On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 426 Veteran Ye Deng
Mang Mountain is located in the north of Luoyang, so it is also called Beimang. It belongs to the branch of Xiaoshan Mountain. It stretches for more than 380 miles from east to west, but its altitude is only about 300 meters.

Cui Che went south via Heqiao, and immediately led [-] cavalry to occupy Mang Mountain as a formation, seized the commanding heights, and confronted the Western Sui army south of Mang Mountain.

Since Cui Che occupied the three cities of Heyang, the food in the east of the river could be transported unimpeded through the river bridge, and the Eastern Sui army actually did not have the so-called logistical pressure.

Cheng Yaojin captured the three cities of Heyang one after another and made great achievements, but he was still not satisfied. During the military meeting, he asked:

"In the Battle of Hedong, the last general tried his best to kill Yang Ensi for the king's battle. Today, the two armies are at a stalemate. I am willing to fight for the king and show our army's prestige."

Cui Che shook his head and said:
"General Cheng's courage is commendable, but after Yang Ensi, the enemy army is afraid of General Cheng's name, and I'm afraid they won't fight."

Although the request was rejected by Cui Che, Cheng Yaojin was not annoyed at all, he scratched his head and backed away with a smile.

He looked at Su Dingfang provocatively, as if to say: See, now I, Cheng Yaojin, can make the enemy fearful just by my name.

Su Dingfang naturally refused to accept it, and also asked Cui Che to send out a battalion general.

This time, Cui Che agreed. He looked at Shen Guang and said:
"General Shen, today you will fight for General Su, and you will help General Su."

Shen Guang immediately stepped out and replied loudly:
"The last will obey."

It's just that Su Dingfang was fourteen years old and Shen Guang was fifteen years old. They sent these two underage generals down the mountain to challenge and fight against others. The generals in the tent felt that it was not safe.

Once the general is defeated, it will definitely deal a major blow to the morale of the army, so everyone speaks out to dissuade Cui Che.

Last year, Cheng Yaojin was able to go out to fight Yang Ensi at a young age, because he was captured by Cui Che's subordinate, Qin Qiong, who is the number one in martial arts. You don't have to worry about winning or losing.

Now it's two brats working together, it's no wonder that these generals are worried.

Cui Che comforted everyone with a smile:
"Don't worry, everyone, in fact, no matter which general Gu sends down the mountain to challenge, Yu Zhongwen will not dare to fight.

"The reason for choosing Generals Su and Shen is that they are young.

"The enemy army will be disappointed when they see two young generals showing off their power outside the camp, but the main general dare not send a general out of the camp to fight."

The general asked Cui Che why Yu Zhongwen didn't dare to fight, Cui Che glanced at Cheng Yaojin, but smiled and said nothing.

Just to be on the safe side, after everyone's persuasion, Cui Che still sent the Hedong general Wang Ba to follow Su Dingfang and Shen Guang down the mountain.

Cui Che allocated [-] cavalry soldiers from the Preliminary Army for the three of them. When the [-] cavalry rushed down Mang Mountain, it also caused a commotion in the Western Sui camp. close.

Su Dingfang led more than a dozen cavalry to the limit distance of the bow and arrow, reined in their horses and stopped, and ordered the cavalry to shout in unison, inviting the Western Sui army to come out of the camp to fight for generals.

When Yu Zhongwen heard about this, he did as Cui Che expected and ignored it.

Yang Ensi was killed by Cheng Yaojin's formation, and the generals of the Western Sui Dynasty also agreed that it was not that he was inferior in skills, but that the cavalry he brought out were really inferior to Cheng Yaojin's elite.

When fighting generals, it is also common for both sides to come forward to help in the battle.

Once the cavalry of our side is killed and retreated, the general will fall into siege, and the cavalry of the Eastern Sui Dynasty followed Cui Che to fight in the north of the Great Wall all the year round. They are the elite of the elite. The cavalry is not an opponent at all.

