On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 434 The Battle on the Eastern Front Begins
Shanzhou, Shan County (now Shanzhou District, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province).

Yang Su led [-] Guanlong soldiers and [-] Shu soldiers who had finally regained their morale and stationed here.

The news of Luoyang's fall caused an uproar in Kansai. Yang Su wanted to lead the troops eastward to regain the lost ground, and once again had a showdown with Cui Che.

It's just that this idea was not adopted by Yang Guang.

After the defeat in Hedong, and now Yu Zhongwen was defeated in Luoyang, Yang Guang urgently needed a victory to stabilize people's hearts.

Rather than attacking Luoyang directly, Yang Guang followed Su Wei's advice and was more inclined to dispatch Yu Wenshu and Lai Hu'er to go north to attack Cui Qiji's territory.

Cui Qiji was young and had never had the experience of being alone. Before that, Cui Che let him sit in Liaodong and Qingzhou and other places, all of which disabled the surrounding hostile forces, making it difficult for the opponents to launch an offensive in a short time.

In Yang Guang's view, his young and immature nephew and son-in-law could not resist Yu Wenshu and Lai Huer no matter what.

Once Cui Chedong comes to the rescue, Yang Su can take the opportunity to recover Luoyang. If Cui Che just sits idly by, he can also recover Qingqi and other places, boosting the hearts of the people in Kansai.

Yang Su was both indignant and helpless about this. It is true that he wanted to send troops directly to Luoyang, although he had the idea of ​​shame, but he also knew that Cui Che would not give up Luoyang no matter what.

Previously, when Cui Che captured Luoyang, he faced two choices. One was to advance westward and occupy Shanzhou.

The second is to turn south and capture Yizhou and Luzhou.

Two different choices also represent two tendencies.

Choosing to occupy Shanzhou is undoubtedly threatening Tongguan and waiting for an opportunity to send troops into the pass.

The capture of Yizhou and Luzhou is to cut off the connection between Kansai and Kanto.

The four fortresses in Guanzhong are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the way out is also easily blocked.

Generally speaking, there are three main routes from the Kansai region to the east.

One is via Shayuan, via Puban to Hedong.

But Hedong has already been occupied by Cui Che, and with his general Qin Qiong guarding Puban, this path is no longer feasible.

The second is to go east through Tongguan, pass through Shanzhou, and arrive at Luoyang.

It's just that with Yu Zhongwen's defeat, Luoyang has also surrendered to Cui Che.

The third one is related to Yizhou and Luzhou. It is to take the ancient business road, go east through Wuguan, and arrive at Luzhou.

Now Cui Che has blocked these three passages. From then on, if grain from Lianghuai and Jiangnan wants to be transported to Kansai, it has to go through Hanzhong and make a big detour.

As we all know, the lengthened route for transporting grain also means a surge in costs.

More importantly, Cui Che cut off the direct connection between Guanxi and Lianghuai, Jiangnan and other places. After a long time, it will inevitably weaken the Western Sui Dynasty's control over Lianghuai and Jiangnan.

When the Western Sui court wanted to send envoys to convey edicts to these areas, there were only two options left.

Either try to be quick and take the risk of going to the enemy-occupied area; or seek stability and take a detour from Hanzhong.

Yuan Shanda, the Minister of the Western Sui Dynasty, was ordered to go east and urged Lai Huer to go north to attack Cui Qiji. He risked his life and went to the enemy-occupied area.

After all, he wanted Lai Hu'er to dispatch troops quickly, and time was running out, how could Yuan Shanda be allowed to take a safer route.

Fortunately, due to luck, Yuan Shanda had no surprises along the way, and finally rushed to Pengcheng, Xuzhou.

Yuan Shanda found Lai Hu'er and read the imperial edict for him. Since Yang Guang, Hu'er has been the general manager of the Huaibei Road Marching, leading the soldiers from the prefectures in Huaibei, and going north to attack Cui Qiji.

