On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 394
As soon as the Sui army settled down in the camp, an envoy sent a letter from Cui Che, which turned out to be to invite Yang Su to speak before the battle tomorrow.

After watching it, Yang Su said with a smile to Liu Shilong, the supervisor of the censor:
"Cui Che's move is definitely to imitate Emperor Wu of Wei to drive Ma Chao and Han Sui apart, so as to make the supervising army suspicious of Yang."

Liu Shilong is a civil servant. Although he doesn't understand military affairs, he has read history. Of course he knows that Cao Cao called Han Sui to the front of the battle to speak, which made Ma Chao suspicious of Han Sui. Liu Shilong smiled and said:
"Cui Nidong acted like a coward, how could the lower officials fall for it? As for Cui Ni's agreement, whether to go or not, the Duke of Yue can decide for himself, and the lower officials have no objection."

In fact, Liu Shilong didn't want to make the relationship too stiff with Yang Su, and he wasn't really stunned, so how could he not break Yang Su's revenge afterwards.

Don't look at how Yang Su gave Li Baiyao a concubine and money back then, and even recommended him to be an official at the end, but in fact he didn't have much in mind.

When Yang Jian was in power, Yang Su made a mistake once, and Yang Jian sent Liu Yu, the brother of Liu Xuan, the former governor of Weizhou, to check.

At that time Yang Su had already been promoted to Zuo PU She, but Liu Yu was always upright and did not flatter the powerful, so he ordered Yang Su to stand in the hall to hear the trial, which greatly damaged Yang Su's face, so he held a grudge.

After Yang Xiu, king of Shu, was convicted, Yang Su, who was in charge of investigating the case, discovered that Liu Yu had exchanged gifts with Yang Xiu, so he took advantage of the problem and beat Liu Yu as Yang Xiu's party member and exiled him in Dunhuang.

The so-called prime minister who can pull a boat in his belly may exist, but Yang Su is by no means included.

Yang Su pondered for a moment, then said:
"Since Supervisor Liu trusts Yang to be loyal to the court, Yang will go there tomorrow, lest the soldiers think that Yang has shown cowardice in front of Cui Ni, but if the supervisor has time, he can go with Yang."

Liu Shilong hastily refused:
"Mr. Yue invited his subordinates to accompany him for nothing more than to prove his innocence. However, Mr. Yue is an extremely human minister, and his loyalty to a saint can be learned from heaven and earth, so there is no need to do anything extra."

If you think about it carefully, you will know that now that Yang Sugui is the minister, he is under one person, above ten thousand people, and is the head of all officials. If he falls for Cui Che, what else can he get? Could it be that Cui Che will still regard him as the master.

Even if Cui Che agrees to this matter, his civil servants and generals will not agree.

In the end, Yang Su decided to have a talk with Cui Che tomorrow before the battle.

In the fourth year of Renshou, on December 27th, the new year was approaching, but there was no festive atmosphere in Jinyang City, and the outside of the city was shrouded in a chill atmosphere.

In the early morning, Yang Su stayed behind with 14 infantry, and led the remaining [-] infantry out of the camp.

During this period, there was also a small episode, because Yang Su had deliberately selected 300 people to guard Xihe County, and then executed them all, so today Yang Su assigned soldiers to guard the camp, which almost caused a mutiny.

In fact, Yang Su's thoughts can be seen from the difference in the number of people left behind in the two times.

How could it be possible to defend Xihe County with only 300 people? Of course, it was used to establish prestige.

Now that there are 2 people guarding the camp, how could Yang Su kill them.

Fortunately, they were appeased in time, and there was no real trouble.

At the same time, Cui Che also left [-] infantry to guard the camp, and led [-] infantry to stand three miles away from the Yan army, forming a north-south formation.

In the middle of the two armies, there is a gazebo, which was set up temporarily last night as a place for Cui Che and Yang Su to meet.

