On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 233 Seizing Chuzhou

Chuzhou has jurisdiction over four counties: Kuocang, Songyang, Yongjia, and Linhai. The state government is not Yongjia County (now Wenzhou, Zhejiang) where Gao Zhizhi retreated, but Kuocang County (southeast of today's Lishui, Zhejiang).

General Shen Xiaoche under Gao Zhizhi's command guarded this place.

Cui Che led his army southward, with great momentum and little resistance, until they reached the foot of Kuocang City.

Shen Xiaoche held on to the city, while Cui Che rushed to Yongjia in a hurry. He rushed to attack Gao Zhihui by land and sea at the appointed time, so he did not attack Chuzhou Prefecture. He left Cui Hongdu to lead an army of 20,000 to besiege Kuocang and build a fortress. Tushan, wait until you capture Yongjia, then turn around and attack the city.

At this time, Gao Zhihui was licking his wounds in Yongjia City. When he heard that the Sui army was marching southward in great force and heading straight towards him, he suddenly panicked.

On the advice of his generals, Gao Zhizhi prepared his army for war and prepared a retreat. If the war went unfavorably, he would retreat to Fujian and defend Quanzhou (today's Fuzhou, Fujian).

On March 26, 50,000 Sui troops arrived outside Yongjia City.

Some generals persuaded Gao Zhizhi to take advantage of the Sui army's unsteady footing and fatigue from the distance to go out of the city to fight with them, but Gao Zhizhi ignored them.

Although his intelligence is mediocre, he also knows that given the huge gap in combat power between the two sides, there is no chance of winning if they really go out of the city to fight.

After all, in the Battle of Wuxi, the Sui army did not fire a single shot, and Shen Xuanyuan's troops fell into Cui Che's heart-wrenching plan and killed each other. The news that 50,000 people died had already spread throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

Not only Gao Zhi, but also the soldiers under his command are afraid of Cui Che, a devil who plots people's hearts.

It is said that Cui Che's name has already achieved the effect of Zhang Liao's power to shock Xiaoyaojin, and can stop children in Jiangdong from crying at night.

Cui Che did not rush to attack the city, but retreated ten miles to camp and ordered his soldiers to build siege equipment.

An ambush was even prepared that night to prevent a high-intelligence night attack.

Using oneself to save others, Cui Che felt that if he was highly intelligent, he would definitely not stick to it and would have to find a way.

But unexpectedly, Gao Zhizhi remained motionless, causing Cui Che to squat in vain.

He could only send out sentries to closely monitor Yongjia City, then withdrew the ambush and allowed the soldiers to have a good rest.

On March 27, the Sui army still did not attack the city and continued to build siege equipment, and the rebels did not have the courage to go out of the city to fight.

The next day, in the early morning, the Sui army finally formed a formation in the west of the city. Gao Zhizhi thought Cui Che was going to focus on attacking the western section of the city wall, so he concentrated his troops there.

As the trumpet sounded, the Sui army pushed simple siege equipment and approached the city wall with great force, but was easily repelled by the defenders many times.

Cui Che from behind said helplessly:

"Such poor acting skills cannot be concealed from Gao Ni."

But Gao Zhizhi was not suspicious. This was his first time defending the city. Some military veterans could easily see the flaws, but Gao Zhizhi knew nothing about it. He thought it was really the defenders who repeatedly thwarted the Sui army's charges. .

But Cui Che didn't know it. He strictly ordered the generals not to be perfunctory. Even if they were acting, they should act more realistically.

As the Sui army intensified its siege, the pressure on the defenders doubled, but fortunately, relying on the city wall, they were able to repel the Sui army many times.

The battle continued intermittently until sunset. Seeing the Sui army withdraw, everyone from the wise to the ordinary soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

It was just that the Sui army had dinner and gathered outside the city again at night. It seemed that they planned to storm Yongjia City day and night.

Just as the defenders were concentrating on preparing for the Sui army's offensive in the west of the city, shouts of killing suddenly rang out in the east of Yongjia City, and fire lit up the night sky.

It was Lai Huer who came by sea. According to the plan, he took advantage of the night to attack the water fortress outside the city and burned all the rebel ships to the ground.

