On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 424
The Qingzhou soldiers under Cui Qiji's command were undoubtedly also involved in this Central Plains war.

Of course, this is also what Cui Che expected. He sent Li Jing to the west to open up the connection with Qingzhou, in order to force Yu Zhongwen not to dare to send the troops of Song, Cai, Xu, and Chen to the Luoyang battlefield, but to be restrained by Cui Qiji locally.

Influenced by his father Cui Che, Cui Qiji also deeply agrees with the truth that soldiers are better than many. After obtaining Cui Che's permission, Cui Qiji selected [-] elite soldiers from among the [-] cavalry under his command and the surrendered rebel army. He was stationed in Caozhou, and the remaining troops were divided into various places.

The administrative office of the Henan Province General Administration Mansion was temporarily set up in Caozhou.

After all, Yidu County in Qingzhou is too far to the east, and Cui Qiji has to take Bianzhou, Yanzhou and other places into consideration. Comparatively speaking, Caozhou, which is located in the middle of the jurisdiction, is undoubtedly a more suitable place.

Cui Qiji had [-] elite cavalry under his command. Li Mi, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang, and Sun Anzu each led [-] infantry. As for the remaining [-] elite cavalry, they belonged directly to Cui Qiji.

The Central Plains War is now also divided into two battlefields. One is the western battlefield where Cui Che confronts Yu Zhongwen, Yang Yichen, Duan Wenzhen and others in Luozhou and Zhengzhou.

The other place is the eastern battlefield where Cui Qiji was in a stalemate with Yu Wenshu, Lai Huer and others.

Since Cui Che dispatched a large number of soldiers from the south of the Hedong area to take over the defense of Zheng, Bian, and Yanzhou, Yu Zhongwen also planned to cross the river bridge and attack Hedong.

But because Cheng Yaojin led [-] elite soldiers to defend Beizhong City, and Cui Che was eyeing Zhengzhou, Yu Zhongwen didn't dare to go all out. After the tentative attack failed, he immediately gave up this idea.

At the same time, Yu Zhongwen also relaxed his emphasis on Heqiao.

Cui Che had already crossed the river and came to Henan. He was aggressively attacking cities and lands in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the river was empty, so he sent heavy troops to guard the river bridge. It was really unnecessary.

However, when Yu Zhongwen devoted a large number of troops to the defense of the east, Cui Che left Li Jing to lead a partial division to guard Zhengzhou, while he crossed the river by floating bridge at night and returned to the north of the Yellow River.

The army marched day and night, because it was in its own ruled area, and with the cooperation of the governors of the states and counties along the way, it could also avoid people's eyes and ears.

In Hulao Pass, Li Jing set up a banner to create the illusion that Cui Che's main force was still in Henan, so as to deceive Zhongwen.

When Cui Che's army came to Beizhong City in the dark, the guard Cheng Yaojin approached with a smile, and after saluting, he said with a shy smile:

"I heard that Your Majesty made a matchmaker for Shen Guang outside Hulao Pass. To tell you the truth, the final general has not yet married. My father often urges him for this."

Said, sighed:

"Oh! It's really hard to find a lady."

Cui Che didn't know what this black servant was planning, but before Cui Che could speak, Su Dingfang behind him was not happy.

The two enemies started bickering again, and Cui Che shook his head helplessly. The two of them got together and would quarrel every few days.

Leaving the two of them behind, Cui Che entered the city first, Cheng Yaojin and Su Dingfang saw this, quickly put down their quarrel and followed.

Walking in Beizhong City under the moonlight, Cui Che asked Cheng Yaojin:

"How are the guards in the second city to the south?"

Cheng Yaojin was never ambiguous in major matters, he replied:

"Since Your Majesty occupied Zhengzhou, the defenders of Zhongtan and Nancheng have now been mobilized to the east to occupy dangerous positions."

Immediately Cheng Yaojin took out the binoculars at his waist and said with a smile:

"The object sent by the king is really useful. Even if you are separated by the Yellow River, you can see the other side clearly."

