On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 475 Returning to Monan
The army left Daizhou and arrived at Baidao.

At that time, Cui Che followed Li Chong to attack the camp of Ashina Shetu, the Great Khan of the Turkic Khanate at night. During the chaos, he shot Shetu's right buttock, and the Khan was so shocked that he abandoned the army and fled at night.

When Cui Che returned to court to discuss his achievements, he married Yang Lihua, thus embarking on his road to rise.

Revisiting the old place this time, a series of experiences when I was young came to my mind, and I had mixed feelings for a while.

At dusk, the army camped at the foot of Daqing Mountain, and the herdsmen accompanying the army were also hurrying to herd cattle and sheep.

During his tenure as the governor of Youzhou, every time Cui Che went out of the fortress, he always recruited the herdsmen of the Xi clan attached to the army.

Now that the military center has moved to Jinyang, it is naturally impossible to recruit Xi people to follow, and it will be replaced by the famous Bingzhou Hu.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power minister Cao Cao controlled the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu in the imperial court, divided the Southern Xiongnu into five tribes, and dispersed them around Jinyang.

More than [-] tents on the left lived in Zishi (now Fenyang, Shanxi), more than [-] tents on the right lived in Qi County (now Qi County, Shanxi), more than [-] tents lived in Puzi (now Xi County, Shanxi) in the south, more than [-] tents lived in Xinxing (now Xinzhou, Shanxi) in the north, and more than [-] tents lived in Daling (now Wenshui, Shanxi).

In the Western Jin Dynasty, these Southern Huns who were placed in Bingzhou were called Bingzhou Hu.

At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Bingzhou Hu no longer specialized in guiding the Xiongnu, but took the six towns of Xianbei who were moved to Bingzhou and Sizhou by the powerful minister Gao Huan as the main body.

At the same time, Gao Huan, Yu Wentai, He Bayue, Hou Jing and other heroes and traitors emerged in the six towns of Xianbei. After completing Sinicization, they completely withdrew from the stage of history and integrated into the Han people in Bingzhou and other places.

Today, Bingzhou Hu is mainly composed of Jihu people from other species of Xiongnu, as well as Yinan Khitan Zhi and Pishi Army soldiers and their families who were migrated here by Cui Che.

And this time, the herdsmen who went north with the army to drive the livestock were the Jihu people who responded to Cui Che's call.

When they cross Daqing Mountain tomorrow, they will leave the sphere of influence of the Eastern Sui Dynasty and enter the vast land of Monan.

Cui Che couldn't worry about military supplies, so he specially went to the supply camp to inspect the army's logistics, accompanied by Shi Weizheng, the governor of Xiangguo.

For this battle, 5000 cavalry were mobilized and more than [-] arrows were prepared.

It seems that the number is huge, but considering that the Zhangqian Xiaojie Army, Yinan Khitan Zhi and Boling cavalry all have the ability to ride and shoot, on average, each person can only get less than 25 arrows.

There are also [-] long and short melee weapons, and each person can have four weapons as replacements.

Such reserves are naturally not enough to fight a big battle.

Xue Guyan, a general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, served as Gao Huan's queen, and he fought and left, cutting off fifteen knives in one day.

However, Cui Che only went to harass the Qimin tribe, but he was able to support it.

It's not that Cui Che doesn't want to bring more, because if he brings more military resources, he needs to recruit more civilians and horsemen to transport them.

However, there are more folk husbands and slaves, and people eat horses, and the expenses of this battle will also increase accordingly.

In war, one always has to settle economic accounts. Cui Che sent troops to the north this time, hoping to plunder the people and animals of the Qimin tribe to make up for his losses.

After checking the amount of logistics supplies, Cui Che rested in peace.

In the early morning of the next day, the army pulled out their camp and crossed Daqing Mountain, Cui Che once again stepped into the Monan Grassland.

