On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 376 Three-way attack

After Zhao Wen saluted Cui Che, he asked:

"The master of the house called me here, what's the matter?"

He refused to change his title, so Cui Che had no choice but to let him. Facing Zhao Wen's question, Cui Che was not in a hurry to answer, but just smiled and said:

"Just wait a moment, there's still one person who hasn't arrived yet."

Soon, Zhao Mu arrived late. He had been busy sorting out Maozhou's register.

When Cui Che saw that everyone was here, he explained his purpose of coming. It turned out that he had just learned the information about Xiangzhou through Li Longcheng today. This also made Cui Che realize that he had indeed neglected his intelligence work in the past.

Of course, one of the reasons is to roll out an intelligence network, which will cost a lot of money.

Fortunately, it's not too late to make amends.

Cui Che solemnly said to Zhao Mu and Zhao Wendao:

"The establishment of the Observation Department will be left to you two. If you need manpower or money, feel free to ask me for it."

Zhao Wen deeply felt the heavy responsibility, but faced the important task entrusted to him by Cui Che, he did not flinch and immediately accepted the matter.

But Zhao Mu just felt that the name Observation Department was a bit wrong.

After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he single-handedly planned more than 280 cities north of Sizhou to rebel against the Zhou Dynasty. With his organizational skills, it was not difficult to build an intelligence network.

Especially when Cui Che promised to give her full support.

However, building an intelligence network did not happen overnight, and Zhao Mu had to remind Cui Che:

"Yan Gong's move is very good, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to see the results overnight."

Fortunately, Cui Che is not a person who is eager for quick success. He nodded and said:

"Do it first, and it will be useful."

Only then did Zhao Mu accept the offer.

Just after the two left, a fast horse from the north sent a secret message for Cui Qiji.

At first, Cui Che was alarmed. He was worried that the Goguryeo people were taking advantage of the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty to invade Liaodong. However, after looking into the matter, his worries turned to joy, and it turned out that Princess Nanyang was pregnant.

Cui Che's feud with the court also affected the relationship between Cui Qiji and Princess Nanyang. The two were at odds with each other, so Cui Qiji took in several more beautiful concubines. Seeing that the number of wives and concubines was almost surpassing that of his father Cui Che, he

Nothing ever came out.

This made Cui Che always worry about his son's health.

After Cui Che claimed that Yang Guang had killed his father and rebelled against the court, Princess Nanyang completely broke up with Cui Qiji. According to Cui Qiji's heart, Princess Nanyang had asked to make peace with him and let her go back to her parents.

Cui Qiji originally agreed, but before leaving, Princess Nanyang suddenly suffered from morning sickness. Calculating the time, there should be nothing wrong.

Thirty-five-year-old Cui Che also felt deeply that he was no longer young. Now Cui Qiji finally had good news. That night, Cui Che even celebrated the news privately.

The army rested in Guantao County for two days, and when the remaining five troops gathered to capture Maozhou, Cui Che re-deployed his troops and divided them into three groups.

On the first route, with Mai Tiezhang as the general, he led 10,000 silver-saddled Khitan cavalry and 10,000 infantry of the Pishi army, totaling 20,000 infantry, crossing the Zhang River to the south and capturing Weizhou.

The second route, with Wang Dangwan as the general, led Dou Jiande and Zhou Kan's two troops of 10,000 cavalry, and the remaining 10,000 Pishi army infantry, a total of 20,000 infantry and cavalry, heading west to capture Mingzhou.

The third route, Cui Che personally led the troops in front of the tent, Boling cavalry and Qin Qiong, Liu Heitai, Cheng Yaojin, Lu Mingyue, Gao Xianya and other troops totaling 40,000 cavalry went south to threaten Xiangzhou, preventing Li Jing from supporting him.

Ming, Wei Erzhou.

At the same time, Cui Che left Zhang Wu to lead 5,000 troops to guard Maozhou.

