On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 340 Change Your Mind
It can only be said that Cui Che sent Mai Mengcai into the city, the purpose is indeed not pure.

Except for saying something in public to make the soldiers feel how much he loves soldiers like sons.

It is also to test Mai Mengcai and at the same time give him a chance to perform.

As for why it wasn't Cui Qiji, the reason was simple. Cui Che was also afraid that his son would be shot to death by an arrow.

The future son-in-law has not yet written a word. Even if he really marries his daughter, the importance cannot be compared with that of his own son.

Of course, Cui Che's main purpose was to let Mai Mengcai take the opportunity to enter the city to gather some information.

And Mai Mengcai did not live up to Cui Che's expectations. When Cui Che asked him questions in public, Mai Mengcai was already prepared, and he calmly replied:
"Reporting to Marshal, the person in charge in the city is Gao Yuan's younger brother, Gao Jianwu.

"When I claimed that I came to ask for the corpse, Gao Jianwu was rather disappointed, perhaps because he lacked confidence in the defense of the city and hoped that the two families would make peace.

"This man is very young, when the general was talking to him, some general interrupted without permission, but Gao Jianwu forbeared and never reprimanded him, the general guessed that Gao Jianwu's prestige was not enough to convince the guards.

"Before the general left, he also took the opportunity to take a look at the city. There are enough soldiers in the city, and there are also a lot of supplies for the defense of the city.

"The last general thought that if he attacked by force, it would be difficult to break through the city in a short period of time."

After the words were finished, the people present looked at Mai Mengcai with some appreciation.

Not to mention Mai Tiezhang, with an old face, smiling like a rose flower.

Cui Che spared his life, of course he was reluctant to let Cui Qiji take risks.

Every time Mai Tiezhang charged into the battle, he would always move forward and regard death as home. In his opinion, how can he make meritorious deeds without risking his life.

In the face of achievements, even if he doesn't care about his own life, how can he resent Cui Che for letting Mai Mengcai put himself in danger.

On the contrary, he was grateful that Cui Che could give Mai Mengcai such a chance to perform.

After all, in Mai Tiezhang's perception, Cui Che never did anything he was not sure about.

Cui Che was also very satisfied with Mai Mengcai's performance. In just a short while on the city wall, he was able to find out the identity of the enemy's general and at the same time detect the possible discord between the other generals.

As for the defensive strength in the city, in fact, it can be found out after a few days of strong attack.

However, Mai Mengcai's information also made Cui Che realize that it would be difficult to break through the city if he blindly attacked.

No matter how attractive the wealth of Liaodong City is, the soldiers of the coalition army are flesh and blood after all. If the city cannot be captured for a long time, the current high morale will inevitably decline.

After Cui Che praised Mai Mengcai, he asked the generals:
"Now Ulji Wende is lurking outside, and there are heavy guards in Liaodong City, just as Meng Cai said, if the soldiers are forced to attack, it may not be effective.

"I want to lure the enemy into a field battle. Whether it's the defenders inside the city or Ulji Mundeok's ambush army outside the city, as long as they can come, the battle will be more than half. Do you have a strategy?"

Now the development of the matter has been very different from Cui Che's previous plan. Eulji Wende led the cavalry outside to support, so Cui Che had to keep enough defenders to guard the camp.

Moreover, the existence of Ulji Wendeok's army also threatened the channel for transporting livestock from Houcheng to the Sui army's camp, and cavalry guards had to be sent out.

Now that the livestock have just given birth to their spring lambs, they must have adequate nutritional supplements, and the abundance of water and grass in the upper reaches of the Liao River is the reason why Cui Che uses Houcheng as his rear base.

Not only that, when Cui Che was attacking the city, he had to send cavalry to lead the formation, so he couldn't attack the city with all his strength.

And Liaodong City had a hundred thousand troops rushing to help, and the defense was sufficient. Under the ups and downs, Cui Che tried to use the Hu soldiers to attack by force, and finally his plan to capture Liaodong City at the cost of Hu Bing's heavy losses went bankrupt.

I have to admit that Ulji Wende's move really made Cui Che very uncomfortable.

All the generals fell into deep thought when they heard Cui Che's question. The difficulty of this plan is not small.

The blame can only be blamed on Cui Che's brilliant record in the past, which scares his opponents. According to Mai Mengcai, Gao Jianwu, who is in charge of the defense of Liaodong City, seems to be quite afraid, let alone going out of the city to fight in the field.

After thinking about it, we can only start with Ulchi Wendeok.

After all, Ulji Wendeok led the army out of the city, and he wanted to find a chance to fight. Once the troops outside the city were defeated and there were no reinforcements outside, the defenders in the city would not last long if they wanted to face the way of life in the east.

Cui Qiji was the first to get up, seeing Mai Mengcai being in the limelight before, Cui Qiji didn't want to fall behind.

He first analyzed why he couldn't start with the defenders of Liaodong, and then mentioned Ulji Moondeok and said:
"Before our army's foothold was not stable, Ulji Wende never showed up, which shows that this person has a stable personality. If you want to lure him into a field battle, you need to cast heavy bait."

As early as in the Battle of Xiliaohe, Cui Qiji advised Cui Che to fight steadily and stand in a stalemate with the enemy, and Cui Che had already allowed him to speak freely in the military conference.

Cui Che nodded when he heard that, the bait was not heavy, and he couldn't lure Eulji Wende.

In the handsome tent, when you and I discuss how to catch Ulji Wende.

In the eastern part of Liaodong City, among the mountains, a series of behaviors of Ulji Wendeok hiding here have made the soldiers under his command puzzled.

Previously, by mistake, Cui Che's behavior of digging a trench outside the camp made Ulji Wende mistakenly believe that his subordinates had leaked his plan, and that there were traitors in the team, and their rank was not low.

This also made Ulji Wende plan to use this inside information to set a trap for Choi Cheol.

In the middle of the night, Eulji Wendeok convened a discussion with everyone, saying that it was a discussion, but at the meeting, he ignored the opposition of the people and acted arbitrarily. He actually wanted to go north to attack Houcheng.

Koguryo is fighting at home, so it can naturally get the support of the local people. Relatively speaking, it is easier to find out information, such as knowing the rear base of the coalition forces in Houcheng.

The cattle and sheep grazing around Houcheng are the key to the life and death of the coalition forces. Ulji Wendeok knows this, and Cui Che is even less likely to be negligent. He has already arranged heavy guards in Houcheng.

And this news is known to everyone.

The cavalry generals used this as an excuse to advise Eulji Wende not to go to Houcheng.

This is fine now, with their threats, the Sui army dared not attack with all their strength, and just waited for the mission to play a role in the Sui Dynasty.

It's just that none of them, including Eulji Moondeok, thought that the mission would still be detained in Yingju.

Ulchi Mundeok dismissed the opinions of the generals, he said:
"I heard that Fang Xuanling, whom Cui Che appointed, was just a scholar and had never led an army in battle. This move is Yuan Shao's appointment of Chunyu Qiong to guard Wuchao. I will be able to break it."

Everyone tried to persuade him to no avail, seeing that he had made up his mind, they could only accept it.

(End of this chapter)