On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 314 Stalemate with the Enemy
Now that the enemy's situation is unclear, it is difficult to get a satisfactory result by calling the generals to discuss the matter.

Seeing that the night was getting dark, Cui Che had no choice but to let everyone go back to rest, even Mai Mengcai also bid farewell to Cui Che to give away his father Mai Tiezhang.

Inside the handsome tent, only Cui's father and son, and Yuchi Chifan behind the screen remained.

"If you have any ideas, just say it and listen."

Cui Che looked at Cui Qiji.

When everyone was discussing matters, how could Cui Qiji's hesitant appearance escape his eyes.

Cui Qiji took a deep breath and said:
"Grandfather, my child feels that it is better to stand in a stalemate with the enemy than to take the initiative to seek war."

"Oh?"

Cui Che raised his eyebrows and said curiously:

"Why do you say that?"

Cui Qiji explained:

"Goguryeo hastily rescued Khitan without sufficient preparations, and the food and grass they brought must not be much. People eat horse chews and have to be supplied by Khitan.

"If time goes on, the two sides will inevitably create a rift!"

When Cui Che heard this, his eyes lit up.

He prepared for this war for nearly a year, but Goguryeo sent troops in a hurry, so there was no time to mobilize livestock.

Moreover, Goguryeo is different from Turkic, Khitan, and Kumoxi. It belongs to the same farming civilization as the Sui Dynasty. Judging from past wars, it is more accustomed to transporting grain and grass.

Now the two armies are facing each other across the West Liaohe River, and to the south of the confluence of the East and West Liaohe Rivers is the Liaoze land that made the Sui army miserable, and to the east is the Changbai Mountains. It is okay to march, but it is extremely difficult to transport food. .

The harsh natural environment is fair. The Sui army and civilian husbands could not send food to the front line, so Liaodong suffered a disastrous defeat.

There is no reason to be lenient towards the Goguryeo people.

Therefore, Goguryeo's army logistics must be provided by Khitan.

In a short period of time, the Khitan was willing to support the Goguryeo people in order to resist the Sui army, but as Cui Qiji said, how could the five Khitan chiefs be able to sit still as time went on.

They dared to invade Liaoxi because of the lure of Goguryeo, and they were not bold and generous people.

Once Ulji Mundeuk is under pressure and crosses the river rashly to fight himself, chaos will arise when he is anxious, and his flaws will be exposed.

If Ulchi Wende is unwilling to take the initiative to seek war, it will naturally cause dissatisfaction among the five Khitan tribes, and such contradictions can also be exploited.

Cui Che smiled and said:

"Tomorrow, when discussing matters in the army, you should express your thoughts to the generals."

Previously, Cui Che only allowed Cui Qiji to sit in and not allow him to speak, just because he was worried that he would make a joke and be despised.

Now that Cui Qiji's thoughts are in line with Cui Che's, he naturally has to give his son a chance to perform in front of everyone.

"My son obeys!"

Cui Qiji suppressed his excitement and cupped his hands.

The next day, early in the morning, Cui Che really summoned the generals.

Cui Qiji did not have stage fright either, he expressed his opinion in public, and all the generals nodded upon hearing this.

Even if they actually prefer a quick fight, for Cui Che's sake, they have to express their support against their will.

After Cui Qiji finished speaking, Cui Che said in a deep voice:
"You have followed me out of the fortress several times, and you have beaten the Turks to flee, so you are arrogant and impetuous, and you underestimate the enemy on the north bank."

With that said, Cui Che stood up and said emotionally:

"Everyone! The proud soldiers must be defeated!

"Most of us are from the Kanto. In the past, the two Weis stood side by side. The high king underestimated the enemy and suffered a disastrous defeat. The old tree that recorded the achievements of the Taizu of the previous dynasty is still standing in the sand garden. Look at us! Forget it!"

All the generals pleaded guilty one after another, whether they are from the Kanto or the Kansai, no one knows that in the Battle of Shayuan more than half a century ago, as long as there are a few important officials in the Eastern Wei army who can keep their heads up, or Gao Huan If there is no flutter, there will be the Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties behind.

Cui Che calmed down and continued:
"You don't need to plead guilty, this is human nature, and Cui is not exempt from it. He once underestimated the enemy, and if he didn't wake up in time, he would have made a big mistake.

"Two years ago, Gao Jiong lost his army in Liaodong, and there were many bones under the city. It has proved that the Goguryeo people are not easy to deal with. We should guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and be cautious.

"Today's words, I share with you."

In fact, Cui Che had already noticed that the soldiers were getting more and more arrogant, and it was unavoidable to win many battles.

After experiencing Cui Che's beating, the generals finally put away their underestimation of the enemy, and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the battle.

Choi Cheol made up his mind to confront Eulji Mundeok.

And Ulji Wendeok was also looking for the Sui army's flaws, trying to increase his chances of winning as much as possible.

Although the Sui army had the intention of underestimating the enemy before, Ulji Mundeok was intimidated by the past record of the Youzhou cavalry, so he did not have the confidence to dare to take the initiative to cross the river and challenge Cui Che.

Therefore, the two sides only sent scouts to fight in the shallow water upstream, but the main forces kept their camps, and no large-scale conflict broke out.

Such days lasted for more than a month.

The first ones who couldn't hold on were not the Sui army who came from afar, but the Khitans who were fighting at home.

The coalition army claims to be 20 troops, but in fact there are 13 cavalry, and the daily consumption is not a small amount, which makes the chiefs of the five Khitan tribes distressed.

Especially the Tubian tribe. They were first looted by Kumoxi and then ambushed by the Sui army.

When the five chiefs met in private, they were full of complaints, so they went to find Eulji Wende together.

Ulchi Wendek was quite helpless, so he had to explain the difficulty to them.

The chief of the Tubian Department said urgently:

"Fight and don't fight, retreat and never retreat, you can't stay here forever!"

The other four agreed.

Ulchi Wende thought for a while, and proposed with the five chiefs:

"How about sending envoys to the Sui camp to discuss peace?"

The five chiefs were waiting for Ulji Wende's words. They really didn't want to fight this battle.

On April [-]th, the camp of the Sui army.

When he heard that the Goguryeo envoy was seeking an audience outside the camp, Cui Che immediately beat the drums and assembled the generals. He and the generals laughed and said:

"The Khitan people can't hold on anymore."

Sure enough, when the Goguryeo envoy walked into the tent, he asked Cui Che to negotiate peace, but Cui Che flatly refused. He said bluntly:
"As a minister, Cui, without the order of a sage, how could he stop fighting on his own and make peace with other countries!"

The Goguryeo envoy was discouraged. Just as he was about to resign and leave, he had unexpected gains.

Cui Che ordered someone to bring a hundred sheep, and said to the Goguryeo envoy:

"Great Sui is a state of etiquette. Eulji Wendeok sent envoys here. Cui should return the gift. The hundred sheep will be brought back by the envoy."

When the envoys brought the flock of sheep back to the camp of the coalition army, Ulji Wende was very worried.

Cui Che's move was undoubtedly to show that he had enough food and had no plans to retreat.

When the chiefs of the five tribes of Khitan heard the news, they found them and urged Ulchi Wende to send troops.

Every day this stalemate lasts is a great loss to them.

But without Gao Yuan's permission, Ulji Wende did not dare to promise them that he would make up for it after the war.

　There was a power outage shortly after I posted the episode. Fortunately, it has recovered now. I will update Chapter 1 first. I have to finish the five chapters. It will definitely take me all night. I will finish writing before going to sleep.

　　
　
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