On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 234 Take a short break

In the camp outside Yongjia City, a map covering the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River was hung in the commander's tent.

On the map, the names of Zhu Mowen of Southern Xuzhou, Gu Shixing of Changzhou, Shen Xuanyao of Suzhou, Li Leng of Huzhou, Yang Baoying of Hangzhou, Gao Zhihui of Yuezhou, Shen Xiaoche of Chuzhou and others have been crossed out in relevant positions on the map.

However, there are still a large number of rebels entrenched in various places, including larger forces such as Wang Wenjin in Wuzhou (now Jinhua, Zhejiang), Wu Shihua in Raozhou (now Poyang, Jiangxi), Wang Guoqing in Quanzhou (now Quanzhou, Fujian), Li Chun in Jiaozhou and others.

The small groups of rebels are even more numerous.

After Cui Che captured Gao Zhizhi alive, he was not in a hurry to march to Fujian.

Since before the rebellion, the policy of capturing the thieves first and the king had been determined, Cui Che directed his troops at Shen Xuanyu and Gao Zhihui who proclaimed themselves emperor, and others such as Li Xi who occupied Jiankang and Cai who defended Le'an (today's Xianju, Zhejiang). Taoists and other weak forces never took it into consideration.

Now, if we continue to go south and go deep into Fujian, we risk being cut off from our retreat.

Cui Che then turned around and picked up a small group of rebels.

After more than a hundred battles, large and small, until April 21, Jiankang was recovered, and there were no more rebels east of Wuzhou and north of Fujian.

Cui Che took a short rest in Jiankang and crossed the river for nearly three months. The soldiers were either fighting or marching. Although the battle was fruitful, they were exhausted.

Coincidentally, at this time, the imperial envoy finally arrived in Jiangnan.

Jin Wang Yang Guang and Marshal's Mansion Chief Shi Cui Che were already waiting outside the city to greet him.

"My nephew meets his uncle."

"My nephew-in-law pays homage to my uncle."

The two of them bowed and saluted Dugutuo, who was ordered to go on a mission.

Dugu Tuo is the sixth son of Dugu Xin and the half-brother of Queen Dugu Jialuo, so he is certainly qualified to receive this gift from the two of them.

"No need to be polite, just get up."

Duguxin had seven sons. Except for the second son Dugushan and the fourth son Duguzang who passed away, the others are still alive. However, it was the sixth son Dugutuo who inherited the title of Duke of Zhao from his father Duguxin.

It's just that Dugutuo is not the eldest son, but his eldest brother Duguluo.

At that time, Dugu Xin defected to Guanxi, leaving his wife Luo Shi and Dugu Luo in Luoyang, and was captured by Gao Huan. It was not until the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty in 577 AD that Dugu Luo was released and recognized his brothers and sisters.

Dugu Jialuo's mother, Cui, was Dugu Xin's successor after entering the Pass.

Although Dugu Tuo inherited the title of his father Zhao Guogong, his official position was not high. He was only a general from the left of the third rank, and stayed in Wei Palace.

Yang Jian learned the lessons from his relatives who came to power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although he respected his wife Dugu Jialuo, he did not promote his wife's Dugu family, including his mother Lu Kutao's relatives.

Cui and Yang welcomed Dugu Tuo into Jiankang City. After screening away the others, Dugu Tuo read out the edict.

Because Cui Che defeated Shen Xuanyi in a row and was highly intelligent, Yang Jian gave Cui Che three thousand pieces of silk and appointed his son Cui Qiji as the fourth-rank Kaifu Yitong Sansi.

The Bodhisattva slave was eight years old at the time, so naturally he had an official position but no position.

As the nominal head coach, Yang Guang was naturally given additional food.

After Yang Yong died in depression because of the Crown Princess Yuan's family and completely fell out of favor, Yang Jian valued his second son Yang Guang more and more.

Dugutuo put away the edict and conveyed his praise to Yang Guang on behalf of Yang Jian. Then he suddenly darkened his face and scolded Cui Che on behalf of Yang Jian.

