On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 80 Looking for merit on the front line

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 80 Looking for merit on the front line

He once again sympathized with the poor, but this time Cui Che was ruthless. He assisted Wang Shao in recruiting corvees during the spring plowing season and repairing the border defenses. At the same time, he also conducted large-scale food collection from the people to ensure military supplies.

Brother Che can naturally distinguish the priorities. In doing so, although the life of the people will be a little harder, it is better than the Turks coming to kill everyone and leaving no trace of humans and animals.

In March of the second year of Kaihuang (582), Yang Guang got married in Chang'an and brought back his beautiful Princess Xiao of Jin on April 7th.

"This is Cui Che and Cui Zicheng."

Yang Guang introduced to Mr. Xiao.

"I have met Mr. Cui, and the king often mentioned it to me when he was in Chang'an, praising him as a wise minister and good friend."

Mrs. Xiao's words made Cui Che feel very happy, but he did not show a trace of arrogance. He bowed and said:

"Your Majesty is so generous with your compliments that I feel so ashamed that I don't deserve it."

Yang Guang pointed to Yang Xuangan and others and continued to introduce Xiao to his group of confidants.

Cui Che watched all this with boredom. Although Mrs. Xiao was born beautiful and lovely, Cui Che's heart was not disturbed at all. Not to mention his friends and wives, he couldn't play with him. Brother Che didn't like women of his own age or even younger.

The idea of ​​pursuing Yuwen Eying was also based on the help that Yang Lihua, the mother-in-law, could provide.

When chatting with Cui Che about Chang'an, Yang Guang actually mentioned Yang Lihua.

Because of Yang Jian's usurpation of the country, the massacre of the Yuwen family, and the assassination of Yuwen Chan, Yang Lihua had a lot of resentment towards her father. A year has passed, but it has not subsided.

This is normal. After all, according to the historical trajectory, Yang Lihua had to wait four years until her daughter Yuwen Eying reached the age of marriage before accepting the title of princess of the Sui Dynasty.

But she and Yang Guang have a close brother-sister relationship. Since Yang Guang left Jinyang, he has sent people to Chang'an to bring letters to Yang Lihua almost every month. This is also related to Yang Jian asking him to persuade his eldest sister more.

Although Yang Lihua seldom replied, Yang Guang read every letter he received carefully.

This time Yang Guangda got married. Yang Lihua, who had always been reluctant to meet her father, still brought her daughter to attend. Although her attitude towards Yang Jian was still very cold, it was undoubtedly an improvement.

At least Yang Jian was greatly comforted by this. He always treated his eldest daughter differently from others.

"My sister also mentioned you and asked why she hasn't seen any new works. She seems to like Zicheng's poems very much."

When Cui Che heard what Yang Guang said, he couldn't help but feel elated, and said to himself: The poems and essays have been appreciated by the future mother-in-law. In the future, Yuwen Eying will publicly choose her son-in-law, who will she choose instead of me?

After bidding farewell to Yang Lihua, Cui Che returned to his official residence and lit a lamp and polished his ink. Naturally, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and present a poem to Yang Lihua, but he stopped writing again. He had so many things in his belly that he didn't know where to start.

The next day, Cui Che organized another group of civilians to go to the front line to transport grain and grass, but this time he delivered it himself.

The Turkic Shabolu Khan took a picture and raised troops on the grassland. He wanted to invade the south, but his advance troops had already invaded the border.

Cui Che couldn't let go of his experience in photography. Although he was responsible for logistics and could get a share of the credit after the war, he also wanted to go to the front line to see if he could find an opportunity to make new contributions.

Yang Guang originally disagreed with Cui Che's request for a battle. There were no eyes for swords and arrows on the battlefield, and he was unwilling to easily defeat his own adviser. However, Cui Che had no choice but to agree after repeated requests. However, he also made an agreement with him to just shoot two arrows from a distance.

Never engage in close combat with the enemy.

