On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 388 Abandoning the Army and Leaving

Human nature is greedy after all. On the one hand, he abandoned more than 100,000 infantrymen and left with only a small number of cavalrymen. He was later held accountable by the court.

On the other side, it is possible for the entire army to return and even turn the tide of the war.

Lai Huer is like a gambler, knowing the dangers involved, but still choosing the latter without hesitation.

Cui Che learned about this and sarcastically said with Wei Zheng who came from Maozhou:

"At this time, Laihu'er didn't immediately run away with the cavalry, but actually thought about turning defeat into victory."

Wei Zheng smiled and said:

"Should Duke Ming pursue you or not?"

Cui Che said decisively:

"Chase! Why don't you chase!"

With that said, he called Mai Jicai and ordered:

"Immediately send someone to pass a message to Qin Qiong for me, divide the troops to guard Liyang, and return with ten thousand cavalry. Send the message to the king and bring ten thousand men with wheat and iron rods, and return with the troops. I will temporarily abandon the rest of the prefectures and counties, and then order the cavalry in the city to assemble. This time, I want to protect children in the future and encircle and suppress them in Hebei!"

Mai Jicai agreed and hurriedly arranged for manpower.

Wei Zheng saw this and reminded:

"Ming Gong went out of the city just to harass and slow down the opponent's journey. When the reinforcements from all walks of life return, it will be the time for a general attack. Don't be tempted by coming to protect your children and fight alone."

Cui Che nodded and smiled:

"Don't worry, Xuan Cheng, I don't know what the plan is for coming to protect your son. Naturally, I won't let him get what he wants."

On the same day, Cui Che left Wei Zheng to lead 15,000 Pishi troops to guard Yecheng, and personally led 20,000 cavalry, including the army in front of the tent, out of Yecheng.

When Lai Hu'er was attacked by the Yan army, he actually did not set up any scouts to explore the route, and marched nearly fifty miles that day.

However, even though Lai Huer revealed such a big flaw, Cui Che remained unmoved. He was patiently waiting for all the troops to gather.

Liyang County is only more than 200 miles away from Yecheng. The messenger set out from Yecheng in the morning, working hard and hurriedly, changing horses at the inn along the way, and arrived at Liyang at noon.

After Qin Qiong learned the news, he left Zhou Kan and Liu Heitao to guard the state, or to be precise, to guard Liyangcang. Liu Heitao led 5,000 troops to garrison in Liyang County, and Zhou Kan led 5,000 troops to garrison outside Liyangcang. Village.

He himself and Cheng Yaojin each received five thousand, or ten thousand, cavalry and returned to the division. This series of arrangements took a lot of time, so Qin Qiong received the news at noon and only sent troops from Liyang at dusk.

When Gao Huan made a sneak attack on Xiurongchuan of Erzhu Zhao's Xianghuo brother, his general Dou Tai attacked 300 miles in one day and forced Er Zhuzhao to death.

Nowadays, Liyang is only about 200 miles away from Yecheng, and the Sui army went south, even if it walked fifty miles a day, it could not distance itself from Liyang County, which is located to the southwest of Yecheng.

Qin Qiong successfully joined forces with Cui Che on the afternoon of the second day after the Sui army broke camp.

Before Lai Hu'er went north, he had already sent agents to monitor the movements of various units of the Yan army.

After learning that Qin Qiong had returned for reinforcements and Wang Dangwan was about to go south, Mai Tiezhang was also on his way back to the army.

Faced with the huge flaw revealed by Lai Huer, Cui Che was able to resist the temptation. He only followed the Sui army and sometimes divided his troops to attack, but he was never in a hurry to set up an ambush and engage in an ambush battle with Lai Huer.

This made Lai Hu'er understand that although he kept it secret from the Kanto general, Cui Che still guessed his intentions.

'It's time to make up your mind. If we wait for the Mai Tiezhang, Wang Dangwan and Cui Che to join forces, it will be a luxury to escape.'

