On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 38 The war is about to begin

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 38 The war is about to begin

As the years passed, Zimo Bridge was welcomed and Cui Che's three thousand troops were stationed here.

Yuchijiong gathered hundreds of thousands of people, but the only ones who could really fight were the Huanglong soldiers wearing green scarves and cotton-padded jackets. Those people were Yuchijiong's old troops brought out from Guanzhong.

Most of the rest are like Cui Che's tribe. The troops are newly formed and have not yet formed combat effectiveness. They can only act as a battlefield atmosphere team.

Cui Che knew this very well. Even if he had ulterior motives for his rebellion, he still let Zhang Wu hurry up and train his private soldiers. Brother Che did not raise idlers.

As for Cui Che himself, he became the boss, which is reasonable. You can't expect an eleven-year-old boy to lead the army himself.

Zhang Wu was training troops in Zimoqiao, while Cui Che often went in and out of Yecheng, going between his cousin Cui Dana's mansion and the military camp to get information.

It is true that Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, was kind to him, but it had nothing to do with this battle. No matter who the winner was, Yu Wen's fate was already doomed.

Even if Yuchi Jiong wins, it will only be Yang Jian who founded the Sui Dynasty and Yuchi Jiong who founded Shu.

Becoming a powerful official but not usurping the country, Yu Wenhu's fate is vivid in his mind. No matter whether he wears a helmet or not when he enters the palace, he will inevitably end up having his whole family wiped out.

Although Yu Chijiong is making a big fuss now, after two months in Yecheng, Cui Che has seen clearly the reality and concluded that he can't succeed.

Yuchi Jiong is getting old. At the age of sixty-five, his energy has declined. He is no longer the pioneer who entered Shu. He even made a mess at home. His sons are not on good terms with each other and have their own agendas.

In order to win over the Boling Cui family, Cui Dana was introduced as the general manager, which was a bad move. Cui Che's cousin is a scholar. If you ask him to recite poems and compose poems, he can give you a couple of sentences. If you want When he was dealing with military affairs, he was blinded.

However, Yuchi was entrusted with the important task of logistics, so after Cui Che showed his talents inadvertently, Cui Dana often asked him when dealing with big and small matters.

With Cui Che's help, Cui Dara would not be judged as "unable to plan strategies, take illegal actions, and unable to rescue and assist" like in the original time and space. However, the military information on Yuchi Jong's side was completely transparent to Yang Jian.

Cui Che spent all his wealth to recruit 3,000 people, among whom were hidden details of the imperial court to facilitate the transmission of news.

But it has to be said that the name of a person is like the shadow of a tree. Although Yuchijiong was old, he supported the son of King Zhao Yuwenzhao and used his old reputation to call on all parties. There were many people among the local state pastors who responded.

Yuchijiong went north to contact Gao Baoning to contact the Turks; to the south he contacted Nanchen and agreed to cede land along the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.

Of course, these things were leaked by Cui Che and handed over to Yang Jian.

For example, Cao Xiaoda, the governor of Dongtongzhou, and Shi Min, the governor of Jianzhou, were sent to Chang'an just before the incident.

The remaining governors of Yingzhou, Shao Gongyu Wenzhou, Shenzhou governor Li Hui, and Dongchuzhou governor Fei Yelijin, etc., before they had time to arrest them, openly rebelled and moved to their prefectures to respond to Yuchi Jiong.

The arrest of Cao Xiaoda and Shi Min did not arouse Yuchi Jiong's suspicion. He thought it was just the fault of the two of them not being secretive. After all, the rebellion in Juzhou was not something that could be done in one go. A lot of preliminary preparations were necessary.

Yang Jian's recent worries are not only about Yuchi Jiong's contact with the Turks and Nanchen. According to information from Cui Che, Yunzhou's general manager Sima Xiaonan has close contact with Yuchi Jiong.

After taking power, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people, Yang Jian successively ordered the abolition of the cruel laws of Emperor Tianyuan, the restoration of Buddhism, and the spread of Taoism and Liangism, which also achieved remarkable results.

