On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 502 Arrival in Puzhou

Cui Che's Zhongwai Mansion mainly has three Cao Cao, namely the Zhongbing Cao, the Foreign Bing Cao and the Cavalry Cao.

Zhongbing Cao was in charge of the daily training and recruitment of 200,000 soldiers.

The Foreign Soldier Cao is in charge of the daily training and recruitment of soldiers in various places.

As for the cavalry Cao, he is responsible for managing the horses of Chinese and foreign soldiers.

Cui Che did not send Xu Shiji to serve in the army, but placed him in the Chinese and Foreign Affairs Office for training. This also had his profound meaning.

Xu Shiji is different from Cheng Yaojin, Su Dingfang, Shen Guang and others.

Cheng Yaojin and others also defected to Cui Che when they were young.

The reason why they entered the army early is because these people are brave men.

It doesn't require much strategy, just using force and leading the way to boost morale is enough to call on the soldiers under your command to follow them to defeat the enemy.

But Xu Shiji was different, he was a wise general.

Wise generals and brave generals are two completely different types.

As long as brave generals respect military orders, set goals for them, and clearly tell them what they want to do, they can use them with confidence.

But as a wise general, Xu Shiji was still too young. Although he had read many military books, he had no actual combat experience.

If he were really allowed to lead the troops in battle, he would inevitably fall into the dilemma of talking armies on paper.

Although Xu Shiji was as famous as Li Jing in later generations, he also suffered defeats when he was young. The most famous one was the Battle of Mingzhou, but now Cui Che's general Liu Heitao was beaten to the point where he lost his armor and only escaped with his life.

If you really use Xu Shiji as a brave general and let him charge into battle, Xu Shiji's usefulness will really be inferior to that of Cheng Yaojin, Su Dingfang, Shen Guang and others.

It would be better to stay by your side, train him carefully, and allow him to participate in military discussions. As a staff officer with the army, maybe with his intelligence, he can occasionally come up with strange ideas.

Of course Xu Shiji didn't know that Cui Che had so many connections in his appointment.

Cui Che rested in Jiangzhou for two days, took some of his luggage, and set off for Puzhou. Xu Shiji had already packed his luggage and was accompanying him.

When we arrived at the border of Jiang and Puzhou, Qin Qiong, the governor of Puzhou, was already waiting for us at the border.

Seeing Cui Che's carriage slowly approaching under the escort of the army, Qin Qiong patted his horse and stepped forward, turned over and saluted:

"The last general Qin Qiong greets the king."

Without Cui Che's instructions, the coachman reined in the reins and stopped the carriage in front of Qin Qiong.

Cui Che opened the curtain, walked out of the carriage, and said with a smile:

"Uncle Bao, there is no need to be too polite."

After saying that, he jumped out of the carriage, shook hands with Qin Qiong cordially and said:

"Uncle Bao has guarded the border for me for several years, and his hard work has made great achievements. You have really worked hard these years."

Qin Qiong smiled and said:

"I dare not call it hard work to serve the king. I just hope that after this battle, Puzhou will not need any generals to guard it."

The implication is that after this battle, Cui Che captured Kansai and no longer needed to deploy heavy troops to guard Pu Ban to prevent enemy attacks.

Cui Che laughed loudly and said:

"I'd like to lend you some good words."

Cui Che and Qin Qiong chatted for a long time outside the carriage. The Guanyin maid in the carriage couldn't sit still and secretly slipped her head out from the corner of the door curtain to take a look at the scene outside.

But before she could see clearly, Mrs. Gao dragged her back to the carriage. Mrs. Gao said sternly:

"You are a lady from a famous family. You must not lose your etiquette and damage the king's face in front of outsiders."

Guanyin's maid pursed her lips and sat back down unwillingly.

It wasn't until she heard Cui Che calling for the mother and son to come out from outside the carriage that Guanyin's mood turned gloomy again. She took the hand handed by Cui Che and stepped down on the step stool.

