On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 381 The two armies arrayed

Cui Che's words touched Zhao Shizhu's heart and immediately made him feel like a confidant.

Later, Cui Che asked Zhao Shizhu about the military situation in the city. Zhao Shizhu actually told Cui Che all the information he knew.

"What's the situation of pharmacists in Yecheng now?"

Before leaving, Cui Che asked the last question that concerned him.

Zhao Shizhu replied:

"Ever since Li Sima proposed a sneak attack on Maozhou, but Li Jing vetoed it, he stopped participating in the military and stayed at home all day on the grounds of illness."

When Cui Che heard this, he nodded slightly and asked Zhao Shizhu:

"If there is an opportunity, please ask Zhao Zhuguo to tell the pharmacist for me that Cui will not forget the past friendship for a moment.

"I also know that he had no choice but to make suggestions for Li Jing, and he has never complained in his heart.

"I just hope he can take care of himself and meet me again in Yecheng after tomorrow."

Zhao Shizhu agreed and left immediately.

Cui Che ordered Mai Jicai to send Zhao Shizhu out of the commander's tent on his behalf, and said loudly to the generals in the tent:

"Prime Minister, the soldiers of the guards are not as good as Yan's elite. Now the morale of the defenders has declined. With all kinds of advantages, I have the advantage! Tomorrow's decisive battle will be won!"

Everyone responded and shouted along with him:

"We must win! We must win!"

Zhao Shizhu was blindfolded and followed Mai Jicai out of the camp, but he heard deafening shouts from the handsome tent behind him. Those words were sure to win, which also made Zhao Shizhu deeply feel the feelings of Cui Che and his generals.

of confidence.

This forced Zhao Shizhu to find a way out for himself.

He had long given up hope for tomorrow's decisive battle. He couldn't defeat him, so Li Jingcai was determined to defend the city. Now he took the initiative to ask for a battle, which was a last resort.

After all, there is still a glimmer of hope for a decisive battle outside the city. If we stick to the isolated city, who knows when the tens of thousands of Mingzhou soldiers and Weizhou soldiers staying in the city will act as internal agents and secretly open the door for Cui Che.

Zhao Shizhu returned to Yecheng and informed Li Jing that Cui Che had agreed to form a decisive battle with the Yecheng defenders outside the city tomorrow.

Li Jing hated Zhao Shizhu in his heart and immediately sent him away, which made Zhao Shizhu even more resentful.

At night, he secretly went to Li Jing's residence. Normally, Li Jing would not be willing to see him. This man's reputation was really bad.

But Zhao Shizhu had just left Cui Che's camp as envoy today, and now he was eager to see him, so he must have something to do with Cui Che.

Sure enough, when Zhao Shizhu relayed his heartfelt words to Cui Che, Li Jing was greatly moved.

Zhao Shizhu took the opportunity to suggest:

"Tomorrow there will be a great battle with Duke Yan. If Li Sima misses his old friendship with Duke Yan, how can he sit in the city and remain indifferent."

It is true that Li Jing despised Zhao Shizhu, but he also wanted to make contributions to Cui Che. After all, he had been talking about Cui Ni in front of Li Jing before. If he reunited with Cui Che, he would not have done anything, and Li Jing would feel ashamed of his friend.

He had a plan in his mind for a long time, but he never revealed it to Zhao Shizhu. Li Jing always felt that Zhao Shizhu was not someone who could collude with others on big things.

Seeing that Li Jing was refusing to agree, Zhao Shizhu had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

That night, Cui Che remained vigilant and arranged for soldiers to take turns to guard the camp.

But Li Jing did not leave the city to attack the camp after all.

Just like when Shi Wansui camped, he never arranged for security, but he never encountered an attack on the camp. This was because others were afraid of his reputation.

Cui Che's performance and reputation were even higher than Shi Wansui's. Just as Zhao Shizhu had previously complimented him, he said that no one could surpass him in the robbery camp at that time.

