On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 373 Where to come first

"The pharmacist is here."

Li Jing smiled warmly, and he made no secret of his admiration for this young man of his own race.

Li Jing stepped forward to greet him and said:

"I will pay my respects to Lord Ping Kou."

Li Jing helped him up and said seriously:

"I just learned the news. Now Cui Che has gone south to Dingzhou."

Hearing Cui Che's name, Li Jing was momentarily distracted.

The reason why he didn't defect to Cui Che was because he was alienated from him, but because his family and family members were all in Kansai.

It is impossible for Li Jing to abandon his loved ones and embark on an unknown road with Cui Che.

Li Jing was also keenly aware of Li Jing's strangeness. He smiled and said:

"If the pharmacist doesn't want to fight with his old friends, I can also tell the court for you, please go and serve as an official elsewhere."

Li Jing came back to his senses, shook his head and said:

"Cui Che was kind to me, and I had a close personal relationship with him, but how could Li Jing betray his righteousness because of his personal relationship?

"Previously, Cui Che ignored the late emperor's kindness and disobeyed the imperial court.

"Nowadays, there are even more accusations and slanders against the emperor; there are also violent troops and troubles for the people.

"I also ask Ping Kou Gong to keep Li Jing in Hebei to help him fight against the thieves."

Li Jing Dayue.

While Li Jingzheng was mobilizing troops and horses, at the camp outside Xianyu County in Dingzhou, the generals under Cui Che were also discussing the strategy of entering the army.

The old people who had served in Qilu proposed that the army should go eastward, from Yingzhou to the south, and take Cangzhou and Dezhou.

This has also been Cui Che's plan all along, to seize Cangzhou, Dezhou and open up the connection with Qilu. As long as he sends a partial army to cross the Yellow River, Qing, Qi, Ji, Jiao, Guang and other states can be easily obtained.

But Cui Che now has a different view. He and the generals analyzed:

"As the saying goes, troops are valuable and speed is important. Now our army is taking the lead. We should take advantage of the opportunity and move south from Jizhou before Li Jing has assembled the troops from various states.

"Bei and Maozhou can be surrounded by troops along the way. I will personally lead the army to attack Xiangzhou.

"If we can conquer Yecheng and capture Li Jing alive, then there will be no one in the southern states to give orders, so we can defeat them one by one.

"Even if we can't move down to Yecheng quickly, we can still surround the point to gather reinforcements and attack the reinforcements from all directions.

"Having gained Hebei, the land of Qi should be surrendered."

Li Mi, the counselor who came all the way from Kansai to seek refuge, was the first to second the proposal. He stood up and walked to the map and pointed:

"Ming Gong, I secretly think that if we win Xiangzhou, we can divide our troops to capture Weizhou and take advantage of the situation to seize Liyangcang."

Cui Che put his hands on his hands and laughed:

"This is exactly what I want!"

Liyangcang was established by Yang Jian and is located at the foothills of Dagong Mountain in the southwest of Liyang County (now Junxian County, Henan), Weizhou (Zhiji County, now Weihui, Henan).

Since Yang Guang has not yet opened the Yongji Canal, there is no talk of "harvesting Liyang and consolidating Jiuzhou", but Liyangcang is no less generous than Dacang, Jixian.

It's just that Jixian Dacang mostly contains money, cloth and other materials to reward the border troops, while Liyangcang stores mostly grain.

Cui Che then used Liu Fang to guard Dingzhou and recruited five thousand Boling cavalry to accompany the army southward to Jizhou.

At the same time, the news of Yang Liang's troops was the first to reach Daxing. Yang Guang knew that Cui Che would definitely take action and had no choice but to deal with the funeral of his father Yang Jian as soon as possible.

On the sixth day of September in the fourth year of Renshou (AD 604), Yang Guang buried Yang Jian in Tailing, naming him Gaozu in the temple, and posthumously named Emperor Wen.

After taking off his mourning clothes, Yang Guang found Yang Su and asked about countermeasures:

"Now that Yang Liang is rebelling, Cui Che will definitely respond. Of these two thieves, which one does Yang Xiang think should be defeated first?"

Yang Su was now prosperous. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he worshiped Yang Su as the Minister of Secretariat as Cui Che had promised on his behalf.

