On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 438 Return to Jinyang

Cui Che ordered people to invite Li Jing, fill a glass of wine for him, and said:

"The saint has passed away and cannot stay in Henan for long. He will immediately go north to seek a new king.

"Yang Su stationed troops in Shaanxi Province, and he had a general under his command. In terms of military strategy, the only person who could defeat Yang Su was the pharmacist.

"After Jinyang, the lone master, will report to the new king, appoint the pharmacist as the governor of Luozhou, and allocate 30,000 soldiers for the pharmacist to guard Luoyang.

"The military affairs of the four states of Luo, Yi, Lu, and Zheng are also under the control of pharmacists.

"I wish that the medicine master would guard the western border for me."

Li Jing picked up the wine cup and said:

"Your Majesty has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, so how dare you slack off? Please rest assured, Your Majesty, but if Li Jing is still alive, Yang Su will never be able to go east."

After that, he drank the wine in one gulp.

When Cui Che heard this, he nodded happily.

Although Cui Qiji was the leader of Henan Province, Cui Che did not dare to let his eldest son sit in Luoyang to confront Yang Su.

Cui Qiji is young after all, so he is no match for Yang Su.

The only one who can make Cui Che confidently deliver this important task is Li Jing.

He left 30,000 soldiers for Li Jing, and brought the soldiers from Luozhou, Yizhou, Luzhou, Zhengzhou and other places under his command. If Cui Che thought about it, even if Yang Suju's army moved eastward, Li Jing would definitely be able to hold on until he

Go south from Jinyang to support.

The next day, Cui Che left Li Jing to guard Luoyang and led the rest of the soldiers back to the court.

As for Cui Qiji's Daxingtai of Henan Province, it will undoubtedly be cancelled. This is just a temporary measure during wartime.

Cui Qiji, as the general manager of Xuzhou, will supervise the military affairs of Huaibei states and guard the Huaihe River.

The remaining prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, as well as Qingzhou and other places, will be placed directly under the central government.

Of course, Cui Che still allowed Cui Qiji to move his direct troops and their families to Xuzhou, and select soldiers in Xuzhou and other places to increase the number to 30,000.

In Jinyang City, Yang Liang's funeral was organized by Shi Fangxuanling, the chief of the Prime Minister's Office.

Yang Liang's death did not arouse speculation among the officials. Cui Che was leading the army outside, and Yang Liang's physical condition was seen by everyone to be deteriorating day by day.

The eight-year-old prince Yang Hao burst into tears. Queen Doulu held him in her arms and stroked his back to comfort him.

Not everyone is as young and mature as Yang Zhao, the prince of the Western Sui Dynasty. When he was three years old, he was praised by Yang Jian for having the air of an elder.

Compared to Yang Zhao, Yang Hao is undoubtedly just an ignorant boy.

Queen Doulu managed to comfort Yang Hao. She called Fang Xuanling over and couldn't help but ask:

"The saint passed away, leaving me and Hao'er orphaned and widowed. I don't know how His Highness King Yan will arrange for us.

"If King Yan is willing to be the emperor, I can give up the country to you, but please don't try to kill our mother and son."

Fang Xuanling knew that the woman was scared and comforted her.

"Please be at ease, Queen. When the King returns to the throne, he will definitely support the Crown Prince as the new king. How dare you have any disobedience.

"Besides, the queen had made great achievements that day, so how could the king mistreat the queen?"

What Fang Xuanling said was that after Cui Che defeated Yang Su, it was Queen Doulu who persuaded Yang Liang to stay in Jinyang.

Queen Doulu felt a little comforted after hearing these words.

She then led Yang Hao, who was looking sad because of the loss of her husband, to Yang Lihua and Yang Awu, claiming that she had been low on energy recently and hoped that the Yang sisters could take care of Yang Hao on their behalf.

Yang Lihua and Yang Awu felt sorry for their little nephew who lost his father when he was young, so they agreed with choked sobs.

