On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 527 Reunion with Li Yuan

Before Cui Che left, he also made a lot of arrangements, such as planting more flags on the Jiuyi Highland, so as to confuse the Daxing defenders.

They even specially transferred some cavalry from Weibei, tied their horses' tails to branches, and let them raise dust behind the camp.

Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu misunderstood that the three elite cavalry of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were still distributed in the three camps, creating the illusion that Cui Che was still in Longshouyuan.

Cui Che spent a lot of trouble, not because he was worried that Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu would take the opportunity to send troops to attack the three camps.

On the contrary, Cui Che has full confidence in the more than [-] soldiers and infantry left around Daxing.

He believes that as long as Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu leave the city, no matter which side is attacking, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Dou Jiande can give the opponent a head-on blow.

Cui Che's move was mainly to prevent the leakage of news and make the Tuyuhun people take precautions.

He even deliberately detoured from Weibei instead of marching directly from Weinan.

Weibei is within the scope of its own control, and can effectively avoid leaks.

However, Weinan belongs to the control area of ​​the Western Sui Dynasty, with 15 fine riders and [-] military horses, it is a fantasy to travel more than [-] miles silently.

Cui Che's painstaking efforts were not in vain, and Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu were indeed kept in the dark, mistakenly thinking that Cui Che would wait until he captured Daxing and pacified Guanzhong before sending troops to Longyou to fight Tuyuhun.

On June 608th of the third year of Zhenyuan (AD [-]), Cui Che led an army to secretly arrive in Yong County, Qizhou, but did not enter the city. In order to avoid leaking the news, he met his father-in-law, Li Yuan, the governor of Qizhou, outside the city. .

Li Yuan is the cousin of Cui Che's wife, Yang Lihua, and the two are friends. Cui Che was once invited by Li Yuan to Tang Guofu as a guest.

Cui Che remembered that the last time he had a banquet with Li Yuan at Duke Tang's mansion, Li Xiuning didn't seem to be there yet.

It's just that I haven't seen each other for many years, and things are different.

The former cousin-in-law is now the son-in-law.

As a junior, Cui Che saluted first:
"My son-in-law pays his respects to Yue Weng."

Li Yuan also had mixed feelings in his mind, but on the surface he had to pretend to be flattered, and quickly helped Cui Che up:

"Your Majesty, don't want to frustrate the old man, please get up quickly, please get up quickly."

Seeing that their husband and son-in-law were harmonious, Li Xiuning on the side also greeted his father with a smile on his face.

Li Yuan did not mention why his wife Dou did not go out of the city to meet her daughter and son-in-law.

Cui Che and Li Xiuning didn't ask any questions.

Besides defending against someone Cui, what else could be the reason.

Cui Che had never been to Longyou, and Li Yuanjiu lived in Qizhou, Qizhou was located at the traffic hub between Longyou and Guanzhong, so he was naturally familiar with the local passages.

This time Cui Che called Li Yuan out of the city to meet each other, not just to reminisce about the old days, but also to listen to the opinions of the old man and formulate the marching route.

Yong County was renamed Fengxiang in the Tang Dynasty. It belongs to the jurisdiction of Baoji City, Shaanxi Province in later generations. It is along the Weishui River with Tianshui, and Tianshui is upstream.

Where there are mountains, there are passes, and when there are passes, there are roads.

There are generally two main traffic routes connecting Guanzhong and Longyou.

One is the Longyou North Road going north along Liupan Mountain, going west through the Jingshui River Valley and crossing Longshan Mountain.

The second is the Longyou South Road along the Weihe River and across the Longshan Mountains.

Since the Longyou North Road is equivalent to a big circle, it is naturally not in Cui Che's consideration.

There are five roads for Cui Che to choose from on the Longyou South Road, namely Longshan North Road, Longguan Old Road, Longguan New Road, Xianyiguan Road, and Chencang Narrow Road with the shortest straight line distance.

