On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 372
Cui Yanqing also knew that he was different from his elder brother Cui Qiji who guarded Liaodong. With Fang Xuanling around, there was no room for him to act willfully.

Facing Cui Che's exhortation, Cui Qiji obediently responded:
"Grandpa, don't worry, the child will obey Mr. Fang's teachings in everything."

Fang Xuanling and Cui Yanqing are also quite familiar, he solemnly said to Cui Che:

"Duke Ming doesn't need to worry about the rear, Fang will definitely help the third son with all his heart."

It has been 21 years since Fang Xuanling joined Cui Che under his father Fang Yanqian at the age of five.

Not only Cui Yanqing, he and Cui Che's other two sons, Cui Qiji and Cui Yanzong, also had a deep friendship.

Cui Che nodded when he heard this. After so many years of experience, the 26-year-old Fang Xuanling trusted him no matter in terms of loyalty or ability.

During the more than half a year of the confrontation between Yanzhou and the Kumoxi people, Cui Che adjusted the formation of the army under his command. He selected [-] cavalry soldiers from the [-] Yandi Han army to form the pre-account army. Leading it personally, he is the most powerful in all armies.

The remaining 5000 Han troops consisted of 14 people, consisting of Qin Qiong, Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, Li Min, Mai Mengcai, Pei Le, Cheng Yaojin, Liu Tongren, Gao Xianya, Zhang Wu, Zhou Kan, and Zhang Heng. , Wang Qing, Lu Mingyue and other [-] generals.

Among them, Pei Le, Li Min, Zhang Heng, Wang Qing, Mai Mengcai, and Liu Tongren each led a group of people and followed Fang Xuanling to stay in Youzhou and other places.

These people are either Cui Che's relatives, such as adopted son Pei Le and son-in-law Li Min.

Either Cui Che's family generals, such as Zhang Heng and Wang Qing.

As for Mai Mengcai and Liu Tongren, they also entered into marriage contracts with Cui Che's eldest daughter Cui Wenhui and this daughter Cui Wenyan.

Their abilities may not be comparable to those of the generals who followed Cui Che to the south, but their presence can also guarantee that after Cui Che left, Yandi is still firmly in his hands.

Cui Che handed over [-] cavalry from the Silver Saddle Khitan to Mai Tiezhang as the vanguard to clear the way.

In addition, the [-] elite troops were recruited with pre-account results, together with Dou Jiande, Cheng Yaojin, Zhou Kan, Zhang Wu and other ministries, as well as the [-] Khitan infantry of the Pi Shi army under the command of Wang Dangwan, a total of [-] Han and Tibetan infantry. Chinese army.

The rear army, with Qin Qiong as the main general, commanded Liu Heita, Lu Mingyue, Gao Xianya and other ministries, totaling 2 people.

Riding southward at [-] paces, Cui Che repeatedly emphasized discipline, and Qiu committed no crimes along the way.

The Silver Saddle Khitan Zhi and the Pishi Army were originally selected from the [-] Khitan Army. After more than two years of training, they have already faded away from the looseness of the Fan soldiers, and their combat effectiveness has basically reached the level of the rest of the army except the pre-account army. The level of the Han army.

On the seventh day of September in the fourth year of Renshou (AD 604), in Xianyu County, Dingzhou, the outskirts were full of farmers busy harvesting wheat fields, and children were playing and chasing after the fields.

Soon, a cavalry with clothes very different from those of the Central Plains came into view.

The children didn't know why, after all, ever since Cui Che came out of the northern border, the south of Youzhou had not been invaded by barbarians for more than ten years.

But people who once suffered from the plunder of the grassland tribes recalled the fear of the year.

A middle-aged man clenched the sickle in his hand and shouted hoarsely:
"The barbarians are coming! Everyone run!"

Just when everyone panicked and cried and wanted to flee into the city for refuge, they saw another army appearing in the south. It was the [-] Dingzhou soldiers who had assembled earlier, including [-] Boling cavalrymen, leading the army. The person in question is Liu Fang, the governor of Dingzhou.