As the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat with four hands, if you can't kill the enemy in time, you will definitely lose.

And Su Dingfang can be entrusted with important tasks by Cui Che, even if he is young, he should not be underestimated. Last year, Cheng Yaojin was only 16 years old.

Since he knew that the battle would be defeated, how could Yu Zhongwen accept this invitation.

At this time, ignoring it is just a small setback to morale. Just a big reward before the battle can re-motivate the soldiers.

But to fight rashly and be beheaded by the general is a major blow.

Su Dingfang led more than ten cavalry outside the camp and almost shouted hoarse, the enemy generals never showed up.

On the contrary, the sentry cavalry came to report that a large number of cavalry soldiers from the Western Sui Dynasty came out of the camp from the rear and were outflanking this place.

Su Dingfang had no choice but to join Shen Guang, Wang Ba and others to return in a huff.

Seeing that Yu Zhongwen was as expected by Cui Che, he refused to fight, the newly joined Hedong generals were all surprised, as for Cui Che's old troops, they were not surprised.

For Cui Che, this fruitless battle was secondary to damaging the enemy's morale, and it was an unexpected gain to convince General Hedong.

In the camp of the Western Sui Dynasty, among the commanding tents, Yu Zhongwen was also calling the generals to discuss strategies against the enemy. Duan Wenzhen suggested:
"The general thought that Mang Mountain was nearly [-] miles from east to west, and the bandit army could not take it all. The general wished to lead the left army to go to other places on Mang Mountain at night and hide among the mountains.

"At the time of the decisive battle between the two armies, the last general can break out from the flanks and attack the bandit army.

"You can also take advantage of the emptiness of the camp to attack the camp and set fire to the supplies of the bandit army. When the bandit army sees the fire behind them, they will inevitably lose their positions. Our army will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them, and we will win a big victory!"

The army of the Western Sui Dynasty was divided into three armies. The left army consisted of Iraqi and Lu soldiers led by Duan Wenzhen, the right army consisted of Shanzhou soldiers led by Yang Yichen, and the central army consisted of Luozhou soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers who went north to support them.

Duan Wenzhen's suggestion was approved by the generals, and Yu Zhongwen immediately ordered him to prepare to retreat eastward quietly at night, bypassing the sentry cavalry of the Eastern Sui Army, and then find an opportunity to climb Mang Mountain.

In order to cover Duan Wenzhen's actions, Yu Zhongwen dispatched a large number of sentry cavalry to prevent the Eastern Sui scouts from approaching, so as to see Duan Wenzhen's whereabouts.

And Yu Zhongwen's abnormal behavior also aroused Cui Che's vigilance. At first, he thought it was Yu Zhongwen who was going to attack Mang Mountain at night.

Because not long after, most of the Western Sui sentry cavalry returned to camp, and the southern foot of Mang Mountain returned to the tranquility of the night.

Cui Che was also more determined that Zhongwen was going to attack his camp, and the abnormal behavior of the sentry cavalry of the Western Sui Dynasty was clearly a cover for a secret operation.

But he stayed up all night, and until the next morning, he still didn't see Zhong Wen's attack, and he couldn't help but feel very disappointed. Cui Che felt that maybe he was too careless.

However, when Cui Che was sleeping to catch up on sleep, Xi Sui sent envoys to visit the camp, Cui Che ordered people to bring the envoys into the tent, and it turned out that Yu Zhongwen made an appointment with him for a decisive battle tomorrow.

This made Cui Che very surprised. After all, Xi Sui was the defender and he was the attacker. Now that Yu Zhongwen took the initiative to make an appointment with him, could it be because of Yang Guang's urging.

It's just that this idea was immediately denied by Cui Che. Yang Guang was defeated after passing through Hedong, so he must not dare to continue to force the army to fight quickly, lest he show his flaws under impatience.

Cui Che didn't directly agree to Yu Zhongwenming's request for an appointment to fight, but just said that he still needs to think about it, and he will give him an answer tonight.

(End of this chapter)