On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 394 Pre-battle conversation

As soon as the Sui army settled down in camp, an envoy sent a letter from Cui Che, originally inviting Yang Su to speak in front of the battle tomorrow.

After Yang Su read it, he smiled at Liu Shilong, the censor and supervisor:

"Cui Che's move must be to follow the example of Emperor Wu of Wei in driving a wedge between Ma Chao and Han Sui, and to make the supervisors suspicious of Yang."

Liu Shilong was a civil servant. Although he did not understand military affairs, he had read history. Of course he knew that Cao Cao summoned Han Sui to speak in front of the battle, which made Ma Chao suspicious of Han Sui. Liu Shilong laughed and said:

"Cui Nidong is following the example, so how can the lower officials fall into the trap? As for Cui Ni's appointment, whether to go or not is up to Duke Yue to decide, and the lower officials have no objections."

In fact, Liu Shilong did not want to make the relationship with Yang Su too tense. He was not really stupid, so how could he not prevent Yang Su from retaliating afterwards.

Although Yang Su gave Li Baiyao a concubine and money, and later recommended him as an official, in fact he was not very thoughtful.

When Yang Jian was in power, Yang Su made a mistake once, and Yang Jian sent Liu Yu, brother of Liu Xuan, the former Weizhou governor, to investigate.

At that time, Yang Su had already taken the throne of Zuopushe, but Liu Yu was always upright and did not flatter the powerful. He ordered Yang Su to stand in court and hear the trial, which caused Yang Su great loss of face, so he held a grudge.

After Yang Xiu, king of Shu, was convicted, Yang Su, who was in charge of investigating the case, discovered that Liu Yu had exchanged gifts with Yang Xiu, so he took advantage of the situation and labeled Liu Yu as a member of Yang Xiu's party and exiled him to Dunhuang.

The so-called prime minister's belly can punt a boat may exist, but it definitely does not include Yang Su.

Yang Su pondered for a moment and said:

"Since Liu Jianjun trusts Yang to be loyal to the court, Yang will go there tomorrow to prevent the soldiers from thinking that Yang has shown cowardice in front of Cui Ni. However, if the supervisor is free, he can go with Yang."

Liu Shilong quickly refused:

"The Duke of Yue invites his subordinates to accompany him, just to prove his innocence. However, Duke Yue is a very popular minister, and his loyalty to the saint can be learned from heaven and earth, so there is no need to do anything more."

If you think about it carefully, you will know that now Yang Sugui is the minister, under one person, above ten thousand people, and the head of hundreds of officials. If he turns to Cui Che, what else can he gain? Could it be that Cui Che will still regard him as the leader.

Even if Cui Che agreed to this matter, the civil servants and generals under his command would not agree.

In the end, Yang Su finally decided to have a meeting with Cui Che in front of the battle tomorrow.

In the fourth year of Renshou, on December 27th, the New Year was approaching. However, there was no festive atmosphere in Jinyang City, and the outside of the city was shrouded in a chilling atmosphere.

In the early morning, Yang Su stayed behind with 20,000 infantry and led the remaining 140,000 infantry out of the camp.

During this period, an incident also occurred. Because Yang Su had deliberately selected 300 people to guard Xihe County and executed them all, today Yang Su assigned soldiers to guard the camp, which almost caused a mutiny.

In fact, Yang Su's thoughts can be seen from the difference in the number of people left behind in the two times.

How could it be possible to defend Xihe County with only 300 men? Of course they were here to establish their authority.

Now with 20,000 people guarding the camp, how could Yang Su kill them?

Fortunately, he was comforted in time and no trouble really occurred.

At the same time, Cui Che also left 10,000 infantry to guard the camp, and led 90,000 infantry and cavalry to form formations from the north and south three miles apart from the Yan army.

In the middle of the two armies, there is a pavilion, which was temporarily set up last night as a meeting place between Cui Che and Yang Su.