Come and protect your child's heart.

Cui Che didn't fall into the trap, and Lai Hu'er also knew that the other party wanted to wait for all the soldiers to arrive before slowly surrounding him.

In the early morning of October 29th, the fourth year of Renshou (AD 604), he came to protect his children with 30,000 cavalrymen, but only 4,000 cavalrymen were willing to follow him, from Caozhou and Yizhou respectively.

These two states are not from Qing, Jiao, Guang, and Ju, which Cui Che once governed. They are still under the control of the imperial court, so the soldiers are willing to leave with him.

But not everyone, such as Shan Xiongxin, the cavalry leader from Caozhou, chose to stay in Hebei.

Lai Hu'er originally wanted to force the remaining cavalry from seven states to give up their horses to the infantry from Cao and Yizhou, but it almost caused a mutiny among the soldiers, so he had to let it go.

But before he left, he secretly sent people to burn the food in the camp.

Four thousand cavalry followed the soldiers who came to protect the children and headed towards Caozhou Juechen, leaving only billowing black smoke rising in the Sui army camp and countless soldiers jumping to their feet and insulting the soldiers who came to protect the children.

When Cui Che learned the news and went south to take over the abandoned soldiers, the soldiers only rescued less than half of the rations.

Cui Che was too busy trying to calm down the frightened Jiang soldiers, and was unable to pursue him anymore to protect his son.

Fortunately, he had captured Liyangcang before and was not short of food now.

Cui Che brought the surrendered soldiers back to Yecheng and urgently transported grain from Liyang to Yecheng. He promised the surrendered soldiers that when the military supplies were ready, he would lead them south to reunite with their families.

Perhaps it was Cui Che's good treatment of surrendered soldiers and his good reputation in Qi in the past, or it may be that the seven states of Qing, Mi, Ju, Lai, Qi, Ji, and Zi have changed hands one after another, and his hometown has been under Cui Che's rule.

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Therefore, during the surrender of troops, no one took the opportunity to cause trouble.

In this battle, it is a pity that I ran away to protect my son, but just sending a few envoys to instigate rebellion caused the seven states to surrender, and 130,000 cavalry came to surrender. No matter how you say it, it was a battle.

Big harvest.

Although these surrendered troops cannot be put to great use before they are reorganized, they are enough to guard the seven states of Qi.

When Lai Huer, who returned to Caozhou, met Cui Junsu, he wanted to kill him with a sword.

It was this old boy who encouraged him to carry it on his back. As a result, the 140,000-strong army went on a mighty Northern Expedition. However, because Cui Junsu lost the rear, the morale of the army was shattered, and less than 4,000 people returned to Caozhou.

But Lai Hu'er maintained his rationality after all, and he also knew that this incident could not be entirely blamed on Cui Junsu. Cui Che had planted countless secret agents in Qidi's military and political system as early as twenty years ago.

After twenty years of planning, it was now possible to capture seven states in the entire territory without a single blow.

Even if he resists Cui Che's temptation to divide his troops and Yecheng is empty, when Cui Che seizes Hebei and marches south, Qizhou and Qizhou will still be unable to be saved. I'm afraid countless people will rush to open the door for Cui Che.

Lai Huer felt ashamed of his trust in Yang Guang and even wanted to die to apologize. Thanks to the efforts of his trusted general to dissuade him, he was able to remain useful.

He sent an envoy to apologize to the court. The emperor wanted to kill and punish him. Now he no longer cares about protecting his son. He only hopes to protect the two remaining states of Cao and Yi.

Fortunately, reinforcements from Yanzhou and other places have arrived upon invitation. After losing the infantry of the two states, Laihu'er does not have to worry about the empty defenses of Cao and Yi states.

But he didn't dare to regain the seven states of Qi. Even though it was only controlled by the rebels now, once he left east, Cui Che could go south at any time. By then, even the last remaining two states would have to be lost.

To Cui Che.

(End of chapter)