On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 400 A stalemate between the two armies

Wang Ba and Shen Guang were drinking and chatting happily in the city, but Cui Che, whom they wanted to serve, was frowning and silent in the commander's tent.

He originally thought that sending someone to curse Yang Guang outside would inspire Yang Su to fight with him tomorrow, but Cui Che waited in the camp for a long time and never saw the Sui army envoy coming to agree on the time and place for the decisive battle.

This made Cui Che feel that there must be something fishy in it. Could it be that Yang Su had another plan? He couldn't figure out what was going on here and how Cui Che could fall asleep.

As the saying goes, one person is short-term and two people are long-term. Now Fang Xuanling is staying in Yecheng and Wei Zheng is in charge of logistics for him in Mengyang County. Li Jing is the only one who can consult with Cui Che.

Whether it is Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Mai Tiezhang, or Su Dingfang, these people are all generals. It is easy for them to charge into battle, kill generals and capture flags, but asking them to make suggestions is obviously difficult.

When Li Jing came to the commander's tent and heard about Cui Che's concerns, he laughed loudly and said:

"The final general can guess a thing or two about what Yang Su is thinking."

Cui Che was surprised. Although when Li Jing was on duty in the Sixth Department, Yang Su once praised him for his talent as a king, but the two actually didn't have much contact with each other. Now that Li Jing was able to guess what Yang Su was thinking, Cui Che hurriedly asked:

"Pharmacist, please don't try to be mysterious. Please tell me what Yang Su's plan is."

Li Jing explained:

"In the past, the country had five famous generals, but now only the king and Yang Su are left. When it comes to military achievements, the other three cannot be compared with the two.

"Yang Su is over sixty, and wealth and wealth are no longer the most important thing to him.

"What he pursues is just to defeat the king, so that he can surpass the king in the eyes of the world and become the well-deserved first general of the Sui Dynasty.

"If you have such a wish, how can you fight a decisive battle with the king just because of a few words of encouragement when the morale of the army is low?

"The outcome of this battle, in Yang Su's eyes, is far more important than whether Yang Guang holds accountable after the fact."

Cui Che suddenly realized that when he met with Yang Su before, the other party mentioned that after Cui Che and the rebellion started by Yang Liang were eliminated, he would give up his military power and become a civilian official.

It's just that Cui Che didn't believe it at first, but after Li Jing's explanation, he finally understood.

What he and Yang Su pursue are different. Cui Che's ambition is to encompass the entire world, but Yang Su only wants to compete for the title of the first general of the Sui Dynasty, and has no intention of competing for the world at all.

Cui Che naturally found it difficult to understand Yang Su's thoughts. Is this bad reputation really that important?

It's just that what Cui Che, the rebel, disdains, is what Yang Su, the loyal minister, values.

Now that he had figured out the key points, Cui Che immediately sent someone to summon Su Dingfang so that he would not have to go to the Sui camp tomorrow to scold him. Even if he scolded all eighteen generations of Yang Guang's ancestors, Yang Su would not go to war out of anger.

Instead, you may be ambushed.

In fact, Yang Su is indeed arranging for his generals to leave the camp before dawn tomorrow and wait for the Yan army's cavalry to come and scold them. By then, the ambush troops will be out, even if it is just a small victory, it will boost the army.

morale.

It's just that Yang Su is doing useless work after all.

On December 28, the fourth year of Renshou, the veteran general Zhongwen led his troops to ambush outside the camp. However, until dusk, there was still no provocation or abuse from the Yan army, so he had to return in frustration.

Compared with the excitement yesterday, the two armies were obviously much quieter today. After experiencing the first day of testing, Cui Che and Yang Su were no longer prone to attack easily.

In other words, Cui Che had no good solution when facing Yang Su who was stuck in the camp.

As for Yang Su, it was also difficult for Yang Su to take advantage without the Yan army's cavalry coming.

When He Ruobi was still alive, he once commented that Yang Su was a brave general, not a strategic general. This statement may be biased, but it is not entirely unreasonable.

Yang Su led the troops and had strict military discipline. He always found reasons to kill some soldiers before the battle so that they would not dare to disobey his military orders. Therefore, on the battlefield, Yang Su's soldiers were brave and fearless of military law.

Dare to retreat, so you can always defeat the enemy.

But when it comes to playing tricks and tricks, Yang Su is indeed no match for Cui Che.

The armies of Yan and Sui were confronting each other outside Jinyang City. Yang Su had even sent people to Guanzhong to ask for help and prepare for a protracted war.

Now Shu soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers are being recruited one after another to go to Guanzhong. By then, Yang Guang can send additional troops at any time to support the war in Hedong. If it continues to drag on, the situation will undoubtedly be more favorable to Yang Su.

For this reason, Yang Su even sent Yang Yichen to lead his troops back to Xihe County to avoid being attacked by Cui Che.

Cui Che saw that Yang Su was unwilling to go out to fight in any case. He knew that he could not afford it. No matter how rich Hebei was, he could not compete with the rest of the country.

Moreover, I have been away from Hebei for too long, and if something unexpected happens, I will not have time to react.

Cui Che had no choice but to find another way to defeat the enemy. He began to send cavalry out of the camp to harass the Sui army's food routes. At first, there were some results, but since the Sui army strengthened its guard, little effect has been achieved.

Moreover, even if they succeeded a few times and burned part of the food, it would be difficult to damage the bones of the Sui army.

After the autumn taxes from Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Sichuan, Sichuan, Jingxiang and other places were successively transported to Daxing, Yang Guang mobilized huge supplies for Yang Su to support this war.

While Cui Che was worried about Yang Su's retreat, Yang Su was actually under tremendous pressure. At this time, Yang Guang didn't know that he had been scolded by the Yan army, but he urged Yang Su to seize Jinyang as soon as possible.

Sir, I set out from Daxing every day.

The new year is coming, and Renshou will also be swept into the trash heap of history after this year.

Yang Guang changed Yuan Dynasty to Daye, which was the first year of Daye.

Yang Liang, the emperor of Jinyang, immediately changed the reign name to Yongchang.

On the eleventh day of the first month of the first year of Daye (AD 605), the Yan and Sui armies had been confronting each other for half a month. Yang Su's request to Yang Guang to send reinforcements was also rejected by Yang Guang. Yang Guang finally stopped urging Yang Su to fight quickly.

, but planned to send Yu Wenshu to lead the army eastward and attack Cui Che's rear, that is, Hebei, Qingzhou and other places.

Having served as an official in the Sui Dynasty for many years, Cui Che also had his own eyes and ears in Daxing. When he learned the news, he did not withdraw his troops immediately.

Because Cui Che knew that Yu Wenshu still needed some time to prepare and it would be difficult to send troops quickly.

Moreover, there are still 100,000 soldiers in Hebei, and 100,000 cavalry and a small number of rebels in Qingzhou. Even if he and Yang Su cannot decide the winner as soon as possible, they can still hold on for some time.

And if he rushes back to Hebei, Hedong will inevitably be lost by this retreat.

If the Taihang Mountains connecting Hedong and Hebei are lost, there will be several roads for Yang Su to attack Hebei. At that time, Yang Su will attack from the south and the enemy will not be able to take care of both ends.

(End of chapter)