On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 335 Capture the Small Town
However, things went against their wishes. Although the Goguryeo mission left Liaodong ahead of schedule, they were detained by Shi Dongjing, the governor of Yingzhou, after they crossed the Liaohe River and traveled [-] miles across the Liaoze Land.

Cui Che is also the governor of Youzhou and Yingzhou, but Ji County is far away from Liucheng, and the road is difficult, so it is impossible to personally handle the affairs of Yingzhou, so he took his confidant Dong Jing as the chief historian, and sat in Liucheng. It is divided into military and political affairs in Yingzhou.

Dong Jing didn't know that the Goguryeo mission had other missions. The reason why he detained the mission was only because he worried that they would go to Daxing, which would lead to peace talks and affect Cui Che's plan for the Northeast.

More than [-] members of the Goguryeo Mission were detained in Liuzhou City, and they could not go to Daxing, nor could they return to Pyongyang. This made the envoy very anxious, and went to Dong Jing several times.

Dong Jing said that the two countries were at war, and he suspected that the mission was taking the opportunity to spy on them, so they were detained, and they would be released after the war.

Zhengshi originally wanted to use rumors to drive a wedge between the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty and force Cui Che to retreat. After the war, the day lily would be cold, so what's the use.

But Dong Jing was a person who was full of oil and salt. He served as the chief and deputy envoys of Goguryeo in turn.

Dong Jing has followed Cui Che for so many years, not for these petty gains, he has a higher ambition in his heart, as an old man of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Dong Jing is determined to overthrow the political oppression of the Kansai people on the Kanto, so how could he die for these bribes? let go.

The mission was stranded in Liucheng, cut off from domestic news in Goguryeo. At the same time, Cui Che passed through the sphere of influence of the Khitan people, bypassed Liaoze, and commanded 33 coalition troops to move south along the eastern edge of Liaoze.

Even though he didn't walk through Liaoze himself, Cui Che could feel the difficulty of Gao Jiong's battle.

Using farming and civilized combat methods, the straight-line distance from Jixian County to the west of Liaoze is more than 200 miles, not to mention the hilly and mountain roads along the way.

Regardless of the winding mountain road, it takes three people and three cattle to transport ten shi of grain. Even if you can walk forty miles a day on the mountain road, it will take 30 days to deliver it.

But the folks who transported the grain also had to eat and drink, and a lot of the grain was actually consumed when it was sent to the west bank of the Liaohe River, not to mention the Liaoze land, which was [-] miles east and west, needed to be crossed.

Once it rains heavily and Liaoze is muddy and difficult to move, how can it be possible to maintain logistical supplies.

This is also the reason why Cui Che insisted on subduing the Khitan before he could send troops to Goguryeo in the fighting style of nomads.

The army went south for more than [-] miles. Because the Goguryeo people fortified the walls and cleared the fields, and contracted and relaxed, the Sui army did not encounter much resistance along the way, and it could even be said that it was unimpeded.

At this time, a small city stood in front of the coalition forces. This small city was under the jurisdiction of Liaodong City and was located more than 120 miles north of Liaodong City.

Cui Che claimed that the purpose of this battle was to capture Liaodong City, not to spare other cities along the way. Since Liaodong was planned to be used as a forward base for attacking Goguryeo in the future, of course it could not be left alone.

There are only a few thousand defenders in the small city in front of him. After the general refused to open the city to surrender and made up his mind to live and die with the city, Xi Wang Ahui Lusu took the lead in asking Cui Che for a fight.

Cui Che readily agreed, and on the same day, under the supervision of Ahui Lusu, Xi's infantry captured the city.

According to the agreement before dispatching troops, Xi Jun can enjoy half of the spoils in the city alone, and the other half will be distributed among the remaining three parties according to the ratio of dispatching troops.

This distribution method was also Cui Che's way of stimulating the fighting enthusiasm of these Hu soldiers.

Since Cui Che ordered the city to be destroyed, the swords were not sealed for three days, and this small city of Goguryeo was completely reduced to a purgatory on earth. Not only the Kumoxi people wantonly vented their desires, but even the Khitans, Turks and even Youzhou cavalry also participated in the massacre.

There were naked corpses everywhere in the city, and blood flowed wantonly in the streets and alleys.

Cui Qiji couldn't bear it, so he found Cui Che and persuaded him:
"Grandpa, such atrocities may hurt the peace of heaven."

Cui Che shook his head and said:
"Do you know that there are three purposes in conquering Goguryeo for my father.

"First, in the name of conquest, stay in Yandi.

"Second, using Hu to control Hu consumes the strength of Goguryeo, Khitan, and Kumoxi.

"Don't look at how respectful they are to their fathers now. In the future, if there is civil strife in the Central Plains and the war comes to a stalemate, these people will change from domestic dogs to vicious wolves and bark their teeth at us father and son.

"Therefore, the third purpose of being a father is to make Khitan, Kumoxi and Goguryeo form an inextricable blood feud through this great war.

"In the future, if my father has something to do in the Central Plains, some Hu soldiers will be dispatched to the south, and the Hu people who stay on the grassland will not be able to conspire with Goguryeo to plot our foundation in the rear.

"Since we want to make them vengeful, how can we be merciful.

"You have to remember, barbarian, you can only be driven by you when you are weak, and you can't feed a tiger at any time, even if the other party tells you 'and the same family', you can't take it lightly."

Cui Qiji was stunned:
"My son, thank you for your teaching, Grandpa."

In fact, Cui Che was very happy that Cui Qiji could come to persuade him. He pointed to the small town in front of him and predicted to Cui Qiji:
"This city has a long history. During the Warring States period, Yan State built a waiting city here, which means the city of lookout.

"Perhaps in a few years, this place will replace Liaodong City and become the new center of Liaodong."

Cui Qiji didn't really believe it, and Cui Che just said it casually.

He himself knew that Shenyang would have to wait until the end of the Ming Dynasty to replace Liaoyang, which is now Liaodong City.

The small town in front of me belonged to Wangping County in the Han Dynasty, and later Shenyang, Liaoning.

Cui Che didn't enter the city, and ordering is one thing. After seeing the miserable scene in the city, it is inevitable that he will feel psychologically uncomfortable.

To the east of the city is Shenshui (today's Hunhe River). Cui Che carried the river to the village, planning to take a rest here, and then went south along Shenshui.

At the same time that Cui Che's eastward expedition was progressing smoothly, and he was only 120 miles away from Liaodong City, Yang Su, Marshal of the Yunzhou Road Army, was also victorious in a series of battles.

After catching up with Datou Khan's main force, Yang Su personally led two hundred cavalry and two Turkic captives to venture into the Turkic army.

The Turkic people fled all the way, and they were panicked for a long time, but they didn't realize that there were two hundred more cavalry soldiers of the Sui army in the team.

After walking among the Turkic people for a while, Yang Su sent people to contact the following army, and agreed to launch a general attack when the Turkic people camped.

On the same day, at dusk, the Sui army launched an attack on time. Under the cooperation of inside and outside, the Turks were defeated. Datou Khan fled and never dared to set foot in Monan again.

(End of this chapter)