But the most important thing now is to take the lead in quelling Yuchi Jiong's rebellion. Otherwise, it will be even more difficult if it drags on for a long time and attracts other general managers to follow suit and echo Yuchi Jiong.

On the tenth day of June, Yang Jian summoned Wei Xiaokuan, who had just fled back to Chang'an, and told him all the military information about Yuchi Jiong. Wei Xiaokuan was not surprised. He knew that Yang Jian had someone in Yecheng. He was hiding very deep, but he had access to the core of Hebei Province. Otherwise, when he took office as Xiangzhou, someone would not send a message in advance, and Yuchi would arrest him.

"General Yuchi Jiong took his son Yuchidun as the vanguard and led a hundred thousand horsemen to march westward and invade Luoyang. Only Wei Gong could quell the civil strife and make people believe deeply."

Yang Jian and Wei Xiaokuan held hands and said.

"Being filial and generous will live up to the prime minister's trust."

On the same day, the young emperor issued an edict and appointed Wei Xiaokuan as the marching marshal to lead the troops in Guanzhong to march eastward to defend against the enemy.

Yuchi Jiong was sixty-five years old and already weak in energy. Wei Xiaokuan was seven years older than him and his health was not much better, but his wisdom was not exhausted.

He even vaguely guessed who the hidden star was.

Before Yuchi Jiong's side made any move, Yang Jian already knew that he planned to send Yuchi Dun and 100,000 cavalry as the vanguard, aiming directly at Luoyang. This kind of top-secret information was not accessible to ordinary people.

But there happened to be one person who was young and wanted for beating up the prime minister's son. He had previously squandered all his family wealth and wanted to go to the grassland to avoid trouble. He would not arouse suspicion at all, but his cousin was in charge of the logistics.

As the saying goes, before the three armies move, food and grass will go first. The plan to dispatch troops cannot be hidden from the person in charge of logistics.

Wei Xiaokuan was an expert at using time. He took advantage of the internal conflicts in the Northern Qi court and killed Shihu Luguang, the pillar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, with just a nursery rhyme.

Now that Cui Che's identity has been identified and we think about it further, everything makes sense.

When Wei Xiaokuan led the army out of the city, Pei Xiu had already left Chang'an City.

Previously, Pei Xiu was expelled back to Chang'an by his mother Cui Zhaorong, who asked him to plead for Cui Che. During this period, Pei Xiu contacted many people, but he was still unable to withdraw the sea arrest documents.

Those who are too famous are beyond his reach, and those who are close to him, such as Dou Wei, Yang Xuangan, and Yang Guang, do not betray their dignity.

Later, I heard that the governor of Xiangzhou, Wei Chijiong, had launched an army, and Cui Che was also involved. Pei Xiu, who had been running around for him in Chang'an, was also hunted down. Thanks to the help of Yang Xuangan and Dou Wei, he was able to escape Chang'an and rushed back to Wenxi overnight, bringing him with him. Mother, grandmother, Miaorong, Mu Xieli and others went to Yecheng.

The world was in chaos. Although there was no official war yet, many bandits appeared along the way. Fortunately, there were many guards and we were able to reach Yecheng safely.

At this time, Yuchidun was marching westward with 100,000 troops, heading towards Luoyang as revealed by Cui Che.

When he learned that Pei Xiu had come to surrender, Cui Che hurried to greet him, but when he met, he was beaten and scolded by his aunt Cui Zhaorong, who accused him of acting recklessly and easily making grudges with others.

Cui Che was beaten and scolded, but he also knew that she hated iron.

Sure enough, after a good beating, Cui Zhaorong held Cui Che in his arms and cried bitterly.

Pei Xiu on the side comforted:

"Mother, please be at ease. When we invade Chang'an in the future and destroy the Yang family, our grudges will naturally disappear."

Cui Che was excited when he heard this. He quickly looked around and saw that there were no outsiders around, so he let out a sigh of relief.

The cold is much better.

(End of chapter)