On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 524 Mass Power

Cui Che besieged Daxing on three sides, and ordered General Qin Qiong to be the general manager of the east camp, commanding 40,000 infantry, and setting up camp east of Daxing City in front of the control tent.

He also appointed General Cheng Yaojin as the general manager of the southern camp, commanded 40,000 infantry, and controlled 10,000 silver saddled Khitan cavalry, and marched to the south of Daxing City.

And he personally took command, setting up the northern camp at Jiuyi Highland, leading 40,000 infantry and 10,000 Boling cavalry to guard the trebuchets on the high ground.

Now that Cui Che has decided to intensify his efforts and strike hard at Daxing City.

Since the weight units of bundles of paper and boulders are different, the bundles of paper thrown from Jiuyi Heights can cover the whole city, but the boulders thrown at them can only bombard the Daxing Palace in the north.

Obviously, this did not satisfy Cui Che, who decided to strike hard. He believed that it was necessary to enhance the awareness of the soldiers and civilians in the south and east of the city about the cruelty of war.

The next day, not only the trebuchets set up on the Jiuyi Highlands resumed their boulder bombardment.

Cui Che even ordered to mobilize the people to build mountains of earth on the east and south of the city.

However, the location of the earth hill is still outside the limit range of the trebuchet in the city. As long as the earth hill is piled high enough, the city defenders can be killed without any damage.

Cui Che ordered Qin Qiong, the general manager of the eastern camp, and Cheng Yaojin, the general manager of the southern camp, to send troops to protect them. He divided the 150,000 army into three parts, each with 50,000 infantry and cavalry, equal to the defenders in the city.

Although Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu did not believe that they dared to go out of the city to fight, they should be cautious.

Even if the opponent comes out in full force, no matter which side the 50,000 defenders attack, they are no match for the same number of Eastern Sui warriors.

At the same time, siblings Li Xiuning and Li Shimin finally returned to Yong County under the escort of a team of personal guards sent by Cui Che.

Mrs. Dou saw a colorful ribbon tied on her daughter's bun, symbolizing that she was married, and couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.

As soon as the brother and sister entered the door, they bowed and said:

"The daughter (child) pays homage to her father and mother."

Li Yuan said with a smile on his face:

"Xiu Ning, get up quickly, Erlang, get up quickly."

The brother and sister stood up, and Li Yuan couldn't wait to ask about their experiences in Gaoling County.

When he learned that Li Xiuning was favored by Cui Che, and Li Shimin was often kept by Cui Che's side because of Cui Che's love for the house and the crow, and together with Changsun Wuji and others, he received Cui Che's words and deeds.

The smile on Li Yuan's face became even brighter. Seeing that his daughter and son-in-law had such a good relationship, he finally let go of his worries about Cui Che snatching his wife.

The couple pulled Li Xiuning back home and Li Shimin, who was traveling with them, talked for a while, and everyone had a tacit understanding not to mention Li Jiancheng.

According to Yang Guang's habits, Li Jiancheng will undoubtedly die, and everyone will grieve alone behind his back instead of uncovering this layer of scars in front of everyone.

Li Shimin was also sad about what Li Jiancheng would encounter.

There is no throne to fight for in the family, so they are the best brothers.

The possibility that Li Jiancheng would be killed made Li Shimin cherish the family ties between brothers even more. After returning home, he spent a lot of time with his third brother Li Xuanba, fourth brother Li Yuanji, and fifth brother Li Zhiyun.

Li Xuanba and Li Yuanji are both brothers of the same mother as Li Shimin. Li Xuanba and Li Shimin were born one year later, at the age of nine. He is the prototype of Li Yuanba in the novel.

However, this child is extremely sick and has no resemblance to the image in the novel.

As for Li Yuanji, he is the same age as Li Zhiyun, who was born as a concubine.

These two are both miserable people.

Li Yuan's wife, Dou, is indeed intelligent, but she is quite similar to Gao Huan's wife, Lou Zhaojun:

They are all standard good-looking parties.

After Li Yuanji was born, the Dou family was unwilling to raise him because of his ugly appearance, and even ordered his family to abandon him.

It was the maid Chen Shanyi who secretly carried Li Yuanji back, so that he did not die in his infancy. After that, Chen Shanyi, as a wet nurse, raised Li Yuanji single-handedly.

It's a pity that in the original time and space, Chen's kind deeds were not rewarded. She was killed by the angry Li Yuanji because she was supposed to stop the adult Li Yuanji from misbehaving.

As for Li Zhiyun, he did not end well. In the original time and space, Li Yuan went to Jinyang to take up a post, and only took Li Shimin with him, leaving Li Jiancheng to take care of his family in Hedong County.

After Li Yuan raised his army, Li Jiancheng only took away Li Yuanji and deliberately left Li Zhiyun behind. As a result, Li Zhiyun was arrested by the officials and sent to Daxing for execution.

Li Shimin only lived in Yong County for a few days. Because Li Xiuning missed her husband, Li Shimin was sent by his father Li Yuan to escort his sister back to Cui Che.

When Li Xiuning and Li Shimin were escorted to the Jiuyi Highlands, huge boulders from the north were pounding the Daxing Palace day and night, smashing several holes in the roof of the double-eaves verandah on the main hall of the Daxing Hall.

Even Yang Jian's Ancestral Temple suffered disaster and was smashed into ruins by Cui Che.

If Cui Che was really a loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty, he would probably have to die to apologize. After all, he had offended Emperor Gaozu, which was not a small crime.

It's just that Cui Che didn't take this matter to heart at all. At worst, he could just wait until after the war to build an ancestral temple for Yang Jian. There was no need to go up and down the line.

As for the east and south sides, they were busy with civil engineering work. Not only the 100,000 civilians accompanying the army, Cui Che also summoned a large number of Weibei men and Zhuang people to go south, using work as relief, and recruited them to transport soil and move huge rocks.

The people in Weibei who were recruited were also very enthusiastic. They hated Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu who guarded Daxing.

These two men not only plundered all the food of the people in Weibei, but even left no seedlings in the fields. They simply sent men and horses to trample the fields and trample all the living ones to death.

It was Cui Che who arrived in time and gave them porridge to save their lives regardless of logistical pressure. Even though the Dong Sui representative was related to the interests of the Dong Group, the people of Weibei did not hesitate to fall in favor of Cui Che.

Moreover, if you stay in Weibei, you can only live on gruel, but if you are summoned by Cui Che to carry soil and stones and have to work hard, Cui Che will naturally make the civilians well fed.

Many civilians are limited by the times and believe that they have a low life and that the poor have very little strength. They are not at all reluctant to lend their strength to Cui Che.

After all, in today's Kansai, having a full stomach is the greatest happiness.

What's more, Tushan is not within the attack range of the trebuchets in the city, and is protected by the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty. There is no danger to their lives. Naturally, there are many people who are willing to serve Cui Che.

On the Jiuyi Highlands, Cui Che leaned over and looked at the countless civilian workers in the distance, like a black ant colony, working tirelessly to transport soil and stones, and he felt filled with emotion in his heart.

He turned around and said to Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji, Xue Shou and other young followers:

"If I can capture Daxing in the future, it will be all thanks to the people.

"It was they who pushed with carts and carried on their shoulders that brought me this victory."

The next chapter will be around ten o'clock in the morning, Chapter 516 Wedding Night, has been sent to the group file.

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