On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 408 Queen Doulu

As Yang Su retreated all the way, Cui Che successively took over Luzhou (which was changed to Fenzhou in the 18th year of Kaihuang's reign and governed Huoyi County, today's Huozhou, Shanxi), Jinzhou (governing Baima City, today's Linfen, Shanxi), Jiangzhou

(governing Yubi City, southwest of present-day Jishan County, Shanxi) and other places.

When they arrived at Yubi City, Cui Che only had 50,000 cavalry left by his side due to the division of troops along the way to occupy the city.

Due to the changes in the mountains and terrain, today's Yubi City is no longer as dangerous as Gao Huanwang City.

Because of this, Yang Su only arranged a small number of troops to stay in Yubi City.

The defenders in the city only withstood one round of Yan army's attack and bought some time for Yang Su to evacuate Hedong, and then abandoned the city and retreated to Puban.

After Cui Che captured Yubi City, he followed the guidance of the local old man and found the mass grave where 80,000 soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were buried.

When he learned that Cui Che was going to publicly pay homage to the dead in the mass graves, Li Jing dragged his injured body and came to persuade him:

"The general believes that this move may not be conducive to the king's win over the people of Kansai, so I ask the king to think again."

Cui Che also knew that Li Jing had good intentions, so he patiently explained:

"Everything has its pros and cons. Paying tribute to the souls of the Kanto soldiers will certainly cause dissatisfaction among the people in Kansai, but it can strengthen the support of the Kanto soldiers and people.

"The four fortresses in Guanzhong are difficult to capture easily. Since I won't enter the Pass for now, why should I care what the people in Guanxi think? When I enter the Pass in the future, there are many ways to win people's hearts.

"Today Gu's foundation is in Guandong. To pay tribute to the heroic spirits of Guandong soldiers in mass graves, for Gu, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, so we should do it."

Li Jing then stopped trying to persuade him.

Most of the 80,000 Eastern Wei soldiers buried outside Yubi City came from the six towns of Xianbei. Cui Che paid homage to them purely for political needs.

Cui Che was trying to restore the confrontation between the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei and split the Sui Dynasty into the Eastern Sui Dynasty and the Western Sui Dynasty.

And he himself will follow Gao Huan's example, and as a powerful official of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, he will take charge of the military and political affairs instead of Yang Liang.

In fact, after Yang Liang became emperor, the Sui Dynasty had been divided. However, because the forces of Cui Che and Yang Liang had not been integrated, the Eastern Sui Kingdom inevitably seemed unworthy of its name.

Under Cui Che's command, the Kansai people cannot say that they don't exist, but only Li Jing, Li Mi and a few others can speak. Now Li Mi has not followed Cui Che to Yubi.

The rest of the civil servants and generals were all from Guandong, and there was no shortage of old and young people from the Northern Qi Dynasty among them, such as Qin Ai, Qin Qiong and his son, Cheng Lou, and Cheng Yaojin and his son.

They were even more delighted to see Cui Che pay homage to the Eastern Wei soldiers, and they would not come forward to stop him.

After no one tried to dissuade them, a grand and solemn ceremony took place at the mass grave outside Yubi City. Fifty thousand Yan troops and cavalry gathered together to pay homage to the 80,000 souls of the dead sixty years ago with Cui Che.

After the ceremony, Cui Che continued to march southwest, and soon regained Puzhou (governing Puban County, southwest of today's Yongji, Shanxi), and occupied Puban, the only place to enter the customs from Hedong.

Yang Su did not set up defenses in Hexi, but Cui Che stopped there and did not continue to pursue Guanzhong.

After dividing his troops to defend various places, he brought 100,000 infantry and cavalry from Hedong, but now there are not many left with him.

Although Yang Su suffered a major defeat, with an army of 200,000 marching eastward, only 60,000 fled back in embarrassment. However, Yang Guang had already mobilized Shu soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers in Kansai, originally intending to march eastward to attack Hebei and open up a second territory.

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However, with Yang Su's disastrous defeat, he had to abandon this plan and instead defend Guanxi.