Of course, Cui Che is not mentally ill. He has been practicing riding and shooting since he was a child. He uses long-range attacks. He is afraid of avoiding life-threatening things like melee combat, but he will not take the initiative to get involved.

After saying goodbye to everyone who was worried about him in Jinyang City, Cui Che rushed to Hebei County with a large amount of food and grass.

They were worried about victory or defeat, and felt that they were committing crimes on the front line, but Cui Che was not worried at all. He knew the success or failure of this battle and was confident.

Hebei County originally belonged to Bingzhou, but was later transferred to Yuzhou. Its administrative seat was located in Hebei County (now north of Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province), where Li Chong of Shangzhu State stationed his troops.

Li Chong was very surprised by Cui Che's arrival. After all, in the eyes of most people, Brother Che was a civil servant who had something to do with the military, that is, he was familiar with logistics affairs.

But looking at the way he rides a horse and holds a bow, he clearly looks like a young general.

"Che has seen Marquis Wuyang. All the military supplies are here. Please ask Marquis Wuyang to check."

When they got closer, Cui Che got off his horse and greeted him first.

Li Chong was young, only twenty-two or three years old. He was awarded the title of Marquis of Wuyang County, so Cui Che was called the Marquis of Wuyang County.

"The front line is dangerous, how could Cui Youcheng come in person?"

Cui Che explained:

"Hearing that the Turks were coming, Che had been practicing riding and shooting since he was a child. He wanted to kill the enemy and serve the country, so he asked the King of Jin for a transfer to serve in the Wuyang Army."

Li Chong had a violent temper when he was a boy, which is said in history books to have been very emotional since childhood. After hearing Cui Che's words, he looked at him in a different light.

After all, civilian officials who have the courage to go to the front line can always win the respect of military personnel, provided that they do not give blind orders. The people of Song Dynasty have the most say on this point.

That night, Li Chong placed wine in the camp to welcome Cui Che.

Musicians from the county town were specially brought to the army, and the sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music sounded in the solemn military camp.

There is reliable news that the Turkic vanguard is still far away, so all the generals also drank happily.

Cui Che recited a poem drunkenly, which is one of two poems in "Liangzhou Ci" written by Wang Han of the Tang Dynasty:

‘Glow-in-the-dark cup of fine grape wine. If you want to drink, please play Pipa immediately.

"Don't laugh, Lord, who is lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times?"

Amidst the cheers, the warm atmosphere of the banquet was also pushed to a high level.

tide.

As Cui Che knew, the historical trend was that two groups of Turkic vanguards went south, and one of them was defeated by General Xu Sengshou on Jitou Mountain (Liupan Mountain) on April 11th.

The Turkic vanguard heading towards Hebei County on the other hand was also defeated by Li Chong. On the battlefield, Li Chong took good care of Cui Che and ordered people to protect him. At least in ancient feudal society, some people's lives were more valuable.

Cui Che also took the opportunity to empty his quiver, and he clearly killed a Turkic soldier.

But after the war, statistics showed that there were three Turkic corpses with arrows engraved with Brother Che's name, and Li Chong credited him with killing three enemies.

Cui Che also knew that of course it was impossible for the Sui soldiers to pick up his arrows and kill the enemy. Cui Che kept Li Chong's kindness in mind.

There was a great victory on the front line. While a large number of prisoners were escorted, many wounded soldiers and the corpses of soldiers were also sent back to Jinyang.

This job naturally fell on Cui Che, and Cui Che did not refuse. The war did not end there. Only the Turkic advance troops were destroyed. He had to return to Jinyang to deal with logistics.

Jin Wang Yang Guang gathered his confidants at his official residence and held a banquet to celebrate Cui Che.

Cui Che forced a smile, but got drunk.

When he entered the city during the day, he saw too many griefs of the families of the fallen soldiers, and he truly understood the saying, "In ancient times, only a few people returned from battles."

The update is a bit late, the next chapter will be around eleven o'clock.

(End of chapter)