On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 389: Completely occupy Hebei

After the Northern Expedition army that came to protect the children collapsed without a fight, the imperial court was no longer able to interfere in the situation in Hebei in the short term.

After the seven states of Bei, Mao, Ming, Wei, Xin, Xiang, and Wei were successively captured by Cui Che, the Zhao family of Zhao County, one of the five surnames and seven clans, was the first to respond to Cui Che and move Zhaozhou and Luanzhou (Kaihuang 10th

In the sixth year, Zhaozhou was divided and established, and Jixian County was brought to an end.

Cui Che gave Gai Wenda and Gai Wenyi the power to photograph the governor of Zhaozhou and the governor of Luanzhou respectively.

When Wang Dangwan attacked Mingzhou, Xingzhou, which chose to sit on the sidelines and watch, also surrendered.

And all this is like dominoes being toppled.

The remaining Guanzhou (established in the 9th year of Kaihuang, governing Dongguang County, today's Dongguang County, Hebei), Bozhou (established in the 16th year of Kaihuang, governing Liaocheng County, today's Liaocheng, Shandong), Dezhou (established in the 9th year of Kaihuang, governed by Public Security)

De County, now Ling County, Shandong), Lianzhou (put in the 10th year of Kaihuang's reign in Zhaozhou, governing Gaocheng County, now Gaocheng, Hebei), Jingzhou (set up in the 16th year of Kaihuang, now in charge of Changlu County, now Cangzhou, Hebei)

Within the territory), Cangzhou (governed Rao'an, today's Yanshan, Hebei), Jingzhou (governed in the 16th year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, governed Jingxing County, today's Jingxing, Hebei), Dizhou (governed in the 6th year of Kaihuang's reign, today's Yangxin County, now Jingxing, Hebei)

Yangxin, Shandong), Yanzhou (established in the 16th year of Kaihuang's reign, governed Linli County, now Linzhou, Henan) and other places came to surrender one after another.

Since then, in the broad sense, the fifty-two prefectures of Hebei Province, excluding the Hedong prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Bingzhou General Administration Office, include You, Yan, Ping, Xuan, Yi, Heng, Ding, Ji, Ying, Ying, Bei, Mao, Ming,

Wei, Xin, Xiang, Wei, Zhao, Luan, Guan, Bo, De, Lian, Cang, Jing, Di, Yan and other places were all under Cui Che's command.

At the same time, Cui Che controlled the seven states of Qing, Mi, Ju, Lai, Qi, Ji, and Zi south of the Yellow River, making the Yuchi clan more powerful than before.

The key is that Cui Che comes from a well-known family in Hebei and has worked hard for many years. Compared with Yuchi Jiong, who was born in a noble family in Guan Long and has only been in charge in Hebei for one year, the support he can receive is completely different.

After Cui Che took control of Yanzhou, he was only more than 700 miles away from Luoyang.

It's just that in a short period of time, he swallowed up the entire Hebei area and most of Qilu. It is also destined that he needs to focus on digesting these areas and concentrate on reorganizing troops from various places.

Even the two states of Cao and Yi, which were very close at hand, left it alone for the time being, allowing Lai Hu'er to linger in Caozhou.

On November 12, the fourth year of Renshou, Cui Che completed the reorganization of 130,000 cavalrymen in Qidu in Yecheng, and promoted a large number of generals such as Shan Xiongxin and Wang Bodang, and ordered Cui Qiji, who was summoned from Liaodong.

, commanding 100,000 infantry and cavalry to go south and guard the entire territory.

Leaving behind 30,000 infantrymen, all of whom were elite soldiers, Cui Che moved their families northward and settled them around Xiangzhou.

He also ordered his third son Cui Yanqing, who was originally staying in Youzhou, to go to Liaodong to replace his brother. He was accompanied by General Wang Dangwan and commanded the 60,000 garrison in Liaodong to defend Goguryeo.

Since Fang Xuanling organized the families of Yan Army soldiers to move south and arrived in Xiangzhou with them, the political and military center of Cui Che's camp has been transferred to Yecheng.

