On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 535 Return to Guanzhong

Mrs. Dou now hopes that her daughter's belly will be strong enough to give birth to a son and a half for Cui Che.

After all, there is a twenty-five-year age difference between Cui Che and Li Xiuning, which is a fact that cannot be changed.

No matter how much Cui Che doted on her, if there were no children to support her, Li Xiuning would eventually be sent to the Royal Monastery to endure loneliness when Cui Che passed away a hundred years later.

Li Xiuning blushed as she looked at the home remedies her mother had prepared for her to have a baby and prepare for pregnancy. She lowered her voice and explained:

"Your Majesty believes that my daughter is still young and will always get out in time at critical moments.

"Even if my daughter eats soup and medicine three times a day to satisfy her hunger, how can she get pregnant if the king doesn't agree?"

Dou laughed when he heard this and said:

"The king pities you so much, which shows that you didn't marry the wrong person at the beginning."

As he said this, Mrs. Dou looked at Cui Che in the hall through the screen, and couldn't help but think:

'If his father had allowed him to come in, would he have been able to get married?'

Of course Mrs. Dou had heard that when Cui Che was young, he worked hard to practice archery for himself and was despised because of his status, so he worked hard to pursue fame.

It's just that some people missed it, and they really missed it.

Mr. Dou shook his head to dispel all the messy thoughts, then changed the subject and chatted with his daughter about what he had experienced in Longyou.

In the main hall, Cui Che and his father-in-law Li Yuan exchanged cups, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

According to Cui Che's request, Li Yuan did not invite any guests, just the two of them, Weng and his son-in-law, had a drink together.

Even Cui Che, the three young brothers-in-law, Li Xuanba, Li Yuanji, and Li Zhiyun, only met once after Li Yuan called them over, and did not keep them company.

Cui Che has no ill feelings towards Li Xuanba and Li Zhiyun. They were just implicated by Li Yuanji. After all, they cannot be left alone to drive away Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji's ugly appearance disgusted not only Dou but also Cui Che.

What made Cui Che even more displeased was some of Li Yuanji's actions in the original time and space, including killing Chen Shanyi, the wet nurse who discouraged him from doing evil.

Cui Che is not a door-to-door son-in-law, and there is no need to please the brother-in-law of the Yue family.

Li Yuan seemed to have noticed that Cui Che did not attach much importance to his three sons, but it was not satisfactory to have Li Shimin who was loved by Cui Che and would be raised by his side.

Cui Che only stayed in Yong County for one night. Worried about the situation in Daxing, he left early the next morning and led his troops eastward.

In fact, Cui Che had already received accurate information about Daxing. Shortly after he left, Yuwenshu and others discovered Cui Che's division of troops to rescue Longyou.

They reported the news to Murong Fuyun, but in the end they were one step behind Cui Che and failed to remind the other party in time.

During this period, Yu Wenshu and others also organized several night raids.

However, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Dou Jiande and others defended the camp and Tushan.

At the same time, Yuwenshu sent a messenger to Hanchuan County to ask for help.

Now that Qi King Yang Jian had gathered tens of thousands of troops in Hanchuan County, Yu Wenshu hoped that Yang Jian could lead his army eastward and join him in attacking the Eastern Sui infantry outside Daxing City.

However, before Yang Xian could reply, he was the first to know that Cui Che had now solved the siege of Tianshui and had ceased fighting with Tuyuhun.

Yu Wenshu had no choice but to send another messenger to Hanchuan County, asking Yang Jian to stand still and guard Hanchuan.

In fact, Yang Jian did not prepare to send troops. He was staying well in Hanzhong and was having an affair with his concubine Weishi's sister Yuan Weishi, so how could he want to leave.

Besides, what should I do if I really encounter Cui Che's obstruction on the road?

Hanzhong was closer to Tianshui than Daxing, and Yang Jian also learned about Cui Che's squadron first, let alone sending troops.

Yuwenshu knew that now Cui Che had solved the siege of Tianshui. When he came back, it would be time for the Eastern Sui army to launch a general attack outside the city.

After more than a month of bombardment, not only the Daxing Palace in the north of the city was almost reduced to ruins, but even parts of the city walls on the east and south sides collapsed.

Yuwen Shu had never fought such a battle before. It seemed that the stones from the Eastern Sui Dynasty were inexhaustible.

Of course, standing on the city wall, I watched the people outside the city pushing, picking, and transporting stones to the mountains without interruption, not to mention how many people were working in the quarries.

Yu Wenshu also knew exactly where the problem lay:

You should not have abandoned the people of Weibei in order to reduce your own burden and increase Cui Che's military food consumption. This made the people of Weibei share the same hatred and wanted to win Daxing for Cui Che.

After another day of bombardment, there were finally no rocks flying overhead. Yu Wenshu found Gao Qiao and asked:

"I want to retreat to Hanchuan and assist the king in defending Hanzhong. Does Qi Gong really want to stay in Daxing?"

Yu Wenshu thought that Gao Jiong might change his mind after such a long time, but Gao Jiong was already determined to die. He said calmly:

"I won't leave. Someone has to take charge of Daxing's defense. As for Hanchuan County, I have to worry about it."

The two handed over power, and that night, Yu Wenshu led his cavalry and left through the west gate.

Because Cui Che adopted the strategy of besieging three buildings and one, there was no heavy siege on the west side. A few sentries were scattered here and there, just to prevent the other party from mobilizing troops and horses from the west gate to attack the camp.

Now it was discovered that hundreds of cavalrymen left the city at night, riding their horses and whipping their whips, heading straight west. The sentry cavalry could not catch up, so they had to return to the camp to report.

Cheng Yaojin, the commander of the southern camp, didn't know who had escaped, and he couldn't be sure whether the other party abandoned the city and fled, or went out to seek help. Fortunately, he no longer needed to worry about these things.

The day after Yuwenshu fled, Cui Che crossed the Wei River again and returned to Weinan.

There were 30,000 cavalry and 150,000 horses when we left. When we returned, the number of cavalry was not much reduced, but more than half of the army and horses were lost.

However, Cui Che still felt that this business was a good deal. If the army horses were gone, he could buy them again and breed them again, but he could not lose the hearts of the people of Longyou.

Cui Che asked the cavalry to temporarily rest in Chang'an County. After such a back and forth, the soldiers were already exhausted and did not want to fight anymore.

Li Xiuning and the Gao family's mother and daughter who were brought from Gaoling County are now placed in Chang'an City by Cui Che.

He only took some of his guards and rushed to the east camp where Qin Qiong was, and urgently summoned Dou Jiande, the commander of the northern camp, and Cheng Yaojin, the commander of the southern camp, to come to discuss matters.

After Cui Che carefully inquired about the big and small things that happened inside and outside Daxing during his absence, Cheng Yaojin also promptly reported to Cui Che that hundreds of riders left the city at night last night, and made his own speculation:

"This may be an escape, but I don't know the identity of that person."

Although many of the three walls of the city collapsed, the defenders sent people to patrol the caved-in areas at night to prevent the Eastern Sui Dynasty infantry from attacking, so the details inside the city were still unable to communicate with those outside the city.

After all, not everyone is a stick of wheat and iron, able to climb over walls and walk on flat ground.

Cui Che agreed with Cheng Yaojin's speculation. No reinforcements had arrived after being besieged the city for so long. Where else could they go to get help now?

(End of chapter)