Then he turned around and headed straight for the east gate.

Seeing a fire in the east of the city, Cui Che quickly sent Yu Juluo to lead an army of 10,000 people to go around the east city to support and protect the children.

He also ordered his officers and men to take advantage of the frightened defenders to attack the western section of the city wall, leaving them with no time to spare and unable to return for reinforcements.

Gao Zhizhi, who is on the west gate tower, has already learned that the water stronghold has been lost and the ship has been destroyed.

If you don't leave now and are trapped and die in Yongjia, you really won't be able to escape.

At the critical moment of life and death, he did not care about his family. He took his cronies with him, mounted the horses that he had specially mobilized before, and headed to the south gate in an attempt to escape to Quanzhou.

Just when he rushed out of Yongjia City, he heard a sharp sword, and then there were shouts of killing, and the sound of galloping horses resounded through the night sky. Gao Zhizhi was frightened. It was Zhang Wu who led eight thousand cavalry and rushed towards him.

Come.

To the west of the city was where the Sui army was arrayed, to the east was the vast ocean, and to the north was a dead end. Cui Che had already expected that Gao Zhihui was going to flee south, so he specially transferred all the cavalry in the army to Zhang Wu's command and asked him to intercept Gao Zhihui.

wisdom.

Cui Che would not dismount his cavalry and attack the city.

The southerners were good at boats and the northerners were good at riding. How could Gao Zhizhi's hundreds of mounted infantry defeat Zhang Wu's eight thousand fine cavalry?

In just an instant, he was swallowed up, and Gao Zhizhi himself was captured alive by Zhang Wu.

However, the battle was not over. Although Gao Zhizhi abandoned the city and left, the defenders in the city were still resisting tenaciously.

They all knew that once the city was breached, death would be waiting for them, so how could they give up so easily? Besides, not everyone knew about Gao Zhizhi's escape.

It was not until Cui Che ordered the cavalry to hold torches and bring Gao Zhizhi to the city to show the public that the morale of the defenders in the city collapsed.

The east gate of Yongjia was the first to be breached. Countless rebels rushed out from the north and south gates and fled toward the mountains and forests in the dark. At this time, even they could not take care of their wives, children, and children in the city.

My wife and daughter were captured, but they were still alive, but rebels like them were certain to die.

The Sui army pursued for a while, but in the end they had to give up because it was too dark and they did not dare to pursue deep into the dense forest.

That night, Cui Che led his army to Yongjia and hunted down the rebel family members. These were the trophies of the soldiers and the source of motivation for them to fight.

In the Battle of Yongjia, Cui Che's first achievement was to capture the highly intelligent Zhang Wu alive.

Zhang Wu has captured Shen Xuanyu one after another. Although his high intelligence is a matter of luck, it is also inseparable from Cui Che's deliberate care. For example, tonight, no matter who is sent to the south of the city, he can basically capture the high intelligence. The difference is that he is dead. It's just living.

After settling in Yongjia, Cui Che did not summon Gao Zhihui. He was too lazy to waste words on a mortal man. He just sent five hundred cavalry to escort Gao Zhihui to Kuocang County and show him to the city.

The next day, Cui Che led three thousand troops with wheat iron rods and captured Songyang County (today's Lishui, Zhejiang) west of Kuocang County.

He also ordered Yu Juluo to lead three thousand troops to capture Linhai County (now Linhai City, Zhejiang Province).

This was also the first time that Mai Tiezhang led an army. For this reason, Cui Che specially sent Zhao Wen to accompany him as his deputy.

Zhao Wen followed Cui Che on his expeditions in the north and south. He had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running away.

There were not many defenders in both counties, so Mai Tiezhang and Yu Juluo succeeded easily.

At the same time, when Gao Zhizhi was tied up by Wu Hua Da and appeared outside Kuocang City, the morale of the defenders instantly fell to the bottom.

Under the persuasion of the Sui envoy, Kuocang's general Shen Xiaoche asked to surrender. Because he took the initiative to offer the city, he and his soldiers were spared death.

Since then, places such as Su, Hu, Hang, and Yue have successively pacified Dingchang, and Chuzhou has also announced its recovery.

Chapter 4 was brought here, but it’s gone today.

(End of chapter)