As a result, he became the first Shangshu Ling in the 24 years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Su looked at the map and muttered:

"I believe that your Majesty should send troops to capture Bingzhou first."

Yang Guang asked:

"Why not Cui Che? Yang Xiang should know that if Cui Che is allowed to take all of Hebei, he may become a serious trouble.

"On the other hand, the King of Han has mediocre qualifications and is unlikely to achieve great things. If Cui Che is defeated, the King of Han will be afraid, and Bingzhou can easily be defeated."

Yang Su explained:

"Reporting to your majesty, Youzhou is far away and Bingzhou is close. Cui Che's army is strong and the Han king is weak. Therefore, Bingzhou is easy to conquer, but Youzhou is difficult to conquer.

"Besides, Cui Che rebelled in response to the call of the King of Han. If he learns that the King of Han has been defeated, the morale of Cui Che's men will be severely damaged.

"Bingzhou has been established. Even if Cui Che takes full control of Hebei, he should divide his troops to guard the various passages in the Taihang Mountains.

"At that time, Your Majesty can mobilize all the troops in the country and focus on attacking Cui Che."

Yang Guang was overjoyed when he heard this. He had also read a few military books, but he didn't delve into them deeply, but he also knew the importance of morale. If Yang Liang's rebellion was put down, the imperial army would be as powerful as a rainbow, and Cui Che's side would lose its allies, and people would definitely be panicked.

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"After hearing what Yang Xiang said, I suddenly realized that Yang Xiang is a famous general in the world, and his loyalty can be learned from the world. I will entrust him to pacify Yang Liang."

Yang Guang held Yang Su's hand and said kindly.

Yang Su said with emotion:

"I have received great kindness from your majesty, but I am worried that I can't repay it. Today, your majesty entrusts me with a big event. I will tie up the King of Han and apologize to you!"

Immediately, Yang Guang issued an edict and ordered Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, to serve as the marching marshal. He led 100,000 soldiers and horses in the pass and 100,000 soldiers and horses in Henan, a total of 200,000 troops to put down the rebellion of Han King Yang Liang.

At the same time, he issued an edict to appoint the general Hu'er as the general manager of Qingzhou, and ordered Lai Hu'er to lead Qingzhou's troops northward, and jointly threatened Cui Che with Li Jing, the general manager of Xiangzhou, to prevent him from interfering in the battle of Bingzhou.

However, Yang Guang did not know that the control of a place is not only the general manager, governor, chief history officer, Sima and other senior officials, but also the middle and low-level officers of the army and the small officials of the government departments, who can all play a great role at critical moments.

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Of course, judging from Yang Guang's life experience, it is reasonable for him to ignore the power of these people.

Yang Guang raised an army of 200,000 to attack Yang Liang. Of course, it was impossible to send troops immediately. It would take a period of war preparations, but Yang Liang had already planned to strike preemptively.

In the original time and space, Yang Liang had three strategies for dispatching troops.

The first is to drive straight in and seize the capital with lightning speed.

The second is to go east from Taihang, seize Hebei, and then wait for an opportunity to go south and occupy the old territory of Northern Qi, creating a stalemate.

The third is to divide the troops into two groups, one to seize Hebei and the other to attack the capital.

At that time, Yang Liang chose to take care of both, taking both Hebei and the capital.

But now that Hebei has Cui Che, it is impossible for Yang Liang to go east to compete with him for Hebei, so the only way left is to enter the Pass.

Yang Liang followed the advice of Cao Pei Wen'an, the commander-in-chief's soldier, and sent old and weak soldiers to guard the dangerous position. With Pei Wen'an as the vanguard, he led the elite towards Puzhou.

Pei Wen'an did not attack Puzhou by force, but selected hundreds of cavalrymen, dressed in women's clothing, and pretended to be from the palace of the Han Dynasty to open the gate of Puzhou.

Qiu He, the governor of Puzhou, was unprepared and was captured by hundreds of cavalry. The city fell and Qiu He, the governor of Puzhou, fled to Daxing.

Pei Wen'an was able to occupy Puban, a strategic route to Guanzhong.

I'm taking my last day off today. There are only two chapters. I'll reorganize my thoughts.

(End of chapter)