On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 433
Cheng Yaojin is now proud of his success. Cui Che decided that he won the three cities of Heyang and defeated Li Zixiong's Western Sui Left Army in the Battle of Jinyong.

Cui Che played the role of the emperor, promoted Cheng Yaojin to the title of title, canonized the Duke of Dong'e County, [-] households in the food town, rewarded [-] bolts of cloth and silk, and [-] stones of grain.

After discussing his merits, Su Dingfang had to walk around when he saw Cheng Yaojin, he really didn't want to see that black servant look proud.

Su Dingfang and Shen Guang also received heavy rewards, Su Dingfang was the Marquis of Wuyi County, and Shen Guang was the Marquis of Wuxing County.

It's just that Su Dingfang has more food towns than Shen Guang. Su Dingfang has [-] households, which is the same as the county government, and Shen Guang only enjoys [-] households.

The root cause lies in the battle for Luoyang. Su Dingfang and Shen Guang made contributions between brothers, but Su Dingfang was conferred the title of Wuyi county son when he was in Jinyang.

At that time, Shen Guang had just become an official, and he hadn't caught up with Jinyang's award. Naturally, it was impossible for Cui Che to let Shen Guang and Su Dingfang be in the same rank.

This time, Cui Che was obviously not as generous as he was in Jinyang when he was rewarded with the title this time.

Just like when Yang Jian quelled the Yuchijiong Rebellion, every military commander, regardless of the merits of the army, had a duke in his hand.

But after proclaiming the emperor and establishing the country and securing the power, the difficulty for the subordinates to fight for a king is not the same.

After the war against Chen, Yang Jian awarded a group of dukes, such as Cui Che, Gao Jiong, Yang Su, He Ruobi and others, all waited until Nanchen was destroyed before they received the title of duke.

Cui Che is in the same situation now, he has completely controlled the Eastern Sui Dynasty, and there is no need to reward him indiscriminately in order to win over the civil and military, and the normal meritorious deeds can be rewarded.

After sending the wounded soldiers back to Hedong, Cui Che took Cheng Yaojin as the general, led [-] soldiers to stay in Luoyang, and let Cheng Yaojin reorganize the Luoyang troops.

And he himself rode [-] paces to the south, heading straight to the two states of Yi and Lu.

Zhang Xiang, the governor of Yizhou, was just a civil servant. Seeing the defeat of the army in Yong Jin, the soldiers of Yizhou who fled back were frightened and did not dare to resist. The governor of Yizhou was also terrified. The county fell.

It's just that Zhang Xiang, unlike grandson Hong, didn't get real power. Cui Che claimed that he was the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

With all the real power being divided up by Cui Che's shogunate, being an official in the imperial court is actually going up and down, but at least on the surface it can pass.

After the defeat, Li Zixiong, the governor who fled back to Luzhou, also did not choose to resist.

It has been said before that Li Zixiong is from the Kanto, and now that Cui Che is about to sweep the Central Plains, Li Zixiong, as a Kanto native, has no intention of martyrdom for Yang Guang.

In the original time and space, Yang Xuangan launched a rebellion. Yang Guang suspected that Li Zixiong was involved, so he recruited him into the court, but Li Zixiong killed the envoy and defected to Yang Xuangan. In the end, Yang Guang executed this important minister who he had praised as a talented Marquis.

Naturally, Li Zixiong cannot be compared with Zhuge Wuhou, otherwise he would not be defeated by Cheng Yaojin and Pei's father and son, but he can indeed run the army and the people from the horse.

Cui Che admired Li Zixiong quite a lot. He had served as the governor of the local area many times, and he had achieved great governance in all the places he went through.

After Li Zixiong became attached to Luzhou, Cui Che treated Li Zixiong with courtesy, and he said to Li Zixiong:
"I want to keep Li Gong as governor of Luzhou, and I hope Li Gong will guard against Jingxiang's enemies for me."

Li Zixiong was very surprised, he knew Cui Che very well, this person, like Yang Guang in Daxing City, had a suspicious personality.

Ever since Cui Che raised troops in Youzhou, there has never been a governor who surrendered, and he was able to stay in the local post.

Either be reassigned to other states or counties, or be conscripted into the court and deprived of real power, such as the previous governor of Yizhou.

But Cui Che made an exception in front of himself alone.

Seeing Li Zixiong's doubts, Cui Che explained with a smile:
"Luzhou is an important place, and it cannot be guarded without a general. Mr. Li has a strategy and can caress the people. With such a talent, why does Cui need to find others?"

Li Zixiong said excitedly:

"Your Majesty doesn't regard Li as a subject, condescends to honor you, and pays his respects in order to make Li fearful, and now entrusts him with a heavy responsibility, how dare Li not do his best to serve the King to death."

Cui Che just listened to this, he was able to reuse Li Zixiong, apart from the other party's talent, Li Zixiong was also from the Kanto region, and his relatives are all in Hebei now.

Li Zixiong quickly called his son Li Min over.

Although Li Zixiong is over fifty years old, Li Min, the only son, is only seven years old.

Li Min was fifteen years old in the Sui Dynasty, and he was far from the rule that he should not take office with his father. Naturally, Li Zixiong brought him to Luzhou and stayed with him to raise him personally.

Li Zixiong offered to send Li Min to Jinyang to study. He said it was for study, but he was actually a hostage.

Cui Che also knew that Li Zixiong was old enough to have a son, he said with a smile:

"Young man from the Li family is going north, and he will be friends with my Badger in the future."

Hearing this, Li Zixiong smiled even wider.

Cui Badger is Cui Che's eldest grandson, and being able to be friends with the third generation of the Cui family, the future is naturally limitless.

Now Cui Che will become the trend of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi, which is one of the reasons why Li Zixiong is willing to contribute.

After occupying the north of the Han River, Cui Che did not continue to cross the Han River and went south to Jingxiang.

One is that there is a lack of sailors under his command. The only large-scale navy is still in Qingzhou and belongs to the Bodhisattva Slave.

In the land of Jingxiang, the water network is crisscrossed, without a strong navy, it is difficult to plan.

The second is that Cui Che received the news that Yang Su led the troops out to the east and stationed in Shanzhou.

Although this move is to prevent Cui Che from going west, it can also force him to return to Luoyang, preventing Cui Che from going south or supporting the eastern battlefield.

Yu Zhongwen, who fled to Shanzhou before, has been escorted back to Daxing.

The news of Luoyang's fall made Yang Guang furious.

Duan Wenzhen, who proposed the strategy of lurking in Mangshan and attacking Cui Che, was killed in battle, and all Yang Guang's anger fell on Yu Zhongwen alone. Yang Guang pardoned the other generals, and Yu Zhongwen was alone in prison.

Yu Zhongwen fell ill with anxiety and anger, and died in prison.

When Cui Che returned to Luoyang, the city was already under martial law.

As the saying goes, the name of a person is the shadow of a tree. Although Yang Su was defeated in Hedong for a while, the young Cheng Yaojin did not dare to take Yang Su lightly. I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Cui Che had no intention of plotting against Shanzhou.

Mainly traveling from south to north, the soldiers are all tired now and urgently need time to breathe.

Secondly, Yang Su is now sitting in Shanzhou and playing at home. If he wants to beat him, it will not be as simple as before.

At least Yang Su will no longer be troubled by logistics.

And Yang Su obeyed Yang Guang's order and also focused on defense, and the western battlefield of the Central Plains War came to an end.

(End of this chapter)