After stepping out of his sphere of influence, Cui Che no longer rode in a car. The airtight compartment could not allow him to judge the surrounding situation immediately. Instead, he rode a horse instead, leaving Yang Awu alone in the compartment.

After walking for three days in a row on the Monan Grassland, there was no human habitation.

Ever since Cui Che raised his troops and occupied Hedong, he and Qimin Khan both chose to shrink their power and set aside a buffer zone.

Both are busy with the civil war, to avoid complications.

Of course, this kind of peace is temporary, and whoever stabilizes his position first will be the nightmare of the other family.

Now that Cui Che took the lead in occupying the Kanto, forcing Yang Guang to move his capital, temporarily unable to look north, there is a scene where Cui Che broke the tacit agreement in the past and sent troops to Monan.

The army headed north towards Qikou (now Erlianhot, Inner Mongolia), where Qimin's tribe was located.

Moraine is the sand and rocks in shallow water, which is extended to desert. As the name suggests, Qikou is the key point of transportation from the Monan grassland to the desert. Cui Che's Northern Expeditionary Army still has a long way to go.

With such an evil neighbor as Cui Che, Qimin Khan would naturally not relax his vigilance. Even in the most difficult time of the battle with Dulan Khan, he still left enough troops to guard the Qikou.

In the territory of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, elaborative activities under the cover of commerce and trade were also indispensable.

When Cui Che recruited troops back then, the purpose of the Qimin tribe's espionage was unknown.

At that time there were a lot of rumors in Jinyang City, one day it was said that Cui Che was going to take Guanlong, the next day it was said that he was going to take Handong.

At first, Qimin Tribe's meticulous work was not taken seriously. No one thought that he would give up advancing to Guanlong and intervene in the situation in Monan during the gap between Yang Guangnan's relocation.

It wasn't until Cui Che sent his troops northward that the secret agents reported to Qimin Khan.

When Qimin Khan, who had already entered the Mobei grassland and was about to wipe out the Dulan tribe in one fell swoop, got the news that Cui Che was approaching Qikou.

Even if Cui Che's army set off first, their speed couldn't compare to the courier's starry night.

Qimin Khan's son Tuoji stayed behind at Qikou, and when Xizuo delivered the news to Mobei, he naturally dropped by to inform him.

When Duoji was on guard, Cui Che naturally lost the opportunity to catch him by surprise.

Before Cui Che arrived at Qikou, Tuo Ji had been transferring people and animals to Mobei.

Although his father Qimin Khan left [-] Tiele soldiers to guard Qikou, there is no city wall at Qikou.

Facing Cui Che, who is approaching aggressively and aggressively from the three world-renowned strong soldiers, the Qianxiaojie Army, the Yinan Qidanzhi, and the Boling Cavalrymen, Tuoji really has no confidence in being able to defend the tribe, so he can only minimize the loss of humans and animals.

After Qimin Khan was attacked by Dulan Khan that year, the tribes collapsed. It was not until the third year of Renshou (603 A.D.) that more than a dozen Tiele tribes betrayed the Western Turkic Datou Khan and belonged to the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, most of Qimin Khan's army is composed of Tiele people.

When Cui Che rushed to Qikou, he saw only the abandoned tents, the ground was messy and empty.

"Oh! It's a fast slip!"

Cui Che sneered.

It's just that such a large-scale migration, trampled by people and animals, and the wheels passing by, left traces on the grassland that cannot be erased, which pointed out the direction for Cui Che to pursue.

He couldn't believe it, Duo Ji led a group of women and children, and escaped from his pursuit.

"Su Dingfang and Yuchi's respect for virtue!"

Cui Che shouted loudly.

The two came out in response:

"The end is here!"

Cui Che ordered:
"Order the two of you to lead five thousand cavalrymen to chase northward, with Su Dingfang as the main force and Yuchi Jingde as the deputy. You are not allowed to fight with the enemy, just delay their marching speed, and wait for the army to follow!"

"The last general takes orders!"

(End of this chapter)