On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 310
In order to prevent local officials from being elected, the Sui Dynasty made many restrictions, such as not being allowed to be re-elected, and parents and children over the age of 15 were not allowed to accompany them to prefectures and counties.

It stands to reason that Cui Qiji should stay in Daxing after marriage, just like Li Min, Li Mi and others, he should serve in the imperial army.

But there are always exceptions to everything, Cui Che can be re-elected as the governor of Youzhou in the future because of his bold words in the past five years.

However, Cui Qiji was exempted from restraint by his mother Yang Lihua.

Yang Lihua's reason was simple, that is, she hoped that Cui Qiji would stay by her father's side, accept Cui Che's precepts and deeds, and in the future also inherit his father's mantle and serve the court.

With the help of Dugu Jialuo to intercede, Yang Jian readily agreed.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the 19th year of Kaihuang (599 A.D.), Cui Che and his son Cui Qiji left the rest of their family members behind, and the two hurried to Jixian County.

The pre-war preparations started as early as last year. In order to provide supplies for the war, Cui Che ordered Shi Ligang, the head of the governor's office, to buy cattle and sheep in large quantities, and continued to recruit herdsmen among the Neifuxi people.

Now hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep are driven by herdsmen to graze in Yanzhou.

In order to protect the livestock, together with [-] Boling elite cavalry, and [-] cavalry soldiers from [-] towns in six states, a huge army is now stationed outside Yanzhou City.

Yanzhou is located to the east of Hengzhou and north of Youzhou, adjacent to the Monan Grassland.

War preparations of this scale naturally attracted neighbors to send envoys southward one after another.

Now the Eastern Turks are divided into three parts, but it's okay for Tuli Khan and Dusu Liuyehu, they are all attached to the Sui Dynasty.

On the other hand, King Xi, Ahui, and Lu Suming were even more loyal lackeys of the Sui Dynasty.

They sent envoys just to know what Cui Che's plan was.

But Dulan Khan was really scared.

He who was far away in Duluoshui, Mobei, as soon as he heard the news, he hurriedly sent his son Yu Qincha to the south, and when he learned that Cui Che returned to the court to get married, Yu Qincha even waited in Youzhou City for more than two months.

Cui Che received these envoys one after another, and did not hide from them, but bluntly said that he was ordered by the emperor to send troops to take revenge on Khitan.

In everything, a teacher is famous. At the beginning, the five Khitan tribes followed Goguryeo to besiege Yingzhou, which was the best excuse.

Cui Che took these envoys to Yanzhou, and held a grand military parade outside Yanzhou city. Looking at the more than [-] elite cavalry with high morale, Cui Che said to the envoys:

"I will raise [-] cavalry and march east to Khitan.

"If any of you feel that Youzhou is empty and can be looted, just give it a try.

"But the ugly words are in the front. When I lead a hundred thousand fine horses to slaughter your tribe, remember not to blame me for not being nostalgic!"

No one cared whether Cui Che had [-] cavalry under his command, or whether there were [-] fine cavalry as he said.

Everyone's focus is still on Cui Che's intimidation.

Kumoxi's envoy was the first to say:
"Please don't worry, Duke Yan. My king is loyal to the Sui Dynasty. If someone dares to violate the Sui Dynasty, even though our Xi family is small, we are willing to be the pioneers of the Sui Dynasty and attack disobedient ministers!"

The envoys of Tuli Khan and Dusuliu agreed one after another.

Even Yu Qincha kept showing his loyalty.

Those tribes of Tuli Khan all left Dulan Khan and joined the Sui Dynasty when the Sui Dynasty claimed to want to conquer Dulan Khan in the north, so how dare they make rebellion.

Not to mention the [-] Turkic soldiers in Dusuliu, Cui Che asked Yang Jian for instructions before dispatching them to him.

Ben was Cui Che's prisoner, and he was in awe of him.