The cause was ultimately Cui Che's request to surrender his soldiers to quell the rebellion in order to pardon their status as slaves.

The reason why Yang Jian resorted to such cruel methods was not just to let Cui Che put down the rebellion in Jiangnan, but also to make the people of Jiangnan fearful, once and for all, and not dare to rebel again.

Driving the rebels to surrender and quell the rebellion could certainly reduce the casualties of the Sui army, but it would not achieve the effect of frightening Jiangnan.

Cui Che naturally accused him repeatedly, but fortunately Yang Jian only punished him verbally, and no one summoned his son-in-law back to Daxing. After all, it only took Cui Che three months to capture two bandit leaders alive. Now, only the one who pretends to be the emperor is left.

Got a Wang Wenjin.

After talking about business, Dugu Tuo brought up personal matters. He was just complaining about the fatigue of traveling along the way. Although he did not openly ask for bribes from Cui Che and Yang Guang, he also hinted that he had not been close to women for a long time and asked them to provide them with beauties to accompany them.

The two summoned their wise wives and concubines to serve Dugu Tuo.

After leaving the mansion, Cui Che said deliberately:

"This Duke of Zhao is really domineering. Even though the prince is his uncle, he should abide by the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. How can he be so arrogant and think of himself as an elder?"

He often ridiculed Yang Jian. Yang Guang was narrow-minded. In fact, he was not very big-minded. He had just been sternly reprimanded by Dugu Tuo. Even if it was Yang Jian's order, Cui Che had a bad impression of his uncle.

He even asked them to donate a girl just now. He really thought that Cui Che's family tradition was to pimp someone.

Cui Che's instigation undoubtedly made Yang Guang, who was already dissatisfied with Dugutuo, even more resentful.

After parting ways with Yang Guang, Cui Che returned to his residence and was greeted by Yuchi Chifan, whose belly was slightly bulging. She was from Jiankang who had been picked up from Guangling earlier. Also crossing the river was Princess Jin.

Xiao family.

With the company of Princess Jin, Yang Guang was willing to send his highly intelligent wives and concubines to serve Dugu Tuo.

As for Cui Che, he looked down upon the queens of those grass-headed emperors.

After a moment of tenderness with Yuchi Chifan, while she was going to rinse her mouth, Cui Che thought about the subsequent counter-insurgency matters.

The next step is undoubtedly to pacify Fujian.

Fujian is very mountainous, with eight mountains, one water, and one field. The terrain is complex. We still have to find a way to force Wang Guoqing, Sheng Daoyan and others to fight with us. If we let them escape into the mountains and forests and play hide-and-seek, they may not be able to defeat them.

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In addition, there is no news about Shi Wansui now. Cui Che had previously allocated two thousand elite troops for him, and he indeed pacified Wuzhou. However, in order to hunt down Wang Wenjin's remaining troops, he went deep into the mountains and lost contact with Cui Che.

Most of the generals in the army speculated that he had died in the battle, and even Cui Che couldn't make up his mind. Although he remembered that Shi Wansui ended up being unjustly killed, who knew whether it would change because of his arrival.

On April 26, the 11th year of Kaihuang's reign (AD 591), the Sui army rested for several days, and Cui Che led the army south toward Fujian.

Yang Guang did not join the army this time. He took Princess Jin across the Yangtze River and returned to Guangling. He shouldered the responsibility of Yangzhou's general manager and devoted himself to restoring production and order in Jiangnan.

As for Yuchi Chifan, he was sent back to Daxing. After nearly five months of pregnancy, the fetus was considered stable. If he traveled by water, it would be less bumpy.

Dugutuo went back to Guanzhong earlier to resume his life. The scorching heat in Jiangnan made it difficult for him to adapt.

In mid-May, Cui Che arrived in Yongjia County and met up with Lai Huer, who led the navy stationed here.

Mai Tiezhang, who had previously volunteered to go to Fujian to spy on the news, has also been waiting here for a long time.

Cui Che ordered his soldiers to camp outside the city. After listening to the information about Fujian, he gathered all the generals to discuss matters that night.

(End of chapter)