On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 337 Pyongyang Woman (Water)

Goguryeo was able to compete with the two unified Central Plains dynasties of the Sui and Tang Dynasties for more than [-] years. Although there were a series of coquettish operations by Yang Guang, its own military strength should not be underestimated.

According to the research of later generations of researchers, Goguryeo had a population of 69 households and a standing army of 60 during the Sui Dynasty.

You know, the Shu Han, who was dubbed as a militaristic militarist, was just three households supporting one soldier. If it weren't for the prime minister's outstanding ability to govern the country, Shu would have been in chaos long ago.

Goguryeo is not a nomadic people, it is an agricultural civilization, and it is impossible for a family to raise a soldier.

In fact, 69 households are not the entire population of Goguryeo. After all, even Baekje, the weakest of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, was counted to have a population of 76 households when it was destroyed by Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. .

In the territory of Goguryeo, apart from the population of the five main ethnic groups, there were also many nomadic tribes, fishing and hunting tribes, such as the Mohe people, the predecessor of the Jurchen tribe.

The so-called 60 standing army actually included the servants of various ethnic groups controlled by Goguryeo.

For example, the [-] Mohe people who followed the northern lord Gao Puluo to aid Liaodong, while the western lord Guannu Jiacheng had [-] soldiers, and nearly half of them were servants.

Generally speaking, the servant army's fighting will is relatively weak, but since the atrocities of the coalition forces in Houcheng spread, at least the servant army in Liaodong City is determined to live and die with the city.

However, Cui Che's indulgence in slaughtering Houcheng also stimulated the morale of the coalition forces in disguise.

After Ahui Lusu took the lead in expressing his position and handing over the command of the army, in a sense, Kumoxi, Khitan, and Turkic soldiers also belonged to the category of servant army.

Since they are going to be the main force to attack Liaodong City, their morale must be stimulated, and letting them slaughter the waiting city is undoubtedly the fastest way to achieve results.

The coalition forces were in full swing. As the vanguard, Kumoxi rode 12 paces and was less than ten miles away from Liaodong City.

As Cui Che's special envoy, Wei Zheng also followed Ahui Lusu.

Although he has read many sage books, fortunately Wei Zheng didn't get his mind confused. When he was in Houcheng, he didn't do any stupid things to stop Kumoxi's atrocities.

But when Ahui Lusu planned to show off his force in the city of Liaodong, Wei Zheng still fulfilled his duties.

Faced with Wei Zheng's persuasion, Ahui Lusu was noncommittal. He felt that he was going down the city for a while. If the Goguryeo people were really afraid, they would open the city and ask for surrender. According to the principle that whoever wins the city gets half of the spoils, What a fortune that must be.

Seeing Ah Hui and Lu Su ignoring him, Wei Zheng was also annoyed, he angrily scolded:
"Your Majesty! Before sending out the troops, Duke Yan had confessed that he would leave the city ten miles away and wait for the army to arrive later.

"Today the king wants to go to the city to show his power, could it be that he has read the oath he made that day!

"But if you really want to die under the knife, you will not give up!"

In front of the other four chiefs of the Xi clan, Wei Zheng didn't save Ahui Lusu any face.

In fact, he is also stubborn. In history, Emperor Taizong of Tang was forced to fight and kill Wei Zheng, but he never gave in. What's more, with Cui Che as his backer, he was only facing Ahui Lusu.

Ah Hui Lusu forced a smile and said:
"Special Envoy Wei, please calm down. Xiao Wang was also anxious to do meritorious service for Duke Yan, so he lost his mind for a while."

The cavalry guarded, and after Kumoxi pawns built camps for the four tribes, Ahui Lusu also sent a woman for Wei Zheng as an apology.

The woman was a survivor of Houcheng, originally the wife of the guard, but was captured after Xi Jun broke through the city. Ahui Lusu presented her as a gift to Cui Che, but was declined.

Cui Che brought four concubines with him on this trip, and he was already overwhelmed. This woman is not as stunning as Er Chen, so how could Cui Che accept her.

He likes widowed noble ladies, but the status of the wife of a city guard is still quite inferior to Cui Che.

In Cui Che's house, apart from Wang Miaorong who was arranged by her grandmother, her status was the lowest, that is also a princess and noble concubine.

Wei Zheng took the woman, but he was not like Cui Che, who had a morbid liking for widows.

But to maintain the relationship with Ahui Lusu, he just hurt his face. Now Ahui Lusu resigned himself and gave gifts to make amends.

If I don't accept it, I'm afraid it will cause the other party's misunderstanding.

For Cui Che's big plan, Wei Zheng can violate his conscience and turn a blind eye to some unjust things.

But it doesn't mean that he will lower his moral standard to the same level as these barbarians.

After all, it was inconvenient for a single man and a widow to live in the same room, so Wei Zheng sent someone to send the woman to the Sui army camp, and asked her to serve Cui Che's four concubines.

It is a taboo to bring female family members in the army. If the consequences are serious, it may disturb the morale of the army.

In the first few years, Cui Che was also determined not to take Sui Jun with him as a concubine. If he had desires, he would resist them by force.

It wasn't until the prestige in the army was completely established that Yuchi Chifan and Zhang Lihua successively went along pretending to be soldiers.

This time the four females accompanied the army, it was an exception, it was even more impossible for Cui Che to arrange servants to serve them.

Therefore, things like starching and washing were all done by Yuchi Chifan and the four of them.

Cui Che didn't have time to take care of their daily life for them, let alone let the army officers and soldiers do it for them, so Wei Zheng's move was just right.

The reason why Cui Che refused before was because he could not use the woman given to her by Ahui Lusu as a slave, but after Wei Zheng changed hands, the nature was different.

When the main force of the coalition army arrived ten miles north of Liaodong City, the Xi army infantry as the vanguard had already built their camp.

The four camps are still well-defined.

Cui Che's move was also worried that everyone would camp together. If Goguryeo attacked at night, once the Hu soldiers panicked, it would inevitably affect the Sui army.

He trusted the Yandi cavalry under his command, but he still had reservations about the combat effectiveness of those Hu soldiers, especially the Khitan army.

There is no reason, the Khitan army was still a mob during the Battle of Xiliaohe, and now it has only been three years since it was attached to the Sui Dynasty, and its combat effectiveness has soared.

Fang Xuanling said at the beginning that Khitan soldiers were available, and it had to be a matter of strict military discipline.

As an expert in night raids, Cui Che attached great importance to night camp defense.

After arranging the vigilance of the four divisions of the coalition army one by one, Cui Che returned to the command tent, intending to drive out the serving woman so that he could have a tender moment with his concubines.

The war is imminent, and we must cherish time even more.

But the woman put down the basin, knelt down in front of Cui Che, and begged:

"Marshal, please let me redeem me. I am penniless now, but I only need to write a letter to Pyongyang, and my family will definitely come to redeem me!"

"Are you from Pyongyang?!"

Cui Che suddenly became interested:

"Tell me about Pyongyang, if you can tell the truth, I will let you go home after the war without any ransom."

　Today is gone, the brothers in the group watched the video, and they should all know that in order to catch the train, I have overdrawn the amount of exercise for a year tonight, and it is already empty. This chapter is still coded on the mobile phone on the train, so the status is not good good.

　　
　
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