On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 236 Putting Down the Rebellion

The rear was attacked by the Sui army from the sea, which was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Wang Guoqing.

Moving forward, we can't go back to Min County or Nan'an; behind us, Cui Che is eyeing Jian'an.

Wang Guoqing only felt that the world was huge, but there was no place for him.

Seeing that people were panicking, the generals had no choice but to persuade Wang Guoqing to retreat to Longxi (now Zhangzhou, Fujian).

Of the four counties in Quanzhou, the Sui army recovered three, and now only one, Longxi County, is still under the control of the rebels.

Wang Guoqing had no other choice. He could not hope that these frightened soldiers could take back Min County and Nan'an for him.

At the same time, after Cui Che rested for three days and sent Sheng Daoyan to Daxing to be beheaded, he finally left Jian'an County and advanced southeast along the Min River.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer rebel fire pits on the way, the Mai Iron Staff sounded the plan to reduce the number of pit fires that Zhao Wenjiao had mentioned in his own history reading some time ago.

It is said that by reducing the fire stove, Sun Bin made Pang Juan mistakenly think that the Qi army was defeated, and finally led him to the burial place.

However, Cui Che ordered his men to go into battle lightly, and the pursuit was very urgent, which also made Mai Tiezhang worried.

Finally, while camping in the wild, he decided to remind Duke Yan, who treated him like a reborn parent.

"A plan to reduce cooking stoves?"

Cui Che looked at the wheat iron staff under the tent and was surprised. Li Jing beside him burst into laughter. Ever since Shi Wansui captured Wuzhou and heard that his brother Li Duan, whom he cared about day and night, was fine, Li Jing even smiled a lot more.

The two of them were discussing military strategy just now. When Cui Che heard that Mai Tiezhang was outside the tent and was eager to see him, he thought it was something big.

I never thought that it was here to remind myself not to fall into Wang Guoqing's plan.

Cui Che smiled and said:

"It seems that you have been studying very hard recently, and you have even read "Historical Records". Don't worry, Wang Guoqing is not Sun Bin, and I, Cui Che, am not Pang Juan."

Li Jing explained on his behalf:

"General Mai does not need to worry about this. Sun Bin reduced the stoves on his own initiative, but Wang Guoqing reduced the stoves but his troops were scattered. Think about it, their parents, wives and children are all in Min County and Nan'an. How many people are willing to retreat to Longxi with Wang Guoqing?

, it is better to escape back to Min County and Nan'an. Although you will be punished as a slave, you can keep your family."

The man who surrendered could not escape the fate of being a slave, but his wife and children could avoid becoming spoils of war and avoid being humiliated.

Mai Tiezhang suddenly realized that his worries were unnecessary.

The fact is just as Li Jing said, even if Wang Guoqing punished deserters and executed them all, he could not stop his soldiers from running at night.

People's hearts have been shattered and there is no hope. Who is willing to abandon his wife and children, follow him to retreat to Longxi, and resist stubbornly.

Cui Che's pursuers are getting closer and closer, and there are fewer and fewer soldiers around him. Wang Guoqing is already planning to enter the sea via Longxi, find an island to take refuge, and imitate Sun En and Lu Xun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to become the Pirate King.

When Wang Guoqing arrived all the way to the north bank of the Jinjiang River, there were only a few thousand people left around him. However, on the river was the battleship Hengjiang, which came to intercept Lai Er as planned.

Knowing that once Wang Guoqing was attacked from behind, he would have only Longxi to go, how could Cui Che let him leave?

After Lai Hu'er captured Min County and Nan'an, he left thousands of men to garrison each. He led two naval forces to Jinjiang and waited for the Kingdom's celebration for a long time.

Seeing that Jinjiang had been blocked by the Sui army, Wang Guoqing planned to flee westward into the mountains, but the sound of horse hooves behind him shattered his illusions.

After the terrain became flat, Cui Che was finally able to take advantage of his cavalry. He handed over the infantry to Cui Hongdu, and he led eight thousand cavalry in pursuit. He and Lai Huer worked in tandem and blocked Wang Guoqing to death.