Maozhou is different from Beizhou. In order to show the mutual trust between Cui Che and the Cui family of Qinghe, he did not send troops to garrison. After all, as long as the Cui family of Qinghe continues to support Cui Che, there will be no chaos in Beizhou.

However, Maozhou was related to the logistical safety of the three-pronged army, and it was necessary to have trustworthy generals to stay behind, so Zhang Wu naturally did his part.

Different from previous battles on the grassland, this time Cui Che did not drive livestock to fight. Instead, he relied on the Zhang River to transport grain and used Guantao County as a storage place for supplies.

Just as Cui Che's three armies were attacking, Zhao Renming also fled to Xiangzhou. However, as soon as he entered Yecheng, news came that Li Longcheng had surrendered.

"I didn't expect that Li Longcheng was a traitor and a traitor. He misunderstood this person's words and made a big mistake. He lost his position!"

In front of Li Jing, Zhao Renming felt regretful.

Li Jing could only comfort him:

"With Li Long as an internal agent, it would only be a matter of time before Cui Ni captured Maozhou. Governor Zhao does not need to blame himself for this."

In fact, Li Jing was calling it a fluke in his heart. Before Zhao Renming arrived, he had already decided to follow Li Jing's suggestion, rush to the aid of Maozhou, and rely on the city to defend it.

But he didn't expect that Cui Che would arrive so quickly. If he really sent troops to the north, he would probably run into Cui Che's arms.

However, before Li Jing could be happy for too long, news soon came that Cui Che divided his forces to attack Ming and Wei states, and another group headed straight for Xiangzhou.

All this was in line with Li Jing's judgment. Cui Che really wanted to attack the morale of the soldiers in Yecheng, Ming and Wei first.

Fortunately, Li Jing's previous words also reminded Li Jing that he had already sent troops from Shenzhou (governing Yangping County, today's Shen County, Shandong Province) to assist Weizhou, and also dispatched troops from Xingzhou (governing Longgang County, today's Xinxian County, Shandong Province) to help Weizhou.

Soldiers from Xingtai, Hebei Province rushed to Mingzhou to aid.

The soldiers from Xin and Xing states were originally recruited to go to Yecheng, but the journey was far away and they had not yet arrived. Now Li Jing simply sent the soldiers from the two states to help defend Wei and Ming.

Before Zhao Renming left, Li Jing learned of the military situation and hurriedly came to see Li Jing and took the initiative to ask for permission:

"Ming Gong, although there are soldiers from Xin and Xing now moving to defend Wei and Ming, they are not their homeland. How can the soldiers be willing to fight to the death? Jing thinks that Wei and Ming are difficult to defend, so it is better to take the initiative to attack.

"Now Cui Ni divides his troops into three groups, with Guantao as the center and attacking from all sides. I predict that Cui Ni will use Guantao County to hoard military supplies.

"Li Jing is willing to lead the elite cavalry in the city, bypass the invading enemy, and attack Guantao. If he can burn his supplies, the enemy will retreat!"

Li Jing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. If he could defeat the enemy without fighting, what else could he say? He immediately agreed and asked Li Jing to go back and prepare to attack Guantao.

But after Li Jing left, Zhao Renming suddenly said:

"Mr. Li, I once heard that Li Jing and Cui Che were close friends. Now that he is so diligent, I'm afraid there is something wrong with him."

Li Jing smiled and said:

"The pharmacist is not a duplicitous person. Governor Zhao is overly worried."

But Zhao Renming did not give up and continued:

"Li Jing had previously encouraged Mr. Li to go north. How could we know that he was not secretly conspiring with Cui Che and did it intentionally?"

These words shocked Li Jing. After all, if Li Jing really knew the news in advance and knew that Cui Che would rush to Maozhou all night long, then suggesting that he go north must be harboring evil intentions.

Although there was no evidence, the seeds of suspicion had been planted in Li Jing's heart. He hurriedly recalled Li Jing and decided to hold on to the city and abandon his plan to sneak attack Guantao.

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(End of chapter)