The two each led ten knights as guards, and came outside the pavilion. Before dismounting, Cui Che said loudly:
"I never thought that Cui would meet Yang Gong one day in battle, and Yang Gong will be safe?"

Yang Su jokingly said:
"Yang didn't expect that Zicheng persuaded me to assist Jinshang back then, but now that the sage is on the throne, Zicheng has become a traitor."

Cui Che didn't take Yang Su's ridicule to heart, he sighed:

"To be honest, Cui is also involuntary, just for the sake of living."

Then he suggested to Yang Su:
"Mr. Yang, you and I will meet again after a long absence. Why don't you take a seat in the pavilion first, and then talk slowly before it's too late."

Yang Su nodded upon hearing the words:

"Alright."

The two got off their horses and stepped into the gazebo. The ten knights they each brought cheered up, lest the other party would suddenly attack.

Cui Che had already ordered someone to prepare tea. In order to reassure Yang Su, Cui Che drank a cup by himself and served Yang Suman.

While pouring tea, Cui Che suddenly asked:
"Mr. Yang, do you know that the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking, and the bird is dead and the bow is hidden?"

Yang Su shook his head and smiled:

"Cui Zicheng, Cui Zicheng, could it be that you invited me to reminisce about the old days just to talk to this old man?

"To tell you the truth, after the sage pacifies Hebei, the old man will disarm himself and stop leading the army, and concentrate on assisting the sage in governing the country."

Cui Che handed the teacup to Yang Su, and said calmly:

"Didn't Mr. Yang hear that the tree wants to be quiet, but the wind keeps blowing? If Mr. Yang can calm down Hebei, does he really think that letting go of his military power will make Yang Guang feel at ease? If it's really that simple, how could Cui take the risk of exterminating his family?" , in response to the call of Emperor Jinyang."

Yang Su took the teacup and retorted:

"You have been in the land of Qingqi for 20 years. At the beginning of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, you already had a heart of rebellion. Why did you blame the saints for self-protection and survival?"

Cui Che didn't argue with Yang Su. After all, it is impossible for Yang Su to predict Yang Guang's future actions like himself. Instead, he asked:
"I heard that there is a supervisor in Yang Gong's army, dare to ask Yang Gong, how does it feel to be controlled by others?"

Yang Su asked back:
"Did Zicheng think that saying that would disturb the old man's state of mind?"

Cui Che smiled and said:

"I'm just not worth it for Duke Yang."

After finishing speaking, he no longer tried to persuade Yang Su to support the bandits and respect himself, but started a serious relationship with him.

The two have known each other for 25 years, and Cui Che and Yang Xuangan are classmates and friends. The two families have a deep friendship.

As Yang Su said, it was Cui Che who was the bridge between Yang Guang and Yang Su.

Yang Su recalled what Cui Che said to him back then, and couldn't help but regret:
"Back then, Richeng, who was a sage, allowed me to be a minister, and the old man asked Zicheng, what role do you hold for me as a minister.

"Zicheng said with a smile that he and I, Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, will assist the county king together and create a prosperous Sui Dynasty.

"The words are still in my ears, but things are different and people are different. If Zicheng is willing to surrender, the old man will guarantee his wealth and life, and the sage will forgive Zicheng."

Cui Che failed to persuade Yang Su, but now Yang Su started to persuade himself again, Cui Che said seriously:

"Mr. Yue's guarantor, Cui certainly believes it, but I am determined to avenge the late emperor, and my determination is unshakable."

Yang Su pondered for a while, then suddenly lowered his voice and said:
"The first emperor died suddenly due to illness, not by a saint as you and Yang Liang said."

Cui Che looked directly into Yang Su's eyes, and said seriously:

"You and I are well aware of the twists and turns of the late Emperor's death, so there is no need for Duke Yang to lie to each other.

"Yang Guang murdered his father and brother, and steamed his concubine's mother. The behavior of beasts, human and gods are all angry, Cui wants to eat his flesh alive!"

(End of this chapter)