If Cui Che pursues blindly at this time and only enters the border with tens of thousands of people, it will definitely be a disaster.

Cui Che left Qin Qiong to lead 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, a total of 10,000 infantry to guard Puzhou. He recruited another 10,000 soldiers from Puzhou to help defend the city.

Yang Suxin was defeated and lost 140,000 people. Guanlong's troops could no longer be used in a short time. Cui Che expected that even if Shu troops were transferred north, Yang Guang would not be able to threaten Hedong again in a short time. With Qin Qiong leading 10,000 troops,

Soldiers, ten thousand soldiers, enough to guard the gate to the east of the river.

Cui Che had the intention to lead the 40,000-foot cavalry around him to Wenxi County, Jie County, and Fenyin County, but he was in a hurry to go to Jinyang, so he had to give up for the time being.

And Cui Che is also planning to hold a memorial ceremony for the 2,300 defenders who died in the battle when he returns to Gaobiling.

At the same time, Yang Liang also knew the news that Yang Su was defeated due to the roar of the soldiers' camp. He was both happy and afraid.

Cui Che took over the city along the way, and now the land south of Jinyang in Hedong is almost entirely owned by Cui Che. What idea does this nominal minister have? It is simply Sima Zhao's intention.

When Cui Che led the army to Jinyang, he was reduced to a puppet. Yang Liang then asked a group of close associates for advice, but everyone was silent.

Only Wang Yan suggested:

"Your Majesty can retreat to Daizhou, give up Jinyang, and defend the land of Daishuo according to the danger. Cui Che is your Majesty's minister, so he will not dare to fight with your Majesty. In this way, you can be free."

Different from the original time and space, because Cui Che did not listen to Yang Jian's orders, Cui Zhongfang, the general manager of Daizhou, was transferred back to Guanxi and was concurrently led by Yang Liang, the king of Han at the time. Therefore, Daizhou and other places in the north are still under Yang Liang's control.

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Therefore, Wang Kun persuaded Yang Liang to retreat to Daizhou to protect himself. As long as Cui Che still wanted his signature, he would never dare to send troops to attack Daizhou, and there was no need for Yang Liang to become a puppet and be at the mercy of Cui Che.

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As for Jinyang, we really can't stay. After Fang Yanzao's efforts for so long, most of the Jinyang defenders have been won over by Cui Che.

However, such an effective strategy has aroused opposition from everyone.

No one wants to leave Jinyang and go to Daizhou to eat the wind and sand.

Doulu Yu, the brother of Queen Doulu of the Eastern Sui Dynasty and a native of Xianbei, had the most intense opposition. For those who didn't know, they thought Cui Che was his brother-in-law.

Of course, considering Cui Che's habits over the years, it's not impossible.

Dou Luyu knew that it was impossible to expect Yang Liang to succeed. He had already made up his mind. No matter whether the winner of the Hedong battle was Cui Che or Yang Su, he would have to contribute to the other party.

After all, as Yang Liang's brother-in-law, this status is the original sin. Without meritorious service, how can you save your life and keep your wealth?

Wang Kun and everyone were arguing endlessly, and Yang Liang couldn't make a decision, so he had to ask all his trusted ministers to retreat and let him think about it.

Douluyu did not leave the former Han Palace immediately. Now Jinyang was siege, and he found his sister, Queen Doulu.

"Brother, why are you free to visit my little sister today?"

Queen Doulu is in a good mood today, and she doesn't have the so-called majesty of a queen.

In fact, she was also pushed to the shelf, and she became the Queen of the Eastern Sui Dynasty from the Princess of Han Dynasty in a daze.

Previously, because of Yang Su's invasion of Hedong, Queen Doulu was worried all day long.

During the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, the Queen Yin of the parricide Liu Shao once asked the jailer Jiang Ke before she was sentenced to death:

'The Liu family is so fratricidal that they want to kill me, an innocent person.'

Jiang Ke replied:

'How can you say you are innocent when you are named queen?'

Queen Yin was sentenced to death.

Queen Doulu felt that if Yang Su was allowed to break into Jinyang City, she would not be able to escape Queen Yin's fate.

(End of chapter)