On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 424 Virtual and Real

The Qingzhou soldiers under Cui Qiji were undoubtedly involved in this Central Plains war.

Of course, this is what Cui Che expected. He sent Li Jing to the west to open up the connection with Qingzhou, which forced Yu Zhongwen not to dare to put the troops of Song, Cai, Xu, and Chen into the Luoyang battlefield. Instead, he was restrained by Cui Qiji.

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Influenced by his father Cui Che, Cui Qiji also deeply believed in the principle of having good soldiers rather than large numbers. After obtaining Cui Che's permission, Cui Qiji selected 30,000 elite soldiers from his 100,000 infantry and cavalry and the surrendered rebel army, and then

He was stationed in Caozhou, and the remaining troops were stationed in various places.

The seat of the Henan Province General Administration was temporarily set up in Caozhou.

After all, the location of Yidu County in Qingzhou is too far to the east, and Cui Qiji must consider Bianzhou, Yanzhou and other places. In comparison, Caozhou, which is located in the middle of the jurisdiction, is undoubtedly a more suitable place.

Cui Qiji had 30,000 elite cavalry under his command. Li Mi, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang, and Sun Anzu each led 5,000 infantry. The remaining 10,000 elite cavalry were under the direct control of Cui Qiji.

The Central Plains War is now divided into two battlefields. One is the western battlefield where Cui Che and Yu Zhongwen, Yang Yichen, Duan Wenzhen and others faced off in Luozhou and Zhengzhou.

The other place is the eastern battlefield where Cui Qiji and Yu Wenshu came to protect their children and others were in a stalemate.

Since Cui Che deployed a large number of soldiers from the southern part of the Hedong region to take over the defense of Zheng, Bian, and Yanzhou, Yu Zhongwen also planned to invade Hedong through the river bridge.

However, because Cheng Yaojin led five thousand elite troops to defend Beizhong City, and Cui Che was eyeing Zhengzhou, Yu Zhongwen did not dare to go all out. After the tentative attack failed, he gave up the idea.

At the same time, Yu Zhongwen also relaxed his emphasis on Heqiao.

Cui Che had already crossed the river to Henan, and was aggressively attacking cities and territories in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Since the east of the river was empty, it was unnecessary to send heavy troops to guard the river bridge.

However, just as Zhongwen was devoting a large number of troops to the defense of the east, Cui Che left Li Jing to lead a partial division to guard Zhengzhou, while he crossed the river by the floating bridge at night and returned to the north of the Yellow River.

The army marched day and night, and because it was in its own area, with the cooperation of the governors of prefectures and counties along the way, it was able to avoid detection.

In Hulao Pass, Li Jingduo set up a flag to create the illusion that Cui Che's main force was still in Henan, in order to deceive Zhongwen.

When Cui Che's army arrived at Beizhong City at night, guard Cheng Yaojin came up to him with a smile. After saluting, he said with a somewhat shy smile:

"I heard that the king arranged a matchmaker for Shen Guang outside Hulao Pass. To be honest with the king, the general has not yet been married. My father often urges me for this."

As he spoke, he sighed:

"Alas! It's really hard to find a lady."

Cui Che didn't know what the black guy was planning, but before Cui Che could say anything, Su Dingfang behind him became unhappy.

The two enemies started arguing again, and Cui Che shook his head helplessly. The two of them got together and would quarrel every two days.

Leaving the two behind, Cui Che entered the city first. Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin and Su Dingfang quickly put aside their quarrel and followed.

In this moonlight, walking in Beizhong City, Cui Che asked Cheng Yaojin:

"How are the guards in the second southern city doing now?"

Cheng Yaojin was never ambiguous on important matters. He replied:

"Since the king occupied Zhengzhou, a large number of defenders from Zhongtan and Nancheng have been mobilized to the east to occupy dangerous positions."

Then Cheng Yaojin took out the telescope from his waist and said with a smile:

"This item given by Your Majesty is really easy to use. Even if you are separated by a Yellow River, you can still see the other side clearly."

