On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 336
It is said to be a small city, but it is also compared to Liaodong City in the south.

As the seat of the captain in the central part of Liaodong County during the Han Dynasty, the scale of Houcheng is actually not small.

Today's Houcheng has returned to its former calmness, but in the calmness, it makes people feel dead.

The corpses in the city have been transported out one after another, a hole was dug at random, and the matter was buried.

The streets were also cleaned, leaving only the mass graves outside the city silently accusing the atrocities of the coalition forces.

But in ancient times, wars between alien races were bloody and cruel.

In the darkness of night, Cui Che summoned Fang Xuanling to his tent.

The coalition forces of the four races set up their own camps. Although they are not far apart, they have clear barriers.

Cui Che was sitting in the tent at this moment, staring at the candle flames in a daze, and did not come back to his senses until Fang Xuanling received the money.

"Xuan Ling is here."

"The lower official pays homage to Duke Ming. I don't know why Ming Gong called the lower official to come late at night."

After saluting, Fang Xuanling asked.

Cui Che pointed to the guest seat close to him, and said with a smile:

"Sit down and talk."

After Fang Xuanling took his seat, Cui Che explained:
"I plan to let you sit in Houcheng and use this place as a place to store supplies. The water and grass are abundant here, and the Khitan herdsmen can also graze here.

"Houcheng is only more than a hundred miles away from Liaodong City. It takes only one day to drive away the livestock. What does Xuanling think?"

Fang Xuanling asked back:

"Duke Ming wants to lure Goguryeo to attack Houcheng?"

Cui Che shook his head and said:
"I will keep enough defenders, otherwise if the supplies are destroyed, it will be difficult for the army to return even if the attacking enemy is completely wiped out.

"If the Goguryeo people really came to attack Houcheng, I just need to stick to it for a whole day and night, and I will definitely be able to rush to help, so that the enemy will never come back.

"If you don't come, it won't hurt. I just wanted to stockpile supplies and livestock here."

Fang Xuanling said seriously:

"What Duke Ming said is true, but since Duke Ming asked the subordinates to stay behind, please also grant the subordinates full authority, lest the generals disobey orders and make their own decisions."

Cui Che smiled and said:

"I called you here today for this purpose."

As soon as the words fell, there was a report from his relatives, and Zhang Wu was called to come, and now he is outside the tent.

Fang Xuanling felt relieved when he heard that it was Zhang Wu.

Zhang Wu was born as a slave of Cui Che's family, he has led the army for more than [-] years, he can be regarded as a veteran general.

More importantly, he will always execute Cui Che's orders meticulously.

"General Zhang is here, sit down and talk."

Cui Che greeted.

He had already released Zhang Wu from slavery, so naturally he could no longer treat Zhang Wu as a slave.

But Zhang Wu still respectfully greeted Cui Che as master and servant, and then sat down.

Cui Che asked:

"I will use Houcheng as the rear supply place, and the head of the house, Shi, will stay behind and take full charge of the affairs of Houcheng.

"General in the army, only you are the safest in handling affairs. I want to lead the army with you and assist the head of the house, Shi Zhen, to guard the waiting city. Are you willing?"

Zhang Wu said without hesitation:
"Please rest assured, Patriarch."

With that said, Zhang Wu stood up and saluted Fang Xuanling:

"If the head of the room, Shi, has an order, even if he speaks out, Zhang will obey."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said:
"General Zhang is serious, we are all serving Minggong."

Fang Xuanling followed Cui Che for nearly 20 years, and Zhang Wu was the son of the Cui family, but in fact the friendship between the two is not deep. , and went to work in Beijiang Military Town.

When going out for the expedition, Fang Xuanling was basically managing the logistics, and there were not many opportunities to contact Zhang Wu.

Cui Che specially called Zhang Wu here today because he was worried that the two would not get along well, but now it seems that it was unnecessary.