"Three Kingdoms · Wei Shu · Zhu Xia Hou Cao Biography" records that Cao Wei's famous general Zhang Yun led five thousand cavalry as the vanguard, Xia Houyuan was behind the food supervisor, and marched westward through the Chencang narrow road to fight Ma Chao in Weishui.

Chencang Narrow Road basically runs westward along the Weihe River Valley. The Weishui River Valley is curved and narrow, the water flow is turbulent, and there are cliffs on both sides. The road is dangerous and obstructed.

Therefore, this seemingly shortest, but in fact the most difficult path was abandoned by Cui Che.

He has 15 elite cavalry and [-] army horses, and it is impossible for him to cross the narrow road of Chencang.

After discussing with Li Yuan, Cui Che finally decided to go the old way of Longguan.

The Longguan Old Road traveled northwestward from Yongxian County to Siyuan County (now Longxian County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province), and then went westward from Siyuan County, passing Guguan, Anrongguan, Dazhenguan and other passes, and crossed Longshan to arrive at Longyou.

Qianyuan County used to belong to Longzhou and was governed by Longzhou Prefecture.

In the third year of Daye, that is, last year, Yang Guang abolished the state and established a county, Longzhou was abolished, and Qianyuan County was also merged into Fufeng County.

After Li Yuan surrendered from the county, Cui Che took Fufeng County as Qizhou, and Siyuan County naturally belonged to Qizhou.

Now that he decided to take the old Longguan Road, Cui Che did not hide it. He sincerely begged Li Yuan:

"Your son-in-law's intentions, Yue Weng must have already guessed, Tuyuhun used Cui's name to recruit unrighteous teachers, and committed mass murder in Longyou.

"As a descendant of the Han family, Cui couldn't bear the bullying of his own family by other people, and in order to prove his innocence, he sent troops to rescue the soldiers and civilians of Longyou.

"Yue Weng has lived in Kansai for a long time and has gathered a lot of people. If he wants to save Longyou, Yue Weng must come forward and persuade me to surrender to the pass along the way. I hope that Yue Weng will work hard and walk with his son-in-law. Luckily for Cui and the soldiers and people of Longyou .”

The so-called obedience to others, involuntary, Li Yuan now submits to Cui Che, even if he is his nominal elder, but he can't refuse Cui Che's request, he can only bite the bullet and agree reluctantly.

Cui Che was overjoyed upon hearing this:

"With Yue Weng's help, Longyou can get it at his fingertips!"

Actually, what Cui Che said was not exaggerated.

The Guguan Pass, Anrong Pass, and Dazhen Pass along the Longguan Old Road may have come under the jurisdiction of Li Yuan, but now they have changed their banners with him.

Or the guard is old with Li Yuan. His grandfather Li Hu is the right-hand man of He Bayue, the founder of Guanlong Group, and his connections in Kansai are incalculable.

On the same day, Li Yuan went north with Cui Che, he left temporarily, and all the government affairs of Qizhou were handled by Pei Ji, the supervisor of Renshou Palace.

Li Yuan's wife, Dou Shi, continued to stay in Yong County to raise their children.

Li Yuan did not follow Cui Che to Longyou alone, Li Yuan's cousin Li Shentong, Li Yuan's cousin Li Xiaogong and others were also with him.

Before Li Yuan started an incident in Yong County in order to submit to Cui Che, Yu Wenshu and others wantonly hunted down Li Yuan's clansmen in Daxing, so Li Shentong and others fled to Yong County to seek Li Yuan's asylum.

After Cui Che arrived in Yongxian County, Li Yuan introduced these fellow clansmen to Cui Che, and joked that he did not shy away from relatives.

Cui Che has also heard the names of these famous generals of the early Tang clan in the original time and space for a long time, so he took them all under his command.

It's just that there are no specific official assignments for the time being, but stay with you for the time being, and arrange suitable positions for these people after you have a general understanding of their talents and aspirations.

　Li Daozong was nine years old at the time, and he was not yet old enough to join the army.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)