After all, they are brothers and sisters. Yang Liang died suddenly, and the Yang sisters also come from the same generation.

Queen Doulu's move was not because she was really unwell, but because she hoped that Yang Hao could deepen the relationship with his two aunts. Whether he could save his life in the future would ultimately fall on these two people.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Yongchang, Cui Che took the lead in returning to Jinyang under the escort of 10,000 cavalry from the army in front of the tent.

Now his wife has entered the palace, and Yang Liang's funeral is still being held. However, Cui Che did not go directly to Jinyang Palace, but went to the residence of Hedong County Duke Pei Xiu to visit his aunt Cui Zhaorong's condition.

Cui Zhaorong has been ill for quite some time. She is nearly seventy years old, and even though she has superb medical skills, she is still unable to withstand the passage of time.

I had eye problems in the past, but now I can no longer see clearly.

"aunt."

Hearing Cui Che's voice, Cui Zhaorong stretched out his hand and called:

"But Che'er?"

Cui Che moved his face closer and forced a smile:

"It's Che'er who's back."

Cui Zhaorong rubbed Cui Che's face, compared it with his memory, confirmed that his nephew was back, and said excitedly:

"I heard from Xiu'er that you won another victory in Henan, great, great!"

Cui Che held Cui Zhaorong's old hand and said:

"Aunt, my nephew will be recuperating and will not leave Jinyang for the time being. From now on, he will pass by the house every day to pay his respects to aunt."

Cui Zhaorong was extremely happy, but he said:

"You are responsible for national affairs and there is no need to be distracted by a blind old woman like me."

Cui Che just smiled and shook his head.

In fact, his decision to temporarily recuperate was not entirely to accompany Cui Zhaorong.

Cui Che has now completely restored the territory of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi. In the north, only Guanxi has not yet been surrendered, but the four fortresses in Guanzhong are difficult to capture and cannot be easily captured.

The south is even more densely covered with water networks, so it will take time to build a navy army.

Therefore, in the coming time, Cui Che will shift his focus from military to domestic affairs.

Now the Eastern Sui Dynasty occupied the land of three rivers, namely Hedong, Hebei, and Henan. However, because it took more than a year to build such a large territory, the domestic internal affairs construction was actually relatively extensive.

While Cui Che was recuperating, he could also take time to straighten out his internal affairs.

As long as Li Jing could keep Luoyang, it would be a matter of time before the Western Sui Dynasty moved the capital.

At that time, it is time to think of ways to conquer Kansai.

Cui Che fed Cui Zhaorong some decoction and told her to take good care of herself, then said goodbye and left.

Pei Xiu left Pei Le's son Pei Wenzheng in the bedroom, while he sent Cui Che out of the house.

Pei Wenzheng was three years old and was the daughter of Pei Le and Yang Xuangan.

Pei Xiu sighed:

"Fortunately, when Wen Zheng was born, my mother could still see, so she could see her great-grandson with her own eyes."

Cui Che also knew that her aunt had been looking forward to this great-grandson for many years.

He wondered:

"Why isn't Le'er at home today?"

Pei Xiu explained:

"The saint died, and people came and went in Jinyang Palace. Now that you have returned to Jinyang, you cannot relax. To prevent any unexpected events, I will let him stay in the palace."

Cui Che smiled and said:

"There is no need to be so arrogant. I will let Mai Mengcai take over the guard of Jinyang Palace later. Le'er will have some leisure time at home to take care of his aunt. My aunt has raised him since he was a child, so it's time for him to fulfill his filial piety.

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"Tomorrow I will ask the wet nurse to send the badger to your house. Yang Liang died suddenly. Now Lihua is afraid that she can't take care of him, and I can't spare the time. I will temporarily stay at your house during this period."

Pei Xiu nodded and said:

"That's fine."

The two said goodbye at the gate of the house. Although they had been together less and apart more over the years, the friendship they had relied on each other since childhood had never changed.

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