Kumoxi didn't need to say much, but Dulan Khan was really scared by Cui Che. When he heard that Cui Che was gathering troops at the border, he couldn't even sleep well, and he didn't dare to provoke Cui Che.

Besides, Mobei is far away from Youzhou. If Yu Qincha had to cross Monan and the desert, return to Duluoshui to report the news, and then Dulan Khan led the army to go south, Cui Che would have already returned victorious.

Cui Che was very satisfied with the attitude of these envoys, and did not keep them for long, and let them go back that day.

It stands to reason that three of the eight Khitan tribes surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, and Cui Che only needed to use troops against the other five tribes, without having to mobilize all the cavalry in Youzhou.

But he was worried that Goguryeo would intervene, especially Goguryeo had a Mohe cavalry of more than [-] people.

Fortunately, today's Mohe is not the Jurchen of later generations.

Just like the fighting power of the Song Dynasty cannot be equal to that of the Han Dynasty.

It's just that the Mohe people lived in poor mountains and bad waters, and lived on fishing and hunting. No matter how bad they were, they wouldn't be so bad, not to mention that Goguryeo itself had a large army.

This made Cui Che dare not keep it. He would rather have a decisive battle with Goguryeo in the Khitan territory than go to Liaodong City to run into trouble.

He does not intend to use the Xi army in this battle.

Ahui Lusu used to eat meat and drink soup with him, and Kumoxi's strength has made great progress.

Even though Ah Hui Lusu was extremely obedient, he was worried that Xi Ren would grow up and bared his teeth at him.

Therefore, when Cui Che sent away the envoy of the Xi clan, he specifically told him to tell Ahui Lusu that he had taken away the elite soldiers from Youzhou, leaving Li Gang only some old and weak to guard the city, feeling uneasy.

Therefore, it is necessary for Ahui and Lusu to stay in Laohahe. If there is a change in Youzhou, he can rush to help as soon as possible.

On the 19rd day of the first lunar month in the 599th year of Emperor Kaihuang (23 AD), Cui Che gathered the three armies. Unlike the past, it was not to boost morale.

But strict military discipline.

In the past, when Cui Che led an army out of Saipan, it was mostly looting, and he ran away after grabbing a fortune.

Now it is to conquer Khitan, and to be called the teacher of benevolence and righteousness.

Not to mention that there is nothing wrong with ordinary herdsmen Qiu, at least he can't continue his previous style.

What massacres men, robs women, children, and livestock, making it look like bandits crossing the border.

After all, according to Cui Che's plan, the Khitan people had to be driven to fight Goguryeo.

Hearing that you can't act recklessly, the emotions of the soldiers are visibly depressed.

It wasn't until Cui Che promised that he would be rewarded generously after returning to the teacher, and then his morale was boosted again.

Earlier, Yang Jian ordered to build a big warehouse outside the city of Youzhou, and now it was full of money cloth and grain, and the cavalrymen were not worried about Cui Che breaking his promise after the war.

On that day, under the leadership of Cui Che, the 5000 fine cavalry, but actually only [-] cavalry, marched northeastward.

Accompanying them were old generals such as Wang Dangwan and Mai Tiezhang, as well as new captains such as Dou Jiande and Liu Heita who had made contributions in the battle of Xian'e River.

Li Jing is now the Sima of Zhaozhou, so naturally he is not on the list.

However, Fang Xuanling was still brought by Cui Che's side. Because of his meritorious service in the battle of Xian'e River, he was promoted from the sixth rank Minister of Civil Affairs Division to the fifth rank Tongzhi Sanqi Minister.

Now that Cui Che is out of the town of Youzhou, he has also been transferred out, please be the governor of Youzhou Governor's Office.

Generally, the governor is also the governor of the state where the governor's office is located. For example, Cui Che once served as the governor of Qingzhou, and now he is also the governor of Youzhou.

Cui Che brought Cui Qiji and Mai Mengcai with him, and the army marched out of the fortress, behind them were the herdsmen Xi Ren who drove the livestock.

(End of this chapter)