The two of them each led ten knights as guards and came outside the pavilion. Before they could dismount, Cui Che said loudly:

"I never thought that Mr. Cui would meet Yang Gong in battle one day. Did Yang Gong farewell well?"

Yang Su joked:

"Yang also didn't expect that Zicheng persuaded me to assist me now, but now that the saint has ascended the throne, Zicheng has become a traitor."

Cui Che didn't take Yang Su's sarcasm to heart. He sighed:

"To be honest, Cui couldn't help himself, just to survive."

Then he suggested to Yang Su:

"Mr. Yang, when we meet again after a long separation, why not go and take a seat in the pavilion and talk slowly."

Yang Su nodded when he heard the words:

"That's fine."

The two dismounted and walked into the pavilion. The ten knights each brought with them braced themselves for fear that the other party would suddenly attack.

Cui Che had already ordered someone to prepare tea. In order to reassure Yang Su, Cui Che drank a cup himself and then served it to Yang Su.

While pouring tea, Cui Che suddenly asked:

"Does Mr. Yang know that the rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and the bird dies and the bow is hidden?"

Yang Su shook his head and smiled:

"Cui Zicheng, Cui Zicheng, could it be that you invited me to reminisce today just to say this to me?

"To be honest, after the saint pacifies Hebei, I will take off my armor, stop leading the army, and devote myself to assisting the saint in governing the country."

Cui Che handed the tea cup to Yang Su and said calmly:

"Didn't Mr. Yang hear that the trees wanted to be quiet, but the wind didn't stop? If Mr. Yang could pacify Hebei, did he really think that he would put down his military power and make Yang Guang feel at ease? If it was really that simple, how could Cui risk the annihilation of his clan?

, respond to the call of Emperor Jinyang."

Yang Su took the teacup and retorted:

"You have been setting up the Qingqi land for twenty years. At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, you already had a rebellious heart. How can you blame the blame on the saints and say it is for self-preservation and survival?"

Cui Che did not argue with Yang Su. After all, Yang Su could not predict Yang Guang's future actions like himself. He turned to ask:

"I heard that there is a supervisor in the army of Duke Yang. I dare to ask Duke Yang, what is it like to be controlled by others?"

Yang Su asked back:

"Does Zicheng think that saying this can disturb my mood?"

Cui Che smiled and said:

"I'm just not worth it for Mr. Yang."

Having said that, he stopped trying to persuade Yang Suxing to act in a self-respecting way, and instead seriously talked about his old relationship with him.

The two have known each other for twenty-five years, and Cui Che and Yang Xuangan are classmates and good friends. The two families have a deep friendship.

As Yang Su said, it was Cui Che who was the matchmaker between Yang Guang and Yang Su.

Yang Su recalled Cui Che's words to him back then and couldn't help but regretted:

"When Zicheng promised me the title of minister on behalf of the sage, I asked Zicheng, "I am the minister, what position do you hold?"

"Zicheng said with a smile that he and I, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, would jointly assist the prince and create a prosperous age in the Sui Dynasty.

"The words are still ringing in my ears, but things are right and people are different. If Zicheng is willing to surrender, I will guarantee it with my life and property, and the saint will definitely forgive Zicheng."

Cui Che tried to persuade Yang Su to no avail. Unexpectedly, Yang Su began to persuade him again. Cui Che said seriously:

"Cui naturally believes in Duke Yue's guarantee, but I am determined to avenge the late emperor and my determination cannot be shaken."

Yang Su pondered for a long time, then suddenly lowered his voice and said:

"The late emperor died suddenly due to illness, not because he was killed by a saint as you and Yang Liang said."

Cui Che looked directly into Yang Su's eyes and said seriously:

"You and I are well aware of the twists and turns of the late Emperor's death, so Mr. Yang does not need to lie to us.

"Yang Guang killed his father and brother, and steamed his concubine's mother. He behaved like an animal, and both humans and gods were outraged. Cui wished he could live and eat his flesh!"

(End of chapter)