North bank of Jinjiang River.

The morale of the rebels had hit rock bottom, and the remaining thousands of soldiers under Wang Guoqing's command did not put up much of a struggle. Before the Sui cavalry launched the first round of charge, a large number of rebels surrendered in front of the formation.

According to the rules since the Sui army crossed the river, surrendering in front of the battle line can avoid death.

Except for one person, Wang Guoqing.

Cui Che was riding on horseback, looking down at Wang Guoqing who was kneeling on the ground and being tied up.

Even though Wang Guoqing even smashed his forehead in order to survive and his face was covered with blood, Cui Che remained indifferent and said in a calm tone:

"You committed a heinous crime by killing Liu Hong, the governor of Quanzhou. How can I forgive you?"

Wang Guoqing cried and begged:

"I can do meritorious service to Yan Gong and persuade the Longxi defenders to surrender. Can I offset the merits and demerits?"

Cui Che laughed angrily.

"Since I crossed the river, I have conquered every enemy and conquered every battle. I have captured and killed countless people. How can I still not capture a single Longxi river?"

After saying that, Cui Che waved his hand and ordered Wang Guoqing to be taken to Daxing to be executed.

When the Sui army crossed the Jinjiang River and arrived outside Longxi City, the leader of the Longxi rebels and his cronies had already taken their families and fled to the sea, and their whereabouts were unknown.

Cui Che led his army into the city, stabilized the order in the city, executed a large number of people who took advantage of the chaos and looted, and announced that all four counties in Quanzhou were recovered.

At the same time, Shi Wansui's ministry finally got news. The Sui army picked up a bamboo tube from the river, which contained Shi Wansui's letter.

It turned out that after Shi Wansui regained Wuzhou, he led his troops to continue to pursue Wang Wenjin. After more than 700 battles and more than a thousand miles, he defeated countless rebels and finally beheaded Wang Wenjin in a creek cave.

When Li Chun caused trouble in Jiaozhou, the governor of Guangzhou sent troops to destroy him.

Cui Che crossed the Yangtze River at night from the end of January to the recovery of Quanzhou in early July. It took nearly six months to recover more than ten states including Nanxu, Chang, Su, Hu, Hang, Wu, Yue, Wu, Quan, Jiang, etc., and captured and executed them.

Nearly three hundred thousand.

Since then, the rebellion among the five religions in Jiangnan has been completely suppressed.

In mid-August, when Cui Che returned to Jiankang, he only saw ruins.

Perhaps because of this rebellion, Yang Jian was unwilling to leave a central city in the south of the Yangtze River, just like when he burned Yecheng in Hebei Province after the Yuchijun Rebellion.

Yang Jian also ordered that Jiankang City be razed to the ground and the palaces and gardens of the Six Dynasties be destroyed.

As the saying goes, killing heroes in a famous city is not the first time I have done this.

Although Cui Che had taken the time to appreciate the prosperity of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties while resting in Jiankang, he still felt regretful about it.

Jiankang was the first city in the world with a population of more than one million. It was once known as the two centers of classical civilization in the world along with ancient Rome, but it was eventually burned to the ground.

The Sui army rested for a while at Stone City, the seat of Jiangzhou, and met Shi Wansui and Cui Che across the Yangtze River on August 19th and arrived at the foot of Guangling City.

After hard work, there must be the joy of harvest.

The orphans and widows who were detained in Yangzhou were all divided up by the Sui army. Even Cui Che's personal followers, Zhao Wen, Wang De, and Li Qing, each took two young women.

Others such as Mai Tiezhang, Li Jing, Fang Yanqian and others are not to mention.

The only one who returned empty-handed was the young Fang Xuanling. Although Cui Che took him with him, he only allowed him to observe, so he failed to make any achievements.

As for Yang Guang, in order to maintain his character, he only quietly brought a few beautiful women to the mansion, but they were all in the name of slaves and were not given status.

Cui Che is even more weak-minded and won't take anything from the pot. What he likes is a woman of high status, not just a widow.

Chapter 4 will be later, in the early morning.

(End of chapter)