On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 372 Raise troops and go south

Cui Yanqing also knew that he was different from his brother Cui Qiji who guarded Liaodong. With Fang Xuanling around, there was no room for him to act willfully.

Faced with Cui Che's instructions, Cui Qiji responded obediently:

"Grandpa, don't worry, the child will definitely obey Mr. Fang's teachings in everything."

Fang Xuanling was also quite familiar with Cui Yanqing. He solemnly said to Cui Che:

"My Lord, there is no need to worry about the rear. Fang will definitely assist the Third Young Master with all his heart."

At the age of five, Fang Xuanling followed her father Fang Yanqian and joined Cui Che's army. It has been twenty-one years now.

Not only Cui Yanqing, he also had a deep friendship with Cui Che's other two sons, Cui Qiji and Cui Yanzong.

Cui Che nodded when he heard this. After so many years of experience, he trusted the twenty-six-year-old Fang Xuanling, both in terms of loyalty and ability.

During the confrontation with the Kumoxi people in Yanzhou for more than half a year, Cui Che adjusted the organization of his army. He selected 10,000 cavalry from the 80,000 Yan Han army to form an army in front of the tent.

He personally leads the army and is the most powerful in all armies.

The remaining 70,000 Han troops were composed of 5,000 men, including Qin Qiong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Li Min, Mai Mengcai, Pei Le, Cheng Yaojin, Liu Tongren, Gao Xianya, Zhang Wu, Zhou Kan, and Zhang

Fourteen people including Heng, Wang Qing, and Lu Mingyue are generals.

Among them, Pei Le, Li Min, Zhang Heng, Wang Qing, Mai Mengcai and Liu Tongren each led their troops and followed Fang Xuanling to stay in Youzhou and other places.

These people are either Cui Che's relatives, such as his adopted son Pei Le and his son-in-law Li Min.

Or they were generals from Cui Che's family, such as Zhang Heng and Wang Qing.

As for Mai Mengcai and Liu Tongren, they also entered into marriage contracts with Cui Che's eldest daughter Cui Wenhui and Cui Wenyan.

Their abilities may not be comparable to those of the generals who followed Cui Che south, but their presence can ensure that after Cui Che leaves, Yandi will still be firmly in his hands.

Cui Che handed over 10,000 silver-saddled Khitan cavalry to the command of Mai Tiezhang as the vanguard to clear the way.

He also sent 10,000 elite troops to the army in front of the tent, together with Dou Jiande, Cheng Yaojin, Zhou Kan, Zhang Wu and other troops, as well as 20,000 Khitan infantry of the Pishi army under Wang Dangwan, and a total of 50,000 Han and Tibetan infantry.

Chinese Army.

The rear army was led by Qin Qiong, who commanded Liu Heitai, Lu Mingyue, Gao Xianya and other troops, totaling 20,000 people.

Eighty thousand troops rode south, Cui Che repeatedly emphasized discipline, and Qiu made no mistakes along the way.

The Silver Saddle Khitan Army and the Pishi Army were originally selected from one hundred thousand Khitan troops. After more than two years of training, the laxity of the Tibetan soldiers has already faded away, and their combat effectiveness has basically reached the level of the rest of the Khitan Army except for the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army.

The level of the Han army.

On the seventh day of September in the fourth year of Renshou (AD 604), in Xianyu County, Dingzhou, the countryside was full of farmers busy harvesting wheat fields. Children were playing and chasing among the fields, and suddenly the roar of horse hooves was heard from the north.

Soon, a cavalry outfit with clothes that were completely different from those of the Central Plains people came into view.

The children didn't know why. After all, since Cui Che came out of northern Xinjiang, the south of Youzhou has not been invaded by barbarians for more than ten years.

But the people who had suffered from the plunder of the grassland tribes recalled the fear of those years.

A middle-aged man clenched the sickle in his hand and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"The barbarians are coming! Everyone, run away!"

Just when everyone was panicking and crying, wanting to flee into the city for refuge, they saw another army appearing in the south. It was the 30,000 Dingzhou soldiers who had already assembled, including 5,000 Boling cavalry, and the leader

The person is Liu Fang, the general manager of Dingzhou.