The morale of the defenders has already dropped to the bottom. If they rush out of the city to attack the camp and suffer another defeat, there will be no need to fight the decisive battle tomorrow.

September 29th, the fourth year of Renshou (AD 604), coincides with the alternation of autumn and winter.

Before dawn, the Yan army was already making fire and cooking in the camp.

After breakfast, all the troops took a short rest in the camp, and then they left the camp one after another and headed to the agreed-upon place for the decisive battle.

This was the first battle that fourteen-year-old Su Dingfang had experienced, but there was no trace of nervousness in his heart. Instead, he was uncontrollably excited.

When Cui Che selected generals before, he only made an exception by promoting 16-year-old Cheng Yaojin.

Of course, Su Dingfang had no complaints about this. After all, the black man was older than him. At least for now, he was inferior to Cheng Yaojin whether fighting on foot or on horseback.

He also did not envy Cheng Yaojin for being able to lead an army alone. As one of the ten generals who served in front of the tent, Su Dingfang had a cavalry regiment of one thousand men under his command.

The Zhangqian Xiaojie Army was originally selected from the elite of the 80,000 Yandi cavalry, and the cavalry regiment under Su Dingfang was selected from the best, and was designated by Cui Che as the first regiment of the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army.

Su Dingfang has enough confidence to deal with the upcoming war.

There was still a short period of time before the exact moment (ten o'clock in the morning), and the armies of both sides were ready and arrayed outside the city.

The Sui army was led by Feng Xiaoci, the commander-in-chief of the Xiangzhou Prefecture, who led the prime minister, and 40,000 infantrymen from the two prefectures were defended as the central army.

Lu Yu, a member of the judicial army, led 5,000 cavalry as the left army, and Yitong Sansihou Mo Chenyi led 5,000 cavalry as the right army, for a total of 50,000 cavalry.

Li Jing, the general manager of Xiangzhou, led five thousand Xiangzhou infantry to guard the city.

The Yan army was led by Cui Che, with 5,000 Boling cavalry and 15,000 Pishi troops as the central army.

The Pishi army is in the front holding shields, and the Boling cavalry is in the back.

He also ordered Qin Qiong to lead the left army, command the four generals Liu Heita, Cheng Yaojin, Lu Mingyue and Zhou Kan, and lead 25,000 cavalry and pawns.

The right army was led by Wang Dangwan, with 15,000 soldiers, including 10,000 cavalrymen from the army in front of the tent, and 5,000 silver-saddled Khitans who had returned from Weizhou.

A total of 55,000 troops were dispatched on foot and on horseback.

Cui Che left Gao Yaxian to guard the camp. As for the people who were summoned, Ming and the people of the two states of Wei were also sent away yesterday.

When Yu Chijiong rebelled and fought with Wei Xiaokuan outside Yecheng, with victory in sight, it was because the people who were eating melons were frightened and attacked the formation indiscriminately, which led to a disastrous defeat and his own head and body in the end.

Cui Che will naturally not leave any audience behind.

The leader of the Sui army, Feng Xiaoci, bit his lip. There was no need to fight. Just from the opponent's momentum, he could tell that the Yan army he faced was an elite division, which made Feng Xiaoci feel even more pressure.

In this battle, based on the distribution of troops, both sides can also see the focus.

Cui Che placed his elite troops on both wings, hoping that the left and right armies could quickly defeat the opponent's cavalry and then outflank the Sui army's center.

Feng Xiaoci, on the other hand, hoped that the left and right armies could delay as much time as possible and give him time to defeat Cui Che's central army.

It was just that Cui Che had already judged Feng Xiaoci's plan, so he ordered the Pishi infantry to hold shields in front.

The two sides faced off for a long time. Naturally, the Sui army under Feng Xiaoci was the first to beat the drums. Lu Yu and Hou Mo and Chen Yi led the cavalry to guard the two wings of the Chinese army and followed the drumbeats.

For a moment, dust filled the sky.

(End of chapter)