After Mai Tiezhang used telescopes to observe the weaknesses of Yang Su's armies outside Jinyang City, Cui Che found craftsmen and taught them how to make many telescopes and distributed them to the generals of the armies.

Naturally, Cheng Yaojin also got one. During these days, he was watching the troop mobilization on the south bank with a telescope every day.

Su Dingfang on the side suddenly interrupted:

"Your Majesty, will Yu Zhongwen send the defenders out of the city during the day and order the troops to return quietly at night?"

Cui Che did not answer immediately. He thought for a moment and said:

"probably not."

Mai Zhongcai, who had always been silent, said doubtfully:

"Your Majesty, why didn't Yu Zhongwen burn down the river bridge?"

He really couldn't understand why Yu Zhongwen had previously prepared a large number of boats loaded with dry firewood and tung oil upstream of the river bridge according to the reports from the south bank, and why he had removed those boats now.

Cui Che patiently explained his doubts:

"Yu Zhongwen's preservation of the river bridge is naturally of great use. Once Gu is defeated in Henan, he can attack Beizhong City with all his strength, go north via the river bridge, and take the opportunity to invade Hedong."

Mai Zhongcai suddenly understood and couldn't help laughing:

"In the presence of your Majesty, Yu Zhongwen actually dares to make such a delusion."

The generals also burst into laughter.

Many people followed Cui Che in his southern and northern wars and had long since established their blind admiration for him. Now that they heard that Yu Zhongwen left Heqiao behind in the hope of counterattacking Hedong in the future, they all felt that this was really absurd.

While talking and laughing, Cui Che and the generals had arrived at the southern tower of Beizhong City, Zhongtan City on the sandbank in the center of the river, and Nancheng on the south bank, all came into view under the moonlight.

Cui Che turned around, looked around at the generals, and asked:

"Who can capture these two cities for me?"

All the generals asked for battle one after another. As Yu Zhongwen deployed heavy troops at the border between Luozhou and Zhengzhou, there were not many defenders left in Zhongtan City and South City.

The difficulty of capturing it is different from before.

Just as the generals were scrambling to take the lead, Cheng Yaojin said:

"I would like to inform your Majesty that the general has been observing these two cities these days. When it comes to understanding them, none of my colleagues in the army can compare with the general. I would also like to ask the king to allow the general to go to war."

Upon hearing this, Cui Che felt that what Cheng Yaojin said was reasonable, and immediately ordered him to lead five thousand soldiers to attack Zhongtan City.

Zhongtan City was unprepared, and even the city's general had changed. It was no longer Yu Zhongwen's trusted general Xin Mingjin, but just an ordinary general.

Xin Mingjin has been transferred to the eastern border of Luozhou to guard against the so-called main force of the Eastern Sui Dynasty in Zhengzhou.

The guard of Zhongtan City did not understand until his death why Cheng Yaojin was attacking Zhongtan City at night.

Cui Che has clearly crossed the Yellow River, and the river bridge is of no value.

No one thought that Cui Che would kill another person in this situation.

It's not that Cui Che did anything unnecessary, but Luoyang is located in a basin and is surrounded on three sides by mountains such as Xiaoshan Mountain, Xiong'er Mountain, and Songshan Mountain. The mountains are towering and difficult to climb.

Only in the north, although there is a Mangshan mountain range, it is not high, only more than 300 meters.

No matter which direction you come from in Henan, it will take a lot of effort to break into the Luoyang Basin.

Only when facing the enemy from Hedong, Luoyang has always opened its arms.

Cui Che's purpose was still to occupy the three cities of Heqiao, while ensuring freedom of advance and retreat, and march to the gates of Luoyang City, rather than engage in a fierce battle with the Western Sui Dynasty in the Songshan Mountains.

Chapter 4 is brought, it may be gone in the early morning. The back of my hand really hurts. I will put Chapter 5 to tomorrow. I wish everyone a happy Dragon Boat Festival.

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