Since Mai Tiezhang was outside Jinyang City, he used binoculars to observe the weaknesses of Yang Su's armies, Cui Che found craftsmen and taught them to build a lot of binoculars, which were distributed to the generals of each army.

Naturally, Cheng Yaojin also got one. These days, he has been watching the troop mobilization on the south bank with a telescope every day.

Su Dingfang on the side suddenly interjected:

"Your Majesty, will Yu Zhongwen dispatch the defenders out of the city during the day and order the troops back quietly at night?"

Cui Che didn't answer immediately, he thought for a while and said:

"probably not."

Mai Zhongcai, who has always been taciturn, said doubtfully:
"My lord, why didn't Yu Zhongwen burn down the river bridge?"

He really didn't understand why Yu Zhongwen had prepared a large number of boats full of dry firewood and tung oil upstream of the river bridge according to the report from the South Bank, why he had removed those boats now.

Cui Che patiently explained to him:
"It is of great use for Yu Zhongwen to keep the river bridge. Once he is defeated in Henan alone, he can attack Beizhong City with all his strength, go northward through the river bridge, and take the opportunity to invade Hedong."

Mai Zhongcai was stunned, and couldn't help laughing:

"Your Majesty is face to face, yet Yu Zhongwen dares to make such delusions."

The generals also laughed.

Many people followed Cui Che in the South and North Wars, and had already established blind worship for him. Now that Yu Zhongwen left Heqiao in the hope of counterattacking Hedong in the future, they all feel that this is really absurd.

While chatting and laughing, Cui Che and the generals had already arrived at the south tower of Beizhong City, Zhongtan City located on the sandbar in the center of the river, and Nancheng on the south bank, which came into view under the moonlight.

Cui Che turned around and looked around at the generals, and asked:
"Who can take these two cities for me."

All the generals called for battle one after another. As Yu Zhongwen deployed heavy troops at the state border between Luozhou and Zhengzhou, there were not many defenders left in Zhongtan City and Nancheng today.

The difficulty of taking it is not the same as before.

When the generals were vying to be the first, Cheng Yaojin said:

"My lord, the general has been observing these two cities for the past few days. When it comes to understanding them, none of my colleagues in the army can compare with the general. Please allow the general to fight."

Hearing this, Cui Che deeply felt that Cheng Yaojin's words were justified, and immediately ordered him to lead five thousand soldiers to attack Zhongtan City.

Zhongtan City was not prepared, and even the main general of the city had changed. It was no longer Yu Zhongwen's trusted general Xin Mingjin, but just an ordinary general.

Xin Mingjin has been transferred to the eastern border of Luozhou to guard against the so-called main forces of the Eastern Sui Dynasty in Zhengzhou.

The guard of Zhongtan City did not understand until his death what Cheng Yaojin was attacking Zhongtan City at night for.

Cui Che had clearly crossed the Yellow River, and the river bridge was worthless.

No one would have thought that Cui Che would return to the carbine again under such circumstances.

It's not that Cui Che made unnecessary actions, but that Luoyang is located in a basin, surrounded on three sides by mountains such as Xiaoshan, Xiong'er Mountain, and Songshan Mountain. The mountains are towering and difficult to climb.

Only in the north, although there is a mountain range of Mangshan, it is not high, only more than [-] meters.

No matter which direction from Henan, if you want to enter the Luoyang Basin, you have to spend a lot of effort.

Only in the face of the enemies in Hedong, Luoyang has always opened its arms.

Cui Che's goal was to occupy the three cities of Heqiao, and while guaranteeing the freedom of advance and retreat, he would approach the city of Luoyang instead of fighting fiercely with the Western Sui Dynasty in the Songshan Mountains.

　Chapter 4 is here, it may be gone in the early morning, the back of the hand is really painful, I will put Chapter 5 tomorrow, I wish everyone a good health during the Dragon Boat Festival

　　
　
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