On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 234 Take a break
In the camp outside Yongjia City, a map covering all the states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River was hung in the commander's account.

On the map, the names of Zhu Mowen from South Xuzhou, Gu Shixing from Changzhou, Shen Xuanji from Suzhou, Li Leng from Huzhou, Yang Baoying from Hangzhou, Gao Zhihui from Yuezhou, Shen Xiaoche from Chuzhou, etc., have been crossed out in the relevant positions on the map.

However, there are still a large number of rebels entrenched in various places, such as Wang Wenjin in Wuzhou (now Jinhua, Zhejiang), Wu Shihua in Raozhou (now Poyang, Jiangxi), Wang Guoqing in Quanzhou (now Quanzhou, Fujian), and Li Chun in Jiaozhou.

Small groups of rebels are even more numerous.

After Cui Che captured Gao Zhihui alive, he was not in a hurry to march to Fujian.

Since the policy of capturing the thief first and capturing the king had already been determined before the rebellion, Cui Che pointed his troops at Shen Xuanzhang and Gao Zhihui, who proclaimed themselves emperors, and others such as Li Kui who occupied Jiankang, and Cai who stood firm in Le'an (now Xianju, Zhejiang). Daoists and other weak forces never took it into consideration.

Now if they continue to go south and go deep into Fujian, there is a risk of being cut off.

Cui Che then turned around and picked up a small group of rebels.

After more than a hundred battles, large and small, until April 21, Jiankang was restored, and there were no rebels in the east of Wuzhou and north of Fujian.

Cui Che rested for a while in Jiankang and crossed the river for nearly three months. The soldiers were either fighting or marching. Although the battle was fruitful, they were also exhausted.

It so happened that at this time, the envoys of the imperial court finally arrived in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jin Wang Yang Guang and Marshal Shi Cuiche have already greeted him outside the city.

"Nephew pays respects to uncle."

"Nephew and son-in-law pay respects to uncle."

The two bowed to Dugutuo who was ordered to go on an envoy.

Dugu Tuo is the sixth son of Dugu Xin and the half-brother of Queen Dugu Jialuo, so of course he is qualified to receive the gift from the two of them.

"No need to be polite, get up."

Duguxin had seven sons, except the second son Dugushan and the fourth son Duguzang passed away, the others are all alive, but it is the sixth son Dugutuo who inherits his father Duguxin's dukedom of Zhao.

It's just that Dugutuo is not the eldest son, but his elder brother Duguluo.

At that time, Duguxin defected to Kansai, leaving his wives such as Luo Shi and Dugu Luo in Luoyang, and was captured by Gao Huan. It was not until the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty in 577 AD that Dugu Luo was released and recognized with his brothers and sisters.

Dugu Jialuo's mother, Cui Shi, is the continuation of Dugu Xin after he entered the customs.

Although Dugutuo inherited the title of his father Zhao Guogong, his official position was not high. He was only the left-leading general of the third rank, and was imprisoned in the Palace of Guards.

Yang Jian learned the lesson of his relatives in power in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Although he respected his wife Dugu Jialuo, he did not wantonly promote the Dugu family, including his mother Lu Kutao's relatives.

Cui and Yang welcomed Dugutuo into Jiankang City, and after dismissing others, Dugutuo read out the imperial edict.

Because of Cui Che's ability to defeat Shen Xuan and his high wisdom, Yang Jian bestowed on Cui Che [-] pieces of cloth and silk, and gave his son Cui Qiji the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi of the fourth rank.

Bodhisattva slave was eight years old at the time, so he was naturally an official but not a job.

As the head coach in name, Yang Guang was naturally also given Shiyi.

After Yang Yong died because of the depression of the Crown Princess Yuan family and completely fell out of favor, Yang Jian valued his second son Yang Guang more and more.

Dugutuo put away the edict, conveyed Yang Jian's praise to Yang Guang on behalf of Yang Jian, suddenly sank his face, and reprimanded Cui Che for Yang Jian.

