On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 429 The Man Who Killed the Lord

As Cui Che expected, on the night of the first day of July, Yu Zhongwen specially sent his nephew Yu Zhe to the valley in order to reconfirm with Duan Wenzhen the specific details of tomorrow's battle.

However, as soon as Yu Zhe showed up, he was captured by the Eastern Sui soldiers who stayed in the valley. None of the six cavalry who followed him escaped.

As for the surrendered troops under Duan Wenzhen, Cui Che had already moved them to Nancheng under the cover of night.

Yu Zhe and his cavalry were escorted to the camp of the Eastern Sui Army. Cui Che asked Yu Zhe:

"Are you willing to surrender?"

Yu Zhe snorted coldly and said:

"Yu would rather die than surrender to become a thief!"

Cui Che nodded slightly. He didn't get angry. He turned to one of Yu Zhe's riders and said:

"Are you willing to surrender?"

The knight imitated Yu Zhe's toughness and refused Cui Che's persuasion to surrender.

Cui Che winked at Mai Zhongcai, and Mai Zhongcai walked up behind the knight who had his hands tied behind his back, and used a bowstring to pull the man to death on the spot.

Seeing the painful struggle of the knight before his death, some of the remaining five people clearly showed fear.

Cui Che continued to ask the remaining horsemen if they were willing to surrender. Three of them would rather die, but they were killed by Mai Zhongcai in the commander's tent.

The other two people kowtowed and begged for their lives:

"I am willing to surrender! I am willing to surrender!"

Cui Che said happily:

"Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Mr. Cui will never treat people who are loyal to me badly. It's just that today you two surrendered and you need to sign a pledge of surrender."

Then someone untied the two of them and handed them a long bow. Cui Che pointed at Yu Zhe and said:

"This man is still alive, so you two will kill him for me."

Mai Zhongcai, Mai Jicai and other personal followers also held knives in front of Cui Che to prevent the two from getting into trouble.

Being able to accompany them as cavalry, the two of them naturally received a lot of favors from Yu Zhe. Therefore, when they learned that Cui Che asked them to kill their master, the two of them couldn't do it for a while.

Yu Zhe seemed to have guessed Cui Che's plan. He cursed Cui Che loudly. Mai Zhongcai saw this and urged the two of them:

"Don't do it yet!"

The fear of death finally defeated Yu Zhe's past kindness.

The two looked at each other and wrapped the bowstring around Yu Zhe's neck. They each put one foot on Yu Zhe's back and pushed his body forward, while their hands were using force to push the long bow back.

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Soon, Yu Zhe stopped struggling. His eyes protruded, and he looked like he was dead.

The two sacrificed their old master's life to submit a surrender letter to Cui Che, and then Cui Che revealed his plan:

"Later, you two go back to Yu Zhongwen and inform him that Duan Wenzhen will launch an attack from the rear of my king when the two armies are fighting.

"Yu Zhe was persuaded by Duan Wenzhen to stay overnight in the valley and have a detailed talk with him. He will fight out of Mang Mountain with Duan Wenzhen tomorrow."

The two knights had no choice but to take orders, and Cui Che said again:

"You two killed Yu Zhe tonight. If you escape, I will tell Yu Zhongwen who killed his nephew. The Yu family will not let you go.

"Of course, you can also inform Yu Zhongwen, but if Yu Zhongwen doesn't retaliate, will Yu Zhe's family be willing to let it go?

"Could it be that Yu Zhongwen could turn against his clan for the sake of you two?

"I have seen two nephew-killing enemies hanging out in front of my eyes all day long. I'm afraid Yu Zhongwen won't tolerate you for too long."

"In this world, I am the only one who can protect you two.

"Do good things for me, and your wealth will come from you two."

As he spoke, Cui Che clapped his hands, and someone outside the camp brought twenty ingots of gold. Cui Che looked at the greed in their eyes and said with a smile:

"These gold ingots are waiting for you two to come back to collect them."

After Cui Che's coercion and inducement, the two of them had long forgotten the guilt of killing their lord. They happily kowtowed to Cui Che and thanked him, then went out with their thanks and deliberately took a detour to the camp of the Western Sui Army.

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After the two left, Mai Zhongcai asked for instructions:

"Thieves like these who killed their lord are disgusted by their humble position. Afterwards, I asked your Majesty to allow me to kill them."

Cui Che shook his head and said:

"I hate these two people, but if they can help me, they will not be able to cross the river and demolish the bridge.

"Guzi will reward them with those gold ingots in full, and will also keep them safe as promised."

If you kill these two people afterwards, you can certainly save twenty gold coins, but if the news spreads, who will dare to cooperate with you.

Of course, Cui Che would not dare to stay with such a lord-killing thief who is greedy for life and afraid of death and entrust him with important responsibilities.

As for the two servants, perhaps Cui Che's previous analysis worked, and they also deeply realized that they could only live a peaceful life if Yu Zhongwen was defeated.

Without Cui Che's protection, their betrayal of the master and the killing of Yu Zhe would have been made public. Under the sea of ​​documents and arrests, the two of them would have had no chance of survival.

As for the wealth and twenty ingots of gold promised by Cui Che, they were also deeply tempted.

They returned to the Western Sui camp and, according to Cui Che's explanation, lied that Yu Zhe would not return tonight, but Yu Zhongwen did not raise any suspicion.

At first, Yu Zhongwen never imagined that Duan Wenzhen's entire army had been wiped out.

Secondly, these two people are Yu Zhe's close followers. Since Yu Zhongwen never imagined that something happened to Duan Wenzhen, he would not suspect that the two of them had actually rebelled.

However, Yu Zhongwen only asked one of them to go back and resume his life, leaving the other in the camp. After all, the two of them knew the way. If there was anything else they wanted to discuss with Duan Wenzhen and Yu Zhe, they could act as messengers.

The two left the commander's tent and stayed away from others. The person left behind whispered:

"Your Majesty's gold ingot, you must not take it all by yourself."

Another person replied:

"Don't worry, how dare I deceive the king."

After the two separated, the leaving cavalry first headed east, then climbed Mang Mountain, then turned west, and finally arrived at the Eastern Sui Camp at dawn.

Cui Che did not break his promise and rewarded him with ten gold coins. The remaining ten gold coins belonged to another person.

When the cavalryman received the reward, he was naturally excited and kowtowed in thanks.

At this time, in the Eastern Sui camp, all the troops were making fire and cooking in preparation for the battle that was about to take place (ten o'clock in the morning).

The news that Duan Wenzhen and his 20,000 ambush troops were annihilated did not spread. Only the 20,000 infantrymen of Zhangqian Xiaojie Army and Pishi Army who participated in that battle knew about it.

After escorting the surrendered soldiers, Cui Che placed all the 30,000 cavalry in other places. He was also worried that there was something wrong in the army, which would leak the news, making Yu Zhongwen dare not come to fight.

The soldiers all seemed confident about the upcoming decisive battle.

Battles in the wild are their specialty.

If Yu Zhongwen hadn't pinned his hopes on Duan Wenzhen's ambush at Mang Mountain, he would not have dared to fight Cui Che rashly anyway.

When the time came to chen hour (eight o'clock in the morning), after Cui Che and Yu Zhongwen were fully prepared, they led the soldiers out of the camp and rushed to the pre-arranged battlefield to welcome the upcoming battle concerning the ownership of Luoyang.

I just came back from the hospital, so the update is a little late.

(End of chapter)