On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 378 Capture of Weizhou

Xinzhou was governed by Shen County (today's Shen County, Shandong Province), and governed Shen County, Linhuang, Wuyang, and Wushui counties. Compared with Xingzhou, which governed eight counties, Shenzhou was undoubtedly just a small state.

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Therefore, although the soldiers of Shenzhou supported Weizhou in time, the governor of Shenzhou only gave the Sima Zhang Qi of Shenzhou 7,000 men.

Some soldiers should always be left to guard the city. After all, if Weizhou fell, he would not be blamed, but if Shenzhou was lost, the governor of Shenzhou would not be able to escape punishment.

Zhang Qi led seven thousand Xinzhou soldiers on a rapid march, and finally arrived at Guixiang County (today's Daming County, Hebei Province), the seat of Weizhou, ahead of Mai Tiezhang.

Liu Xuan, the governor of Weizhou, rushed out of the city to greet him. Since the crisis came to Maozhou, Liu Xuan had been transferred to Yecheng because all his elite troops had been transferred. It could be said that he had trouble sleeping and eating, for fear that Cui Che would go south.

However, the more he was afraid of, the more he would be rewarded. After learning that Cui Che's general Mai Tiezhang had crossed the Zhang River and headed for Weizhou, Liu Xuan even thought about running away.

After all, he did not have the confidence to compete with the elite soldiers under Mai Tiezhang with a group of old and weak men, and because his family members were all in Kansai, he did not dare to participate in Cui Che's rebellion.

On the way, Mai Tiezhang heard the news that Xinzhou reinforcements had arrived, so he simply slowed down. After passing a town, he asked the middle-aged man next to him:

"Weizhou is now on guard. Don't rush. If Cui Gong wants to meet his old friend, Mai will camp here today."

The middle-aged scribe's name is Cui Yanwu, who comes from the third family of the Cui family in Boling. There is a person from the Cui family in Qinghe who has the same name as him, but he was a figure in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Cui Yanwu shook his head and said:

"I am now a seven-foot man, not a woman, so why should I go see him again.

"Besides, when I met him and left a lot of money, I have settled my past affairs. I still have to put the sect master's important affairs first."

Seeing that he was determined, Mai Tiezhang gave up.

Cui Yanwu once served as the governor of Weizhou. He had many old friends in Weizhou and was familiar with the situation in the city.

Now that Cui Che has sent Mai Tiezhang to capture Weizhou, he naturally wants Cui Yanwu to accompany the army.

As for the old friend Mai Tiezhang just mentioned, it is an interesting story.

It turns out that when Cui Yanwu was serving as the governor of Weizhou, he inspected the territory and came to the place they passed by today.

It was obviously my first time here, but it always felt familiar. When I walked somewhere, I suddenly recalled something from my previous life and said to my left and right:

'I once married and became a woman here, and now I still remember where my home is.'

So he rode into the alley and came to a house. The protagonist was old, but Cui Yanwu said that the man was his husband in his previous life.

This thing is so fantastic that no one dares to believe it, but Cui Yanwu can relate to everything he said about the old man's death of his wife.

The old man followed Cui Yanwu's guidance and even found many things buried by his wife. Only then did everyone believe his story.

Cui Yanwu finally left a lot of belongings and said goodbye.

This matter has been widely circulated in Hebei, making many people believe in the afterlife. However, there are also many people who doubt the authenticity of this matter, and Mai Tiezhang is one of them.

He made insinuations along the way, but Cui Yanwu always insisted that he had really awakened the memory of his previous life, which is why Mai Tiezhang passed by here today and asked Cui Yanwu if he wanted to meet his husband in his previous life again.

Cui Yanwu, the former Weizhou governor, came forward, and cities along the way were persuaded to surrender one after another. When the army arrived at the gate of Guixiang, Weizhou governor Liu Xuan and Shenzhou Sima Zhang Qi had been waiting for a long time.

Liu Xuan poked his head on the city wall, looked at the Pishi army showing off their power outside the city, and couldn't help but curse:

"Cui Che actually led the Hu soldiers to go south. It's really shameful!"