In the end, the cause was Cui Che's request to send soldiers to quell the rebellion in order to pardon their slave status.

The reason why Yang Jian resorted to such cruel methods was not only to let Cui Che put down the Jiangnan rebellion, but also to make the people in Jiangnan fearful, once and for all, and dare not rebel again.

Driving the rebels to surrender to suppress the rebellion can certainly reduce the casualties of the Sui army, but it cannot achieve the effect of deterring Jiangnan.

Cui Che naturally accused him repeatedly, but fortunately, Yang Jian was only verbally punished, and no one summoned his son-in-law back to Daxing. After all, Cui Che only took three months to capture two bandit leaders alive one after another. A Wang Wenjin.

After talking about the business, Dugutuo brought up his personal affairs, nothing more than complaining about the exhaustion of the journey. Although he didn't openly ask for bribes from Cui Che and Yang Guang, he also hinted that he hadn't been close to women for a long time and asked them to accompany them with beauties.

The two summoned their highly intelligent wives and concubines to serve Dugutuo.

Leaving the mansion, Cui Che deliberately said:

"This Zhao Guogong is really domineering. Although the prince is now an uncle, he should also abide by the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers. How can he be so arrogant and call himself an elder."

He often ridiculed Yang Jian and Yang Guang for being narrow-minded. In fact, he was not too big-minded. Dugutuo just reprimanded him sharply. Even if it was Yang Jian's order, Cui Che had a bad impression of this uncle.

Just now he even asked them to donate their daughters, thinking that Cui Che's family history is that he cannot be a pimp.

Cui Che's provocation undoubtedly made Yang Guang, who was already dissatisfied with Dugutuo, even more disgusted.

After parting with Yang Guang, Cui Che returned to his residence, and Yuchi Chifan greeted him with a slightly bulging belly. She was Jiankang who had been picked up from Guangling earlier, and Princess Jin was also crossing the river with her. Shaw.

With the company of Princess Jin, Yang Guangcai was willing to send his highly intelligent wives and concubines to serve Dugutuo.

As for Cui Che, he doesn't like the empresses of those grass-headed emperors.

After a moment of tenderness with Yuchi Chifan, while she was going to rinse her mouth, Cui Che thought about the follow-up counter-insurgency matters.

The next step is undoubtedly to pacify Fujian.

There are many mountains in Fujian, known as eight mountains, one river and one field, and the terrain is complex. I still have to find a way to force Wang Guoqing, Sheng Daoyan and others to fight with me. If they escape into the mountains and play hide-and-seek, they may not be able to destroy them. .

In addition, there is no news of Shi Wansui now. Cui Che allocated [-] elite soldiers for him before, and he indeed pacified Wuzhou, but in order to hunt down Wang Wenjin's remaining troops, he went deep into the mountains and lost contact with Cui Che.

Most of the generals in the army guessed that he had already died in battle, and even Cui Che couldn't make up his mind. Although he remembered that Shi Wansui ended up being killed unjustly, who knew whether it would change because of his arrival.

On April 11th, the 591th year of Emperor Kaihuang (26 AD), Cui Che led the Sui army to go southward after several days of rest, heading towards Fujian.

Yang Guang did not join the army this time. He took Jin Wangfei across the Yangtze River and returned to Guangling.

As for Yuchi Chifan, he was sent back to Daxing. She was pregnant for nearly five months, and the pregnancy was considered stable. If she went by water, there would be less bumps.

Dugutuo went back to Guanzhong earlier to return to his command. The scorching heat in the south of the Yangtze River made it difficult for him to adapt.

In mid-May, Cui Che arrived in Yongjia County and joined Lai Huer, who led the navy stationed here.

Mai Tiezhang, who had volunteered to go to Fujian to inquire about news, had been waiting here for a long time.

Cui Che ordered the soldiers to camp outside the city. After hearing the information about Fujian, they gathered the generals to discuss matters that night.

(End of this chapter)