Lai Nuer took the decree to thank you, and said to Yuan Shanda:
"I also ask the envoy to report back to the sage that Laimou will go north immediately to attract Cui Nidong to come out, so that Duke Yue can take the opportunity to recover Luoyang."

Lai Huer has been preparing for war since she lost Caozhou and came to Huaibei.

During the battle between Cui Che and Yu Zhongwen, the reason why he didn't send troops for a long time was that Lai Huer's prestige among Huaibei soldiers was not established. Fortunately, after a period of hard work, this problem has been resolved.

Yuan Shanda didn't stay in Pengcheng for a long time. After the edict was announced, he immediately set off to go back to Kansai to return to his command, but this time, he refused to take the risk of leaving the Eastern Sui occupied area no matter what.

After sending Yuan Shanda away, Lai Huer immediately conscripted [-] soldiers from Huaibei to go north to Yizhou.

Cui Qiji is currently in Caozhou, when he heard the news, he immediately summoned Chief Minister Du Ruhui and Sima Li Mi to discuss countermeasures with them.

Li Mi listened, and said first:
"The officials implore the son to lead the troops to the south to guard Yizhou."

Cui Qiji also had this intention. He selected [-] elite soldiers from among the [-] cavalry in Qingzhou.

Now it's time to flex your muscles when you come to protect your children and commit crimes.

Cui Qiji asked Du Ruhui again:
"What does Mr. Du think?"

Du Ruhui pondered for a while and said:

"Lai Hu'er is brave and has no plans. Since he is ashamed of the defeat in Hebei, he must be eager to win. If you are anxious, there will be chaos. The officials echoed what Li Sima said."

Seeing that Du Ruhui agreed, Cui Qiji was overjoyed. He immediately sent Li Mi to recruit soldiers, and then said to Du Ruhui:

"Grandpa once said that Mr. Wang has the talent of Wang Zuo, and he told Cui to treat each other with courtesy.

"Now that Mr. Cui is going south, it is not Mr. Mr. who can take on this important task. Please don't shirk it."

Although Du Ruhui is only 21 years old now, he was born a year later than Cui Qiji.

But since Du Ruhui came to serve in Cui Qiji's shogunate, he quickly showed his talents and won Cui Qiji's sincere respect.

Of course Du Ruhui knew how much the Cui family and his son valued him.

Especially Cui Che, otherwise he wouldn't have spent so much effort to rescue his family members from Kansai.

Cui Che relieved him from worries before, now it's time for Du Ruhui to relieve Cui Qiji from worries, he immediately responded:

"Please don't worry, my son, the officials will protect the rear."

After Cui Qiji handed over all the government affairs of Daxingtai, Henan Province to Du Ruhui, he and Li Mi led [-] elite soldiers to the south to Yizhou, accompanied by generals Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang and others.

As for Yu Wenshu in the southwest, Cui Qiji didn't care, Zhengzhou and Li Jing led [-] soldiers to sit in the town.

Cui Qiji couldn't trust Li Jing's ability.

With Li Jing in Zhengzhou to hold him back, even if Yu Wenshu wanted to come, he couldn't afford to make waves.

It was the first time that he led the army alone in battle, Cui Qiji didn't feel nervous at all. On the way south, he chatted and laughed freely with Li Mi, Shan Xiongxin, Wang Bodang and other generals.

As Du Ruhui said, Lai Huer is more than brave, but not enough strategy.

He was just a fledgling, his reputation was not obvious, and he fell into the eyes of the other party, but he only relied on his father to have his current status.

It is a big taboo to underestimate the enemy, and Lai Huer is eager to win in order to wash away the shame, so many flaws will inevitably be exposed.

Cui Qiji understood that as long as he responded calmly, he might have a chance of winning.

At the same time, Cui Che, who was in Luoyang, also learned the news that Lai Huer was going north.

In Cui Che's view, with the assistance of Du Ruhui and Li Mi, Cui Qiji is enough to take care of the child.

　I went to the hospital in the morning, so the update is late, I have to go again in the afternoon, the next chapter is about five o'clock

　　
　
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