On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 422
In order to consume the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty to the maximum extent, Yu Zhongwen deployed heavy guards in Zhongtan City and invested a lot of manpower and material resources.

The arrows and falling rocks in the city were piled up like a mountain, and the guard Xin Mingjin also collected a lot of feces. He waited for the enemy to attack, boiled the feces, and poured golden juice on them.

It's just that it's midsummer now, and the smell of excrement permeates the whole city, which is also a torment for the defenders.

However, there was no trace of Cui Che for a long time. Only Cheng Yaojin saw that the defense of Zhongtan City was impenetrable after several tentative attacks, so he stuck to Beizhong City and waited for the arrival of the follow-up army with peace of mind.

After all, Cui Che only let him capture Beizhongcheng, and did not let Cheng Yaojin capture Zhongtan and Nancheng.

If Cui Che didn't come, Yu Zhongwen wasn't in a hurry, he had already received the news that Cui Che was going south on April 25, marching and cavalry, it was impossible for him to be as fast as Cheng Yaojin.

With a distance of 60 miles, Yu Zhongwen estimated that Cui Che would march 80-[-] miles a day, which means that it would take ten days at the fastest to arrive, and about thirteen days at the slowest.

How could it be possible to be like Cheng Yaojin, spared tens of thousands of horses, took only four days, traveled [-] miles a day, and captured Beizhong City.

Until the No. 14 day when Cui Che sent troops to the south, Yu Zhongwen still did not wait for the defenders who came to Zhongtan City to report the news of Cui Che's troops approaching the city. Well, Cui Che's main force is not going south by the river bridge.

It was only at this time that Yu Zhongwen realized that it was too late.

The governor of Zhengzhou (ruled in Sishui County, now Sishui Town, Xingyang, Henan Province) sent envoys to report that the Eastern Sui army built a pontoon bridge on the north bank of Xingyang.

However, Yu Zhongwen mobilized a large number of troops to guard the river bridge, leaving the surrounding counties empty.

The governor of Zhengzhou asked Yu Zhongwen for reinforcements, but Sishui was more than 200 miles away from Luoyang, and there was no way to stop Cui Che from going south.

It turned out that Cui Che ordered Cheng Yaojin to attack Beizhongcheng, just to create the illusion that he was going south via Heqiao, so as to draw Zhongwen's attention to Zhongtan City and Nancheng.

Including the ships on the south bank, Yu Zhongwen has gathered around the river bridge as guards.

In fact, Cui Che ordered Li Qing, the governor of Huaizhou, to secretly measure the depth of the river, prepare the materials for the pontoon bridge, and transport them to Wuzhi County.

When the army arrived in Wuzhi County, they would be able to build floating bridges to cross the Yellow River while Yu Zhongwen was unable to react in time.

As for seizing Beizhong City, there is another intention. Having Cheng Yaojin guarding it can also prevent Yu Zhongwen from getting dizzy and going north via the Heqiao to change homes with him.

Without the harassment from the navy of the Western Sui Dynasty, the pontoon bridge was erected in only one day, and at this time, Yu Zhongwen had just received a report from the governor of Zhengzhou.

In Luoyang City, Yu Zhongwen stroked his forehead with his hands and sighed endlessly. To the north of Sishui City, the pioneers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty crossed the Yellow River via a pontoon bridge and defeated the defenders on the south bank. .

The name of Sishui City may be unfamiliar. In the pre-Qin period, King Mu of Zhou used to imprison tigers here, so it was also called Hulao Pass. Sishui City is the pass city of Hulao Pass.

The role of Hulao Pass has always been to defend against the enemy in the east, not to defend Luoyang. Therefore, it is far less difficult to launch an attack from the west than to launch an offensive from the east.

Cui Che naturally chose to cross the river on the west side of Boshui City.

More than 13 infantry and cavalry were approaching Sishui City. The governor of Zhengzhou wanted to stick to it, but there were only old and weak in the city, and all the elite soldiers were transferred to the Heqiao defense line.

The soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty launched a fierce offensive. Shen Guang, a young general who had recently defected to Cui Che, climbed to the top of the city first. He climbed to the top of the fifteen-foot-tall ladder, killed the city wall, and fought hand-to-hand with the enemy, beheading more than ten people in a row.

It was just that they were outnumbered, and the enemy still knocked down the city wall. Even Cui Che, who was watching the battle from a distance, thought that Shen Guang would die if he fell from the city wall, but he actually caught the rope on the ladder when he fell.

He grabbed the rope, climbed up again, and continued to fight with the enemy.

Encouraged by his bravery, the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty climbed up the city wall through ladders one after another, defeated the defenders, and seized the western city wall in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the city was about to fall, the governor of Zhengzhou abandoned the city and left.

The governor ran away, and the defenders had no morale to fight again, and they surrendered one after another.

Cui Che was not in a hurry to enter the city, he summoned Shen Guang, and said to Shen Guang in front of all the generals:
"If you hadn't fought to the death and never retreated, how could Gu have captured Boshui City so easily."

Shen Guang, who was 15 years old at the time, was praised by Cui Che, his face was flushed, and he said excitedly:

"In the end, if you can serve the king, why should you cherish life and death?"

Cui Che was overjoyed when he heard the words, and admired Shen Guang even more.

Shen Guang came from a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River, and was a descendant of Wu Xing Shen's family.

His father, Shen Jundao, used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in the Southern Chen Dynasty. After he moved to the north, he and his brother Shen Guang copied books for others.

Growing up in such a family of literati, even if Shen Guang aspired to join the army, he was influenced by poetry and books when he was young.

According to historical records, he is the best in the world because he is young and brave, and good at playing horses.A brief summary of the secretary, with a little rhetoric. '

Now that Cui Che saw that this young man was handsome and about the same age as his own daughter, he couldn't help asking:
"Does Shen Lang have a wife in his family?"

All the generals present were shocked, Cui Che had two biological daughters before, one was married to the son of Mai Tiezhang and the other was married to the son of Liu Fang, how could this Shen Guang be able to make Cui Che think of a married daughter.

Of course, Shen Guang could understand Cui Che's meaning, he suppressed his excitement and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the last general has not yet married a wife."

Cui Che nodded and said with a smile:

"When you go back to Jinyang, remember to ask your father to come to the palace. There is a daughter under one knee, which is suitable for a young hero like Shen Lang."

Shen Guang couldn't hold back the joy in his heart anymore, he kowtowed to Cui Che to thank him.

Cui Che then promoted Shen Guang from partial general to second general, and transferred him to serve in the pre-account militant army.

This scene fell in the eyes of the generals, and everyone was excited.

As we all know, Cui Che now has two daughters who are of marriageable age.

Now that Shen Guang is fighting bravely, he is appreciated by Cui Che, and he will be able to marry one of them in the future.

But Cui Che still has a daughter, and he doesn't know who will get it.

After this incident, all the generals under Cui Che's command were greatly encouraged, especially the unmarried young general like Su Dingfang, who was eager to make great achievements in the Central Plains War and marry the daughter of King Yan.

In fact, Cui Che admired Shen Guang not because he came from a famous family and fought bravely.

It is also because this person is grateful.

Historically, Yang Guang was killed in Jiangdu. Shen Guang and Mai Mengcai felt grateful for Yang Guang's kindness and wanted to avenge Yang Guang.

It's just that in this time and space, Yang Guang showed no kindness to the two of them, and now he would become Cui Che's son-in-law instead.

(End of this chapter)