

He looked at Cui Che in disbelief, thinking that the other party had set up an ambush today and really wanted to use his head to establish his authority.

However, Cui Che shouted to the guards:

"Get back, everyone!"

The guards then put their steel swords back into their scabbards and left the commander's tent one after another.

Cui Hongdu breathed a sigh of relief. He really thought that Cui Che was going to kill him and it would be a fight to the death.

Cui Che stared at Cui Hongdu and said in a deep voice:

"The sage has given me the power to make decisions on the fly. If you don't accept it, go back to Daxing now and ask the sage for help. But before that, what I say is a military order! Anyone who disobeys the order will die!"

Cui Hongdu was numbed by Cui Che's fierce eyes. Only then did he remember that he was relying on the identity of the queen's cousin, and Cui Che was the queen's son-in-law.

How can a cousin be as close as a son-in-law?

Moreover, the emperor had been dissatisfied with him for a long time and had held a grudge against him for more than ten years. If Cui Che was accused of disrespecting military orders and really killed him, the most he could do was to be demoted and fined, and his son-in-law would not be allowed to pay with his life.

Cui Hongdu finally gave in:

"The general will obey his orders."

He really saw murderous intent in Cui Che's eyes.

Choi Hong-do’s feeling was not wrong.

If both of them were not from the Boling Cui clan, and fighting among the same clan would alienate the clan, Cui Che would have found an excuse to behead him, so how could he tolerate it until now.

However, Cui Hongdu was right about one thing. Cui Che did not dare to cross the river alone before the army was assembled.

He was not afraid of the rebels being strong. Cui Che was worried that he was about to face the united Jiangnan army and people.

Before setting off, Yang Jian once told him not to take any prisoners. Anyone who participated in the rebellion, even if they surrendered before the battle, would be punished as slaves, and the rest would be killed.

Although such retaliatory measures can intimidate the people of Jiangnan, the resistance they can arouse should not be underestimated.

Knowing that they would die, they would definitely fight to the death, and since the rebels were fighting in the homeland, it was impossible to stop the local people from passing on news to them.

If you really want to go deep alone, how can you hide your whereabouts? You might easily let others make dumplings.

Cui Che had never thought about gathering prisoners together and killing them all together after the war. In doing so, he would overdraw his own credibility.

It would be better to spread the word after crossing the river that only by surrendering before the battle can one avoid death.

Since the conflict that day, Cui Hongdu has really restrained himself a lot. Although he did not give Cui Che a good look, at least he would not openly question his military orders.

Cui Che no longer fantasizes about how close he can be to Cui Hongdu, as long as everyone can live with it.

Because the Sui army was making noise in the north of the Yangtze River, the rebels really thought that Cui Che was planning to cross the river and hurriedly asked Shen Xuanzao for help. Shen Xuanzao had to postpone the offensive against Wu County and divided his troops to support Zhu Mowen, who was facing Cui Che's army.

While Cui Che was patiently waiting for the army to gather, a big event happened in Daxing City.

In the late first month of the eleventh year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 591), Crown Princess Yuanshi died of illness in the East Palace.

"This must be a conspiracy between the prince and the Yun family to poison the Yuan family!"

Dugu Jialuo concluded that the princess was poisoned by Yang Yong and Yun Zhaoxun.

Yang Jian had no intention of intervening in this matter. He was now anxious to send various ministries to gather in Yangzhou quickly, expecting Cui Che to quickly suppress the rebellion.

Dugu Jialuo failed to conduct a thorough investigation as he wished, but he still believed that Yuan's death was inseparable from Yang Yong and Yun Zhaoxun, and his inner hatred for Yang Yong was approaching its peak.

It cannot be said that Dugu Jialuo wrongly blamed the two of them. Although Yuan was not poisoned by Yang Yong and Yun Zhaoxun, he was indeed angered by them and finally died.

Yang Jian, who was always submissive to his wife, couldn't help Dugu Jialuo's talk, so he had to send people to the East Palace to reprimand Yang Yong. Unexpectedly, Yang Yong thought that Yuan Xiaoju, the father of the Yuan family, was causing trouble, and slandered Yang Jian and clamored to kill Yuan Xiao.

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At the same time, before the bones of the Yuan family were still cold, Yang Yong was eager to let Yun Zhaoxun take charge of the internal affairs of the East Palace. It is self-evident that he hoped that Yang Jian could make Yun Zhaoxun the crown prince.

This series of actions aroused the dissatisfaction of Yang Jian and his wife, and completely severed the relationship between Yang Jian and his wife and Yang Yong. The thought of Yi Chu lingered in Yang Jian's mind.

It is said that when Gao Jiong learned about these things, he dismissed his subordinates and sighed alone in the chamber of Shangshu Province.

On January 30, Jin Wang Yang Guang, who was still unaware of the incident in the East Palace, finally arrived outside Guangling City.

At this time, all the Sui army units had gathered one after another, and there were a hundred thousand troops outside the city, including 3,000 Boling cavalry who arrived two days earlier than Yang Guang.

There is another chapter in the evening, before twelve o'clock.

(End of chapter)