Cui Che pointed at the Gao family, and Guanyin introduced her new concubine and stepdaughter to Qin Qiong, and then introduced the two of them:

"This is Qin Shubao, whom I often mention. He is as brave as any man. He has been in Puzhou for three years and frightened the Western thieves from looking eastward."

Mrs. Gao quickly saluted and said:

"I have met the Governor of Qin."

The maidservant Guanyin on the side also imitated her mother's address and saluted:

"Guanyin Maid pays homage to the Governor of Qin."

Hearing this, Cui Che stroked Maid Guanyin's little head and corrected:

"Whatever do you call the Governor of Qin? He has the same brotherhood as his father, so he should be respectfully called uncle."

When Cui Che wasn't paying attention, Guanyin maid stuck out her tongue and immediately changed her words.

Qin Qiong said quickly:

"Don't dare to take it, don't dare to take it."

After meeting Mr. Gao, Qin Qiong said humbly:

"Your Majesty praised me so much that the Western thieves did not dare to look east. It was not because I was afraid of Qin's name, but because the Great King swept across Guandong, like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, so that the Western thieves did not dare to cross the Yellow River."

Cui Che smiled and said:

"Okay, okay, who is responsible for it? We will talk about it later. You and I will ride on horseback and talk about the current situation in Kansai."

After that, he asked Changsun Wuji to fetch him a mount, and along the way, he introduced Changsun Wuji to Qin Qiong.

Gao and Guanyin returned to the carriage, while Cui Che and Qin Qiong rode in front. The team continued to move towards Puban. Along the way, Qin Qiong also briefly introduced the current situation in Kansai to Cui Che.

There had been a conflict between Tuyuhun and the Western Sui Dynasty before, but Gao Jun personally went to Longyou and met with Tuyuhun Khan. He did not know what words he used to make Tuyuhun stop his troops and call a truce.

Cui Che heard this and sneered:

"What else can I say? It's just a cliché that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold."

Qin Qiong couldn't help but worry:

"This time the king is marching to the west, will Gao Qiu send people to persuade Tuyuhun to send troops to intervene?"

Cui Che said dismissively:

"Tuyuhun is able to survive only because of the geographical advantage. If they dare to go east to intervene in the war, I will make sure they never come back and take the opportunity to destroy their main force. This is much easier than traveling thousands of miles to fight on the plateau."

Tuyuhun was a political power established by the Murong clan of Xianbei in the Qinghai Lake area. The terrain there was difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In the original time and space, Yang Guang conquered Tuyuhun. Hundreds of thousands of troops traveled through mountains and rivers, and most of them froze to death along the way. Before the battle, the troops and horses

Seventy-eight out of ten were lost.

He is obviously unwilling to let Cui Che go to fight Tuyuhun now, but if Tuyuhun overestimates his own capabilities and dares to give up the geographical advantage and send troops to support Yuwenshu and others, then Cui Che is not afraid of fighting them in Kansai.

Qin Qiong nodded after hearing this. Obviously, he agreed with Cui Che's statement.

As the saying goes, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

Cui Che has been fighting in the north and south for many years. It can be said that he must win every battle and conquer every attack. Although the generals in the army are arrogant, they never lack the confidence to defeat the enemy even if they face fierce battles.

Qin Qiong continued to introduce Cui Che to the current situation in Kansai.

After Yang Guang moved the capital, he left his second son, King Yang Jian of Qi, in the north to take charge of Daxing and serve as the nominal general manager.

But the real power still fell into the hands of Yu Wenshu and Gao Jiong.

Yuwenshu was in charge of the military affairs, and Gao Jiong handled the political affairs. But if he really waited for Cui Che to enter the customs, he was afraid that Gao Jiong would temporarily put aside the government affairs and help Yuwenshu resist the invasion of the Eastern Sui Dynasty.

Among the generals who stayed in Guanxi, Cui Che also heard the name of an old acquaintance, the Duke of Tang, Li Yuan.

There are still two chapters left, the next chapter is before one o'clock in the morning, and the last chapter is still around three o'clock

Li Yuan was written as Li Hu, corrected

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