The status of Yan State has plummeted. Now that Zhang Wu is staying behind, and the governors of the six states are all confidants, there is no need to send his own son to take charge.

In comparison, Liaodong is not as important as Qing, Qi and other places. This is why Cui Che recalled Cui Qiji instead of directly letting Cui Yanqing change the town to Qingzhou and other places.

At least Cui Qiji, as the eldest son, has proven his ability to Cui Che.

Under the auspices of Fang Xuanling, the work of relocating part of the population to Yandi is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

Since there are more people and less land in southern Hebei, for example, in Jizhou, the per capita land grant is less than 20 acres, far less than the one-ten-hundred acres stipulated in the equal land system. Cui Che promised to provide them with tax exemption for one year, so there are still many

People are happy to go.

At the same time, Cui Che also mobilized the 30,000 border troops who stayed in Yandi to go south, and the defense of Yandi was all handed over to the newly moved soldiers.

Now Qimin Khan and Dulan Khan are fighting fiercely in Monan. Kumoxi and Khitan are two vicious dogs under Cui Che. They may have selfish intentions, but they can also restrain each other. This is why Cui Che can boldly switch defenses.

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Cui Che's reorganization of the troops surrendered from Hebei also divided them into two parts, one for combat troops.

Cui Che selected strong men and obtained 55,000 troops, together with his 80,000 Yan cavalry, 5,000 Boling cavalry, 30,000 Khitan infantry, and the 30,000 Qi infantry left in Hebei.

Together they formed the 200,000 soldiers who defended Xiangzhou.

The fertile land of Hebei and the salt reserves of Qingzhou are enough for Cui Che to support a team of 200,000 full-time soldiers and provide them with military pay.

The remaining Hebei soldiers were all released to the people. At most, they were recruited to defend the city during wartime.

Salt fields in Qingzhou and other places have resumed work, but unlike in the past, today's salt workers don't have to work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They only need to work in the salt fields for four hours a day and have three meals a day.

If you supply goods on time and according to quality, you can also receive a salary every month.

Cui Che's arrangement also caused the salt workers to return to the salt field obediently and continue to create wealth for the new ruler.

Cui Qiji returned to Yidu County, where he was born, and commanded a hundred thousand infantry and cavalry, which sounded majestic, but these were all eliminated after his father selected 30,000 infantry.

One hundred thousand people guard the territory of the seven states. Specifically, each state only has an average of more than 10,000 people. It is really stretched in terms of military strength. How can it compare with Cui Che who has gathered 200,000 elite infantry and cavalry in various places around Xiangzhou.

Of course, Cui Qiji also knew that this was his father's main force for future campaigns in all directions. Placing them around Xiangzhou was also for the purpose of better dispatching troops.

Princess Nanyang's pregnancy became more and more obvious, but her relationship with Cui Qiji never eased. Cui Qiji had not slept with Princess Nanyang for a long time. On the one hand, he was afraid of hurting the other person's body, and on the other hand, he was also worried about the pillow.

People do stupid things.

If she hadn't been pregnant, Cui Qiji would have really wanted to divorce his wife and remarry.

Just as Cui Che's rule in Hebei was gradually getting on the right track, news came from Daxing that King Yang Zhao of Jin was established as the crown prince and reunited with the previously divorced Princess Cui of Jin. Yang Guang established the Cui family.

For the Crown Princess.

Cui Che knew this very well, and Yang Guang didn't know whose plan he followed, intending to use this to divide the Bolingcui family internally.

But this move is in vain. At least until Cui Che shows obvious weakness, the clan will still stand on his side.

However, bad news soon came. Yang Liang, king of Han Dynasty, who had previously occupied Puzhou and entered the Pass via Puban, met Yang Su in Shayuan. He lost consecutive battles and finally fled back to Hedong with only a small number of cavalry and asked Cui Che.

Ask for help.

After Yang Su defeated Yang Liang, he did not stop there. He led his army eastward and was about to counterattack Hedong.

(End of chapter)