Liu yelled to the terrified crowd:

"Everyone, there is no need to panic. Those who came here died under Duke Yan's command. They went south to avenge the saint, and they will not plunder the people!"

Only then did the people calm down their fear. Now that they knew it was Cui Che's army, they were no longer afraid. Some returned to the fields to work in peace, and many were still commenting on the silver-saddle Khitan straight cavalry.

Liu Fang rode out, and Mai Tiezhang, the commander of Silver Saddle Khitan Straight, also came forward to greet him with a big smile.

During the conversation between the two, more dust was raised in the north, and Mai Tiezhang laughed and said:

"It's Duke Yan who is here."

After many years, Cui Che returned to Xianyu County.

I still remember that 27 years ago, when the Northern Qi Dynasty perished and Yang Jian became the governor of Dingzhou, Cui Che, who had returned home from Yecheng to visit his relatives, took the opportunity to come to Dingzhou City, which was still called Lunu County at that time, and got involved in a close relationship. Chunwenhui hopes to attract Yang Jian's attention by showing his extraordinaryness.

Now that the old man has passed away, Cui Che has mixed feelings for a moment.

At the same time, Li Jing, the general manager of Xiangzhou, also received the news that Cui Che was going south, which forced him to give up his plan to attack Ding, Ji, and Yingzhou.

As early as when Yang Jian was alive, he dispatched veteran Li Jing as the general manager of Xiangzhou, leading Hebei Xiang, Zhao, Wei, Mao, Bei, Xing, Ming, Luan, Guan, Bo, De, Lian, Wei, Xin, Cang, Jing, Rao and other military forces in the prefecture were responsible for resisting Cui Che's southward movement, and at the same time waiting for opportunities to capture Ding, Ji, and Ying.

Li Jing is the former subordinate of Yang Jian's father Yang Zhong. He used to be the governor of Youzhou, and he also had a relationship with Cui Che, so he has a good impression of Cui Che.

But all these good impressions disappeared with Cui Che's rebellion.

Now that Cui Che and Han Wang Yang Liang joined forces to accuse Yang Guang of killing his father, Li Jing didn't believe this statement at all.

In his opinion, this is all the slander of Cui Che and Yang Liang, two rebellious officials and thieves. Using the prophecy as evidence can only deceive those ignorant people.

As for Han King Yang Liang's statement that he had a secret code with Yang Jian, now that Yang Jian is dead, there is no way to verify whether there is a secret code or not.

Without any real evidence, how could Li Jing believe the rumors that the emperor killed his father.

Li Jing stood at the head of the city of Xiangzhou, looking north, he couldn't help sighing secretly:

'How did the country become like this. '

Someone behind me reminded me:

"Patriarch, Sima Li is here."

Li Jing looked back, it was Li Jing, his own clan.

The deep personal relationship between Li Jing and Cui Che is well known in Kansai.

Therefore, after the relationship between Cui Che and the imperial court deteriorated, Li Jing, who was the Sima of Weizhou at the time, also suffered a lot.

However, Li Jing did not choose to abandon his official position and join Cui Che like Pei Xiu and others. Instead, he proved his innocence to Li Jing, who had just taken office at that time, the governor of Xiangzhou, and showed that although he had a close personal relationship with Cui Che, he did not participate in his affairs. plan.

Li Jing and Gu Nian both came from the Li family in Longxi, and cherished Li Jing's talent, so they pledged their guarantee to the court.

Li Jing's talent was not only praised by Cui Che, even Yang Su praised him as Wang Zuozhi's talent.

Li Jing kept Li Jing by his side, proclaiming him as the Sima of Xiangzhou Governor's Mansion.

At that time, Yang Jian did not continue to pursue Li Jing. After all, Cui Che had been an official for 25 years and had formed an intricate network of relationships.

If he had a good personal relationship with Cui Che, he would be arrested and imprisoned, and the two servants of Shang Shusheng, Yang Su and Su Wei, would not be able to escape first.

In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, more than half of the people must be implicated.

(End of this chapter)