On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 538 Resumption of Water Transport

If you have never seen the light, you can endure the darkness.

This may be the true thoughts of Chen Yueyi and Yuan Lexhang.

Rather than running away and abandoning you because of old age and sex after a short period of happiness, you will live in resentment for the rest of your life.

It's better to carry that beautiful feeling with you until you grow old.

Cui Che sighed and stopped pressing.

After the order arranged the carriage, Cui Che personally sent the two girls out of the house.

The two girls said goodbye to Cui Che and were about to leave, but were stopped by Cui Che:

"When you go to Jinyang, no one will restrict your freedom. Whenever you want to see the famous mountains and rivers, you can leave at any time.

"When you come back, if you are willing, tell me about your journey.

"If I have free time, I will also visit you in the temple.

"We are not destined to be together forever in this life, but it is not a blessing to have two more friends with whom we can safely speak our true feelings."

It's cold at high places, and the higher you go, the lonelier you become.

Chen Yueyi and Yuan Le were the empresses of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. How could they not understand Cui Che's inner loneliness?

They smiled brightly and nodded lightly.

The carriage drove away slowly. Inside the carriage, Yuan Leshang asked Chen Yueyi:

"Sister, do you really not regret it?"

Chen Yueyi was silent for a long time before saying:

"If you can understand his thoughts, you will have no regrets."

After saying that, he asked Yuan Lexhang again:

"Will my sister regret it again?"

Yuan Lexhang shook his head and said:

"It's too late to regret now. All I want in this life is that I can support each other with my sister and never be separated."

In the bumpy carriage, the two cuddled up together.

Shortly after Yuan Lexhang and Chen Yueyi left, Cui Che regained his composure.

He sent Qin Qiong as a general to lead an army of 50,000 people to march eastward, seize Tongguan and Hongnong County, and open up the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

This enables grain from Guandong to be transported to Daxing through water transport.

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, Cui Che cannot continue to maintain so many civilians in Guandong to transport food. He needs to let them go home to farm, otherwise this year's harvest will definitely be affected.

At this time, it is crucial to open up connections with the Central Plains and restore water transportation along the Yellow River.

At the same time, Cui Che also mobilized the 50,000 single-horse cavalry that had been left in Weibei and ordered them to go north. In cooperation with the letters he sent to the governors of various places in Guanzhong, he forced the counties to surrender.

In the land of Guanzhong, Cui Che now only occupies the three counties of Feng Yi, Jingzhao, and Fufeng.

There are also Anding County (governing An Ding County, now the north of Jingchuan County), Beidi County (governing Ding'an County, now Ningxian County, Gansu Province), Diaoyin County (governing Shang County, today Suide County, Shaanxi Province), Shuofang County (governing Yanlu County).

County, today's northeast of Jingbian, Shaanxi), Yan'an County (governing Fushi County, today's northeast of Yan'an, Shaanxi), Honghua County (governing Heshui County, today's Qingcheng County, Gansu), Yanchuan County (governing Wuyuan County, today's Shaanxi)

Dingbian County), Pingliang County (governing Pinggao County, today's Guyuan County, Ningxia), Lingwu County (governing Huile County, southwest of today's Lingwu, Ningxia) and other places.

These areas, which in later generations belonged to northern Shaanxi and Ningxia, were actually considered peripheral areas of Guanzhong.

The real essence of Guanzhong is the three counties of Guanzhong Plain occupied by Cui Che.

The people in Weibei that Yu Wenshu and others had given up before were the people on the north bank of the Wei River in Jingzhao County.

Although the governors of these areas were appointed by Yang Guang, when the overall situation in Guanzhong has been decided, they will understand the formality clearly.

What happened was just as Cui Che had expected. After learning about the change of ownership in Daxing, some of the prefects changed their banners very well and changed their banners very well.

The remaining governors were wavering, but after the cavalry sent by Cui Che went north, they also surrendered to Cui Che under the persuasion of their subordinates.

It's not like there are no die-hard people, but their heads were taken away by their subordinates and sent to Daxing.

The Western Sui Dynasty had lost the hearts of the people in the north due to a series of perverse actions and defeats on the battlefield.

For a time, the message spread from all the counties in Guanzhong.

Qin Qiong also received good news. Before the army arrived at Jinggou, the envoys of Tongguan Guards General and Hongnong Prefect came to the army to ask for surrender.

After opening up the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains, Cui Che immediately dismissed the civilians brought from Guandong, leaving only the common people in Jingzhao and Fengyi counties to call.

War has never been the key to causing massive death to the population, but the famine that accompanies war.

In order to cope with Cui Che's entry into the customs, Yu Wenshu and others implemented a plan to strengthen the walls and clear the country, so this year Jingzhao and Feng Yi counties had no harvest.

If Cui Che leaves things alone, no one knows how many people in the two counties will starve to death.

This is also the reason why Cui Che did not seek to capture places such as northern Shaanxi before capturing Daxing.

Otherwise, the counties in northern Shaanxi will be forced to fortify their defenses and clear out the wilderness, and I am afraid that the entire Guanzhong will be faced with a situation where nothing can be harvested.

The people had no harvest, and therefore no food rations to support the next autumn harvest, so they needed to be supported by the court. If they really had to carry such a heavy burden, Cui Che would not want to do anything in the next year.

The people in Guandong were dismissed by Cui Che, and the people in Jingzhao and Fengyi counties who had no farm work during the autumn harvest season became the main force in transporting grain and grass.

With the help of the Yellow River water transport and the 300-mile-long Guangtong Canal, grain from Guandong could only be transported to Daxing, but it could not be transported to Yongxian County by means of the Wei River.

If the water transport on the Wei River was reliable, Yang Jian would not have built this Guangtong Canal.

Cui Che left Daxing at this time and went to Yong County to take charge.

In the camp outside Yongxian City and in the commander's tent, everyone was arguing over whether to take Longyou first or Hanzhong first.

It was Cui Che who finally settled the dispute, and he wanted to grab it with both hands.

"Longyou has few soldiers, so there is no need for a large army to come in person. All you need to do is send a partial army and promise high officials and generous salaries, and you can seize all the territory.

"Yu Wenshu is in charge of Hanchuan and is hoarding soldiers and horses. I have to conquer it personally!"

As soon as Cui Che finished speaking, all the generals rushed to express their opinions, hoping to be the leader of the partial division.

Who wouldn't want to achieve the success of regaining Longyou and thereby gain the title of Duke of the country?

After all, in everyone's eyes, Tianshui County, which accounts for more than half of Longyou's population, has surrendered. The other counties are vast and sparsely populated, and there are only some new troops recruited temporarily to defend the city. Their efforts are simply in vain.

Everyone was so enthusiastic that Cui Che couldn't make a decision for a while. Everyone wanted such a piece of fat, so he simply let the generals draw lots.

Anyway, in Cui Che's mind, he had the same idea. He wanted to capture Longyou. It was estimated that only Yin Shishi, the prefect of Zhangye, would resist stubbornly.

Although Zhangye County is a county, its actual population is only 6126 households, which is not even comparable to a small county in Hebei Province. It is no wonder that Cui Che despises Yin Shishi, how many people can he have.

It's better to let them draw lots for this kind of free work, lest everyone think that they favor one over the other.

Li Yuan was invited by Cui Che to come to participate in the military discussion. He thought he was just here to watch a show, but Cui Che smiled at Li Yuan and said:

"My son-in-law wrote an extra one specially. Why don't you, Mr. Taishan, come and try your luck?"

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(End of chapter)