After a short rest in Houcheng, Cui Che dispatched [-] Boling cavalrymen and [-] Youzhou cavalrymen to guard Houcheng for Fang Xuanling and Zhang Wu to protect the herdsmen.

He himself led the remaining 30 troops southward along the sinking water, with Kumoxi's troops as the vanguard, and all the troops advanced in an orderly manner.

Houcheng refused to surrender. After the city was broken, news that it was almost slaughtered has spread.

Therefore, in some small strongholds along the way, either the soldiers and civilians had long since disappeared, or they did not dare to resist and volunteered to offer the city.

Although the soldiers of the coalition army felt deeply regretful, Cui Che still held the bottom line and did not harm the Goguryeo stronghold that surrendered voluntarily.

At the time when the army was pressing down on the territory, the cloud of war enveloped Liaodong City. The strength of the Sui army had already been confirmed by the scouts, and Cui Che did not dare to report falsely.

In fact, mobilizing an army of 33, he can claim that it is an army of 80, but Cui Che is afraid that he will not scare the Goguryeo people, but will make Yang Jian restless.

In Wangdi Gao Jianwu's temporary residence, everyone is still arguing about how to defend the city.

Guannu Jiacheng, the master of the west, has experienced the last offensive and defensive battle in Liaodong, and has successful experience, so he advocated:

"East Liaodong was originally a fortified city. After the Sui people invaded, it was reinforced again. The 30 Sui army still looked at the city and sighed, let alone Cui Che led a group of mobs from the Xi clan and Khitan."

The combat effectiveness of the Yandi cavalry has been unanimously recognized in so many years of foreign wars, and no one dares to underestimate them.

But this is a tough battle after all, and the cavalry is not of much use. In the eyes of the Goguryeo people, the Kumoxi and Khitan infantry, let alone the cavalry of Yan, are far inferior to the domestic troops recruited by Yang Jian during the Liaodong campaign. Fu Bing.

Guan Nu Jiacheng continued:
"There is enough food in the city, which can last for a year. Now that the mission has gone to the Sui region, we just need to stick to the city and wait for their ruler and ministers to turn against each other. Cui Che will naturally retreat."

Guannu Jiacheng greatly appreciated Ulji Mundeok's divorce plan before, and he believed that combined with Yang Jian's past deeds of unjustly killing a general, he would be able to successfully separate the relationship between Yang Jian and Cui Che.

Ulji Moondeok himself retorted:

"What Guannu Xunsa said is indeed reasonable, but Liaodong City has a lot to do with it, so how can we place all our hopes on internal changes among the Sui people.

"I thought that cavalry should be dispatched outside to support them. Apart from looking for opportunities to fight, they can also harass the enemy's army so that Cui Che dare not attack the city with all his strength."

Both Guannu Jiacheng and the northern lord Gao Puluo knew that what Ulji Wende said was right, they had to be prepared for everything.

But because of the great reputation of Cui Che's Yandi cavalry, they really didn't dare to send troops out of the city, lest the cavalry outside the city be wiped out by the Sui army, which would affect the morale of the defenders inside the city.

Ulchi Wende saw that the two did not refute, but he refused to agree. He probably guessed that neither of them wanted to lead the troops out of the city, so he simply asked Gao Jianwu, hoping that he would command the cavalry to support him.

Gao Jianwu asked Guannu Jiacheng and Gao Puluo for their opinions, and both of them said that as long as Ulji Wende acted cautiously, they still agreed with his approach.

With the consent of the two, Gao Jianwu immediately agreed to Eulji Wendeok's request.

In Liaodong City, apart from the [-] troops brought by the adults in the north, there are also the original [-] defenders of Liaodong City.

Gao Jianwu summoned the cavalry in the city, a total of 4, and Ulchi Mundeok led them out of the city.

The remaining 14 infantry, including [-] Mohe servants, stayed in the city and stood firm.

　Wait until Changsha, the next chapter will be later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)