On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 522 Proposal for marriage

The evening breeze came slowly, and the mountain breeze also carried a faint smell of blood.

Cui Che was leisurely and leisurely under the starry sky, overlooking Daxing and having a panoramic view of the city.

Behind him, trebuchets were being set up, and the civilian laborers were divided into three shifts, working day and night to transport stones to the Jiuyi Highlands.

What Cui Che wants to do is to ruthlessly bombard Daxing City starting tomorrow.

They continued to hit the city until the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city was low, and then used their fear to release the "Letter to the Elders of Guanxi" to completely destroy the fighting spirit of the defenders.

The successful capture of Jiuyi Highland made Cui Che feel that he could sit firmly on Diaoyutai until news came from Longyou.

Tuyuhun Khan Murong Fuyun couldn't bear his loneliness and sent troops to Longyou. He claimed to be responding to the call of King Cui Che of Yan to coordinate the offensive, but in fact he burned, killed, looted and destroyed lives.

Murong Fuyun was the son of Murong Kualu and the younger brother of the former Tuyuhun Khan Murong Shifu.

In the eleventh year of Kaihuang's reign (591 AD), Murong Kualu died of illness. Murong Shifu inherited the throne and became a minister to the Sui Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of Kaihuang's reign (596 AD), he proposed to marry a Sui princess. Yang Jian enthroned the daughter of the clan as

Princess Guanghua married into Tuyuhun.

However, only one year later, civil strife broke out in Tuyuhun and Murong Shifu was killed. His younger brother Murong Fuyun came to power and was named Busabo Khan. He followed the Xianbei people's succession system and married his sister-in-law Princess Guanghua.

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Murong Fuyun was ambitious and hoped to split Guanlong with Cui Che, but he refused.

Later, he sent troops alone to invade Longyou. Finally, he was persuaded by Gao Jiong with the allusion of lips dying and teeth cold, so he stopped the army and even wanted to help Gao Jiong.

It's just that Yang Guang has a strange mind and actually refused Tuyuhun's reinforcements just for the sake of face.

Now seeing Cui Che leading his troops into Guanzhong with great momentum all the way, I knew in my heart that my lips were dead and my teeth were cold, and I was doomed.

So he immediately sent troops to Longyou. On the one hand, he wanted to show his kindness to Cui Che, and on the other hand, he took the opportunity to plunder and rob Longyou's people and animals.

Of course, the more important thing is to ask Murong Shun, the prince of Tuyuhun, to marry Cui Che's daughter.

After bombarding Daxing City for several days, Tuyuhun's envoys came to the camp and asked Cui Che for credit on behalf of Murong Fuyun.

It was not until this time that Cui Che knew that Tuyuhun was invading Longyou.

Since the Western Sui Dynasty and Tuyuhun had made peace with each other, Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu mobilized some Longyou soldiers to go eastward, causing the already stretched Longyou defense line to leak everywhere.

But Cui Che did not appreciate Murong Fuyun's kindness.

He suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice:

"Previously, your envoy went to the Monan Grassland to pay homage to my king and proposed to send troops to help me and share Guanlong with me, but Gu Zeng flatly refused.

"I have spoken to the envoys of your country beforehand. I can take the land of Guanxi by myself without bothering others.

"Now the eastern and western camps are attacking each other and fighting endlessly. This is just a civil war in the Sui Dynasty. How dare foreigners get involved!"

Cui Che's attitude was completely beyond the envoy's expectation. He explained:

“The Khan’s move was also out of loyalty to the king.

"Don't you have 30,000 Khitan soldiers under your Majesty's command? We, Tuyuhun, are also loyal to your Majesty and fight for your Majesty to contain the troops of Longyou.

"The Khan specially asked for the prince to marry the king's daughter to express his feelings. He hopes that Tuyuhun can be the king's vassal for generations to come."

Cui Che was already furious when he heard that Longyou was being invaded. Now that he saw that Tuyuhun wanted to marry his daughter, he was even more intolerable.

He does not have many unmarried daughters now. The oldest ones are his legitimate daughter Cui Wenjun, who was nine years old at the time, and his stepdaughter Guanyin, who is the same age.

No matter who it was, Cui Che would never allow them to marry far away from Tuyuhun and suffer the persecution of Xianbei's step-marriage system.

Of course, Tuyuhun did not dare to expect Cui Che's only legitimate daughter, so he set his sights on Cui Che's stepdaughter Guanyin.

However, before the messenger could propose marriage, Cui Che said with a gloomy face:

“I will not sacrifice my daughter to marry far away, not in the past, not now, and not in the future!

"You go back and tell Murong Fuyun that he should immediately withdraw his troops and return home. Otherwise, don't say you didn't predict what you said!"

After that, he asked his personal guards to drive the messenger away, otherwise he was worried that he could not suppress the anger in his heart and would kill the messenger to vent his anger.

"Your Majesty! Foreign ministers are here on orders, and the Khan is determined to make good friends with your Majesty.

"She is just a stepdaughter. She will marry into Tuyuhun and form a beautiful marriage. It will be of great benefit to your Majesty and will not harm you at all, Your Majesty."

The messenger's shouts traveled farther and farther until they could no longer be heard, but in the end they could not shake Cui Che's mind.

Mrs. Gao and her daughter Guanyin had already been taken to the camp on the Jiuyi Highlands.

Guanyin's maid didn't know where she heard a word from, thinking that Cui Che was going to marry her far away and marry Tuyuhun. Guanyin's maid burst into tears in the room. No matter how much Gao family coaxed her, she couldn't stop her tears.

In desperation, Mrs. Gao had no choice but to find Cui Che, who had just returned from the front line. Unable to hide her anxiety, she asked directly:

"Does your Majesty really want to marry Xin'er to Tuyuhun?"

Cui Che said unconcernedly:

"The envoy from Tuyuhun mentioned it in front of me before, but I rejected it. Where did you get the news?"

Gao naturally believed in Cui Che, there was no need for him to lie to himself, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

She was also reluctant to push her own daughter into the fire pit.

A woman who marries a foreigner must not only serve her husband because of the damned succession system, but also must devote herself to her husband's brothers and nephews after her husband's death.

If she lives a long life, she may even become a wife for her grandchildren.

It is really against ethical standards.

Mrs. Gao told Cui Che with lingering fear that Guanyin had mistakenly thought that she was going to marry far away, and now she was still hiding in the house and weeping sadly.

Cui Che frowned when he heard this and said:

"Go back and explain the matter clearly to Xin'er. If anything like this happens in the future, come to me first and ask. Don't easily believe those rumors."

Gao shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"It is better for the king to go in person. Even if I explain to her, she will not believe it. She will only think that I am coaxing and comforting her."

Cui Che was helpless. Fortunately, today's bombardment had come to an end and there was nothing else to arrange at night. Cui Che happened to have time, so he went straight to Guanyin's bedroom.

He did not push the door open, but knocked on the door several times and asked:

"It's me, can you come in?"

Guanyin's servant heard Cui Che's voice and didn't want to see him. She quickly walked behind the door, leaned against it, and blocked the door.

"Master, please go back. My daughter doesn't want to see you. When the time comes, she will be obedient, get on the carriage, and marry far away to Tuyuhun."

There was a bit of crying in the voice.

Cui Che outside the door felt distressed and funny at the same time. It turned out that the little girl had already prepared the psychological preparation for marriage.

Cui Che knew that Guanyin Maid was behind the door, so he joked:

"I didn't even agree to Tuyuhun's marriage proposal. Why are you so anxious to get married?"

(End of chapter)