Among the soldiers who followed Mai Tiezhang southward, there were ten thousand Pishi troops, whose appearance and clothing were completely different from those of the Han army.

However, Zhang Qi, Sima of Shenzhou, did not agree. It is true that Cui Che and Han Wang Yang Liang started civil strife, but judging from the facts, the Hu soldiers commanded by Cui Che were all Khitan people.

If he really wanted to lure the Hu people to help, he would need more than just a few soldiers and horses. All tribes in Monan would probably come in droves and follow him to participate in a feast of plundering the Central Plains.

However, Zhang Qi was very confused as to why the Mai Tiezhang came from the north but wanted to deploy troops to the east.

This doubt was soon answered. The Pishi army was in great fanfare in the north of the city, but the leader, Mai Tiezhang, was not in the formation.

While the Weizhou garrison's attention was focused on the east gate, the west gate garrison secretly opened the city.

It turned out that after Mai Tiezhang learned that the Xinzhou soldiers had arrived, he hurried on his way in a hurry, so that Cui Yanwu could have time to contact his old friends in Weizhou City.

After all, the army is approaching the city. Once Weizhou is under martial law, it will be extremely difficult to contact the city.

Although Weizhou's elite soldiers were transferred to Xiangzhou, the four gate guards led the old and weak to stay in the city. The west gate gatekeepers had been greatly favored by Cui Yanwu De, but few people knew about it.

While Mai Tiezhang was moving south, Cui Yanwu had already sent people to get in touch with the west gate guard. Only then did the Pishi Army infantry attract the opponent's attention in the east of the city, while Mai Tiezhang personally led the Silver Saddle Khitan to the west of the city.

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When the west gate slowly opened, Mai Tiezhang held a spear in his hand and charged forward.

Unlike the aging Wang Dangwan, Mai Tiezhang was still in his prime and his strength was not exhausted. He took the lead and led 10,000 silver-saddled Khitan cavalry into the city, heading straight for the east gate.

When Xinzhou Sima Zhang Qi learned that Mai Tiezhang had entered the city, he hurriedly walked down the tower and ordered his troops to intercept him and try to drive Mai Tiezhang out of the city.

Although the Silver Saddle Khitans were barbarian soldiers, they were also warriors carefully selected from among the 100,000 Khitan infantry and cavalry. Moreover, they had an advantage in numbers. Under their impact, the Shenzhou soldiers retreated steadily, making it difficult to resist.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Qi knew that the only way to save the defeat was to kill the general and seize the flag. He galloped out and headed straight for the most conspicuous iron staff in the crowd.

Mai Tiezhang came from a poor family. Unlike generals like Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Wang Dangwan who came from noble families, he could not use a horse, but he could not be underestimated even if he had a spear in his hand.

Seeing Zhang Qi coming to kill, Mai Tiezhang did not raise his spear to fight like he did in the past. Instead, he raised his spear and threw it at Zhang Qi, and actually nailed Zhang Qi off his horse alive.

Mai Tiezhang then pushed his horse forward, grabbed the gun shaft sideways, and lifted Zhang Qi up from the ground. At this time, Zhang Qi had already stopped breathing.

"The enemy general is dead, but those who surrender will avoid death!"

The sound of the Mai Iron Staff was like thunder, and the battlefield fell into silence for a short time. Then a large number of Shenzhou soldiers laid down their weapons, and the Silver Saddle Khitan soldiers did not go to kill them again.

Civil war is different from foreign war. Cui Che had explicitly prohibited such things as killing and surrendering before sending troops.

Since Cui Che raised his troops, this was the first real resistance he encountered, and it ended so hastily.

Liu Xuan, the governor of Weizhou, walked down the tower and asked Mai Tiezhang to surrender.

Mai Tiezhang occupied Weizhou City, and immediately followed Cui Che's instructions and handed over all government affairs to Cui Yanwu, who posted notices to calm the people and look for the families of Weizhou soldiers who rushed to Yecheng's aid.

(End of chapter)