Liu shouted to the horrified crowd:

"You don't need to panic. The one who came here is a loyal servant of Duke Yan. He went south to avenge the saint and will not rob the people!"

The common people calmed down their fear. Now that they knew it was Cui Che's army, they were no longer afraid. Some returned to the fields to work peacefully, while many were still commenting on the silver-saddled Khitan horsemen.

Liu Fang rode out, and Mai Tiezhang, the commander of the Silver Saddle Khitan, also came up to him and laughed and exchanged greetings with him.

While the two were talking, more dust rose up in the north, and Mai Tiezhang smiled and said:

"It's Duke Yan who's here."

After many years, Cui Che returned to Xianyu County.

I still remember that twenty-seven years ago, when the Northern Qi Dynasty fell and Yang Jian was appointed as the general manager of Dingzhou, Cui Che, who was returning to his hometown from Yecheng to visit relatives, took the opportunity to come to Dingzhou City, which was still called Lunu County at that time, and infiltrated a group of people.

I attended the Spring Festival Gala, hoping to attract Yang Jian's attention by showing off my extraordinary abilities.

Now that the past person has passed away, Cui Che has mixed feelings for a while.

At the same time, Li Jing, the general manager of Xiangzhou, also received news that Cui Che was going south, which forced him to give up his plan to attack Ding, Hebei, and Yingzhou.

As early as when Yang Jian was still alive, he sent veteran Li Jing as the general manager of Xiangzhou, leading Hebei's prime ministers, Zhao, Wei, Mao, Bei, Xing, Ming, Luan, Guan, Bo, De, Lian, Wei, Shen, Cang, Jing,

The military forces of Rao and other prefectures were responsible for resisting Cui Che's march southward, and at the same time waiting for opportunities to seize Ding, Ji, and Ying.

Li Jing was an old subordinate of Yang Jian's father, Yang Zhong. He had served as the general manager of Youzhou. He had also interacted with Cui Che and had a good impression of Cui Che.

But all the good impressions disappeared when Cui Che resisted the decree.

Now that Cui Che and Han Wang Yang Liang have joined forces to accuse Yang Guang of killing his father, Li Jing doesn't believe this at all.

In his opinion, these are all slanders by Cui Che and Yang Liang, two rebellious officials and traitors. Using prophecies as evidence can only deceive the ignorant people.

As for the secret code that King Yang Liang of Han said he had with Yang Jian, now that Yang Jian is dead, there is no way to verify whether there is a secret code or not.

There is no real evidence, so how can Li Jing believe the rumor that the emperor killed his father?

Li Jing stood at the top of Xiangzhou City, looking northward, and couldn't help but sigh to himself:

'Why has the country become like this?'

Someone behind him reminded me:

"Master, Li Sima is here."

Li Jing looked back and saw that it was Li Jing, a member of his own clan.

The deep personal relationship between Li Jing and Cui Che is well known in Kansai.

Therefore, after the relationship between Cui Che and the imperial court deteriorated, Li Jing, who was the Sima of Weizhou at the time, also suffered a disaster.

But Li Jing did not choose to abandon his official position and join Cui Che like Pei Xiu and others. Instead, he proved his innocence to Li Jing, the manager of Xiangzhou who had just arrived at the time, and stated that although he had a close personal relationship with Cui Che, he had not participated in his affairs.

Plan.

Li Jing and Gu Nian both came from the Li family in Longxi, and they cherished Li Jing's talent, so they vouched for the imperial court.

Li Jing's talent was not only highly praised by Cui Che, but also praised by Yang Su as Wang Zuo's talent.

Li Jing kept Li Jing by his side and appointed him as Sima of the Prefecture of Xiangzhou.

At that time, Yang Jian did not continue to pursue Li Jing. After all, Cui Che had been an official in the court for twenty-five years and had already formed a complicated network of relationships.

If he really had a good personal relationship with Cui Che, he would have to be arrested and imprisoned. Two servants of Shangshu Province shot Yang Su, and Su Wei would not be able to escape first.

Most of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were implicated.

(End of chapter)